Science withdrew two influential papers for which the now-former Stanford president served as principal author, despite objections from Elke Stein, the postdoc who conducted most of the work
The first loss of the Troy Taylor era came in ugly fashion, as the USC Trojans (3-0, 1-0 Pac-12) dominated Stanford (1-1, 0-1 Pac-12) 56-10 at the Los Angeles Coliseum. This was the last matchup that both teams had against each other as Pac-12 foes.