On paper it looks bad for the Beavers, but the defense played inspired football led by this week's Giant Killer Lance Mitchell. Perhaps even more impressive is that Mitchell played so well even while dealing with the pain of an abdominal muscle injury that has limited his action throughout the season.

The defensive backs played extremely well given they were playing the top quarterback in the nation. The Beavers only gave up 207 yards through the air, well below the Cardinals season average of 290 yards passing.

Jordan Poyer, Rashaad Reynolds and Anthony Watkins also had big days for the Beaver defensive backfield totaling 32 tackles on the day.

The Cardinal is known to have a very big and physical offensive line and the Beavers struggled to contain their powerful run game.  True freshman defensive end Dylan Wynn earned his second MVP honor in two weeks with five tackles. Scott Crichton was right behind him with four tackles.

Linebackers were led by Michael Doctor who intercepted Andrew Luck, which propelled him over Rueben Robinson and Cam Collins for MVP honors.

GIANT
KILLER STONE AWARD: Lance Mitchell



DEFENSIVE LINEMAN MVP: Dylan Wynn

LINEBACKER MVP: Michael Doctor

SECONDARY MVP: Lance Mitchell

WEEKLY AWARDS
WEEK	GIANT KILLER	DEFENSIVE LINE	LINEBACKER	SECONDARY
Sacramento St.	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Wisconsin	Feti Unga & Michael Doctor	Rusty Fernando	Feti Unga & Michael Doctor	Anthony Watkins & Lance Mitchell
UCLA	Feti Unga	Scott Crichton	Feti Unga	Lance Mitchell
ASU	Scott Crichton	Scott Crichton	Cam Collins	Jordan Poyer
Arizona	Jordan Poyer	Scott Crichton	Michael Doctor	Jordan Poyer
BYU	Jordan Poyer & Rashaad Reynolds	Scott Crichton	Michael Doctor	Jordan Poyer & Rashaad Reynolds
WSU	Scott Crichton	Scott Crichton	Michael Doctor	Rashaad Reynolds
UTAH	Cam Collins & Michael Doctor	Dylan Wynn	Cam Collins & Michael Doctor	Lance Mitchell
Stanford	Lance Mitchell	Dylan Wynn	Michael Doctor	Lance Mitchell

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