Stanford traveled to Davis to face the third-ranked University of California-Davis Aggies and fought to a 19-19 draw.  After a sloppy first five minutes, UC-Davis began to settle into a rhythm, but Stanford nearly broke the scoring open when leftwing Jon Hofius (2008) made a break and nearly hooked up with flanker Brennan Corbett (MA 2008) on an offload.  With the momentum in hand, the Cardinal continued to pressure the Aggies and jumped ahead 7-0 after a strong lineout maul and repeated UC-Davis penalties opened a gap for scrumhalf Brad Bachelder (2008) to touch it down (Bachelder good on the conversion).  UC-Davis tied the score when it exploited a midfield scrum from their attacking 22m line with a move to that broke through the Stanford backline and the Aggies’ hooker pick and drove  across the line for a try (conversion good).

                Stanford regained the lead at 12-7 when a dominant Stanford pack mauled for 10m off a lineout and scored when Alex Shih (2008) touched it down for the try.  The Cardinal scored again when defensive pressure from inside center Josiah Hall (2009) caused a poor offload, which outside center Cordel Robbin-Coker (2008) alertly intercepted the ball  and galloped sixty meters for an untouched try under the posts (Bachelder good on the conversion).  Unfortunately, the Aggies quickly responded returning a box kick from Bachelder wide, beating the Stanford chase as the UC-Davis left wing scored in the corner (conversion no good) to close the lead to 19-12.  Stanford brought this lead into the second half when they held up a UC-Davis maul to end the half.

                The second half was a defensive struggle as both teams played solid rugby and Stanford was unlucky not to score several tries with good movement to the outside.  The Aggies were able to tie the score on a long run from the blindside of a scrum with about twelve minutes left.  While both teams traded possession over the last ten minutes of the game, neither team was able to mount a successful attack and the game ended with the score at 19-19.