Two-Way Player Owen Marecic Takes Center Stage in Stanford Win

Filed under: Notre Dame, Stanford, Pac 10SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Owen Marecic dipped a tired arm into a box holding post-game snacks and only pulled out one bag. Certainly, he had earned two during Stanford's 37-14 victory over Notre Dame.

Less than an hour earlier Marecic, who starts at both fullback and middle linebacker for Stanford, had scored two touchdowns on consecutive plays from scrimmage for the Cardinal. First, he bulldozed in from one yard out to put Stanford up 25-6 against Notre Dame midway through the fourth quarter. After a two-point conversion and the ensuing kickoff, Marecic jumped a Dayne Crist pass to the flat and raced 20 yards untouched to paydirt to put Stanford up 33-6.

Two plays, two touchdowns for Stanford's very own two-way player.

According to Stats, Inc., Marecic is just the fourth player in the past seven years to score a touchdown on both offense and defense in the same game (the last was Utah's Eric Weddle, who had a rushing touchdown and two interception returns for touchdowns versus San Diego State on Sept. 23, 2006). The last time someone did it on consecutive plays from scrimmage? Good luck finding out.


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