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Senior tight end Zach Ertz and fifth-year senior punter Daniel Zychlinski have been named Pac-12 Offensive and Special Teams Players of the Week, respectively, following Stanford's 17-14 overtime victory at Oregon on Saturday. The honor is a first for each.

Ertz delivered a career performance on the biggest stage to upset No. 1-ranked Oregon in Eugene. He hauled in a career-high 11 receptions for 106 yards, including an acrobatic game-tying touchdown in the back of the end zone with 95 seconds left in regulation.

With the entire Oregon defense -- and a national television audience -- looking for him to be the go-to player on Stanford's final fourth-quarter drive, Ertz caught four clutch balls for 53 yards and a dramatic touchdown on Stanford's 78-yard scoring drive. The 6-foot-6 tight end also played a key blocking role in Stanford's 200-yard rushing day.

Zychlinski single-handedly dictated the field position battle in Stanford's win over the top-ranked Ducks, averaging 45.7 yards per punt and limiting one of the nation's top punt returners (De'Anthony Thomas, 18.33 avg) two total return yards on six punts.

Zychlinski placed his punts directionally and by distance with near-perfect precision, including five punts inside the 20-yard line and three inside the 10. He additionally hit the long punts when needed, including 62 yards and 58 yards. Zychlinski was also the holder on a wet field for the overtime field goal to win the game.

Previously this season, Pac-12 Player of the Week honors have been earned by Stanford's Stepfan Taylor (Sept. 17), Ben Gardner (Sept. 17), Josh Nunes (Oct. 8) and Chase Thomas (Oct. 22) for Stanford.

Nationally No. 11 Stanford closes its regular season at No. 15 UCLA on Saturday (3:30 p.m., FOX) with the opportunity to clinch the Pac-12 North title and a berth in the 2012 Pac-12 Football Championship Game.

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