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2004 STATE FOOTBALL #20/21 (6-1, 3-1 Pac-10) at #7/8 California Bears (5-1, 3-1 Pac-10) Saturday, October 30, 2004 • 7 p.m. Pacific Time Memorial Stadium (67,537) • Berkeley, Calif. TBS/Sun Devil Sports Network

Monday, October 25, 2004 Following a come-from-behind 48-42 victory over UCLA, the No. 20/21 Arizona State Sun Devils return to the road this week, traveling to Berkeley, Calif., for the first time in five years 2004 ASU SCHEDULE to take on the No. 7/8 California Golden Bears on Saturday night at Memorial Stadium. Date Opponent (TV) Time Saturday’s game will kick off at 7 p.m. Pacific Time and will be televised nationally by TBS. S 2 UTEP (FSN AZ) W, 41-9 With last week’s win over the Bruins, the 6-1 Sun Devils became bowl eligible for the sixth S 11 at Northwestern (ESPN2) W, 30-21 time in nine years and the first since earning a spot in the 2002 Holiday Bowl. ASU is off to S 18 #16/12 Iowa (FSN AZ) W, 44-7 the team’s best start since the team reeled off 11 straight wins to open the 1996 Pac-10 S 25 Oregon State (FSN AZ) W, 27-14 Championship & Rose Bowl campaign. At 3-1 in Pac-10 play, Arizona State sits in a three- O 2 at Oregon (TBS) W, 28-13 way tie for second place in the league standings with Cal and Oregon. Heading to Berkeley O 16 at #1/1 USC (ABC) L, 7-45 this weekend, the Sun Devils have already surpassed their wins total from last season (5-7 O 23 UCLA (ABC) W, 48-42 O 30 at #7/8 California (TBS) 7 p.m. record), while the team looks to snap a two-game losing streak to California and get its first N 6 Stanford (FSN) 4:30 p.m. win over the Golden Bears since 2000. Cal brings a 5-1 overall mark and a 3-1 Pac-10 record N 13 State TBA into Saturday’s game after turning in a 38-0 win over Arizona last weekend in Tucson. N 26 at Arizona (FSN) 1 p.m. After traveling to Cal this week, the Sun Devils return to for back-to- back contests. ASU will play host to Stanford for Homecoming on Nov. 6 and to Washington Home Games in Bold State on Nov. 13 when the team will retire fallen Army Ranger ’s jersey and cele- Times listed are Arizona Time (PT prior to Oct. brate Senior Day. With last week’s victory over UCLA, the Sun Devils have won five straight 31, MT after Oct. 31) & subject to change. games at Sun Devil Stadium for the first time in seven years. 2004 ASU QUICK FACTS Location...... Tempe, Ariz. Exposure Enrollment ...... 45,693 TBS will televise the Arizona State at California game to a national television audience with Nickname...... Sun Devils Rob Thulin (play-by-play), Charles Davis (color) and Craig Sager (sidelines) calling the Colors...... Maroon & Gold action. It marks the eighth consecutive television appearance for the Sun Devils and the sec- Conference...... Pacific-10 ond time this year that ASU has appeared on TBS. ASU turned in a 28-13 victory at Oregon President ...... Dr. Michael Crow on Oct. 2 in its first TBS appearance of the season. ASU will be televised nationally by Fox Director of Athletics ...... Gene Smith Sports Net in next week’s game with Stanford, marking the Sun Devils’ ninth straight TV Stadium ...... Frank Kush Field/ ...... Sun Devil Stadium (71,706) game this year. ...... The Sun Devil Sports Network will carry all 11 of ASU’s football games live on its 12-sta- Career Record ...... 49-31 (7th year) tion radio network including flagship stations KTAR 620 AM and ESPN Radio 860 AM in At ASU ...... 23-21 (4th year) Phoenix. Tim Healey (play-by-play), former Sun Devil (color Lettermen Returning/Lost...... 47/15 analyst) and Paul Calvisi (pregame and postgame) will bring the action to Sun Devil fans. Off./Def. Starters Returning ...... 7/7 Calvisi will also provide reports from the ASU sidelines during home games. ASU games can also be heard live on the Sun Devils’ official web site at www.TheSunDevils.com. 2004 PAC-10 STANDINGS School Conf. O’all Next Game (Date) USC 4-0 7-0 at WSU (10/30) In the Series ASU 3-1 6-1 at Cal (10/30) Arizona State holds a 13-11 advantage in the series with California, while the Golden Bears Cal 3-1 5-1 ASU (10/30) have won the last two games and three of the last four between the two teams. Last year, Oregon 3-1 4-3 Washington (10/30) Cal turned in a 51-23 victory over ASU on Nov. 1 at Sun Devil Stadium. The Golden Bears UCLA 2-2 4-3 Stanford (10/30) hold a 5-4 advantage in games played in Berkeley with the series going back to Memorial Stanford 2-2 4-3 at UCLA (10/30) Stadium for the first time since 1999 (a 24-23 Cal win). Prior to their losses in 2002 and 2003, OSU 2-2 3-4 at Arizona (10/30) the Sun Devils had won five of the six previous games in the series with their last victory com- WSU 1-3 3-4 USC (10/30) ing with a 30-10 home win on Oct. 7, 2000 in Tempe. Arizona 0-4 1-6 Oregon State (10/30) UW 0-4 1-6 at Oregon (10/30) Walter Named a Unitas Golden Arm Award Finalist 2003 ASU RESULTS Senior quarterback is one of nine outstanding who have been Date Opponent Result selected as finalists for the Golden Arm Award, presented annually to the S 6 Northern Arizona W, 34-14 nation's top senior collegiate quarterback by the Frank Camp Chapter of the Johnny Unitas S 13 Utah State W, 26-16 Golden Arm Educational Foundation. S 20 at #18/14 Iowa (ESPN2) L, 2-21 The other eight finalists for the award include (Auburn), Timmy Chang S 27 at Oregon State (Fox) L, 17-45 (Hawaii), (Akron), David Greene (Georgia), Stefan LeFors (Louisville), Dan O 4 #10/10 USC (ABC) L, 17-37 O 11 Oregon (ABC) W, 59-14 Orlovsky (Connecticut), (Purdue) and Jason White (Oklahoma). The nation's top O 18 at North Carolina W, 33-31 senior quarterback is selected for the award from a list compiled by a select committee of O 25 at UCLA (Fox) L, 13-20 football experts from across the . The 2004 recipient will be announced Dec. 1, N 1 California L, 23-51 with the award presentation to be made in Louisville on December 10 at the Clarion N 8 at Stanford L, 27-38 Conference Center. N 15 at #8/8 WSU (ABC) L, 19-34 N 28 Arizona (Fox) W, 28-7 www.TheSunDevils.com Contacts: Mark Brand ([email protected]) & Rhonda Lundin ([email protected]) ICA Media Relations Office, P.O. Box 872505, Tempe, AZ 85287 (480) 965-6592 • Fax: (480) 965-5408 DIRK KOETTER & TEAM NOTES

Last Time Out HEAD COACH DIRK KOETTER In a game full of and turnovers, senior Andrew Walter threw for 415 yards and a career-high six touchdowns as the Arizona State Sun Devils staged a rally late in the In his fourth season at the helm of the Arizona State program…acts as his own offensive coor- fourth quarter to down the UCLA Bruins 48-42 last week at Sun Devil Stadium. dinator…has his team bowl eligible for the sec- Wasting no time, the Sun Devils opened the game with an eight-play, 69-yard drive, ond time in four years at ASU and the fourth which was highlighted by a 29-yard ruh by redshirt freshman Preston Jones and a three- time in seven career seasons…the Sun Devils yard pass from Walter to redshirt freshman Rudy Burgess for an early 7-0 lead. have averaged 30.9 points per game in Koetter’s Forcing a , the Sun Devils were looking to add to their lead when UCLA corner- four years at ASU (1359 points, 44 games)…his back Matt Clark intercepted a pass from Walter on the UCLA 14-yard line. However after a team has been ranked in the top 20 in the nation in passing offense in each of the last two 63-yard drive, the Bruins settled for three points as kicker Justin Medlock hit a 40-yard years (20th in 2003 and ninth in 2002), while the attempt to set the score at 7-3. Following the kickoff, Walter found junior Derek Hagan on team is second in the Pac-10 and ninth in the the sideline just three plays later for a 79-yard touchdown completion that increased the nation through seven games this year (286.4 Devils’ lead to 14-3 as the first quarter ended. yards per game)…led the Sun Devils to an 8-6 UCLA opened the second quarter with a 38-yard completion from quarterback Drew record, a third-place Pac-10 finish and a berth in Olson to Tab Perry which set up a two-yard touchdown run by Maurice Drew. Looking to the 2002 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl…his 2002 team ranked ninth in the nation in passing offense take the lead following an ASU punt, UCLA’s drive short circuited on their own 39-yard line and 20th in scoring offense…a voter in the USA when senior Justin Burks intercepted his first career pass and returned it to the Today/ESPN Coaches poll…became Arizona UCLA 11-yard line. From there, Walter found Hagan on a 12-yard slant for their second TD State’s 21st head coach on Dec. 2, 2000…his 2001 hookup of the game. With 5:58 remaining in the first half, ASU increased its lead to 21-10. ASU offense finished 25th in the country in total UCLA went to no-huddle offense and drove 84 yards in just 1:14, scoring a touchdown offense and tied for 19th in scoring on a three-yard pass from Olson to Marcedes Lewis. With under a minute remaining in the offense…had the third-longest winning streak in the country with eight consecutive wins (his half, UCLA Trey Brown intercepted a Walter pass on the ASU 48-yard line, set- last seven at Boise State and his season opener ting up a 48-yard field goal that sent UCLA into the halftime break down by one, 21-20. at ASU) before falling at Stanford on Regaining their momentum to start the third quarter, ASU forced UCLA into a quick 9/2/01…came to ASU after three seasons at Boise punt and drove 80 yards downfield for a score as Walter found freshman tight end Zach State where he led the Broncos to a 26-10 Miller in the end zone on a 15-yard completion. Following the kickoff, UCLA’s Manuel White record, two appearances in the Humanitarian took the ball on a handoff and rushed 32 yards to the ASU 35-yard line when junior safety Bowl and two Big West Championships…two- time Big West Coach of the Year…his 2000 Boise Maurice London knocked the ball loose. After White picked up his own and dropped State team led the nation in scoring offense, it again, White’s teammate Perry picked up the ball and returned it 12 yards for an UCLA was second in and ranked fourth in score, a play that spanned 67 yards. After a successful two-point conversion, the score was the country in passing offense…guided BSU to tied at 28-28. its first winning season in Division I The Sun Devils took over on offense following the kickoff and drove 61 yards, calling football…served as the honorary chairman of on sophomore kicker Jesse Ainsworth for a 36-yard field goal to regain the lead at 31-28. the National Multiple Sclerosis Desert Southwest Chapter “Walk on the Wild Side” in 2002 and However, ASU led for less than a minute as UCLA’s Chris Markey rushed 61 yards to set 2003…last name is pronounced “Cutter”…born up a three-yard touchdown run by White, which gave the Bruins a 35-31 lead to take into Feb. 5, 1959 in Pocatello, Idaho. the fourth quarter. Another by Walter set up the Bruins at the ASU 38-yard line, where Olson Koetter Coaching Career was able to chew up 5:27 before finding Perry in the end zone on a nine-yard completion. Graduate Assistant, Idaho State ...... 1982 With just 7:12 remaining, the Devils found themselves trailing by 11, 42-31. Walter took the Highland HS (Pocatello, Idaho) ...... 1983-84 , San Francisco St...... 1985 field and immediately found Richardson on a 37-yard completion. Two plays later, Walter Offensive Coordinator & QBs, UTEP...... 1986-88 found Hagan again on the sideline for a 46-yard touchdown pass. After a failed fake PAT, Offensive Coordinator & QBs, Missouri...... 1989-93 the Devils trailed 42-37. Off. Coordinator & QBs, Boston College ...... 1994-95 The Sun Devil defense forced a quick three-and-out, holding the Bruins to -7 yards on Offensive Coordinator & QBs, Oregon ...... 1996-97 the drive. Taking over on the ASU 27-yard line after a punt, Walter led another air attack, Head Coach, Boise State ...... 1998-00 hooking up with Richardson for a 65-yard touchdown pass to take the lead back for the Sun Head Coach, Arizona State ...... 2001-present Devils at 45-42. With 4:51 remaining in the game, junior linebacker Dale Robinson stepped Koetter Head Coaching Record in front of a pass from Olson on the UCLA 28-yard line to give the Sun Devils their fourth Overall: 49-31 (.613), 7th year takeaway of the day and help set up a 26-yard field goal from Ainsworth. Leading by six, ASU: 23-21 (.523), 4th year the Devils defense took the field again and sealed the victory at 48-42, forcing the Bruins to turn over the ball on downs. Koetter’s Record When ...... O’all (ASU) Hagan hauled in a career-high three touchdown receptions as he collected five catch- Leading at halftime ...... 40-5 (17-2) es for 160 yards, his fourth 100-yard game of the season. Richardson set career bests with Leading after three quarters ...... 40-4 (20-1) Having a 100-yard rusher ...... 18-8 (8-6) seven catches and 159 yards and scored his fourth TD of the year. Jones gained 69 yards Having a 300-yard passer ...... 13-8 (7-6) rushing on 16 carries in his first collegiate start, and Burgess contributed 41 yards on the Scoring 30 points or more ...... 18-7 (17-4) ground and seven catches for 39 yards and a score through the air. Junior Josh Golden, Leading in time of possession ...... 24-11 (14-4) sophomore Kyle Caldwell, and senior Ishmael Thrower each had a sack for the Sun Devil Following a loss ...... 17-14 (9-12) defense, which was led in tackles by junior Jamar Williams who collected 10 (four solo). In games decided by four pts or less ...... 6-3 (3-2) Temperature is 32° F or less...... 4-0 (0-0) In season openers ...... 5-2 (3-1) Aerial Attack In Pac-10 openers...... 2-2 (2-2) Led by ASU’s career-leading passer Andrew Walter who needs just one more touchdown In home games...... 33-10 (16-7) pass to tie for the Pac-10’s career mark, ASU’s passing offense is averaging In bowl games ...... 2-1 (0-1) 286.4 yards per game this season to rank second in the Pac-10 and ninth in the country.

2004 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL • PAGE 2 TEAM NOTES

Walter threw for 415 yards and a career-best six touchdown passes in last week’s victory over UCLA to move within one score of the 77 TD passes that Elway threw in his career at HASH MARKS Stanford. The six TDs by Walter, who is one of four finalists for this week’s Cingular … With its win over UCLA, ASU won its sixth game Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Week award, also ranks second on the ASU and became bowl eligible for the sixth time in nine single-game charts, just one short of the seven that had in a 1981 win over years and the second time in Dirk Koetter’s ASU Stanford (coincidentally against Elway’s Cardinal team). This season, Walter ranks second tenure. ASU last appeared in a in 2002, in the Pac-10 with 263.6 passing yards per game and is third in the league and 24th in the earning a trip to the Holiday Bowl with a third-place finish in the Pac-10 standings. country in total offense (252.3 yards per contest). Walter’s 21 touchdown passes this year are the most by any quarterback in the nation … Nine Sun Devils had five or more tackles in last with Purdue’s Kyle Orton and Bowling Green’s Omar Jacobs each throwing 20. Walter also week’s win over UCLA, led by Jamar Williams (10). ranks fifth in the country in points responsible for at 18.6 points per contest. … After allowing just 12.8 points per game in the first The Sun Devils have scored 22 of their 26 touchdowns through the air this year, while five weeks of the season, ASU has allowed 43.5 ppg the team ranks fifth in the league in total offense at 391.4 yards per game. The Sun Devils in the last two contests. are also fourth in the Pac-10 in scoring offense (32.1 points per contest). … The Sun Devils have allowed their opponents to convert on just 29.0 percent of their third-down efforts Pac-10 Conference Career TD Passes (29/101), which is second in the Pac-10. ASU is even 1. 77 John Elway, Stanford, 1979-82 stingier on fourth down, allowing opponents just 18 2. 76 Andrew Walter, ASU, 2001-present percent (2-11), which also second in the league. 3. 75 , Stan., 1991-94 … This week’s game at Cal is the only road game in a 4. 72 , USC, 1998-02 stretch of three at four at home for the Sun Devils. That 5. 70 , WSU, 1999-02 stretch began last week with UCLA and continues with Stanford and Washington State on Nov. 6 and 13.

100-Yard Receivers … Arizona State has won five straight home games Junior Derek Hagan turned in 160 receiving yards and sophomore Terry Richardson had a dating back to its Nov. 28 victory over Arizona last career-best 159 in ASU’s come-from-behind victory over UCLA last week, marking the first year. Those five victories mark the longest home win- ning streak since the team won eight consecutive time this season that ASU had two receivers each rack up 100 yards in a game. Last sea- home games over the 1996 and 1997 seasons (all son, the Sun Devils accomplished the feat three times, doing it in each of the last three seven in 1996 and the season-opener in 1997). games (at Stanford, at Washington State and Arizona). Hagan turned in a 100-yard game … The Sun Devils are ranked 20th in this week’s in each of those last three contests and was joined by Matt Miller in the Stanford game and poll and 21st in the ESPN/USA Skyler Fulton in the other two. Today Coaches poll. Prior to their loss at No. 1/1 USC last week, ASU had climbed to 15th and 19th in the Pick Pockets national polls, which was the highest since the 1997 squad finished at 14th in each of the final Arizona State’s defense tied its season high with four in last week’s victory national polls. ASU is also ranked 10th in the latest over UCLA (UTEP was the other). The defense was led by senior safety Emmanuel Sagarin rankings. Franklin who had two picks, marking the second time this season that he has snagged a … The Sun Devils have scored first in four of seven pair of interceptions. Justin Burks and Dale Robinson also got into the act games this year after doing it just five times in 12 against the Bruins, each turning in their first career interceptions. games in 2003. ASU has scored first only 14 times in Arizona State’s defense has intercepted 11 passes so far this year, which is tied for its last 33 games dating back to the start of the 2002 second in the Pac-10 behind the 12 of USC. Franklin is tied for first in the Pac-10 and sixth season. in the country with his four interceptions (.57 per game), while junior linebacker Jamar … ASU’s loss to top-ranked USC on Oct. 16 snapped Williams is tied for fifth in the league and ranked 21st in the nation with three interceptions a streak of five straight wins this year and six overall this year, including two Sept. 25 against Oregon State. for the Sun Devils dating back to last season’s win ASU also had four interceptions in the team’s season-opener vs. UTEP, marking the over Arizona. ASU had not won five straight games in one season since the 1997 Sun Bowl campaign, first time that the team had picked off four passes in a single game since a 65-24 win over while the team had not won six straight since reeling Stanford on Sept. 28, 2002 at Sun Devil Stadium. off 11 consecutive wins to start the 1996 season. Franklin leads the active roster with five career interceptions. Only senior R.J. Oliver, … Arizona State holds a 224-78-3 all-time record at who suffered a season-ending foot injury in preseason practice, has more interceptions in Sun Devil Stadium (.739). his career (eight). Franklin returned his second interception against the UTEP Miners 48 yards for touch- … ASU’s capacity crowd of 71,700 in the Iowa game down, marking the second time that the fifth-year senior, who missed the 2002 season after was the 16th-largest crowd in school history and the first sell-out at Sun Devil Stadium since Oct. 10, 1998 having brain surgery, has accomplished the feat. In 2001, his redshirt freshman year, when 73,501 saw the Sun Devils fall to Notre Dame. Franklin set the school record and tied the Pac-10 mark for the longest interception return with a 100-yarder in the season opener again San Diego State. … Freshman Jeremy Payton played cornerback and in Sept. 2 vs. UTEP, becoming ASU’s first two-way player since J.R. Redmond saw time at Notes from the Red Zone tailback and safety in 1998 and ’99 and Jason Arizona State has been extremely efficient in the red zone on both sides of the ball this sea- Simmons played CB and QB in the 1997 Sun Bowl. son. On offense, the Sun Devils have scored on 92.6 percent of their trips into the red zone … ASU’s Pac-10 miss this year is Washington. (25-27, 17 TDs and 8 FGs) to lead the Pac-10, including 7-of-7 in the team’s Sept. 18 win over then No. 16/12 Iowa and 5-of-5 in last week’s win over UCLA. In the last six games, … Arizona State Athletics Director Gene Smith ASU has scored on 22 of 23 visits inside the opponents’ 20-yard line with 15 TDs. played at Notre Dame, earning three letters and playing on the Irish’s 1973 nation- al title squad. Continued on page 5

2004 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL • PAGE 3 SENIOR QUARTERBACK ANDREW WALTER

With a career-best six touchdown passes in last week’s victory over WALTER’S CAREER STATISTICS UCLA, senior quarterback Andrew Walter climbed to second on the Year G/GS Com./Att. Yds. Pct. TD/Int. Lg. Avg./G Eff. Pac-10 list for career touchdown passes. With 76 scoring strikes, he 2001 11/2 38/86 546 44.2 3/2 53 49.6 104.4 needs just one more to tie the Pac-10-record 77 touchdown passes 2002 14/10 274/483 3877 56.7 28/15 85 276.9 137.1 that Stanford’s John Elway threw in his career (1979-82). 2003 12/12 221/421 3044 52.5 24/10 80 253.7 127.3 Already ASU’s career record-holder in just about every passing 2004 7/7 142/264 1845 53.8 21/6 79 263.6 134.2 category, Walter is second among the NCAA’s active career leaders for Career 44/31 675/1254 9312 53.8 76/33 85 211.6 130.9 passing touchdowns and sixth in career passing yards. Hawaii’s WALTER’S CAREER HIGHS Timmy Chang (94) is the only active quarterback in the nation to have Pass Attempts ...... 58 at North Carolina, 10/18/03 thrown more career TD passes than Walter. Pass Completions ...... 34 at North Carolina, 10/18/03 Walter became Arizona State’s career passing yardage leader on Passing Yards ...... 536 at Oregon, 10/19/02 Oct. 16 against top-ranked USC. He tied ’s career mark TDs Passing ...... 6 vs. UCLA, 10/23/04 of 8,827 yards with a seven-yard pass to freshman Zach Miller on WALTER’S 2004 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS ASU’s second drive of the second quarter at USC and surpassed it Opp. Com./Att. Yds. TD/Int. Long with a 10-yard pass to junior Derek Hagan on the team’s third drive UTEP 18/37 241 3/0 34 that period. With 415 yards last week against UCLA, the seventh 400- at Northwestern 19/36 292 3/0 47 yard game of his career, Walter now has 9,312 career passing yards #16/12 Iowa 31/43 428 5/1 65 and ranks ninth on the Pac-10 career passing yards list. He is just the Oregon State 16/40 124 1/0 17 ninth Pac-10 quarterback to gain 9,000 yards and needs just 37 yards at Oregon 14/23 164 3/0 27 at USC 19/34 181 0/2 20 to catch Stanford’s John Elway (9,349 yards, 1979-82) for eighth on UCLA 25/51 415 6/3 79 the league list. at California This season, Walter ranks third in the Pac-10 at 263.6 passing Stanford yards per game and third in the league and 24th in the nation in total Washington State offense at 252.3 yards per game. He has completed 53.8 percent of at Arizona his attempts (142-246) with 21 touchdowns and six interceptions. Walter’s 21 touchdown passes are the most by any quarterback ASU career touchdowns list behind College Football Hall of Famer in the nation this year with Purdue’s Kyle Orton and Bowling Green’s (64, 1971-73) and current Denver Bronco Jake Plummer Omar Jacobs each throwing 20. Walter also ranks fifth in the country (65, 1993-96), but the Grand Junction, Colo., native tied Plummer in in points responsible for at 18.6 points per contest (128 points, 21 the third quarter and took sole possession of ASU’s career mark with TDs). He needs just three more TD passes to match his production of a scoring strike to freshman Zach Miller in the fourth against the last year (24), which tied for third on the ASU single-season list. In Hawkeyes. He tied his career high with five TD passes vs. Iowa (since 2002, Walter threw 28 scoring strikes, which was one shy of the school broken) and completed 31 of 43 attempts for 428 yards, the sixth 400- record of 29 by Mike Pagel in 1981. yard game of his career. Walter came into ASU’s Sept. 18 game against Iowa third on the A 2003 honorable-mention All-Pac-10 selection, Walter has turned in 21 multiple touchdown games in his career, including seven in 2003 and five this season. He did not throw a TD pass at USC, marking the only game this year that he did not have at least one score and snapping his streak of nine straight games with at least one TD pass, including five against Iowa on Sept. 18 and three in ASU’s Oct. 2 win at Oregon. Walter now has had eight career games with at least four TD passes, including a career-best six touchdown passes Oct. 23 against UCLA and five twice. Walter, who earned his bachelor’s degree in communication in May of 2004, already holds the top two marks on the Sun Devil single- season passing charts (3,877 yards in 2002 and 3,044 yards in 2003) and needs just 549 more yards to claim another spot on that list. With his 40 attempts on Sept. 25 against Oregon State, Walter became the ASU career leader in pass attempts, while he set the career comple- tions mark with his second completion at No. 1 USC on Oct. 16. Walter threw his first interception of the 2004 season in the sec- ond quarter of the Sept. 18 Iowa game, snapping a stretch of three straight games, 15 quarters and 136 attempts dating back to last sea- son (his previous pick was in the second quarter of the Nov. 15, 2003 Washington State game). He did not have another interception until the first quarter of the Oct. 16 USC game, going two games, 11 quar- ters and 98 attempts without a pick. In his third year as a team co-captain, Walter opened the season with a 241-yard, three-touchdown effort on 18-of-37 passing Sept. 2 against UTEP. He has turned in at least 200 yards passing in 22 of his 31 career starts. Of those 22 games, he has thrown for more than 400 yards seven times, including his Pac-10-record 536-yard effort at Oregon in 2002.

2004 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL • PAGE 4 TEAM NOTES

ANDREW WALTER IN THE RECORD BOOKS Arizona State is tied for fifth in the Pac-10 in red-zone defense, allowing teams to score just 75.0 percent of the time (18-24). ASU’s ASU Career TD Passes 5. 418 , 1987-90 1. 76 A. Walter, 2001-present ASU Single-Game Touchdown Passes opponents have scored 13 touchdowns and five field goals in those 2. 65 Jake Plummer, 1993-96 1. 7 Mike Pagel, vs. Stanford, 1981 trips inside the ASU 20-yard line. 3. 64 Danny White, 1971-73 2. 6 A. Walter, vs. UCLA, 2004 4. 48 Mike Pagel, 1978-81 6 D. White, vs. New Mexico, 1971 5. 46 , 1974-77 3. 5 A. Walter, vs. Iowa, 2004 Turnover Margin 46 Ryan Kealy, 1997-00 5 A. Walter, vs. Stanford, 2002 7. 44 J.Van Raaphorst, 1984-86 5 Jeff Krohn, vs. Oregon, 2000 Arizona State is second in the Pac-10 and seventh in the nation in 5. 4 23 times (4 times by Walter, turnover margin, forcing +1.43 turnovers per game. So far this year, Pac-10 Career TD Passes last vs. NAU, 2003) 1. 77 John Elway, Stanford, 1979-82 the Sun Devils have won the turnover battle 17-7, recovering six fum- 2. 76 A. Walter, ASU, 2001-pres. ASU Single-Game Passing Yards bles and picking off 11 passes, while giving up just seven miscues (all 3. 75 Steve Stenstrom, Stan., 1991-94 1. 536 Walter at Oregon, 2002 interceptions). ASU is the only squad in the Pac-10 which has yet to 4. 72 Carson Palmer, USC, 1998-02 (Pac-10 record) 5. 70 Jason Gesser, WSU, 1999-02 2. 534 Paul Justin vs. WSU, 1989 lose a fumble this year and has gone without a turnover in three of the 5. 68 Cade McNown, UCLA, 1995-99 3. 532 Jeff Van Raaphorst vs. Florida team’s seven games this year (Northwestern, Oregon State and State,1984 NCAA Active Career Passing TDs 4. 511 Ryan Kealy vs. Arizona, 1998 Oregon). Texas A&M is leading the nation in turnover margin at +2.29, 1. 94 Timmy Chang, Hawaii 5. 477 Walter vs. Cal, 2002 while USC leads the Pac-10 (1.86). 2. 76 A. Walter, ASU, 2001-pres. 6. 474 Walter vs. North Senior safety Emmanuel Franklin is tied for first in the Pac-10 3. 75 D. Orlovsky, UConn Carolina, 2002 4. 70 D. Wimprine, Memphis 474 Paul Justin vs. Houston, 1990 and sixth in the country with his four interceptions (.57 per game), 5. 67 G. Guidugli, Cincinnati while junior linebacker Jamar Williams is tied for fifth in the league and ASU Single-Season Passing Yards ASU Career Passing Yards 1. 3,877 Andrew Walter, 2002 ranked 21st in the nation with three interceptions this year. 1. 9,312 A. Walter, 2001-present 2. 3,044 Andrew Walter, 2003 Sophomore defensive Jordan Hill and senior defensive end 2. 8,827 Jake Plummer, 1993-96 2. 2,878 Danny White, 1973 3. 6,912 Ryan Kealy, 1997-00 3. 2,776 Jake Plummer, 1996 Ishmael Thrower are tied for fourth in the Pac-10 with two fumble 4. 6,717 Danny White, 1971-73 4. 2,591 Paul Justin, 1989 recoveries each. 5. 6,610 J. Van Raaphorst, 1984-86 5. 2,484 Mike Pagel, 1981 6. 2,394 , 1983 Pac-10 Career Passing Yards Hagan’s Hijinks 1. 11,818 Carson Palmer, USC, 1998-02 Pac-10 Single-Season Passing Yards Junior wide receiver Derek Hagan has led the Sun Devils in receiving 2. 10,911 S. Stenstrom, Stan., 1991-94 1. 4,458 C. Pickett, UW, 2002 3. 10,708 Cade McNown, UCLA, 1995-98 2. 3,968 R. Leaf, WSU, 1997 yards in five of six games this year. He turned in his fourth 100-yard 4. 10,220 , UW, 1999-03 3. 3,942 C. Palmer, USC, 2002 receiving game of the year last week against UCLA with five catches 5. 9,680 J. Smith, OSU, 1998-01 4. 3,877 A. Walter, ASU, 2002 6. 9,393 Erik Wilhelm, OSU, 1995-98 5. 3,812 P. Barnes, cal, 1996 for 160 yards. He also had a season high and tied his career best with 7. 9,627 D. Anderson, OSU, 2001-pres. three touchdown catches 8. 9,349 John Elway, Stan., 1979-82 ASU Single-Season TD Passes against the Bruins. ASU Season Receiving Yards 9. 9,312 A. Walter, ASU, 2001-pres. 1. 29 Mike Pagel, 1981 1. 1,405 Shaun McDonald (87), 2002 10. 8,830 Jason Gesser, WSU, 1999-02 2. 28 Andrew Walter, 2002 With 99.3 receiving yards 2. 1,144 Morris Owens (52), 1973 11. 8,827 Jake Plummer, ASU, 1993-96 3. 24 Andrew Walter, 2003 per game, Hagan is second in 3. 1,104 Shaun McDonald (47), 2001 24 Jake Plummer, 1996 4. 1,082 Ron Fair (64), 1989 NCAA Active Career Passing Yards 24 Danny White, 1973 the Pac-10 and 11th in the 5. 1,076 Derek Hagan (66), 2003 1. 14,791 T. Chang, Hawaii 5. 23 Danny White, 1972 nation, while his 6.4 receptions 6. 1,036 (55), 1995 2. 10,511 D. Greene, Georgia 6. 21 Andrew Walter, 2004 per contest are second in the 7. 1,009 J.D. Hill (61), 1970 3. 10,382 G. Guidugli, Cincinnati 7. 20 John Torok, 1964 8. 974 Greg Hudson (62), 1973 4. 10,101 C. Frye, Akron league and 17th in the country. 5. 9,627 D. Anderson, OSU, 2001-pres. Of his 45 catches this year, 27 ASU Season Receptions 6. 9,312 A. Walter, ASU, 2001-pres. 1. 87 S. McDonald (1405 yds.), 2002 have been resulted in a first 2. 66 Derek Hagan (1076 yds.), ASU Career Attempts down and/or a touchdown (24 2003 1. 1254 A. Walter, 2001-present 3. 64 Ron Fair (1082 yds.), 1989 2. 1142 Jake Plummer, 1993-96 first downs and seven TDs), 4. 62 Skyler Fulton (901 yds.), 2003 3. 868 J. Van Raaphorst, 1984-86 including five of seven catches 62 Greg Hudson (974 yds.), 1973 4. 859 Ryan Kealy, 1997-00 Sept. 25 vs. Oregon State. 5. 849 Dennis Sproul, 1974-77 ASU Career Receptions Hagan is currently riding a 1. 188 John Jefferson, 1974-77 ASU Career Completions streak of 24 straight contests 2. 164 Eric Guiliford, 1989-92 1. 675 A. Walter, 2001-present 3. 156 Shaun McDonald, 2000-02 2. 632 Jake Plummer, 1993-96 with a catch (125 receptions in 156 John Mistler, 1977-80 3. 503 J. Van Raaphorst, 1984-86 that span), including all 12 5. 143 Derek Hagan, 2002-pres. 4. 477 Ryan Kealy, 1997-00 games last season and all 143 Lenzie Jackson, 1995-98 7. 140 Keith Poole, 1993-96 seven this year. Hagan topped the 100- ASU Career Receiving Yards Team Captains 1. 2,993 John Jefferson, 1974-77 Juniors Riccardo Stewart and Andrew Walter are ASU’s team captains yard mark in each of the first 2. 2,867 Shaun McDonald, 2000-02 for 2004 for the second straight year, as voted on by their team- three games of 2004. In ASU’s 3. 2,694 , 1984-87 4. 2,691 Keith Poole, 1993-96 mates. Head coach Dirk Koetter will also select single-game captains Sept. 18 win over No. 16/12 5. 2,408 Eric Guliford, 1989-92 each week. Here’s a list of the team captains so far this year: Iowa, he turned in eight catches 6. 2,176 Derek Hagan, 2002-pres. for 112 yards and two touch- 7. 2,149 John Mistler, 1977-80 Game Team Captains UTEP Stewart, Walter, Burks, Hodgdon downs. At Northwestern, Hagan at Northwestern Stewart, Walter, Franklin, Love caught eight passes for 154 yards and two TDs, while in the Sept. 2 #16/12 Iowa Stewart, Walter, Verdon, Wade Oregon State Stewart, Walter, Hagan, Williams season-opening win over UTEP, he had eight catches for 119 yards at Oregon Stewart, Walter, Carnahan, Jordan Hill and one touchdown. With seven catches for 66 yards Sept. 25 against at #1/1 USC Stewart, Walter, Franklin, Hodgdon UCLA Oliver, Walter, Burghgraef, McKenzie Oregon State, Hagan had his streak of six straight 100-yard receiving at California Stewart, Walter, Verdon, games snapped. That game also ended a streak of six consecutive Stanford games with at least one touchdown catch. Hagan reached 100 yards Washington State at Arizona in each of the last three games last year (138 yards vs. Stanford, 109

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at Washington State and 155 vs. Arizona). Hagan’s 100-Yard Games STATISTICALLY SPEAKING... Hagan now has 10 career 100-yard games, 185 at North Carolina (11 rec.), 10/18/03 which is tied for fourth on the ASU career lists with 170 vs. USC (8 rec.), 10/4/03 TEAM OFFENSE ...... Pac-10 (Nation) 160 vs. UCLA (5 rec.), 10/23/04 Rushing ...... 105.0 ...... 9th Keith Poole (1994-96). Eric Guliford is the ASU 155 at Arizona (8 rec.), 11/28/03 Passing ...... 286.43...... 2nd (9th) leader with 13 career 100-yard receiving games in 154 at Northwestern (8 rec.), 9/11/04 Pass Efficiency ...... 136.17...... 5th (32nd) 138 at Stanford (4 rec.), 11/8/03 Total Offense ...... 391.43 ...... 5th (41st) his career (1989-91). He continues to climb all of 119 vs. UTEP (8 rec.), 9/2/04 Scoring ...... 32.14 ...... 4th (28th) the ASU career receiving charts and is tied for 112 vs. Iowa (8 rec.), 9/18/04 First Downs...... 147 ...... 5th 109 at Washington St. (7 rec.), 11/15/03 3rd Down Conv...... 43.0% ...... 4th fifth in receptions with 143 and is sixth in yards 108 vs. Oregon (7 rec.), 10/11/03 4th Down Conv...... 67.0% ...... 1st with 2,176. Sacks Against ...... 19 ...... 6th Hagan was named a preseason third-team ASU Career 100-Yard Games Red Zone Offense ...... 92.6% ...... 1st 1. 13 Eric Guliford, 1989-91 All-American by Athlon in its preseason college 2. 12 John Jefferson, 1975-77 TEAM DEFENSE ...... Pac-10 (Nation) football edition. Hagan, who was also listed as a 3. 11 Shaun McDonald, 2000-02 Rushing ...... 121.14 ...... 5th (38th) 4. 10 Derek Hagan, 2002-pres. Pass Efficiency ...... 112.27...... 5th (42nd) first-team All-Pac-10 selection by the magazine 10 Keith Poole, 1994-96 Passing Yards ...... 236.4 ...... 10th and the 15th-best wide receiver in the nation by Total Defense ...... 357.57 ...... 7th (55th) Lindy’s, led the team in receiving last year with 66 ASU Season 100-Yard Games Scoring ...... 21.57 ...... 4th (45th) 1. 6 Derek Hagan, 2003 Opp. First Downs ...... 134 ...... 7th catches for 1,076 yards and nine touchdowns. In 6 Shaun McDonald, 2002 Sacks ...... 23 ...... 3rd addition to leading the team, his 1,076-yard per- 6 Ron Fair, 1989 3rd Down Conv...... 29.0% ...... 2nd 4. 5 Keith Poole, 1996 4th Down Conv...... 18.0% ...... 2nd formance ranked fifth on the ASU single-season 5 Eric Guliford, 1991 Red Zone Defense ...... 72.2% ...... T-5th charts and made him just the seventh Sun Devil 5 Eric Guliford, 1990 5 John Jefferson, 1975 TEAM MISCELLANEOUS ...... Pac-10 (Nation) in school history to tally 1,000 receiving yards in a 5 Morris Owens, 1973 Net Punting ...... 31.6 ...... 10th season. Hagan finished fifth in the Pac-10 and 9. 4 Derek Hagan, 2004 Punt Returns ...... 8.9 ...... T-6th 19th in the country in 2003 with 89.7 receiving 4 Five others tied with 4 Kickoff Returns ...... 22.4 ...... 5th (31st) Kickoff Coverage ...... 18.9 ...... 2nd yards per game. With 66 catches, he also ranked Turnover Margin ...... 1.43 (+10) ...... 2nd (7th) second in the ASU record books for receptions in a season. Field Goals...... 12/16 (75.0%)...... 3rd PAT Kicking ...... 25/25 (100%) ...... T-1st Possession Time ...... 31:19 ...... 4th ASU’s Trio of Linebackers Penalties ...... 69.4 ...... 8th Arizona State’s linebacking crew of juniors Dale Robinson and Jamar Williams and senior PLAYER STATISTICS Justin Burks has reaped big benefits from ASU’s switch to a 4-3 defense this season. In Jesse Ainsworth the team’s seven games, ASU’s linebacking trio has accounted for 34.2 percent of Scoring (Kick) ...... 8.71 ...... 1st (17th) Field Goals...... 1.71 ...... 1st (6th) Arizona State’s tackles (159 of 465), including 29 of 69 stops Sept. 11 at Northwestern. Field Goal % ...... 12/16 (75.0%) ...... 1st Robinson has led the team in tackles four times this season, most recently 11 stops at Scoring ...... 8.71...... 2nd (17th) PAT Kicking %...... 100.0 ...... T-1st No. 1/1 USC on Oct. 16, and is averaging 9.0 stops per game (fifth in the Pac-10). Burks has accomplished the feat in two games, including a career-best 13 stops in the win over Rudy Burgess Oregon State on Sept. 25 (six solo) and 11 (eight solo) in ASU’s Oct. 2 at Oregon. Burks Punt Return Avg...... 8.87...... 4th (52nd) Kickoff Return Avg. ....22.20...... 4th (42nd) (7.6 tackles per game, 11th in the Pac-10) and Williams (6.1) are second and third on the team in tackles, respectively. Williams led the team with 10 tackles Oct. 23 vs. UCLA. Justin Burks Tackles...... 7.6 ...... 11th Robinson was the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Week after turning in 14 tackles (10 solo) against Northwestern, while Burks had eight tackles (seven solo). Williams was Emmanuel Franklin third on the team with seven tackles (all solo) against the Wildcats. Against Iowa on Sept. Passes Defended ...... 10 ...... T-3rd Interceptions ...... 0.57 ...... T-1st (6th) 18, Robinson led the way with nine tackles, while Williams had five stops (four solo), a TFL, a sack and an interception to earn Pac-10 Defensive Player-of-the-Week honors. Derek Hagan Receptions ...... 6.43...... 2nd (17th) The trio is on the watch list for the 2004 Rotary Lombardi Award, which contains 115 Receiving Yards/G ...... 99.29...... 2nd (11th) names and will be narrowed to 12 semifinalists later this season. The Rotary Lombardi All-Purpose Yards ...... 99.29 ...... 6th Award is in its 35th year of existence and recognizes the top lineman in the country (down Jordan Hill linemen and defensive players who line up within five yards of the ball). The three line- Rec...... 2 ...... T4th backers were also on the watch list for the , which is presented to the top Chris MacDonald linebacker in the country, earlier this season. Punting ...... 42.31 ...... 5th (31st)

Dale Robinson Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood Tackles...... 9.0 ...... 5th Junior linebacker Dale Robinson has made his presence known with big plays and big Tackles For Loss ...... 8.5 ...... 7th hits this season. He has led the Sun Devils in tackles four times, including 11 tackles (six Kyle Caldwell solo) Oct. 16 at No. 1/1 USC. Robinson also paced the team in tackles in each of the first Sacks ...... 5 ...... T-7th three games of the year and is averaging a team-best 9.0 tackles per game, which ranks Andrew Walter fifth in the Pac-10. He also leads the team with 3.5 sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss (sev- Passing Yards ...... 263.6 ...... 3rd enth in the league). Last season while at Glendale (Ariz.) Community College, Robinson, Pass Efficiency ...... 134.20 ...... 5th (33rd) who is originally from Queens, N.Y., and was a childhood friend of ASU senior cornerback Total Offense ...... 252.29 ...... 3rd (24th) Chris McKenzie, was the Western States League Defensive Player of the Year. Jamar Williams Interceptions ...... 0.43...... T-5th (6th) Robinson Game-by-Game in 2004 (Individuals must rank in the top 10 in Pac-10 and/or Opponent Tackles (Solo) TFL Sacks top 50 in the nation) UTEP 9 (4) 2.5-5 1.0-3 at Northwestern 14 (9) 3.0-12 1.0-10 #16/12 Iowa 9 (4) 0.5-6 0.5-6

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Oregon State 7 (1) 1.5-20 1.0-18 Miller, who has been nicknamed “The Truth” by his teammates for at Oregon 6 (3) 0.0-0 0.0-0 living up to the high-school accolades that tabbed him the No. 1 tight at #1/1 USC 11 (6) 0.0-0 0.0-0 end prospect in the nation, caught 10 passes for 85 yards and the first UCLA 7 (4) 1.0-2 0.0-0 two touchdowns of his career Sept. 18 vs. Iowa and added another TD Totals 63 (31) 8.5-45 3.5-37 Sept. 25 vs. Oregon State. The Phoenix native has also already sur- passed the season totals that current Baltimore Raven had as Getting Defensive a freshman at ASU. Heap turned in 12 catches for 209 yards and four The Sun Devils are fourth in the Pac-10 in scoring defense, allowing touchdowns as a rookie in 1998. 21.6 points per game. Through the first five games of the year, ASU Miller needs just two more catches to enter ASU’s top 10 list for had allowed just 12.8 points per game. The team also ranks fifth in the catches by a tight end in a single season. Heap set all of ASU’s single- league in rushing defense (121.4 yards per game). season records for receiving by a tight end with 55 catches for 832 yards Against Oregon State on Sept. 25, the Sun Devils held the in 1999. Beavers to minus-19 rushing yards, which marked the fewest rushing yards given up since the Sun Devils limited Louisville to minus-78 Putting the Special in Special Teams yards in a 19-0 victory on Sept. 19, 1992. ASU’s kickers, Jesse Ainsworth and Chris MacDonald, have had a The defense gave Iowa just 100 yards of total offense and only six great deal of success so far in 2004. Ainsworth, a sophomore in his first downs in ASU’s Sept. 18 win (44 yards passing, 56 yards rushing), second year as ASU’s placekicker, is leading the league in nearly which marked the fewest yards allowed since the Sun Devils surren- every kicking category. He leads the Pac-10 and ranks sixth in the dered just 13 in that 1992 win over Louisville (91 passing, -78 rushing). nation in field goals made (1.71). In addition, he is first in the Pac-10 Iowa’s 44 passing yards also marked the fewest given up since ASU in kick scoring (8.7 points per game), first in field goal percent (12-16, held Oregon State to 20 passing yards in a 1996 win in Corvallis. The .750) and is tied for first in PAT kicking (25-25). Ainsworth ranks sec- Sun Devils also held Iowa’s offense scoreless with the Hawkeyes’ only ond in the Pac-10 and 17th in the country in overall scoring at 8.7 TD of the game coming on a punt return and limited Iowa to 2-of-12 points per contest. He has drilled a career-long 48 field goal twice this third-down conversion tries. season (vs. UTEP and Iowa). On 44 kickoffs, Ainsworth has booted 22 and sailed another 20 inside the 10-yard line. Miller Time MacDonald, a redshirt freshman who was awarded a scholarship True freshman tight end Zach Miller turned in a career-high 102 receiv- during preseason camp, has averaged 42.3 yards per punt, which ing yards on eight catches Oct. 16 against top-ranked USC, marking ranks third in the Pac-10 and 31st in the country. He booted a career- the first 100-yard receiving long 61-yard punt Sept. 25 against Oregon State and had a 54-yarder career of his young career. This ASU Season Receptions by a Tight End 1. 55 Todd Heap (832 yds.), 1999 Sept. 18 against Iowa. MacDonald has also had 13 of his 39 punts season, Miller is third on the 2. 49 Don Kern (502), 1983 downed inside the 20-yard line, including 3-of-4 Oct. 2 at Oregon. team with 26 catches for 285 3. 48 Todd Heap (644), 2000 4. 42 Jerry Smith (618), 1964 Redshirt freshman Rudy Burgess has made his presence known yards (40.7 yards per game) 5. 39 Ken Dyer (654), 1967 in ASU’s return game this year. He is averaging 22.2 yards per kickoff and four touchdowns. Through 6. 36 Joe Petty (577), 1971 return which is fourth in the Pac-10, while he also ranks fourth in the 7. 31 Mike Pinkard (536), 2002 seven games, he is rapidly Joe Petty (522), 1972 Pac-10 with 8.9 yards per punt return. Against Northwestern on Sept. approaching both of ASUs 8. 29 Ken Dyer (496), 1966 11, he turned in 127 return yards (67 punt and 60 kickoff), including freshman receiving records. 9. 28 Matt Nelson (241), 1994 Ryan McReynolds (271), 1988 career longs with a 42-yard kickoff return and a 34-yard punt return. Junior Derek Hagan set the Sun Ron Wetzel (365), 1982 Devils’ record for receptions by 26 Zach Miller (253), 2004 Getting to the Quarterback a freshman in 2002 with 32 ASU Freshman Season Receiving Yards Arizona State’s defense is third in the Pac-10 with 23 sacks this year. catches to take the mark from 1. 423 John Jefferson, 1974 Sophomore defensive linemen Kyle Caldwell is tied for seventh in the College Football Hall of Famer 2. 405 Derek Hagan, 2002 285 Zach Miller, 2004 Pac-10 with his team-leading 4.5 sacks (0.71 sacks per game), while John Jefferson (30 receptions junior linebacker Dale Robinson, sophomore defensive lineman in 1974), while Hagan fell just ASU Freshman Season Receptions 1. 32 Derek Hagan, 2002 Jordan Hill and senior defensive lineman Ishmael Thrower have 3.5 short of Jefferson’s school- 2. 30 John Jefferson, 1974 sacks apiece. ASU has 10 players who have had a sack on the year, record 423 yards with his 405. 26 Zach Miller, 2004 including junior cornerback Mike Davis who had the first sack of his

Tillman Jersey to Be Retired Rangers unit. He was killed in the line of duty in April in . Arizona State will retire the No. 42 jersey of former Sun Devil Pat Tillman was posthumously promoted to corporal and awarded the Tillman (1976-2004) at the Nov. 13 game with Washington State. , the Meritorious Service Medal and the . The 1997 Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year The Sun Devil team will wear a patch with Tillman’s numbers on and a three-time all-league honoree, Tillman the front of their jerseys this season, and the Pac-10 Conference played linebacker at ASU from 1994-97. An has also honored Tillman by renaming its Defensive Player of the Academic All-American and three-time Pac-10 Year Award after him. All-Academic selection, Tillman graduated In cooperation with the Tillman family, Arizona State and the summa cum laude from ’s W.P. Carey have established the Pat Tillman Memorial School of Business with a B.S. in marketing on Dec. 19, 1997. Scholarship. For more information on the scholarship, please con- After a successful five-year NFL career with the Arizona tact Lynda Lumpkin at (480) 965-2475. Donations can be sent via Cardinals, Tillman and his brother, Kevin, a former ASU baseball mail to the ASU Foundation, Attn: Lynda Lumpkin, P.O. Box 873208, player, enlisted in the U.S. Army and became members of the elite Tempe, AZ 85287-3208. Tillman’s family has also established a foundation in his mem-

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career Oct. 16 at No. 1 USC and junior Josh Golden who had the first that ASU had a player of the week in three straight weeks since 2002 (LB solo sack of his career Oct. 23 vs. UCLA. Josh Amobi on Nov. 12, QB Andrew Walter on Nov. 19 and PK Mike On the other side of the ball, Arizona State’s offensive line is sixth Barth and DE on Nov. 26). Washington was the last team in the Pac-10 in sacks allowed, giving up 19 through seven games this to have three straight defensive players of the week (Nov. 9-23, 2002). season. The Sun Devils have not allowed a sack in two games this Most recently, senior safety Emmauel Franklin won the defensive year (Iowa and Oregon State) and gave up just eight through the first award after playing a key role in ASU's 27-14 win against Oregon State five games of the season. Last year, ASU was third in the Pac-10 with on Sept. 25. He made the biggest defensive play of the game denying 25 sacks on the year. OSU a sure touchdown when he forced a fumble at the one-yard line and Senior center Drew Hodgdon made his return to the field Sept. 25 recovered the ball in the end zone for a . Franklin also had against Oregon State after missing the first three games with a broken eight tackles, six solo, including one tackle for loss and broke up two foot and made his first start of the year Oct. 2 at Oregon. The Sun passes in the game. The Arizona State defense limited Oregon State to Devils return three starters along the offensive line in 2004 in senior minus-10 yards rushing, forced five turnovers and posted four quarter- center Drew Hodgdon (29 career starts), junior guard Grayling Love back sacks (-39). (19) and sophomore right tackle Andrew Carnahan (19). New starters Junior linebacker Jamar Williams and sophomore kicker Jesse this year include redshirt freshman center who has five Ainsworth were honored by the conference following ASU’s win over then starts (the first four games of the year at center and the USC game at No. 16/12 Iowa on Sept. 18. Williams recorded nine tackles, four solo, right guard), and sophomore left guard Stephen Berg who has started including a (-6) and intercepted a pass, returning it the last six contests after redshirt freshman Brandon Rodd (also a new 31 yards to set up a Sun Devil TD. The Arizona State defense limited starter) tore his ACL in the first game. In addition, junior left tackle Iowa to six first downs and 100 yards of total offense (56 rushing, 44 Chaz White has started 14 games in his career. A first-team All-Pac- passing), just 2-of-12 on third-down conversion attempts and posted 10 selection by all three preseason publications, Love has been four quarterback sacks (-25). Ainsworth was three-for-three on field named a preseason honorable-mention All-American by Street & goal attempts from 28, 48 and 33 yards, was perfect on five PAT Smith’s and is listed as the best run blocker in the Pac-10 by Lindy’s. attempts and six of his nine kickoffs were touchbacks and not returned. Junior linebacker Dale Robinson was the league’s defensive play- Arizona State Sacks - Game-by-Game er of the week after turning in a game-high 14 tackles (10 solo), three Game Sacks By ASU Sacks vs. ASU TFLs and a sack in ASU’s Sept. 11 victory at Northwestern. UTEP 2.0-12 3.0-22 at Northwestern 3.0-20 2.0-15 Youth Movement #16/12 Iowa 4.0-25 0.0-0 A total of 26 players saw the first action of their Sun Devil careers in Oregon State 4.0-39 0.0-0 the Sept. 2 season opener against UTEP, including five true freshmen, at Oregon 6.0-35 3.0-26 16 redshirt freshmen, four juniors and one senior. Four of those play- at #1/1 USC 1.0-10 8.0-45 ers made starts in their ASU debuts, including redshirt freshmen offen- UCLA 3.0-20 3.0-15 sive linemen Mike Pollak and Brandon Rodd, true freshman h-back Totals 23.0-161 19.0-123 Zach Miller and junior linebacker Dale Robinson. In comparison, 20 Sun Devils saw the first action of their careers in the Sun Devils’ first Stewart’s Standard two games last season. A 2003 second-team All-Pac-10 honoree, senior safety Riccardo The five true freshmen to see action against UTEP included Stewart made his return to the field Sept. 11 at Northwestern a mem- Miller, walk-on cornerback Rodney Cox, wide receiver/cornerback orable one. He was third on the team in tackles with seven stops (all Jeremy Payton, tight end Andrew Pettes and linebacker Antone solo) and caused the game-clinching turnover in the fourth quarter Saulsberry. Payton saw action both on offense and defense against against the Wildcats. Stewart stopped NU’s potential go-ahead drive the Miners. Last year, seven true freshmen played for the Sun Devils. with a bone-jarring hit on the Wildcat tailback Terrell Jordan at the ASU ASU’s current roster features a total of 19 Sun Devils who saw action 20, forcing a fumble, which was recovered by senior Ishmael Thrower. Stewart was also second on the team with six tackles (five solo) Oct. 16 at No. 1 USC. Academic Achievements A two-year team co-captain, Stewart won the Sun Devil Valor ASU’s roster features two student-athletes who have already Award in each of the last two seasons, an honor given to a great team earned their undergraduate degrees in quarterback Andrew player who consistently displays courage on and off the field. This sea- Walter (communication) and center son, he is fourth in the team with 6.0 tackles per game (22 solo, 8 Drew Hodgdon (BIS-justice studies and assisted). sociology). Stewart was a preseason honorable-mention All-American by Twenty-eight football student-ath- Street & Smith’s and is listed as the 20th-best safety in the country in letes are currently wearing “Scholar the preseason by Lindy’s. A four-year starter, Stewart is one of the Baller” patches on the fronts of their jer- most experienced Sun Devils with 37 career games and 27 starts to seys this year for turning in GPA’s of 3.0 his credit. Last year, he ranked second on the team and seventh in the or higher. This season, Arizona State Pac-10 with 7.6 tackles per game (84 stops) and paced the Sun Devils has become the first Division I school in with three interceptions. the country to honor its student-athletes’ academic success on their jerseys. This Pac-10 Players of the Week spring, the Sun Devils achieved an all- Scholar Baller Patch Four Sun Devils have been named Pac-10 Player of the Week this year. time best 2.58 semester GPA (for schol- ASU swept the defensive player-of-the-week category in three consecu- arship student-athletes on the team). tive weeks earlier this season (Sept. 13, 20 and 27), marking the first time

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during their true freshman campaigns, including Jesse Ainsworth, Josh Walter on Preseason Watch Lists Barrett, Kyle Caldwell, , DeAndre Johnson, Daniel Varvel Senior quarterback Andrew Walter has been named to the preseason and Mark Washington in 2003; Mike Davis Jr., Matt Fawley, Derek watch lists for the Davey O'Brien Award and the Walter Camp Football Hagan, Mike Talbot, Chaz White and Jamar Williams in 2002; and Foundation’s Player of the Year Award. He has also been named one Lamar Baker in 2001. of nine finalists for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, presented annually to the nation's top senior collegiate quarterback. Lighting Up the Scoreboard The Davey O’Brien Award is given annually to the nation's top col- Arizona State has averaged 30.9 points per game in Dirk Koetter’s four legiate quarterback. The watch list is comprised of 42 Division-I quar- years at the helm. This year, the Sun Devils are fourth in the Pac-10 terbacks and will be narrowed down to the semifinalists in early and 28th in the nation at 32.1 points per game. The team averaged November. Three finalists will be chosen later in November, and the 24.5 points per game last year, winner will be announced on Dec. 9 at the ESPN College Football 32.3 ppg in 2002 and 34.0 ppg ASU’s 50-Point Games Under Koetter Awards Show in Orlando. The winner will be honored at the 28th in 2001. Last season, the Sun 65 vs. Stanford (W, 65-24), 9/28/02 63 vs. La.-Lafayette (W, 63-27), 10/6/01 Annual O'Brien Awards Dinner in February 2005, at the Fort Worth Devils scored a season-high 59 59 vs. Oregon (W, 59-14), 10/11/03 Club in Fort Worth, Texas. points in a 59-14 win over 53 vs. San Jose State (W, 53-15), 9/29/01 Walter is one of 40 “players to watch” for the Walter Camp Award, Oregon on Oct. 11. That effort the nation's fourth-oldest individual college football accolade. That marked the most points for the team since ASU set its school record watch list will be narrowed to 10 semi-finalists in early November. The for scoring in a Pac-10 game with its 65-24 win over Stanford on Sept. 2004 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, which is voted on by 28, 2002. Since coming to ASU, a Koetter-led team has put 50 or more the 117 Division I-A head coaches and sports information directors, will points on the scoreboard four times (10 times in his career). be announced on the ESPN/Home Depot College Football Awards The Sun Devils have also set the school record for consecutive Show in December. The winner will then receive his trophy at the games without being shut out. ASU has now scored in 109 straight Foundation's annual national awards banquet on Feb. 13, 2005 in New games dating back to the last six games of 1995. Haven, Conn. Walter has been named a preseason third-team All-Pac-10 selec- Spreading the Wealth tion by Athlon Sports and is listed as the eighth- and ninth-best quar- Thirteen Sun Devils have caught passes this year, while a total of terback in the nation by Athlon and the , respectively. seven players have made touchdown catches on the season, includ- ing sophomore Jamaal Lewis who caught the first TD pass of his ASU Picked Sixth in Preseason Pac-10 Poll career Oct. 2 at Oregon. Ten different receivers caught passes in Arizona State was picked to finish sixth in the Pac-10 in the league’s ASU’s season opener vs. UTEP with four different players catching preseason poll of West Coast media members. Defending league and touchdown passes (junior Derek Hagan, sophomore Terry Richardson Associated Press national champion USC was picked to finish first, and redshirt freshmen Rudy Burgess and Brent Miller). Senior Andrew garnering all 24 first-place votes. ASU proved to be something of a Walter connected with six different players, including TD passes to challenge for the media members. The Sun Devils were sixth but were Hagan, Richardson and Miller, while sophomore Sam Keller complet- just seven points out of fourth place, while media members picked ed tosses to five Sun Devils, including a career-long 68-yard TD pass them anywhere from third to ninth. to Burgess, against the Miners. Spreading the wealth is nothing new to the Sun Devils who com- 2004 Pac-10 Preseason Media Poll (first-place votes in parentheses) pleted passes to 13 different receivers last year and 14 during the 1. USC (24) 240 2002 Holiday Bowl campaign. Last season, ASU had a different play- 2. California 210 er lead the team in receiving in each of the team’s first five games. 3. Oregon 192 4. Oregon State 138 5. Washington State 133 Sun Devils in the NFL 6. Arizona State 131 7. Washington 100 Twenty-three former Sun Devils were on the 2004 NFL opening-day 8. UCLA 98 rosters this season, which ranks 19th among the nation’s universities. 9. Stanford 40 ASU also has the fourth-most among Pac-10 schools, trailing only 10. Arizona 38 USC (27), UCLA (27) and California (24).

Former Sun Devils on NFL Rosters (2004 Opening Day) Osborne Receives Special Teams Honor , St. Louis Rams Jake Plummer, ASU assistant head coach and special teams coordinator Tom Solomon Bates, J.R. Redmond, Oakland Raiders Osborne was honored as the 2003 Monthly David Dixon, Derrick Rodgers, Magazine's Division I-A Special Teams Coordinator of the Year. AFM, Erik Flowers, St. Louis Rams Grey Ruegamer, the magazine published for professional and collegiate football coach- Todd Heap, Jason Shivers, St. Louis Rams Junior Ioane, Jason Simmons, Houston Texans es, measured several aspects of the game to arrive at the honor. While Brian Jennings, , San Francisco 49ers statistics were a main element to the award, there were many factors Levi Jones, Marvel Smith, involved in the selection of such as player/coach relationship and Mike Karney, New Orleans Saints Terrelle Smith, Kyle Kosier, San Francisco 49ers Terrell Suggs, Baltimore Ravens improvement from the previous year. Under Osborne, ASU has had a Jason Kyle, Stephen Trejo, St. Louis Rams punter earn All-Pac-10 honors in each of the last three seasons. In Shaun McDonald, St. Louis Rams 2002, punter Tim Parker led the league, while he ranked in the nation top 20 in each of the last two years. He has also had a placekicker Note: Damien Richardson (1994-97) is on the injured reserve list for the ranked in the nation's top 10 during his tenure. ASU ranked third in the Carolina Panthers while (1989-91) started the season on the Pac-10 in kickoff coverage in 2002 and 2003. injury list for the .

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Bowl Lineup Online The Pacific-10 Conference has arrangements with seven bowl Arizona State’s official web site is part of the Official College Sports partners. The lineup is led by the Rose Bowl, which is the destina- Network and can be found at www.TheSunDevils.com. Updated tion for the Pac-10 champion, unless said champion is ranked No. releases, player bios, statistics and other information can be 1 or No. 2 in the final Bowl Championship rankings. In that case, accessed from ASU’s web site. Game broadcasts and live stats the champion would play in the BCS National Championship are also available on the site. The Pac-10 Conference’s official Game, which this season is the FedEx Orange Bowl on Jan. 4, website is located at www.Pac-10.org. 2005. Agreements also remain in place with the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl, Vitalis Sun Bowl, Insight Bowl, Las Vegas Bowl, XM Satellite Radio Emerald Bowl and Silicon Valley Football Classic. As the official satellite radio partner of the Pac-10 Conference, XM Regardless of the disposition of the Pac-10 champion, a sec- Radio will carry selected Pac-10 football and men's and women's ond Pac-10 team may be selected for an at-large berth in the Bowl games to listeners across the country starting this fall as Championship Series in any given year. Pac-10 agreements with part of its basic channel line-up. Here are the ASU football games its other bowl partners provide for that occurrence. which will be available on XM Satellite Radio this fall:

Bowl Date (TV) Matchup Game Date Channel Rose (Pasadena) Jan. 1 (ABC) Pac-10 #1 vs. Big Ten #1 at California 10/30 Pac-10 Channel 183 Holiday (San Diego) Dec. 30 (ESPN) Pac-10 #2 vs. Big XII #3 Stanford 11/6 Pac-10 Channel 184 Sun (El Paso) Dec. 31 (CBS) Pac-10 #3 vs. Big Ten #5 Washington State 11/13 Pac-10 Channel 183 Insight (Phoenix) Dec. 28 (ESPN) Pac-10 #4 vs. Big East #3 at Arizona 11/26 Pac-10 Channel 183 Las Vegas Dec. 23 (ESPN) Pac-10 #5 vs. MWC #2 Emerald (San Francisco) Dec. 30 (ESPN2) Pac-10 #6 vs. MWC #3 Pac-10 Teleconference Silicon Valley (San Jose) Dec. 30 (ESPN2) Pac-10 #7 vs. WAC #2 Dirk Koetter and the other nine Pac-10 head football coaches par- ticipate in a teleconference call every Tuesday during the season Sun Devil Sports Network beginning Aug. 31 and continuing through Nov. 16. Each Pac-10 Sun Devil fans across Arizona can tune into the Sun Devil Sports coach will be available for 10 minutes starting at 10 a.m. PT. Network for live radio broadcasts of all Arizona State football Koetter is available from 11-11:10 a.m. PT. A replay of the call can games. Here are the affiliates of the 12-station network: also be heard at 3 p.m. PT each Tuesday and will be available until the next call. Media members may call the Pac-10 Conference Station City office (925-932-4411) or the ASU Media Relations office (480-965- KTAR 620 AM & KMVP 860 AM Phoenix (Flagship) 6592) for the media-only phone number. KTNN-AM 660 Window Rock, Flagstaff and Gallup, N.M. KIKO-AM 1340 Globe/Miami Practice/Interview Schedule KYCA-AM 1490 Prescott Arizona State practices every day but Monday during a normal KATO-AM 1230 Safford week. Sunday’s practice is closed, and no interviews are allowed. KAZM-AM 780 Sedona/Flagstaff The Sun Devils will practice 6-8:30 p.m. for approximately the first KASR-FM 92.7 Little Rock, Ark. month of the season, but check with the ASU Media Relations KZUA-FM 92.1 Holbrook office for changes. Players are available for interviews after KNTR-AM 980 Lake Havasu City practice this season. Please note this change from the previ- KJLL-AM 1330 Tucson ous years. Players are not available for interviews on Friday or KTHQ-FM 92.5 Show Low Saturday until after the game. All interviews must be arranged through the ASU Media Relations Office. All practices are closed Koetter Press Conference to the general public, and fans wishing to attend a practice should ASU head coach Dirk Koetter will hold a weekly press conference call the ASU football office at (480) 965-5053. in the Dutson Theater (on the third floor of the Carson Student- Athlete Center) at noon Mondays prior to each game, starting Post-Game Interviews Monday, August 30. Every effort will also be made to have the The Sun Devil Theater (located on the third floor of the Carson opposing coach on a conference call at the beginning of the press Center) is utilized for postgame interviews for ASU players and conference. coaches. Head coach Dirk Koetter and requested student-ath- letes will be available to the media for as long as necessary fol- Koetter Call-In Show lowing a brief “cooling off” period immediately after the final gun The Dirk Koetter Call-In Show airs from 7-7:30 p.m. every sounds. ASU’s locker room is closed. Thursday night on ESPN 860 AM during the football season. Sun Those desiring interviews with the opposing coach and players Devil fans can pose their questions to Koetter and host Tim should proceed to the north end of Sun Devil Stadium to the visi- Healey, the voice of the Sun Devils, by calling 602-277-5687. tor’s locker room and check with the school’s media relations per- sonnel on their postgame policies. Pac-10 Football Satellite Feed The Pac-10 Conference provides a weekly satellite feed featuring What Time is It Anyway? interviews with coaches and selected players regarding upcoming The state of Arizona never changes its clocks remaining on games along with highlight footage. The half-hour feed airs every Mountain Standard Time all year. From April to the end of October, Wednesday at 11 a.m. PT (2 p.m ET) starting Sept. 8 and running Arizona State is basically on Pacific Daylight Time, while when the through Dec. 1. Coordinates for the feed are IA5/14 (formerly rest of the country changes its clocks on October 31, Arizona State Telstar 5/14 c-band). Trouble numbers are Dennis Kirkpatrick remained the same, matching up again with Mountain Standard (310) 543-1835; Cory Stone (805) 231-3229 or (888) 423-0095 Time pager; or Michelle Zumalt at the Pac-10 (925) 932-4411. GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS

Arizona State 41, UTEP 9 minutes remaining in the third. On the following drive which spanned the third and Thursday, Sept. 2, 2004 • Kickoff: 7 p.m. fourth quarters, Walter completed a 14-yard pass to junior Hakim Hill to bring ASU into Sun Devil Stadium • TV: FSN Arizona the red zone and set up a 41-yard field goal for Ainsworth, putting ASU up 27-21. Attendance: 57, 528 After a missed 47-yard field goal on the Sun Devils’ next possession, NU was in a position to retake the lead. Basanez gained 34 yards on a quarterback keeper to Forcing four turnovers, including a pair of interceptions by senior safety Emmanuel bring the Wildcats across midfield. However, senior Riccardo Stewart laid a hit on Franklin, the Sun Devils opened the 2004 campaign with a 41-9 victory over the Terrell Jordan, forcing a fumble that was recovered by ASU senior defensive end Texas-El Paso Miners in front of 57,528 fans Sept. 2 at Sun Devil Stadium. Ishmael Thrower, the only turnover of the game. With the ball back in their posses- On ASU’s first drive of the season, senior Andrew Walter connected on four sion, the Sun Devils pounded away at the Northwestern defense on the ground, tak- straight passes to lead the team 72 yards downfield to the UTEP five-yard line. ing six minutes off the clock on a 14-play, 81-yard drive that ended with an 18-yard Sophomore Jesse Ainsworth hit a 22-yard field goal to give the Devils an early 3-0 Ainsworth field goal to give the Sun Devils a 30-21 advantage. Ainsworth hit 3-of-4 advantage in the first quarter. field goals on the day and made all three of his PATs. The Sun Devil defense opened the second quarter with a sack of UTEP’s Walter finished the game with 292 yards and three touchdowns on 19-of-36 Jordan Palmer by junior linebacker Dale Robinson to force the Miners into their fourth passing. Junior linebacker Dale Robinson led the defense with 14 tackles (10 solo), straight punt. Taking over on the ASU 17-yard line, the Sun Devil offense drove 63 three tackles for loss and a sack. yards in just 43 seconds when sophomore Terry Richardson hauled in a 34-yard touchdown pass from Walter, his first career TD, to extend the Sun Devil lead to 10- Arizona State 44, #16/12 Iowa 7 0. Richardson finished the game with five catches for 70 yards. Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004 • Kickoff: 7:45 p.m. Four plays later, Franklin stepped in front of a pass from Palmer, returning the Sun Devil Stadium • TV: FSN AZ interception 28 yards to the UTEP 30-yard line. Using the to move the ball down Attendance: 71,700 (sell-out) close to the goal line, Walter connected with redshirt freshman tight end Brent Miller for a two-yard pass to the corner of the end zone for Miller’s first career touchdown Breaking the school record for career touchdown passes, senior quarterback Andrew reception. UTEP took over on offense but had only four plays before Franklin again Walter tied his career high with five TDs and racked up 428 yards to propel the picked off a Palmer pass and this time returned it 48 yards to the end zone to put the Arizona State Sun Devils to a 44-7 victory over No. 16/12 Iowa in front of a capacity Sun Devils on top 24-0 halfway through the second quarter, having scored three crowd of 71,700 in Tempe, Ariz. touchdowns in just over five minutes. After thunderstorms delayed the kickoff 38 minutes, the Sun Devils took the field After trading punts, the ASU defense forced another turnover when junior tack- and immediately dominated the game on both sides of the ball. Forcing the Hawkeyes le Quency Darley picked a tipped Palmer pass out of the air to give the Sun Devils into a quick punt, the Sun Devils took over from their own 20-yard line and drove 80 possession on their own 45-yard line. ASU could not take advantage of the turnover yards in nine plays. After Walter connected with junior Matt Miller on a 41-yard pass and had a punt blocked by the Miners, who took possession on the ASU 49-yard line. reception, he found junior Moey Mutz in the end zone for a 14-yard pass to put the Palmer connected with Higgins on the next play for 37 yards, and Howard Jackson Sun Devils ahead 7-0. capped the scoring drive with a 12-yard touchdown rush to get the Miners on the Forcing its first of seven three-and-outs on the ensuing Iowa possession, ASU scoreboard and make it 24-6 at halftime. took over on its own 31-yard line and reeled off a 12-play, 58-yard drive that culmi- ASU opened the second half with a 27-yard drive to the UTEP 31-yard line nated with a 28-yard field goal by sophomore Jesse Ainsworth to increase the lead to where Ainsworth drilled a career-long 48-yard field goal to put the Sun Devils up 27- 10-0. Following another three-and-out, the Sun Devils took over with 0:19 remaining 6. In the closing minutes of the third quarter, ASU turned in a 63-yard drive which cul- in the first quarter and took to the air as Walter found junior Derek Hagan twice, con- minated with a 15-yard TD pass from Walter to junior Derek Hagan to go up 34-6. The necting on a 45-yard reception followed by a seven-yard touchdown pass. Hagan reception was Hagan’s eighth catch of the night for a total of 119 yards and one touch- turned in his sixth consecutive game with at least 100 receiving yards, finishing with down, his fourth straight game with at least 100 receiving yards. eight catches for 112 yards and two touchdowns. Sophomore Sam Keller spelled Walter in the fourth quarter and led the Sun Following a third consecutive Iowa three-and-out, the Sun Devils took posses- Devil offense on a 93-yard drive. He connected with redshirt freshman Rudy Burgess sion on their own 29-yard line and drove the ball 40 yards to the Iowa 31-yard line. on a 68-yard post route for a TD, the first TD reception of Burgess’ career. Ahead 41- However, Iowa made its only defensive stop of the half as Iowa cornerback Antwan 6, the Sun Devils surrendered a field goal to UTEP after holding them four plays inside Allen intercepted a Walter pass on the 26-yard line. Three plays later, the Sun Devil of the ASU 10-yard line to make the final score 41-9. defense regained possession as junior linebacker Jamar Williams stepped in front of Walter finished the game with 241 yards and three touchdowns on 18-of-37 a pass from Iowa quarterback and returned it 31 yards to the Iowa 13-yard passing in three quarters of play. Junior linebacker Dale Robinson led the Sun Devils line. With a short field to work with, Walter found freshman tight end Zach Miller in the with nine tackles and 2.5 TFL in his ASU debut. Robinson also had one sack for a loss end zone for a six-yard pass, giving the Devils a 24-0 advantage. Miller led the Sun of three yards, while sophomore defensive end Kyle Caldwell also contributed a sack. Devils receiving corps with 10 catches for 85 yards and two touchdowns. After an Iowa punt, the Sun Devils took over on offense with 1:11 remaining in Arizona State 30, Northwestern 21 the half. Andrew Walter found redshirt sophomore Terry Richardson in the middle of Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004 • Kickoff: 11 a.m. CT the field for a 34-yard pass to set up Ainsworth for a 48-yard field goal. The Sun Devils Ryan Field • TV: ESPN2 took a 27-0 lead into the locker room, having held the Hawkeyes to 38 total yards in Attendance: 21,939 the half and marking the first time since 2001 (vs. San Diego State) that the Devils shut out an opponent in the first half. A forced fumble by senior safety Riccardo Stewart late in the fourth quarter allowed The Sun Devils opened the second half with a 30-yard completion from Walter the Arizona State Sun Devils to overcome a late surge by the to Zach Miller, which moved the ball to the Iowa 21-yard line and set up a 33-yard field and come away with the 30-21 victory Sept. 11 in Evanston, Ill. goal by Ainsworth. With the score 30-0, ASU took over on offense working from the Trading punts to begin the game, the Sun Devils pinned the Wildcats deep in right side of the 50-yard line. Walter found Hagan for 29 yards before connecting with their own territory and used a 34-yard punt return by redshirt freshman Rudy Burgess him on consecutive passes, the last of which was a seven-yard touchdown reception to set up a 20-yard field goal by sophomore Jesse Ainsworth and go ahead 3-0. to put ASU ahead 37-0. On the edge of the red zone, the Hawkeyes turned the ball Northwestern answered as the second quarter began, using two straight long over on downs after ASU’s defense stood tall and set up a 76-yard, four-play scoring rushes by tailback Noah Herron, the second stretching for nine yards and a TD. With drive for ASU. Connecting with Matt Miller for 65 yards, Walter found Zach Miller on a 14:32 left in the first half, Northwestern held their only lead of the game, 7-3. five-yard TD pass for ASU’s final score of the game, pushing the gap to 44-0. That After a botched fake punt by the Wildcats, senior Andrew Walter connected with TD, the 66th of Walter’s career, put him past Jake Plummer on the ASU career TD list. junior Derek Hagan on a 47-yard touchdown pass, capping a four-play, 60-yard drive Iowa’s Warner Belleus returned a Sun Devil punt 83 yards with 18 seconds and giving the Sun Devils the lead back at 10-7. Hagan finished the game with eight remaining in the game to ruin ASU’s bid for a shutout and set the final score at 44-7. catches for 154 yards and a pair of TDs, his fifth straight 100-yard receiving game. Nine different Sun Devils recorded at least one catch, and Ainsworth connected on all With time running down in the half, the Sun Devils used a balanced attack to three of his field goal attempts with a long of 48 yards. Junior linebacker Dale score their second touchdown. Sophomore Loren Wade ran the ball 16 yards to set Robinson led the Sun Devil defense in tackles for the third straight game with nine up a 41-yard pass from Walter to Hagan for the score and a 17-7 halftime lead. Wade stops (4 solo) and half a sack. Williams also contributed fivetackles, an interception collected 108 yards on a career-best 24 rushes in the game. and a sack. In the second half, Wade ran the ball five times and Walter completed three passes in ASU’s first drive, including a 30-yard TD pass play to sophomore Terry #22/- Arizona State 27, Oregon State 14 Richarson to give ASU a 24-7 lead with 8:56 remaining in the third. Richardson hauled Saturday, Sept. 25, 2004 • Kickoff: 7:15 p.m. in five catches for 65 yards and a touchdown on the day. Sun Devil Stadium • TV: FSN AZ The Wildcats then took advantage of a couple of big plays to swing the momen- Attendance: 63,312 tum back in their favor. completed a 34-yard pass to Shaun Herbert, setting up Terrell Jordan for a 25-yard rush for a touchdown. On the ensuing kickoff, Behind the defensive efforts of safety Emmanuel Frankin and linebackers Jamar NU placekicker Brian Huffman booted a perfect kick to the 50-yard line, which was Williams and Justin Burks, the Arizona State Sun Devils shut down the Oregon State recovered by safety Reggie McPherson to give possession back to the Wildcats. Beavers, scoring 20 straight points en route to a 27-14 victory in front of a crowd of Basanez led his team down field using the pass and scored a touchdown on a 13-yard 63,312 at Sun Devil Stadium. quarterback keeper to bring NU back within a field goal at 24-21 with just over two Striking first, OSU’s Derek Anderson found wide receiver Mike Hass on a 34- GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS

yard pass that gave the Beavers their only lead of the night at 7-0 with 10:10 remain- Walter led the Sun Devils on a long drive to begin the fourth quarter, moving the ing in the first quarter. After stopping the Devils on offense, the Beavers looked to ball 42 yards and eating five minutes of clock. After converting on a third and 24 with build on their lead from the Sun Devil 20-yard line, but Williams picked off his first of a 26-yard pass to Lewis, the Sun Devils called on sophomore Jesse Ainsworth for a two passes on the night and returned it 30 yards to the OSU 1-yard line. With an 48-yard field goal, which sailed wide right. impressive goal-line stand, the Beavers forced the Sun Devils to kick the field goal, As the fourth quarter wore on, ASU broke up some key pass plays as the Ducks which Oregon State blocked and recovered in its own end zone for a touchback. failed to get anything going and were stopped on their own side of the 50-yard line on Following a Beaver punt, the Sun Devils took over on offense as senior Andrew two straight possessions. Taking over on the ASU 41-yard line following a punt, Walter Walter picked up 16 yards on a quarterback keeper before handing the ball off to led ASU on a charge, connecting with Zach Miller on a 27-yard pass gain and then junior tailback Hakim Hill on the next play for the Devils’ first touchdown of the night, converting on a crucial third down with a 10-yard pass to Richardson to bring the ball their first rushing TD of the year and a 7-7 tie at the end of the first quarter. into the Oregon red zone again. Grinding it out on the ground, the Sun Devils ran the The Sun Devils took advantage of a Beaver miscue as Franklin stripped the ball game clock down to 3:01 before sealing the 28-13 win with a one-yard reception by from OSU tight end Joe Newton on the ASU 1-yard line and recovered the football in Rudy Burgess for Walter’s third TD pass of the game. With the win, ASU cruised to the end zone, saving a touchdown and giving the Devils possession on their own 20- its sixth straight victory, dating back to Nov. 28, 2003, and opened the season with a yard line. ASU responded by gaining 64 yards on the Beavers before turning to 5-0 mark for the first time since 1996. sophomore Jesse Ainsworth for a 33-yard field goal to put ASU out in front 10-7 with Walter finished the game with 164 yards and three touchdowns on 14-of-23 2:01 left in the first half. passing, including an 11-of-13 effort for 112 yards in the second half. Hill, who was With the momentum of the game in their favor, the Sun Devils capitalized on playing with a broken forearm, gained a career-high 134 yards on 25 carries and another Beaver turnover as Anderson fumbled the ball on OSU’s next possession and scored a touchdown. On the defensive side, senior Justin Burks led the defense in allowed ASU senior tackle Jordan Hill to recover on the Sun Devils’ 12-yard line. With tackles for the second consecutive game with 11 stops (eight solo). Sophomore Kyle the help of a block by Walter, sophomore Terry Richardson carried the ball 12 yards Caldwell turned in five tackles, two sacks and two pass breakups. into the end zone on a reverse to give ASU a 17-7 halftime. Beginning the second half with good field position, the Sun Devils started from #1/1 USC 45, #15/19 Arizona State 7 their own 43-yard line and utilized two 15-yard penalties by the Beavers to set up a Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004 • Kickoff: 12:30 p.m. 17-yard touchdown on a slant route from Walter to freshman tight end Zach Miller. L.A. Memorial Coliseum • TV: ABC (regional) With 10:11 remaining in the third quarter, the Sun Devils led the Beavers 24-7. Attendance: 90,211 The Sun Devils continued to dominate on the defensive side of the ball, open- ing the fourth quarter with another interception by Williams. Two possessions later, Despite eight receptions for a career-high 102 receiving yards from freshman tight Anderson fumbled again, allowing Jordan Hill to recover on the ASU 32-yard line. end Zach Miller, the Arizona State Sun Devils were unable to overcome the relentless Again taking advantage of costly penalties, the Sun Devils brought the ball down to attack of top-ranked USC, falling 45-7 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. the OSU 27-yard line and called on Ainsworth for a 45-yard field goal which split the USC wasted no time in getting started on offense, taking over on the ASU 45- uprights and secured the Sun Devil lead at 27-7. yard following a Sun Devil punt. After a 19-yard completion to Chris McFoy, USC’s After 52 minutes of shutout defense, the Sun Devils surrendered a score to the hooked up with tailback on a 10-yard touchdown pass for Beavers last in the fourth quarter as tailback Dwight Wright carried the ball one yard an early 7-0 lead. The Sun Devils strung together a 50-yard drive with long comple- across the goal line to inch OSU closer at 27-14, but it proved to be too late as the tions to junior receiver Derek Hagan but came up empty handed after a 47-yard field Devils held on to win their fourth straight game and open 4-0 for the first time since goal attempt by sophomore Jesse Ainsworth fell short of the goal posts. the 1996 campaign when they earned a trip to the Rose Bowl. USC took over at midfield following an ASU punt and drove 50 yards in seven Walter finished with 124 yards on 16-of-40 passing with one touchdown. Burks plays, using a combined attack of tailbacks Bush and LenDale White. From nine yards led the defense with a career-high 13 tackles (6 solo). Junior Dale Robinson, senior out, Leinart found White across the middle for the Trojans’ second touchdown of the Ishmael Thrower and senior Jimmy Verdon each contributed a sack for the Sun Devils game and a 14-0 lead. who held the Beavers to -19 rushing yards for the game. Franklin finished with a As the first quarter ended, the Sun Devils showed some signs of life on offense, career-best eight tackles in addition to two pass breakups, the forced fumble and as senior quarterback Andrew Walter completed two straight passes to Miller for a recovery and a TFL. combined 32 yards. However, Walter’s next pass ended up in the hands of USC’s , who returned the pick 40 yards down to the ASU 19-yard line. One #21/25 Arizona State 28, Oregon 13 play later, Leinart found on the right side of the field for a 19-yard Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004 • Kickoff: 7:28 p.m. touchdown pass. • TV: TBS Following a Sun Devil punt, ASU forced a fumble by Bush on the first play from Attendance: 58,208 scrimmage, and senior Ishmael Thrower recovered, giving ASU possession on the USC 33-yard line. Walter hit sophomore Terry Richardson on a 15-yard completion to Behind a career-best rushing performance from junior tailback Hakim Hill, the Arizona bring the ball to the Trojan two-yard line, where junior tailback Hakim Hill powered it State Sun Devils defeated the Oregon Ducks 28-13 in front of a noisy crowd of 58,000 into the end zone to cut the USC lead to 21-7. on Oct. 2 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore. The Sun Devils improved to 5-0 on the However, the Trojans answered with an eight-play, 75-yard scoring drive of their year and won their third straight against the Ducks, including their second consecu- own. Following a 35-yard completion to Bush, Leinart took the ball into the end zone tive win in Eugene. himself on a one-yard quarterback keeper to give the Trojans a 28-7 advantage with The two teams played to a stalemate through the first quarter, combining for five 5:08 remaining in the first half. After a quick three-and-out by the Sun Devils, the straight punts, 58 penalty yards and no score after 15 minutes. However, the Ducks Trojans scored again quickly with a as tailback Reggie Bush connected with got on the board first early in the second quarter. After a long pass set the Ducks up Jarrett on a 52-yard halfback pass for USC’s fifth touchdown of the half. on a first-and-goal from the ASU seven-yard line, the Sun Devil defense forced Before the half ended, however, USC struck again as Reggie Bush returned a Oregon’s Kellen Clemens to throw the ball away on three straight downs and settle punt by MacDonald 41 yards to the ASU 34-yard line with 0:49 remaining in the half. for the field goal. Following a make from 22 yards out, Oregon took a 3-0 lead. Leinart quickly found Jarrett on a 34-yard pass to take the Trojans into the locker room The Sun Devils answered quickly as they turned to the ground game. Giving the with a 42-7 lead. ball to Hill, the Sun Devils moved the ball on a 15-yard run by Hill who had three Much of the second half passed uneventfully. Taking over on its own 33-yard defenders on his back to help set up senior Andrew Walter's 23-yard touchdown pass line following a punt by the Sun Devils, USC moved the ball 50 yards in 11 plays to to sophomore tight end Jamaal Lewis. With the score with 10:35 remaining in the half, set up a 34-yard field goal by kicker to make the score 45-7 with 9:07 the Sun Devils had their first points of the game and a 7-3 lead. Lewis finished the left in the game. The Sun Devils and the Trojans would both run the ball on their next game with a career-high 48 yards on two receptions with one TD. possessions to run out the clock as USC came away with the victory. Oregon cut the lead to one with a 34-yard field goal by Jared Siegel to end a Walter moved into first in the ASU career recordbooks for completions and 14-play, 74-yard drive. After failing to convert on a third down after a career-long 56- passing yards with his 19-for-34 performance for 181 yards. Hill rushed for 31 yards yard kickoff return by junior Josh Golden, redshirt freshman Chris McDonald trapped and one touchdown on 12 carries. Junior linebacker Dale Robinson led the Sun Devils the Ducks on their own five-yard line with a well-placed 34-yard punt. Unable to get on defense with 11 tackles (six solo), and junior cornerback Mike Davis contributed a the ball moving, Oregon punted away to the Sun Devils, who began their next drive sack on the afternoon. on the UO 40-yard line. Walter took advantage of the good field position and found sophomore Terry Richardson on a 24-yard play-action pass to the corner of the end #21/23 Arizona State 48, UCLA 42 zone for the Sun Devils' second touchdown of the night and a 14-6 halftime lead. Saturday, Oct. 23, 2004 • Kickoff: 12:30 p.m. The Sun Devils began the second half with renewed spirit on offense as Hill Sun Devil Stadium • TV: ABC (regional) opened up a drive with a career-long 56-yard rush into the Oregon red zone. After Attendance: 63,985 Walter found freshman tight end Zach Miller for an 11-yard pass to move the ball to the one, Hill carried the ball across the goal line to give Arizona State a 21-6 lead with Game recap in the body of the release. just over 11 minutes remaining in the third quarter. Oregon moved the ball methodically downfield on a 15-play, 68 yard drive that spanned 8:45. The Ducks scored their first touchdown of the game on a nine-yard shovel pass from Clemens to Terrence Whitehead to cut the lead to 21-13 as the third quarter came to a close. 2004 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 23, 2004) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (6-1-0) (4-0-0) (2-1-0) (0-0-0) CONFERENCE...... (3-1-0) (2-0-0) (1-1-0) (0-0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (3-0-0) (2-0-0) (1-0-0) (0-0-0)

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND TEAM STATISTICS ASU OPP ------Sep 02, 2004 UTEP W 41-9 57528 FIRST DOWNS...... 147 134 Sep 11, 2004 at Northwestern W 30-21 21939 Rushing...... 42 48 Sep 18, 2004 #16 IOWA W 44-7 71700 Passing...... 90 71 *Sep 25, 2004 OREGON STATE W 27-14 63312 Penalty...... 15 15 *Oct 02, 2004 at Oregon W 28-13 58208 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 735 848 *Oct 16, 2004 at #1 USC L 7-45 90211 Yards gained rushing... 951 1071 *Oct 23, 2004 UCLA W 48-42 63985 Yards lost rushing..... 216 223 * denotes conference game Rushing Attempts...... 252 238 Average Per Rush...... 2.9 3.6 RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Average Per Game...... 105.0 121.1 ------TDs Rushing...... 4 9 Hill, Hakim 6-2 69 290 16 274 4.0 3 56 45.7 PASSING YARDAGE...... 2005 1655 Wade, Loren 3-3 50 203 18 185 3.7 0 16 61.7 Att-Comp-Int...... 279-153-7 258-143-11 Hill, Randy 5-1 42 166 11 155 3.7 0 17 31.0 Average Per Pass...... 7.2 6.4 Jones, Preston 4-0 32 124 11 113 3.5 0 29 28.2 Average Per Catch...... 13.1 11.6 Burgess,Rudy 7-1 13 64 6 58 4.5 0 13 8.3 Average Per Game...... 286.4 236.4 Richardson, T. 7-6 3 39 0 39 13.0 1 15 5.6 TDs Passing...... 22 9 Williams,Jamar 7-7 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 0.9 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 2740 2503 Christensen, C. 7-0 2 6 1 5 2.5 0 6 0.7 Total Plays...... 531 496 Keller, Sam 3-0 3 5 8 -3 -1.0 0 5 -1.0 Average Per Play...... 5.2 5.0 Team 4-0 6 0 18 -18 -3.0 0 0 -4.5 Average Per Game...... 391.4 357.6 Walter, Andrew 7-7 31 48 127 -79 -2.5 0 16 -11.3 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 17-381 23-435 Total...... 7 252 951 216 735 2.9 4 56 105.0 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 25-223 17-384 Opponents...... 7 238 1071 223 848 3.6 9 61 121.1 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..... 11-214 7-63 FUMBLES-LOST...... 7-0 10-6 PASSING GP-GS Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G PENALTIES-YARDS...... 49-486 53-469 ------PUNTS-AVG...... 40-41.2 46-43.3 Walter, Andrew 7-7 134.20 264-142-6 53.8 1845 21 79 263.6 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.. 31:19 28:37 Keller, Sam 3-0 185.23 12-9-1 75.0 142 1 68 47.3 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 50/117 29/101 MacDonald, C. 7-0 318.40 1-1-0 100.0 26 0 26 3.7 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 6/9 2/11 Team 4-0 0.00 1-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Burgess,Rudy 7-1 32.80 1-1-0 100.0 -8 0 0 -1.1 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Total...... 7 136.21 279-153-7 54.8 2005 22 79 286.4 ------Opponents...... 7 112.29 258-143-11 55.4 1655 9 55 236.4 Franklin, E. 4 83 20.8 1 48 Williams,Jamar 3 69 23.0 0 31 RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Darley, Quency 1 5 5.0 0 5 ------Robinson, Dale 1 20 20.0 0 20 Hagan, Derek 7-6 45 695 15.4 8 79 99.3 Davis Jr., Mike 1 9 9.0 0 9 Richardson, T. 7-6 31 445 14.4 4 65 63.6 Burks, Justin 1 28 28.0 0 28 Miller, Zach 7-7 26 285 11.0 4 30 40.7 Total...... 11 214 19.5 1 48 Mutz, Moey 7-1 14 171 12.2 1 19 24.4 Opponents...... 7 63 9.0 0 41 Burgess,Rudy 7-1 11 119 10.8 3 68 17.0 Hill, Hakim 6-2 7 26 3.7 0 14 4.3 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd Miller, Matt 7-1 4 124 31.0 0 65 17.7 ------Lewis, Jamaal 6-0 4 68 17.0 1 26 11.3 MacDonald, C. 39 1650 42.3 61 2 8 13 1 Burghgraef, L. 7-5 4 26 6.5 0 18 3.7 Team 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Wade, Loren 3-3 3 41 13.7 0 18 13.7 Total...... 40 1650 41.2 61 2 8 13 1 Miller, Brent 7-1 2 6 3.0 1 4 0.9 Opponents...... 46 1990 43.3 68 2 3 6 0 Payton, Jeremy 3-0 1 7 7.0 0 7 2.3 Walter, Andrew 7-7 1 -8 -8.0 0 0 -1.1 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Total...... 7 153 2005 13.1 22 79 286.4 ------Opponents...... 7 143 1655 11.6 9 55 236.4 Burgess,Rudy 23 204 8.9 0 34 Richardson, T. 2 19 9.5 0 16 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk Total...... 25 223 8.9 0 34 ------Opponents...... 17 384 22.6 1 84 Ainsworth, J. 12-16 75.0 1-1 4-5 3-3 4-7 0-0 48 2 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long |------PATs ------| ------SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Burgess,Rudy 10 222 22.2 0 42 ------Golden, Josh 7 159 22.7 0 56 Ainsworth, J. 0 12-16 25-25 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 61 Total...... 17 381 22.4 0 56 Hagan, Derek 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48 Opponents...... 23 435 18.9 0 36 Richardson, T. 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Miller, Zach 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G Hill, Hakim 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 ------Burgess,Rudy 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Hagan, Derek 7 0 695 0 0 0 695 99.3 Miller, Brent 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 8 Burgess,Rudy 7 58 119 204 222 0 603 86.1 Lewis, Jamaal 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Richardson, T. 7 39 445 19 0 0 503 71.9 Mutz, Moey 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Hill, Hakim 6 274 26 0 0 0 300 50.0 Franklin, E. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total...... 7 735 2005 223 381 214 3558 508.3 Walter, Andrew 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-2 0 0 0 Opponents...... 7 848 1655 384 435 63 3385 483.6 Total...... 27 12-16 25-25 0-0 1 1-2 0 0 225 Opponents...... 19 6-6 17-18 0-0 1 1-1 0 0 151 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G ------SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Walter, Andrew 7 295 -79 1845 1766 252.3 ------Hill, Hakim 6 69 274 0 274 45.7 Arizona State...... 37 90 51 47 - 225 Wade, Loren 3 50 185 0 185 61.7 Opponents...... 24 64 36 27 - 151 Hill, Randy 5 42 155 0 155 31.0 Total...... 7 531 735 2005 2740 391.4 Opponents...... 7 496 848 1655 2503 357.6

2004 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 23, 2004) All games

|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------44 Robinson, Dale 7 31 32 63 8.5-45 3.5-37 1-20 ...... 5 Burks, Justin 7 31 22 53 0.5-2 . 1-28 3 . . 1 . . 4 Williams,Jamar 7 29 14 43 3.0-11 2.0-7 3-69 . . . 1 . . 23 Golden, Josh 7 19 13 32 2.5-10 1.0-8 . 2 . . . . . 7 Stewart, R. 5 22 8 30 1.0-1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 8 McKenzie, Chris 7 24 5 29 . . . 2 . . . . . 13 Franklin, E. 7 21 7 28 5.0-11 1.0-6 4-83 6 . 1-0 1 . . 1 Hill,Jordan 7 11 16 27 6.5-36 3.5-23 . . 1 2-0 . . . 49 Thrower, I. 7 15 7 22 6.5-28 3.5-22 . . 1 2-0 1 . . 91 Verdon, Jimmy 7 13 6 19 5.0-28 2.0-15 . 3 . . . . . 50 Caldwell, Kyle 7 12 6 18 4.5-30 4.5-30 . 2 1 . 1 . . 2 London,Maurice 7 9 3 12 . . . 1 . . 1 . . 19 Barrett, Josh 7 8 3 11 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 21 Green, Chad 7 9 . 9 1.0-1 ...... 56 Johnson, D. 6 5 4 9 1.0-3 1.0-3 ...... 95 Reininger, Gabe 6 8 . 8 ...... 31 Davis Jr., Mike 7 6 1 7 1.0-10 1.0-10 1-9 1 . . . . . 24 Baker, Lamar 6 4 3 7 ...... 45 Talbot, Mike 6 3 1 4 0.5-1 ...... 99 Darley, Quency 6 1 2 3 . . 1-5 ...... 37 MacDonald, C. 7 2 1 3 ...... 25 Bisnett, S. 7 2 1 3 ...... 96 Hollyfield, D. 6 . 3 3 ...... 29 James, Robert 5 2 . 2 ...... 3 Burgess,Rudy 7 1 1 2 ...... 20 Ainsworth, J. 7 2 . 2 ...... 30 Varvel, Daniel 1 2 . 2 ...... 81 Thompson, T. 7 1 1 2 ...... 14 Payton, Jeremy 3 2 . 2 1.0-2 ...... 3B Jones, Littrele 6 . 1 1 0.5-2 ...... 57 Meritet, Mike 1 1 . 1 ...... 83 Burghgraef, L. 7 1 . 1 ...... 41 Saulsberry, A. 6 1 . 1 ...... 38 Cox, Rodney 7 1 . 1 ...... 89 Miller, Matt 7 1 . 1 ...... 6 Hill, Randy 5 1 . 1 ...... 18 Mutz, Moey 7 1 . 1 ...... 17 Richardson, T. 7 1 . 1 ...... 80 Hagan, Derek 7 1 . 1 ...... Total...... 7 304 161 465 48-221 23-161 11-214 22 3 6-0 7 . . Opponents...... 7 - - - - 19-123 7-63 34 1 . 5 3 .

2004 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 23, 2004) All games

RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------Hill, Hakim 6-2 69 290 16 274 4.0 3 56 45.7 Burgess,Rudy 23 204 8.9 0 34 Wade, Loren 3-3 50 203 18 185 3.7 0 16 61.7 Richardson, T. 2 19 9.5 0 16 Hill, Randy 5-1 42 166 11 155 3.7 0 17 31.0 Total...... 25 223 8.9 0 34 Jones, Preston 4-0 32 124 11 113 3.5 0 29 28.2 Opponents...... 17 384 22.6 1 84 Burgess,Rudy 7-1 13 64 6 58 4.5 0 13 8.3 Richardson, T. 7-6 3 39 0 39 13.0 1 15 5.6 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Williams,Jamar 7-7 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 0.9 ------Christensen, C. 7-0 2 6 1 5 2.5 0 6 0.7 Franklin, E. 4 83 20.8 1 48 Keller, Sam 3-0 3 5 8 -3 -1.0 0 5 -1.0 Williams,Jamar 3 69 23.0 0 31 Team 4-0 6 0 18 -18 -3.0 0 0 -4.5 Davis Jr., Mike 1 9 9.0 0 9 Walter, Andrew 7-7 31 48 127 -79 -2.5 0 16 -11.3 Darley, Quency 1 5 5.0 0 5 Total...... 7 252 951 216 735 2.9 4 56 105.0 Burks, Justin 1 28 28.0 0 28 Opponents...... 7 238 1071 223 848 3.6 9 61 121.1 Robinson, Dale 1 20 20.0 0 20 Total...... 11 214 19.5 1 48 PASSING GP-GS Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Opponents...... 7 63 9.0 0 41 ------Walter, Andrew 7-7 134.20 264-142-6 53.8 1845 21 79 263.6 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Keller, Sam 3-0 185.23 12-9-1 75.0 142 1 68 47.3 ------Burgess,Rudy 7-1 32.80 1-1-0 100.0 -8 0 0 -1.1 Burgess,Rudy 10 222 22.2 0 42 Team 4-0 0.00 1-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Golden, Josh 7 159 22.7 0 56 MacDonald, C. 7-0 318.40 1-1-0 100.0 26 0 26 3.7 Total...... 17 381 22.4 0 56 Total...... 7 136.21 279-153-7 54.8 2005 22 79 286.4 Opponents...... 23 435 18.9 0 36 Opponents...... 7 112.29 258-143-11 55.4 1655 9 55 236.4 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G ------Total...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 Hagan, Derek 7-6 45 695 15.4 8 79 99.3 Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 Richardson, T. 7-6 31 445 14.4 4 65 63.6 Miller, Zach 7-7 26 285 11.0 4 30 40.7 Mutz, Moey 7-1 14 171 12.2 1 19 24.4 Burgess,Rudy 7-1 11 119 10.8 3 68 17.0 Hill, Hakim 6-2 7 26 3.7 0 14 4.3 Miller, Matt 7-1 4 124 31.0 0 65 17.7 Lewis, Jamaal 6-0 4 68 17.0 1 26 11.3 Burghgraef, L. 7-5 4 26 6.5 0 18 3.7 Wade, Loren 3-3 3 41 13.7 0 18 13.7 Miller, Brent 7-1 2 6 3.0 1 4 0.9 Payton, Jeremy 3-0 1 7 7.0 0 7 2.3 Walter, Andrew 7-7 1 -8 -8.0 0 0 -1.1 Total...... 7 153 2005 13.1 22 79 286.4 Opponents...... 7 143 1655 11.6 9 55 236.4

2004 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 23, 2004) All games

|------PATs ------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G ------Ainsworth, J. 0 12-16 25-25 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 61 Walter, Andrew 7 295 -79 1845 1766 252.3 Hagan, Derek 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48 Hill, Hakim 6 69 274 0 274 45.7 Richardson, T. 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Wade, Loren 3 50 185 0 185 61.7 Miller, Zach 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Hill, Randy 5 42 155 0 155 31.0 Hill, Hakim 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Keller, Sam 3 15 -3 142 139 46.3 Burgess,Rudy 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Jones, Preston 4 32 113 0 113 28.2 Miller, Brent 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 8 Burgess,Rudy 7 14 58 -8 50 7.1 Lewis, Jamaal 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Richardson, T. 7 3 39 0 39 5.6 Mutz, Moey 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 MacDonald, C. 7 1 0 26 26 3.7 Franklin, E. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Williams,Jamar 7 1 6 0 6 0.9 Walter, Andrew 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-2 0 0 0 Christensen, C. 7 2 5 0 5 0.7 Total...... 27 12-16 25-25 0-0 1 1-2 0 0 225 Team 4 7 -18 0 -18 -4.5 Opponents...... 19 6-6 17-18 0-0 1 1-1 0 0 151 Total...... 7 531 735 2005 2740 391.4 Opponents...... 7 496 848 1655 2503 357.6

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ------MacDonald, C. 39 1650 42.3 61 2 8 13 1 Ainsworth, J. 12-16 75.0 1-1 4-5 3-3 4-7 0-0 48 2 Team 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Total...... 40 1650 41.2 61 2 8 13 1 FG SEQUENCE Arizona State OPPONENTS Opponents...... 46 1990 43.3 68 2 3 6 0 ------UTEP (22),(48) (33) KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn Northwestern (20),(41),47,(18) ------Iowa (28),(48),(33) - Ainsworth, J. 46 2980 64.8 23 1 Oregon State 20,(33),(45) - Total...... 46 2980 64.8 23 1 895 45.3 19 Oregon 49 (22),(34) Opponents...... 29 1734 59.8 10 4 581 39.8 25 USC 46 (34) UCLA (36),(26) (40),(48)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

2004 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 23, 2004) All games

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ------Hagan, Derek 7 0 695 0 0 0 695 99.3 Burgess,Rudy 7 58 119 204 222 0 603 86.1 Richardson, T. 7 39 445 19 0 0 503 71.9 Hill, Hakim 6 274 26 0 0 0 300 50.0 Miller, Zach 7 0 285 0 0 0 285 40.7 Wade, Loren 3 185 41 0 0 0 226 75.3 Mutz, Moey 7 0 171 0 0 0 171 24.4 Golden, Josh 7 0 0 0 159 0 159 22.7 Hill, Randy 5 155 0 0 0 0 155 31.0 Miller, Matt 7 0 124 0 0 0 124 17.7 Jones, Preston 4 113 0 0 0 0 113 28.2 Franklin, E. 7 0 0 0 0 83 83 11.9 Williams,Jamar 7 6 0 0 0 69 75 10.7 Lewis, Jamaal 6 0 68 0 0 0 68 11.3 Burks, Justin 7 0 0 0 0 28 28 4.0 Burghgraef, L. 7 0 26 0 0 0 26 3.7 Robinson, Dale 7 0 0 0 0 20 20 2.9 Davis Jr., Mike 7 0 0 0 0 9 9 1.3 Payton, Jeremy 3 0 7 0 0 0 7 2.3 Miller, Brent 7 0 6 0 0 0 6 0.9 Christensen, C. 7 5 0 0 0 0 5 0.7 Darley, Quency 6 0 0 0 0 5 5 0.8 Keller, Sam 3 -3 0 0 0 0 -3 -1.0 Team 4 -18 0 0 0 0 -18 -4.5 Walter, Andrew 7 -79 -8 0 0 0 -87 -12.4 Total...... 7 735 2005 223 381 214 3558 508.3 Opponents...... 7 848 1655 384 435 63 3385 483.6 2004 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 23, 2004) All games

TEAM STATISTICS ASU OPP ------SCORING...... 225 151 Points Per Game...... 32.1 21.6 FIRST DOWNS...... 147 134 Rushing...... 42 48 Passing...... 90 71 Penalty...... 15 15 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 735 848 Yards gained rushing...... 951 1071 Yards lost rushing...... 216 223 Rushing Attempts...... 252 238 Average Per Rush...... 2.9 3.6 Average Per Game...... 105.0 121.1 TDs Rushing...... 4 9 PASSING YARDAGE...... 2005 1655 Att-Comp-Int...... 279-153-7 258-143-11 Average Per Pass...... 7.2 6.4 Average Per Catch...... 13.1 11.6 Average Per Game...... 286.4 236.4 TDs Passing...... 22 9 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 2740 2503 Total Plays...... 531 496 Average Per Play...... 5.2 5.0 Average Per Game...... 391.4 357.6 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 17-381 23-435 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 25-223 17-384 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 11-214 7-63 KICK RETURN AVERAGE...... 22.4 18.9 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE...... 8.9 22.6 INT RETURN AVERAGE...... 19.5 9.0 FUMBLES-LOST...... 7-0 10-6 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 49-486 53-469 Average Per Game...... 69.4 67.0 PUNTS-YARDS...... 40-1650 46-1990 Average Per Punt...... 41.2 43.3 Net punt average...... 31.6 38.4 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME...... 31:19 28:37 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS...... 50/117 29/101 3rd-Down Pct...... 43% 29% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS...... 6/9 2/11 4th-Down Pct...... 67% 18% SACKS BY-YARDS...... 23-161 19-123 MISC YARDS...... 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED...... 27 19 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS...... 12-16 6-6 PAT-ATTEMPTS...... 25-25 17-18 ATTENDANCE...... 256525 170358 Games/Avg Per Game...... 4/64131 3/56786 Neutral Site Games...... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total ------Arizona State...... 37 90 51 47 - 225 Opponents...... 24 64 36 27 - 151 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

RUSHING (Attempts-Yards-TDs-Long) H. Hill R. Hill Wade Jones Richardson Christensen UTEP 6-32-0-12 11-49-0-16 11-44-0-13 8-16-0-6 1-12-0-12 1-(-1)-0-0 at Northwestern 2-(-1)-0-1 10-50-0-17 24-108-0-16 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 #16/12 Iowa 7-28-0-9 5-14-0-11 15-28-0-7 4-10-0-5 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 Oregon State 17-50-1-8 16-47-0-7 DNP 1-12-0-12 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at Oregon 25-134-1-56 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at #1/1 USC 12-31-1-8 DNP DNP 4-18-0-18 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 UCLA DNP DNP DNP 16-69-0-29 1-15-0-15 1-6-0-6 at California Stanford Washington State at Arizona

Walter Burgess Keller UTEP 4-(-21)-0-1 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at Northwestern 5-(-18)-0-2 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 #16/12 Iowa 2-(-1)-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 Oregon State 1-16-0-16 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at Oregon 5-(-15)-0-9 1-4-0-4 0-0-0-0 at #1/1 USC 8-(-35)-0-8 3-13-0-13 3-(-3)-0-5 UCLA 6-(-5)-0-7 9-41-0-13 DNP at California Stanford Washington State at Arizona

PASSING (Attempts-Completions-Interceptions-Yards-Touchdowns-Long) PUNTING (Attempts-Yards-Avg.-Long-I20) Walter Keller Christensen MacDonald UTEP 37-18-0-241-3-34 7-5-1-115-1-68 0-0-0-0-0-0 UTEP 7-295-42.1-48-3 at Northwestern 36-19-0-292-3-47 DNP 0-0-0-0-0-0 at Northwestern 5-195-39.0-44-2 #16/12 Iowa 43-31-1-425-5-65 2-2-0-7-0-4 0-0-0-0-0-0 #16/12 Iowa 3-154-51.3-54-1 Oregon State 40-16-0-124-1-17 DNP 0-0-0-0-0-0 Oregon State 8-380-47.5-61-2 at Oregon 23-14-0-164-3-27 DNP 0-0-0-0-0-0 at Oregon 5-188-37.6-47-3 at #1/1 USC 34-19-2-181-0-20 3-2-0-20-0-15 0-0-0-0-0-0 at #1/1 USC 6-247-41.2-48-0 UCLA 51-25-3-415-6-79 DNP 0-0-0-0-0-0 UCLA 5-191-38.2-49-2 at California at California Stanford Stanford Washington State Washington State at Arizona at Arizona

Chris MacDonald and Rudy Burgess have each completed a pass (at USC).

RECEIVING (Receptions-Yards-TDs-Long) Hagan Richardson Mutz Burgess Burghgraef Lewis UTEP 8-119-1-31 5-70-1-34 3-43-0-18 1-68-1-68 1-18-0-18 1-15-0-15 at Northwestern 8-154-2-47 5-65-1-30 4-48-0-19 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 #16/12 Iowa 8-112-2-45 4-48-0-34 3-30-1-14 0-0-0-0 1-8-0-8 DNP Oregon State 7-66-0-16 5-39-0-9 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 DNP at Oregon 4-32-0-15 3-40-1-24 0-0-0-0 1-1-1-1 1-(-2)-0-0 2-48-1-26 at #1/1 USC 5-52-0-20 2-24-0-15 2-25-0-15 2-11-0-11 1-2-0-2 1-5-0-5 UCLA 5-160-3-79 7-159-1-65 2-25-0-14 7-39-1-13 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at California Stanford Washington State at Arizona

M. Miller Payton B. Miller H. Hill Z. Miller Wade UTEP 1-14-0-14 1-7-0-7 1-2-1-2 1-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at Northwestern 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-14-0-14 1-11-0-11 0-0-0-0 #16/12 Iowa 2-106-0-65 0-0-0-0 1-4-0-4 1-1-0-1 10-85-2-30 3-41-0-18 Oregon State 1-4-0-4 DNP 0-0-0-0 2-(-2)-0-3 1-17-1-17 DNP at Oregon 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 1-7-0-7 2-38-0-27 DNP at #1/1 USC 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 1-6-0-6 8-102-0-26 DNP UCLA 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 DNP 4-32-1-15 DNP at California Stanford Washington State at Arizona

Andrew Walter has also caught a pass this year (at USC) GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

ARIZONA STATE TOTALS Total First Downs Poss. TOs Rushing Passing Offense To (R-Pa-Pn) Time (Fum.-Lost) Penalties Points UTEP 42-131-0 44-23-1-356-4 86-487 26 (8-16-2) 32:31 1 (2-0) 6-75 41 at Northwestern 41-139-0 36-19-0-292-3 77-431 23 (8-14-1) 30:50 0 (2-0) 6-60 30 #16/12 Iowa 34-76-0 46-33-1-435-5 80-511 23 (6-15-2) 36:55 1 (1-0) 7-70 44 Oregon State 35-125-2 40-16-0-124-1 75-249 21 (7-8-6) 31:58 0 (0-0) 7-70 27 at Oregon 33-119-1 23-14-0-164-3 56-283 15 (4-8-3) 27:09 0 (0-0) 6-73 28 at #1/1 USC 30-24-1 39-23-2-219-0 69-243 13 (1-12-0) 30:32 2 (1-0) 10-50 7 UCLA 37-121-0 51-25-3-415-6 88-536 26 (8-17-1) 29:21 3 (1-0) 7-88 48 at California Stanford Washington State at Arizona

OPPONENT TOTALS Total First Downs Poss. TOs Rushing Passing Offense To (R-Pa-Pn) Time (Fum.-Lost) Penalties Points UTEP 31-87-1 44-21-4-196-0 75-283 17 (6-8-3) 27:29 5 (1-1) 8-75 9 at Northwestern 42-235-3 38-21-0-228-0 80-463 25 (12-11-2) 29:10 1 (1-1) 5-45 20 #16/12 Iowa 27-56-0 19-8-1-44-0 46-100 6 (4-1-1) 23:05 1 (0-0) 8-65 7 Oregon State 22-(-19)-1 53-29-2-384-1 75-365 19 (1-17-1) 28:02 5 (4-3) 10-103 14 at Oregon 43-134-0 31-17-0-177-1 74-311 19 (8-9-2) 32:51 0 (1-0) 10-83 13 at #1/1 USC 38-145-1 28-17-0-301-5 66-446 23 (10-11-2) 29:28 1 (2-1) 4-25 45 UCLA 35-233-3 45-30-4-325-2 80-535 25 (7-14-4) 30:12 4 (2-0) 8-73 42 at California Stanford Washington State at Arizona

INSIDE THE RED ZONE ASU Opponent Inside 20 TDs FGs Score Pct. Inside 20 TDs FGs Score Pct. UTEP 4 2 1 3 .750 2 1 1 2 1.000 at Northwestern 3 0 3 3 1.000 2 2 0 2 1.000 #16/12 Iowa 7 6 1 7 1.000 2 0 0 0 .000 Oregon State 5 3 1 4 .800 2 1 0 1 .500 at Oregon 2 2 0 2 1.000 4 1 2 3 .750 at #1/1 USC 1 1 0 1 1.000 6 4 1 5 .833 UCLA 5 3 2 5 1.000 6 4 1 5 .833 at California Stanford Washington State at Arizona Totals 27 17 8 25 .926 24 13 5 18 .750

Field Goal Attempts (Made field goals in parentheses) ASU Opponents TURNOVER TALE UTEP (22), (48) (33) Arizona State is second in the Pac-10 and seventh in the nation in turnover at Northwestern (20), (41), 47, (18) — margin so far this season (+1.4 turnovers per game). In its last 74 games, if #16/12 Iowa (28), (48), (33) — ASU wins or breaks even in the turnover battle, the Sun Devils are 40-5. In that same span, ASU is 4-25 when it loses the turnover battle. During that Oregon State 20, (33), (45) — stretch, the unexpected has happened nine times: in 1999 against at Oregon 49 (22), (34) Washington State (win) and Oregon (loss); in 2001 vs. Oregon State (win); at #1/1 USC 46 (34) 2002 vs. Eastern Washington (win) and Kansas State (loss); and in 2003 vs. UCLA (36), (26) (40), (48) Utah State (win), at Iowa (loss), USC (loss) and at UCLA (loss). at California Stanford ASU 2004 Opp Washington State 7 Turnovers 17 at Arizona Result for Opponent... 20 Points 54 All of ASU’s field goals kicked by Jesse Ainsworth. 2 TD 6 2 FG 4 0 Punt 5 2 Turnover 0 0 Missed FG 1 1 TO on Downs 1 0 Safety 0 0 End of Half/Game 0 ASU’S LONGEST PLAYS

ASU’S LONG PLAYS (20 YARDS OR MORE) LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEAR UTEP Yards Play Rushing Play 68 Rudy Burgess pass from Sam Keller (TD) 56 yds, Hakim Hill, at Oregon, 10/2/04 48 Emmanuel Franklin interception return (TD) 34 Terry Richardson pass from Andrew Walter (TD) Rushing Touchdown 31 Derek Hagan pass from Andrew Walter 12 yds, Terry Richardson, vs. Oregon State, 9/25/04 29 Rudy Burgess kickoff return 28 Emmanuel Franklin interception return Passing Play 21 Derek Hagan pass from Andrew Walter 79 yds, Andrew Walter to Derek Hagan, vs. UCLA, 10/23/04 20 Rudy Burgess kickoff return at Northwestern Passing Touchdown Yards Play 79 yds, Andrew Walter to Derek Hagan, vs. UCLA, 10/23/04 47 Derek Hagan pass from Andrew Walter (TD) 42 Rudy Burgess kickoff return Punt Return 41 Derek Hagan pass from Andrew Walter (TD) 34 yds, Rudy Burgess, at Northwestern, 9/11/04 34 Rudy Burgess punt return 30 Terry Richardson pass from Andrew Walter (TD) Kickoff Return 29 Rudy Burgess punt return 56 yds, Josh Golden, at Oregon, 10/2/04 20 Derek Hagan pass from Andrew Walter Interception Return #16/12 Iowa 48 yds, Emmanuel Frankin, vs. UTEP, 9/2/04 Yards Play 41 Matt Miller pass from Andrew Walter Fumble Return 45 Derek Hagan pass from Andrew Walter — 31 Jamar Williams interception return 34 Terry Richardson pass from Andrew Walter 30 Zach Miller pass from Andrew Walter Punt 29 Derek Hagan pass from Andrew Walter 61 yds, Chris MacDonald, vs. Oregon State, 9/25/04 65 Matt Miller pass from Andrew Walter Field Goal Oregon State 48 yds twice (last by Jesse Ainsworth, vs. Iowa, 9/18/04) Yards Play 20 Josh Golden kickoff return 30 Jamar Williams interception return LONGEST PLAYS BY THE NUMBER 28 Rudy Burgess punt return Plays by Yards ...... No. at Oregon 20-29 ...... 18 Yards Play 30-39 ...... 9 56 Hakim Hill run 56 Josh Golden kickoff return 40-49 ...... 7 27 Hakim Hill run 50-59 ...... 2 27 Zach Miller pass from Andrew Walter 60+ ...... 4 26 Jamaal Lewis pass from Andrew Walter Total...... 40 24 Terry Richardson pass from Andrew Walter (TD) 23 Rudy Burgess kickoff return 23 Rudy Burgess kickoff return 22 Jamaal Lewis pass from Andrew Walter (TD) at #1/1 USC Yards Play 20 Derek Hagan pass from Andrew Walter

UCLA Yards Play 29 Preston Jones run 37 Terry Richardson pass from Andrew Walter 46 Derek Hagan pass from Andrew Walter (TD) 65 Terry Richardson pass from Andrew Walter (TD) 79 Derek Hagan pass from Andrew Walter (TD) GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

TOP DEFENSIVE & SPECIAL TEAMS PERFORMANCES UCLA ASU tied season high with four interceptions (two by Franklin and UTEP the first career picks by both Burks and Robinson) Franklin - 2 interceptions (48-yard int. return for TD in second quarter) Williams led team with 10 tackles, and nine Sun Devils recorded five or more Four interceptions by ASU (Franklin-2, Davis-1, Darley-1) tackles in the victory. Robinson led team with nine tackles (four solo), 2.5 TFLs, one sack Ainsworth - career-long 48-yard field goal in third quarter at California at Northwestern Robinson - led team for second game in a row in tackles (14, 10 solo) Stanford Burgess - season-long 34-yard punt return and 42-yard kickoff return Stewart forced fumble at ASU 20 in fourth quarter Washington State #16/12 Iowa Robinson - led team in tackles for third straight game (9, 4 solo) ASU defense held Iowa to just 100 yards of total offense and without an at Arizona offensive TD (Iowa’s only score came on a punt return) MacDonald - career-long 54-yard punt (punted three times - 51.3 avg) Ainsworth - 3-3 on field goal attempts, tied his career long with a 48-yarder in the second quarter Williams - 31-yard interception return

Oregon State Burks - led the team with a career-high 13 tackles (six solo) Williams - two interceptions, including a 30-yard return Franklin - forced fumble at goal line to save TD, career-best 8 tackles J. Hill - two fumble recoveries ASU held Oregon State to minus-19 yards rushing at Oregon Burks - led the team for second straight game with 11 tackles Caldwell - paced squad with two sacks for loss of 13 yards ASU defense had six sacks by five players Golden - turned in a career- and team-long 56-yard kickoff return at #1/1 USC Robinson - led team with 11 tackles (six solo) Franklin - two pass breakups Thrower - forced and recovered fumble

ARIZONA STATE STARTERS

OFFENSE WR LT LG C RG RT TE HB QB TB WR UTEP Hagan White Rodd Pollak Love Carnahan Z.Miller Burghgraef Walter Wade Richardson at Northwestern Hagan White Berg Pollak Love Carnahan Z.Miller Burghgraef Walter Wade Richardson #16/12 Iowa Hagan White Berg Pollak Love Carnahan Z.Miller Burghgraef Walter Wade Richardson Oregon State Hagan Love Berg Pollak Krula Carnahan Z.Miller Burghgraef Walter R.Hill Richardson at Oregon M.Miller Love Berg Hodgdon Krula Carnahan Z.Miller Burghgraef Walter H.Hill B.Miller* at #1/1 USC Hagan Love Berg Hodgdon Pollak Carnahan Z.Miller Mutz* Walter H.Hill Richardson UCLA Hagan White Berg Hodgdon Love Carnahan Z.Miller Burghgraef Walter Burgess RIchardson at California Stanford Washington State at Arizona

DEFENSE DE DT DT DE SLB MLB DLB CB S S CB UTEP Caldwell Verdon J.Hill Thrower Robinson Burks Williams Golden Barrett Franklin McKenzie at Northwestern Caldwell Verdon Reininger Thrower Robinson Burks Williams Golden Stewart Franklin McKenzie #16/12 Iowa Caldwell Verdon J.Hill Thrower Robinson Burks Williams Golden Stewart Franklin McKenzie Oregon State Caldwell Verdon J.Hill Thrower Robinson Burks Williams Golden Stewart Franklin McKenzie at Oregon Caldwell Verdon J.Hill Thrower Robinson Burks Williams Golden Stewart Franklin McKenzie at #1/1 USC Caldwell Verdon Reininger Thrower Robinson Burks Williams Golden Stewart Franklin McKenzie UCLA Caldwell Verdon J.Hill Thrower Robinson Burks Williams Golden Barrett Franklin McKenzie at California Stanford Washington State at Arizona

* started due to formation GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

ARIZONA STATE SCORING DRIVES at Oregon Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score UTEP 25 80 2:03 Lewis 22yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 22 39 0:18 Richardson 24yd pass from Walter 114725:00 Ainsworth 22yd field goal (Ainsworth PAT) 24 63 0:43 Richardson 34yd pass from Walter 38 86 4:02 H.Hill 1yd run (Ainsworth PAT) (Ainsworth PAT) 410594:53 Burgess 1yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 25 30 1:16 B.Miller 2yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 2– –– Franklin 48yd interception return (Ainsworth PAT) at #1/1 USC 37 27 2:15 Ainsworth 48yd field goal Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 310634:40 Hagan 15yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 28 33 3:20 H.Hill 2yd run (Ainsworth PAT) 46 93 1:47 Burgess 68yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAT) UCLA at Northwestern Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 18 69 2:09 Burgess 3yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 17 24 3:14 Ainsworth 20yd field goal 13 80 0:55 Hagan 79yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 24 60 1:50 Hagan 47yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 23 11 0:53 Hagan 12yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 27 69 1:37 Hagan 41yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 310803:34 Z.Miller 15yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 38 72 3:37 Richardson 3o yd pass from Walter 314614:13 Ainsworth 36yd field goal (Ainsworth PAT) 43 83 0:36 Hagan 46yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 411303:39 Ainsworth 41yd field goal 43 73 0:22 Richardson 65yd pass from Walter 414816:23 Ainsworth 18yd field goal (Ainsworth PAT) 44 -1 1:02 Ainsworth 26yd field goal #16/12 Iowa Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score at California 19 80 2:57 Mutz 14yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 112586:07 Ainsworth 28yd field goal 27 64 3:11 Hagan 7yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 23 13 1:20 Z.Miller 6yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) Stanford 25 33 1:06 Ainsworth 48yd field goal Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 311635:20 Ainsworth 33yd field goal 35 47 2:00 Hagan 7yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 44 75 1:58 Z.Miller 5yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) Washington State Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score Oregon State Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score at Arizona 17 45 3:10 H.Hill 3yd run (Ainsworth PAT) Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 213644:30 Ainsworth 33yd field goal 21 12 0:08 Richardson 12yd run (Ainsworth PAT) 37 57 3:12 Z.Miller 17yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 47 41 2:22 Ainsworth 45yd field goal

DRIVE SUPERLATIVES Longest Drive Arizona State Opponents By No. of Plays 14 (81 yds, 6:23) at Northwestern 15 twice by Oregon By No. of Yards 93 (6p, 1:47) vs. UTEP 88 twice last (15p, 8:45) by Oregon By Time of Possession 6:23 (14p, 81 yds) at Northwestern 8:45 (15p, 88 yds) by Oregon

SCORING BY QUARTER

Arizona State Opponent Game 1 2 3 4 Total Game 1 2 3 4 Total UTEP 3 21 10 7 41 UTEP 0 6 0 3 9 at Northwestern 3 14 7 6 30 at Northwestern 0 7 14 0 21 #16/12 Iowa 10 17 10 7 44 #16/12 Iowa 0 0 0 7 7 Oregon State 7 10 7 3 27 Oregon State 7 0 0 7 14 at Oregon 0 14 7 7 28 at Oregon 0 6 7 0 13 at #1/1 USC 0 7 0 0 7 at #1/1 USC 14 28 0 3 45 UCLA 14 7 10 17 48 UCLA 3 17 15 7 42 at California at California Stanford Stanford Washington State Washington State at Arizona at Arizona 2004 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART (as of October 25, 2004)

SUN DEVIL OFFENSE SUN DEVIL DEFENSE

WR 80 Derek Hagan 6-2 201 Jr. DE 50 Kyle Caldwell 6-3 256 So. 18 Moey Mutz 6-0 181 Jr. 96 DeWayne Hollyfield 6-4 287 Jr.

LT 72 Chaz White 6-4 306 Jr. DT 91 Jimmy Verdon 6-4 280 Sr. 71 Grayling Love 6-3 290 Jr. 1 Jordan Hill 6-2 274 So.

LG 66 Stephen Berg 6-6 319 So. DT 1 Jordan Hill 6-2 274 So. 70 Leo Talavou 6-4 377 Fr. -OR- 95 Gabe Reininger 6-3 301 Sr. 99 Quency Darley 6-2 273 Jr. C53Drew Hodgdon 6-3 285 Grad. 76 Mike Pollak 6-4 285 RS-Fr. DE 49 Ishmael Thrower 6-1 245 Sr. 73 Robert Gustavis 6-3 293 RS-Fr. 45 Mike Talbot 6-2 254 Jr.

RG 71 Grayling Love 6-3 290 Jr. SAM 44 Dale Robinson 6-1 236 Jr. 76 Mike Pollak 6-4 285 RS-Fr. 29 Robert James 5-11 209 RS-Fr.

RT 52 Andrew Carnahan 6-8 297 So. MIKE 5 Justin Burks 6-1 237 Sr. 79 Julius Orieukwu 6-6 311 RS-Fr. 56 DeAndre Johnson 6-2 232 RS-Fr.

TE 86 Zach Miller 6-4 250 Fr. DVL 4 Jamar Williams 6-1 243 Jr. 87 Brent Miller 6-5 240 RS-Fr. 24 Lamar Baker 5-11 201 Jr. 29 Robert James 5-11 209 RS-Fr. HB 83 Lee Burghgraef 6-5 261 Jr. 82 Jamaal Lewis 6-4 246 So. CB 23 Josh Golden 5-10 176 Jr. 31 Mike Davis Jr. 6-3 178 Jr. QB 16 Andrew Walter 6-5 235 Grad. 9 Sam Keller 6-4 228 So. S7Riccardo Stewart 5-10 215 Sr. 10 Chad Christensen 6-3 208 Jr. 2 Maurice London 6-0 179 Jr.

TB 3 Rudy Burgess 5-11 175 RS-Fr. S13Emmanuel Franklin 5-11 196 Sr. -OR- 37 Preston Jones 5-8 173 RS-Fr. 19 Josh Barrett 6-2 206 RS-Fr. 41 Antone Saulsberry 6-0 221 Fr. 22 Hakim Hill 6-0 219 Jr. CB 8 Chris McKenzie 5-9 176 Sr. 21 Chad Green 5-10 183 RS-Fr. WR 17 Terry Richardson 6-1 185 So. -OR- 89 Matt Miller 6-2 173 Jr. Grad. indicates players who have earned their undergraduate degrees -OR- 3 Rudy Burgess 5-11 175 RS-Fr. and are enrolled in graduate work.

SUN DEVIL SPECIALISTS P37Chris MacDonald 6-2 220 RS-Fr. PR 3 Rudy Burgess 5-11 175 RS-Fr. -OR- 17 Terry Richardson 6-1 185 So. PK 20 Jesse Ainsworth 6-3 219 So. -OR- 23 Josh Golden 5-10 176 Jr.

KO 20 Jesse Ainsworth 6-3 219 So. SN 43 Jason Burke 6-1 256 So. 50 Kyle Caldwell 6-3 256 So. KR 3 Rudy Burgess 5-11 175 RS-Fr. -OR- 17 Terry Richardson 6-1 185 So. H10Chad Christensen 6-3 208 Jr. -OR- 23 Josh Golden 5-10 176 Jr.