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Monday, Nov. 5, 2001 2001 ASU SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Time 2001 STATE FOOTBALL S 8 San Diego State W, 38-7 (4-4, 1-4 Pac-10) at #11/12 Washington State Cougars (8-1, 5-1) S 22 at Stanford (Fox AZ on 45) L, 28-51 Saturday, November 10 • 4:30 p.m. MST/3:30 p.m. PST S 29 San Jose State (Fox AZ) W, 53-15 • Tempe, Ariz. O 6 Louisiana-Lafayette W, 63-27 Fox Sports Net Syndication/Sun Devil Sports Network O 13 at USC (Fox Syndication) L, 17-48 O 20 Oregon State W, 41-24 O 27 #13/11 Washington (Fox) L, 31-33 Coming off last weekend’s 42-24 loss at then No. 8/9 Oregon, the Sun Devils return N 3 at #8/9 Oregon (Fox) L, 24-42 home for their final homestand of the year, playing host to the No. 11/12 Washington N 10 #11/12 WSU (Fox Syn.) 4:30 p.m. State Cougars Saturday afternoon on Homecoming/Hall of Fame Weekend at Sun Devil N 23 Arizona (Fox) 1 p.m. Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. MST/3:30 p.m. PST, and the game will be D 1 at #17/16 UCLA* (TV TBA) 3 p.m. televised on Fox Sports Net Syndication. Arizona State (4-4, 1-4 Pac-10) comes into the game looking to snap a two-game conference losing streak after falling to Washington Home Games in Bold 33-31 on Oct. 27 and at Oregon last weekend. Washington State heads to Tempe fol- Times listed are Arizona Time (PT prior to Oct. 28, MT after Oct. 28) lowing an emotional 20-14 victory over then No. 9/11 UCLA last weekend in Pullman. Rankings are AP/USA Today at time of game The Cougars are one of three teams tied for first in the Pac-10 with a 5-1 conference * Rescheduled from Sept. 15 due to tragic mark and a 8-1 overall record with their only loss coming at the hands of Oregon 24-17 attacks in New York and Washington two weeks ago on the Palouse.

2001 PAC-10 STANDINGS In the Series School Conf. O’all Next Game (Date) Oregon 5-1 8-1 at UCLA (11/10) Arizona State leads the all-time series with Washington State 16-9-2 dating back to WSU 5-1 8-1 at ASU (11/10) 1960, including a 23-20 overtime victory last year in Pullman. Last , Mike Barth UW 5-1 7-1 at Oregon St. (11/10) kicked a 41-yard game-winner and first-round NFL draft choice picked Stanford 4-2 5-2 at Arizona (11/10) off a pass in the endzone in overtime to give the Sun Devils the 23-20 victory Oct. 21 UCLA 3-2 6-2 Oregon (11/10) in Pullman in what was the first of ASU’s NCAA-record three overtime games. USC 3-3 4-5 at Cal (11/10) The Sun Devils have won the last four games in what has been a streaky series, OSU 2-4 3-5 Washington (11/10) including a 33-21 victory at Sun Devil Stadium last year. Prior to those four games, ASU 1-4 4-4 WSU (11/10) Arizona 1-5 4-5 Stanford (11/10) WSU had won four straight, and before that, ASU had won four in a row. ASU holds a Cal 0-6 0-8 USC (11/10) 10-4-2 record against the Cougars at home and has won the last two games at Sun Devil Stadium. ASU’s last loss to the Cougars in Tempe was the last loss in the series, 2000 ASU RESULTS a 28-21 defeat on Oct. 22, 1994. ASU is 0-2 in his career Date Opponent Result against Washington State with two losses while he was at Boise State (33-21 loss in A 31 at San Diego State W, 10-7 1998 and 42-35 loss in 2000), while WSU head coach Mike Price is 4-6 against ASU. S 16 Colorado State W, 13-10 S 23 Utah State W, 44-20 S 30 at UCLA L, 31-38 Exposure O 7 California W, 30-10 Fox Sports Net will broadcast the Washington State game on syndication with Barry O 14 Washington L, 15-21 Tompkins, (analyst) and John Jackson (sidelines) calling the action. The O 21 at Washington State W, 23-20 (ot) game will be televised to an audience of 18 stations in six western states. ASU will O 28 Oregon L, 55-56 (2ot) appear on Fox Sports Net in two weeks vs. Arizona, while television for the re-sched- N 4 USC L, 38-44 (2ot) uled UCLA game is still to be determined. N 11 at Stanford L, 7-29 The Sun Devil Sports Network will carry the game live on its 13-station network N 24 Arizona W, 30-17 including flagship stations XTRA Sports 910 AM and KFYI NewsRadio 550 AM. Tim D 25 Boston College (Aloha Bowl) L, 10-31 Healey, , Vince Marotta and Nathan LaDuke (pregame and Pac-10 (1996-Present) postgame) will bring the action to Sun Devil fans. The game can also be heard live on School O’all Conf. Bowls ASU’s official web site at www.TheSunDevils.com. Washington 48-20 34-12 5 Oregon 48-20 28-17 4 Hall of Fame Weekend Arizona State 41-26 27-18 4 As part of Homecoming Weekend, Arizona State will induct six former Sun Devil stu- UCLA 41-25 27-18 3 Arizona 39-29 23-26 2 dent-athletes (four men and two women) into the Sun Devil Hall of Fame this weekend USC 35-34 20-26 1 and honor the group at halftime of the ASU-Washington State game. This year's class Stanford 33-31-1 25-21 2 includes Jay Barrs (men's archery), Kendall Carter (baseball), (football), Washington State 33-33 18-28 1 Mary Bea Porter (women's golf, women's , volleyball, softball), Dan St. John Oregon State 31-34 16-30 2 (wrestling) and Lynda Tolbert (track & field). California 21-42 12-34 1

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Barrs competed for ASU from 1983-84 and was a two-time national intercollegiate HEAD COACH DIRK KOETTER champion before winning gold and silver medals at the 1988 Olympics. Carter, who set an NCAAfreshman record with 19 wins in 1981, capped off his four-year Sun Devil Became Arizona State’s 21st head coach on career in 1984 with ASU records for most victories (47) and most appearances (102). Dec. 2, 2000 … acts as his own offensive Carter was drafted by the Texas Rangers in 1984 and served on the ASU coaching coordinator … a voter in the U S A To d a y Coaches poll … had won eight consecutive staff from 1986-1990. Malone finished his three-year ASU tenure in 1979 by notching games (his last seven at Boise State and his the longest run in NCAA history by a (98 yards vs. Utah State) and earn- season opener at ASU) before falling at ing team MVP honors. He was drafted in the first round by the in Stanford on Sept. 22, which was the third- 1980. Porter competed in four sports from 1968-73. In her senior season, Porter was longest winning streak in the country … comes a first-team All-American in golf and was named the College Athlete of the Year before to ASU after three seasons at Boise State joining the LPGAin 1973. St. John competed at ASU from 1987-1990 and became the where he led the Broncos to a 26-10 record, first ASU wrestler to win NCAA titles in consecutive years. ASU's school record hold- two appearances in the Humanitarian Bowl er for career wins (147), career dual wins (71) and single-season wins (45), St. John and two Big West Conference Championships also set a school best with an unbeaten streak of 75-matches. Tolbert earned eight All- … two-time Big West Conference Coach of the America honors from 1986-90. An NCAA champion in 1988 and 1990 in the outdoor Year … his 2000 Boise State team led the 100m hurdles, she is a former collegiate record holder in the indoor 60m hurdles. nation in scoring offense, was second in total The ASU Hall of Fame can be viewed daily in the Wells Fargo Arena. In 2002, the offense and ranked fourth in the country in passing offense … guided Boise State to its Hall of Fame will be housed in the Ed and Nadine Carson Student-Athlete Center first winning season in Division I football … which will be at the south end of Sun Devil Stadium, the current ICABuilding. the 2001 Boise State team, which is made of players Koetter recruited, defeated 10th- Homecoming Record ranked Fresno State last week and snapped Arizona State brings a 53-15-3 (.768) record on Homecoming Day into this week’s the nation’s second-longest home winning game with Oregon. The Sun Devils have won 13 of their last 16 Homecoming contests streak … is serving as the honorary chairman but have lost the last two including a 56-55 double-overtime loss to Oregon last year of the National Multiple Sclerosis Desert at Sun Devil Stadium. The team’s last Homecoming victory came in 1998 with a 55- Southwest Chapter “Walk on the Wild Side,” 22 victory over Cal on Nov. 7. set for Saturday, March 30, 2002 … last name is pronounced “Cutter” … born February 5, 1959 in Pocatello, Idaho. Washington State Connections Assistant head coach/special teams coordinator/tight ends coach is a Koetter Coaching Career 1983 graduate of Washington State. He played for the Cougars in 1979- Graduate Assistant, Idaho State ...... 1 9 8 2 80. Osborne started his coaching career on the Palouse as well, serving as WSU’s Highland HS (Pocatello, Idaho) ...... 1 9 8 3 - 8 4 Of fensive Coordinator, San Francisco St...... 1 9 8 5 student coach in 1981-82 and as a graduate assistant coach from 1983-85 … two Sun Of fensive Coordinator & QBs, UTEP ...... 1 9 8 6 - 8 8 Devil sophomores, wide receiver Skyler Fulton and fullback Mike Karney, call the Of fensive Coordinator & QBs, Missouri ...... 1 9 8 9 - 9 3 Evergreen state home. Fulton was an all-state performer in football and baseball at Of fensive Coordinator & QBs, Boston College..1 9 9 4 - 9 5 & QBs, Oregon...... 1 9 9 6 - 9 7 Olympia’s Capital High School, while Karney was an honorable-mention All-America Head Coach, Boise State...... 1 9 9 8 - 0 0 selection out of Kentwood High School in Kent, Wash. Head Coach, Arizona State...... 2 0 0 1 - p r e s e n t Team Captains Koetter Head Coaching Record ASU’s season-long captains, as selected in a team vote, are senior safety Willie Overall: 30-14 (.682), 4th year Arizona State: 4-4 (.500), 1st year Daniel, senior center Scott Peters and junior safety . Head coach Dirk Boise State: 26-10 (.722), 3 years Koetter will also select one game captain per week, and true freshman free safety Jason Shivers is Koetter’s selection for the Washington State game. Koetter’s Record When ...... O’all (ASU) Leading at halftime ...... 26-3 (3-0) Barth Named a Lou Groza Award Semifinalist Leading after three quarters ...... 23-3 (3-0) Junior placekicker Mike Barth has been named a semifinalist for the 2001 Lou Groza Having a 100-yard rusher ...... 12-3 (2-1) Collegiate Placekicker Award. In its 10th season, the Lou Groza Award, presented by Having a 300-yard passer...... 7-4 (1-2) Scoring 30 points or more...... 5-4 (4-1) the FedEx Orange Bowl, is annually given to the best placekicker in the nation. Barth Leading in time of possession...... 12-7 (2-0) was one of 20 players to be named semifinalists, the second consecutive season that Following a loss...... 10-2 (2-1) he has made the cut from the preseason watch list. The Palm Beach County Sports In games decided by four pts or less ....3-2 (0-1) Commission will name three finalists for the award on Nov. 12, while the award will be Temperature is 32° F or less...... 4-0 (0-0) presented to the nation's top placekicker during a banquet on Tuesday, December 4, In season openers...... 3-1 (1-0) at the Sheraton at CityPlace in West Palm Beach, Fla. In home games ...... 21-4 (4-1) This year, Barth has been successful on 75.0 percent of his field goal attempts (9- In bowl games ...... 2-0 (0-0) of-12) and was the only Pac-10 kicker to remain perfect through the first six weeks of the season, making his first seven field goals of the year. He is ranked fourth in the conference in field goal percentage and is sixth in scoring at 7.4 points per game. Barth has also been stellar on kickoffs, booting 56.3 percentage into the endzone (27- of-48). Last season, Barth made 66.7 percent of his field goal attempts for the Sun

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Devils including five field goals over 40 yards. He knocked in three game-winners including a 41-yarder in overtime at Washington State. He also led the Pac-10 and fin- HASH MARKS ished 15th in the nation in field goals last year. … This week, ASU will be looking for its first win An updated biography of each player on the Lou Groza Award Watch List can be over a ranked opponent since defeating the 10th- found at http://www.palmbeachsports.com/Groza. The voters for the Lou Groza Award ranked, Rose Bowl-bound Wa s h i n g t o n S t a t e are comprised of all Division I head coaches, sports writers and sportscasters from Cougars 44-31 on Nov. 1, 1997. Since then, ASU across the country, conference officials, various NFL kickers, and all previous Lou has lost 10 straight games to opponents ranked in Groza Award winners. the AP poll, including last week’s 42-24 loss at then No. 8 Oregon.

What Time is It Anyway? … Lombardi and Rimington Award candidate The state of Arizona never changes its clocks, remaining on Mountain Standard Time Scott Peters has started 41 consecutive games in all year. With the time change on Oct. 28, Arizona is now on Mountain time, meaning his career, dating back to the last nine games of the 1998 season. The SunDevil starting offensive that Saturday’s game with Washington State will kick off at 4:30 p.m. Mountain and line features five seniors who have started a total 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time. of 113 games (C Peters-41, LT -32, LG Marquise Muldrow-14/Travis Scott-4, RT K y l e Tough Road Ahead Kosier-21). Arizona State is facing opponents ranked in the national top 20 in three of its last four … Senior Donnie O’Neal blocked a punt last week games this season, including last week’s road games at No. 8/9 Oregon, this week’s against Washington, A S U ’s first blocked kick Homecoming meeting with No. 11/12 Washington State, a Nov. 23 home game with since Roderick Denetso has one at WSU last intrastate rival Arizona and a Dec. 1 trip to No. 17-16 UCLA. Those three ranked teams year. ASU has not had a punt blocked this season since allowing a school-record three last year. have a combined record of 22-4 this season (Oregon 8-1, WSU 8-1, UCLA6-2). … Three Sun Devil seniors have been invited to Last Time Out play in senior bowls: C Scott Peters, LT Levi Oregon’s tied his own school record by throwing six pass- Jones, WR Donnie O’Neal in the East-We s t es - four to Keenan Howry - as the No. 8/9 Ducks defeated Arizona State 42-24 last Shrine Game and Peters and Jones in the Hula Bowl. week at Autzen Stadium in Eugene. Harrington was 19-of-32 for 319 yards, while Howry had nine catches for 126 yards. Senior tailback Delvon Flowers ran for 107 … The Sun Devils have a 212-72-3 all-time win- yards and a career-best three , including a 54-yarder for the game's open- ning record (.744) at Sun Devil Stadium. ing score, but the Sun Devils were held to just 272 total yards after that. Flowers returned the kickoff 37 yards, then surprised the Ducks five plays later by going … ASU is ranked fourth in the Pac-10 in home attendance, averaging 48,387 fans per game with through an opening on the left side of the line and blowing past the secondary for his a season high of 54,114 Oct. 20 vs. Oregon State. 54-yard score. Junior Mike Barth kicked a 19-yard field goal to cut Oregon's lead to 14-10 in the second quarter, but Harrington connected with Howry twice in the third … The Sun Devils return seven of their all-confer- quarter and then with Samie Parker in the fourth quarter to make it 42-10. Flowers ence performers from one year ago: Pac-10 scored twice in the fourth quarter with a pair of two-yard touchdown runs. Freshman of the Year DE , first-team OC Scott Peters, second-team OT Levi Jones Sophomore quarterback Jeff Krohn was hit in the head on a first-quarter slide and and honorable-mention selections MLB Solomon did not play in the second half, while redshirt freshman came on in Bates, P Nick Murphy, WR Donnie O’Neal and S relief and completed 8-of-25 attempts for 105 yards in the first extended action of his Alfred Williams. young career. … Six SunDevils are on preseason watch lists for major national awards: center Scott Peters Flowers Starting to Bloom (Lombardi and Rimington), defensive end Terrell Senior tailback Delvon Flowers turned in his fifth career 100-yard rushing game and Suggs (Lombardi), tailback Delvon Flowers (Doak his third of the season last weekend at Oregon with 107 yards and three touchdowns Walker), Solomon Bates (Butkus), on 20 carries. With the three touchdowns, the third multiple-TD outing of his career, placekicker Mike Barth (Groza) and punter Nick Murphy (Ray Guy). Flowers became the first Sun Devil tailback to score three times on the ground since J.R. Redmond did it at USC in a 26-16 win over USC in 1999. He has now scored six … lists Arizona State’s schedule rushing touchdowns in the last three games. as the 30th toughest in the nation. Flowers turned in 23 carries for a career-best 226 yards and two touchdowns vs. Oregon State on Oct. 20. Earlier this year vs. San Jose State, Flowers tallied 159 … Athletics Director Gene Smith played football at Notre Dame, lettering three times and playing yards and a touchdown on 21 carries. Flowers’ 226-yard effort vs. the Beavers sur- on the 1973 national championship squad. passes his career high of 161 yards in a loss at Oregon in 1999. It also marks the sixth-best rushing game in school history and the most rushing yards by a Sun Devil … Senior defensive James Beal and junior in a Pac-10 game. Ben Malone set the school record with 250 rushing yards in a 1973 safety Brandon Falkner spent their summers sell- win over Oregon State, but that game occurred five years before the Sun Devils joined ing ASU season football tickets as interns in the Sun Devil athletic department ticket office. the Pac-10. Flowers’74-yard touchdown run in the third quarter vs. OSU was a career long and the longest play from scrimmage for the Sun Devils this season. Flowers … Senior punter Nick Murphy writes a column leads the team and ranks sixth in the Pac-10 in rushing this year, averaging 89.5 yards about his football experiences for ASU’s official per game and 5.9 yards per carry. web site called “Murphy’s Law.”

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The Century Mark MORE HASH MARKS The Sun Devils have three tailbacks on the roster who have each rushed for 100 yards … With his touchdown pass to senior Ryan or more in a game in their ASU careers. Last season, Tom Pace turned in three 100- Dennard vs. Oregon State, junior wide receiver yard rushing games (103 yards vs. Washington State, 158 vs. Oregon and 139 vs. Justin Taplin became the first non-quarterback to Boston College), while Mike Williams turned in a 143-yard showing against Colorado throw a TD pass since J.R. Redmond completed State last season to become the first true freshman to top the century mark since a scoring strike to quarterback in a 1996 win over UCLA. Mario Bates rushed for 161 yards against Arizona at home on Nov. 23, 1991. Delvon Flowers, who missed all of last season following an ACL tear in preseason camp, … ASU has started three redshirt freshmen and topped the century mark on two occasions in 1999 and has done it three times in two true freshmen in the defensive backfield this 2001, including a career-high 226 yards vs. Oregon State on Oct. 20. ASU is 234-44- y e a r, including cornerbacks R.J. Oliver (RS), Emmanuel Franklin (RS) and Lamar Baker (TR) 5 (.836) all time when a player gains 100 yards or more. and free safeties Riccardo Stewart (RS) and Jason Shivers (TR) Young Gun True freshman free safety Jason Shivers has averaged 16.0 tackles over the last two … After not scoring a rushing touchdown in their first two games, ASU has scored 16 rushing games, including 15 last weekend at Oregon (seven solos and his first career sack). touchdowns in the last five games. ASU had a This week’s single-game captain, Shivers turned in a career-high 17 tackles Oct. 27 season-high five rushing TDs vs. Louisiana- against Washington (four solos, 13 assists), which is the third-highest single-game Lafayette, the most since a 1997 win over total in the Pac-10 this year. It is also the most tackles by a Sun Devil since Joe Cesta Oregon, while Delvon Flowers had a career-high three TDs on the ground vs. Oregon. has 17 (12 solo) in a 1998 loss at Oregon. Last year, Adam Archuleta had an ASU sea- son-high 16 on two occasions (at UCLA and vs. USC). Shivers, who has started the … The team’s season-best 314 rushing yards vs. last six games at free safety, is now ASU’s leading tackler with an average of 8.0 stops Oregon State were the most turning in 405 yards per game and has jumped to a tie for seventh in the Pac-10 in the category. on the ground in that 1997 game with Oregon, a span of 43 games. Racking up the Receiving Yards … ASU will not play Cal this season after missing With 104 yards last week at Oregon, sophomore wide receiver Shaun McDonald has Oregon State in each of the last two years. topped the century mark in receiving in each of his last three games, becoming the TURNOVER TALE first Sun Devil since in 1996 to accomplish the feat. McDonald has turned In its last 42 games, if ASU wins or breaks even in 420 yards in his last three games (five catches for 123 yards vs. Oregon State, nine in the turnover battle, the Sun Devils are 22-2. In for a career-best 194 yards vs. Washington and five catches for 103 yards last week that same span, ASU is 2-15 when it loses the at Oregon). In 1996, Poole tallied 376 receiving yards in three games (112 yards vs. turnover battle. During that 42-game span, the unexpected has only happened four times: UCLA, 10/12/96; 103 vs. USC, 10/19; 161 vs. Stanford, 10/26). against Washington State in 1999 (win), Oregon McDonald has amassed a total of 799 yards, more than double the 358 yards he in 1999 (loss), Oregon State in 2001 (win), and had all of the last season. McDonald is currently averaging 99.9 yards per game, most recently, at Oregon in 2001 (loss). which is second in the Pac-10, and ranks first among the Pac-10 receiving leaders with an average of 22.2 yards per catch. ASU Opp 18 Turnovers 13 At his current pace, McDonald has an opportunity to shatter the Arizona State Result for Opponent... school record for receiving yards per game in a season which was set by Ron Fair 61 Points 41 who averaged 98.3 yards per game in 1989 (1,082 yards in 11 games). The last Sun 7 TD 5 Devil to average more than 90 receiving yards per game was Keith Poole who turned 4 FG 2 3 Punt 1 in 94.2 yards per contest in 1995. 2 Turnover 3 0 Missed FG 1 Touchdown Passes 1 TO on Downs 1 1 End of Half/Game 0 With scoring strikes to junior Mike Pinkard and sophomore Shaun McDonald two weeks ago vs. Washington, sophomore quarterback Jeff Krohn has thrown 18 touch- ASU PRONUNCIATION GUIDE down passes on the season, already passing the total of 12 that he had all of last sea- Josh Amobi – Uh-MOE-bee son. With 18 TD passes already, Krohn is already eighth on the ASU single-season Adrian Ayala – EYE-ala list. He is also tied for 39th on the Pac-10 single-season lists and has the most pass- Brian Goggin – GHAH-ghin Matt Gorczyca – GORE-sick-ah ing touchdowns for a Sun Devil since Ryan Kealy threw for 19 in 1998. Davaren Hightower – Dah-VAR-uhn With 20 touchdown passes, the Sun Devils are on pace of the 1981 team which Steve Hoppe – HOP-ee threw a school-record 29 that season. That team had scored through the air 20 times Josiah Igono – Ig-GAHN-oh through their first eight games, including a school-record seven TD passes vs. Dirk Koetter – Cutter Kyle Kosier – Kuh-CZAR Stanford in their seventh game of the year. In addition to Krohn’s 18 TDs through the Jeff Krohn – KRAHN (like John) air, back-up quarterback Matt Cooper and wide receiver Justin Taplin have each Brandon Macias – Muh-SEE-us tossed one scoring strike. Last week’s Oregon game marked the first time this season Danny Masaniai – Mah-SEE-ah-nee-eye that Sun Devils did not score on a touchdown pass and the first since a 30-17 victory – Mon-a-KEY-no Khoa Nguyen – KWAA WIN on Nov. 24 of last year. Damien Niko – NEE-koh Jason Shivers – SHY-vers

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ASU Single-Season Touchdown Passes STATISTICALLY SPEAKING... 1. 29 , 1981 2. 24 Jake Plummer, 1996 TEAM OFFENSE Pac-10 (Nation) , 1973 Rushing 4th Passing Yards 3rd (25th) 4. 23 Danny White, 1972 Pass Efficiency 3rd (18th) 5. 20 John Torok, 1964 Total Offense 4th (19th) 6. 19 Ryan Kealy, 1998 Scoring 4th (14th) Joe Spagnola, 1970 First Downs 6th 3rd Down Conv. 8th 8. 18 Jeff Krohn, 2001 4th Down Conv. 3rd 9. 17 Jake Plummer, 1995 Sacks Against 4th , 1989 Red Zone Offense 3rd Jeff Van Raaphorst, 1986 TEAMDEFENSE Pac-10 (Nation) Rushing 5th Who’s Catching Those TD Passes? Pass Efficiency 9th Sophomore wide receiver Shaun McDonald has caught nine touchdown passes and Passing Yards 6th Total Defense 7th is already tied for fifth on the ASU single-season list for TD catches. Last year, Donnie Scoring 7th O’Neal and Richard Williams led the team with seven TD catches each all season. Opp. First Downs 6th Sacks 5th McDonald has caught at least one touchdown pass in all but two games this year (at 3rd Down Conv. 7th USC, at Oregon). In addition to McDonald, senior Ryan Dennard has pulled in four 4th Down Conv. 9th touchdown passes on the year, senior Donnie O’Neal has three and four other play- Red Zone Defense 9th ers have caught one each, including junior Mike Pinkard who had his first career TEAMMISCELLANEOUS Pac-10 (Nation) touchdown reception Oct. 27 vs. Washington. Net Punting 2nd McDonald’s four TD receptions vs. Louisiana-Lafayette on Oct. 6 marked the Punt Returns 5th Kickoff Returns 3rd (16th) third multi-touchdown game of the year for an ASU receiver (O’Neal with two TDs vs. Turnover Margin 9th San Diego State, Dennard with three vs. San Jose State) Field Goals 4th PAT Kicking 4th Possession Time 8th ASU Single-Season Touchdown Passes Penalties 7th 1. 14 Doug Allen, 1984 2. 12 Steve Holden, 1972 PLAYER STATISTICS 3. 11 Keith Poole, 1996 Mike Barth Field Goals 5th J.D. Hill, 1970 Field Goal Percentage 4th 5. 9 Shaun McDonald, 2001 PAT Kicking 4th 9 Morris Owens, 1973 Kick Scoring 3rd Scoring 6th Delvon Flowers Lighting Up the Scoreboard Rushing 6th All-Purpose Yards 7th The Sun Devils are averaging 36.88 points per game which ranks fourth in the Pac- Jeff Krohn 10 and 14th in the nation. BYU leads the nation in scoring at 50.78 points per game, Passing Yards 5th while Washington State tops the Pac-10 at 38.3 ppg. At home, ASU is averaging Pass Efficiency 1st (7th) Total Offense 5th 45.2 points per game (226 points in five games). The last time ASU averaged 40 Shaun McDonald points or more per game in a season was in 1996 when the Pac-10 champion and Receiving Yards 2nd (13th) Receptions Per Game 5th Rose Bowl-bound Sun Devils averaged 40.7 points per contest. Scoring 4th ASU’s 63-point effort vs. Louisiana-Lafayette on Oct. 6 marked the most points TD Scoring 3rd for a Sun Devil squad since 66-3 victory over Texas-El Paso on Oct. 22, 1977 and is All-Purpose Yards 5th Nick Murphy tied for the most points by a Pac-10 team this season with Oregon’s 63-28 win over Punting 2nd that same night. With its 53-15 win over San Jose State on Sept. 29, ASU has been Donnie O’Neal involved in two of the four highest scoring games in the Pac-10 this year. The win Receiving Yards T9th Tom Pace over Louisiana-Lafayette also marked the eighth time that a Dirk Koetter-led team Kickoff Returns 3rd (15th) has topped 50 points (twice at ASU). Jason Shivers Tackles T7th With 10 total touchdowns (nine receiving, one rushing), sophomore Shaun Riccardo Stewart McDonald ranks fourth in the Pac-10 in scoring and third in touchdown scoring (7.8 Recovered 10th points per game). Junior placekicker Mike Barth is sixth in the Pac-10 in scoring at Terrell Suggs Sacks 2nd 7.4 points per game. Tackles for Loss 2nd Forced Fumbles T1st Justin Taplin Keeping Up With Krohn Punt Returns 4th Sophomore quarterback Jeff Krohn turned in the third 300-yard passing game of his Mike Williams young career with 320 yards two weeks ago vs. Washington, completing 17-of-29 Kickoff Returns 7th passes … he completed 5-of-11 passes for 64 yards in the first half at Oregon before (Individuals must rank in the top 10 in Pac-10 and/or top leaving the game with concussion-like symptoms … Krohn continues to rank first in 50 in the nation) the Pac-10 and seventh in the country in passing efficiency (161.1) … Krohn ranks fifth in the conference in passing yards per game (216.6) and total offense (220.0) … he had led in both categories before the USC game where he completed

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2-of-3 attempts for eight yards in the first quarter before missing the rest of the game THE NEXT LEVEL with a foot injury … he needs just 18 more passing yards to surpass the 1,751 yards he had all of the last year … he has thrown at least one touchdown pass in all but Continuing the great tradition of Sun Devils in the two games this year (USC, Oregon) and more than one TD strike in five of eight NFL, there were 23 former ASU players on games this season … Krohn needs just one more game with 300 yards or more of Opening Weekend NFL rosters, the third-highest total among the Pac-10 schools behind just USC total offense to set the school record, which is four set by Danny White in 1973 … (26) and Ca (24)l. Krohn has gained at least 300 yards of total offense three times this year (301 vs. San Diego State, 387 at Stanford, 323 vs. Washington). Sun Devils on NFL Kickoff Weekend Rosters: DB Eric Allen (Oakland Raiders) More Notes on Krohn S Adam Archuleta (St. Louis Rams) Krohn holds a 9-8 record as ASU’s starting quarterback in his career … with 637 G David Dixon () passing yards in the first two games of the season (271 vs. San Diego State and 366 DE Erik Flowers () at Stanford), Krohn set the school record for most passing yards in the first two TE () DT Junior Ioane (Oakland Raiders) games of the year … he also became the quickest quarterback in school history to TE Brian Jennings () reach 1,000 passing yards, accomplishing the feat in the second quarter of the LB Jason Kyle (Carolina Panthers) Louisiana-Lafayette game (three games and two quarters) … over his last 12 games OL Victor Leyva () (dating back to the USC game last year), Krohn has had just six in his G Randall McDaniel () last 269 pass attempts … his 366 yards vs. Stanford (17-of-37) marked the second- QB Jake Plummer () best passing effort of his career … his career high in passing yards is 432 yards vs. RB J.R. Redmond () Oregon last year … with his 27-of-35 passing performance (.771) vs. San Diego S Damien Richardson (Carolina Panthers) State on Sept. 8, Krohn set the school record for completion percentage for 31 to 40 LB Derrick Rodgers () OLGrey Ruegamer (New England Patriots) pass attempts … he threw passes for the first 11 scores of the year and was respon- CB Jason Simmons (Pittsburgh Steelers) sible for the first 12 TDs of the year for the Sun Devils when he carried the ball five LB (San Francisco 49ers) yards into the endzone with 46 seconds left in the third quarter vs. the Spartans … OT Marvel Smith (Pittsburgh Steelers) Krohn has been successful on 55.7 percent of his pass attempts (103-185) … seven RB Terrelle Smith () of his 18 touchdown passes this year have been for 40 yards or more, including a 63- DT Shawn Swayda () yard scoring strike to sophomore Shaun McDonald Oct. 20 vs. Oregon State. S (Arizona Cardinals) FB Stephen Trejo () Jeff Krohn's Career Passing Numbers SS () Year G/GS Comp.-Att. Yds. Pct. TD/Int. Lg. Avg./G 2000 10/10 125-254 1751 49.2 12/6 90 175.1 IN THE CLASSROOM 2001 8/8 103-185 1733 55.7 18/5 68 216.6 Totals 18/18 228-439 3484 51.9 30/11 90 193.6 ASU’s football roster features four student-ath- letes who have earned their undergraduate Multiple TD Games of Krohn’s Career degrees: Ryan Dennard, Eric Fields, Scott Peters, Opponent (Year) A-C-I Yds TDs Tommie Townsend, – while six more are sched- Utah State (2000) 10-6-0 248 4 uled to graduate in December 2001 – James Oregon (2000) 34-21-1 432 5 Beal, Elza Gennicks, Davaren Hightower, Levi San Diego State (2001) 35-27-0 271 4 Jones, Kyle Kosier and Mason Unck. Stanford (2001) 37-17-1 366 3 San Jose State (2001) 22-15-2 229 4 ACADEMIC NOMINATIONS Louisiana-Lafayette (2001) 23-12-0 290 4 Washington (2001) 29-17-1 320 2 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN NOMINATIONS Student Year Major Kickoff Notes Mike Barth Jr. Finance The Sun Devils have been excelling on kickoffs and kickoff returns as of late. ASU is Eric Fields Sr. Sociology third in the Pac-10 and 16th in the nation with an average of 24.4 yards per kickoff Nick Murphy Sr. Broadcasting return. Senior Tom Pace and sophomore Mike Williams each rank in the top 10 in the Mike Williams So. Undecided Pac-10 in the category with Pace checking in at third in the league and seventh in the nation with an average of 27.7 yards per return and Williams at seventh with 23.4 PAC-10 ALL-ACADEMIC NOMINATIONS Mike Barth Jr. Finance yards per return. On kickoffs, junior Mike Barth has booted 27 of 48 kickoffs (56.3 Eric Fields Sr. Sociology percent) into the endzone including a stellar 23-of-41 in the last six games. Skyler Fulton So. Undecided Phil Howard Jr. Finance & Computer Super Suggs Information Systems Although he has not had a sack in either of ASU’s last two games, sophomore defen- B.J. Miller Sr. Business Management sive end Terrell Suggs is second in the Pac-10 with nine sacks for a loss of 49 yards. Nick Murphy Sr. Broadcasting Suggs is also second in the conference in tackles for loss at 16 and is tied for first in Tom Pace Sr. Sec. Education-Spanish Mike Williams So. Undecided fumbles forced with four. In the past five games, Suggs has turned in five sacks and Patrick Wilson Jr. Real Estate 10 tackles for loss, including a career-best 5 TFLs at USC. Suggs turned in a career game vs. Louisiana-Lafayette with a career-best 10 tackles and four tackles for loss

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(-14) in addition to two sacks for a loss of 10 yards, a pass deflec- In Their First Year tion and a forced . Suggs tallied a pair of sacks vs. With his team’s 38-7 victory over San Diego State on Sept. 8, head Louisiana-Lafayette and at USC, marking the sixth and seventh coach Dirk Koetter joins a group of eight former Sun Devil mentors times in his career and the second and third times this year that he who won the first game of their ASU careers. Prior to Koetter, the has had two in a game. Last year’s Pac-10 Freshman of the Year last head coach to win his first game was who led the and a preseason mention for All-America honors, Suggs led the Sun Devils to a 21-16 win over Illinois on Sept. 10, 1988 in Tempe. team in tackles for loss (16-72) and sacks (10-60) last season. Hall of Famer turned in the best record for a first-year head coach, leading the Sun Devils to an 8-2-1 record in 1955. Suggs’Game-by-Game in 2001 Opponent Tackles (Solo) TFL Sacks Starting Young San Diego State 3 (3) 2-13 2-13 at Stanford 6 (3) 3-6 1-2 Four Sun Devil true freshmen have seen action thus far this sea- San Jose State 2 (1) 1-5 1-5 son including wide receiver Daryl Lightfoot, safety Jason Shivers, Louisiana-Lafayette 10 (6) 4-14 2-10 linebacker Barton Hammit and cornerback Lamar Baker. Arizona at USC 6 (6) 5-22 2-11 State’s roster features a total of 14 players who saw action as true Oregon State 4 (1) 1-8 1-8 freshmen. Seventeen true freshmen have played over the last four Washington 4 (1) 0-0 0-0 seasons, including six last year (Terrell Suggs, Mike Karney, Mike Oregon 1 (0) 0-0 0-0 Williams, Skyler Fulton, Derick Arnold). In 1999, four true freshmen Totals 36 (21) 16-68 9-49 played (Solomon Bates, Josh Amobi, Mike Barth), while Justin Taplin and Willie Daniel were among the four to see action in 1998. Consistent Foot Shivers and Baker have both started the last five games, Junior Mike Barth saw a streak of 12 consecutive field goals come marking the first time that ASU has two true freshmen in starting to an end Oct. 20 vs. Oregon State when his 36-yard attempt in the lineup since defensive end Terrell Suggs and tailback Mike second quarter was blocked. Prior to that blocked kick, Barth had Williams both started against Colorado State and Utah State last made a 39-yarder and a 24-yarder in the first quarter vs. the season. Prior to last year, ASU had not had two true freshmen in Beavers. He had been perfect in his last seven games dating back the starting lineup since 1995. That year, ASU had two freshmen to last season, while his last miss was a 43-yarder vs. USC last starters in three separate games. year. A candidate for the Lou Groza Award candidate, Barth was the only kicker in the Pac-10 to remain perfect through the first six Pac-10 Preseason Poll weeks of the season and is fourth in the Pac-10 at 75.0 percent (9- Arizona State was selected to finish seventh in the Pac-10 of-12). He had a streak of 38 PAT attempts snapped Oct. 6 vs. ULL Conference by West Coast media members in the official presea- (when a penalty pushed the kick back 15 yards) and is now 32-of- son conference poll. The Sun Devils were picked to finish fifth in 33 (.970) in PAT attempts this year (fourth in the league). last year’s preseason poll and ended up in a tie for fifth. Scoring Machine Walk-Ons Twice this season, the Sun Devils have had a wide receiver score Sophomore quarterback Jeff Krohn is one of just four starting quar- four touchdowns in a single game. Against Louisiana-Lafayette on terbacks in the country who began his career as a walk-on. Krohn, Oct. 6, redshirt sophomore Shaun McDonald caught four touch- who earned a scholarship midway through last season, led the down passes to tie the school record for TD catches in a game set Pac-10’s top-ranked passing offense last year and set school by John Allen vs. San Jose State in 1953. McDonald’s four TD marks for passing yards in a season and single-game passing grabs also tie the Pac-10 single-game record, a mark held by five yards for a freshman. The other signal-callers who began their other conference members, most recently accomplished by careers as walk-ons are Texas A&M junior Mark Farris, Houston UCLA’s J.J. Stokes vs. Washington in 1993. On Sept. 29, senior junior Kelly Robertson and Oregon State junior Jonathan Smith. wide receiver Ryan Dennard caught three touchdown passes and In the great tradition of walk-ons at Arizona State that includes returned a fumble for another score vs. San Jose State. With four NFL first-round draft pick Adam Archuleta, there are currently touchdowns each, both McDonald and Dennard were just one seven players on the Sun Devil depth chart who at least began short of the school record for touchdowns scored in a game (5, their careers as walk-ons. Those Sun Devils are senior Levi Jones, held by three Sun Devils), while the two efforts marked the 16th Krohn, senior tailback Tom Pace, sophomore cornerback Adrian and 17th times in school history that a Sun Devil has scored at Thomas, junior safety Patrick Wilson, senior long snapper B.J. least four touchdowns in a game. Miller and junior snapper Jay Breckenridge. Show of Solidarity Arizona State has joined teams across the nation who will wear decals of the American flag on their helmets this year to show solidarity for the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York City, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., as suggested by the Coaches Association.

2001 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL • PAGE 7 GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS at ASU 38, San Diego State 7 • Sept. 8, 2001 of the season for the Sun Devils. Flowers added a 4-yard scoring run in the Sophomore Jeff Krohn passed for 271 yards and four touchdowns in just fourth quarter, carrying the ball all 10 times for 81 yards in the drive. over three quarters as Arizona State beat San Diego State 38-7 Sept. 8 in Dirk Koetter's debut as head coach of the Sun Devils. Krohn set a school at ASU 63, Louisiana-Lafayette 27 • Oct. 6, 2001 record for completion percentage, connecting on 77.1 percent of his pass- Sophomore Jeff Krohn passed for 290 yards and four touchdowns - all to es (27-of-35) without an . He threw two scoring passes to sophomore Shaun McDonald - in three quarters of play as Arizona State senior Donnie O'Neal and one each to sophomores Mike Karney and beat Louisiana-Lafayette 63-27 at Sun Devil Stadium. Krohn had 250 yards Shaun McDonald. Karney’s 7-yard TD pass late in the first quarter got the at halftime after TD strikes of 45, 57, 19 and 19 yards to McDonald. Sun Devil scoring started and was the first TD reception of his career. McDonald's four TDs tied a school and Pac-10 record for scoring catches Junior Mike Barth made a 38-yard field goal in the first half, and red- set by John Allen against San Jose State in 1953, while the sophomore shirt freshman Emmanuel Franklin set a school record with a 100-yard hauled in five catches for a career-high 154 yards. The Sun Devils went to interception return for the Sun Devils' final touchdown with 7:44 to play. their ground game in the second half with junior Tom Pace, who had 76 of ASU’s school mark was previously held by Nathan LaDuke who returned a his 77 yards in the third quarter, scoring on 4- and 1-yard runs. Sophomore pick 95 yards against Oregon State in 1990. Franklin, who started his first Mike Williams ran scores in from 5 and 1 yards, and sophomore Jermaine career game vs. San Diego State, became the eighth Pac-10 player to McKinney had a 2-yard TD run with 4:01 to play, the first TD of his career. have a 100-yard return. The last was Deltha O'Neal of California against ULL's Jon Van Cleave threw a 5-yard scoring pass to Andre George and Oregon in 1999.The Aztecs, who fell to 0-2 after a season-opening loss to Jerome Coleman ran 18 yards to score, Ivan Taylor scored on a 48-yard Arizona, got a 10-yard TD run from Garric Simmons with 2:51 remaining. run with 1:06 remaining and Jonathan Knott had 48- and 45-yard field The Sun Devils held the Aztecs to 86 yards rushing and 188 total yards, goals for the Ragin' Cajuns. recording five sacks and forcing two turnovers. Sophomore Terrell Suggs, Lafayette took its only lead when freshman Daryl Lightfoot fumbled a who led the team in sacks and tackles for loss a year ago, had two sacks, punt and Trey Randall recovered for the Cajuns at the Arizona State 18 a pass deflection and a forced fumble. The Aztecs had just 21 yards of total early in the game. On the first snap, Coleman swept around left end, got a offense at halftime. block at the 7 and ran in untouched to send the Cajuns to a 10-7 lead with 4:34 remaining in the first quarter. But Pace returned the ensuing kickoff 36 at Stanford 51, ASU 28 • Sept. 22, 2001 yards, and Arizona State regained the upper hand two plays later when Sophomore Jeff Krohn threw for 366 yards and three touchdowns and the Krohn hit McDonald on a 57-yard scoring hookup. McDonald was alone in ASU offense racked up 504 yards of total offense, but it wasn’t enough as the back of the end zone on his third scoring grab, and Williams sent the the SunDevils dropped their Pac-10 Conference opener to Stanford 51-28 Sun Devils to a 28-10 lead with his first TD with 4:23 left. The defense, in Palo Alto, Calif. Senior Donnie O’Neal caught six passes for 142 yards which sacked Van Cleave four times and had one interception, set up that and a touchdown, his second straight 100-yard receiving game, while score. Sophomore Terrell Suggs sacked Van Cleave and forced a fumble junior Justin Taplin and sophomore Shaun McDonald each caught a touch- that junior Solomon Bates returned 9 yards to the Lafayette 7. Each team down pass for the Sun Devils. Taplin’s catch was the first TD reception of added a score in the final minute - Van Cleave's pass to George, and his career, while McDonald’s 68-yard grab matched his career long. Junior Krohn's fourth to McDonald with 13 seconds to go. Mike Barth provided the only other scoring of the night for ASU with two field goals in the second quarter (47 yards and 46 yards). at USC 48, ASU 17 • Oct. 13, 2001 Stanford’s Randy Fasani threw for 295 yards and four scores, and USC quarterback threw for 295 yards and three touch- seven Stanford players scored touchdowns as the Cardinal offense rolled downs as the USC Trojans ended a four-game losing streak with a 48-17 up 548 yards. Luke Powell caught six passes for 134 yards, while Ryan victory over Arizona State last week at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Wells, Nick Sebes, Brett Pierce and caught TD passes from Palmer completed 18 of 26 passes and was not intercepted. ASU jumped Fasani, while Kerry Carter, Jared Newberry and ran for scores. out to an early 3-0 lead in the game when junior Mike Barth connected on Allen rushed for 134 yards as Stanford scored all of its points in the first his 10th consecutive field goal, this one from 36 yards six minutes into the three quarters. game. ASU's defense held USC to minus-13 yards in the first quarter, but the Trojans came to life in the second, scoring three touchdowns on their at ASU 53, San Jose State 15 • Sept. 29, 2001 way to the win. Junior Matt Cooper completed 9-of-17 pass attempts for Sophomore quarterback Jeff Krohn threw for 229 yards and four touch- 117 yards and one touchdown, but was intercepted three times in relief of downs and Ryan Dennard scored four touchdowns as Arizona State beat sophomore Jeff Krohn who left the game with an ankle injury in the second San Jose State 53-15 last weekend at Sun Devil Stadium. Krohn and quarter. For the Sun Devils, sophomore Skyler Fulton caught his first Dennard connected for three touchdowns, and senior tailback Delvon career touchdown reception with a four-yard score with 11 seconds left in Flowers added 159 yards rushing and a touchdown for ASU. Krohn hooked the first half, while sophomore Shaun McDonald gave ASU its only scoring up with Dennard for a six-yard touchdown pass with 5:12 left in the first of the second half with a six-yard run with 3:50 left in the third quarter. quarter, capping an eight-play, 59-yard drive that featured Krohn's 40-yard pass to senior Donnie O'Neal. ASU extended its lead to 14-0 two plays into at ASU 41, Oregon State 24 • Oct. 20, 2001 the second quarter when Krohn and Dennard connected again, this time Senior Delvon Flowers ran for a career-high 226 yards, including scoring for seven yards. strikes of 74 and 28 yards, to lead Arizona State to its first Pac-10 victory SJSU’s Edell Shepherd caught a seven-yard pass from Arroyo for of the season, a 41-24 win over Oregon State last week at Sun Devil San Jose's first score at 10:11 of the second quarter, but the two-point try Stadium. Flowers, who missed last season because of a knee injury, turned failed. The teams then traded field goals, with San Jose State hitting from in the best game by an Arizona State running back in the last 28 years and 44 yards, and ASU junior Mike Barth from 31 yards. Seven plays into the the sixth-best ever. His yardage on 23 carries was the most since Ben second half, Krohn again found Dennard for a score, this time from 21 Malone set the record of 250 against Oregon State in 1973. yards to put Arizona State up 24-9. San Jose State answered, driving 80 ASU jumped out to an early 3-0 on a 39-yard field goal by junior Mike yards in eight plays with Jamar Julien rushing for the final 25. The Spartans Barth in its first drive, which got started when redshirt freshman R.J. Oliver missed the 2-point try. Two plays later, Arizona State extended its lead to recovered an Oregon State fumble on the Beavers’ opening kickoff drive. 31-15 as Krohn completed a 50-yard touchdown pass to sophomore Shaun The Beavers, however, quickly jumped out to a 14-3 lead with touchdowns McDonald. Dennard's fourth score came after Alex Wallace fumbled after on a one-yard run by running back Ken Simonton and a 40-yard scoring intercepting Krohn's pass. Dennard returned the fumble 38 yards for the strike from quarterback Jonathan Smith to Tim Euhus. ASU narrowed that score. Krohn made it 46-15 when he scrambled for a 5-yard touchdown run first quarter gap to 14-13 with sophomore quarterback Jeff Krohn's 63-yard with 46 seconds left in the third quarter. It was the first rushing touchdown pass to sophomore Shaun McDonald, which McDonald fumbled and then GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS

recovered in the end zone, followed by a 24-yard field goal by Barth. OSU led 17-13 at halftime, but ASU took a lead early in the third quarter with Flowers' 74-yard scoring run, which was the longest of his career. Smith put the Beavers back on top with a seven-yard touchdown pass to James Newson with 6:47 left in the third quarter, but the Sun Devils scored 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to earn the victory, including Flowers' second scoring run, which was set up by a 62-yard punt return by Taplin, and an 11-yard run by senior Tom Pace.

No. 13/11 Washington 33, at ASU 31 • Oct. 27, 2001 John Anderson kicked a 30-yard field goal as time expired as No. 13/11 Washington rallied for another comeback victory, beating Arizona State 33- 31 last week at Sun Devil Stadium. The Huskies trailed 31-30 when they started the winning drive from their own 10 with 7:12 left. Anderson lined up for a 28-yard attempt with 51 seconds left on fourth down, but Arizona State jumped offsides, giving Washington a first down. UW worked down the clock to three seconds before Anderson lined up for the winning kick. For Arizona State, sophomore Jeff Krohn threw for 320 yards and touch- down passes to junior Mike Pinkard and sophomore Shaun McDonald, while UW’s Cody Pickett passed for 252 yards and two touchdowns. Washington opened the scoring on its second possession with a three-yard pass from Pickett to Todd Elstrom and went up 14-0 in the sec- ond quarter when Reggie Williams capped a six-play, 71-yard drive with an 11-yard touchdown pass from Pickett. On the first play of the next series, Krohn mishandled the snap and Washington recovered the fumble at the ASU 19. Four plays later, Anderson kicked a 31-yard field to make it 17-0. Arizona State got on the scoreboard with 7:37 left in the second quarter when Krohn hit Pinkard with a 23-yard touchdown pass. Anthony Kelley's interception set up the Huskies' next score, which came on a 2-yard run by Pickett. The Sun Devils got a 42-yard field goal from junior Mike Barth with seven seconds left in the second quarter and Washington led 24-10 at half- time. Tom Pace ran three yards for an ASU touchdown 4:39 into the third quarter to make it 24-17. On the Huskies' next possession, ASU senior Donnie O'Neal blocked a punt and punter Derek McLaughlin kicked the ball out of the end zone for a safety. ASU then took the free kick and went 50 yards in six plays, with Krohn connecting with McDonald on a 33-yard pass that giving Arizona State its first lead at 25-24. Washington came back with Willie Hurst's 3-yard touchdown run on the last play of the third quarter to go back up 30-25. ASU regained the lead 31-30 on a one-yard Delvon Flowers touchdown run with 12:59 left. at No. 8/9 Oregon 42, ASU 24 • Nov. 3, 2001 (Wrap-up information appears in body of release) MEDIA INFORMATION

Bowl Lineup 6, Transponder 9 (C-Band). Trouble numbers: Master Control This year, the Rose Bowl will play host to the Bowl Championship (310) 543-1835, (310) 282-2611 or (888) 423-0095 pager; or Series national championship game, meaning that the Pac-10 Michelle Lockhart (925) 932-4411 Conference champion will need to finish No. 1 or 2 in the final BCS ranking to earn a trip to Pasadena. If the Pac-10 Champion is not Online ranked in the top two nationally, it shall appear in the Tostitos Arizona State’s official web site is part of the FansOnly Network Fiesta Bowl in Tempe where it will play the champion from the Big and can be found at www.TheSunDevils.com. Updated releases, 12 Conference. Regardless of the disposition of the conference player bios, statistics and other information can be accessed from champion, a second Pac-10 team may also be selected for an at- ASU’s web site. Game broadcasts and live stats are also available large berth in the Bowl Championship Series in any given year. on the site. The Pac-10 Conference’s official website is located at The Pac-10 Conference also has bowl ties with the Holiday, Sun, www.Pac-10.org. Seattle (formerly the Aloha) and Las Vegas Bowls, assuring that at least five Pac-10 teams will participate in postseason competition. Pac-10 Teleconference Dirk Koetter and all nine other Pac-10 head football coaches par- Bowl (Site) Date (TV) Matchup ticipate in a teleconference call every Tuesday during the season Rose (Pasadena) Jan. 3 (ABC) National Championship beginning Sept. 11. Each Pac-10 coach will be available for 10 Fiesta (Tempe) Jan. 1 (ABC) Pac-10 #1 vs. Big 12 #1 minutes starting at 10 a.m. PT. Koetter is available from 11-11:10 Holiday (San Diego) Dec. 28 (ESPN) Pac-10 #2 vs. Big 12 #3 a.m. Media members may call the Pac-10 Conference office (925- Sun (El Paso) Dec. 31 (CBS) Pac-10 #3 vs. Big Ten #5 932-4411) or the ASU Media Relations office (480-965-6592) for Seattle Dec. 27 (ESPN) Pac-10 #4 vs. ACC #4 the media-only phone number. Las Vegas Dec. 25 (ABC) Pac-10 #5 vs. Mount. West #2 Fox Sports Arizona – ASU’s TV Home Sun Devil Sports Network Fox Sports Arizona is the local television home of all Sun Devil ath- Sun Devil fans across the state, in southern Nevada and Little letic teams including football. Head coach Dirk Koetter will appear Rock, Ark., can tune into the Sun Devil Sports Network for live on the biweekly magazine show, "Running with the Sun Devils," radio broadcasts of all Arizona State football games. Here are the hosted by Tom Dillon. affiliates of the 13-station network: Practice/Interview Schedule Station City Arizona State practices every day but Monday during a normal XTRA 910 AM & KFYI 550 AM Phoenix (Flagship) week. Sunday’s practice is closed, and no interviews are allowed. KYCA 1490 AM Prescott, Ariz. The Sun Devils will practice 3:45-6 p.m., but check with the ASU KATO 1230 AM Safford, Ariz. Media Relations office for changes. Players are available before KWMX 96.7 FM Flagstaff, Ariz. each practice for approximately 10-15 minutes. Plan on arriving 30 KAZM 780 AM Sedona, Ariz. minutes before the start of practice. Players are not available for KDJI 1270 AM Holbrook, Ariz. interviews on Friday or Saturday until after the game. All interviews KDAP 96.5 FM Douglas, Ariz. must be arranged through the Media Relations Office. KIKO 1340 AM Globe-Miami, Ariz. KBLU 560 AM Yuma, Ariz. What Time is It Anyway? KJLL 1300 AM Tucson, Ariz. The state of Arizona never changes its clocks remaining on KRLV 1340 AM Las Vegas, Nev. Mountain Standard Time all year. From April to the end of October, KASR 92.7 FM Little Rock, Ark. Arizona State is basically on Pacific Daylight Time, while when the rest of the country changed its clocks on October 28, ASU Koetter Press Conference remained the same, matching up again with Mountain Standard ASU head coach Dirk Koetter will hold a weekly press conference Time. at Old Main on the Arizona State campus Mondays prior to each game at noon, starting Monday, Sept. 3. Every effort will also be Changing the Rules made to have the opposing coach on a conference call at the The following rules changes will be in effect for the 2001 season: beginning of the press conference. Quarterback Jeff Krohn will • An official shall declare a referee’s timeout when the runner’s also attend the press conferences. Krohn will do interviews on helmet comes off. Mondays and then again on Thursdays. • Personal fouls against a passer during a successful two- point conversion try will be enforced on the succeeding kickoff or Koetter Call-In Show from the succeeding spot in the extra periods. The Dirk Koetter Call-In Show airs from 7-7:30 p.m. every • Penalties for offensive team fouls that occur behind the neu- Thursday night on XTRA 910 AM during the football season. Sun tral zone will be enforced from the previous spot. Devil fans can pose their questions to Koetter and host Tim Healey, the voice of the Sun Devils, by calling 602-260-9191. Ch-Ch-Changes... After deciding to change the way assisted tackles are credited Pac-10 Football Satellite Feed heading into the season, the NCAA has reversed that decision. In The Pac-10 Conference provides a weekly satellite feed featuring the past, assisted tackles were counted as a full tackle, but this interviews with caoches and selected players regarding upcoming year they were to be counted as a half tackle. Now, statistics will games along with highlight footage. The half-hour feed airs every revert back to the previous way, so freshman free safety Jason Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. PDT/MST (2:30 p.m EST) starting Sept. Shivers leads the team in that category with 64 total tackles (34 5 and running through Nov. 21. Coordinates for the feed are Telstar solos, 30 assists). 2001 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 04, 2001) All games

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

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND TEAM STATISTICS ASU OPP ------Sep 08, 2001 SAN DIEGO STATE W 38-7 54071 FIRST DOWNS...... 158 161 *Sep 22, 2001 at Stanford L 28-51 39580 Rushing...... 70 57 Sep 29, 2001 SAN JOSE STATE W 53-15 45528 Passing...... 76 88 Oct 06, 2001 LOUSIANA-LAFAYETTE W 63-27 38118 Penalty...... 12 16 *Oct 13, 2001 at USC L 17-48 43508 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 1411 1028 *Oct 20, 2001 OREGON STATE W 41-24 54114 Yards gained rushing... 1602 1277 *Oct 27, 2001 WASHINGTON L 31-33 50106 Yards lost rushing..... 191 249 *Nov 03, 2001 at OREGON L 24-42 46064 Rushing Attempts...... 312 290 * denotes conference game Average Per Rush...... 4.5 3.5 Average Per Game...... 176.4 128.5 RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G TDs Rushing...... 16 13 ------PASSING YARDAGE...... 2110 2055 FLOWERS,Delvon 8 121 744 28 716 5.9 7 74 89.5 Att-Comp-Int...... 250-133-11 282-157-5 PACE,Tom 8 57 350 16 334 5.9 4 33 41.8 Average Per Pass...... 8.4 7.3 WILLIAMS,Mike 8 36 132 6 126 3.5 2 13 15.8 Average Per Catch...... 15.9 13.1 LIGHTFOOT,D. 6 9 95 3 92 10.2 0 41 15.3 Average Per Game...... 263.8 256.9 MCKINNEY,J. 2 17 61 1 60 3.5 1 13 30.0 TDs Passing...... 20 19 KROHN,Jeff 8 39 114 87 27 0.7 1 15 3.4 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 3521 3083 KARNEY,Mike 8 6 18 0 18 3.0 0 9 2.2 Total Plays...... 562 572 COOPER,Matt 8 4 26 10 16 4.0 0 14 2.0 Average Per Play...... 6.3 5.4 MCDONALD,Shaun 8 4 11 3 8 2.0 1 6 1.0 Average Per Game...... 440.1 385.4 WALTER,Andrew 8 11 41 34 7 0.6 0 17 0.9 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 40-976 23-589 ARNOLD,Derick 2 4 7 1 6 1.5 0 4 3.0 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 20-217 15-166 TURNER,Darrel 4 2 3 0 3 1.5 0 2 0.8 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..... 5-167 11-89 HOPPE,Steve 3 2 0 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 -0.7 FUMBLES-LOST...... 15-7 14-8 Total...... 8 312 1602 191 1411 4.5 16 74 176.4 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 57-538 59-468 Opponents...... 8 290 1277 249 1028 3.5 13 48 128.5 PUNTS-AVG...... 34-42.6 54-37.7 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.. 28:33 31:27 PASSING GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 40/113 44/121 ------4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 12/21 5/8 KROHN,Jeff 8 161.07 185-103-5 55.7 1733 18 68 216.6 WALTER,Andrew 8 65.61 31-11-1 35.5 135 0 31 16.9 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long COOPER,Matt 8 82.52 30-16-5 53.3 184 1 41 23.0 ------MURPHY,Nick 8 247.00 2-2-0 100.0 35 0 23 4.4 WILLIAMS,Alfred 2 60 30.0 0 57 PACE,Tom 8 0.00 1-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 BAKER,Lamar 1 7 7.0 0 7 TAPLIN,Justin 7 623.20 1-1-0 100.0 23 1 23 3.3 FRANKLIN,E. 1 100 100.0 1 100 Total...... 8 141.70 250-133-11 53.2 2110 20 68 263.8 THOMAS,Adrian 1 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents...... 8 135.57 282-157-5 55.7 2055 19 56 256.9 Total...... 5 167 33.4 1 100 Opponents...... 11 89 8.1 0 36 RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G ------PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd MCDONALD,Shaun 8 36 799 22.2 9 68 99.9 ------O'NEAL,Donnie 8 28 497 17.8 3 58 62.1 MURPHY,Nick 33 1403 42.5 58 3 9 9 0 DENNARD,Ryan 8 14 248 17.7 4 62 31.0 BIANG,Brian 1 46 46.0 46 0 0 0 0 PACE,Tom 8 11 72 6.5 0 23 9.0 Total...... 34 1449 42.6 58 3 9 9 0 PINKARD,Mike 8 9 158 17.6 1 34 19.8 Opponents...... 54 2034 37.7 57 2 4 19 1 WILLIAMS,Mike 8 8 61 7.6 0 32 7.6 FULTON,Skyler 8 7 54 7.7 1 17 6.8 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long TAPLIN,Justin 7 6 91 15.2 1 40 13.0 ------LIGHTFOOT,D. 6 5 73 14.6 0 47 12.2 TAPLIN,Justin 11 127 11.5 0 62 KARNEY,Mike 8 5 32 6.4 1 9 4.0 LIGHTFOOT,D. 5 63 12.6 0 29 MADDOX,Frank 8 2 23 11.5 0 15 2.9 MCDONALD,Shaun 3 1 0.3 0 3 FLOWERS,Delvon 8 2 2 1.0 0 3 0.2 O'NEAL,Donnie 1 26 26.0 0 0 Total...... 8 133 2110 15.9 20 68 263.8 Total...... 20 217 10.9 0 62 Opponents...... 8 157 2055 13.1 19 56 256.9 Opponents...... 15 166 11.1 0 51

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------BARTH,Mike 9-12 75.0 1-1 1-1 4-5 3-4 0-1 47 1 PACE,Tom 15 415 27.7 0 51 WILLIAMS,Mike 14 328 23.4 0 49 |------PATs ------| FLOWERS,Delvon 6 139 23.2 0 37 SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points MCDONALD,Shaun 3 52 17.3 0 25 ------LIGHTFOOT,D. 2 42 21.0 0 22 MCDONALD,Shaun 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 62 Total...... 40 976 24.4 0 51 BARTH,Mike 0 9-12 32-33 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 59 Opponents...... 23 589 25.6 0 59 FLOWERS,Delvon 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 DENNARD,Ryan 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 32 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G PACE,Tom 4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 24 ------O'NEAL,Donnie 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 MCDONALD,Shaun 8 8 799 1 52 0 860 107.5 WILLIAMS,Mike 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 FLOWERS,Delvon 8 716 2 0 139 0 857 107.1 FRANKLIN,E. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 PACE,Tom 8 334 72 0 415 0 821 102.6 KARNEY,Mike 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 O'NEAL,Donnie 8 0 497 26 0 0 523 65.4 MCKINNEY,J. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 WILLIAMS,Mike 8 126 61 0 328 0 515 64.4 TAPLIN,Justin 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total...... 8 1411 2110 217 976 167 4881 610.1 FULTON,Skyler 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Opponents...... 8 1028 2055 166 589 89 3927 490.9 PINKARD,Mike 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 KROHN,Jeff 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-2 0 0 6 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G COOPER,Matt 0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 1-1 0 0 2 ------Team 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2 KROHN,Jeff 8 224 27 1733 1760 220.0 Total...... 38 9-12 32-33 1-2 2 2-3 0 1 295 FLOWERS,Delvon 8 121 716 0 716 89.5 Opponents...... 32 9-9 28-29 0-2 0 0-1 0 0 247 PACE,Tom 8 58 334 0 334 41.8 COOPER,Matt 8 34 16 184 200 25.0 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total WALTER,Andrew 8 42 7 135 142 17.8 ------Total...... 8 562 1411 2110 3521 440.1 Arizona State...... 58 66 94 77 - 295 Opponents...... 8 572 1028 2055 3083 385.4 Opponents...... 65 74 71 37 - 247 2001 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 04, 2001) 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 ------30 SHIVERS,Jason 8 34 30 64 2-4 1-2 . . . 1-0 . . . 52 UNCK,Mason 8 19 26 45 7-34 2-26 . 2 . 1-0 2 . . 39 WILLIAMS,Alfred 8 25 14 39 4-15 1-8 2-60 1 . 1-0 1 . . 1 BATES,Solomon 8 12 27 39 5-4 . . 5 . 1-9 . . . 26 OLIVER,R.J. 6 20 16 36 . . . 6 . 1-0 1 . . 7 STEWART,R. 8 22 14 36 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 48 SUGGS,Terrell 8 21 15 36 16-68 9-49 . 3 . . 4 . . 37 DANIEL,Willie 8 12 20 32 5-18 1-13 . . . 1-0 1 . . 55 AMOBI,Josh 8 17 15 32 2-5 1-4 ...... 99 TOWNSEND,Tommie 8 12 16 28 7-14 1-7 ...... 20 FRANKLIN,E. 7 18 9 27 . . 1-100 3 . . . . . 24 BAKER,Lamar 8 20 5 25 1-1 . 1-7 . . . 1 . . 97 MONTESANTO,B. 8 6 10 16 2-7 ...... 91 VERDON,Jimmy 8 6 10 16 2-15 1-13 ...... 59 WALLIN,Kurt 8 8 7 15 3-14 2-13 ...... 21 THOMAS,Adrian 8 9 6 15 . . 1-0 ...... 10 FIELDS, Eric 7 5 4 9 1-8 1-8 ...... 29 FALKNER,Brandon 5 3 5 8 ...... 73 GLASS,Paul 5 3 5 8 . . . 1 . . . . . 15 HOLLOWAY,M. 5 4 3 7 1-1 . . 1 . . . . . 58 BANKS,Connor 7 2 4 6 ...... 23 PACE,Tom 8 5 1 6 ...... 25 HACKETT,O.J. 4 5 . 5 ...... 57 HAMMIT,Barton 6 2 1 3 1-2 ...... 92 MASANIAI,Danny 3 2 1 3 1-5 ...... 28 WILSON,Patrick 6 . 3 3 ...... 67 HOWARD,Phil 5 . 2 2 ...... 69 KOSIER,Kyle 8 1 1 2 ...... 3 WILLIAMS,Mike 8 . 1 1 ...... 50 AGUILAR,Tony 4 1 . 1 ...... 18 FULTON,Skyler 8 . 1 1 ...... 84 MURPHY,Nick 8 1 . 1 ...... 87 MILLER,B.J. 7 1 . 1 ...... 19 LIGHTFOOT,D. 6 1 . 1 ...... 95 NGUYEN,Khoa 5 1 . 1 1-5 1-5 ...... 44 KARNEY,Mike 8 1 . 1 ...... 6 O'NEAL,Donnie 8 1 . 1 ...... 1 . TM Team 2 1 . 1 1-1 ...... 1 98 BEAL,James 3 . 1 1 ...... 81 MCDONALD,Shaun 8 1 . 1 ...... 1 . . 88 DENNARD,Ryan 8 ...... 1-38 . . . Total...... 8 302 273 575 62-221 21-148 5-167 22 . 8-47 11 1 1 Opponents...... 8 308 276 584 64-177 17-101 11-89 29 . 7-0 7 1 . GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

RUSHING (Attempts-Yards-TDs-Long) Flowers Pace M. Williams Krohn Lightfoot Arnold San Diego State 10-42-0-21 7-35-0-9 5-9-0-7 7-30-0-14 4-27-0-12 4-6-0-4 at Stanford 10-26-0-10 4-5-0-4 3-15-0-10 4-21-0-14 1-5-0-5 DNP San Jose State 21-159-1-20 4-18-0-11 12-35-0-11 5-(-14)-1-5 1-(-3)-0-0 DNP La.-Lafayette 7-42-0-21 9-77-2-22 7-31-2-12 2-(-17)-0 2-43-0-41 DNP at USC 11-50-0-13 9-57-0-33 6-36-0-13 3-(-3)-0-0 DNP DNP Oregon State 23-226-2-74 10-84-1-25 0-0-0-0 7-5-0-11 DNP DNP Washington 19-64-1-10 11-55-1-23 1-(-2)-0-0 5-3-0-15 0-0-0-0 DNP at Oregon 20-107-3-54 3-3-0-3 2-2-0-1 6-2-0-7 1-20-0-20 DNP Washington State Arizona at UCLA

McDonald Karney Cooper McKinney Turner Hoppe Walter San Diego State 1-5-0-5 1-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at Stanford 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-14-0-14 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0-0 San Jose State 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 7-26-0-13 2-3-0-2 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 La.-Lafayette 1-0-0-0 2-7-0-4 0-0-0-0 10-34-1-11 0-0-0-0 2-(-2)-0-0 0-0-0-0 at USC 1-6-1-6 0-0-0-0 3-2-0-12 DNP 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 Oregon State 1-(-3)-0-0 2-10-0-9 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 DNP 1-(-8)-0-0 Washington 0-0-0-0 1-1-0-1 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 at Oregon 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 8-20-0-17 Washington State Arizona at UCLA

PASSING (Attempts-Completions-Interceptions-Yards-Touchdowns)* PUNTING (Attempts-Yards-Avg.-Long) Krohn Walter Cooper Murphy Biang San Diego State 35-27-0-271-4 1-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 San Diego State 3-115-38.3-45 1-46-46.0-46 at Stanford 37-17-1-366-3 1-0-0-0-0 8-5-1-29-0 at Stanford 6-243-40.5-44 0-0-0-0 San Jose State 22-15-2-229-4 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 San Jose State 1-51-51.0-51 DNP La.-Lafayette 23-12-0-290-4 0-0-0-0-0 4-2-1-38-0 La.-Lafayette 4-183-45.8-58 DNP at USC 3-2-0-8-0 4-3-0-30-0 17-9-3-117-1 at USC 6-242-40.3-52 DNP Oregon State 25-8-1-185-1 0-0-0-0-0 1-0-0-0-0 Oregon State 4-168-42.0-52 DNP Washington 29-17-1-320-2 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 Washington 5-217-43.4-56 DNP at Oregon 11-5-0-64-0 25-8-1-105-0 0-0-0-0-0 at Oregon Washington State Washington State Arizona Arizona at UCLA at UCLA (punter Nick Murphy (2-2 with completions vs. Oregon State and Oregon) and wide receiver Justin Taplin (1-1 with a TD vs. Oregon State) have each completed passes and tailback Mike Williams has thrown one incomplete pass on the year)

RECEIVING (Receptions-Yards-TDs-Long) O’Neal M. Williams McDonald Pace Lightfoot Taplin Fulton San Diego State 7-101-2-42 4-45-0-32 4-20-1-9 3-16-0-11 2-53-0-47 2-22-0-16 2-8-0-7 at Stanford 6-142-1-58 0-0-0-0 2-95-1-68 1-23-0-23 3-20-0-10 2-48-1-40 1-13-0-13 San Jose State 1-40-0-40 1-6-0-6 3-76-1-50 2-5-0-6 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 La.-Lafayette 2-34-0-32 0-0-0-0 5-154-4-57 2-15-0-9 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-8-0-8 at USC 2-76-0-41 2-(-2)-0-0 3-34-0-16 3-13-0-9 DNP 0-0-0-0 3-25-1-17 Oregon State 2-28-022 0-0-0-0 5-123-1-63 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 Washington 4-53-0-30 0-0-0-0 9-194-1-43 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at Oregon 4-23-0-7 1-12-0-12 5-103-0-39 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2-21-0-14 0-0-0-0 Washington State Arizona at UCLA

Karney Pinkard Flowers Dennard Maddox San Diego State 1-7-1-7 1-0-0-0 1-(-1)-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at Stanford 3-16-0-9 1-21-0-21 1-3-0-3 3-37-0-24 0-0-0-0 San Jose State 0-0-0-0 2-38-0-34 0-0-0-0 4-41-3-22 2-23-0-15 La.-Lafayette 0-0-0-0 2-25-0-27 0-0-0-0 2-92-0-62 0-0-0-0 at USC 1-9-0-9 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 Oregon State 0-0-0-0 1-34-0-34 0-0-0-0 1-23-1-23 0-0-0-0 Washington 0-0-0-0 1-23-1-23 0-0-0-0 3-50-0-22 0-0-0-0 at Oregon 0-0-0-0 1-17-0-17 0-0-0-0 1-5-0-5 0-0-0-0 Washington State Arizona at UCLA GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

ARIZONA STATE TOTALS Total First Downs Poss. TOs Rushing Passing Offense To (R-Pa-Pn) Time (Fum.-Lost) Penalties Points San Diego State 39-154-0 35-27-0-271-4 75-425 24 (8-12-4) 31:14 1 (3-1) 11-107 38 at Stanford 23-86-0 47-23-2-418-3 70-504 18 (4-13-1) 25:30 3 (1-1) 6-60 28 San Jose State 52-224-2 22-15-2-229-4 74-453 22 (13-8-1) 32:28 3 (1-1) 4-47 53 La.-Lafayette 42-215-5 27-14-1-328-4 69-543 23 (9-12-2) 27:23 2 (2-1) 6-57 63 at USC 35-143-1 25-14-3-155-1 60-298 13 (7-4-2) 27:29 4 (5-1) 9-79 17 Oregon State 44-314-3 27-9-1-208-2 71-522 19 (13-6-0) 26:39 2 (2-1) 6-45 41 Washington 37-121-2 29-17-1-320-2 66-441 22 (7-13-2) 28:33 2 (1-1) 8-69 31 at Oregon 40-154-3 37-14-1-181-0 77-335 17 (9-8-0) 29:11 1 (0-0) 7-74 24 Washington State Arizona at UCLA

OPPONENT TOTALS Total First Downs Poss. TOs Rushing Passing Offense To (R-Pa-Pn) Time (Fum.-Lost) Penalties Points San Diego State 35-88-1 29-10-1-102-0 64-190 11 (4-4-3) 28:46 2 (2-1) 11-132 7 at Stanford 44-223-3 33-22-0-325-4 77-548 23 (9-12-2) 34:30 0 (0-0) 9-79 51 San Jose State 24-63-1 40-24-2-272-1 64-335 21 (4-14-3) 27:32 5 (5-3) 7-56 15 La.-Lafayette 32-114-2 47-22-1-252-1 79-366 18 (6-11-1) 32:37 2 (1-1) 9-62 27 at USC 43-118-3 26-18-0-295-3 69-413 19 (9-10-0) 32:31 1 (1-1) 7-69 48 Oregon State 32-79-1 39-23-0-238-2 71-317 15 (6-8-1) 33:21 1 (3-1) 8-40 24 Washington 41-188-2 36-19-1-252-2 77-440 27 (11-13-3) 31:27 1 (1-0) 6-46 33 at Oregon 39-158-0 32-19-0-319-6 71-474 27 (8-16-3) 30:49 1 (1-1) 2-12 42 Washington State Arizona at UCLA

INSIDE THE RED ZONE ASU Opponent Inside 20 TDs FGs Score Pct. Inside 20 TDs FGs Score Pct. San Diego State 4 3 0 3 .750 2 1 0 1 .500 at Stanford 1 0 0 0 .000 5 4 1 5 1.000 San Jose State 7 4 1 5 .714 1 1 0 1 1.000 La.-Lafayette 7 7 0 7 1.000 2 2 0 2 1.000 at USC 3 2 1 3 1.000 8 5 2 7 .875 Oregon State 5 2 2 4 .800 2 2 0 2 1.000 Washington 4 3 1 4 1.000 5 4 1 5 1.000 at Oregon 3 2 1 3 1.000 4 3 0 3 .750 Washington State Arizona at UCLA Totals 34 23 6 29 .853 29 22 4 26 .897 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

ARIZONA STATE SCORING DRIVES at USC Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score San Diego State 1 9 36 4:17 Barth 36yd field goal Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 2 4 82 0:36 Fulton 4yd pass from Cooper (Barth) 1 14 74 6:13 Karney 7yd pass from Krohn (Barth) 3 14 93 5:57 McDonald 6yd run (Barth) 2 13 69 5:39 Barth 38yd field goal 2 6 80 2:10 O’Neal 42yd pass from Krohn (Barth) Oregon State 3 7 57 2:45 McDonald 5yd pass from Krohn (Barth) Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 4 11 60 3:51 O’Neal 17yd pass from Krohn (Barth) 1 4 2 1:53 Barth 39yd field goal 4 0 0 0:00 Franklin 100yd interception return (Barth) 1 3 65 1:39 McDonald 63yd pass from Krohn (Barth) 1 10 40 3:32 Barth 24yd field goal at Stanford 3 2 80 0:23 Flowers 74yd run (Barth) Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 4 1 28 0:10 Flowers 28yd run (Barth) 1 4 68 0:53 Taplin 40yd pass from Krohn (Barth) 4 5 71 2:27 Dennard 23yd pass from Taplin (Barth) 2 6 35 1:42 Barth 47yd field goal 4 5 64 2:11 Pace 11yd run (Barth) 2 7 35 1:54 Barth 46yd field goal 3 5 77 2:29 O’Neal 58yd pass from Krohn (Barth) Washington 3 2 72 0:54 McDonald 68yd pass from Krohn (2pt) Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 2 10 87 3:32 Pinkard 23yd pass from Krohn (Barth) San Jose State 2 8 54 3:08 Barth 42yd field goal Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 3 10 80 4:39 Pace 3yd run (Barth) 1 8 59 3:56 Dennard 6yd pass from Krohn (Barth) 3 – – – Team safety 2 5 48 2:13 Dennard 7yd pass from Krohn (Barth) 3 6 50 1:21 McDonald 33yd pass from Krohn (2pt failed) 2 4 0 0:19 Barth 31yd field goal 4 5 80 2:01 Flowers 1yd run (2pt failed) 3 7 55 3:06 Dennard 22yd pass from Krohn (Barth) 3 2 52 0:52 McDonald 50yd pass from Krohn (Barth) at Oregon 3 0 0 0:00 Dennard 38yd fumble rec. (McDonald pass) Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 3 8 43 3:22 Krohn 5yd run (Barth) 1 5 63 2:05 Flowers 54yd run (Barth) 4 10 81 3:53 Flowers 4yd run (Barth) 2 7 37 2:59 Barth 19yd field goal 4 9 63 3:33 Flowers 2yd run (Barth) Louisiana-Lafayette 4 9 40 2:10 Flowers 2yd run (Barth) Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 1 2 51 0:42 McDonald 45yd pass from Krohn (Barth) Washington State 1 2 58 1:02 McDonald 57yd pass from Krohn (Barth) Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 2 5 86 1:59 McDonald 19yd pass from Krohn (Barth) 2 2 7 0:48 M. Williams 5yd run (Barth) Arizona 2 2 51 0:22 McDonald 19yd pass from Krohn (kick failed) Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 3 7 76 2:16 Pace 4yd run (Barth) 3 8 75 3:01 M. Williams 1yd run (Barth) at UCLA 4 8 54 2:12 Pace 1yd run (Cooper run) Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 4 12 70 5:48 McKinney 2yd run (Barth)

DRIVE SUPERLATIVES Longest Drive Arizona State Opponents By No. of Plays 14 twice (last 93 yds, 5:57, TD at USC) 18 (78 yds, 7:12, FG) by Washington By No. of Yards 93 (14p, 5:57, TD) at USC 81 (9p, 3:32, TD) by Oregon By Time of Possession 6:13 (74 yds, 14p, TD) vs. San Diego State 9:19 (66 yds, 16p, TD) by USC

ARIZONA STATE STARTERS OFFENSE WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB TB FB WR San Diego State O’Neal Jones Muldrow Peters Crawford Kosier Maddox Krohn M. Williams Karney McDonald at Stanford O’Neal Jones Muldrow Peters Crawford Kosier Dennard* Krohn Flowers Karney Taplin San Jose State O’Neal Jones Scott Peters Crawford Kosier Maddox Krohn M. Williams Karney Pinkard* La.-Lafayette O’Neal Jones Scott Peters Crawford Kosier Niko* Krohn M. Williams Pinkard* McDonald at USC O’Neal Jones Scott Peters Crawford Kosier Pinkard Krohn M. Williams Karney McDonald Oregon State O’Neal Jones Muldrow Peters Crawford Kosier Pinkard Krohn Flowers Maddox* McDonald Washington Maddox* Jones Muldrow Peters Scott Kosier Pinkard Krohn Flowers Karney McDonald at Oregon O’Neal Jones Muldrow Peters Crawford Kosier Pinkard Krohn Flowers Maddox* McDonald Washington State Arizona at UCLA

DEFENSE DE DT DT DE LB LB CB S S FS CB San Diego State Montesanto Townsend Wallin Suggs Unck Bates Oliver Daniel A. Williams Stewart Franklin at Stanford Montesanto Townsend Wallin Suggs Unck Bates Oliver Daniel A. Williams Stewart Franklin San Jose State Montesanto Townsend Wallin Suggs Unck Bates Baker Daniel A. Williams Shivers Franklin La.-Lafayette Montesanto Townsend Wallin Suggs Unck Bates Baker Daniel A. Williams Shivers Franklin at USC Montesanto Townsend Wallin Suggs Unck Bates Oliver Daniel A. Williams Shivers Baker Oregon State Montesanto Townsend Wallin Suggs Unck Bates Oliver Daniel A. Williams Shivers Baker Washington Montesanto Townsend Wallin Suggs Unck Bates Oliver Daniel A. Williams Shivers Baker at Oregon Montesanto Townsend Wallin Suggs Unck Bates Oliver Daniel A. Williams Shivers Franklin Washington State Arizona at UCLA * started due to formation 2001 ARIZONA STATE DEPTH CHART (as of Monday, November 5, 2001)

SUN DEVIL OFFENSE SUN DEVIL DEFENSE

WR 6 Donnie O'Neal 6-2 181 Sr. DE 97 Brian Montesanto 6-5 245 So. 88 Ryan Dennard 6-4 224 G-Sr. 91 Jimmy Verdon 6-4 250 RS-Fr. 18 Skyler Fulton 6-0 183 So. DT 99 Tommie Townsend 6-3 288 G-Sr. LT 78 Levi Jones 6-6 332 Sr. 67 Phil Howard 6-3 261 Jr. 74 Damien Niko 6-5 303 So. DT 59 Kurt Wallin 6-2 290 Sr. LG 79 Marquise Muldrow 6-3 317 Sr. 73 Paul Glass 6-6 335 Sr. (OR) 64 Travis Scott 6-6 305 Sr. DE 48 Terrell Suggs 6-3 232 So. C 53 Scott Peters 6-5 300 G-Sr. 96 Jared Wolfgramm 6-4 230 RS-Fr. 50 Tony Aguilar 6-3 298 So. (OR) 70 Regis Crawford 6-3 307 So. LB 52 Mason Unck 6-3 240 Jr. 10 Eric Fields 6-3 236 G-Sr. RG 70 Regis Crawford 6-3 307 So. 75 Drew Hodgdon 6-3 299 RS-Fr. LB 1 Solomon Bates 6-2 267 Jr. 55 Josh Amobi 6-2 218 Jr. RT 69 Kyle Kosier 6-6 302 Sr. 72 Brandon Macias 6-6 310 RS-Fr. CB 26 R.J. Oliver 5-9 167 RS-Fr. 21 Adrian Thomas 6-0 182 So. TE 86 Mike Pinkard 6-5 263 Jr. (OR) 85 Frank Maddox 6-3 245 So. S 37 Willie Daniel 6-0 205 Sr. 29 Brandon Falkner 6-0 204 Jr. QB 5 Jeff Krohn 6-2 197 So. 16 Andrew Walter 6-5 219 RS-Fr. S 39 Alfred Williams 6-1 200 Jr. 14 Matt Cooper 6-5 233 Jr. 28 Patrick Wilson 5-10 200 Jr.

TB 8 Delvon Flowers 6-0 204 Sr. FS 30 Jason Shivers 6-1 187 Fr. 23 Tom Pace 5-10 191 Sr. 7 Riccardo Stewart 5-10 181 RS-Fr. 3 Mike Williams 6-0 187 So. CB 24 Lamar Baker 5-10 182 Fr. FB 44 Mike Karney 6-0 265 So. (OR) 20 Emmanuel Franklin 5-11 187 RS-Fr. 47 Darrel Turner 6-0 252 Jr. 25 O.J. Hackett 5-10 152 Jr.

WR 81 Shaun McDonald 5-9 166 So. G-Sr. indicates players who have earned their undergraduate degrees and are enrolled in graduate work. 4 Justin Taplin 6-0 190 Jr. 19 Daryl Lightfoot 5-9 170 Fr.

SUN DEVIL SPECIALISTS KR 23 Tom Pace 5-10 191 Sr. (OR) 8 Delvon Flowers 6-0 204 Sr. P 84 Nick Murphy 6-1 188 Sr. 3 Mike Williams 6-0 187 So. 49 Brian Biang 6-0 207 Jr. PR 4 Justin Taplin 6-0 190 Jr. PK 13 Mike Barth 6-1 217 Jr. (OR) 19 Daryl Lightfoot 5-9 170 Fr. 41 Greg Pieratt 6-0 178 Jr. 81 Shaun McDonald 5-9 166 So. KO 13 Mike Barth 6-1 217 Jr. LSN 87 B.J. Miller 6-2 217 Sr. (OR) 41 Greg Pieratt 6-0 178 Jr. 56 Jay Breckenridge 6-2 225 Jr. H 14 Matt Cooper 6-5 233 Jr. SSN 53 Scott Peters 6-5 300 G-Sr. 5 Jeff Krohn 6-2 197 So. 64 Travis Scott 6-6 305 Sr.