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2002 ASU SCHEDULE 2002 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL Date Opponent (TV) Time 2002 PACIFIC LIFE HOLIDAY BOWL A 24 at #10/8 Nebraska (ESPN) L, 10-48 A 31 Eastern Washington W, 38-2 Arizona State Sun Devils (8-5, 5-3 Pac-10) S 7 Central Florida (AZ-TV) W, 46-13 vs. #6/6 Kansas State Wildcats (10-2, 6-2 Big XII) S 14 at San Diego St. (AZ-TV) W, 39-28 Friday, December 27, 2002 • 6 p.m. MST/5 p.m. PST S 28 Stanford (ABC) W, 65-24 Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, Calif. O 5 North Carolina L, 35-38 ESPN/Westwood One Radio/Sun Devil Sports Network O 12 Oregon State (Fox AZ) W, 13-9 O 19 at #6/6 Oregon W, 45-42 After halting a three-game losing skid with a convincing win over intrastate rival Arizona O 26 Washington W, 27-16 Nov. 27 in the battle for the Territorial Championship Cup, the Arizona State Sun Devils N 2 at #8/9 Wash. St. (ABC) L, 22-44 travel to San Diego, Calif., to face No. 6/6 Kansas State (10-2, 6-2 Big 12) in the 25th N 9 California (Fox) L, 38-55 annual Pacific Life Holiday Bowl. The match-up between the Pac-10 Conference’s third- N 16 at #8/8 USC (TBS) L, 13-34 place team and the Big XII Conference’s second-place (North Division) team is slated N 29 at Arizona (Fox Sports Net) W, 34-20 D 27 vs. #6/6 Kansas St. (ESPN) 6 p.m. to unfold Friday, Dec. 27 at Qualcomm Stadium at 5 p.m. PST (6 p.m. MST) and will be Home Games in Bold televised nationally on ESPN. Arizona State finished the longest season in school his- Times listed are Arizona Time (PT prior to Oct. tory with an 8-5 record, the most wins since the team’s 9-3 1997 Sun Bowl campaign. 28, MT after Oct. 28) and subject to change. The Sun Devils, who are making their fifth bowl appearance in seven years and their Rankings are AP/USA Today at time of game first under second-year head coach Dirk Koetter, also finished third in the Pac-10 stand- ings with a 5-3 record, which was the team’s best conference finish since the Sun Devils 2002 PAC-10 STANDINGS ended third with a 6-2 league record in 1997. School Conf. O’all Next Game (Date) Sixth-ranked Kansas State brings a 10-2 overall record to San Diego. The WSU 7-1 10-2 vs. Oklahoma (1/1) USC 7-1 9-3 vs. Iowa (1/2) Wildcats, who lead the nation in total defense, are riding a five-game winning streak with ASU 5-3 8-5 vs. Kansas St. (12/27) the team’s last victory coming in a 38-0 whitewashing of Missouri on Nov. 23, K-State’s UCLA 4-4 7-5 vs. New Mexico (12/25) third shutout of the season. The Holiday Bowl matchup will mark the fifth time this sea- Oregon 3-5 7-5 vs. Wake Forest (12/30) son that the Sun Devils will face a team ranked in the top 10 nationally and the second OSU 4-4 8-4 vs. Pittsburgh (12/26) time its opponent will enter the contest sporting the No. 6 spot in both national polls. The UW 4-4 7-5 vs. Purdue (12/31) other time was against Oregon in Eugene when the Sun Devils returned to the Valley Cal 4-4 7-5 — of the Sun with a 45-42 defeat of the Ducks. Arizona 1-7 4-8 — Stanford 1-7 2-9 — In the Series Pac-10 Bowl Matchups Arizona State and Kansas State will meet for the first time in 13 years and renew a Washington State vs. Oklahoma (Rose Bowl) series in which the Sun Devils have dominated with a 5-0 all-time record. The series USC vs. Iowa (Orange Bowl) began in 1964 with Arizona State posting a 21-10 decision and played its last install- Arizona State vs. Kansas State (Holiday Bowl) ment in 1989 with the Sun Devils blanking the Wildcats 31-0. All five games have been Oregon vs. Wake Forest (Seattle Bowl) contested in Tempe with Arizona State defeating Kansas State by an average score of Washington vs. Purdue (Sun Bowl) 34-8 while limiting the Wildcats to 14 points or fewer in each game. UCLA vs. New Mexico (Las Vegas Bowl) Oregon State vs. Pittsburgh (Insight Bowl) Exposure Pac-10 (1996-Present) ESPN will bring all the action live to a national audience with Mike Tirico (play-by-play), Sc h o o l O’ a l l Co n f . Bo w l s * Lee Corso (analyst), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst) and Dr. Jerry Punch (sidelines) calling the Oregon 58-25 34-22 6 action. Westwood One Radio, in association with Host Communications, will also broad- Washington 56-28 39-17 7 cast the game to a national radio audience with Tony Roberts (play-by-play) and Fran UCLA 49-32 31-25 4 Curci (color analyst) calling the action. Arizona State 49-34 32-24 5 The Sun Devil Sports Network, which has carried all 13 of ASU’s football games USC 46-38 29-27 3 this season, will be back in the booth to provide coverage of the game. The Holiday Arizona 45-38 25-34 2 Bowl will be broadcast live on its 14-station network including flagship stations KTAR Washington State 45-36 26-30 3 Oregon State 41-39 21-35 3 620 AM and ESPN Radio 860 AM. Tim Healey (play-by-play), Jeff Van Raaphorst (color Stanford 39-41-1 28-28 3 analyst), Vince Marotta (pre- and postgame) and Dave Burns (sidelines) will bring the California 29-50 16-40 1 action to Sun Devil fans. The game can also be heard on ASU’s official web site at www. * includes 2002 bowl invitations TheSunDevils.com. When Bowling The Sun Devils’ appearance in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl will mark the 20th all-time bowl invitations for the team which holds a 10-8-1 record in postseason play. Arizona 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 State has dropped its last two bowl appearances, both in the Aloha Bowl. The team’s HEAD COACH DIRK KOETTER .553 postseason winning percentage ranks second in the conference and its 20 bowl appearances is tied for fourth among Pac-10 schools. This season, seven Pac-10 Is in his second season at the helm of the Arizona State program … became Arizona State’s 21st schools have earned bowl berths including USC, Washington State, Arizona State, head coach on Dec. 2, 2000 … acts as his own Oregon, Oregon State, Washington and UCLA. offensive coordinator … a voter in the USA Today Coaches poll … will be making his first bowl Pac-10 Bowl Records appearance at ASU in this year’s Holiday Bowl School W L T Pct. and the third of his young career… this season, USC 25 15 0 .625 guided his Sun Devils to an 8-5 record and third- Washington St. 5 3 0 .625 place Pac-10 finish after being picked to finish Arizona State 10 8 1 .553 ninth in the league… led his team to an upset of sixth-ranked Oregon at Autzen Stadium on Oct. Washington 14 13 1 .518 19, the first Pac-10 road win of his career… UCLA 11 11 1 .500 turned in the first road win of his ASU career Sept. Oregon State 3 3 0 .500 14 at San Diego State… his 2001 ASU offense Stanford 9 10 1 .475 finished 25th in the country in total offense and Oregon 7 9 0 .438 tied for 19th in scoring offense … had the third- California 5 7 1 .423 longest winning streak in the country with eight Arizona 5 7 1 .423 consecutive victories (his last seven at Boise State and his season opener at ASU) before Pac-10 Bowl Appearances* falling at Stanford on Sept. 22, 2001 … came to School Appearances Last 7 Years ASU after three seasons at Boise State where he USC 41 3 led the Broncos to a 26-10 record, two appear- Washington 29 7 ances in the Humanitarian Bowl and two Big West UCLA 24 4 Conference Championships … two-time Big West Arizona State 20 5 Conference Coach of the Year … his 2000 Boise Stanford 20 3 State team led the nation in scoring offense, was second in total offense and ranked fourth in the Oregon 17 6 country in passing offense … guided Boise State California 13 1 to its first winning season in Division I football … Arizona 13 2 is serving as the honorary chairman of the Washington State 9 3 National Multiple Sclerosis Desert Southwest Oregon State 7 3 Chapter “Walk on the Wild Side” for the second * includes 2002 bowl invitations straight season …the 2003 walk is scheduled for March 8 at the Phoenix Zoo … last name is pro- ASU in the Holiday Bowl nounced “Cutter” … born February 5, 1959 in Pocatello, Idaho. This year will mark the second appearance in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl in school history and its first since the 1985 season. In ASU’s first Holiday Bowl appearance, the Koetter Coaching Career Sun Devils fell to the Arkansas Razorbacks 18-17 on Dec.