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Monday, August 28, 2000 2000 ASU SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Time 2000 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL A 31 at San Diego State (ESPN2) 7 p.m. S 16 Colorado State 7 p.m. Arizona State Sun Devils at San Diego State Aztecs S 23 Utah State 7 p.m. Thursday, August 31 • 7 p.m. PDT/MST S 30 at UCLA(FOX Sports Net) 7:15 p.m. Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, Calif. O 7 California TBA ESPN2/Sun Devil Sports Network O 14 Washington TBA O 21 at Washington State 1 p.m. Arizona State opens its 88th football season and the first of the new millennium O 28 Oregon TBA Thursday, August 31 at San Diego State at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, Calif. The N 4 USC TBA Thursday night season-opener is slated to kick off at 7 p.m. Pacific Time and will be tele- N 11 at Stanford 3 p.m. vised nationally by ESPN2. The game marks the first time in five years that the Sun N 24 at Arizona (FOX Sports Net) 3 p.m. Devils open the season on the road dating back to 1995 when ASU traveled to Home Games in Bold Washington to start the year. ASU’s August 31 kickoff is also the earliest start to the sea- Times listed are Arizona Time (PT prior to Oct. son since 1997 when the Sun Devils opened the season on Aug. 30 with a 41-10 victo- 29, MT after Oct. 29) ry over New Mexico State at Sun Devil Stadium. That victory marked the start of a 9-3 season for the Sun Devils which culminated in a 17-7 victory over Iowa in the Sun Bowl. 1999 ASU SNAPSHOT Category Stat Pac-10 Rank In the Series Overall Record 6-6 5th Arizona State holds a 6-0-1 advantage in the series with San Diego State including a 4- Pac-10 Record 5-3 4th 0-1 advantage in games played in San Diego. Athough the schools are just 368 miles Total Offense 410.4 ypg 5th apart, ASU and SDSU have not played each other since 1957. The Sun Devils current- Scoring Offense 25.6 ppg 7th ly hold a three-game winning streak in the series with shutouts in the last three contests Rushing Offense 179.2 ypg 3rd Passing Offense 231.2 ypg 6th (66-0 in 1957, 61-0 in 1956 and 46-0 in 1955). Arizona State also holds a 95-27-2 record Total Defense 392.4 ypg 8th (.770) vs. the teams that make up the two-year-old Mountain West Conference. Scoring Defense 26.2 ppg 6th Rushing Defense 166.3 ypg 8th Exposure Passing Defense 226.1 ypg 5th ESPN2 will televise the game live to a national audience with Dave Barnett (play-by- play), Bill Curry (analyst) and Michelle Tafoya (sidelines) calling the action. The Sun 1999 ASU RESULTS Devil Sports Network will carry the game live on its 12-station network including flagship Date Opponent Result KGME SportsRadio 550 AM. Tim Healey, Jeff Van Raaphorst, Mark Asher (sidelines), S 6 Texas Tech W, 31-13 Vince Marotta and Doug Plank (pregame and postgame) will bring the action to Sun S 18 New Mexico State L, 7-35 Devil fans. The game can also be heard live on A S U ’s official web site at S 25 at California L, 23-24 www.TheSunDevils.com. O 2 UCLA W, 28-27 O 9 at Notre Dame L, 17-48 O 16 at Washington W, 28-7 Series Openers O 23 Washington State W, 33-21 Arizona State is 58-28-2 (.678) in the first game of a season and has won 11 of its last O 30 at Oregon L, 17-20 14 season openers. The Sun Devils earned a 31-13 victory over Texas Tech at Sun Devil N 6 at USC W, 26-16 Stadium last year, while the team is 18-12-1 when it opens the season on the road. N 13 Stanford L, 30-50 N 27 Arizona W, 42-27 D 25 Wake Forest (Aloha Bowl) L, 3-23 Who’s Back The Sun Devils return 45 letterwinners including 12 starters* and a pair of kickers in Pac-10 in the Last 4 Years junior punter Nicky Murphy and sophomore kicker Mike Barth. The six offensive starters slated to return are RG Scott Peters (now playing center), RT Victor Leyva, TE Todd School O’all Conf. Bowls Arizona State 31-16 23-9 3 Heap, WR Richard Williams, LG Levi Jones (now at LT) and C Kenneth Williamson Oregon 30-17 17-15 3 (moved to RG). On defense, returning starters include RE Quincy Yancy, OLB Mason Washington 30-18 22-10 4 Unck (out after tearing his ACL in spring workouts), OLB Adam Archuleta, ILB Solomon Arizona 30-18 17-15 2 Bates, SS Willie Daniel and FS Alfred Williams. UCLA 29-17 21-11 2 (* Senior Ryan Kealy started 11 games at quarterback last season but is currently sus - USC 26-22 15-17 1 pended from the team and serving as a student assistant.) Stanford 23-23-1 17-15 2 Washington State 21-25 11-21 1 California 18-27 10-22 1 New Faces Oregon State 17-28 7-25 1 Arizona State features two new faces on the sidelines this season in the form of running backs coach Vincent White and offensive line coach George Yarno. White comes to Tempe after spending the past three seasons as tailbacks coach at the University of www.TheSunDevils.com ICA Media Relations Office, P.O. Box 872505, Tempe, AZ 85287 (480) 965-6592 • Fax: (480) 965-5408 BRUCE SNYDER & TEAM NOTES Pittsburgh. Yarno brings a wealth of experience to ASU as a long-time assistant coach HEAD COACH BRUCE SNYDER in the collegiate ranks (most recently at the University of Houston from 1998-2000) and as a 13-year NFL and USFL veteran. In addition, John Pettas was promoted to In his ninth season at the helm of ASU’s offensive coordinator in the offseason in addition to his duties as quarterbacks coach. football program ... second only to Frank Kush in wins at Arizona State ... his 14 years Recruiting Class as a head coach in the Pac-10 is matched The Sun Devils will also benefit from an incoming class of student-athletes that ranks by only Dick Tomey among current Pac-10 among the best in ASU history. The 2000 recruiting class has been ranked in the top coaches ... has led the Sun Devils to 35 13 nationally and among the two or three best in the Pac-10. SuperPrep Magazine list- wins in their last 52 games and three bowl ed ASU’s recruiting class as the ninth-best in the nation and the best in the Pac-10. appearances in the last four years ... in 1996, guided the Sun Devils to their second Pac-10 Preseason Poll Pac-10 championship, fourth undefeated Arizona State was selected to finish fifth and garnered a pair of first-place votes in the regular season and second Rose Bowl ... Pac-10 Conference by West Coast media members as part of the official preseason the consensus National Coach of the Year in conference poll. The Sun Devils were picked to finish fourth in last year’s preseason 1996 as well as Pac-10 Coach of the Year ... poll and ended up in fourth. has posted a 52-39 (.571) record at ASU, and is 120-100-5 (.544) in 20 years as a School (1st-place votes) Pts. ’99 Record ’99 Finish head coach ... during his 20-year head 1. Washington (16) 275 7-5 T2nd coaching career, he has had 90 players go 2. USC (11) 272 6-6 T6th on to the NFL, 62 All-Americans and 67 first- 3. Oregon (1) 211 9-3 T2nd team all-conference players ... his contract 4. UCLA 181 4-7 9th with ASU has been extended through 2004. 5. Arizona State (2) 167 6-6 4th 6. Oregon State 163 7-5 5th Snyder Coaching Career 7. Stanford 133 8-4 1st Sheldon High School (Eugene, Ore.) ..........1963 8. Arizona 127 6-6 T6th Assistant Coach, Oregon........................1964-71 Assistant Coach, New Mexico St.................1972 9. California 63 4-7 T6th Assistant Coach, Utah State........................1973 10. Washington State 47 3-9 10th Assistant Coach, USC ............................1974-75 Head Coach, Utah State ........................1976-82 Most Recently Assistant Coach, L.A. Rams ..................1983-86 In the last half of the 1990’s, Arizona State turned in the Pac-10’s second-best overall Head Coach, California ..........................1987-91 and conference winning percentage: Head Coach, Arizona State ............1992-present Overall Record, 1995-99 Pac-10 Record, 1995-99 Snyder Head Coaching Record Team Record Pct. Bowls Team Record Pct. Overall: 120-100-5 (.544), 21st year 1. Oregon 38-21 .644 4 1. Washington 28-11-1 .713 Arizona State: 52-39 (.571), 9th year 2. Arizona State 37-21 .638 3 2. Arizona State 27-13 .675 California: 29-24-4 (.544), 5 years 3. Washington 37-22-1 .625 5 3. UCLA 25-15 .625 Utah State: 39-37-1 (.513), 7 years 4. UCLA 36-22 .621 3 4. Oregon 23-17 .575 5. Arizona 36-23 .610 2 5. Stanford 22-18 .550 Most Wins, ASU Head Coaches 6. USC 35-24-1 .592 2 6. Arizona 21-19 .525 7. Stanford 30-27-1 .526 2 7.