2004 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL

No. 16/12 Iowa Hawkeyes (2-0) vs. (2-0) Saturday, September 18, 2004 • 7 p.m. Arizona Time (PDT) Sun Devil Stadium (73,379) • Tempe, Ariz. FSN Arizona/Sun Devil Sports Network

Monday, September 13, 2004 Coming off a 31-20 victory at Northwestern last Saturday, the Arizona State football team returns to Sun Devil Stadium this week, playing host to the No. 16/12 Iowa 2004 ASU SCHEDULE Hawkeyes (2-0) on Saturday, Sept. 18. Saturday’s game kicks off at 7 p.m. and will be Date Opponent (TV) Time televised regionally by FSN Arizona. With last week’s victory over the Wildcats, the Sun S 2 UTEP (FSN AZ) W, 41-9 Devils snapped a three-game road losing streak and earned their sixth win in eight tries S 11 at Northwestern (ESPN2) W, 31-20 against an opponent from the Big Ten Conference. This week, the team will be looking S 18 #16/12 Iowa (FSN AZ) 7 p.m. to improve to 3-0 on the year for the first time since 2000 and avenge a 21-2 loss to the S 25 Oregon State (FSN AZ) 7 p.m. O 2 at Oregon TBA Hawkeyes in Iowa City last year. Iowa is 2-0 after opening the season with a win over O 16 at #1/1 USC TBA Kent State on Sept. 4 and a 17-10 victory against Iowa State last week. O 23 UCLA TBA With 47 returning letterwinners and 14 returning starters, fourth-year head coach O 30 at #10/10 California TBA Dirk Koetter’s Sun Devils have been picked to finish sixth in the Pac-10 by the league’s N 6 Stanford 4:30 p.m. media. Following this week’s matchup with the Hawkeyes, ASU opens the Pac-10 N 13 Washington State TBA N 26 at Arizona (FSN) 1 p.m. Conference slate next weekend by playing host to the Oregon State Beavers (0-2), a team picked to finish fourth in the league, Saturday, Sept. 25 at Sun Devil Stadium Home Games in Bold Times listed are Arizona Time (PT prior to Oct. Exposure 31, MT after Oct. 31) & subject to change. Fox Sports Net Arizona will televise the Iowa game to a regional cable audience with 2004 ASU QUICK FACTS Tom Dillon (play-by-play) and former Sun Devil quarterback and Hall Location...... Tempe, Ariz. of Famer (color analyst) calling the action. The game will also be part of Enrollment ...... 45,693 the ESPN Game Plan package with ESPN Regional carrying the Iowa telecast. Nickname...... Sun Devils The Sun Devil Sports Network will carry all 11 of ASU’s football games live on its Colors...... Maroon & Gold 12-station radio network including flagship stations KTAR 620 AM and ESPN Radio 860 Conference...... Pacific-10 AM in Phoenix. Tim Healey (play-by-play), former Sun Devil quarterback Jeff Van President ...... Dr. Michael Crow Director of Athletics ...... Gene Smith Raaphorst (color analyst) and Paul Calvisi (pregame and postgame) will bring the action Stadium ...... Frank Kush Field/ to Sun Devil fans. Calvisi will also provide reports from the ASU sidelines during home ...... Sun Devil Stadium (73,379) games. ASU games can also be heard live on the Sun Devils’ official web site at Head Coach ...... Dirk Koetter www.TheSunDevils.com. Career Record ...... 45-30 (7th year) At ASU ...... 19-20 (4th year) Lettermen Returning/Lost...... 47/15 In the Series Off./Def. Starters Returning ...... 7/7 Arizona State holds a 1-1 record in the series with Iowa with the Hawkeyes earning a 21-2 victory over the Sun Devils on Sept. 20 of last year at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, 2004 PAC-10 STANDINGS Iowa. Iowa held Arizona State to just 12 first downs and 184 yards of total offense in School Conf. O’all Next Game (Date) that game. ASU won the first meeting between the two schools with a 17-7 victory on ASU 0-0 2-0 Iowa (9/18) Cal 0-0 2-0 Southern Miss. (9/16) Dec. 31, 1997 in the in El Paso, Texas. ASU tailback Michael Martin was the Stanford 0-0 2-0 USC (9/25) MVP in that game, turning in 27 carries for 169 yards and one touchdown to lead ASU USC 0-0 2-0 at BYU (9/18) to the bowl win. Arizona 0-0 1-1 Wisconsin (9/18) UCLA 0-0 1-1 at Washington (9/18) Sun Devils vs. the Big Ten WSU 0-0 1-1 Idaho (9/18) Oregon 0-0 0-1 at Oklahoma (9/18) Arizona State holds an11-5 record against teams from the Big Ten Conference and has UW 0-0 0-1 UCLA (9/18) won six of its last eight contests against Big Ten schools, including last week’s 31-20 OSU 0-0 0-2 New Mexico (9/18) victory at Northwestern. ASU’s stretch of six wins in eight tries dates back to a Sept. 13, 1986 victory over Michigan State in that year’s season opener at Sun Devil Stadium. 2003 ASU RESULTS This weekend is the second of back-to-back games against opponents from the Big Date Opponent Result Ten for the Sun Devils, while ASU’s game with Iowa is the one of five games that have S 6 Northern Arizona W, 34-14 S 13 Utah State W, 26-16 pitted Pac-10 and Big Ten teams over the last two weeks with ASU downing NU, Oregon S 20 at #18/14 Iowa (ESPN2) L, 2-21 falling to Indiana and UCLA winning at Illinois last week and ASU playing host to the S 27 at Oregon State (Fox) L, 17-45 Hawkeyes and Arizona taking on Wisconsin this week. O 4 #10/10 USC (ABC) L, 17-37 O 11 Oregon (ABC) W, 59-14 Last Time Out O 18 at North Carolina W, 33-31 O 25 at UCLA (Fox) L, 13-20 A forced fumble by senior safety Riccardo Stewart late in the fourth quarter allowed the N 1 California L, 23-51 Arizona State Sun Devils to overcome a late surge by the Northwestern Wildcats and N 8 at Stanford L, 27-38 come away with the 30-21 victory last week in Evanston, Ill. N 15 at #8/8 WSU (ABC) L, 19-34 N 28 Arizona (Fox) W, 28-7 www.TheSunDevils.com Contacts: Mark Brand ([email protected]) & Rhonda Lundin ([email protected]) ICA Media Relations Office, P.O. Box 872505, Tempe, AZ 85287 (480) 965-6592 • Fax: (480) 965-5408 DIRK KOETTER & TEAM NOTES

Trading punts to begin the game, the Sun Devils pinned the Wildcats deep in their HEAD COACH DIRK KOETTER own territory and used a 34-yard punt return by redshirt freshman Rudy Burgess to set up a 20-yard field goal from sophomore Jesse Ainsworth which put ASU ahead 3-0. In his fourth season at the helm of the Arizona State program…acts as his own offensive coor- Northwestern answered as the second quarter began, using two straight long dinator…the Sun Devils have averaged 30.9 rushes by tailback Noah Herron, the second stretching for nine yards and a TD. With points per game in Koetter’s three-plus years at 14:32 left in the first half, Northwestern held their only lead of the game, 7-3. ASU (1205 points, 39 games)…his team has been After a botched fake punt by the Wildcats, senior connected with ranked in the top 20 in the nation in passing junior Derek Hagan on a 47-yard touchdown pass, capping a four-play, 60-yard drive offense in each of the last two years (20th in and giving the Sun Devils the lead back at 10-7. Hagan finished the game with eight 2003 and ninth in 2002)…led the Sun Devils to an 8-6 record, a third-place Pac-10 finish and a berth catches for 154 yards and a pair of TDs, his fifth straight 100-yard receiving game. in the 2002 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl…his 2002 With time running down in the half, the Sun Devils used a balanced attack to team ranked ninth in the nation in passing score their second touchdown. Sophomore Loren Wade ran the ball 16 yards to set offense and 20th in scoring offense…a voter in up a 41-yard pass from Walter to Hagan for the score and a 17-7 halftime lead. Wade the USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll…became collected 108 yards on a career-best 24 rushes in the game. Arizona State’s 21st head coach on Dec. 2, In the second half, Wade ran the ball five times and Walter completed three pass- 2000…his 2001 ASU offense finished 25th in the country in total offense and tied for 19th in es in ASU’s first drive, including a 30-yard TD pass play to sophomore Terry Richarson scoring offense…had the third-longest winning to give ASU a 24-7 lead with 8:56 remaining in the third. Richardson hauled in five streak in the country with eight consecutive catches for 65 yards and a touchdown on the day. wins (his last seven at Boise State and his season The Wildcats then took advantage of a couple of big plays to swing the momen- opener at ASU) before falling at Stanford on tum back in their favor. Brett Basanez completed a 34-yard pass to Shaun Herbert, 9/2/01…came to ASU after three seasons at Boise setting up Terrell Jordan for a 25-yard rush for a touchdown. On the ensuing kickoff, State where he led the Broncos to a 26-10 record, two appearances in the Humanitarian NU placekicker Brian Huffman booted a perfect kick to the 50-yard line, which was Bowl and two Big West Championships…two- recovered by safety Reggie McPherson to give possession back to the Wildcats. time Big West Coach of the Year…his 2000 Boise Basanez led his team down field using the pass and scored a touchdown on a 13-yard State team led the nation in scoring offense, quarterback keeper to bring NU back within a field goal at 24-21 with just over two min- was second in total offense and ranked fourth in utes remaining in the third. On the following drive which spanned the third and fourth the country in passing offense…guided BSU to quarters, Walter completed a 14-yard pass to junior Hakim Hill, bringing ASU into the its first winning season in Division I football…served as the honorary chairman of red zone and setting up a 41-yard field goal for Ainsworth to put ASU up 27-21. the National Multiple Sclerosis Desert Southwest After a missed 47-yard field goal on the Sun Devils’ next possession, NU was in Chapter “Walk on the Wild Side” in 2002 and a position to retake the lead. Basanez gained 34 yards on a quarterback keeper to 2003…last name is pronounced “Cutter”…born bring the Wildcats across midfield. However, senior Riccardo Stewart laid a hit on Feb. 5, 1959 in Pocatello, Idaho. Terrell Jordan, forcing a fumble that was recovered by ASU senior defensive end Ishmael Thrower, the only turnover of the game. With the ball back in their possession, Koetter Coaching Career Graduate Assistant, Idaho State ...... 1982 the Sun Devils pounded away at the Northwestern defense on the ground, taking six Highland HS (Pocatello, Idaho) ...... 1983-84 minutes off the clock on a 14-play, 81-yard drive that ended with an 18-yard Ainsworth Offensive Coordinator, San Francisco St...... 1985 field goal to give the Sun Devils a 30-21 advantage. Ainsworth hit 3-of-4 field goals on Offensive Coordinator & QBs, UTEP...... 1986-88 the day and made all three of his PATs. Offensive Coordinator & QBs, Missouri...... 1989-93 Walter finished the game with 292 yards and three touchdowns on 19-of-36 pass- Off. Coordinator & QBs, Boston College ...... 1994-95 ing. Junior linebacker Dale Robinson led the defense with 14 tackles (10 solo), three Offensive Coordinator & QBs, Oregon ...... 1996-97 Head Coach, Boise State ...... 1998-00 tackles for loss and a sack. Head Coach, Arizona State ...... 2001-present Wade on the Run Koetter Head Coaching Record Sophomore Loren Wade has led the team in rushing in each of the first two games this Overall: 45-30 (.600), 7th year season, including 108 yards on a career-high 24 carries in last week’s victory at ASU: 19-20 (.487), 4th year Northwestern. That marked the fifth career 100-yard rushing game for Wade with his Koetter’s Record When ...... O’all (ASU) previous 100-yard effort coming with 120 yards on 18 carries last year vs. Arizona on Leading at halftime ...... 36-5 (13-2) Nov. 28. In two games, Wade is averaging 78.5 yards per contest, which ranks fifth in Leading after three quarters ...... 36-4 (16-1) the Pac-10, including 4.5 yards per carry. Arizona State is now 238-45-5 all time (7-6 Having a 100-yard rusher ...... 17-8 (7-6) under head coach Dirk Koetter) when a player gains 100 or more yards on the ground. Having a 300-yard passer ...... 11-8 (5-6) With a team-leading 773 rushing yards last season, Wade broke ASU’s 48-year- Scoring 30 points or more ...... 16-7 (15-4) old freshman rushing record, passing Leon Burton’s 1955 mark of 694 yards. Wade Leading in time of possession ...... 22-10 (12-3) Following a loss ...... 16-14 (8-12) led the Sun Devils in rushing with 136 carries for 773 yards and five touchdowns in In games decided by four pts or less ...... 6-3 (3-2) 2003, marking the second consecutive year that a redshirt freshman paced the team Temperature is 32° F or less...... 4-0 (0-0) in the category (Cornell Canidate in 2002). Wade finished fifth in the Pac-10 at 70.3 In season openers ...... 5-2 (3-1) yards per game. He turned in four 100-yard rushing games in 2003, including a stretch In Pac-10 openers...... 1-2 (1-2) of three straight (at North Carolina, at UCLA and vs. California) to become the first Sun In home games...... 30-10 (13-7) Devil to accomplish the feat since Delvon Flowers in 2001. He scored one rushing In bowl games ...... 2-1 (0-1) touchdown in five games last year. Wade’s average of 5.7 yards per carry tied for first among the Pac-10’s rushing leaders and was the most for the Sun Devils’ leading

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rusher since J.R. Redmond averaged 5.9 yards per carry in 1997. HASH MARKS Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood … Junior tailback Hakim Hill is a native of Iowa Junior linebacker Dale Robinson had made his presence known with big plays and big City, Iowa. Hill was a high school All-American at hits in Arizona State’s first two games of the season. He has led the Sun Devils in tack- City High School. His brother, Kahlil, played for les in each of the first two games, including 14 tackles (10 solo) in Arizona State’s vic- the Hawkeyes from 1998-01 and was drafted by tory at Northwestern last week. Robinson is averaging 11.5 tackles per game, which the Atlanta Falcons in 2002. ranks fourth in the Pac-10, and leads the league with 5.5 tackles for loss. Last season … ASU Director of Athletics Gene Smith was the while at Glendale (Ariz.) Community College, Robinson was Western States League athletics director at Iowa State from 1993-00. Defensive Player of the Year and earned All-America honors. Smith played college football at Notre Dame and was on the Irish’s 1973 national title squad. Linebackers Producing Big Numbers Arizona State’s linebacking crew of juniors Dale Robinson and Jamar Williams and … With a win this weekend over the Hawkeyes, ASU could improve to 3-0 for the first time since senior Justin Burks has already reaped big benefits from ASU’s switch to a 4-3 the 2000 season. That year ASU opened the year defense this season. In the team’s first two games, ASU’s linebacking trio has with three straight victories and won four of its first accounted for 34 percent of Arizona State’s tackles (48 of 140), including 29 of 69 five games en route to a 6-6 record. stops last week at Northwestern. Robinson has led the team in tackles in each game and is averaging 11.5 stops per game, while Burks (6.5 per game) and Williams (6.0) … ASU’s defense has not allowed a passing touchdown this season. The Sun Devils are giv- are second and third on the team. Burks had eight tackles, including seven solo stops, ing up 212.0 passing yards per game this year. at NU, while Williams was third on the team with seven tackles (all solo) against the Wildcats. … ASU’s passing offense is averaging 324.0 yards per game this season to rank first in the Through the Air Pac-10 and seventh in the country. The Sun Devils have scored all eight of their TDs through With three touchdown passes in both ASU’s season opener against UTEP and last the air this year. week’s win at Northwestern, senior Andrew Walter has now thrown 61 career TD pass- es and ranks third on ASU’s career list. Walter … This week against Iowa, which ranks 16th in needs just three more to tie College Football ASU Career TD Passes the latest Associated Press poll and 12th in the Hall of Famer Danny White for second place on 1. 65 , 1993-96 USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll, ASU will be look- 2. 64 Danny White, 1971-73 ing for its first home win over a ranked opponent the list and stands just four scoring strikes short 3. 61 Andrew Walter, 2001-pres. since downing then No. 25 Colorado State of current Denver Bronco Jake Plummer (1993- 4. 48 , 1978-81 5. 46 , 1974-77 (coaches poll) 13-10 on Sept. 16, 2000. The Sun 96) who holds the school record with 65 touch- 46 Ryan Kealy, 1997-00 Devils have not beat a team ranked in the AP poll downs in his illustrious career. Walter has also at home since Nov. 1, 1997 when ASU downed moved into 10th on the Pac-10’s career touch- ASU Career Passing Yards Rose Bowl-bound and then 10th-ranked 1. 8,827 Jake Plummer, 1993-96 Washington State 44-31. ASU’s last win over a down passes list and needs just seven more to 2. 8,000 Andrew Walter, 2001-pres. 3. 6,912 Ryan Kealy, 1997-00 ranked opponent came on Oct. 19, 2002 when the reach the league’s top five. Stanford’s John 4. 6,717 Danny White, 1971-73 Sun Devils knocked off then No. 6 Oregon 45-42 Elway holds the Pac-10 career record with 77 5. 6,610 J. Van Raaphorst, 1984-86 in Eugene, Ore. TD passes in his career (1979-82). ASU Career Attempts He has now turned in 18 multiple touch- 1. 1142 Jake Plummer, 1993-96 … Saturday’s game against the Hawkeyes has a 2. 1063 Andrew Walter, 2001-pres. chance to be ASU’s biggest crowd since the team down games in his career, including seven in 3. 868 , 1984-86 drew 68,102 for its Nov. 27, 1999 win over 2003. He is also currently riding a streak of six 4. 859 Ryan Kealy, 1997-00 5. 849 Dennis Sproul, 1974-77 Arizona. The last crowd to top 70,000 came in straight games with at least one TD pass, 1998 when 73,501 fans saw the Sun Devils fall to including three in each of the last three games. ASU Career Completions Notre Dame on Oct. 10. With his 292-effort against Northwestern 1. 632 Jake Plummer, 1993-96 2. 570 Andrew Walter, 2001-pres. … Arizona State holds a 221-78-3 all-time record last week, Walter also reached the 8,000-yard 3. 503 Jeff Van Raaphorst, 1984-86 4. 477 Ryan Kealy, 1997-00 at Sun Devil Stadium (.737). plateau for his career and stands just 827 pass- 5. 418 , 1987-90 ing yards short of the ASU career passing mark … The Sun Devils have scored first each of their held by Plummer (8,827 yards, 1993-96). two games this year after scoring first just five He also ranks 19th on the Pac-10 career ASU Single-Season Passing Yards times in 12 games in 2003. ASU has scored first 1. 3,877 Andrew Walter, 2002 12 times in its last 28 games dating back to the passing yards list. 2. 3,044 Andrew Walter, 2003 3. 2,878 Danny White, 1973 start of the 2002 season. ASU has held its oppo- Walter is on pace to set nearly every 4. 2,776 Jake Plummer, 1996 nents scoreless in the first quarter this year and Arizona State career passing record this 5. 2,591 Paul Justin, 1989 has given up just three points in the fourth quarter. season. He holds the top two marks on the ASU Single-Game Passing Yards … Freshman Jeremy Payton played cornerback Sun Devil single-season passing charts 1. 536 Andrew Walter at Oregon, 2002 and wide receiver in Sept. 2 vs. UTEP, becoming (3,877 yards in 2002 and 3,044 yards in (** Pac-10 record) 2. 534 Paul Justin, vs. Washington St., 1989 ASU’s first two-way player since J.R. Redmond 2003). Walter also ranks second for both 3. 532 Jeff Van Raaphorst, vs. Florida St.,1984 saw time at tailback and safety in 1998 and ’99 4. 511 Ryan Kealy, vs. Arizona, 1998 career completions and attempts and 5. 477 Andrew Walter, vs. California, 2002 and Jason Simmons played cornerback and quar- should set those marks this year as well. 6. 474 Andrew Walter, vs. North terback in the 1997 Sun Bowl. So far in 2004, Walter is averaging Carolina, 2002 474 Paul Justin, vs. Houston, 1990 … ASU’s Pac-10 miss this year is Washington. 266.5 yards per game and has completed

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50.7 percent of his attempts (37-73) with six touchdowns and no also listed as a first-team All-Pac-10 selection by the magazine interceptions. He ranks third in the Pac-10 in passing yards per and the 15th-best wide receiver in the nation by Lindy’s, led the game. He has not thrown an interception in three straight games, team in receiving last year with 66 catches for 1,076 yards and 14 quarters and 118 attempts dating back to last season (his last nine touchdowns. In addition to leading the team, his 1,076-yard pick was in the second quarter of the Nov. 15 Washington State performance ranked fifth on the ASU single-season charts and game). Walter opened the season with a 241-yard, three-touch- made him just the seventh Sun Devil in school history to tally 1,000 down effort on 18-of-37 passing Sept. 2 against UTEP. He has receiving yards in a season. Hagan finished fifth in the Pac-10 and turned in at least 200 yards passing in 20 of his 26 career starts, 19th in the country in 2003 with 89.7 receiving yards per game. including the last five games. Of those 20 games, he has thrown With 66 catches, he also ranked second in the ASU record books for more than 400 yards five times, including his Pac-10 record for receptions in a single season. 536-yard effort at Oregon in 2002. Hagan turned in six 100-yard receiving games in 2003 to lead Last year, Walter threw 24 touchdown passes, which tied for the squad, including a career outing to lead the Sun Devils past third on the Arizona State single-season charts. An honorable- North Carolina on Oct. 18. In that game, he hauled in 11 passes mention All-Pac-10 honoree, he threw a season-high four touch- for 185 yards (both career bests) and a touchdown. In addition to down passes twice last season, including four in the team’s sea- being a career high, his 11 catches tied with three other Sun Devils son-opening win over Northern Arizona and four at Stanford in for the fourth-best single-game mark in school history. November. He has had six career games with at least four TD passes, while his career high is five TDs in the team’s 65-24 win Putting the Special in Special Teams over Stanford in 2002. Redshirt freshman Rudy Burgess has already made his presence known in ASU’s return game in the first two contests of the 2004 Hagan’s Hijinks season. He is leading the Pac-10 and ranked 13th in the nation in Junior wide receiver Derek Hagan has led the Sun Devils in receiv- kickoff returns at 29.2 yards per return, while he is second in the ing in each of the first two games of 2004. In last week’s win over league and 17th in the country with 12.5 yards per punt return. Northwestern, he caught Against Northwestern last week, he turned 127 return yards (67 eight passes for 154 yards ASU Season Receiving Yards punt and 60 kickoff), including career longs with a 42-yard kickoff 1. 1,405 Shaun McDonald (87), 2002 and two touchdowns, while in 2. 1,144 Morris Owens (52), 1973 return and a 34-yard punt return. the Sept. 2 season-opening 3. 1,104 Shaun McDonald (47), 2001 ASU’s kickers, Jesse Ainsworth and Chris MacDonald, have 4. 1,082 Ron Fair (64), 1989 win over UTEP, he had eight 5. 1,076 Derek Hagan (66), 2003 also had a great deal of success so far in 2004. Ainsworth, a catches for 119 yards and one 6. 1,036 Keith Poole (55), 1995 sophomore in his second year as ASU’s placekicker, leads the 7. 1,009 J.D. Hill (61), 1970 touchdown. 8. 974 Greg Hudson (62), 1973 league in field goals (2.5), kick scoring (11.5 points per game) and The two games marked field goal percentage (5-6, .833). He ranks second in the country ASU Season Receptions Hagan’s fourth and fifth con- 1. 87 S. McDonald (1405 yds.), 2002 with his 2.5 field goals per game. On 15 kickoffs, Ainsworth has secutive 100-yard receiving 2. 66 Derek Hagan (1076 yds.), booted six touchbacks and sailed another seven inside the 10-yard 2003 games. He tallied at least 100 3. 64 Ron Fair (1082 yds.), 1989 line. MacDonald, a redshirt freshman punter who was awarded a yards in each of the last three 4. 62 Skyler Fulton (901 yds.), 2003 scholarship during preseason camp, has averaged 40.8 yards per games last year (138 yards 62 Greg Hudson (974 yds.), 1973 punt (fifth in the Pac-10) and had five of his 12 punts downed vs. Stanford, 109 at Hagan’s 100-Yard Games inside the 20-yard line. 185 at North Carolina (11 rec.), 10/18/03 Washington State and 155 vs. 170 vs. USC (8 rec.), 10/4/03 Arizona). He now has eight 155 at Arizona (8 rec.), 11/28/03 Stewart’s Standard 154 at Northwestern (8 rec.), 9/11/04 career 100-yard games, while 138 at Stanford (4 rec.), 11/8/03 A 2003 second-team All-Pac-10 honoree, senior safety Riccardo in his current five-game 119 vs. UTEP (8 rec.), 9/2/04 Stewart made his return to the field last week at Northwestern a 109 at Washington St. (7 rec.), 11/15/03 stretch, Hagan has averaged 108 vs. Oregon (7 rec.), 10/11/03 memorable one. He was third on the team in tackles with seven 135.0 yards (35 catches, 675 stops (all solo) and caused the game-clinching turnover in the yards) and scored eight TDs. fourth quarter against the Wildcats. Stewart stopped NU’s poten- St. Louis Ram Shaun McDonald is the only Sun Devil in school his- tial go-ahead drive with a bone-jarring hit on the Wildcat tailback tory to have four straight 100-yard games in a single season, doing Terrell Jordan at the ASU 20, forcing a fumble, which was recov- it in 2001. McDonald had a total of five that season, matching the ered by senior Ishmael Thrower. five that Keith Poole had in 1996 and just one shy of the six that Stewart was a team co-captain last year and has won the Sun Ron Fair had in 1989. Devil Valor Award in each of the last two seasons, an honor given With 136.5 receiving yards per game, Hagan ranks second in to a great team player who consistently displays courage on and the Pac-10 and fifth in the nation, while his 8.0 receptions per con- off the field. test rank third in the league and 10th in the nation. Of his 16 catch- Stewart has been named a preseason honorable-mention All- es this year, 12 have been resulted in a first down and/or a touch- American by Street & Smith’s and is listed as the 20th-best safety down (11 first downs and three TDs). Hagan has caught at least in the country in the preseason by Lindy’s. A four-year starter, one touchdown pass in each of the last five games and is riding a Stewart is one of the most experienced Sun Devils with 33 career streak of 19 straight contests with a catch (96 receptions in that games and 23 starts to his credit. Last year, he ranked second on span), including all 12 games last year. the team and seventh in the Pac-10 with 7.6 tackles per game (84 Hagan has been named a preseason third-team All-American stops) and paced the Sun Devils with three interceptions. by Athlon in its preseason college football edition. Hagan, who is

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Youth Movement Season Openers A total of 26 players saw the first action of their Sun Devil careers With the 41-9 win over UTEP on Sept. 2, Arizona State improved in the Sept. 2 season opener against UTEP, including five true to 63-27-2 all time (.696) in season openers and 43-15-1 (.737) freshmen, 16 redshirt freshmen, four juniors and one senior. Four when opening the season at home. The Sun Devils have now won of those players made starts in their ASU debuts, including redshirt five of their last six season openers and 16 of their last 19, includ- freshmen offensive linemen Mike Pollak and Brandon Rodd, true ing a 34-14 victory over Northern Arizona on Sept. 6 of last year. freshman h-back Zach Miller and junior linebacker Dale Robinson. With the victory over the Miners, ASU has also won its last four In comparison, 20 Sun Devils saw the first action of their careers and eight of its last nine games when opening the season at in the Sun Devils’ first two games last season. home. The five true freshmen to see action against UTEP included Miller, walk-on cornerback Rodney Cox, wide receiver/cornerback Who’s Back Jeremy Payton, tight end Andrew Pettes and linebacker Antone The Sun Devils return 47 letterwinners this season, including 14 Saulsberry. Payton saw action both on offense and defense starters and two specialists. The seven offensive starters slated to against the Miners. Last year, seven true freshmen played for the return are QB Andrew Walter, WR Derek Hagan, OL Andrew Sun Devils. ASU’s current roster features a total of 19 Sun Devils Carnahan, OL Drew Hodgdon, OL Grayling Love, TE Lee who saw action during their true freshman campaigns, including Burghgraef and TB Loren Wade. On defense, the seven returning Jesse Ainsworth, Josh Barrett, Kyle Caldwell, Sam Keller, starters include DE Jimmy Verdon, DE Ishmael Thrower, LB DeAndre Johnson, Daniel Varvel and Mark Washington in 2003; Jamar Williams, LB Justin Burks, CB R.J. Oliver, S Riccardo Mike Davis Jr., Matt Fawley, Derek Hagan, Mike Talbot, Chaz Stewart and CB Chris McKenzie. Placekicker Jesse Ainsworth and White and Jamar Williams in 2002; and Lamar Baker in 2001. snapper Jason Burke also return for the Sun Devils this season.

Spreading the Wealth Walter on Three Preseason Watch Lists Eleven different receivers have caught passes this year, including Senior quarterback Andrew Walter has been named to the pre- freshman h-back Zach Miller who had the first catch of his career season watch lists for the Davey O'Brien Award, the Walter Camp last week at Northwestern. Miller snagged an 11-yard pass from Football Foundation’s Player of the Year Award and the Johnny Andrew Walter in the fourth quarter against the Wildcats. Unitas Golden Arm Award. Ten different receivers caught passes in ASU’s season open- The Davey O’Brien Award is given annually to the nation's top er vs. UTEP with four different players catching touchdown pass- collegiate quarterback. The watch list is comprised of 42 Division- es (junior Derek Hagan, sophomore Terry Richardson and redshirt I quarterbacks and will be narrowed down to the semifinalists in freshmen Rudy Burgess and Brent Miller). Senior Andrew Walter early November. Three finalists will be chosen later in November, connected with six different players, including TD passes to and the winner will be announced on Dec. 9 at the ESPN College Hagan, Richardson and Miller, while sophomore Sam Keller com- Football Awards Show in Orlando. The winner will be honored at pleted tosses to five Sun Devils, including a career-long 68-yard the 28th Annual O'Brien Awards Dinner in February 2005, at the TD pass to Burgess, against the Miners. Fort Worth Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Spreading the wealth is nothing new to the Sun Devils who Walter is one of 40 “players to watch” for the Walter Camp completed passes to 13 different receivers last year and 14 during Award, the nation's fourth-oldest individual college football acco- the 2002 Holiday Bowl campaign. Last season, ASU had a differ- lade. That watch list will be narrowed to 10 semi-finalists in early ent player lead the team in receiving yards in each of the team’s November. The 2004 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, first five games. which is voted on by the 117 Division I-A head coaches and sports information directors, will be announced on the ESPN/Home Pick Pockets Depot College Football Awards Show in December. The winner Senior safety Emmanuel Franklin turned in two of Arizona State’s will then receive his trophy at the Foundation's annual national four interceptions in ASU’s Sept. 2 victory over UTEP. With the two awards banquet on Feb. 13, 2005 in New Haven, Conn. picks, the second and third of his career, Franklin became the first Walter is also one of the 22 senior quarterbacks who have Sun Devil to turn in a pair of interceptions in the game since cur- been selected as candidates for the the Johnny Unitas Golden rent St. Louis Ram Jason Shivers had two on Oct. 11, 2003 Arm Award, presented annually to the nation's top senior colle- against Oregon. Franklin returned his second interception against giate quarterback by the Frank Camp Chapter of the Johnny the Miners 48 yards for touchdown, marking the second time that Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation. A committee of foot- the fifth-year senior, who missed the 2002 season after having ball experts from across the country will choose five finalists plus brain surgery, has accomplished the feat. In 2001, his redshirt any ties and announce the list on Oct. 20. The 2004 recipient will freshman season, Franklin set the school record and tied the Pac- be announced Dec. 1, with the award presentation to be made in 10 mark for the longest interception return with a 100-yarder in Louisville on Dec. 10 at the Clarion Conference Center. that year’s season opener again San Diego State. Franklin is tied On the verge of breaking just about every ASU career pass- for first in the Pac-10 and for seventh in the country in intercep- ing record, Walter has been named a preseason third-team All- tions through two games this season. Pac-10 selection by Athlon Sports and is listed as the eighth- and The four interceptions by the Sun Devils vs. UTEP marked ninth-best quarterback in the nation by Athlon and the Sporting the first time that the team had picked off four passes in a single News, respectively. game since a 65-24 win over Stanford on Sept. 28, 2002 at Sun Devil Stadium.

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ASU Picked Sixth in Preseason Pac-10 Poll Osborne Receives Special Teams Honor Arizona State has been picked to finish sixth in the Pac-10 in the ASU assistant head coach and special teams coordinator Tom league’s preseason poll of West Coast media members. Osborne was honored as the 2003 American Football Monthly Defending league and Associated Press national champion USC Magazine's Division I-A Special Teams Coordinator of the Year. was picked to finish first, garnering all 24 first-place votes. AFM, the magazine published for professional and collegiate foot- ASU proved to be something of a challenge for the media ball coaches, measured several aspects of the game to arrive at members. The Sun Devils were sixth but were just seven points the honor. While statistics were a main element to the award, there out of fourth place, while media members picked the team any- were also many other factors involved in the selection of Osborne where from third to ninth. such as player/coach relationship and improvement from the pre- vious year. Pac-10 Preseason Media Poll (first-place votes in parentheses) Under Osborne, ASU has had a punter earn All-Pac-10 hon- 1. USC (24) 240 ors in each of the last three seasons. In 2002, punter Tim Parker 2. California 210 led the league, while he ranked in the nation top 20 in each of the 3. Oregon 192 4. Oregon State 138 last two years. He has also had a placekicker ranked in the 5. Washington State 133 nation's top 10 during his tenure. ASU ranked third in the Pac-10 6. Arizona State 131 in kickoff coverage in 2002 and 2003. 7. Washington 100 8. UCLA 98 Lighting Up the Scoreboard 9. Stanford 40 Arizona State has averaged 30.9 points per game in Dirk Koetter’s 10. Arizona 38 three-plus years at the helm, including 24.5 points per ASU’s 50-Point Games Under Koetter All-Conference Selections game last year, 32.3 ppg in 65 vs. Stanford (W, 65-24), 9/28/02 Nine Sun Devils earned All-Pac-10 Conference honors last sea- 63 vs. La.-Lafayette (W, 63-27), 10/6/01 2002 and 34.0 ppg in 2001. 59 vs. Oregon (W, 59-14), 10/11/03 son, including second-teamers Regis Crawford, Grayling Love, Last season, the Sun Devils 53 vs. San Jose State (W, 53-15), 9/29/01 Riccardo Stewart and Jason Shivers. Five Sun Devils earned Pac- scored a season-high 59 10 All-Academic honors, including Skyler Fulton who was named points in a 59-14 win over Oregon on Oct. 11. That effort marked to the all-academic first team. Fulton was named to the CoSIDA the most points for the team since ASU set its school record for Academic All-District VIII Team, while Grayling Love earned sec- scoring in a Pac-10 game with its 65-24 win over Stanford on Sept. ond-team all-district honors. 28, 2002. Since coming to ASU, a Koetter-led team has put 50 or All-Pac-10 Second Team: OL Regis Crawford, OL Grayling Love, S more points on the scoreboard four times (10 times in his career). Riccardo Stewart, specialist Jason Shivers The Sun Devils have also set the school record for consecu- tive games without being shut out. ASU has now scored in 104 All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention: WR Skyler Fulton, WR Derek Hagan, FB straight games dating back to the last six games of 1995. Mike Karney, P Tim Parker, QB Andrew Walter

Pac-10 All-Academic First Team: WR Skyler Fulton Protecting the Quarterback Arizona State’s offensive line finished third in the Pac-10 in sacks Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team: QB Chad Christensen, SN Jason Burke allowed in 2003, giving up just 25 sacks on the year. The Sun Devils led the league after allowing only five sacks in the first four Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention: OT Andrew Carnahan, OT games of the season. ASU did not allow a sack in ASU’s 59-14 vic- Grayling Love tory over Oregon on Oct. 11 and allowed just one Oct. 18 at North Carolina.

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

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The Sun Devils return three starters along the offensive line in 2004 in senior center Drew Hodgdon (26 career starts), junior … Lindy’s lists Zach Miller as the nation’s top tight end and 33rd overall player in the country. guard Grayling Love (14) and sophomore tackle Andrew Carnahan (14). In addition, junior tackle Chaz White has now started 12 … Lindy’s lists Grayling Love as the Pac-10’s best run blocker. games in his career. A first-team All-Pac-10 selection by all three preseason publications, Love has been named a preseason hon- … Lindy’s lists Grayling Love as first-team All-Pac-10 offensive line. orable-mention All-American by Street & Smith’s and is listed as … Lindy’s lists Loren Wade as second-team All-Pac-10 running back. the best run blocker in the Pac-10 by Lindy’s. … Lindy’s lists Derek Hagan as second-team All-Pac-10 wide receiver. Academic Achievements … Lindy’s lists Riccardo Stewart as second-team All-Pac-10 defensive back. ASU’s roster features two student-athletes who have already earned their undergradu- … The Sporting News lists Andrew Walter as the ninth-best quarterback in the ate degrees in quarterback Andrew Walter nation. (communication) and center Drew Hodgdon … The Sporting News lists Derek Hagan as the 20th-best wide receiver in the (interdisciplinary studies-justice studies and nation. sociology). A total of 28 football student-athletes … The Sporting News lists Grayling Love as first-team All-Pac-10 offensive line. are currently wearing “Scholar Baller” patch- … The Sporting News lists Derek Hagan as second-team All-Pac-10 wide receiver. es on the fronts of their jerseys this year for turning in GPA’s of 3.0 or higher. This sea- … The Sporting News lists Dale Robinson as the Pac-10's defensive newcomer of the year. son, Arizona State has become the first Scholar Baller Patch Division I school in the country to honor its … Street & Smith’s lists Grayling Love as honorable mention All-American offen- student-athletes’ academic success on their jerseys. This spring, sive line. the Sun Devils achieved an all-time best 2.58 semester GPA (for scholarship student-athletes on the team). … Street & Smith’s lists Riccardo Stewart as honorable mention All-American defensive back.

Preseason Prognostications … Street & Smith’s lists Grayling Love as first-team All-Pac-10 offensive line. Arizona State has been picked to finish from fourth to seventh in the Pac-10 Conference standings in the preseason college football annu- als. Street and Smith’s has the Sun Devils fourth in the Pac-10 (behind Oregon and ahead of Oregon State), while Lindy’s and the Sporting News rank the team sixth (Lindy’s behind Washington State and ahead of Washington, Sporting News behind OSU and ahead of UW). Athlon Sports has the team seventh in the Pac-10 (behind UW and ahead of WSU). The Sporting News also lists ASU’s strength of schedule No. 11 in the country. A number of Sun Devils have also been recognized in the pre- season annuals. Here is a complete list of those honors:

… Athlon lists Derek Hagan as a third-team All-American at wide receiver.

… Athlon lists Derek Hagan as first-team All-Pac-10 at wide receiver.

… Athlon lists Grayling Love as first-team All-Pac-10 offensive line.

… Athlon lists Riccardo Stewart as second-team All-Pac-10 defensive back.

… Athlon lists Josh Golden as second-team All-Pac-10 punt returner.

… Athlon lists Andrew Walter as third-team All-Pac-10 quarterback.

… Athlon lists Jimmy Verdon as third-team All-Pac-10 defensive line.

… Athlon lists Zach Miller as a "Rising Star".

… Athlon lists Zach Miller as a Pac-10 "Future Star".

… Lindy’s lists Andrew Walter as the eighth-best QB in the country.

… Lindy’s lists Derek Hagan as the 15th-best wide receiver in the nation.

… Lindy’s lists Riccardo Stewart as the 20th-best safety in the country.

2004 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL • PAGE 7 MEDIA INFORMATION

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

Bowl Date (TV) Matchup Game Date Channel Rose (Pasadena) Jan. 1 (ABC) Pac-10 #1 vs. Big Ten #1 Iowa 9/18 Pac-10 Channel 183 Holiday (San Diego) Dec. 30 (ESPN) Pac-10 #2 vs. Big XII #3 Oregon State 9/25 Pac-10 Channel 185 Sun (El Paso) Dec. 31 (CBS) Pac-10 #3 vs. Big Ten #5 at Oregon 10/2 Pac-10 Channel 183 Insight (Phoenix) Dec. 28 (ESPN) Pac-10 #4 vs. Big East #3 at USC 10/16 Pac-10 Channel 183 Las Vegas Dec. 23 (ESPN) Pac-10 #5 vs. MWC #2 UCLA 10/23 Pac-10 Channel 183 Emerald (San Francisco) Dec. 30 (ESPN2) Pac-10 #6 vs. MWC #3 at California 10/30 Pac-10 Channel 183 Silicon Valley (San Jose) Dec. 30 (ESPN2) Pac-10 #7 vs. WAC #2 Stanford 11/6 Pac-10 Channel 184 Washington State 11/13 Pac-10 Channel 183 Sun Devil Sports Network at Arizona 11/26 Pac-10 Channel 183 Sun Devil fans across Arizona can tune into the Sun Devil Sports Network for live radio broadcasts of all Arizona State football Pac-10 Teleconference games. Here are the affiliates of the 12-station network: Dirk Koetter and the other nine Pac-10 head football coaches par- ticipate in a teleconference call every Tuesday during the season Station City beginning Aug. 31 and continuing through Nov. 16. Each Pac-10 KTAR 620 AM & KMVP 860 AM Phoenix (Flagship) coach will be available for 10 minutes starting at 10 a.m. PT. KTNN-AM 660 Window Rock, Flagstaff and Gallup, N.M. Koetter is available from 11-11:10 a.m. PT. A replay of the call can KIKO-AM 1340 Globe/Miami also be heard at 3 p.m. PT each Tuesday and will be available until KYCA-AM 1490 Prescott the next call. Media members may call the Pac-10 Conference KATO-AM 1230 Safford office (925-932-4411) or the ASU Media Relations office (480-965- KAZM-AM 780 Sedona/Flagstaff 6592) for the media-only phone number. KASR-FM 92.7 Little Rock, Ark. KZUA-FM 92.1 Holbrook Practice/Interview Schedule KNTR-AM 980 Lake Havasu City Arizona State practices every day but Monday during a normal KJLL-AM 1330 Tucson week. Sunday’s practice is closed, and no interviews are allowed. KTHQ-FM 92.5 Show Low The Sun Devils will practice 6-8:30 p.m. for approximately the first month of the season, but check with the ASU Media Relations Koetter Press Conference office for changes. Players are available for interviews after ASU head coach Dirk Koetter will hold a weekly press conference practice this season. Please note this change from the previ- in the Dutson Theater (on the third floor of the Carson Student- ous years. Players are not available for interviews on Friday or Athlete Center) at noon Mondays prior to each game, starting Saturday until after the game. All interviews must be arranged Monday, August 30. Every effort will also be made to have the through the ASU Media Relations Office. All practices are closed opposing coach on a conference call at the beginning of the press to the general public, and fans wishing to attend a practice should conference. call the ASU football office at (480) 965-5053.

Koetter Call-In Show Post-Game Interviews The Dirk Koetter Call-In Show airs from 7-7:30 p.m. every The Sun Devil Theater (located on the third floor of the Carson Thursday night on ESPN 860 AM during the football season. Sun Center) is utilized for postgame interviews for ASU players and Devil fans can pose their questions to Koetter and host Tim coaches. Head coach Dirk Koetter and requested student-ath- Healey, the voice of the Sun Devils, by calling 602-277-5687. letes will be available to the media for as long as necessary fol- lowing a brief “cooling off” period immediately after the final gun Pac-10 Football Satellite Feed sounds. ASU’s locker room is closed. The Pac-10 Conference provides a weekly satellite feed featuring Those desiring interviews with the opposing coach and players interviews with coaches and selected players regarding upcoming should proceed to the north end of Sun Devil Stadium to the visi- games along with highlight footage. The half-hour feed airs every tor’s locker room and check with the school’s media relations per- Wednesday at 11 a.m. PT (2 p.m ET) starting Sept. 8 and running sonnel on their postgame policies. through Dec. 1. Coordinates for the feed are IA5/14 (formerly Telstar 5/14 c-band). Trouble numbers are Dennis Kirkpatrick What Time is It Anyway? (310) 543-1835; Cory Stone (805) 231-3229 or (888) 423-0095 The state of Arizona never changes its clocks remaining on pager; or Michelle Zumalt at the Pac-10 (925) 932-4411. Mountain Standard Time all year. From April to the end of October, Arizona State is basically on Pacific Daylight Time, while when the rest of the country changes its clocks on October 31, Arizona State remained the same, matching up again with Mountain Standard Time. GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS

Arizona State 41, UTEP 9 Thursday, Sept. 2, 2004 • Kickoff: 7 p.m. Sun Devil Stadium • TV: FSN Arizona Attendance: 57, 528

Forcing four turnovers, including a pair of interceptions by senior safety Emmanuel Franklin, the Sun Devils opened the 2004 campaign with a 41-9 victory over the Texas-El Paso Miners in front of 57,528 fans last Thursday night at Sun Devil Stadium. On ASU’s first drive of the season, senior Andrew Walter connected on four straight passes to lead the team 72 yards downfield to the UTEP five-yard line. Sophomore Jesse Ainsworth hit a 22-yard field goal to give the Devils an early 3-0 advantage in the first quarter. The Sun Devil defense opened the second quarter with a sack of UTEP’s Jordan Palmer by junior linebacker Dale Robinson to force the Miners into their fourth straight punt. Taking over on the ASU 17-yard line, the Sun Devil offense drove 63 yards in just 43 seconds when sophomore Terry Richardson hauled in a 34-yard touchdown pass from Walter, his first career TD, to extend the Sun Devil lead to 10- 0. Richardson finished the game with five catches for 70 yards. Four plays later, Franklin stepped in front of a pass from Palmer, returning the interception 28 yards to the UTEP 30-yard line. Using the rush to move the ball down close to the goal line, Walter connected with redshirt freshman tight end Brent Miller for a two-yard pass to the corner of the end zone for Miller’s first career touchdown reception. UTEP took over on offense but had only four plays before Franklin again picked off a Palmer pass and this time returned it 48 yards to the end zone to put the Sun Devils on top 24-0 halfway through the second quarter, having scored three touchdowns in just over five minutes. After trading punts, the ASU defense forced another turnover when junior tack- le Quency Darley picked a tipped Palmer pass out of the air to give the Sun Devils possession on their own 45-yard line. ASU could not take advantage of the turnover and had a punt blocked by the Miners, who took possession on the ASU 49-yard line. Palmer connected with Higgins on the next play for 37 yards, and Howard Jackson capped the scoring drive with a 12-yard touchdown rush to get the Miners on the scoreboard and make it 24-6 at halftime. ASU opened the second half with a 27-yard drive to the UTEP 31-yard line where Ainsworth drilled a career-long 48-yard field goal to put the Sun Devils up 27- 6. In the closing minutes of the third quarter, ASU turned in a 63-yard drive which cul- minated with a 15-yard TD pass from Walter to junior Derek Hagan to go up 34-6. The reception was Hagan’s eighth catch of the night for a total of 119 yards and one touch- down, his fourth straight game with at least 100 receiving yards. Sophomore Sam Keller spelled Walter in the fourth quarter and led the Sun Devil offense on a 93-yard drive. He connected with redshirt freshman Rudy Burgess on a 68-yard post route for a TD, the first TD reception of Burgess’ career. Ahead 41- 6, the Sun Devils surrendered a field goal to UTEP after holding them four plays inside of the ASU 10-yard line to make the final score 41-9. Walter finished the game with 241 yards and three touchdowns on 18-of-37 passing in three quarters of play. Junior linebacker Dale Robinson led the Sun Devils with nine tackles and 2.5 TFL in his ASU debut. Robinson also had one sack for a loss of three yards, while sophomore defensive end Kyle Caldwell also contributed a sack.

Arizona State 30, Northwestern 21 Thursday, Sept. 2, 2004 • Kickoff: 11 a.m. CT Ryan Field • TV: ESPN2 Attendance: 21,939

Game recap in the body of the release. 2004 Arizona State Football Statistics

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

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND TEAM STATISTICS ASU OPP ------Sep 02, 2004 UTEP W 41-9 57528 FIRST DOWNS...... 49 42 Sep 11, 2004 at Northwestern W 30-21 21939 Rushing...... 16 18 * denotes conference game Passing...... 30 19 Penalty...... 3 5 RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G RUSHING YARDAGE...... 270 322 ------Yards gained rushing... 336 379 Wade, Loren 2-2 35 168 11 157 4.5 0 16 78.5 Yards lost rushing..... 66 57 Hill, Randy 2-0 21 98 4 94 4.5 0 17 47.0 Rushing Attempts...... 83 73 Hill, Hakim 2-0 8 35 4 31 3.9 0 12 15.5 Average Per Rush...... 3.3 4.4 Jones, Preston 1-0 8 20 4 16 2.0 0 6 16.0 Average Per Game...... 135.0 161.0 Richardson, T. 2-2 1 12 0 12 12.0 0 12 6.0 TDs Rushing...... 0 4 Christensen, C. 2-0 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.5 PASSING YARDAGE...... 648 424 Walter, Andrew 2-2 9 3 42 -39 -4.3 0 2 -19.5 Att-Comp-Int...... 80-42-1 82-42-4 Total...... 2 83 336 66 270 3.3 0 17 135.0 Average Per Pass...... 8.1 5.2 Opponents...... 2 73 379 57 322 4.4 4 34 161.0 Average Per Catch...... 15.4 10.1 Average Per Game...... 324.0 212.0 PASSING GP-GS Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G TDs Passing...... 7 0 ------TOTAL OFFENSE...... 918 746 Walter, Andrew 2-2 139.14 73-37-0 50.7 533 6 47 266.5 Total Plays...... 163 155 Keller, Sam 1-0 228.00 7-5-1 71.4 115 1 68 115.0 Average Per Play...... 5.6 4.8 Total...... 2 146.91 80-42-1 52.5 648 7 68 324.0 Average Per Game...... 459.0 373.0 Opponents...... 2 84.90 82-42-4 51.2 424 0 37 212.0 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 4-117 9-151 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 10-119 7-130 RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..... 4-90 1-0 ------FUMBLES-LOST...... 4-0 2-2 Hagan, Derek 2-2 16 273 17.1 3 47 136.5 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 12-135 13-120 Richardson, T. 2-2 10 135 13.5 2 34 67.5 PUNTS-AVG...... 13-37.7 16-40.9 Mutz, Moey 2-0 7 91 13.0 0 19 45.5 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.. 31:40 28:20 Hill, Hakim 2-0 2 14 7.0 0 14 7.0 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 11/32 7/32 Burgess,Rudy 2-0 1 68 68.0 1 68 34.0 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 1/2 0/2 Burghgraef, L. 2-2 1 18 18.0 0 18 9.0 Lewis, Jamaal 2-0 1 15 15.0 0 15 7.5 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Miller, Matt 2-0 1 14 14.0 0 14 7.0 ------Miller, Zach 2-2 1 11 11.0 0 11 5.5 Franklin, E. 2 76 38.0 1 48 Payton, Jeremy 2-0 1 7 7.0 0 7 7.0 Davis Jr., Mike 1 9 9.0 0 9 Miller, Brent 2-0 1 2 2.0 1 2 1.0 Darley, Quency 1 5 5.0 0 5 Total...... 2 42 648 15.4 7 68 324.0 Total...... 4 90 22.5 1 48 Opponents...... 2 42 424 10.1 0 37 212.0 Opponents...... 1 0 0.0 0 0

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd ------Ainsworth, J. 5-6 83.3 1-1 2-2 0-0 2-3 0-0 48 0 MacDonald, C. 12 490 40.8 48 0 0 5 1 Team 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 |------PATs ------| Total...... 13 490 37.7 48 0 0 5 1 SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Opponents...... 16 655 40.9 61 0 1 2 0 ------Ainsworth, J. 0 5-6 8-8 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 23 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Hagan, Derek 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 ------Richardson, T. 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Burgess,Rudy 8 100 12.5 0 34 Franklin, E. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Richardson, T. 2 19 9.5 0 16 Burgess,Rudy 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total...... 10 119 11.9 0 34 Miller, Brent 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Opponents...... 7 130 18.6 0 84 Total...... 8 5-6 8-8 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 71 Opponents...... 4 1-1 3-4 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Burgess,Rudy 4 117 29.2 0 42 ------Total...... 4 117 29.2 0 42 Arizona State...... 6 35 17 13 - 71 Opponents...... 9 151 16.8 0 30 Opponents...... 0 13 14 3 - 30 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G ------Burgess,Rudy 2 0 68 100 117 0 285 142.5 Walter, Andrew 2 82 -39 533 494 247.0 Hagan, Derek 2 0 273 0 0 0 273 136.5 Wade, Loren 2 35 157 0 157 78.5 Richardson, T. 2 12 135 19 0 0 166 83.0 Keller, Sam 1 7 0 115 115 115.0 Wade, Loren 2 157 0 0 0 0 157 78.5 Hill, Randy 2 21 94 0 94 47.0 Total...... 2 270 648 119 117 90 1244 622.0 Total...... 2 163 270 648 918 459.0 Opponents...... 2 322 424 130 151 0 1027 513.5 Opponents...... 2 155 322 424 746 373.0 2004 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Sep 12, 2004) All games

|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------44 Robinson, Dale 2 13 10 23 5.5-17 2.0-13 ...... 5 Burks, Justin 2 8 5 13 . . . 2 . . . . . 4 Williams,Jamar 2 9 3 12 ...... 1 . . 1 Hill,Jordan 2 5 5 10 2.5-13 1.0-5 . . 1 . . . . 13 Franklin, E. 2 6 3 9 1.0-1 . 2-76 1 . . . . . 7 Stewart, R. 1 6 2 8 ...... 1 . . 8 McKenzie, Chris 2 6 1 7 . . . 1 . . . . . 19 Barrett, Josh 2 5 2 7 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 23 Golden, Josh 2 3 3 6 1.0-1 . . 1 . . . . . 21 Green, Chad 2 6 . 6 1.0-1 ...... 91 Verdon, Jimmy 2 4 2 6 2.0-9 1.0-5 . 1 . . . . . 49 Thrower, I. 2 2 2 4 1.0-1 . . . . 1-0 . . . 50 Caldwell, Kyle 2 2 1 3 1.0-9 1.0-9 ...... 20 Ainsworth, J. 2 2 . 2 ...... 30 Varvel, Daniel 1 2 . 2 ...... 31 Davis Jr., Mike 2 1 1 2 . . 1-9 1 . . . . . 56 Johnson, D. 1 . 2 2 ...... 96 Hollyfield, D. 1 . 2 2 ...... 14 Payton, Jeremy 2 2 . 2 1.0-2 ...... 29 James, Robert 2 2 . 2 ...... 95 Reininger, Gabe 1 2 . 2 ...... 45 Talbot, Mike 2 1 1 2 0.5-1 ...... 24 Baker, Lamar 2 . 1 1 ...... 6 Hill, Randy 2 1 . 1 ...... 83 Burghgraef, L. 2 1 . 1 ...... 57 Meritet, Mike 1 1 . 1 ...... 2 London,Maurice 2 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . 3 Burgess,Rudy 2 1 . 1 ...... 3B Jones, Littrele 2 . 1 1 0.5-2 ...... 99 Darley, Quency 2 . 1 1 . . 1-5 ...... Total...... 2 92 48 140 17-57 5-32 4-90 8 1 2-0 2 . . Opponents...... 2 - - - - 5-37 1-0 9 . . 3 1 .

2004 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 11, 2004) All games

RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------Wade, Loren 2-2 35 168 11 157 4.5 0 16 78.5 Burgess,Rudy 8 100 12.5 0 34 Hill, Randy 2-0 21 98 4 94 4.5 0 17 47.0 Richardson, T. 2 19 9.5 0 16 Hill, Hakim 2-0 8 35 4 31 3.9 0 12 15.5 Total...... 10 119 11.9 0 34 Jones, Preston 1-0 8 20 4 16 2.0 0 6 16.0 Opponents...... 7 130 18.6 0 84 Richardson, T. 2-2 1 12 0 12 12.0 0 12 6.0 Christensen, C. 2-0 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.5 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Walter, Andrew 2-2 9 3 42 -39 -4.3 0 2 -19.5 ------Total...... 2 83 336 66 270 3.3 0 17 135.0 Franklin, E. 2 76 38.0 1 48 Opponents...... 2 73 379 57 322 4.4 4 34 161.0 Darley, Quency 1 5 5.0 0 5 Davis Jr., Mike 1 9 9.0 0 9 PASSING GP-GS Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Total...... 4 90 22.5 1 48 ------Opponents...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 Walter, Andrew 2-2 139.14 73-37-0 50.7 533 6 47 266.5 Keller, Sam 1-0 228.00 7-5-1 71.4 115 1 68 115.0 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Total...... 2 146.91 80-42-1 52.5 648 7 68 324.0 ------Opponents...... 2 84.90 82-42-4 51.2 424 0 37 212.0 Burgess,Rudy 4 117 29.2 0 42 Total...... 4 117 29.2 0 42 RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Opponents...... 9 151 16.8 0 30 ------Hagan, Derek 2-2 16 273 17.1 3 47 136.5 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Richardson, T. 2-2 10 135 13.5 2 34 67.5 ------Mutz, Moey 2-0 7 91 13.0 0 19 45.5 Total...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 Hill, Hakim 2-0 2 14 7.0 0 14 7.0 Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 Burgess,Rudy 2-0 1 68 68.0 1 68 34.0 Burghgraef, L. 2-2 1 18 18.0 0 18 9.0 Lewis, Jamaal 2-0 1 15 15.0 0 15 7.5 Miller, Matt 2-0 1 14 14.0 0 14 7.0 Miller, Zach 2-2 1 11 11.0 0 11 5.5 Payton, Jeremy 2-0 1 7 7.0 0 7 7.0 Miller, Brent 2-0 1 2 2.0 1 2 1.0 Total...... 2 42 648 15.4 7 68 324.0 Opponents...... 2 42 424 10.1 0 37 212.0

2004 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 11, 2004) All games

|------PATs ------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G ------Ainsworth, J. 0 5-6 8-8 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 23 Walter, Andrew 2 82 -39 533 494 247.0 Hagan, Derek 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Wade, Loren 2 35 157 0 157 78.5 Richardson, T. 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Keller, Sam 1 7 0 115 115 115.0 Miller, Brent 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Hill, Randy 2 21 94 0 94 47.0 Franklin, E. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Hill, Hakim 2 8 31 0 31 15.5 Burgess,Rudy 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Jones, Preston 1 8 16 0 16 16.0 Total...... 8 5-6 8-8 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 71 Richardson, T. 2 1 12 0 12 6.0 Opponents...... 4 1-1 3-4 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Christensen, C. 2 1 -1 0 -1 -0.5 Total...... 2 163 270 648 918 459.0 Opponents...... 2 155 322 424 746 373.0

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ------MacDonald, C. 12 490 40.8 48 0 0 5 1 Ainsworth, J. 5-6 83.3 1-1 2-2 0-0 2-3 0-0 48 0 Team 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Total...... 13 490 37.7 48 0 0 5 1 FG SEQUENCE Arizona State OPPONENTS Opponents...... 16 655 40.9 61 0 1 2 0 ------UTEP (22),(48) (33) KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn Northwestern (20),(41),47,(18) ------Ainsworth, J. 15 951 63.4 7 0 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. Total...... 15 951 63.4 7 0 291 44.0 21 Opponents...... 6 350 58.3 1 1 137 35.5 29

2004 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 11, 2004) All games

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ------Burgess,Rudy 2 0 68 100 117 0 285 142.5 Hagan, Derek 2 0 273 0 0 0 273 136.5 Richardson, T. 2 12 135 19 0 0 166 83.0 Wade, Loren 2 157 0 0 0 0 157 78.5 Hill, Randy 2 94 0 0 0 0 94 47.0 Mutz, Moey 2 0 91 0 0 0 91 45.5 Franklin, E. 2 0 0 0 0 76 76 38.0 Hill, Hakim 2 31 14 0 0 0 45 22.5 Burghgraef, L. 2 0 18 0 0 0 18 9.0 Jones, Preston 1 16 0 0 0 0 16 16.0 Lewis, Jamaal 2 0 15 0 0 0 15 7.5 Miller, Matt 2 0 14 0 0 0 14 7.0 Miller, Zach 2 0 11 0 0 0 11 5.5 Davis Jr., Mike 2 0 0 0 0 9 9 4.5 Payton, Jeremy 2 0 7 0 0 0 7 7.0 Darley, Quency 2 0 0 0 0 5 5 2.5 Miller, Brent 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1.0 Christensen, C. 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.5 Walter, Andrew 2 -39 0 0 0 0 -39 -19.5 Total...... 2 270 648 119 117 90 1244 622.0 Opponents...... 2 322 424 130 151 0 1027 513.5 2004 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Team Statistics (as of Sep 11, 2004) All games

TEAM STATISTICS ASU OPP ------SCORING...... 71 30 Points Per Game...... 35.5 15.0 FIRST DOWNS...... 49 42 Rushing...... 16 18 Passing...... 30 19 Penalty...... 3 5 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 270 322 Yards gained rushing...... 336 379 Yards lost rushing...... 66 57 Rushing Attempts...... 83 73 Average Per Rush...... 3.3 4.4 Average Per Game...... 135.0 161.0 TDs Rushing...... 0 4 PASSING YARDAGE...... 648 424 Att-Comp-Int...... 80-42-1 82-42-4 Average Per Pass...... 8.1 5.2 Average Per Catch...... 15.4 10.1 Average Per Game...... 324.0 212.0 TDs Passing...... 7 0 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 918 746 Total Plays...... 163 155 Average Per Play...... 5.6 4.8 Average Per Game...... 459.0 373.0 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 4-117 9-151 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 10-119 7-130 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 4-90 1-0 KICK RETURN AVERAGE...... 29.2 16.8 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE...... 11.9 18.6 INT RETURN AVERAGE...... 22.5 0.0 FUMBLES-LOST...... 4-0 2-2 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 12-135 13-120 Average Per Game...... 67.5 60.0 PUNTS-YARDS...... 13-490 16-655 Average Per Punt...... 37.7 40.9 Net punt average...... 27.7 33.5 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME...... 31:40 28:20 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS...... 11/32 7/32 3rd-Down Pct...... 34% 22% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS...... 1/2 0/2 4th-Down Pct...... 50% 0% SACKS BY-YARDS...... 5-32 5-37 MISC YARDS...... 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED...... 8 4 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS...... 5-6 1-1 PAT-ATTEMPTS...... 8-8 3-4 ATTENDANCE...... 57528 21939 Games/Avg Per Game...... 1/57528 1/21939 Neutral Site Games...... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total ------Arizona State...... 6 35 17 13 - 71 Opponents...... 0 13 14 3 - 30 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

RUSHING (Attempts-Yards-TDs-Long) Wade R. Hill H. Hill Jones Richardson Christensen UTEP 11-49-0-16 11-44-0-13 6-32-0-12 8-16-0-6 1-12-0-12 1-(-1)-0-0 at Northwestern 24-108-0-16 10-50-0-17 2-(-1)-0-1 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 Iowa Oregon State at Oregon at USC UCLA at California Stanford Washington State at Arizona

Walter UTEP 4-(-21)-0-1 at Northwestern 5-(-18)-0-2 Iowa Oregon State at Oregon at USC UCLA at California Stanford Washington State at Arizona

PASSING (Attempts-Completions-Interceptions-Yards-Touchdowns-Long) PUNTING (Attempts-Yards-Avg.-Long-I20) Walter Keller Christensen MacDonald UTEP 37-18-0-241-3-34 7-5-1-115-1-68 0-0-0-0-0-0 UTEP 7-295-42.1-48-3 at Northwestern 36-19-0-292-3-47 DNP 0-0-0-0-0-0 at Northwestern 5-195-39.0-44-2 Iowa Iowa Oregon State Oregon State at Oregon at Oregon at USC at USC UCLA UCLA at California at California Stanford Stanford Washington State Washington State at Arizona at Arizona

RECEIVING (Receptions-Yards-TDs-Long) Hagan Richardson Mutz Burgess Burghgraef Lewis UTEP 8-119-1-31 5-70-1-34 3-43-0-18 1-68-1-68 1-18-0-18 1-15-0-15 at Northwestern 8-154-2-47 5-65-1-30 4-48-0-19 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 Iowa Oregon State at Oregon at USC UCLA at California Stanford Washington State at Arizona

M. Miller Payton B. Miller H. Hill Z. Miller UTEP 1-14-0-14 1-7-0-7 1-2-1-2 1-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at Northwestern 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-14-0-14 1-11-0-11 Iowa Oregon State at Oregon at USC UCLA at California Stanford Washington State at Arizona GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

ARIZONA STATE TOTALS Total First Downs Poss. TOs Rushing Passing Offense To (R-Pa-Pn) Time (Fum.-Lost) Penalties Points UTEP 42-131-0 44-23-1-356-4 86-487 26 (8-16-2) 32:31 1 (2-0) 6-75 41 at Northwestern 41-139-0 36-19-0-292-3 77-431 23 (8-14-1) 30:50 0 (2-0) 6-60 30 Iowa Oregon State at Oregon at USC UCLA at California Stanford Washington State at Arizona

OPPONENT TOTALS Total First Downs Poss. TOs Rushing Passing Offense To (R-Pa-Pn) Time (Fum.-Lost) Penalties Points UTEP 31-87-1 44-21-4-196-0 75-283 17 (6-8-3) 27:29 5 (1-1) 8-75 9 at Northwestern 42-235-3 38-21-0-228-0 80-463 25 (12-11-2) 29:10 1 (1-1) 5-45 20 Iowa Oregon State at Oregon at USC UCLA at California Stanford Washington State at Arizona

INSIDE THE RED ZONE ASU Opponent Inside 20 TDs FGs Score Pct. Inside 20 TDs FGs Score Pct. UTEP 4 2 1 3 .750 2 1 1 2 1.000 at Northwestern 3 0 3 3 1.000 2 2 0 2 1.000 Iowa Oregon State at Oregon at USC UCLA at California Stanford Washington State at Arizona Totals 7 2 4 6 .857 4 3 1 4 1.000

Field Goal Attempts (Made field goals in parentheses) ASU Opponents TURNOVER TALE UTEP (22), (48) (33) Arizona State is tied for second in the Pac-10 and seventh in the nation in at Northwestern (20), (41), 47, (18) — turnover margin so far this season (+2.5 turnovers per game). In its last 69 Iowa games, if ASU wins or breaks even in the turnover battle, the Sun Devils are 36-5. In that same span, ASU is 4-24 when it loses the turnover battle. During Oregon State that 68-game span, the unexpected has happened nine times: in 1999 at Oregon against Washington State (win) and Oregon (loss); in 2001 vs. Oregon State at USC (win); 2002 vs. Eastern Washington (win) and Kansas State (loss); and in UCLA 2003 vs. Utah State (win), at Iowa (loss), USC (loss) and at UCLA (loss). at California Stanford ASU 2004 Opp Washington State 1 Turnovers 6 at Arizona Result for Opponent... 0 Points 17 All of ASU’s field goals kicked by Jesse Ainsworth. 0 TD 2 0 FG 1 0 Punt 2 1 Turnover 0 0 Missed FG 0 0 TO on Downs 1 0 Safety 0 0 End of Half/Game 0 ASU’S LONGEST PLAYS

ASU’S LONG PLAYS (20 YARDS OR MORE) LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEAR UTEP Yards Play Rushing Play 68 Burgess pass from Keller (TD) 17 yds, Randy Hill, at Northwestern, 9/11/04 48 Franklin interception return (TD) 34 Richardson pass from Walter (TD) Rushing Touchdown 31 Hagan pass from Walter — 29 Burgess kickoff return 28 Franklin interception return Passing Play 21 Hagan pass from Walter 68 yds, Sam Keller to Rudy Burgess, vs. UTEP, 9/2/04 20 Burgess kickoff return

Northwestern Passing Touchdown Yards Play 68 yds, Sam Keller to Rudy Burgess, vs. UTEP, 9/2/04 47 Hagan pass from Walter (TD) 42 Burgess kickoff return Punt Return 41 Hagan pass from Walter (TD) 34 yds, Rudy Burgess, at Northwestern, 9/11/04 34 Burgess punt return 30 Richardson pass from Walter (TD) Kickoff Return 299 Burgess punt return 42 yds, Rudy Burgess, at Northwestern, 9/11/04 20 Hagan pass from Walter Interception Return 48 yds, Emmanuel Frankin, vs. UTEP, 9/2/04

Fumble Return —

Punt 48 yds, Chris MacDonald, vs. UTEP, 9/2/04

Field Goal 48 yds, Jesse Ainsworth, vs. UTEP, 9/2/04

LONGEST PLAYS BY THE NUMBER

Plays by Yards ...... No. 20-29 ...... 6 30-39 ...... 4 40-49 ...... 4 50-59 ...... 0 60+ ...... 1 Total...... 15 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

TOP DEFENSIVE & SPECIAL TEAMS PERFORMANCES

UTEP Franklin - 2 interceptions (48-yard int. return for TD in second quarter) Four interceptions by ASU (Franklin-2, Davis-1, Darley-1) Robinson led team with nine tackles (four solo), 2.5 TFLs, one sack Ainsworth - career-long 48-yard field goal in third quarter at Northwestern Robinson - led team for second game in a row in tackles (14, 10 solo) Burgess - season-long 34-yard punt return and 42-yard kickoff return Stewart forced fumble at ASU 20 in fourth quarter

Iowa

Oregon State at Oregon at USC

UCLA at California

Stanford

Washington State at Arizona

ARIZONA STATE STARTERS

OFFENSE WR LT LG C RG RT TE HB QB TB WR UTEP Hagan White Rodd Pollak Love Carnahan Burghgraef Z.Miller Walter Wade Richardson at Northwestern Hagan White Berg Pollak Love Carnahan Burghgraef Z.Miller Walter Wade Richardson Iowa Oregon State at Oregon at USC UCLA at California Stanford Washington State at Arizona

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

* started due to formation GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

ARIZONA STATE SCORING DRIVES Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score

UTEP Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score at USC 114725:00 Ainsworth 22yd field goal Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 24 63 0:43 Richardson 34yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 25 30 1:16 B.Miller 2yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) UCLA 2– –– Franklin 48yd interception return (Ainsworth PAT) Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 37 27 2:15 Ainsworth 48yd field goal 310634:40 Hagan 15yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 46 93 1:47 Burgess 68yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAT) at California at Northwestern Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 17 24 3:14 Ainsworth 20yd field goal 24 60 1:50 Hagan 47yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) Stanford 27 69 1:37 Hagan 41yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 38 72 3:37 Richardson 3o yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 411303:39 Ainsworth 41yd field goal Washington State 414816:23 Ainsworth 18yd field goal Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score

Iowa at Arizona Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score

Oregon State Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score at Oregon

DRIVE SUPERLATIVES Longest Drive Arizona State Opponents By No. of Plays 14 (81 yds, 6:23) at Northwestern 10 (80 yds, 4:04) by Northwestern By No. of Yards 93 (6p, 1:47) vs. UTEP 88 (7p, 1:50) by Northwestern By Time of Possession 6:23 (14p, 81 yds) at Northwestern 4:04 (10p, 80 yds) by Northwestern

SCORING BY QUARTER

Arizona State Opponent Game 1 2 3 4 Total Game 1 2 3 4 Total UTEP 3 21 10 7 41 UTEP 0 6 0 3 9 at Northwestern 3 14 7 6 30 at Northwestern 0 7 14 0 21 Iowa Iowa Oregon State Oregon State at Oregon at Oregon at USC at USC UCLA UCLA at California at California Stanford Stanford Washington State Washington State at Arizona at Arizona 2004 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART (as of September 13, 2004)

SUN DEVIL OFFENSE SUN DEVIL DEFENSE

WR 80 Derek Hagan 6-2 201 Jr. DE 50 Kyle Caldwell 6-3 256 So. 18 Moey Mutz 6-0 181 Jr. 97 Wes Evans 6-3 246 Fr.

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

LG 66 Stephen Berg 6-6 319 So. DT 95 Gabe Reininger 6-3 301 Sr. 70 Leo Talavou 6-4 377 Fr. 99 Quency Darley 6-2 273 Jr.

C76Mike Pollak 6-4 285 RS-Fr. DE 49 Ishmael Thrower 6-1 245 Sr. 73 Robert Gustavis 6-3 293 RS-Fr. 45 Mike Talbot 6-2 254 Jr. INJ 53 Drew Hodgdon 6-3 285 Grad. SAM 44 Dale Robinson 6-1 236 Jr. RG 71 Grayling Love 6-3 290 Jr. 29 Robert James 5-11 209 RS-Fr. 78 Zach Krula 6-7 283 So. 55 Mark Washington 6-2 245 So.

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

TE 83 Lee Burghgraef 6-5 261 Jr. DVL 4 Jamar Williams 6-1 243 Jr. 87 Brent Miller 6-5 240 RS-Fr. 24 Lamar Baker 5-11 201 Jr. 84 Aaron Austin 6-5 253 Sr. 29 Robert James 5-11 209 RS-Fr.

HB 86 Zach Miller 6-4 250 Fr. CB 23 Josh Golden 5-10 176 Jr. 82 Jamaal Lewis 6-4 246 So. 21 Chad Green 5-10 173 RS-Fr. 85 Kellen Mills 6-3 233 RS-Fr. 31 Mike Davis Jr. 6-3 178 Jr. 81 Tyrice Thompson 6-4 214 RS-Fr. S7Riccardo Stewart 5-10 215 Sr. QB 16 Andrew Walter 6-5 235 Grad. 30 Daniel Varvel 6-3 210 So. 9 Sam Keller 6-4 228 So. -OR- 2 Maurice London 6-0 179 Jr. 10 Chad Christensen 6-3 208 Jr. S13Emmanuel Franklin 5-11 196 Sr. TB 34 Loren Wade 6-0 212 So. 19 Josh Barrett 6-2 206 RS-Fr. 6 Randy Hill 6-2 208 So. 22 Hakim Hill 6-0 219 Jr. CB 8 Chris McKenzie 5-9 176 Sr. 23 Josh Golden 5-10 176 Jr. WR 17 Terry Richardson 6-1 185 So. 21 Chad Green 5-10 183 RS-Fr. -OR- 89 Matt Miller 6-2 173 Jr. -OR- 3 Rudy Burgess 5-11 175 RS-Fr. Grad. indicates players who have earned their undergraduate degrees and are enrolled in graduate work.

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

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