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Sunday, November 24, 2019 / Arizona Daily Star SPORTS • B5 MIKE CHRISTY / ARIZONA DAILY STAR 2016 2016: Arizona ofensive lineman Jacob Alsadek and his Wildcats teammates celebrate with the Territorial Cup after beating ASU 56-35 at Arizona Stadium. IT’S TERRITORIAL UA-ASU RIVALRY A FIERCE ONE ARIZONA DAILY STAR For fans of Arizona’s major college football programs, Thanksgiving Week brings a different kind of indigestion. 1986: Chuck Cecil returns an intercep- The annual rivalry game between Arizona and ASU, tion for a touchdown, arguably the most scheduled for Saturday, is typically the difference between iconic play in rivalry history, in No. 14 asuccessfulseasonandasubstandardone.Here’salook Arizona’s 34-17 win at some of the best photos from the in-state rivalry. Check in Tucson. Cecil also forced a fumble on back every day this week for a decade-by-decade look at the first series of the Territorial Cup games. game that led to a UA BRUCE MCCLELLAND / ARIZONA DAILY STAR 1986 touchdown. WARREN FAIDLEY / TUCSON CITIZEN 1985 1985: Arizona kicker Max Zendejas leaps into the air after booting the game-winning field goal.The Wildcats beat the Sun Devils 16-13 in Tempe. BENJIE SANDERS / ARIZONA DAILY STAR 2004 DEAN KNUTH / ARIZONA DAILY STAR 2010 2004: UA football players douse coach Mike Stoops following an improbable 2010: Arizona State’s James Brooks blocks Alex Zendejas’ go-ahead extra-point attempt in the final minute of 34-27 victory over ASU in Tucson. Arizona won just three games all season. regulation.ASU went on to win 30-29 in double overtime. Monday, November 25, 2019 / Arizona Daily Star SPORTS • C3 ASU HELD EDGE OVER UA IN ’60S The annual rivalry one. Here’s a look game between at some of the best Arizona and photos from the in- ASU, scheduled state rivalry. Check for Saturday back every day this night in Tempe, week for a decade- is typically the by-decade look at difference between Territorial Cup a successful season games. Today: The and a substandard 1960s. COURTESY OF ARIZONA ATHLETICS COURTESY OF ARIZONA ATHLETICS In Tucson in 1966, ASU won for the second straight year, 20-17. In 1962, The Wildcats beat the Sun Devils for the third straight season, winning 20-17 in Tucson. COURTESY OF ARIZONA ATHLETICS ASU began a nine-year run of dominance in the series with a 14-6 win in Tempe in 1965. WILDCATS VS. SUN DEVILS IN THE 1960S Nov. 26, 1960, in Tucson: Arizona 35, Arizona State 7. Final records: UA 4-6, ASU 7-3 Nov. 25, 1961, in Tempe: Arizona 22, Arizona State 7. Final records: UA 8-1-1, ASU 7-3 Nov. 24, 1962, in Tucson: Arizona 20, Arizona State 17. Final records: UA 5-5, ASU 7-2-1 Nov. 30, 1963, in Tempe: Arizona State 35, Arizona 6. Final records: UA 5-5, ASU 8-1 Nov. 28, 1964, in Tucson: Arizona 30, Arizona State 6. Final records: UA 6-3-1, ASU 8-2 Nov. 27, 1965, in Tempe: Arizona State 14, Arizona 6. Final records: UA 3-7, ASU 6-4 Nov. 26, 1966, in Tucson: Arizona State 20, Arizona 17. Final records: UA 3-7, ASU 5-5 Nov. 25, 1967, in Tempe: Arizona State 47, Arizona 7. Final records: UA 3-6-1, ASU 8-2 Nov. 30, 1968, in Tucson: Arizona State 30, Arizona 7. Final records: UA 8-3, ASU 8-2 COURTESY OF ARIZONA ATHLETICS Nov. 29, 1969, in Tempe: Arizona State 38, Arizona 24. Final records: UA 3-7, ASU 8-2 UA completed an 8-1-1 season with a 22-7 win over ASU in 1961 in Tempe. He’s been as vanilla as Utah’s ARIZONA FOOTBALL REPORT CARD HANSEN ofense was Saturday night. The grades are in for the Arizona from Gunnell and finished with a completed 83.3% of their passes, Continued from Page C1 Sumlin’s contract stipulates Wildcats’ 35-7 loss to No 7 Utah on team-high four grabs for 63 yards. the third time in a row opposing QBs that the school would have to pay Saturday: Jamarye Joiner’s lone reception, from eclipsed 70%. Tyler Huntley repeat- give money back when his team him $10 million if he is fired this Tate, went for 21 yards. Boobie Curry’s edly found open receivers in the goes in the tank? season. And while that figure QUARTERBACKS only catch, from Gunnell, was a nifty intermediate areas of the defense. As it turns out, Sumlin and his comes of as preposterous, you Grade: D-plus 20-yard, back-shoulder efort inside TE Brant Kuithe owned the middle of coaching staf got figuratively wonder if it’ll cost the school Comment: Working behind a the left sideline. There were problems, the field, catching four passes for a nothing of Tate’s senior season more money to keep this coach- patchwork ofensive line, neither though. Johnson’s drop was egre- game-high 81 yards. Senior DB Jace except victories over a few fellow ing staf for another season. Grant Gunnell nor Khalil Tate was gious. And Peterson didn’t seem to be Whittaker had seven tackles and a bottom-feeders. Imagine the unrealized rev- able to establish a rhythm. Although on the same wavelength as Tate on pass breakup. Safety Scottie Young Jr. Arizona has scored 13 points enue from gate receipts, donor they had only one sack, the Utes a fourth-down screen pass to Taylor, also broke up a pass. Lorenzo Burns the last two weeks. One touch- contributions and damage to the consistently applied pressure on running downfield instead of blocking. had an interception in the end zone. In down. That’s historically bad, identity, brand and reputation of both quarterbacks. Gunnell finished an act of desperation, he tried to run especially for a coach whose UA football. Isn’t that potentially 8 of 16 for 96 yards. He led Arizona’s OFFENSIVE LINEMEN the ball out. He was tackled at the UA reputation once was as an ofen- more than a $10 million payof? lone touchdown drive, scoring on a Grade: D 3-yard line. sive guru. The last time Arizona The future of football at 7-yard run, against Utah’s backups Comment: This would have been a scored fewer than 13 points in Arizona is as grim as at any late in the fourth quarter. Tate entered tough assignment if the line had been SPECIAL TEAMS back-to-back conference games time since the mid 1950s. And in the second quarter with Arizona healthy — which it was not. Down four Grade: C was a few weeks after John it hasn’t yet hit bottom. The trailing 14-0. His first drive could players, Arizona pulled of an improba- Comment: The punting was better Mackovic was fired in 2003. Territorial Cup, anyone? have been fruitful, but freshman WR ble feat — starting a completely difer- than it’s been for most of the season. Mackovic was said to be a There have been some notable Jalen Johnson dropped a third-and-2 ent unit than the previous week. Two Kyle Ostendorp and Matt Aragon guru, too. coaching misses in the Pac-12. pass. Arizona turned the ball over on players who opened against Oregon, shared the job. Ostendorp averaged A few weeks ago Arizona ath- Paul Hackett at USC, Keith Gil- downs on each of Tate’s third-quarter Donovan Laie and Jon Jacobs, started 46.3 yards on his three attempts, letic director Dave Heeke emailed bertson at Washington, Tommy possessions, including a fourth-and-9 against Utah, but neither did so in Aragaon 39.0 on this three. The prob- a lengthy survey to season ticket Holmoe at Cal and Mackovic where he was pressured almost the same spot. The line surrendered lem? Arizona’s punt coverage was holders asking them, among oth- at Arizona. It once seemed im- immediately and threw the ball out of only one sack, and Utah had only four poor. Demari Simpkins averaged 28.0 er things, why they don’t attend possible for anyone to inch close bounds. tackles for losses. But the Wildcats yards on two returns. That included more football games. The UA to that territory, but Sumlin is had a season-low 196 yards of ofense a 39-yarder in the fourth quarter announced that 35,911 attend- knocking on the door. RUNNING BACKS and averaged just 3.8 yards per play. that set up Utah at the UA 18. Lucas ed Saturday’s game, but it was Arizona hired Sumlin after Grade: D-plus Havrisik didn’t get much work. He probably closer to 28,000. he failed at Texas A&M, which Comment: Running room was hard DEFENSIVE FRONT made his lone PAT and booted both of Welcome to No Show U. gave him $10 million to leave the to come by against Utah’s fearsome Grade: D-plus his kickofs for touchbacks. Heeke listed 23 possible premises. He was then hired by front. The Wildcats had a season-low Comment: The front pulled of a pair reasons why fans have dropped Arizona, which promised him an- 61 yards against the nation’s No. 1 of fourth-down stops but otherwise COACHING away. He wanted to know if this other $10 million if he failed here. rushing defense. The running backs struggled. Utah’s 297 rushing yards Grade: D-minus year’s worst average attendance Incredibly, he’d almost get were held to 52 yards on 20 attempts. were a season high by a UA opponent.