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Monday, October 30, 2000 2000 ASU Schedule Date Opponent (TV) Time 2000 STATE FOOTBALL A 31 at San Diego St. (ESPN2) W, 10-7 S 16 #26/25 St. (Fox/3) W, 13-10 vs. USC Trojans S 23 Utah State (Fox/3) W, 44-20 Saturday, November 4, 2000 • 7 p.m. MST S 30 at #15/17 UCLA (Fox) L, 31-38 • Tempe, Ariz. O 7 California (Fox) W, 30-10 Sun Devil Network O 14 #11/10 Washington (Fox) L, 15-21 O 21 at Washington State W, 23-20 (ot) Coming off a wild 56-55 double-overtime loss to then No. 7/10 Oregon, the team’s sec- (Fox AZ-TD) ond overtime outing in as many games, the Arizona State Sun Devils conclude their O 28 #7/10 Oregon (ABC) L, 55-56 (2ot) home slate vs. the USC Trojans Saturday at Sun Devil Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 7 N 4 USC 7 p.m. p.m. Needing just one more victory to become bowl eligible for the fourth time in five N 11 at Stanford 3 p.m. N 24 at Arizona (Fox) 3 p.m. seasons, the Sun Devils enter Saturday’s game with a 5-3 overall record and a 2-3 league mark which puts the team into a tie for fifth place in the Pac-10. USC (3-5, 0-5 Home Games in Bold Pac-10) is still looking for its first Pac-10 win of the season after losing five straight con- Fox - Fox Sports Net ference games including a 28-16 setback to California in last weekend. Fox/3 - Fox Sports Arizona on KTVK Channel 3 Fox AZ-TD - Fox Sports Arizona tape delay Rankings are AP/USA Today at time of game. In the Series Times listed are Arizona Time (PDT prior to Oct. 29, Arizona State is the only team in the Pac-10 Conference to have a winning series record MST after Oct. 29) vs. USC with a 9-7 advantage dating back to 1978. The Sun Devils have won three of the last four meetings including a 26-16 victory in Los Angeles last season, the first vic- 2000 Pac-10 Standings tory at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum in ’s tenure at ASU. The School Conf. O’all Next Game (Date) Sun Devils are 5-4 at home vs. USC with victories in the last two meetings at Sun Devil Oregon 5-0 7-1 at Washington St. (11/ 4 ) Stadium. USC’s last win in Tempe came in 1992. Snyder, who served as offensive coor- OSU 4-1 7-1 at California (11/ 4 ) dinator and running backs coach at USC from 1974-75, is 4-6-1 vs. the Trojans, includ- UW 4-1 7-1 Arizona (11/4) Arizona 3-2 5-3 at Washington (11/ 4 ) ing a 3-3 record while at ASU. USC head coach Paul Hackett is 1-1 vs. the Sun Devils. ASU 2-3 5-3 USC (11/4) UCLA 2-3 5-3 Stanford (11/4) Exposure Stanford 2-3 3-5 at UCLA(11/4) There will be no live television for the game. The Sun Devil Sports Network will carry the Cal 2-3 3-5 Oregon State (11/4) game live on its 12-station network on XTRA910 AM and KFYI 550 AM. Tim Healey, Jeff WSU 1-4 3-5 Oregon (11/4) Van Raaphorst (whose brother, Mike, is a senior and backup at USC), Mark USC 0-5 3-5 at Arizona State (11/4) Asher (sidelines), Vince Marotta and Doug Plank (pregame and postgame) will bring the action to Sun Devil fans. The game can be heard live on ASU’s official web site at Last Week in the Pac-10 www.TheSunDevils.com, while ASU’s student radio station KASC 1260 AM will also UCLA27, @ Arizona 24 broadcast the game from Sun Devil Stadium. Oregon 56, @ Arizona State 55 (2OT) @ Oregon State 38, Washington State 9 California 28, @ USC 16 Back-to-Back in the Pac-10 Washington 31, @ Stanford 28 Heading into this week’s game, Arizona State will be trying to continue a trend that has seen the team lose back-to-back conference games just once in the last four seasons. Pac-10 (1996-Present) Earlier this season, the Sun Devils rebounded from a loss at UCLA in the team’s Pac- School O’all Conf. Bowls 10 opener with a 30-10 win over Cal and then came back from a 21-15 loss to Oregon 37-18 22-15 3 Washington with a 23-20 overtime victory at Washington State. Since 1995, the Sun Washington 37-19 26-11 4 Devils’only back-to-back Pac-10 losses came at Oregon and at Arizona to end the 1998 Arizona State 36-19 25-12 3 season. Arizona 35-21 20-17 2 UCLA 34-20 23-14 2 What Time Is It Anyway? USC 29-27 16-22 1 Stanford 26-28-1 19-18 2 The state of Arizona never changes its clocks, remaining on Mountain Standard Time all Oregon State 24-29 11-26 1 year. With the time change on October 29, Arizona is now on Mountain Standard Time, Washington State 24-30 12-25 1 meaning that Saturday’s game will start at 7 p.m. Mountain and 6 p.m. Pacific Time. California 21-32 12-25 1 Polling ASU received four votes in the Oct. 29 Associated Press (40th) and six votes in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches polls (36th), while USC is unranked. The Trojans started off the season ranked 15th and 16th in the preseason and climbed as high as seventh in the nation after opening the season with a 3-0 record. USC dropped out of the national polls on Oct. 8 after falling in its first two conference outings.

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ASU to Retire ’ Number HEAD COACH BRUCE SNYDER Mike Haynes, a two-time All-American cornerback at Arizona State from 1972-75 and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, will have his Sun Devil No. 40 retired in a In his ninth season at the helm of ASU’s halftime ceremony Saturday in ASU’s game vs. USC. Haynes’number will become the football program ... second only to Frank fourth retired at ASU. Like the trio of retirees before him, Haynes’ name and number Kush in wins at Arizona State ... his 14 years will adorn the face of the press box at Sun Devil Stadium. Senior Adam as a head coach in the Pac-10 is matched Archuleta, who currently wears No. 40, will be allowed to retain the number through by only among current Pac-10 the 2000 season. coaches ... has led the Sun Devils to 40 “We are honored to have had Mike represent Arizona State and Sun Devil athlet- wins in their last 60 games and three bowl ics,” ASU Athletics Director Gene Smith said. “Retiring his number is a symbol of our appearances in the last four years ... in thanks for all that he has done in the name of this university.” 1996, guided the Sun Devils to their second “I am truly honored by this gesture,” Haynes said. “I enjoyed a wonderful career Pac-10 championship, fourth undefeated at and I am blessed to be a part of the Sun Devil family.” regular season and second Rose Bowl ... In his ASU career, Haynes was a three-time All-Western Athletic Conference the consensus National Coach of the Year in selection. As a junior in 1974, he led the nation with 11 , second-best all- 1996 as well as Pac-10 Coach of the Year ... time at ASU. During his senior campaign, the Sun Devils were a perfect 12-0 and fin- ... during his 20-year head coaching career, ished second in the wire service polls. The selected Haynes he has had 90 players go on to the NFL, 62 with the fifth overall pick in the 1976 NFL Draft. He went on to play in nine Pro Bowls, All-Americans and 67 first-team all-confer- the second-most by any ASU player, and earn two rings with the Oakland ence players ... his contract with ASU has Raiders. been extended through 2004. Upon his graduation in 1951, Wilford “Whizzer” White’s No. 33 became the first number retired at ASU. Bobby Mulgado joined him in 1958 when his No. 27 was hon- Snyder Coaching Career ored. In 1997, White’s son, Danny, became the third when his No. 11 was retired. Sheldon High School (Eugene, Ore.) ...... 1963 Assistant Coach, Oregon...... 1964-71 Assistant Coach, New Mexico St...... 1972 Last Time Out Assistant Coach, Utah State...... 1973 In a game as wild as gets, redshirt freshman Jeff Krohn threw for a Assistant Coach, USC ...... 1974-75 school freshman-record 432 yards and five passes, but the Sun Devils ulti- Head Coach, Utah State ...... 1976-82 mately fell short 56-55 in double overtime to then No. 7/11 Oregon at Sun Devil Assistant Coach, L.A. Rams ...... 1983-86 Stadium last week. Oregon quarterback threw for 434 yards and tied Head Coach, California ...... 1987-91 a school record with six touchdown passes for the Ducks who never led in regulation. Head Coach, Arizona State ...... 1992-present Harrington threw a pair of touchdown passes in the final 3:21 of the fourth quarter, the last with 27 seconds left in the game to send the game into overtime. Snyder Head Coaching Record Oregon’s Allan Amundson ran one yard for the Ducks’touchdown on their second Overall: 125-103-5 (.547), 21st year overtime possession. Arizona State followed with a 21-yard touchdown pass from Jeff Arizona State: 57-42 (.576), 9th year Krohn to Richard Williams. The Sun Devils set up for a conversion kick that would California: 29-24-4 (.544), 5 years have tied it again but tried a fake instead. Krohn rolled right and threw to junior tight Utah State: 39-37-1 (.513), 7 years end , but he couldn’t make the catch.

Most Wins, ASU Head Coaches Racking Up the Yardage 1. , 1958-79 ...... 176 Arizona State rolled up 667 yards against an Oregon defense that entered the game 2. Bruce Snyder, 1992-present...... 57 leading the Pac-10 and ranked 10th nationally. According to records dating to 1976, it 3. , 1980-84 ...... 37 was the most yards given up by the Ducks. For the Sun Devils, it is just the sixth 600- plus-yard performance in the past 16 years with the previous 600-yard showing com- Longest Tenure, ASU Head Coaches ing with 623 vs. Oregon in 1997. The school record for total offense in a game is 734 1. Frank Kush...... 22 seasons yards vs. Stanford in 1981 (232 rushing, 511 passing). 2. Bruce Snyder ...... 9th season 3. Fred Irish ...... 8 seasons Lighting Up the Scoreboard 4. Aaron McCreary ...... 7 seasons The Sun Devils’ 55 points were the most for the team since scoring 55 in a 55-22 vic- Most Seasons as Head Coach in Pac-10* tory over California Nov. 7, 1998, while the Ducks’ 56 points were the most given up 1. Bruce Snyder, ASU/Cal...... 14th season since a 77-28 loss to Nebraska Sept. 16, 1995. Oregon had not allowed an opponent to score that many points since a 58-49 loss to Stanford on Sept. 27, 1997. Both fig- Dick Tomey, Arizona ...... 14th season 3. , WSU...... 12th season ures marked the most points scored for either team in the 34-year history of the series *Active Coaches Only with the previous high being 52 points by the Sun Devils in a 52-31 victory in 1997. Setting the Pace With 158 yards and a touchdown on 33 carries vs. Oregon, junior Tom Pace has now topped the century mark in rushing in each of the last two game. The walk-on, who also scored a touchdown on a 69-yard pass play vs. the Ducks, turned in 103 yards and a touchdown on 26 carries at Washington State, including crucial yardage in

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ASU’s overtime drive. Pace made his Sun Devil debut against Utah State with 65 yards on 16 carries ARCHULETA A BUTKUS SEMIFINALIST and followed that up with 19 yards on eight carries at UCLA. He then fell just short of The Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando, Inc. (DACO) has announced the semifinalists for this year’s topping the century mark with 93 yards and a touchdown in 17 carries vs. Cal. , which is awarded annually to the best A 5-10, 195-pounder out of Mesa (Ariz.) High School, Pace played linebacker in college football. The Butkus Award has (under ASU offensive line coach who was the in been presented since 1985 by the DACO. For the Moscow from 1995-98) and returned kicks for the University of Idaho in 1996 before second year in a row, there was a tie for 10th place going on a two-year mission to Brazil. In 1996, he finished second on the Vandal team creating 11 semifinalists instead of the usual 10. The list was determined by confidential ballot- in rushing with 212 yards and two in 41 carries (a team-leading average ing of the 28-member Butkus Award Selection of 5.2 yards per carries). Even more impressive were his return numbers as he led the Committee, comprised of the nation’s foremost team and ranked among the best in the nation with 839 yards on 32 kickoff returns media members. The Selection Committee made (26.2 ypr). After returning from his mission, Pace played one season at Ricks Junior their selections from the initial Butkus Award Watch College in Rexburg, Idaho, before the 22-year-old joined the Sun Devil squad the List of 71 college , which was announced back on Aug. 24. week before the Colorado State game. On Nov. 9, DACO will announce the three final- ists for this year’s award at a national teleconference The Century Mark in the Downtown Orlando Marriott. The three finalists Including back-to-back 100-yard rushing games by junior Tom Pace, the Sun Devils and their coaches will participate in the announce- have had three rushing performances top the century mark this season. ASU is 232- ment. The winner will be announced at the Butkus Award Gala in Hard Rock Live on Dec. 8, which will 41-5 (.844) all time when a player gains 100 yards or more, while the Sun Devils are be televised nationally on Fox Sports Net. 33-9 (.786) since Bruce Snyder’s arrival in Tempe. Earlier this season, true freshman Mike Williams turned in a 143-yard showing against Colorado State to become the first 2000 Butkus Award Semifinalists: Keith Adams, Clemson true freshman to top the century mark since Mario Bates rushed for 161 yards against , Florida State Arizona at home on Nov. 23, 1991. , Arizona State , Oklahoma , Miami (FL) Noting Jeff Krohn Carlos Polk, Nebraska Redshirt freshman Jeff Krohn turned in the best performance of his young career and , Florida State Matt Smith, Oregon the best performance in school history by a freshman vs. the , com- Ben Taylor, Virginia Tech pleting 21-of-34 passes for 432 yards and five touchdowns. His five touchdown strikes Robert Thomas, UCLA rank third in school history in a single game behind who threw a school- Eric Westmoreland, Tennessee record seven TDs vs. Stanford in 1981 and who had six vs. New Mexico ARCHULETA FOOTBALL NEWS DEFEN- in 1971. His 432-yard performance demolished ASU's single-game record for a fresh- man which was previously held by Ryan Kealy (292 yards, twice in 1997) and is the SIVE PLAYER OF YEAR SEMIFINALIST Senior Adam Archuleta is also one of 15 players second-best all-time passing performance by a freshman in the Pac-10 Conference, nominated for Football News’ 2000 Defensive trailing only Oregon State's Jonathan Smith's 469 yards vs. Washington in 1998. Players of the Year. The list will be trimmed to five Krohn also put another notation in the ASU record book with his 90-yard touchdown finalists on Nov. 20 with the official announcement of pass to senior Richard Williams in the fourth quarter. The 90-yard strike was the fifth- the winne coming on Dec. 6. The recipients of the longest pass reception in ASU history and the longest since com- Offensive and Defensive Player-of-the-Year awards will then be honored on March 6 at the National pleted a school-record 95-yarder to vs. USC in 1985. Athletics Awards ceremony in Detroit, which will be Krohn has notched a 4-1 record as ASU’s starting quarterback, turning in the best televised live by Fox Sports Net. performance of his young career in ASU’s 44-20 win over Utah State. He completed six of 10 attempts for a career-high 248 yards and four passing touchdowns, including 2000 Football News Defensive POYSemifinalists: Keith Adams, Clemson 72- and 70-yard TD strikes to senior Richard Williams in his first two completions. At Adam Archuleta, Arizona State the time, Krohn’s four TD passes were the most for a Sun Devil since fellow quarter- Leo Barnes, Southern Mississippi back Ryan Kealy completed four scoring strikes against Arizona on Nov. 27, 1998. It , Kansas State John Henderson, Tennessee marked the 18th time an ASU signal caller has thrown four TD passes in a game. Dan Morgan,Miami (Fla.) While he missed games against UCLA and Cal after being diagnosed with Saul Patu, Oregon Carlos Polk, Nebraska mononucleosis, Krohn returned to action vs. Washington in relief of starter Griffin Pig Prather, Mississippi State Goodman, completing 12 of 33 attempts for 170 yards, a TD strike to junior Todd Heap , Florida State and two interceptions. In his first start back from his illness, Krohn completed 18 of 27 Karon Riley, Minnesota , Georgia attempts for 214 yards at Washington State despite missing all of the second quarter Dwight Smith, Akron with a mild concussion. FredSmoot, Mississippi State T.J. Thatcher, Oklahoma Through the Air “HALF-SEASON” ALL-AMERICANS On the season, ASU’s four have already thrown for 2,281 yards which is Junior tight end Todd Heap and senior linebacker knocking on the door of the Sun Devil record book with three regular-season games Adam Archuleta were both honored in the to play. ASU is just 278 yards short of the sixth-best single-season passing effort in CNNSI.com “Half-Season” All-America team. Heap school history (2,559 in 1964), while the school single-season mark is 3,077 yards by earned first-team honors, while Archuleta was a sec- the 1978 squad. ond-team selection on the list which recognizes the With the 432-yard performance vs. the Oregon Ducks, the Sun Devils have four top players in the country at the halfway point of the season.

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300-plus-yard passing games on the season, the most since the 1989 team had three HASH MARKS all season. Prior to the Washington game, ASU’s four quarterbacks have racked up 1,159 passing yards in three games including 374 yards against Utah State, 365 yards … Despite starting three different quarterbacks, at UCLAand 420 yards vs. Cal. The last time ASU topped 1,000 yards in three games ASU leads the Pac-10 Conference and is ranked was in 1990 (1,090 - 374 vs. Washington State, 242 vs. Arizona, 474 vs. Houston). 17th in the nation in passing offense at 285.1 passing yards per game. Passing Into the End Zone … Arizona State has scored first in all eight Sun Devil quarterbacks have thrown 18 touchdown passes in eight games this sea- games this season. son including 11 by redshirt freshman Jeff Krohn. Junior Donnie O’Neal and senior … Senior Roderick Denetso blocked a punt at Richard Williams have each caught six, while junior Todd Heap has caught three TDs. Washington State, the first of the year for the Sun Last year, the team had just 14 TD passes all season, while Williams was last year’s Devils and the first since ASU blocked one leading receiver catching just five TD passes all season. ASU’s 18 TD passes are the against Arizona on Nov. 23, 1996, while sopho- most for the team since threw 19 in the team’s first six games in 1996. more Mike Pinkard’s blocked Washington field goal marked the first of the season for the Sun Spreading the Wealth Devil defense and the first since the team blocked a field goal against Washington State last year. Thirteen players have caught passes this year for the Sun Devils including five wide receivers, three tight ends, three tailbacks and two fullbacks, while quarterback Jeff … ASU will return eight of 11 starters on defense Krohn completed passes to nine different players vs. Oregon. Junior Todd Heap leads next year. the receiving corps with 30 catches, 481 yards and three TDs, while senior Richard … ASU allowed just 12.3 points per game over its Williams has 26 catches for 525 yards and six TDs followed by junior Donnie O’Neal first three games and has held three opponents to with 26 catches for 516 yards and six touchdowns. Three wide receivers have topped 10 points or less this season (San Diego State, the century mark in single-game receiving yards four times this season, most recent- Colorado State and Cal). The 17 points by San ly Williams who caught four passes for 124 yards and two touchdowns vs. Oregon. Diego State and Colorado State was the best defensive start since 1986. In Overtime … The team’s 3-0 start to the season was the first With back-to-back overtime games, Arizona State now holds a 3-1 record in overtime since the 1996 campaign which ended in an since the rule was instituted in 1996, which is tied for the best mark in the conference. undefeated 11-0 regular season and a trip to the Here's a look at Pac-10 overtime records in that span: 1997 Rose Bowl. Arizona State 3-1 Washington 1-1 … The Sun Devils have a 208-70-3 all-time win- ning record (.746) at Sun Devil Stadium. California 3-1 Oregon State 1-1 UCLA 3-1 Stanford 1-1 … Sports Illustrated lists Arizona State’s schedule Oregon 4-3 USC 1-3 as the 37th toughest in the nation. Arizona 2-2 Washington State 1-3 … Last season, ASU posted victories over Washington, USC, UCLA and Arizona, marking only the second time in school history that the Heap Becomes ASU’s Career-Leading Tight End Sun Devils defeated those four teams (1996 was Combine junior Todd Heap’s blond hair, hands of glue and nose for the football and the other year). Two of those victories – at Husky you’ll know why ASU head coach Bruce Snyder has called his tight end the "Golden Stadium and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Retriever." Heap has established himself as the best tight end in the Pac-10 and in – were the first in those venues in the Snyder era. ASU history, becoming the first Sun Devil tight end to earn first-team All-Pac-10 hon- … Prior to suffering a season-ending ACL tear ors. A 1999 third-team Associated Press All-American last year, Heap is a virtual unan- (left knee) during a preseason scrimmage Aug. imous selection for the preseason All-Pac-10 tight end and has been named a first- 16, senior tailback Delvon Flowers was one of the team preseason All-American six of seven preseason publications. 35 preseason candidates for the Doak Walker With five catches for 53 yards at Washington State, Heap became ASU’s career Award, annually presented to the nation’s top col- leader in receptions by a tight end and now has 97 career receptions in two-plus sea- lege running back … Last year, he gained 512 sons, surpassing Ken Dyer’s 88 receptions (1965-67). The junior had already captured yards on 80 carries en route to honorable-men- the career mark in receiving yards vs. Washington on Oct. 14 and now has 1,522 tion All-Pac-10 honors. yards in his career. He needs just one touchdown to tie Joe Petty (1970-72) for ASU’s … Senior Brian Forth interned in the career record in that category as well with 10 TD catches in two-plus seasons. Sun Devil Sports Network this summer. Forth Last year, Heap set single-season records for ASU tight ends with 55 catches and writes a column for ASU’s official web site called 832 yards receiving, while the junior has already moved into seventh this season with “Forth and Goal”, about his experiences on the 30 catches for 481 yards and three TDs. He is just the ninth Sun Devil to catch 50 football team at ASU. passes in a season and became the first tight end to lead ASU in receiving since Ryan … ASU’s football roster features four students McReynolds had 28 catches in 1988. Thirty-nine of his 55 receptions resulted in a first who have earned their undergraduate degrees: down or TD. He had career highs in receptions (8) at Notre Dame and receiving yards wide receivers Mike Aguirre (history) and Brian (170) against Arizona. He had three 100-yard games and had at least three receptions Forth (marketing), offensive Victor Leyva in all but two games in 1999 (he was sidelined by injury/illness in both). (sociology) and tight end Jason Moore (interdisci- plinary studies).

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CAREER TIGHT END RECEPTIONS Name (Years) No. Yds. TD STATISTICALLY SPEAKING... 1. Todd Heap (1998-present) 97 1522 10 TEAM OFFENSE Pac-10 (Nation) Rushing 7th 2. Ken Dyer (1965-67) 88 1365 7 Passing Yards 1st (17th) 3. Joe Petty (1970-72) 81 1352 11 Pass Efficiency 3rd 4. Ron Wetzel (1979-82) 67 861 7 Total Offense 2nd (24th) Scoring T5th 5. Ryan McReynolds (1987-90) 65 671 7 First Downs 6th 6. Kendrick Bates (1996-99) 63 732 4 3rd Down Conv. 8th 4th Down Conv. 1st 7. Jeff Gallimore (1983-86) 54 519 5 Sacks Against 9th 8. Jerry Smith (1963-64) 51 747 7 TEAMDEFENSE Pac-10 (Nation) 9. Herman Harrison (1961-63) 50 753 8 Rushing 7th Passing Yards 9th Stein Koss (1983-86) 50 517 1 Pass Efficiency 4th Total Offense 9th ASU TIGHT END SEASON RECORDS Scoring 4th Opp. First Downs 7th Name Year Rec. Yds. TD Sacks 5th 1. Todd Heap 1999 55 832 3 3rd Down Conv. 3rd 4th Down Conv. 4th 2. Don Kern 1983 49 502 1 TEAMMISCELLANEOUS Pac-10 (Nation) 3. Jerry Smith 1964 42 618 5 Net Punting 2nd 4. Ken Dyer 1967 39 654 4 Punt Returns 7th Kickoff Returns 7th 5. Joe Petty 1971 36 577 6 Turnover Margin 4th (T23rd) 6. Joe Petty 1972 31 522 4 Field Goals 9th 7. Todd Heap 2000 30 481 3 PAT Kicking 7th Possession Time 8th 8. Ken Dyer 1966 29 496 2 Penalties 5th 9. Ron Wetzel 1982 28 365 0 PLAYER STATISTICS Ryan McReynolds 1988 28 271 5 Adam Archuleta Tackles 1st Matt Nelson 1994 28 241 3 Recoveries T1st Forced T4th Tackles for Loss T6th Top of the Heap Mike Barth This year, junior Todd Heap leads the team in receiving despite facing double and Field Goals T3rd Field Goal Percentage 9th triple coverage on virtually every play with 30 catches for 481 yards and three touch- PAT Kicking 9th downs. Of his 30 catches this year, 20 have resulted in a first down or a touchdown. Scoring 6th In the last four games, 13 of his 16 catches have resulted in first down or touchdown Kick Scoring 4th Solomon Bates with the others being for a nine-yard catch in a drive that resulted in ASU’s second Tackles 4th touchdown vs. Washington State and a nine-yard catch and a 10-yard catch (on 2nd Tackles for Loss T9th Forced Fumbles T2nd and 11) vs. the Ducks. Heap has caught a pass in 23 straight games (97 catches in Nijrell Eason that span), which is the 14th longest streak in the nation. Passes Defended 1st Fumble Recoveries T1st Interceptions T5th Heap Game-by-Game in 2000 Forced Fumbles T9th Eric Fields Opponent Catches/Yards First Downs Touchdowns Fumbles Recovered T1st at San Diego State 6/60 3 0 Griffin Goodman Colorado State 4/24 1 0 Passing YardsPer Game 10th Pass Efficiency T2nd Utah State 19/43 0 1 Jeff Krohn at UCLA 4/86 3 0 Pass Efficiency 4th Passing Yards Per Game 4th California 2/97 1 1 Total Offense 5th Washington 2/20 1 1 Shaun McDonald Punt Returns 5th at Washington State 5/53 4 0 Nick Murphy Oregon 6/98 4 0 Punting 4th Donnie O’Neal Totals 30/481 17 3 Receiving Yards Per Game 8th (Touchdown catches not included in first-down numbers in chart) Touchdown Scoring T7th Tom Pace Rushing 6th Consecutive Games with a Reception 1. Arnold Jackson, Sr., WR, Louisville 43 Forced Fumbles T4th Sacks 5th 2. Mel Long, Sr., Toledo 42 Tackles for Loss T9th 3. Khori Ivy, Sr., West Virginia 35 Justin Taplin Punt Returns 8th 4. Margin Hooks, Sr., BYU 33 Mike Williams 5. Ron Johnson, Jr., WR, Minnesota 32 Rushing 9th James Jordan, Jr., Louisiana Tech 32 Richard Williams Receiving Yards Per Game 6th John Simon, Jr., Louisiana Tech 32 All-Purpose Yards 6th Orlando Iglesias, Sr., WR, Houston 32 (injured) Kickoff Returns 9th Touchdown Scoring T7th 9. Delwyn Daigre, Jr., Louisiana Tech 29 (Individuals must rank in the top 10 in Pac-10 and/or top 50 in the nation

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Latef Grim, Sr., Pittsburgh 29 THE NEXT LEVEL 11. Tim Stratton, Jr., Purdue 28 Continuing the great tradition of Sun Devils in the Kendall Newson, Jr., Middle Tennessee 28 NFL, there are 23 former ASU players on NFL 13. Kurt Gerling, Jr., WR, Bowling Green 26 rosters. Head coach Bruce Snyder has had 90 14. Todd Heap, Jr., TE, Arizona State 23 players go on to the NFLin his 20-year career. 15. Lavel Bailey, Sr., Akron 21

SunDevils on NFL Rosters (as of Sept. 15): Turning 50 DB (Oakland Raiders) Arizona State’s last two victories over Washington State have marked milestones for TB Mario Bates () TE Steve Bush () ASU head coach Bruce Snyder. ASU’s Oct. 28 overtime victory over the Cougars G David Dixon () marked the 54th Pac-10 victory for the Sun Devil mentor moving him into a tie with DE Erik Flowers () Washington’s Jim Owens for 10th in career conference wins. Last season, ASU’s 33- DT Junior Ioane (Oakland Raiders) 21 win at Sun Devil Stadium was his 50th victory at Arizona State and his 50th career WR Lenzie Jackson () win in Pac-10 conference play. Combining his record in Tempe and during a five-year TE Brian Jennings () stint at California, Snyder is 54-49-4 in conference games. He is just the 12th coach G Randall McDaniel () in the 84-year history of to plate 50 wins. The other 11 are: , QB Jake Plummer () UCLA, 98 wins; Don James, Washington, 97; John McKay, USC, 70; Howard Jones, WR () RB J.R. Redmond (New England Patriots) USC, 65; O.E. Hollingbery, WSU, 64; John Robinson, USC, 63; Larry Smith, Arizona, S Damien Richardson () 63; Dick Tomey, Arizona, 60; , Oregon, 56; Bruce Snyder, Arizona State, LB Derrick Rodgers () 54; Jim Owens, Washington, 54; James Phelan, Washington, 51. CB Jason Simmons () LB Derek Smith (Washington Redskins) Turnover Tale OT Marvel Smith (Pittsburgh Steelers) In its last 39 games, if ASU wins or breaks even in the turnover battle, the Sun Devils RB Terrelle Smith (New Orleans Saints) are 21-3. In that same span, ASU is 1-14 when losing the turnover battle. During that CB Phillippi Sparks () DE (Pittsburgh Steelers) span, the unexpected only happened against UCLA in 2000 (loss), Washington in DT Shawn Swayda () 2000 (loss), Washington State in 1999 (win) and Oregon in 1999 (loss). ASU is fourth S (Arizona Cardinals) in the Pac-10 and tied for 23rd in the nation in turnover margin this season (+6). SS (Dallas Cowboys) ASU Opp 21 Turnovers 27 Turnovers Result for Opponent... PAC-10 PRESEASON POLL 38 Points 51 Arizona State was selected to finish fifth and gar- 5 TD 5 nered a pair of first-place votes in the Pac-10 1 FG 3 Conference by West Coast media members as 6 Punt 9 part of the official preseason conference poll. The 4 Turnover 7 3 Missed FG 2 Sun Devils were picked to finish fourth in last 0 TO on Downs 0 year’s preseason poll and ended up in fourth. 2 End of Half/Game 0

PAC-10 CONFERENCE PRESEASON POLL ’99 ’99 Archie’s Bunker School Pts. Record Finish A preseason favorite for Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year and one of 11 semifi- 1. Washington (16) 275 7-5 T2nd 2. USC (11) 272 6-6 T6th nalists for the Dick Butkus Award, senior Adam Archuleta leads the Pac-10 in tackles 3. Oregon (1) 211 9-3 T2nd with 87, an average of 10.9 tackles per game. Of those tackles, 77 percent are solo 4. UCLA 181 4-7 9th stops (67 of 87). Leader of a linebacking corps tabbed the seventh-best in the nation 5. Arizona St. (2) 167 6-6 4th by The Sporting News, he has paced the team in tackles in four of the past six games 6. Oregon State 163 7-5 5th (and second to fellow linebacker Solomon Bates in the other two). Archuleta turned in 7. Stanford 133 8-4 1st 8. Arizona 127 6-6 T6th a career-best 16 tackles at UCLA, a total which included 15 solos, and followed that 9. California 63 4-7 T6th up with 15 tackles (10 solos) vs. Oregon. He has had at least one tackle for loss in 10. Washington St. 47 3-9 10th each of ASU’s eight games this year, including three for a loss of 20 yards at UCLA, and ranks tied for sixth in the Pac-10 with 12 total TFLthis season. Archuleta has had MISSING THE BEAVERS at least one tackle for loss in 22 of his last 25 games. A first-team All-Pac-10 linebacker and ASU’s defensive MVP last year, Archuleta The Pac-10 schedule includes eight conference recorded double-digit tackle efforts in six of his 11 games, leading ASU six times. games, so the Sun Devils miss the Oregon State Despite missing the season-opener with a hamstring injury, Archuleta ranked second Beavers in 1999 and 2000. Next year, Cal will drop off the schedule, while Arizona State will in the Pac-10 with 10.2 tackles per game, trailing only Arizona’s (10.3). He miss UCLAin 2002 and Washington in 2003. became the first Sun Devil since Scott Von der Ahe to record more than 100 tackles in a season with 111. His 21 tackles for loss led the league and was the seventh-high- est single-season total in ASU history. Since the Pac-10 began keeping track of TFL in 1990, he is only the second Sun Devil to lead the conference (Derrick Rodgers, 1996). In his career, Archuleta ranks fifth in ASU history with 51 tackles for loss.

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ARCHULETA GAME-BY-GAME IN 2000 from scrimmage longer (31 pass, six rush) in the last six games. Game UT AT Total TFL Sacks at SDSU 4 3 7 1-8 0-0 BIG PLAYSIN THE LAST SIXGAMES (more than 20 yards) Colorado State 7 2 9 1-6 1-6 Game Pass Rush Utah State 9 3 12 1-2 0-0 Utah State 72TD, 70, 61TD, 43TD, 35TD, 32 – at UCLA 15 1 16 3-20 2-16 at UCLA 34, 38, 30, 27, 24 39TD, 60TD, 40 Cal 68TD, 54, 50TD, 50TD, 47, 34, 34, 29, 26 – California 7 1 8 2-11 0-0 UW 45 24 Washington 7 1 8 1-8 0-0 at WSU 27, 34TD, 24 – at WSU 8 4 12 2-3 0-0 Oregon 25, 69TD, 24, 28TD, 33, 90TD, 21TD 37TD, 59TD Oregon 10 5 15 1-6 0-0 TOTALS 67 20 87 12-64 3-22 More on Big Plays As a team, the Sun Devils are averaging 17.2 yards per catch to ASU CAREER LEADERS—TACKLES FOR LOSS lead the Pac-10. Nine Sun Devils are averaging double figures in Name TFL Years yards per reception. 1. Bob Kohrs 58 1976-79 2. 57 1990-93 Three Starters at QB Al Harris 57 1975-78 The Sun Devils have started three quarterbacks in eight games 4. Vernon Maxwell 56 1979-82 this year with freshman Jeff Krohn missing action against UCLA 5. Adam Archuleta 51 1997-pres. and Cal due to mononucleosis and senior Ryan Kealy suffering a 6. Scott Stephen 46 1983-86 knee injury vs. UCLA. That trend isn’t as out of the ordinary as it 7. Albrey Battle 32 1995-98 might seem since Arizona State has had three starters at quarter- Pat Tillman 32 1994-97 back three previous times in the last 10 years (, Kurt 9. Shawn Patterson 28 1984-87 Lasher and Bret Powers in 1990; Troy Rauer, and 10. Brett Wallerstedt 27 1989-92 Garrick McGee in 1992 and Ryan Kealy, Chad Elliott and Steve Campbell in 1998). ASU leads the Pac-10 Conference and is Bermuda Triangle ranked 17th in the nation in passing offense at 285.1 passing yards ASU’s weak-side trio of junior rush tackle Kurt Wallin, senior line- per game despite the personnel changes: backer Adam Archuleta and freshman rush end Terrell Suggs has wreaked havoc on opponents this season. Between the three of 2000 STARTING QB PERFORMANCES them, they have accounted for 25 percent of ASU’s tackles (142 of Game Starter Performance 568), 45 percent of its tackles for loss (31 of 69) and 50 percent of at San Diego State Jeff Krohn 42-18-1-160-1 its sacks (11 of 22). Here’s a look at the totals of the trio this year: Colorado State Jeff Krohn 24-11-0-77-0 Utah State Jeff Krohn 10-6-0-248-4 Player Tackles (Solo) TFL Sacks FR FF at UCLA Ryan Kealy 25-13-1-199-1 Archuleta 87 (67) 12-64 3-22 3-0 3 California Griffin Goodman 28-11-1-394-3 Suggs 31 (26) 10-45 5-34 1-0 3 Washington Griffin Goodman 13-3-0-32-0 Wallin 24 (20) 9-36 3-21 0-0 3 at Washington State Jeff Krohn 27-18-1-214-0 Totals 142 (98) 31-145 11-77 4-0 9 Oregon Jeff Krohn 34-21-1-432-5 (Attempts-Completions-Interceptions-Yards-Touchdowns) Big Plays ASU’s offense had been characterized by big plays this season, Third-Down Defense especially through the air. While the longest play in its first two The Sun Devils are third in the Pac-10 Conference in third-down games was a 21-yard run by junior Davaren Hightower in the sea- defense, allowing their opponents to convert on just 28.0 percent son-opener against San Diego State, ASU has had 37 longer plays of their third downs. Oregon leads the Pac-10 at 27.1 percent. Two weeks ago, Washington finished the game just 3- for-16 in third-down conversions and went 1-for- Most Recently 10 to start the game, not converting a third down In the last half of the 1990’s, Arizona State turned in the Pac-10’s second-best until midway through the third quarter, while overall and conference winning percentage: Oregon was just 3-of-13 vs. the Sun Devils. Overall Record, 1995-99 Pac-10 Record, 1995-99 Team Record Pct. Bowls Team Record Pct. Forcing Fumbles 1. Oregon 38-21 .644 4 1. Washington 28-11-1 .713 In eight games, the Sun Devils have already 2. Arizona State 37-21 .638 3 2. Arizona State 27-13 .675 3. Washington 37-22-1 .625 5 3. UCLA 25-15 .625 forced 22 fumbles, 12 more than the team forced 4. UCLA 36-22 .621 3 4. Oregon 23-17 .575 all last season (10), and have recovered 17. 5. Arizona 36-23 .610 2 5. Stanford 22-18 .550 Sophomore Solomon Bates leads the team and is 6. USC 35-24-1 .592 2 6. Arizona 21-19 .525 tied for second in the Pac-10 with four forced fum- 7. Stanford 30-27-1 .526 2 7. USC 21-18-1 .538 bles, while freshman Terrell Suggs, senior Adam 8. Washington St. 24-33 .421 1 8. Washington St. 13-27 .325 Archuleta and junior Kurt Wallin have each forced 9. California 21-35 .375 1 9. California 12-28 .300 three which is good for fourth in the Pac-10. 10. Oregon State 18-38 .321 1 10. Oregon State 7-33 .175 Senior Nijrell Eason has forced a pair of fumbles

2000 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL • PAGE 7 TEAM NOTES and is tied for ninth. freshman in school history to start the first game of the year for the Sun Devils at San Diego State, he and tailback Mike Williams both Pick Pockets started against Colorado State and Utah State, marking the first Arizona State has picked off 10 passes this year with seven play- time since 1995 that the Sun Devils have had a pair of freshmen in ers getting into the action. Last year, the Sun Devils intercepted a the starting lineup. That year, ASU had two freshmen starters in total of 11 passes all season. The Sun Devils snagged three inter- three games including wide receivers Kenny Mitchell and Ricky ceptions against Utah State and then again at Washington State, Boyer vs. UCLA (11/4) and at California (11/11) and Boyer and the most since picking off three against USC last year. With two wide receiver Lenzie Jackson vs. Oregon State (9/23). interceptions against UCLA, ASU had at least one in Suggs is in pretty good company as the only other Sun Devil its first four games. The 1998 team was the last to pick off at least true freshman to start the first game of the season was wide one pass in four straight games when it had one in each of its last receiver in 1974. A four-time All-Western Athletic five games that season. Conference selection and a consensus All-American in 1977, Senior Nijrell Eason leads the team and is tied for fourth in the J e fferson (who changed his last name from Washington to Pac-10 with three interceptions on the season (one at SDSU, one Jefferson following his freshman campaign) went onto a success- vs. USU and one at UCLA). Last year, Willie Daniel and Courtney ful NFL career, being selected as a first-round draft pick of the San Jackson paced the team with two interceptions each all season. Diego Chargers (14th pick overall) and appearing in four Pro Bowls with San Diego and the . In Bruce Lightning Strikes Twice Snyder’s tenure at ASU, 12 true freshmen have started games, If ASU’s overtime victory at Washington State wasn’t electrifying although none until Suggs made his starting debut in the season enough, the Sun Devils’ trip home from Pullman, Wash., certainly opener. Six true freshmen have seen action so far this season was. About 60 miles north of Phoenix, the Sun Devils’ team char- (Suggs, fullbacks Mike Waddell and Mike Karney and tailbacks ter carrying players, coaches and support staff was hit by lightning. Mike Williams, Skyler Fulton and Derick Arnold). Last year, four There was an extremely loud explosion, and bright lights sur- true freshmen saw action (Solomon Bates, Josh Amobi, Mike rounded the plane, startling everyone on board. No one on the Barth and Machtier Clay.) flight knew what had happened, and most thought the plane had blown an engine or that there was an explosion of some kind. The Walk-Ons interior lights went off for a bit as the flight attendants scrambled When head coach Bruce Snyder announced that redshirt fresh- up and down the aisles. Several minutes later, there was another man Jeff Krohn and sophomore safety Patrick Wilson have been boom and flash of orange, yellow and red inside and outside the awarded scholarships for the 2000-01 school year, the pair joined cabin as the plane was hit again. an impressive group who at least began their careers at ASU by After several minutes of not knowing what had happened, the walking on. Other players on the current squad who earned schol- senior attendant informed the team that the plane had been hit by arships after walking on include senior linebacker Adam Archuleta, lightning, twice! The pilot then came on the intercom and said that senior wide receivers Mike Aguirre and Brian Forth, junior offen- the plane was 40 miles outside of Phoenix and that he would have sive tackle and junior linebacker Elza Gennicks. the team on the ground soon. When the plane finally touched down at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (it seemed like 4,000 miles, not 40), New Faces everyone on board cheered and clapped. After further examina- Arizona State features two new faces on the sidelines this season tion, ASU’s charter company grounded the plane due to damage in the form of running backs coach Vincent White and offensive to rivets in the fuselage. line coach George Yarno. White comes to Tempe after spending the past three seasons as tailbacks coach at the University of Murphy on Ray Guy Watch List Pittsburgh. Yarno brings a wealth of experience to ASU as a long- Junior punter Nick Murphy is one of 40 punters on the preseason time assistant coach in the collegiate ranks (most recently at the watch list for the inaugural Ray Guy award which is annually pre- University of Houston from 1998-2000) and as a 13-year NFL and sented to the best punter in the nation. Presented by the Greater USFL veteran. In addition, John Pettas was promoted to offensive Augusta (Georgia) Sports Council, the Ray Guy Award will be pre- coordinator in addition to his duties as quarterbacks coach. sented to Dec. 7, 2000 as part of the Home Depot College Football Award Show live on ESPN from Orlando, Fla. The winner will dis- Good Citizen play leadership, self-discipline, and have a significant positive Senior wide receiver Mike Aguirre was recently named to the 2000 impact on the team’s success. The selection committee will Coaches Association Good Works Team. The choose 10 semifinalists who will be announced by Nov. 8. followed team is made up of student-athletes who successfully balance by the announcement of the three finalists Nov. 30. The Sports academics and athletics and go above and beyond in volunteerism Awards Gala evening will follow on Dec. 12 in Augusta. The award and community service. The AFCAselected 11 players from NCAA is named after Ray Guy who attended the University of Southern Division I-A institutions to its Good Works Team. Mississippi and was drafted in the first round by the Oakland An honorable-mention Academic All-Pac-10 selection in each Raiders. Ray Guy was an integral part of the Raider’s successful of the last two seasons, Aguirre was one of the 17 members of the years between 1973-1986. ASU Athletics Director Search Committee appointed by ASU President Lattie F. Coor this summer. He was the ASU Student- True Freshmen Athlete Advisory Council Chairman in 1999-2000 and will serve as While defensive end Terrell Suggs became just the second true the Pac-10 Conference representative on the National Student- Athlete Advisory Council in 2000-01.

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ASU 10, San Diego State 7 • Aug. 31, 2000 CSU came from behind to tie the game with a field goal and TD in the Arizona State opened its 88th football season with a 10-7 victory over San fourth quarter … ASU improved to 67-18-1 in home openers and 7-2 under Diego State at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego… ASU’s victory over Bruce Snyder … Tommie Townsend’s fumble recovery in the first quarter SDSU improved the team to 58-28-2 (.678) in season openers and marked was the first for ASU since the Washington game on Oct. 19 last season, the 12th win in 15 season openers … Redshirt freshman quarterback Jeff a span of seven games … the Sun Devils sacked Colorado State quarter- Krohn made his collegiate debut, completing 18-of-42 passes for 160 yards back Matt Newton six times for a loss of 44 yards (two each for senior cor- including a 14-yard touchdown strike to junior Donnie O’Neal to put ASU nerback Willie Daniel and freshman end Terrell Suggs), marking the most up 7-0 three minutes into the game … SDSU tied the game up near the end quarterback sacks since the team had six in its 17-7 victory over Iowa in of the first quarter with a touchdown pass of its own, and the game the 1997 on Dec. 31. remained tied 7-7 until ASU sophomore Mike Barth connected on a 21-yard field goal with 14:53 to play in the game … SDSU lined up for a game-tying ASU 44, Utah State 20 • Sept. 23, 2000 field goal late in the fourth quarter but was unsuccessful … ASU’s Aug. 31 Redshirt freshman Jeff Krohn threw four touchdown passes and improved kickoff at SDSU was the first road start for the team since 1995 and the ear- to 3-0 as ASU’s starter in a 44-20 victory over Utah State … Krohn hit liest start to the season since 1997 … Junior punter Nick Murphy was senior Richard Williams for scores of 72 and 70 yards in the first quarter, named Pac-10 Conference Special Teams Player of the Week on Sept. 4 the team’s two longest scoring plays of the year, and threw strikes of 61 after punting 11 times – one shy of the school record – for 463 yards (42.1- and 35 yards to junior Donnie O'Neal in the third … he finished the game yard average) with a long boot of 53 yards against the Aztecs … Included 6-of-10 for 248 yards … four TD passes were the most for a Sun Devil in his totals were three punts that were downed inside the San Diego State since Ryan Kealy completed four scoring strikes against Arizona on Nov. 5-yard-line to help ASU to its 10-7 win … ASU’s cornerbacks were credit- 27, 1998 … it marked the 18th time an ASU signal caller has thrown four ed with 11 pass breakups vs. San Diego State … seniors Nijrell Eason and TD passes in a game … Krohn also set a pair of school records in the effort Kenny Williams each had three while sophomore Machtier Clay had two … with 24.8 yards per attempt (10 for 248) and 41.3 yards per completion (6 redshirt freshman Shaun McDonald had eight punt returns for 105 yards, for 248)which were then broken by Griffin Goodman vs. California … senior good for a 13.1 yards per return average, including 40- and 46-yard returns Ryan Kealy, playing for first time this season after a two-game suspension, in his first two attempts of the first half … only Prentic McCray had more threw a 43-yard TD pass to junior Todd Heap and directed a drive that punt returns as a Sun Devil with nine vs. BYU in 1972, while J.R. Redmond resulted in a 27-yard field goal by sophomore Mike Barth … defensively, also had eight vs. North Texas in 1996. ASU sacked Jose Fuentes four times and intercepted three passes, scor- ing on one with a 48-yard return by No. 48, freshman Terrell Suggs … ASU 13, #25 Colorado State 10 • Sept. 16, 2000 ASU’s 374 passing yards and five touchdown passes are the best by a Sophomore Mike Barth nailed a 41-yard field goal as time expired to give Pac-10 team this season … The victory also marked the third straight win Arizona State a 13-10 victory over No. 25 Colorado State … the victory at home for the Sun Devils dating back to a Nov. 27, 1999 win over Arizona, marked ASU’s first over a ranked opponent since downing the 10th-ranked the first three-game home streak since 1997 … ASU’s 44 points were the and Rose Bowl-bound on Nov. 1, 1997 … in his most for the team since a 55-22 win over California on Nov. 7, 1998 … The first career start, true freshman Mike Williams ran for 143 yards and a Sun Devils’ six offensive scoring drives took a total of just 10:05 in time of touchdown on 32 carries, marking the first time since 1991 that a true possession … ASU snagged three interceptions, the most since picking off freshman topped the century mark (Mario Bates, 161 yards vs. Arizona, three against USClast year, including career firsts by sophomore Solomon 11/23/91.. Barth put ASU on the board in the second quarter with a 23-yard Bates and freshman Terrell Suggs. field goal, while the Sun Devils went up 10-0 with 1:04 left in the third quar- ter when Williams scored from a yard out to finish an 11-play, 80-yard drive.

ARIZONA STATE STARTERS OFFENSE WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB TB FB WR at San Diego State R. Williams Jones Muldrow Peters Kosier Leyva Heap Krohn Hightower Trejo O’Neal Colorado State R. Williams Jones Muldrow Peters Kosier Leyva Heap Krohn M. Williams Trejo O’Neal Utah State R. Williams Jones Muldrow Peters Kosier Leyva Heap Krohn M. Williams Trejo O’Neal at UCLA R. Williams Jones Muldrow Peters Kosier Leyva Heap Kealy Pinkard* Trejo O’Neal California R. Williams Jones Williamson Peters Kosier Leyva Heap Goodman Pinkard* Trejo O’Neal Washington R. Williams Jones Williamson Peters Kosier Leyva Heap Goodman Taplin* McDonald* O’Neal at Washington State R. Williams Jones Williamson Peters Kosier Leyva Heap Krohn M. Williams Trejo O’Neal Oregon R. Williams Jones Muldrow Peters Kosier Leyva Heap Krohn Pace Trejo O’Neal USC at Stanford at Arizona

DEFENSE RE RT LT LE OLB MLB OLB SS CB CB FS at San Diego State Montesanto Wallin Townsend Suggs Fields Bates Archuleta Daniel K. Williams Clay A. Williams Colorado State Montesanto Wallin Townsend Suggs Fields Bates Archuleta Daniel K. Williams Eason A. Williams Utah State Montesanto Wallin Townsend Suggs Fields Bates Archuleta Wilson K. Williams Eason A. Williams at UCLA Montesanto Wallin Townsend Suggs Fields Bates Archuleta Daniel K. Williams Eason A. Williams California Yancy Wallin Masaniai Suggs Fields Bates Archuleta Daniel K. Williams Eason A. Williams Washington Yancy Wallin Glass Suggs Fields Bates Archuleta Daniel K. Williams Eason A. Williams at Washington State Yancy Wallin Glass Howell Fields Bates Archuleta Daniel K. Williams Eason A. Williams Oregon Yancy Wallin Masaniai Suggs Fields Bates Archuleta Daniel K. Williams Eason A. Williams USC at Stanford at Arizona * Started due to formation

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#15/17 UCLA 38, ASU 31 • Sept. 30, 2000 has forced 13 fumbles and recovered 11 (7 FF, 6 FR in 1999 and 6 FF, 5 UCLArallied from a 21-point deficit to defeat the Sun Devils 38-31 Sept. 30 FR in 2000). Heading into their game with the Sun Devils last week, the at the Rose Bowl … ASU jumped on the board early, scoring three touch- Huskies had lost just four fumbles all year before having five balls stripped downs and forcing four UCLAturnovers in the first half … Freshman Mike away by the Sun Devils … UW quarterback Marcus Tuiasosopo entered Williams turned in a pair of TD runs in the first half (39 yards and five yards) the game needing just 163 yards of total offense to move to the top of the while senior Ryan Kealy hit senior Richard Williams with a two-yard scor- school’s career charts but gained just 134 yards in the game, well below ing stroke to put ASU up 21-0 … UCLAtook the lead with 28 points in the his average of 263.0 yards per game … ASU also became the only team third quarter to take a 35-28 lead into the fourth quarter … ASU tied the to hold Tuiasosopo to less than 200 yards passing this season … ASU score at 28 with a 60-yard touchdown pass to Richard Williams from senior allowed Washington just 10 total first downs when they had been averag- Griffin Goodman who replaced Kealy after he left the game with a knee ing 22.8 per game, 110 passing yards compared to their average of 222.0 injury, but UCLA went ahead for good on an 80-yard pass play … yards per game and just 296 yards of total offense compared to their aver- Sophomore Mike Barth kicked a career-long 49-yard field goal in the fourth age of 414.8 yards per game. quarter which was matched by a 46-yarder by UCLA … Kealy completed 13-of-25 attempts for 199 yards and one touchdown, while Goodman was ASU 23, Washington State 20 (OT) • Oct. 21, 2000 stellar in his relief role going 11-of-23 for 166 yards and a touchdown … For the second time this season, sophomore Mike Barth kicked a 41-yard Defensively, senior Adam Archuleta turned in a career-best 16 tackles, field goal to give the Sun Devils a victory on the last play of a game … This including 15 solo stops, three tackles for loss of 20 yards and two quarter- time the field goal came in overtime to lead ASU to a 23-20 victory over back sacks (-16 yards) … His 16 tackles are tied for the best performance Washington State at in Pullman, Wash. … Barth's winning in the Pac-10 this season … ASU improved to 13-9-1 in conference home kick came after the snap was fumbled on a 35-yard attempt on third down openers with victories in its last seven … ASU coach Bruce Snyder but recovered by the Sun Devils, while it was the second time this season improved to 7-2 against Cal and 8-2 against his former schools (1-0 vs. that he hit a 41-yarder for the win after hitting one vs. Colorado State … Utah State and 7-2 vs. Cal) since coming to Arizona State. Barth’s two game-winning field goals mark the first time in school history that two Sun Devil victories have come down to a field goal on the last play ASU 30, California 10 • Oct. 7, 2000 of the game … Washington State had the first possession in overtime, but Senior Griffin Goodman, making his second career start, passed for 394 the drive ended when senior Adam Archuleta intercepted 's yards and three touchdowns … ASU scored first for the fifth consecutive pass on the goal line … on WSU’s first drive of the game, sophomore game with a 50-yard touchdown pass from Goodman to junior Todd Heap Solomon Bates intercepted Gesser's pass and returned it 34 yards, setting nine minutes into the game, a career-long pass play for both players … up Mike Williams' 1-yard run for the Sun Devils' first score … junior Tom Goodman also connected on a 68-yard TD pass to freshman Shaun Pace made it 14-0 with a 2-yard scoring run after sophomore Justin Taplin McDonald and a 50-yarder to junior Donnie O’Neal in addition to a 54-yard returned a punt 47 yards to the WSU 17… WSU’s Anousith Wilaikul kicked completion to McDonald that set up Tom Pace's seven-yard TD run in the a 37-yard field goal to start the Cougars’scoring late in the first quarter but third quarter … the Golden Bears managed only three points until Joseph missed a 41-yarder that would have won the game with 1:12 remaining in Echema capped a short drive with a one-yard plunge with 6:05 left in the regulation … redshirt freshman quarterback Jeff Krohn sat out the second game … Goodman finished the game with an 11-of-28 performance for 394 quarter with a mild concussion and was replaced by senior Griffin yards, three touchdowns and just one interception … defensively, Arizona Goodman who was intercepted by Billie Newman at the Arizona State 21 State forced three fumbles in the game, the last on the one-yard line in the in his first series … Two plays later, Deon Burnett scored on an 8-yard run fourth quarter as Cal’s Ryan Stanger coughed up the ball when hit by fresh- to pull Washington State to 14-10 and a punt snap that sailed through the man Terrell Suggs, and senior Nijrell Eason recovered for the Sun Devils end zone late in the second quarter made it 14-12 … Goodman later con- … sophomore Solomon Bates has 10 tackles, while senior Adam Archuleta nected on a 34-yard pass play to junior Donnie O'Neal to put the Sun had eight, including seven solo stops, and two tackles for loss … Goodman Devils up 20-12 with a minute left in the first half, while the Cougars' averaged 35.8 yards per completion and 14.1 yards per attempt, school Marcus Williams caught a pass from Gesser to tie it at 20 midway through records in both categories for 21 to 30 attempts and 11 to 20 completions. the third quarter … With 103 yards on 26 carries, Pace became the second ASU rusher to gain 100 yards in a game this season … in his first start back #11/10 Washington 21, ASU 15 • Oct. 14, 2000 from his illness, Krohn completed 18 of 27 attempts for 214 yards at Washington State despite missing all of the second quarter with a mild con- In a game marked by three interceptions, 12 fumbles and nine lost fumbles cussion. between the two teams, Arizona State fell to No. 11/10 Washington in a 21- 15 decision last Saturday at Sun Devil Stadium … ASU forced a fumble in Washington’s first drive of the game and converted the turnover into a 27- #7/10 Oregon 56, ASU 55 (2OT) • Oct. 28, 2000 yard field goal by sophomore Mike Barth to take an early 3-0 lead … Barth (Last week’s wrap-up appears in the body of the release) connected on another field goal in the second quarter to put ASU ahead 6- 0 before UW blocked a punt and scored a touchdown late in the second quarter to take a 7-6 lead into the locker room at halftime … the Huskies recovered an ASU fumble on a punt return as time expired in the third quar- ter and scored on a one-yard run by Rich Alexis to begin the fourth quarter … UW would go ahead 21-6 with just under 13 minutes left in the game on an 86-yard run by Alexis … a safety for holding in the endzone cut the UW lead to 21-8 and ASU narrowed the gap to 21-15 with a four-yard TD pass from redshirt freshman Jeff Krohn to junior Todd Heap with three minutes left in the game, but the Huskies were able to run out the clock to earn the victory … with 12 punts vs. Washington, junior Nick Murphy tied the single- game school record with 12 punts, a mark set by Steve Rausch vs. Washington in 1992 … Murphy also rewrote the school mark with 42.8 yards per punt, a record also held by Rausch in that game (41.8 ypp), while sophomore Justin Taplin also got into the record-setting act, establishing a new mark for punt returns in a game with 10 vs. Washington … the previ- ous record was nine by Prentic McCray vs. Brigham Young in 1972 … in its last two games in the series with the , Arizona State

2000 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL • PAGE 10 MEDIA INFORMATION

Bowl Lineup Transponder 16 (C-Band). Trouble numbers: Dennis Kirkpatrick If a Pac-10 Conference team is ranked No. 1 or 2 at the end of the (310) 543-1835 or (888) 423-0095 pager; Kyle Reischling (310) regular season, it will play in the FedEx Orange Bowl Jan. 3 in 286-3749 or Michelle Lockhart (925) 932-4411 Miami as part of the which is in its third season in 2000. If the Pac-10 champion is not ranked No. 1 or 2 InfoConnection in the country, it will automatically be part of the Rose Bowl against Information on Arizona State football can be accessed via fax the champion or an at-large team is the Big through InfoConnection. An access code must first be obtained Ten champion is ranked No. 1 or 2. The Pac-10 Conference also from Pivotal Communications (770-399-0096) before using the fax has bowl ties with the Holiday, Sun, Aloha and O’ahu Bowls, assur- broadcast service. 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2000 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL • PAGE 11 2000 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 29, 2000) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (5-3-0) (3-2-0) (2-1-0) (0-0-0) CONFERENCE...... (2-3-0) (1-2-0) (1-1-0) (0-0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (3-0-0) (2-0-0) (1-0-0) (0-0-0)

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND TEAM STATISTICS ASU OPP ------Aug 31 2000 at San Diego State W 10-7 30931 FIRST DOWNS...... 159 143 Sep 16, 2000 COLORADO STATE W 13-10 51911 Rushing...... 65 54 Sep 23, 2000 UTAH STATE W 44-20 46327 Passing...... 82 76 *Sep 30, 2000 at UCLA L 31-38 68113 Penalty...... 12 13 *Oct 07, 2000 CALIFORNIA W 30-10 41113 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 1081 1239 *Oct 14, 2000 WASHINGTON L 15-21 61370 Yards gained rushing... 1391 1522 *Oct 21, 2000 at WASHINGTON STATE W OT 23-20 25199 Yards lost rushing..... 310 283 *Oct 28, 2000 OREGON LOT 55-56 53085 Rushing Attempts...... 343 301 * denotes conference game Average Per Rush...... 3.2 4.1 Average Per Game...... 135.1 154.9 RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G TDs Rushing...... 8 10 ------PASSING YARDAGE...... 2281 1951 WILLIAMS,Mike 8 109 507 28 479 4.4 5 59 59.9 Att-Comp-Int...... 280-133-9 294-139-10 PACE, Tom 6 108 482 27 455 4.2 3 37 75.8 Average Per Pass...... 8.1 6.6 HIGHTOWER,D. 6 21 89 2 87 4.1 0 21 14.5 Average Per Catch...... 17.2 14.0 TREJO,Stephen 8 9 39 1 38 4.2 0 11 4.8 Average Per Game...... 285.1 243.9 KARNEY,Mike 7 9 34 0 34 3.8 0 10 4.9 TDs Passing...... 18 13 TAPLIN,Justin 8 5 33 0 33 6.6 0 12 4.1 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 3362 3190 MCDONALD,Shaun 8 4 21 0 21 5.2 0 9 2.6 Total Plays...... 623 595 ARNOLD,Derick 3 8 18 2 16 2.0 0 5 5.3 Average Per Play...... 5.4 5.4 FULTON,Skyler 5 8 20 7 13 1.6 0 11 2.6 Average Per Game...... 420.2 398.8 WILLIAMS,R. 8 2 5 0 5 2.5 0 4 0.6 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 26-490 36-745 COOPER,Matt 3 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.3 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 39-246 24-120 KROHN,Jeff 6 39 122 126 -4 -0.1 0 24 -0.7 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..... 10-150 9-56 BARTH,Mike 8 1 0 6 -6 -6.0 0 0 -0.8 FUMBLES-LOST...... 23-12 28-17 KEALY, Ryan 2 6 10 37 -27 -4.5 0 7 -13.5 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 69-545 64-569 GOODMAN,Griffin 7 13 11 73 -62 -4.8 0 9 -8.9 PUNTS-AVG...... 60-39.1 63-40.7 Total...... 8 343 1391 310 1081 3.2 8 59 135.1 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.. 29:42 30:18 Opponents...... 8 301 1522 283 1239 4.1 10 86 154.9 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 44/140 35/125 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 9/12 2/6 PASSING GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G ------INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long KROHN,Jeff 6 130.34 170-86-5 50.6 1301 11 90 216.8 ------GOODMAN,Griffin 7 134.42 70-28-2 40.0 638 5 68 91.1 EASON,Nijrell 3 31 10.3 0 29 KEALY, Ryan 2 134.68 34-17-1 50.0 288 2 43 144.0 BATES,Solomon 2 45 22.5 0 34 COOPER,Matt 3 130.72 5-2-0 40.0 54 0 28 18.0 FALKNER,Brandon 1 21 21.0 0 21 WILLIAMS,Mike 8 -200.00 1-0-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 HOWELL,Chad 1 5 5.0 0 5 Total...... 8 130.72 280-133-9 47.5 2281 18 90 285.1 ARCHULETA,Adam 1 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents...... 8 110.81 294-139-10 47.3 1951 13 80 243.9 WILLIAMS,Kenny 1 0 0.0 0 0 SUGGS,Terrell 1 48 48.0 1 48 RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Total...... 10 150 15.0 1 48 ------Opponents...... 9 56 6.2 0 63 HEAP,Todd 8 30 481 16.0 3 50 60.1 WILLIAMS,R. 8 26 525 20.2 6 90 65.6 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd O'NEAL,Donnie 8 26 516 19.8 6 61 64.5 ------TAPLIN,Justin 8 13 169 13.0 0 45 21.1 MURPHY,Nick 58 2346 40.4 61 5 11 20 2 MCDONALD,Shaun 8 11 207 18.8 1 68 25.9 TM 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 DENNARD,Ryan 8 6 93 15.5 0 29 11.6 Total...... 60 2346 39.1 61 5 11 20 2 HIGHTOWER,D. 6 6 56 9.3 0 34 9.3 Opponents...... 63 2565 40.7 60 2 7 17 1 PACE, Tom 6 5 112 22.4 1 69 18.7 PINKARD,Mike 8 4 79 19.8 0 28 9.9 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long TREJO,Stephen 8 3 10 3.3 1 5 1.2 ------KARNEY,Mike 7 1 20 20.0 0 20 2.9 TAPLIN,Justin 23 140 6.1 0 47 MOORE,Jason 8 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.9 MCDONALD,Shaun 15 106 7.1 0 46 WILLIAMS,Mike 8 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.8 DENETSO,R. 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total...... 8 133 2281 17.2 21 90 285.1 Total...... 39 246 6.3 0 47 Opponents...... 8 139 1951 14.0 13 80 243.9 Opponents...... 24 120 5.0 0 34

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------BARTH,Mike 9-16 56.2 0-0 5-5 1-2 3-6 0-3 49 0 WILLIAMS,R. 15 313 20.9 0 47 TAPLIN,Justin 7 134 19.1 0 27 |------PATs ------| MCDONALD,Shaun 3 42 14.0 0 18 SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points FOX,Ben 1 1 1.0 0 1 ------Total...... 26 490 18.8 0 47 BARTH,Mike 0 9-16 24-26 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 51 Opponents...... 36 745 20.7 0 36 WILLIAMS,R. 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 O'NEAL,Donnie 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR FR Tot Avg/G WILLIAMS,Mike 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 ------PACE, Tom 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 WILLIAMS,R. 8 5 525 0 313 0 0 843 105.4 HEAP,Todd 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 PACE, Tom 6 455 112 0 0 0 0 567 94.5 SUGGS,Terrell 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 O'NEAL,Donnie 8 0 516 0 0 0 0 516 64.5 MCDONALD,Shaun 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 WILLIAMS,Mike 8 479 6 0 0 0 0 485 60.6 TREJO,Stephen 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 HEAP,Todd 8 0 481 0 0 0 0 481 60.1 FIELDS, Eric 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total...... 8 1081 2281 246 490 150 6 4254 531.8 TM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2 Opponents...... 8 1239 1951 120 745 56 23 4134 516.8 GOODMAN,Griffin 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 0 KROHN,Jeff 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 0 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Total...... 28 9-16 24-26 0-0 0 0-2 0 1 221 ------Opponents...... 23 6-12 22-22 0-0 1 1-1 0 1 182 KROHN,Jeff 6 209 -4 1301 1297 216.2 GOODMAN,Griffin 7 83 -62 638 576 82.3 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total WILLIAMS,Mike 8 110 479 0 479 59.9 ------PACE, Tom 6 108 455 0 455 75.8 Arizona State...... 64 53 56 39 9 - 221 KEALY, Ryan 2 40 -27 288 261 130.5 Opponents...... 23 47 43 62 7 - 182 Total...... 8 623 1081 2281 3362 420.2 Opponents...... 8 595 1239 1951 3190 398.8

|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT AT Total ForLoss No-Yards Int-Yds PD QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------40 ARCHULETA,Adam 8 67 20 87 12-64 3-22 1-0 3 . 3-0 3 . . 1 BATES,Solomon 8 49 22 71 10-25 2-6 2-45 5 . . 4 . . 39 WILLIAMS,Alfred 8 42 16 58 3-10 2-8 . 2 . 2-0 1 . . 24 EASON,Nijrell 8 27 8 35 . . 3-31 15 . 3-0 2 . . 37 DANIEL,Willie 7 28 6 34 5-30 3-21 . 3 . 1-0 . . . Total...... 8 435 133 568 69-280 22-157 10-150 51 . 17-6 22 2 1 2000 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 29, 2000) All games

|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT AT Total ForLoss No-Yards Int-Yds PD QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------40 ARCHULETA,Adam 8 67 20 87 12-64 3-22 1-0 3 . 3-0 3 . . 1 BATES,Solomon 8 49 22 71 10-25 2-6 2-45 5 . . 4 . . 39 WILLIAMS,Alfred 8 42 16 58 3-10 2-8 . 2 . 2-0 1 . . 24 EASON,Nijrell 8 27 8 35 . . 3-31 15 . 3-0 2 . . 37 DANIEL,Willie 7 28 6 34 5-30 3-21 . 3 . 1-0 . . . 48 SUGGS,Terrell 7 26 5 31 10-45 5-34 1-48 1 . 1-0 3 . . 10 FIELDS, Eric 8 22 9 31 8-24 1-7 . 2 . 3-6 1 . . 5 WILLIAMS,Kenny 8 21 3 24 . . 1-0 9 . . . . . 59 WALLIN,Kurt 8 20 3 23 9-36 3-21 . 2 . . 3 . . 31 RANCE,Christon 8 13 3 16 . . . . . 1-0 1 . . 28 WILSON,Patrick 8 10 4 14 ...... 29 FALKNER,Brandon 8 9 5 14 1-9 1-9 1-21 1 . . . . . 94 HOWELL,Chad 8 10 4 14 5-16 1-8 1-5 1 . . . . . 99 TOWNSEND,Tommie 8 7 5 12 1-1 . . . . 1-0 1 . . 91 YANCY,Quincy 7 11 . 11 . . . 1 . 1-0 1 . . 36 DENETSO,R. 8 11 . 11 ...... 1 . 18 KOONTZ,Craig 8 4 5 9 ...... 97 MONTESANTO,B. 8 5 3 8 1-6 2-6 . . . 1-0 1 . . 73 GLASS,Paul 8 5 2 7 3-13 1-8 . 1 . . . . . 4 TAPLIN,Justin 8 5 1 6 ...... 2B CLAY,Machtier 6 6 . 6 . . . 3 . . . . . 25 AGUIRRE,Mike 7 4 2 6 ...... 55 AMOBI,Josh 3 3 1 4 ...... 38 IGONO,Josiah 7 4 . 4 . . . 2 . . . . . 32 FULTON,Skyler 5 2 1 3 ...... 84 MURPHY,Nick 8 2 1 3 ...... 51 ANDERSON,Jamall 5 2 1 3 ...... 45 TANKE,Adam 7 3 . 3 ...... 52 UNCK,Mason 2 3 . 3 1-1 ...... 57 LINDEN,Frank 6 2 . 2 ...... 92 MASANIAI,Danny 6 2 . 2 ...... 90 BRITTON,Che 7 . 2 2 ...... 14 COOPER,Matt 3 2 . 2 ...... 22 KROHN,Jeff 6 1 . 1 ...... 6 O'NEAL,Donnie 8 1 . 1 ...... 35 WILLIAMS,Mike 8 1 . 1 ...... 78 JONES,Levi 8 1 . 1 ...... TM TM 3 1 . 1 ...... 1 . 1 2 FRANKS,Monte 4 1 . 1 ...... 1D WARE,Dalen 7 . 1 1 ...... 13 BARTH,Mike 8 1 . 1 ...... 53 PETERS,Scott 8 1 . 1 ...... 86 PINKARD,Mike 8 ...... 1 . Total...... 8 435 133 568 69-280 22-157 10-150 51 . 17-6 22 2 1 Opponents...... 8 - - - - 25-180 9-56 39 . 12-23 11 2 1 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

RUSHING (Attempts-Yards-TDs-Long) Hightower M. Williams McDonald Krohn R. Williams Trejo Arnold at San Diego State 14-70-0-21 10-16-0-11 1-9-0-9 12-8-0-12 1-4-0-4 2-3-0-4 DNP Colorado State DNP 33-143-1-18 1-2-0-2 6-(-9)-0-14 0-0-0-0 2-11-0-10 2-5-0-3 Utah State DNP 17-67-0-17 1-3-0-3 1-1-0-3 0-0-0-0 1-11-0-11 6-11-0-5 at UCLA 0-0-0-0 10-97-2-40 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 DNP California 2-14-0-10 4-22-0-19 1-7-0-7 DNP 0-0-0-0 3-10-0-5 DNP Washington 4-2-0-4 16-50-0-9 0-0-0-0 7-34-0-24 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 DNP at Washington St. 0-0-0-0 12-15-1-4 0-0-0-0 5-(-4)-0-8 0-0-0-0 1-3-0-3 DNP Oregon 1-1-0-1 8-70-1-59 0-0-0-0 7-0-0-12 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 USC at Stanford at Arizona

Taplin Pace Goodman Kealy Fulton Cooper Karney at San Diego State 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0-0 Colorado State 4-32-0-12 DNP 0-0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0-0 Utah State 1-1-0-1 16-65-0-13 1-(-12)-0-0 3-(-16)-7-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at UCLA 0-0-0-0 8-19-0-12 3-(-7)-0-2 3-(-11)-0-3 0-0-0-0 DNP DNP California 0-0-0-0 17-93-1-18 5-(-21)-0-9 DNP 8-13-0-11 1-(-1)-0-0 3-9-0-4 Washington 0-0-0-0 8-17-0-5 2-(-11)-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 DNP 1-2-0-2 at Washington St. 0-0-0-0 26-103-1-12 2-(-11)-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 DNP 3-17-0-10 Oregon 0-0-0-0 33-158-1-37 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 DNP 2-6-0-3 USC at Stanford at Arizona

PASSING (Attempts-Completions-Interceptions-Yards-Touchdowns) PUNTING (Attempts-Yards-Avg.-Long-I20) Krohn Kealy Goodman Cooper Murphy at San Diego State 42-18-1-160-1 DNP 0-0-0-0-0 DNP at San Diego State 11-421-42.1-53-5 Colorado State 24-11-0-77-0 DNP 0-0-0-0-0 DNP Colorado State 9-381-42.3-61-1 Utah State 10-6-0-248-4 9-4-0-89-1 1-1-0-9-0 1-1-0-28-0 Utah State 3-124-41.3-47-1 at UCLA DNP 25-13-1-199-1 23-11-0-166-1 DNP at UCLA 6-226-37.7-48-2 California DNP DNP 28-11-1-394-3 4-1-0-26-0 California 7-293-41.9-52-3 Washington 33-12-2-170-1 DNP 13-3-0-32-0 DNP Washington 12-514-42.8-52-3 at Washington State 27-18-1-214-0 DNP 5-2-1-37-1 DNP at Washington State 6-216-36.0-49-2 Oregon 34-21-1-432-5 DNP 0-0-0-0-0 DNP Oregon 4-129-32.3-37-3 USC USC at Stanford at Stanford at Arizona at Arizona

RECEIVING (Receptions-Yards-TDs-Long) Heap O’Neal R. Williams Hightower Dennard Taplin McDonald at San Diego State 6-60-0-18 3-47-1-19 3-19-0-8 3-9-0-4 1-12-0-12 1-7-0-7 1-6-0-6 Colorado State 4-24-0-7 3-31-0-12 2-17-0-14 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2-5-0-5 Utah State 1-43-1-43 2-96-2-61 2-142-2-72 DNP 2-14-0-8 0-0-0-0 1-32-0-32 at UCLA 4-86-0-34 7-104-0-38 4-93-2-60 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2-27-0-20 2-7-0-5 California 2-97-1-50 3-99-1-50 0-0-0-0 1-34-0-34 1-29-0-29 2-13-0-12 2-122-1-68 Washington 2-20-1-16 1-20-0-20 5-61-0-20 1-10-0-10 1-13-0-13 3-57-0-45 2-21-0-15 at Washington State 5-53-0-13 3-55-1-34 6-69-0-27 1-3-0-3 0-0-0-0 3-51-0-24 1-14-0-14 Oregon 6-98-0-33 4-64-1-28 4-124-2-90 0-0-0-0 1-25-0-25 2-14-0-10 0-0-0-0 USC at Stanford at Arizona

Pace Moore Pinkard Trejo Karney at San Diego State DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 Colorado State DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 Utah State 1-9-0-9 1-7-0-7 1-28-0-28 1-3-0-3 0-0-0-0 at UCLA 2-28-0-24 0-0-0-0 1-9-0-9 1-5-0-5 DNP California 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-26-0-26 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 Washington 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at Washington State 1-6-0-6 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 Oregon 1-69-1-69 0-0-0-0 1-16-0-16 1-2-1-2 1-20-0-20 USC at Stanford at Arizona

2000 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL • PAGE 15 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

ARIZONA STATE TOTALS Total First Downs Poss. TOs Rushing Passing Offense To (R-Pa-Pn) Time (Fum.-Lost) Penalties Points at San Diego State 40-110-0 42-18-1-160-1 82-270 16 (6-9-1) 31:14 1 (1-0) 9-56 10 Colorado State 48-184-1 24-11-0-77-1 72-261 20 (12-4-4) 31:30 0 (1-0) 9-76 13 Utah State 48-172-0 21-12-0-374-5 69-505 19 (9-9-1) 29:50 2 (5-2) 8-50 44 at UCLA 24-198-2 49-24-2-365-2 73-463 19 (5-12-2) 25:44 4 (2-2) 7-70 31 California 44-146-1 32-12-1-420-3 76-566 21 (9-11-1) 27:39 2 (3-1) 10-78 30 Washington 38-60-0 46-15-2-202-1 84-262 16 (6-8-2) 28:25 6 (6-4) 9-76 15 at Washington State 50-117-2 32-20-2-251-1 82-368 19 (5-14-0) 32:58 2 (1-0) 6-216 23 Oregon 51-235-2 34-21-1-432-5 85-667 29 (13-15-1) 30:18 4 (4-3) 7-171 55 USC at Stanford at Arizona

OPPONENT TOTALS Total First Downs Poss. TOs Rushing Passing Offense To (R-Pa-Pn) Time (Fum.-Lost) Penalties Points at San Diego State 28-100-0 57-24-1-219-1 85-319 21 (5-13-3) 28:46 1 (2-0) 6-38 7 Colorado State 34-64-0 31-14-1-225-1 65-289 18 (4-10-4) 28:30 2 (3-1) 10-88 10 Utah State 32-103-1 38-17-3-240-1 70-343 15 (5-9-1) 30:10 4 (3-1) 8-77 20 at UCLA 48-233-3 31-17-1-267-2 79-500 23 (10-10-3) 34:16 4 (3-3) 4-52 38 California 40-291-1 32-14-0-135-0 72-390 15 (11-4-0) 32:21 3 (4-3) 12-102 10 Washington 42-186-2 30-13-1-110-1 72-296 10 (7-3-0) 31:35 6 (6-5) 9-95 21 at Washington State 37-183-1 32-14-3-321-1 69-488 16 (6-9-1) 27:02 5 (3-2) 5-143 20 Oregon 40-131-2 43-26-0-434-6 83-565 25 (6-18-1) 29:42 2 (4-2) 7-153 56 USC at Stanford at Arizona

INSIDE THE RED ZONE ASU Opponent Inside 20 TDs FGs Score Pct. Inside 20 TDs FGs Score Pct. at San Diego State 3 1 1 2 .667 2 1 0 1 .500 Colorado State 2 1 1 2 1.000 2 1 1 2 1.000 Utah State 2 0 1 1 .500 3 1 1 2 .667 at UCLA 2 2 0 2 1.000 3 2 0 2 .667 California 2 1 1 2 1.000 3 1 1 2 .667 Washington 4 1 2 3 .750 3 2 0 2 .667 at Washington State 4 2 1 3 .750 4 1 1 2 .500 Oregon 1 1 0 1 1.000 6 4 0 4 .667 USC at Stanford at Arizona Totals 20 9 7 16 .800 26 13 4 17 .654

2000 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL • PAGE 16 2000 ARIZONA STATE DEPTH CHART (as of Monday, October 30, 2000)

SUN DEVIL OFFENSE SUN DEVIL DEFENSE

WR 7 Richard Williams 6-0 178 Sr. RE 91 Quincy Yancy 6-8 272 Sr. 19 Ryan Dennard 6-4 212 Jr. 97 Brian Montesanto 6-6 240 RS-Fr. 4 Justin Taplin 6-0 196 So. 49 Ben Fox 6-2 260 RS-Fr.

LT 78 Levi Jones 6-6 294 Jr. RT 59 Kurt Wallin 6-2 255 Jr. 74 Damien Niko 6-3 316 RS-Fr. 90 Ché Britton 6-1 267 Sr.

LG 79 Marquise Muldrow 6-3 317 Jr. RT 92 Danny Masaniai 6-3 299 Jr. 76 Kenneth Wil l i a m s o n 6-4 295 Sr. 99 Tommie Townsend 6-3 277 Jr. 73 Paul Glass 6-7 322 Jr. C 53 Scott Peters 6-3 290 Jr. 70 Regis Crawford 6-3 310 RS-Fr. RE 48 Terrell Suggs 6-5 240 Fr. 94 Chad Howell 6-4 239 RS-Fr. RG 69 Kyle Kosier 6-6 300 Jr. 49 Ben Fox 6-2 260 RS-Fr. 76 Kenneth Williamson 6-4 295 Sr. SLB 10 Eric Fields 6-3 236 Jr. RT 75 Victor Leyva 6-4 322 Sr. 52 Mason Unck 6-2 228 So. 72 Brandon Macias 6-7 320 Fr. 51 Jamall Anderson 6-1 250 Jr.

TE 80 Todd Heap 6-5 243 Jr. MLB 1 Solomon Bates 6-2 253 So. 89 Jason Moore 6-6 252 Sr. 45 Adam Tanke 6-2 232 Sr. 86 Mike Pinkard 6-5 268 So. 85 Frank Maddox 6-3 245 RS-Fr. WLB 40 Adam Archuleta 6-0 208 Sr. 57 Frank Linden 6-1 207 Jr. QB 22 Jeff Krohn 6-2 190 RS-Fr. 5 Griffin Goodman 6-2 212 Sr. SS 37 Willie Daniel 6-0 203 Jr. 14 Matt Cooper 6-5 237 So. 28 Patrick Wilson 5-10 200 So. 2 Monté Franks 6-1 206 Jr. TB 23 Tom Pace 5-10 195 Jr. 35 Mike Williams 6-0 196 Fr. CB 22 Machtier Clay 5-11 178 So. 9 Davaren Hightower 6-1 212 Jr. 31 Christon Rance 6-2 209 Sr. (OUT) 5 Kenny Williams 5-11 183 Sr. FB 30 Stephen Trejo 6-3 252 Sr. (OR) 46 Mike Karney 6-0 265 Fr. CB 24 Nijrell Eason 6-1 198 Sr. 47 Darrel Turner 6-0 235 So. 31 Christon Rance 6-2 209 Sr.

WR 6 Donnie O'Neal 6-2 181 Jr. FS 39 6-1 203 So. 81 Shaun McDonald 5-9 168 RS-Fr. 18 Craig Koontz 6-0 200 Sr. 12 Brian Forth 5-11 180 Sr. (OR) 29 Brandon Falkner 6-0 198 So.

SUN DEVIL SPECIAL TEAMS P 84 Nick Murphy 6-0 188 Jr. PR 4 Justin Taplin 6-0 196 So. 81 Shaun McDonald 5-9 168 RS-Fr. PK 13 Mike Barth 6-0 210 So. LSN 87 B.J. Miller 6-2 212 Jr. H 5 Griffin Goodman 6-2 212 Sr. 56 Jay Breckenridge 6-4 220 So. 22 Jeff Krohn 6-2 190 RS-Fr. SSN 53 Scott Peters 6-3 290 Jr. KR 7 Richard Williams 6-0 178 Sr. 76 Kenneth Williamson 6-4 295 Sr. 4 Justin Taplin 6-0 196 So.