2000 Arizona State Football
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Monday, October 30, 2000 2000 ASU Schedule Date Opponent (TV) Time 2000 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL A 31 at San Diego St. (ESPN2) W, 10-7 S 16 #26/25 Colorado St. (Fox/3) W, 13-10 Arizona State Sun Devils 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 Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Ariz. O 7 California (Fox) W, 30-10 Sun Devil Sports 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 Los Angeles 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 head coach Bruce Snyder’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 quarterback 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. 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 BRUCE SNYDER & TEAM NOTES ASU to Retire Mike Haynes’ 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 linebacker 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 Dick Tomey 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 Arizona State University 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 interceptions, 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 New England Patriots 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 Super Bowl 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 college football gets, redshirt freshman Jeff Krohn threw for a Assistant Coach, USC ............................1974-75 school freshman-record 432 yards and five touchdown 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.