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@FOOTBALLASU GAME NOTES - COLORADO Game #4 Date: September 21, 2019 Time: 7 p.m. AZT #24/24 ARIZONA STATE COLORADO Site: Tempe, Ariz. Stadium: Sun Devil Stadium (3-0, 0-0 Pac-12) (2-1, 0-0 Pac-12) Capacity: 53,599 @TheSunDevils @CUBUFFS Surface: Natural Grass Series: ASU leads, 8-2 @ASUFOOTBALL @CUBUFFSFOOTBALL TV/Radio: Pac-12 Network/620 AM 106102 SEASONS YEARS | 208 | 251 NFL PRODRAFT DRAFT SELECTIONS PICKS | 191 | 229PAC-12 PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIANS ALL-ACADEMIC | 28 BOWL PICKS APPEARANCES | 19 CONSENSUS | 18 CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICANS ALL-AMERICANS | TWO| 10 ROSECFB BOWLSHALL |OF ONE FAMERS GOAL 30 BOWL APPEARANCES | 429 ALL-PAC-12 SELECTIONS | 2 ROSE BOWLS SUN DEVIL MEDIA RELATIONS | PO BOX 872505 | TEMPE, AZ 85287-2505 | OFFICE #: 480-965-6593 | THESUNDEVILS.COM schedule THE GAME - Sun Devil Football returns home this weekend to take on the Colorado Buffaloes AN ASU VICTORY WOULD... Results in both teams’ Pac-12 openers. The contest will get underway at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21 at • Improve the Sun Devils to 4-0 to start the season for the first Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe. The game will be broadcast live on the Pac-12 Network while also time since 2016 and only the fourth time in the 21st century Aug. 29 being covered over the airwaves locally on ESPN Phoenix 620 AM. (2004 and 2007 being the others) vs. KENT STATE Tempe • Make Jayden Daniels just the fourth Sun Devil quarterback W, 30-7 THE OPPONENT - Colorado comes in with a 2-1 record on the season and won last year’s since 1970 to start 4-0 in each of his first four career starts, Sept. 6 contest in Boulder. Overall, however, ASU is 8-2 in history against the Buffaloes and have a pen- joining Manny Wilkins (2016), Todd Hons (1982) and Danny vs. Sacramento st. chant for putting up points against CU, averaging 37.1 points per game over 10 all-time contests. White (1971). 102 YEARS | 208 NFL DRAFT SELECTIONS | 191 PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIANS | 28 BOWL APPEARANCES | 18 CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICANS | TWO ROSE BOWLS | ONE GOAL Tempe W, 19-7 ASU is a perfect 5-0 against the Buffs at home. • Mark a 9-2 all-time record over the Buffaloes and improve ASU to 6-0 over CU when the games are played at home. Sept. 14 AT #18/19 Mich. st. KICKING OFF • Give ASU a 38-10 record in home games since the 2012 east lansing -C Cohl Cabral and CB Kobe Williams have started 30 consecutive games for the Sun Devils, season W, 10-7 starting every contest since the beginning of the 2017 season. • Move ASU to 26-15-1 in all-time Pac-12 HOME openers SEPT. 21 -Freshman quarterback Jayden Daniels (Freshman of the Week) and sophomore defensive end vs. colorado TEMPE Jermayne Lole (Defensive Lineman of the Week) both earned Pac-12 Player of the Week recogni- MILESTONE COUNTDOWNS 7 p.m. / Pac-12 NEt tion for their performances in ASU’s 10-7 upset of No. 18 Michigan State in East Lansing. ASU has • 7 rushing yards needed for Eno Benjamin to eclipse 2,000 sept. 27 had at least one player of the week in each of the first three weekends of the season. career rushing yards (currently at 1,993) at california -The #24/#24 Sun Devils are playing as a ranked team at home for the first time since Nov. 22, • 2 rushing touchdowns needed for Benjamin to reach 20 berkeley 2014, when the 13th-ranked Sun Devils defeated Washington State 52-31. rushing touchdowns in his career (currently at 17) 7:30 p.m. | ESPN -ASU has its first 3-0 start since going 4-0 in 2016 and just the third 3-0 start since the 2008 • 3 tackles needed for Kobe Williams to reach 100 in his OCT. 12 career vs. Washington st. season. tempe -ASU’s victory over Michigan State was its the fifth consecutive regular season win over a ranked • 4 consecutive games with 10+ points needed for ASU TBD | TBD non-conference opponent: #18 Michigan State/2019, #15 Michigan State/2018, #8 Notre to set the FBS modern record record for most consecutive OCT 19 Dame/2014, #20 Wisconsin/2013, #19 Missouri/2011. games scoring in double digits (currently at 122 games, trailing at utah -ASU is 37-10 in games played at Sun Devil Stadium since the 2012 season. The 37 wins are 17th only Louisiana Tech’s streak of 125 games from 2008-2018). salt lake city TBD | TBD most in the FBS in that time. Oct. 26 at UCLA LOS ANGELES TALE OF THE TAPE (2019 Statistical comparison) TBD | TBD FBS RANK PAC-12 AVERAGE CATEGORY AVERAGE PAC-12 FBS RANK NOV. 3 vs. USC 111 11 19.7 Scoring Offense 36.3 5 39 TEMPE 2 1 7.0 Scoring Defense 30.7 9 98 TBD | TBD 109 10 112.7 Rushing Offense 145.7 8 89 Nov. 16 29 2 91.7 Rushing Defense 199.7 11 112 at oregon state Corvallis 67 8 242.7 Passing Offense 275.7 5 38 TBD | TBD 62 6 211.3 Passing Defense 273.0 9 104 NOV. 23 97 9 355.3 Total Offense 421.3 8 63 vs. oregon tempe 35 3 303.0 Total Defense 472.7 11 117 TBD | TBD 60 6 2.33 Sacks 2.67 3 41 Nov. 30 79 7 5.7 Tackles for Loss 4.3 11 115 vs. ARIZONA 74 6 56.33 Penalty Yards Per Game 47.67 3 41 tempe TBD | TBD 21 6 1.00 Turnover Margin 2.33 1 2 69 7 29:55 Time Of Possession 27:52 11 103 *All Times Arizona TIME 1 SUN DEVIL FOOTBALL #BYTHENUMBERS QUICK FACTS 2019 @Pac12 Conference Records The Sun Devils have scored double-digit points in 122 Location .............................................................Tempe, Ariz. 85287-2505 SOUTH DIVISION consecutive games, the longest active streak in the FBS Enrollment ...........................................................................................120,000 School Pac-12 Win% Overall Win% and the second-longest streak in the modern era of football Nickname ........................................................................................Sun Devils USC 1-0 1.000 2-1 .667 behind only Lousiana Tech (125 straight games from 2008- Colors .......................................................................................Maroon & Gold Arizona State 0-0 .000 3-0 1.000 Conference .............................................................................................Pac-12 2018).ASU also holds the FBS active streak for consecutive Utah 0-0 .000 3-0 1.000 President .............................................................................Dr. Michael Crow games scoring more than 7 points, currently doing so in Colorado 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 Vice President for University Athletics/AD ....................Ray Anderson 137 straight games. The Sun Devils last scored fewer than 7 Arizona 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 Faculty Representative ..................................................Dr. Jeffrey Wilson points when they were shutout, 28-0, against eighth-ranked UCLA 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 Stadium ..........................................Frank Kush Field/Sun Devil Stadium USC in the 2008 season. They have scored 30 or more All-Time Record ...........................................................611-399-24 (.608) points in 75 of those games (56.0 percent). NORTH DIVISION Capacity ..................................................................................................53,599 School Pac-12 Win% Overall Win% Playing Surface ....................................................................Bermuda Grass 122Eno Benjamin has played 81 snaps in passing routes California 1-0 1.000 3-0 1.000 Head Coach ............................................................................Herm Edwards this season, the second-highest total among FBS running backs Washington State 0-0 .000 3-0 1.000 Edwards’ Career/ASU Record ..........................10-6 (Second Season) and his 14 targets are tied for fourth. His 137 receiving yards Oregon 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 2018 ASU Record ......................................................................................7-6 this season are 5th among all FBS running backs and is tied for Oregon State 0-0 .000 1-2 .333 2018 Pac-12 Record (Finish) ......................5-4 (2nd Pac-12 South) the national lead among backs with two touchdown receptions. Washington 0-1 .000 2-1 .667 Offensive Starters Returning/Lost .........................................................6/5 Benjamin is the 15th-highest graded running back as a pass Stanford 0-1 .000 1-2 .333 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost ........................................................8/3 blocker with a score of 84.1 this season - a notable area of improvement early on after he finished outside the Top-100 in the This Week in the @Pac12 (All Times AZT) category last year .Benjamin has forced 20 missed tackles a total Team Date Time Opponent/TV COACHING STAFF tied for seventh nationally. Arizona State 9/21 7 p.m. vs. Colorado (Pac-12 Net) FIELD Arizona Kobe Williams has been the model of resiliency, starting in Herm Edwards .................................................................................Head Coach 81 California 9/21 9 a.m. at Ole Miss (ESPNU) Danny Gonzales ................Defensive Coordinator /Assistant Head Coach 30 consecutive games for the Sun Devils - every game Colorado 9/21 7 p.m. at #24 Arizona State (Pac-12 Net) Shawn Slocum ...............Assoc. Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator since he arrived on campus in 2017. Williams is the 12th-highest Oregon 9/21 4 p.m. at Stanford (ESPN) Antonio Pierce ....Assistant Coach (Linebackers)/Recruiting Coordinator graded defender in the Pac-12 with his 76.9 score from PFF. He Oregon State Charlie Fisher ..........................................Assistant Coach (Wide Receivers) is the 38th-highest graded overall cornerback in the FBS and Stanford 9/21 4 p.m. vs. #16 Oregon (ESPN) Dave Christensen .........................Assistant Coach (Offensive Line Coach) sixth-highest graded player in the league. Williams has been UCLA 9/21 7:30 p.m. at #19 Washington State (ESPN) Donnie Yantis ..............Assistant Coach (Recruiting Coordinator/Offense) targetted 11 times this season and allowed just five catches for 9 USC 9/20 6 p.m.