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@FOOTBALLASU GAME NOTES - CAL Game #5 Date: September 27, 2019 Time: 7:30 p.m. AZT ARIZONA STATE #15/17 Cal Site: Berkeley, Calif. Stadium: Memorial Stadium (3-1, 0-1 Pac-12) (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) Capacity: 62,467 @TheSunDevils @Calathletics Surface: FieldTurf Series: Cal leads, 18-16 @ASUFOOTBALL @CALFOOTBALL TV/Radio: ESPN/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 is back on the road this weekend for another weeknight tilt, AN ASU VICTORY WOULD... Results squaring off against #15/17 California. The contest will get underway at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. • Improve the Sun Devils to 4-1 to start the season for the first 27 at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley. The game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN while also time since 2016 and just the 10th time in the last 32 years Aug. 29 being covered over the airwaves locally on ESPN Phoenix 620 AM. • Be only the second victory over Cal in a game played in vs. KENT STATE Tempe Berkeley since 1999 (2012 being the other). W, 30-7 THE OPPONENT - The Sun Devils will be facing a ranked California squad for the first time • Be the first time ASU has defeated a ranked Cal team in Sept. 6 since 2007, when #7 ASU knocked off the #18 Bears, 31-20, in Tempe. Cal enters the weekend Berkeley (0-3 with losses in 2006, 2004 and 1991). vs. Sacramento st. at the top of the Pac-12 North standings with a 4-0 record and a #15/17 ranking in tow. ASU will • Move ASU within 17-18 in the all-time series record against the 102 YEARS | 208 NFL DRAFT SELECTIONS | 191 PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIANS | 28 BOWL APPEARANCES | 18 CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICANS | TWO ROSE BOWLS | ONE GOAL Tempe be looking to improve upon two decades of struggles in games played at Cal in Berkeley, where it W, 19-7 Bears and 6-10 in road games. has won just one game since 1999 (in 2012). • Be the second victory over a ranked team this season and Sept. 14 AT #18/19 Mich. st. fourth in two seasons under Herm Edwards, improving ASU to east lansing Sun Devil head coach Herm Edwards is making the return to his alma mater, where he played from 4-3 against AP-ranked opponents in that time. W, 10-7 1972 and 1974. Offensive coordinator Rob Likens spent the 2013 and 2014 seasons at Cal under • Mark just the second time in history that ASU won two straight Sonny Dykes, serving a variety of coaching and coordinator roles. SEPT. 21 road games against ranked opponents, joining the 1986 vs. colorado campaign (Oct. 4 at #15 UCLA and Oct. 18 at #15 USC). The TEMPE KICKING OFF L, 34-31 Devils played an unranked Oregon team in Eugene in between -C Cohl Cabral and CB Kobe Williams have started 30 consecutive games for the Sun Devils, sept. 27 starting every contest since the beginning of the 2017 season. those games. at california -Eno Benjamin became the 20th Sun Devil in program history to reach 2,000 rushing yards with • Be just the third time in history ASU has won two road games, berkeley period, against ranked teams in one season (1986 and 1997). 7:30 p.m. | ESPN his effort against Colorado. The junior has 2,076 rushing yards in his career and became one of just five three-year players to find themselves on the list (Mario Bates, Ben Malone, Art Malone OCT. 12 MILESTONE COUNTDOWNS vs. Washington st. and Woody Green). tempe -Benjamin has recorded a touchdown in six consecutive games. • 3 consecutive games with 10+ points needed for ASU TBD | TBD -The Sun Devils have scored double-digit points in 123 consecutive games, the longest active to set the FBS modern record record for most consecutive OCT 19 streak in the FBS and the second-longest streak in the modern era of football behind only Loui- games scoring in double digits (currently at 123 games, trailing at utah siana Tech (2008-18). only Louisiana Tech’s streak of 125 games from 2008-2018). salt lake city TBD | TBD -Brandon Aiyuk has at least one catch of over 40 yards in each of the four games this season. 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 104 11 22.5 Scoring Offense 24.5 10 99 TEMPE 17 2 13.8 Scoring Defense 17.3 4 27 TBD | TBD 112 10 111.5 Rushing Offense 158.5 5 73 Nov. 16 31 3 103.3 Rushing Defense 141.3 7 61 at oregon state Corvallis 46 7 268.3 Passing Offense 212.8 10 88 TBD | TBD 82 5 242.8 Passing Defense 225.3 4 64 NOV. 23 90 9 379.8 Total Offense 371.3 10 94 vs. oregon tempe 50 4 346.0 Total Defense 366.5 5 61 TBD | TBD 91 9 1.75 Sacks 2.75 2 32 Nov. 30 96 9 5.0 Tackles for Loss 5.5 6 87 vs. ARIZONA 58 5 52.75 Penalty Yards Per Game 48.00 3 39 tempe TBD | TBD 24 6 0.75 Turnover Margin 0.00 10 59 75 7 29:27 Time Of Possession 30:57 4 51 *All Times Arizona TIME 1 SUN DEVIL FOOTBALL #BYTHENUMBERS QUICK FACTS 2019 @Pac12 Conference Records The Sun Devils have scored double-digit points in 123 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 2-0 1.000 3-1 .750 behind only Lousiana Tech (125 straight games from 2008- Colors .......................................................................................Maroon & Gold Colorado 1-0 .000 3-1 .750 Conference .............................................................................................Pac-12 2018).ASU also holds the FBS active streak for consecutive UCLA 1-0 .000 1-3 .250 President .............................................................................Dr. Michael Crow games scoring more than 7 points, currently doing so in Arizona State 0-1 .000 3-1 .750 Vice President for University Athletics/AD ....................Ray Anderson 138 straight games. The Sun Devils last scored fewer than Utah 0-1 .000 3-1 .750 Faculty Representative ..................................................Dr. Jeffrey Wilson 7 points when they were shutout, 28-0, against eighth- Arizona 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 Stadium ..........................................Frank Kush Field/Sun Devil Stadium ranked USC in the 2008 season. They have scored 30 or All-Time Record ...........................................................614-395-24 (.608) more points in 76 of those games (55.1 percent). NORTH DIVISION Capacity ..................................................................................................53,599 School Pac-12 Win% Overall Win% Playing Surface ....................................................................Bermuda Grass 123ASU has held opponents to 30 or less points in 12 California 1-0 1.000 4-0 1.000 Head Coach ............................................................................Herm Edwards of 17 games in Danny Gonzales’ defensive scheme, notable Oregon 1-0 .000 3-1 .750 Edwards’ Career/ASU Record ..........................10-7 (Second Season) as it DID allow 30+ in 32 of 43 previous games dating back Oregon State 0-0 .000 1-2 .333 2018 ASU Record ......................................................................................7-6 in a span from 2013-17. The Sun Devils are 17th nationally in Washington State 0-1 .000 3-1 .750 2018 Pac-12 Record (Finish) ......................5-4 (2nd Pac-12 South) allowing just 8.0 points per first half this season and have held Washington 0-1 .000 3-1 .750 Offensive Starters Returning/Lost .........................................................6/5 opponents scoreless in three of those. ASU has allowed just Stanford 0-2 .000 1-3 .250 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost ........................................................8/3 five plays over 30 yards this season, a total tied for 34th nationally. The Sun Devils are one of just 22 teams nationally to This Week in the @Pac12 (All Times AZT) not give up a 50-yard play on the year. ASU’s run defense has Team Date Time Opponent/TV COACHING STAFF been especially efficient, with just one play over 20 yards allowed Arizona State 9/27 7:30 p.m. at Cal (ESPN) Arizona 9/28 7:30 p.m. vs. UCLA (ESPN) FIELD Kobe Williams has been the model of resiliency, starting in Herm Edwards .................................................................................Head Coach 30 California 9/27 7:30 p.m. vs. Arizona State (ESPN) 30 consecutive games for the Sun Devils - every game Danny Gonzales ................Defensive Coordinator /Assistant Head Coach Colorado since he arrived on campus in 2017. Williams is the 8th-highest Shawn Slocum ...............Assoc. Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator Oregon Antonio Pierce ....Assistant Coach (Linebackers)/Recruiting Coordinator graded defender in the Pac-12 with his 77.1 score from PFF. Oregon State 9/28 4 p.m. vs. Stanford (Pac-12 Net) Charlie Fisher ..........................................Assistant Coach (Wide Receivers) Williams has been targeted 13 times this season - tied for the Stanford 9/28 4 p.m. at Oregon State (Pac-12 Net) Dave Christensen .........................Assistant Coach (Offensive Line Coach) 19th-fewest targets among FBS corners that have played at least UCLA 9/28 7:30 p.m. at Arizona (ESPN) Donnie Yantis ..............Assistant Coach (Recruiting Coordinator/Offense) 50% of snaps.