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@FOOTBALLASU GAME NOTES - SUN BOWL - FLORIDA STATE Game #13 Date: December 31, 2019 Time: 12 p.m. AZT Arizona STATE FLORIDA STATE Site: El Paso, Texas (7-5, 4-5 Pac-12) Stadium: Sun Bowl (6-6, 4-4 ACC) Capacity: 51,500 @TheSunDevils @Seminoles Surface: FieldTurf Series: FSU leads, 3-1 @ASUFOOTBALL @FSUFOotball TV/Radio: CBS/98.7 FM 102106 YEARS SEASONS | 208 NFL | 251 DRAFT PRO SELECTIONS DRAFT PICKS| 191 PAC-12 | 117 ALL-ACADEMIANS TOTAL ALL-AMERICANS | 28 BOWL APPEARANCES | 19 CONSENSUS | 18 CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICANS ALL-AMERICANS | 10 | TWO CFB ROSE HALL BOWLS OF FAMERS| ONE GOAL 32 BOWL APPEARANCES | 440 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 - The Sun Devils will conclude the 2019 campaign in the 86th Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl on Tuesday, AN ASU VICTORY WOULD... Results Dec. 31 at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas. ASU will play in its 32nd bowl game overall and the team’s eighth bowl • Be ASU’s first bowl victory since the 2014 Sun Bowl win over appearance in the last nine seasons. It will be the Sun Devils’ seventh overall appearance in the Sun Bowl, appearing in Duke. 1940, 1941, 1997, 2004, 2014 and 2017. Aug. 29 • Improve ASU to 15-16-1 all-time in bowl games. vs. KENT STATE Tempe The 86th Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl will be played Tuesday, Dec. 31, at 12 noon MT (2:00 p.m. ET) at Sun Bowl Stadium. • Be ASU’s first three-game win streak to end a season since W, 30-7 The game will be televised nationally on CBS, for the 52nd year, featuring teams from the ACC and the Pac-12 Conference. 2012 and be just the third time since joining the Pac-12 that Sept. 6 The game will be available over the local airwaves on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM. Arizona State will serve as the home team the Sun Devils have accomplished the feat. in the contest. vs. Sacramento st. • Marks ASU’s first season with at least eight victories since 102 YEARS | 208 NFL DRAFT SELECTIONS | 191 PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIANS | 28 BOWL APPEARANCES | 18 CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICANS | TWO ROSE BOWLS | ONE GOAL Tempe 2014. W, 19-7 THE SEMINOLES - Florida State leads the overall series against the Sun Devils, 3-1, though the two programs have not • Improve ASU to 4-2-1 all-time in the Sun Bowl. Sept. 14 played each other since 1984. The teams first met in the 1971 Fiesta Bowl before squaring off in Tampa in 1979 and playing AT #18/19 Mich. st. in Tempe in 1983 and 1984. The Seminoles are 9-2 all-time against current members of the Pac-12. Florida State will ap- east lansing pear in the postseason for an NCAA-best 38th time in the last 40 seasons. The Seminoles are returning to the Sun Bowl for MILESTONE COUNTDOWNS W, 10-7 the first time since 1966 and also played in the 1954 Sun Bowl, which was the second bowl appearance in program history. • 277 passing yards for Jayden Daniels to move into 10th SEPT. 21 KICKING OFF in ASU single-season history (currently at 13th at 2,748 yards, vs. colorado TEMPE • Kyle Williams has at least one pass reception in 40 consecutive games, good for fourth in ASU history and needing behind Manny Wilkins’ 3,025 in 2018). L, 34-31 just one in the bowl game ti tie Derek Hagan for third. • Less than 4 interceptions for Jayden Daniels to set the • The win over Arizona marked the 11th time in 12 games that ASU held an opponent to 155 or fewer rushing school record for fewest interceptions in a season on over 300 sept. 27 yards (217 vs. UCLA). The Devils had just five such games last season. ASU had 11 total games including a bowl at #15/17 cal attempts (currently 2 on 310 behind Manny Wilkins’ 6 on 393 game accomplishing that feat in 2006, though only 10 in the regular season. ASU had 10 such games out of 11 berkeley attempts in 2018) W, 24-17 regular season games in the 1996 season. It is the first time since the expansion to 12-game regular seasons that ASU has accomplished this feat. • 1 catch needed for Kyle Williams to move into third in ASU OCT. 12 • Jayden Daniels hasn’t thrown an interception on 129 consecutive pass attempts, the fifth-longest active streak history in consecutive games with a reception (currently tied vs. Washington st. tempe in the nation. That last interception, however, came on a half-ending Hail Mary attempt against Utah. With that for fourth with 40 behind Derek Hagan’s 41 straight games.). removed, Daniels would have a streak of 197 consecutive passes without an interception over his last six games W, 38-34 • 5 catches needed for Kyle Williams to climb into sixth-place and change. OCT 19 • The Devils have turned the ball over just 12 times this season - the 10th-lowest total in the FBS. ASU is 11th on ASU’s All-Time career catches list (currently seventh at 159 at #13/14 utah nationally in turnover margin this season (0.83). ASU forced a turnover on 14.9 percent of opponent possessions behind Eric Guliford’s 164). salt lake city L, 3-21 this season, good for 18th nationally. ASU (11th in 2018) is one of just four teams nationally to rank in the Top-25 in turnover margin in each of the last two seasons (Georgia Southern, Syracuse, LSU) and only ASU and Syracuse Oct. 26 have been in the Top-15 in the last two seasons. at UCLA LOS ANGELES TALE OF THE TAPE (2019 REGULAR SEASON) L, 32-42 FBS RANK PAC-12 AVERAGE CATEGORY AVERAGE ACC FBS RANK NOV. 9 vs. USC 94 9 25.2 Scoring Offense 29.1 8 66 TEMPE 39 5 23.1 Scoring Defense 28.5 7 70 L, 26-31 114 10 126.3 Rushing Offense 133.8 11 102 Nov. 16 21 3 116.8 Rushing Defense 152.5 8 64 at oregon state Corvallis 48 8 253.3 Passing Offense 269.4 4 35 L, 34-35 114 6 270.1 Passing Defense 283.5 13 120 NOV. 23 88 10 379.6 Total Offense 403.2 6 64 vs. #6 oregon tempe 65 5 386.9 Total Defense 436.0 11 99 W, 31-28 83 11 1.83 Sacks 2.42 10 44 Nov. 30 90 10 5.3 Tackles for Loss 5.8 12 73 vs. ARIZONA 113 11 64.83 Penalty Yards Per Game 73.42 13 126 tempe W, 24-14 10 2 0.83 Turnover Margin 0.08 7 59 84 7 29:15 Time Of Possession 25:51 14 126 *All Times Arizona TIME 1 SUN DEVIL FOOTBALL #BYTHENUMBERS QUICK FACTS Jermayne Lole recorded 68 tackles this season, the 2019 @Pac12 Conference Records Location .............................................................Tempe, Ariz. 85287-2505 third most for a Sun Devil defensive lineman since SOUTH DIVISION Enrollment ...........................................................................................120,000 School Pac-12 Win% Overall Win% Nickname ........................................................................................Sun Devils 1990 behind only Shante Carver (79 in 1993) and Terrell Suggs (73 in 2002). He had the 12th-highest positive run impact score Utah 8-1 .888 11-2 .846 Colors .......................................................................................Maroon & Gold USC 7-2 .777 8-4 .750 Conference .............................................................................................Pac-12 in the country at 23.6% among players graded as interior linemen Arizona State 4-5 .444 7-5 .583 President .............................................................................Dr. Michael Crow (percentage of run defense snaps where player earned a positive UCLA 4-5 .444 4-8 .333 Vice President for University Athletics/AD ....................Ray Anderson grade from Pro Football Focus).Lole’s 37 defensive stops this Colorado 3-6 .333 5-7 .417 Faculty Representative ..................................................Dr. Jeffrey Wilson season led the nation’s defensive interior linemen - two more Arizona 2-7 .222 4-8 .333 Stadium ..........................................Frank Kush Field/Sun Devil Stadium than any other lineman in the nation. Lole was credited with just All-Time Record ...........................................................618-399-24 (.608) a single missed tackle this season, tied for fourth among FBS NORTH DIVISION Capacity ..................................................................................................53,599 defensive linemen. School Pac-12 Win% Overall Win% Playing Surface ....................................................................Bermuda Grass 68 The Devils have turned the ball over just 12 times Oregon 8-1 .888 11-2 .846 Head Coach ............................................................................Herm Edwards this season - the 10th-lowest total in the FBS. ASU is 11th California 4-5 .444 7-5 .583 Edwards’ Career/ASU Record ...................14-11 (Second Season) nationally in turnover margin this season (0.83). ASU forced a Washington 4-5 .444 7-5 .583 2018 ASU Record ......................................................................................7-6 turnover on 14.9 percent of opponent possessions this season, Oregon State 4-5 .444 5-7 .417 2018 Pac-12 Record (Finish) ......................5-4 (2nd Pac-12 South) good for 18th nationally. ASU (11th in 2018) is one of just four Washington State 3-6 .333 7-5 .583 Offensive Starters Returning/Lost .........................................................6/5 teams nationally to rank in the Top-25 in turnover margin in each Stanford 3-6 .333 4-8 .333 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost ........................................................8/3 of the last two seasons (Georgia Southern, Syracuse, LSU). ASU’s four interceptions thrown on the year are tied for the 4th-lowest This Week in the @Pac12 (All Times AZT) total nationally. ASU is one of just five non-triple option offenses to Team Date Time Opponent/TV COACHING STAFF rank in the Top-25 in fewest interceptions in the last two seasons.