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Wednesday, December 7, 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 Colorado St. (Fox/3) W, 13-10 vs. Boston College Eagles (6-5) S 23 Utah State (Fox/3) W, 44-20 Jeep Aloha Bowl • Monday, Dec. 25, 2000 • 1:30 p.m. MST/10:30 a.m. HST S 30 at #15/17 UCLA (Fox) L, 31-38 • Honolulu, Hawaii 7 (Fox) W, 30-10 ABC/Westwood One/Sun Devil Network O 14 #11/10 Washington (Fox) L, 15-21 O 21 at Washington State W, 23-20 (ot) Coming off a 30-17 victory over Arizona on Nov. 24, ASU’s second straight victory in the (Fox AZ-Tape Delay) intrastate showdown, the Arizona State Sun Devils make a return trip to the Jeep Aloha O 28 #7/10 (ABC) L, 55-56 (2ot) N 4 USC L, 38-44 (2ot) Bowl on Christmas Day. Their second appearance on the islands in as many years, the N 11 at Stanford L, 7-29 Sun Devils (6-5) will take on Boston College which brings an identical 6-5 record into the N 24 at Arizona (Fox) W, 30-17 . Kickoff is slated for 1:30 p.m. MST/10:30 a.m. HST at Aloha Stadium in D 25 Boston College 1:30 p.m. MST Honolulu. With their win over the Wildcats, the Sun Devils (6-5, 3-5 Pac-10) became (Jeep Aloha Bowl) bowl eligible for the fourth time in five seasons and snapped a three-game losing streak. ASU’s 6-5 regular-season record marks the 56th winning season in 89 years of football Home Games in Bold Fox - Fox Sports Net history. The Sun Devils now have a 490-290-24 (.624) all-time mark. Fox/3 - Fox Sports Arizona on KTVK Channel 3 Fox AZ-TD - Fox Sports Arizona tape delay The Jeep Aloha Bowl Rankings are AP/USA Today at time of game. Times listed are Arizona Time (PDT prior to Oct. 29, This year marks the 19th Aloha Bowl and a Pac-10 team has been represented in all but MST after Oct. 29) five of them, posting a 5-8 record. Last season, Arizona State made its first trip to the Jeep Aloha Bowl and its first trip to the United States’ 50th state since 1979, falling to 2000 Final Regular-Season Wake Forest 23-3. Since the Aloha Bowl began in 1982, Oregon State is the only con- Pac-10 Standings ference team that has not played there. School Conf. O’all Next Game (Date) In the Series UW 7-1 10-1 Rose Bowl (1/1) OSU 7-1 10-1 (1/1) The Jeep Aloha Bowl will mark the first meeting between Arizona State and Boston Oregon 7-1 9-2 (12/29) College. The Sun Devils are 4-1 against teams from the Big East Conference with the Stanford 4-4 5-6 most recent game being a 23-12 win at Miami on Sept. 13, 1997. ASU is 1-1 vs. Miami, ASU 3-5 6-5 Aloha Bowl (12/25) 1-0 vs. Pittsburgh, 1-0 vs. West Virginia and 1-0 vs. Rutgers. UCLA 3-5 6-5 Sun Bowl (12/29) Arizona 3-5 5-6 Exposure USC 2-6 5-7 ABC will televise the game to a national audience with Brent Musberger, WSU 2-6 4-7 Cal 2-6 3-8 and Jack Arute (sidelines) calling the action. Westwood One Sports in association with Host Communications will broadcast the game to a national radio audience, while the Pac-10 Bowl Matchups Sun Devil Sports Network will carry the game live on its 12-station network on XTRA910 AM and KFYI 550 AM. Tim Healey, , Mark Asher (sidelines), Vince Washington vs. Purdue (Rose Bowl) Oregon State vs. Notre Dame (Fiesta Bowl) Marotta and Doug Plank (pregame and postgame) will call the action. The bowl game Oregon vs. Texas (Holiday Bowl) will be heard live on ASU’s official web site at www.TheSunDevils.com. UCLAvs. Wisconsin (Sun Bowl) ASU vs. Boston College (Aloha Bowl) Bowl History This year’s bowl appearance will mark the 19th all-time for the Sun Devils who own a Pac-10 (1996-Present) 10-7-1 record in postseason play. Arizona State has qualified for postseason play in four School O’all Conf. Bowls of the last five seasons, while the team’s .583 postseason winning percentage ranks Washington 40-19 29-11 5* second in the conference and its 19 bowl appearances is tied for four among Pac-10 Oregon 39-19 24-16 4* schools. This season, five Pac-10 schools have posted the requisite number of wins to Arizona State 37-21 26-14 4* earn bowl berths including Washington, Oregon State, Oregon, UCLAand ASU. UCLA 35-22 24-16 3* Arizona 35-24 20-20 2 USC 31-29 18-24 1 Pac-10 Bowl Records Stanford 28-29-1 21-19 2 School W L T Pct. Oregon State 27-29 14-26 2* USC 25 14 0 .641 Washington State 25-32 13-27 1 Arizona State 10 7 1 .583 California 21-35 12-28 1 Washington St. 4 3 0 .571 UCLA 11 10 1 .524 * includes 2000 bowl invitations Washington 13 12 1 .519 Stanford 9 9 1 .500

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Oregon State 2 3 0 .400 BRUCE SNYDER California 5 7 1 .423 Arizona 5 7 1 .423 In his ninth season at the helm of ASU’s Oregon 5 9 0 .357 football program ... second only to in wins at Arizona State ... his 14 years Pac-10 Bowl Appearances as a head coach in the Pac-10 is matched School Appearances Last 5 Years by only among current Pac-10 USC 39 1 coaches ... has led the Sun Devils to 41 Washington 27 5* wins in their last 63 games and four bowl UCLA 23 3* appearances in the last five years ... in Arizona State 19 4* 1996, guided the Sun Devils to their second Stanford 19 2 Pac-10 championship, fourth undefeated Oregon 15 4* regular season and second Rose Bowl ... California 13 1 the consensus National Coach of the Year in Arizona 13 2 1996 as well as Pac-10 Coach of the Year ... Washington State 7 1 ... during his 20-year head coaching career, Oregon State 5 2* he has had 90 players go on to the NFL, 62 * includes 2000 bowl invitations All-Americans and 67 first-team all-confer- ence players ... will end his tenure at On the Islands Arizona State following the Sun Devils’2000 Arizona State has visited Hawaii a total of five times, last year to the Aloha Bowl and bowl game. to play the Rainbow Warriors the previous four times. The Sun Devils are 3-2 in those five games which were played in 1955, 1959, 1974, 1979 and 1999. Snyder Coaching Career Sheldon High School (Eugene, Ore.) ...... 1963 Assistant Coach, Oregon...... 1964-71 Senior Farewell Assistant Coach, New Mexico St...... 1972 The Arizona State squad features 18 seniors including Griffin Goodman Assistant Coach, Utah State...... 1973 and Ryan Kealy, wide receivers Mike Aguirre, Roderick Denetso, Brian Forth and Assistant Coach, USC ...... 1974-75 Richard Williams, defensive backs Nijrell Eason, Craig Koontz, Christon Rance and Head Coach, Utah State ...... 1976-82 Kenny Williams, fullback Stephen Trejo, and Adam Tanke, Assistant Coach, L.A. Rams ...... 1983-86 offensive linemen Victor Leyva and Kenneth Williamson, Jason Moore and Head Coach, California ...... 1987-91 defensive linemen Ché Britton and Quincy Yancy. Head Coach, Arizona State ...... 1992-2000

Snyder Head Coaching Record One of Three Finalists for John Mackey Award Overall: 126-105-5 (.544), 21st year Junior Todd Heap was been named one of three finalists for the inaugural John Arizona State: 58-44 (.569), 9th year Mackey Award which goes the top tight end in . The Nassau County California: 29-24-4 (.544), 5 years Sports Commission in Manhasset, N.Y., narrowed down the list down to three finalists Utah State: 39-37-1 (.513), 7 years – Heap, Alge Crumpler of North Carolina and Tim Stratton of Purdue – on Nov. 21, while Stratton was announced as the winner of the award in n a press reception in Most Wins, ASU Head Coaches New York City on Dec. 4. 1. Frank Kush, 1958-79 ...... 176 A Syracuse graduate, John Mackey was a five-time selection. Called the 2. Bruce Snyder, 1992-present...... 578 best tight end in NFL history, he is one of two true tight ends to be inducted into the 3. , 1980-84 ...... 37 Pro Football Hall of Fame. The selection committee for the award includes NFLgreats Mark Bavaro, , and Kellen Winslow, as well as media members Lee Longest Tenure, ASU Head Coaches Corso of ESPN, Sean McDonough, Spencer Tilllman and Marc Connolly. 1. Frank Kush...... 22 seasons 2. Bruce Snyder ...... 9th season 3. Fred Irish ...... 8 seasons 4. Aaron McCreary ...... 7 seasons Arizona State in Hawaii Most Seasons as Head Coach in Pac-10* Arizona State will leave for Hawaii on Monday, Dec. 18 and return immediately 1. Bruce Snyder, ASU/Cal...... 14th season following the game on Monday, Dec. 25. Assistant for Media Dick Tomey, Arizona ...... 14th season Relations Mark Brand and the Sun Devils will be staying at the Sheraton Moana 3. , WSU...... 12th season Surfrider in Honolulu: *Active Coaches Only Sheraton Moana Surfrider 2365 Kalakaua Avenue Honolulu, HI 96815 (808) 922-3111

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National Award Nominees Four Sun Devils have been named finalists or semifinalists for national awards which 2000 ASU Team Award Winners are annually awarded to the top player in college football at their respective positions The following awards were presented at the including junior tight end Todd Heap who was one of three finalists for the John 2000 Arizona State Football Awards Banquet: Mackey Award. Senior Adam Archuleta was one of 11 semifinalists for the Award, which annually recognizes the top linebacker in the country, and Most Valuable Offensive Player one of 15 players nominated for Football News’ 2000 Defensive Players of the Year. Donnie O’Neal & Todd Heap (co-winners) Junior punter Nick Murphy was named one of 10 finalists for the inaugural award which recognizes the nation’s top punter in the nation, while senior Nijrell Eason Most Valuable Defensive Player Adam Archuleta was one of 12 semifinalists for the Award, awarded annually since 1986 to the top defensive back in the nation. Mike Bartholomew Most Improved Offensive Player Back on Track Jeff Krohn Arizona State’s victory at Arizona snapped a three-game losing streak which had GailScott Most Improved Defensive Player included back-to-back double-overtime losses to then No. 7 Oregon and USC. ASU’s Josiah Igono three consecutive losses were the first since the team dropped the last three games Babe Alex Demon Award (Special Teams) of the 1994 season. Including those three consecutive conference defeats, Arizona Roderick Denetso State has dropped back-to-back conference games just two times in the last four sea- sons. Since 1995, the Sun Devils’ only other back-to-back Pac-10 losses came at Bill Kajikawa Freshman of the Year Oregon and at Arizona to end the 1998 season. & Jeff Krohn (co-winners) Tim Landers Iron Man Award (Weight Room) Last Time Out Kyle Kosier Sophomore kicker Mike Barth kicked three field goals and ran 13 yards for a touch- McBurney Scout Team Award down on a fake field-goal play as Arizona State beat Arizona 30-17 on Nov. 24 to snap Drew Hodgdon a three-game losing streak and become bowl eligible for the fourth time in five sea- sons. The victory marked the second consecutive win for ASU in the series and the Glen Hawkins Scout Team Award second time in as many years that the Desert Showdown has determined the post- Eric Keefner season future of the two teams. Clyde B. Smith Academic Award Freshman Terrell Suggs recovered a by Arizona's Clarence Delvon Flowers Farmer in the end zone for a , while an and another fumble by the Wildcats set up two of Barth's field goals. Arizona (5-6, 3-5) lost its fifth straight, its Cecil Abono Co-Captain Awards longest losing streak in one season since 1958. Ortege Jenkins, in his final game for Todd Heap, Scott Peters (offense) Arizona, threw for a touchdown and ran for another. He completed 16 of 31 passes for Adam Archuleta, Nijrell Eason (defense) 176 yards but was sacked eight times. Arizona led 10-6 at halftime on Jenkins' 3-yard touchdown run, set up by Bobby Pac-10 All-Academic Honorees Wade's 54-yard punt return. The punting game was a major difference in the contest. A total of six Sun Devils were honored on the Junior Donnie O'Neal blocked a running, rugby-style punt attempt by Pac-10 Conference All-Academic Football Team Arizona's Chris Palic early in the third quarter to give ASU the ball at the Arizona 15. led by first-team selection senior wide receiver The Sun Devils weren’t able to move the ball, but on a field-goal attempt, holder Griffin Brian Forth. Forth, a marketing major from Yorba Goodman handed the ball to Barth, who ran up the middle for the score to put Arizona Linda, Calif., graduated last spring with a 3.50 State up 13-10 with 12:09 left in the third quarter. GPA. Earlier this month, Forth earned second- The Wildcats responded with a seven-play, 77-yard drive. Farmer's 44-yard run team honors for the Verizon Academic All-District was the big play in the drive, while Jenkins threw 14 yards to wide-open tight end VIII Football Team. Senior receiver Mike Aguirre, who received first-team honors on the Verizon for a touchdown to give Arizona its final lead, 17-13, with 3:40 team, was one of five Sun Devils to receive an left in the third. On Arizona State's next possession, Nick Murphy's 45-yard punt went honorable mention from the Pac-10. Sophomore out of bounds at the Arizona 3, but Farmer fumbled on the next play and Suggs recov- kicker Mike Barth, senior Griffin ered and ran the ball into the endzone to put ASU ahead 20-17 and ahead for good Goodman, senior linebacker Adam Tanke and with six minutes left in the third. The Sun Devils went 60 yards in 11 plays to make it sophomore safety Patrick Wilson were the other- 27-17 on Tom Pace's 3-yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter, while honorees for the SunDevils. Leo Mills' fumble, recovered by Arizona State's Willie Daniel, set up Barth's 48-yard that put ASU up 30-17 with 9:05 remaining in the game. UAoutgained ASU A complete list of all of Arizona State’s post- 371 yards to 264 in total offense, but the Sun Devils did not turn the ball over in the season honors to date appears at the end of game to earn the 30-17 victory. this release. All-Conference Selections Senior outside linebacker Adam Archuleta was named the Pacific-10 Conference Defensive Player of the Year, while freshman defensive end Terrell Suggs was named the Freshman of the Year. Archuleta, who also earned first-team Pac-10 defensive honors, finished the reg-

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ular season as the conference leader in tackles with 119, a whopping 86 of which were HASH MARKS solo efforts. Archuleta has already been named the NFL Draft Report National Defensive Most Valuable Player and has earned first-team All-America honors from … Senior Nijrell Eason’s interception in the Gannett News Services and NFL Draft Report. Arizona game, his fifth takeaway of the year, was Suggs, who was the first true freshman at ASU to make a start in the team's sea- CNN’s “Play of the Day” on Nov. 24. son debut since 1974, was among the Pac-10 leaders in quarterback sacks (third, 10 … Despite starting three different quarterbacks, for minus-60 yards) and tackles for loss (7th, 16 for minus-72 yards). In addition, ASU leads the Pac-10 Conference and is ranked Suggs forced four and managed one touchdown on a fumble recovery and 20th in the nation in passing offense at 266.8 another on a 48-yard interception return. passing yards per game. Four Sun Devils earned first-team All-Conference honors, trailing just Pac-10 co- … The USC game broke a streak of eight games champions Washington and Oregon State (5) in first-team selections, while a total of this year in which ASU had scored first. 10 Sun Devils appeared on the list of all-conference honorees. … Senior Roderick Denetso blocked a punt at Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year: OLB Adam Archuleta Washington State, the first of the year for the Sun Devils and the first since ASU blocked one Pac-10 Freshman of the Year: DE Terrell Suggs against Arizona on Nov. 23, 1996, while sopho- more Mike Pinkard’s blocked Washington field All-Pac-10 First Team (ASU selections): goal marked the first of the season for the Sun TE Todd Heap, OL Victor Leyva, OL Scott Peters, LB Devil defense and the first since the team blocked a field goal against Washington State last year. All-Pac-10 Second Team (ASU selections): Pinkard also blocked a PAT in the second over- OL time vs. USC. Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 (ASU selections): … ASU allowed just 12.3 points per game over its MLB Solomon Bates, CB Nijrell Eason, P Nick Murphy, first three games and has held three opponents to WR Donnie O’Neal, FS Alfred Williams 10 points or less this season (San Diego State, Colorado State and Cal). The 17 points by San Diego State and Colorado State was the best Through the Air defensive start since 1986. On the season, ASU’s four quarterbacks have already thrown for 2,935 yards which is the second-best single-season passing effort in school history, passing the mark of … The team’s 3-0 start to the season was the first 2,884 yards in 1996 with 189 passing yards at Arizona Nov. 24. The school single-sea- since the 1996 campaign which ended in an undefeated 11-0 regular season and a trip to the son mark is 3,077 yards by the 1978 squad. If ASU continues its current pace of 266.8 1997 Rose Bowl. passing yards per game, the team would also shatter the school record of 259.0 ypg set in 1998 (2,849 yards in 11 games). … The Sun Devils have a 208-71-3 all-time win- With the 314-yard performance vs. the USC Trojans on Nov. 4, the Sun Devils ning record (.743) at . have five 300-plus-yard passing games on the season, the most since the 1989 team … Last season, ASU posted victories over had three all season. Prior to the Washington game, ASU’s four quarterbacks have Washington, USC, UCLA and Arizona, marking racked up 1,159 passing yards in three games including 374 yards against Utah State, only the second time in school history that the 365 yards at UCLA and 420 yards vs. Cal. The last time ASU topped 1,000 yards in Sun Devils defeated those four teams (1996 was three games was in 1990 (1,090 - 374 vs. WSU, 242 vs. Arizona, 474 vs. Houston). the other year). Two of those victories – at Husky Stadium and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum – were the first in those venues in the Snyder era. ASU All-Time Single-Season Passing Performances Yards Year … Prior to suffering a season-ending ACL tear 1. 3,077 1973 (left knee) during a preseason scrimmage Aug. 2. 2,935 2000 16, senior tailback Delvon Flowers was one of the 3. 2,884 1996 35 preseason candidates for the Award, annually presented to the nation’s top col- 4. 2,849 1998 lege … Last year, he gained 512 5. 2,710 1984 yards on 80 carries en route to honorable-men- 6. 2,648 1983 tion All-Pac-10 honors. … Senior wide receiver Brian Forth interned in the Spreading the Wealth Sun Devil Sports Network this summer. Forth This season’s squad features three players who have 500 yards or more receiving writes a column for ASU’s official web site called yards, marking the first time in 46 years that three Sun Devils have accomplished that “Forth and Goal”, about his experiences on the feat. The 1964 squad was the last to have three 500-plus-yard receivers in Ben football team at ASU. Hawkins (42 catches, 719 yards), Jerry Smith (42c, 618y) and Larry Todd (35c, 633y). … ASU’s football roster features four students This season, junior Todd Heap leads the receiving corps with 45 catches, 617 yards who have earned their undergraduate degrees: and three TDs, while junior Donnie O’Neal is second with 39 catches for 661 yards and wide receivers Mike Aguirre (history) and Brian seven TDs followed by senior Richard Williams who has 38 catches for 666 yards and Forth (marketing), offensive Victor Leyva seven TDs. (sociology) and tight end Jason Moore (interdisci- Fourteen players have caught passes this year for the Sun Devils including six plinary studies). wide receivers, three tight ends, three tailbacks and two fullbacks, while quarterback

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Jeff Krohn completed passes to nine different players vs. Oregon. Three wide receivers have topped the century mark in receiving yards four times this season, STATISTICALLY SPEAKING... most recently Williams who caught four passes for 124 yards and two vs. TEAM OFFENSE Pac-10 (Nation) Rushing 9th Oregon. Passing Yards 1st (17th) Pass Efficiency 6th Total Offense 5th Noting Jeff Krohn Scoring 5th Redshirt freshman Jeff Krohn turned in the best performance of his young career and First Downs 6th 3rd Down Conv. 8th the best performance in school history by a freshman vs. the , com- 4th Down Conv. 4th pleting 21-of-34 passes for 432 yards and five touchdowns. His five touchdown strikes Sacks Against 8th rank third in school history in a single game behind who threw a school- TEAMDEFENSE Pac-10 (Nation) Rushing 8th record seven TDs vs. Stanford in 1981 and who had six vs. New Mexico Passing Yards 8th in 1971. His 432-yard performance demolished ASU's single-game record for a fresh- Pass Efficiency 5th Total Offense 8th man which was previously held by Ryan Kealy (292 yards, twice in 1997) and is the Scoring 5th second-best all-time passing performance by a freshman in the Pac-10 Conference, Opp. First Downs 6th Sacks 3rd trailing only Oregon State's Jonathan Smith's 469 yards vs. Washington in 1998. 3rd Down Conv. 3rd Krohn also put another notation in the ASU record book with his 90-yard touchdown 4th Down Conv. 3rd pass to senior Richard Williams in the fourth quarter. The 90-yard strike was the fifth- TEAMMISCELLANEOUS Pac-10 (Nation) Net Punting 3rd longest pass reception in ASU history and the longest since Jeff Van Raaphorst com- Punt Returns 5th pleted a school-record 95-yarder to vs. USC in 1985. Kickoff Returns 10th Turnover Margin 2nd (T10th) Krohn has notched a 5-3 record as ASU’s starting quarterback. In ASU’s 44-20 Field Goals 6th win over Utah State, he completed six of 10 attempts for 248 yards and four passing PATKicking 6th Possession Time 9th touchdowns, including 72- and 70-yard TD strikes to senior Richard Williams in his first Penalties 4th two completions. At the time, Krohn’s four TD passes were the most for a Sun Devil PLAYER STATISTICS Adam Archuleta since fellow quarterback Ryan Kealy completed four scoring strikes against Arizona on Tackles 1st (T21st) Nov. 27, 1998. It marked the 18th time an ASU signal caller has thrown four TD pass- Fumble Recoveries T2nd es in a game. While he missed games against UCLA and Cal after being diagnosed Fumbles Forced T5th Tackles for Loss 10th with mononucleosis, Krohn returned to action vs. Washington in relief of starter Griffin Fumbles (Forced and Recovered) NA(T8th) Goodman, completing 12 of 33 attempts for 170 yards, a TD strike to junior Todd Heap Mike Barth Field Goals 1st (T15th) and two . In his first start back from his illness, Krohn completed 18 of 27 Field Goal Percentage 6th attempts for 214 yards at Washington State despite missing all of the second quarter PATKicking 7th Scoring 3rd with a mild concussion, while vs. USC, he completed 17-of-33 attempts for 150 yards Kick Scoring 2nd before leaving in the third quarter with a deeply cut thumb on his throwing hand. Solomon Bates Tackles 7th Forced Fumbles T2nd More on Krohn Willie Daniel Fumbles Recovered T4th Already the holder of ASU’s freshman single-game passing record, Jeff Krohn is just Nijrell Eason 30 yards short of the second-best single-season passing mark for a freshman. Ryan Passes Defended 3rd (T8th) Kealy holds the school record for a Sun Devil in his freshman season with 2,137 pass- Fumble Recoveries T4th Interceptions T1st (T17th) ing yards in 1997, while is second with 1,707 yards in 1992. Krohn, Fumbles (Forced and Recovered) NA(T8th) whose father Jim quarterbacked the from 1976-79, leads the Pac- Eric Fields Fumbles Recovered T4th 10’s top-ranked passing offense, completing 119-of-244 pass attempts for 1,677 yards Todd Heap and 12 touchdowns. Receptions Per Game 10th Jeff Krohn Pass Efficiency 4th Passing Into the End Zone Passing Yards Per Game 7th Total Offense 7th Sun Devil quarterbacks have thrown 21 touchdown passes in 11 regular-season Shaun McDonald games this year including 12 by redshirt freshman Jeff Krohn. Junior Donnie O’Neal Punt Returns 2nd Nick Murphy and senior Richard Williams have each caught seven touchdown passes and need Punting 3rd just two more to tie for fourth place on ASU’s lists for single-season touchdown recep- Donnie O’Neal Touchdown Scoring T8th tions. Morris Owens is fourth all time at ASU with nine TD grabs in 1973, while Doug Terrell Suggs Allen holds the school mark with 14 TD receptions in 1984. Forced Fumbles T2nd Last year, the Sun Devils had just 14 TD passes all season, while Williams was Sacks T3rd Tackles for Loss 7th last year’s leading receiver catching just five TD passes all season. ASU’s 21 touch- Justin Taplin down passes are the most for the team since threw 24 on the season Punt Returns 10th Kurt Wallin in 1996, while the school single-season record is 29 by the 1981 squad. Forced Fumbles T5th Alfred Williams Tackles 8th Turnover Tale Richard Williams In its last 42 games, if ASU wins or breaks even in the turnover battle, the Sun Devils All-Purpose Yards 6th Kickoff Returns 7th are 22-4. In that same span, ASU is 1-15 when losing the turnover battle. During that span, the unexpected only happened against UCLA in 2000 (loss), Washington in (Individuals must rank in the top 10 in Pac-10 and/or top 50 in the nation 2000 (loss), USC in 2000 (loss), Washington State in 1999 (win) and Oregon in 1999

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(loss). ASU is second in the Pac-10 and tied for 10th in the nation in turnover margin THE NEXT LEVEL this season (+8). The Sun Devils had no turnovers in two of their games (Colorado Continuing the great tradition of Sun Devils in the State and Arizona) and won or broke even in the turnover battle in all but two games NFL, there are 23 former ASU players on NFL this season. rosters. Head coach Bruce Snyder has had 90 players go on to the NFLin his 20-year career. ASU Opp 25 Turnovers 36 SunDevils on NFL Rosters (as of Sept. 15): Turnovers Result for Opponent... DB (Oakland Raiders) 45 Points 81 TB Mario Bates () 6 TD 8 TE Steve Bush () 1 FG 6 G David Dixon () 6 Punt 9 DE Erik Flowers () 5 Turnover 7 DT Junior Ioane (Oakland Raiders) 3 Missed FG 3 1 TO on Downs 1 WR Lenzie Jackson () 3 End of Half/Game 1 TE Brian Jennings () G Randall McDaniel () QB Jake Plummer () Heap Becomes ASU’s Career-Leading Tight End WR () Combine junior Todd Heap’s blond hair, hands of glue and nose for the football and RB J.R. Redmond () you’ll know why ASU head coach Bruce Snyder has called his tight end the “Golden S Damien Richardson () Retriever.” Heap has established himself as the best tight end in the Pac-10 and in LB Derrick Rodgers () ASU history, becoming the first Sun Devil tight end to earn first-team All-Pac-10 hon- CB Jason Simmons (Pittsburgh Steelers) ors in 1999 and duplicating that honor in 2000. A 1999 third-team Associated Press LB Derek Smith (Washington Redskins) All-American last year, Heap has been named a first-team All-American by NFL Draft OT Marvel Smith (Pittsburgh Steelers) RB Terrelle Smith (New Orleans Saints) Report, CNNSI.com and Gannett News Services so far this season andwas one of CB Phillippi Sparks () three finalists for the inaugural John Mackey Award which is presented to the best tight DE Jeremy Staat (Pittsburgh Steelers) end in the country. DT Shawn Swayda () With five catches for 53 yards at Washington State, Heap became ASU’s career S (Arizona Cardinals) leader in receptions by a tight end and now has 112 career receptions in three sea- SS (Dallas Cowboys) sons, surpassing Ken Dyer’s 88 receptions (1965-67). The junior had already captured the career mark in receiving yards vs. Washington on Oct. 14 and now has 1,658 PAC-10 PRESEASON POLL yards in his career. He needs just one touchdown to tie Joe Petty (1970-72) for ASU’s Arizona State was selected to finish fifth and gar- career record in that category as well with 10 TD catches in two-plus seasons. nered a pair of first-place votes in the Pac-10 Last year, Heap set single-season records for ASU tight ends with 55 catches and Conference by West Coast media members as 832 yards receiving, while the junior has already moved into third this season with 45 part of the official preseason conference poll. The catches for 617 yards and three TDs. He is just the ninth Sun Devil to catch 50 pass- Sun Devils were picked to finish fourth in last es in a season and became the first tight end to lead ASU in receiving since Ryan year’s preseason poll and ended up in fourth. McReynolds had 28 catches in 1988. Thirty-nine of his 55 receptions resulted in a first down or TD. He had career highs in receptions (8) at Notre Dame and receiving yards PAC-10 CONFERENCE PRESEASON POLL ’99 ’99 (170) against Arizona. He had three 100-yard games and had at least three receptions School Pts. Record Finish in all but two games in 1999 (he was sidelined by injury/illness in both). 1. Washington (16) 275 7-5 T2nd 2. USC (11) 272 6-6 T6th CAREER TIGHT END RECEPTIONS 3. Oregon (1) 211 9-3 T2nd 4. UCLA 181 4-7 9th Name (Years) No. Yds. TD 5. Arizona St. (2) 167 6-6 4th 1. Todd Heap (1998-present) 112 1658 10 6. Oregon State 163 7-5 5th 2. Ken Dyer (1965-67) 88 1365 7 7. Stanford 133 8-4 1st 3. Joe Petty (1970-72) 81 1352 11 8. Arizona 127 6-6 T6th 4. Ron Wetzel (1979-82) 67 861 7 9. California 63 4-7 T6th 10. Washington St. 47 3-9 10th 5. Ryan McReynolds (1987-90) 65 671 7 6. Kendrick Bates (1996-99) 63 732 4 MISSING THE BEAVERS 7. Jeff Gallimore (1983-86) 54 519 5 8. Jerry Smith (1963-64) 51 747 7 The Pac-10 schedule includes eight conference 9. Herman Harrison (1961-63) 50 753 8 games, so the Sun Devils miss the Oregon State Stein Koss (1983-86) 50 517 1 Beavers in 1999 and 2000. Next year, Cal will drop off the schedule, while Arizona State will ASU TIGHT END SEASON RECORDS miss UCLAin 2002 and Washington in 2003. Name Year Rec. Yds. TD 1. Todd Heap 1999 55 832 3 2. Don Kern 1983 49 502 1 3. Todd Heap 2000 45 617 3 4. Jerry Smith 1964 42 618 5

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5. Ken Dyer 1967 39 654 4 11 games, leading ASU six times. Despite missing the season- 6. Joe Petty 1971 36 577 6 opener with a hamstring injury, Archuleta ranked second in the 7. Joe Petty 1972 31 522 4 Pac-10 with 10.2 tackles per game, trailing only Arizona’s Marcus 8. Ken Dyer 1966 29 496 2 Bell (10.3). His 21 tackles for loss led the league and was the sev- 9. Ron Wetzel 1982 28 365 0 enth-highest single-season total in ASU history. Since the Pac-10 Ryan McReynolds 1988 28 271 5 began keeping track of TFL in 1990, he is only the second Sun Matt Nelson 1994 28 241 3 Devil to lead the conference (Derrick Rodgers, 1996). In his career, Archuleta ranks fifth in ASU history with 53 tackles for loss. Top of the Heap This year, junior Todd Heap leads the team in receiving despite ARCHULETA GAME-BY-GAME IN 2000 facing double and triple coverage on virtually every play with 45 Game UT AT Total TFL Sacks catches for 617 yards and three touchdowns. Of his 45 catches at SDSU 4 3 7 1-8 0-0 this year, 31 have resulted in a first down or a touchdown (68.9 Colorado State 7 2 9 1-6 1-6 percent). In the last seven games, 21 of his 31 catches have Utah State 9 3 12 1-2 0-0 resulted in first down or touchdown with four others being a nine- at UCLA 15 1 16 3-20 2-16 yard catch in a drive that resulted in ASU’s second touchdown vs. California 7 1 8 2-11 0-0 Washington State, nine- and 10-yard catches vs. the Ducks and an Washington 7 1 8 1-8 0-0 eight-yard catch that set up an ASU field goal at Arizona. Heap has at WSU 8 4 12 2-3 0-0 caught a pass in 26 straight games (110 catches in that span). Oregon 10 5 15 1-6 0-0 USC 6 10 16 0-0 0-0 Heap Game-by-Game in 2000 at Stanford 9 1 10 2-5 0-0 Opponent Catches/Yards First Downs TDs at Arizona 4 2 6 0-0 0-0 at San Diego State 6/60 3 0 TOTALS 86 33 119 14-69 3-22 Colorado State 4/24 1 0 Utah State 19/43 0 1 ASU CAREER LEADERS—TACKLES FOR LOSS at UCLA 4/86 3 0 Name TFL Years California 2/97 1 1 1. Bob Kohrs 58 1976-79 Washington 2/20 1 1 2. Shante Carver 57 1990-93 at Washington State 5/53 4 0 Al Harris 57 1975-78 Oregon 6/98 4 0 4. Vernon Maxwell 56 1979-82 USC 7/51 3 0 5. Adam Archuleta 53 1997-pres. Stanford 5/38 3 0 6. Scott Stephen 46 1983-86 Totals 42/570 23 3 7. Albrey Battle 32 1995-98 (Touchdown catches not included in first-down numbers in chart) Pat Tillman 32 1994-97 9. Shawn Patterson 28 1984-87 Archie’s Bunker 10. Brett Wallerstedt 27 1989-92 The Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year, NFL Draft Report National Defensive Player of the Year and a first-team A l l - In His Career American, senior Adam Archuleta leads the Pac-10 in tackles with Adam Archuleta has 322 career tackles and would need 31 more 119, an average of 10.8 tackles per game. Of those tackles, 72.3 this season to catch Bob Breuning (353, 1972-74) for fifth all-time percent are solo stops (86 of 119). Last season, Archuleta became at ASU, but the senior has already registered 195 solo tackles in the first Sun Devil since Scott Von der Ahe to record more than 100 his career, which ranks fifth all-time at ASU surpassing the mark of tackles in a season with 111 and is now the first since Brett 192 by Mike Richardson, 1979-82. Archuleta has already etched Wallerstedt (109 in 1990, 122 in 1991 and 119 in 1992) to top the his spot in the record book for single-season solo tackles and is century mark in tackles in consecutive seasons. fourth with 86 in his career. Brett Wallerstedt is third with 87 in Leader of a linebacking corps tabbed the seventh-best in the 1991, while the school record for unassisted tackles in a season is nation by The , he has paced the team in tackles in 114 by Mark Tingstad (1988). six of the past nine games (and second to fellow linebacker Solomon Bates in two others) and registered double figures in six Setting the Pace of 10 games this year. Archuleta turned in a career-best 16 tackles Junior Tom Pace, a walk-on who was awarded a scholarship by at UCLA, a total which included 15 solos, and followed that up with head coach Bruce Snyder in the week before the USC game, 15 tackles (10 solos) vs. Oregon. He then matched that career leads the Sun Devil team in rushing, gaining 581 yards and five high with 16 tackles vs. USC. He has had at least one tackle for touchdowns on 155 attempts. He has also caught eight passes for loss in all but two of ASU’s 11 games this year (USC only game 183 yards and a pair of touchdowns on the season. without a TFL), including three for a loss of 20 yards at UCLA, and While he was slowed by ankle and shoulder injuries at ranks 10th in the Pac-10 with 14 total TFL this season. Archuleta Stanford (25 yards on 10 carries), Pace turned in 70 yards and a has had at least one tackle for loss in 23 of his last 28 games. touchdown on 21 carries as well as a 45-yard TD catch before A first-team All-Pac-10 linebacker and ASU’s defensive MVP leaving the USC game with an ankle injury. Pace scampered for last year, Archuleta recorded double-digit tackle efforts in six of his 158 yards and a TD on 33 carries vs. Oregon and had a 69-yard

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TD catch and turned in 103 yards and a touchdown on 26 carries Cal 68TD, 54, 50TD, 50TD, 47, 34, 34, 29, 26 – at Washington State, including crucial yardage in ASU’s overtime UW 45 24 drive. at WSU 27, 34TD, 24 – Pace made his Sun Devil debut against Utah State with 65 Oregon 25, 69TD, 24, 28TD, 33, 90TD, 21TD 37TD, 59TD USC 45TD, 32TD – yards on 16 carries and followed that up with 19 yards on eight car- at Stanford 37TD – ries at UCLA. He then fell just short of topping the century mark at Arizona 32, 21 – with 93 yards and a touchdown in 17 carries vs. Cal. A 5-10, 195-pounder out of Mesa (Ariz.) High School, Pace More on Big Plays played running back (under ASU offensive line coach George As a team, the Sun Devils are averaging 15.4 yards per catch to Yarno who was the offensive coordinator in Moscow from 1995-98) lead the Pac-10. Nine Sun Devils are averaging double figures in and returned kicks for the University of Idaho in 1996 before going yards per reception. on a two-year mission to Brazil. In 1996, he finished second on the Vandal team in rushing with 212 yards and two touchdowns in 41 Three Starters at QB carries (a team-leading average of 5.2 yards per carries). Even The Sun Devils have started three quarterbacks in 11 games this more impressive were his return numbers as he led the team and year with freshman Jeff Krohn missing action against UCLA and ranked among the best in the nation with 839 yards on 32 kickoff Cal due to mononucleosis and senior Ryan Kealy suffering a knee returns (26.2 ypr). After returning from his mission, Pace played injury vs. UCLA. That trend isn’t as out of the ordinary as it might one season at Ricks Junior College in Rexburg, Idaho, before the seem since Arizona State has had three starters at quarterback 22-year-old joined the Sun Devil squad the week before the three previous times in the last 10 years (, Kurt Lasher Colorado State game. and Bret Powers in 1990; Troy Rauer, Grady Benton and Garrick McGee in 1992 and Ryan Kealy, Chad Elliott and Steve Campbell The Century Mark in 1998). ASU leads the Pac-10 Conference and is ranked 20th in Including back-to-back 100-yard rushing games by Tom Pace vs. the nation in passing offense at 266.8 passing yards per game Washington State and Oregon, the Sun Devils have had three despite the personnel changes: rushing performances top the century mark this season. ASU is 232-41-5 (.844) all time when a player gains 100 yards or more, 2000 STARTING QB PERFORMANCES while the Sun Devils are 33-9 (.786) since Bruce Snyder’s arrival Game Starter Performance in Tempe. Earlier this season, true freshman Mike Williams turned at San Diego State Jeff Krohn 42-18-1-160-1 in a 143-yard showing against Colorado State to become the first Colorado State Jeff Krohn 24-11-0-77-0 true freshman to top the century mark since Mario Bates rushed for Utah State Jeff Krohn 10-6-0-248-4 161 yards against Arizona at home on Nov. 23, 1991. at UCLA Ryan Kealy 25-13-1-199-1 California Griffin Goodman 28-11-1-394-3 Big Plays Washington Griffin Goodman 13-3-0-32-0 at Washington State Jeff Krohn 27-18-1-214-0 ASU’s offense had been characterized by big plays this season, Oregon Jeff Krohn 34-21-1-432-5 especially through the air. While the longest play in its first two USC Jeff Krohn 33-17-0-150-0 games was a 21-yard run by junior Davaren Hightower in the sea- at Stanford Jeff Krohn 6-1-0-37-1* son-opener against San Diego State, ASU has had 42 longer plays at Arizona Jeff Krohn 35-15-0-189-0 from scrimmage longer (34 pass, six rush) in the last nine. (Attempts-Completions-Interceptions-Yards-Touchdowns) * Left the game midway through the first half with a mild concussion BIG PLAYS IN THE LAST NINE GAMES (more than 20 yards) Game Pass Rush Turning 50 Utah State 72TD, 70, 61TD, 43TD, 35TD, 32 – Arizona State’s last two victories over Washington State have at UCLA 34, 38, 30, 27, 24 39TD, 60TD, 40 marked milestones for ASU head coach Bruce Snyder. ASU’s Oct. 28 overtime victory over the Cougars marked the 54th Pac-10 victory for the Sun Devil mentor mov- Most Recently ing him into a tie with Washington’s Jim Owens for In the last half of the 1990’s, Arizona State turned in the Pac-10’s second-best 10th in career conference wins. Last season, overall and conference winning percentage: ASU’s 33-21 win at Sun Devil Stadium was his Overall Record, 1995-99 Pac-10 Record, 1995-99 50th victory at Arizona State and his 50th career Team Record Pct. Bowls Team Record Pct. win in Pac-10 conference play. Combining his 1. Oregon 38-21 .644 4 1. Washington 28-11-1 .713 record in Tempe and during a five-year stint at 2. Arizona State 37-21 .638 3 2. Arizona State 27-13 .675 California, Snyder is 5 5 - 5 1 - 4 in conference 3. Washington 37-22-1 .625 5 3. UCLA 25-15 .625 games. He is just the 12th coach in the 84-year 4. UCLA 36-22 .621 3 4. Oregon 23-17 .575 5. Arizona 36-23 .610 2 5. Stanford 22-18 .550 history of the league to plate 50 wins. The other 11 6. USC 35-24-1 .592 2 6. Arizona 21-19 .525 are: , UCLA, 98 wins; Don James, 7. Stanford 30-27-1 .526 2 7. USC 21-18-1 .538 Washington, 97; John McKay, USC, 70; Howard 8. Washington St. 24-33 .421 1 8. Washington St. 13-27 .325 Jones, USC, 65; O.E. Hollingbery, WSU, 64; John 9. California 21-35 .375 1 9. California 12-28 .300 Robinson, USC, 63; Larry Smith, Arizona, 63; Dick 10. Oregon State 18-38 .321 1 10. Oregon State 7-33 .175 Tomey, Arizona, 60; , Oregon, 56;

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Bruce Snyder, Arizona State, 55; Jim Owens, Washington, 54; paced the team with two interceptions each all season. James Phelan, Washington, 51. Walk-Ons Third-Down Defense Junior Tom Pace was awarded a scholarship by head coach Bruce The Sun Devils are third in the Pac-10 Conference in third-down Snyder in the week before the USC game, joining an impressive defense, allowing their opponents to convert on just 31.4 percent group of players who at least began their careers at ASU by walk- of their third downs. Oregon leads the Pac-10 at 25.5 percent. ing on. Redshirt freshman Jeff Krohn and sophomore safety Washington (Oct. 14) finished the game just 3-for-16 in third-down Patrick Wilson were awarded scholarships for the 2000-01 acade- conversions and went 1-for-10 to start the game, not converting a mic year earlier this season, while other players on the current third down until midway through the third quarter, while Oregon squad who earned scholarships after walking on include senior was just 3-of-13 vs. the Sun Devils on Oct. 28. linebacker Adam Archuleta, senior wide receivers Mike Aguirre and Brian Forth, junior offensive tackle Levi Jones and junior line- Forcing Fumbles backer Elza Gennicks. In 11 games, the Sun Devils have forced 29 fumbles, 19 more than the team forced all last season (10), and have recovered 23. Lightning Strikes Twice Sophomore Solomon Bates and freshman Terrell Suggs each If ASU’s overtime victory at Washington State wasn’t electrifying have four to lead the team and tie for second in the Pac-10, while enough, the Sun Devils’ trip home from Pullman, Wash., certainly senior Adam Archuleta and junior Kurt Wallin have each forced was. About 60 miles north of Phoenix, the Sun Devils’ team char- three which is good for fifth in the Pac-10. ter carrying players, coaches and support staff was hit by lightning. There was an extremely loud explosion, and bright lights sur- Pick Pockets rounded the plane, startling everyone on board. No one on the Arizona State has picked off 13 passes this year with eight players flight knew what had happened, and most thought the plane had getting into the action, most recently senior Nijrell Eason whose blown an engine or that there was an explosion of some kind. The pick at Arizona was CNN’s “Play of the Day” for Nov. 24. Last year, interior lights went off for a bit as the flight attendants scrambled the Sun Devils intercepted a total of 11 passes all season. The Sun up and down the aisles. Several minutes later, there was another Devils snagged three interceptions against Utah State and then boom and flash of orange, yellow and red inside and outside the again at Washington State, the most since picking off three against cabin as the plane was hit again. USC last year. With two interceptions against UCLA, ASU had at After several minutes of not knowing what had happened, the least one interception in its first four games. The 1998 team was senior attendant informed the team that the plane had been hit by the last to pick off at least one pass in four straight games when it lightning, twice! The pilot then came on the intercom and said that had one in each of its last five games that season. Senior Nijrell the plane was 40 miles outside of Phoenix and that he would have Eason leads the team and is tied for third in the Pac-10 with four the team on the ground soon. When the plane finally touched down interceptions this year (one at SDSU, one vs. USU, one at UCLA, at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (it seemed like 4,000 miles, not 40), one vs. USC). Last year, Willie Daniel and Courtney Jackson everyone on board cheered and clapped. After further examina-

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 R. Williams Jones Muldrow Peters Kosier Leyva Heap Krohn Pace Pinkard* O’Neal at Stanford R. Williams Jones Muldrow Peters Kosier Leyva Heap Krohn Pinkard* Trejo O’Neal at Arizona R. Williams Jones Muldrow Peters Kosier Leyva Heap Korhn McDonald* Trejo O’Neal

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 Yancy Wallin Masaniai Suggs Fields Bates Archuleta Daniel Igono Eason A. Williams at Stanford Yancy Wallin Masaniai Howell Fields Bates Archuleta Daniel Igono Eason A. Williams at Arizona Yancy Wallin Masaniai Suggs Field Bates Archuleta Daniel Clay Eason A. Williams * Started due to formation

2000 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL • PAGE 9 TEAM NOTES tion, ASU’s charter company grounded the plane due to damage Recruiting Class to rivets in the fuselage. The Sun Devils are benefitting from a recruiting class that ranks among the best in ASU history. The 2000 recruiting class has been ASU Retires ’ Number ranked in the top 13 nationally and among the two or three best in Mike Haynes, a two-time All-American at Arizona State the Pac-10. SuperPrep Magazine listed ASU’s recruiting class as from 1972-75 and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, had the ninth-best in the nation and the best in the Pac-10. his Sun Devil No. 40 retired in ASU’s game vs. USC Nov. 4. Haynes’number becomes the fourth retired at ASU. Like the trio of Forth, Aguirre Earn Academic All-District Honors retirees before him, Haynes’ name and number will adorn the face Senior wide receivers Mike Aguirre and Brian Forth were honored of the press box at Sun Devil Stadium. Senior linebacker Adam last week for their hard work in the classroom when they were Archuleta, who currently wears No. 40, will be allowed to retain the named to the 2000 Verizon Academic All-District VIII Football number through the 2000 season. Team. In his ASU career, Haynes was a three-time All-Western Aguirre, a Pac-10 representative on the National Student- Athletic Conference selection. As a junior in 1974, he led the nation Athlete Advisory Committee for 2000-01, received first-team hon- with 11 interceptions, second-best all-time at ASU. During his ors and is on the national ballot for Academic All-America honors senior campaign, the Sun Devils were a perfect 12-0 and finished which will be announced Dec. 5. A history major from Mesa, Ariz., second in the wire service polls. The New England Patriots select- Aguirre graduated during the spring with a 3.42 GPA. Forth, a ed Haynes with the fifth overall pick in the 1976 NFLDraft. He went Yorba Linda, Calif. native, earned second-team honors. Forth on to play in nine Pro Bowls, the second-most by any ASU player, graduated last spring with a 3.50 GPA. and a major in marketing. and earn two rings with the Oakland Raiders. He has interned for the Sun Devil Sports Network, and his "Forth Upon his graduation in 1951, Wilford “Whizzer” White’s No. 33 and Goal" articles – providing an insider view of the ASU football became the first number retired at ASU. Bobby Mulgado joined him season – have been a regular attraction on the Sun Devil website in 1958 when his No. 27 was honored. In 1997, White’s son, this year. Danny, became the third when his No. 11 was retired. Both the first and second team honorees were voted on and selected by members of the College of Sports Information “Half-Season” Al l - A m e r i c a n s Directors of America (CoSIDA) within the District VIII states of Junior tight end Todd Heap and senior linebacker Adam Archuleta Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawai’i, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and were both honored in the CNNSI.com “Half-Season” All-America Washington, and the province of British Columbia. team. Heap earned first-team honors, while Archuleta was a sec- ond-team selection on the list which recognizes the top players in Good Citizen the country at the halfway point of the season. Senior wide receiver Mike Aguirre was recently named to the 2000 Coaches Association Good Works Team. The True Freshmen team is made up of student-athletes who successfully balance While defensive end Terrell Suggs became just the second true academics and athletics and go above and beyond in volunteerism freshman in school history to start the first game of the year for the and community service. The AFCAselected 11 players from NCAA Sun Devils at San Diego State, he and tailback Mike Williams both Division I-A institutions to its Good Works Team. started against Colorado State and Utah State, marking the first An honorable-mention Academic All-Pac-10 selection in each time since 1995 that the Sun Devils have had a pair of freshmen in of the last two seasons, Aguirre was one of the 17 members of the the starting lineup. That year, ASU had two freshmen starters in ASU Athletics Director Search Committee appointed by ASU three games including wide receivers Kenny Mitchell and Ricky President Lattie F. Coor this summer. He was the ASU Student- Boyer vs. UCLA (11/4) and at California (11/11) and Boyer and Athlete Advisory Council Chairman in 1999-2000 and will serve as wide receiver Lenzie Jackson vs. Oregon State (9/23). the Pac-10 Conference representative on the National Student- Suggs is in pretty good company as the only other Sun Devil Athlete Advisory Council in 2000-01. true freshman to start the first game of the season was wide receiver in 1974. A four-time All-Western Athletic Conference selection and a consensus All-American in 1977, J e fferson (who changed his last name from Washington to Jefferson following his freshman campaign) went onto a success- ful NFLcareer, being selected as a first-round draft pick of the San Diego Chargers (14th pick overall) and appearing in four Pro Bowls with San Diego and the . In Bruce Snyder’s tenure at ASU, 12 true freshmen have started games, although none until Suggs made his starting debut in the season opener. Six true freshmen have seen action so far this season (Suggs, fullbacks Mike Waddell and Mike Karney and tailbacks Mike Williams, Skyler Fulton and Derick Arnold). Last year, four true freshmen saw action (Solomon Bates, Josh Amobi, Mike Barth and Machtier Clay.)

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ASU 10, @ San Diego State 7 • Aug. 31, 2000 at home for the Sun Devils dating back to a Nov. 27, 1999 win over Arizona, Arizona State opened its 88th football season with a 10-7 victory over San the first three-game home streak since 1997 … ASU’s 44 points were the Diego State at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego… ASU’s victory over most for the team since a 55-22 win over California on Nov. 7, 1998 … The SDSU improved the team to 58-28-2 (.678) in season openers and marked Sun Devils’ six offensive scoring drives took a total of just 10:05 in time of the 12th win in 15 season openers … Redshirt freshman quarterback Jeff possession … ASU snagged three interceptions, the most since picking off Krohn made his collegiate debut, completing 18-of-42 passes for 160 yards three against USC last year, including career firsts by sophomore Solomon including a 14-yard touchdown strike to junior Donnie O’Neal to put ASU Bates and freshman Terrell Suggs. up 7-0 three minutes into the game … SDSU tied the game up near the end of the first quarter with a touchdown pass of its own, and the game @ #15/17 UCLA 38, ASU 31 • Sept. 30, 2000 remained tied 7-7 until ASU sophomore Mike Barth connected on a 21-yard UCLArallied from a 21-point deficit to defeat the Sun Devils 38-31 Sept. 30 field goal with 14:53 to play in the game … SDSU lined up for a game-tying at the Rose Bowl … ASU jumped on the board early, scoring three touch- field goal late in the fourth quarter but was unsuccessful … ASU’s Aug. 31 downs and forcing four UCLAturnovers in the first half … Freshman Mike kickoff at SDSU was the first road start for the team since 1995 and the ear- Williams turned in a pair of TD runs in the first half (39 yards and five yards) liest start to the season since 1997 … Junior punter Nick Murphy was while senior Ryan Kealy hit senior Richard Williams with a two-yard scor- named Pac-10 Conference Special Teams Player of the Week on Sept. 4 ing stroke to put ASU up 21-0 … UCLAtook the lead with 28 points in the after punting 11 times – one shy of the school record – for 463 yards (42.1- third quarter to take a 35-28 lead into the fourth quarter … ASU tied the yard average) with a long boot of 53 yards against the Aztecs … Included score at 28 with a 60-yard touchdown pass to Richard Williams from senior in his totals were three punts that were downed inside the San Diego State Griffin Goodman who replaced Kealy after he left the game with a knee 5-yard-line to help ASU to its 10-7 win … ASU’s were credit- injury, but UCLA went ahead for good on an 80-yard pass play … ed with 11 pass breakups vs. San Diego State … seniors Nijrell Eason and Sophomore Mike Barth kicked a career-long 49-yard field goal in the fourth Kenny Williams each had three while sophomore Machtier Clay had two … quarter which was matched by a 46-yarder by UCLA … Kealy completed redshirt freshman Shaun McDonald had eight punt returns for 105 yards, 13-of-25 attempts for 199 yards and one touchdown, while Goodman was good for a 13.1 yards per return average, including 40- and 46-yard returns stellar in his relief role going 11-of-23 for 166 yards and a touchdown … in his first two attempts of the first half … only Prentic McCray had more Defensively, senior Adam Archuleta turned in a career-best 16 tackles, punt returns as a Sun Devil with nine vs. BYU in 1972, while J.R. Redmond including 15 solo stops, three tackles for loss of 20 yards and two quarter- also had eight vs. North Texas in 1996. back sacks (-16 yards) … His 16 tackles are tied for the best performance in the Pac-10 this season … ASU improved to 13-9-1 in conference home @ ASU 13, #25 Colorado State 10 • Sept. 16, 2000 openers with victories in its last seven … ASU coach Bruce Snyder Sophomore Mike Barth nailed a 41-yard field goal as time expired to give improved to 7-2 against Cal and 8-2 against his former schools (1-0 vs. Arizona State a 13-10 victory over No. 25 Colorado State … the victory Utah State and 7-2 vs. Cal) since coming to Arizona State. marked ASU’s first over a ranked opponent since downing the 10th-ranked and Rose Bowl-bound on Nov. 1, 1997 … in his @ ASU 30, California 10 • Oct. 7, 2000 first career start, true freshman Mike Williams ran for 143 yards and a Senior Griffin Goodman, making his second career start, passed for 394 touchdown on 32 carries, marking the first time since 1991 that a true yards and three touchdowns … ASU scored first for the fifth consecutive freshman topped the century mark (Mario Bates, 161 yards vs. Arizona, game with a 50-yard touchdown pass from Goodman to junior Todd Heap 11/23/91.. Barth put ASU on the board in the second quarter with a 23-yard nine minutes into the game, a career-long pass play for both players … field goal, while the Sun Devils went up 10-0 with 1:04 left in the third quar- Goodman also connected on a 68-yard TD pass to freshman Shaun ter when Williams scored from a yard out to finish an 11-play, 80-yard drive. McDonald and a 50-yarder to junior Donnie O’Neal in addition to a 54-yard CSU came from behind to tie the game with a field goal and TD in the completion to McDonald that set up Tom Pace's seven-yard TD run in the fourth quarter … ASU improved to 67-18-1 in home openers and 7-2 under third quarter … the Golden Bears managed only three points until Joseph Bruce Snyder … Tommie Townsend’s fumble recovery in the first quarter Echema capped a short drive with a one-yard plunge with 6:05 left in the was the first for ASU since the Washington game on Oct. 19 last season, game … Goodman finished the game with an 11-of-28 performance for 394 a span of seven games … the Sun Devils sacked Colorado State quarter- yards, three touchdowns and just one interception … defensively, Arizona back Matt Newton six times for a loss of 44 yards (two each for senior cor- State forced three fumbles in the game, the last on the one-yard line in the nerback Willie Daniel and freshman end Terrell Suggs), marking the most fourth quarter as Cal’s Ryan Stanger coughed up the ball when hit by fresh- quarterback sacks since the team had six in its 17-7 victory over Iowa in man Terrell Suggs, and senior Nijrell Eason recovered for the Sun Devils the 1997 Sun Bowl on Dec. 31. … sophomore Solomon Bates has 10 tackles, while senior Adam Archuleta had eight, including seven solo stops, and two tackles for loss … Goodman @ ASU 44, Utah State 20 • Sept. 23, 2000 averaged 35.8 yards per completion and 14.1 yards per attempt, school Redshirt freshman Jeff Krohn threw four touchdown passes and improved records in both categories for 21 to 30 attempts and 11 to 20 completions. to 3-0 as ASU’s starter in a 44-20 victory over Utah State … Krohn hit senior Richard Williams for scores of 72 and 70 yards in the first quarter, #11/10 Washington 21, @ ASU 15 • Oct. 14, 2000 the team’s two longest scoring plays of the year, and threw strikes of 61 In a game marked by three interceptions, 12 fumbles and nine lost fumbles and 35 yards to junior Donnie O'Neal in the third … he finished the game between the two teams, Arizona State fell to No. 11/10 Washington in a 21- 6-of-10 for 248 yards … four TD passes were the most for a Sun Devil 15 decision last Saturday at Sun Devil Stadium … ASU forced a fumble in since Ryan Kealy completed four scoring strikes against Arizona on Nov. Washington’s first drive of the game and converted the turnover into a 27- 27, 1998 … it marked the 18th time an ASU signal caller has thrown four yard field goal by sophomore Mike Barth to take an early 3-0 lead … Barth TD passes in a game … Krohn also set a pair of school records in the effort connected on another field goal in the second quarter to put ASU ahead 6- with 24.8 yards per attempt (10 for 248) and 41.3 yards per completion (6 0 before UW blocked a punt and scored a touchdown late in the second for 248)which were then broken by Griffin Goodman vs. California … senior quarter to take a 7-6 lead into the locker room at halftime … the Huskies Ryan Kealy, playing for first time this season after a two-game suspension, recovered an ASU fumble on a punt return as time expired in the third quar- threw a 43-yard TD pass to junior Todd Heap and directed a drive that ter and scored on a one-yard run by Rich Alexis to begin the fourth quarter resulted in a 27-yard field goal by sophomore Mike Barth … defensively, … UW would go ahead 21-6 with just under 13 minutes left in the game on ASU sacked Jose Fuentes four times and intercepted three passes, scor- an 86-yard run by Alexis … a safety for holding in the endzone cut the UW ing on one with a 48-yard return by No. 48, freshman Terrell Suggs … lead to 21-8 and ASU narrowed the gap to 21-15 with a four-yard TD pass ASU’s 374 passing yards and five touchdown passes are the best by a from redshirt freshman Jeff Krohn to junior Todd Heap with three minutes Pac-10 team this season … The victory also marked the third straight win left in the game, but the Huskies were able to run out the clock to earn the

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victory … with 12 punts vs. Washington, junior Nick Murphy tied the single- yards against an Oregon defense that entered the game leading the Pac- game school record with 12 punts, a mark set by Steve Rausch vs. 10 and ranked 10th nationally… it was the most yards given up by the Washington in 1992 … Murphy also rewrote the school mark with 42.8 Ducks according to records dating back to 1976 … it is just the sixth 600- yards per punt, a record also held by Rausch in that game (41.8 ypp), while plus-yard performance in the past 16 years with the previous 600-yard sophomore Justin Taplin also got into the record-setting act, establishing a showing coming with 623 vs. Oregon in 1997 … The Sun Devils’55 points new mark for punt returns in a game with 10 vs. Washington … the previ- were the most for the team since scoring 55 in a 55-22 victory over ous record was nine by Prentic McCray vs. Brigham Young in 1972 … in California in 1998, while the Ducks’56 points were the most given up since its last two games in the series with the , Arizona State a 77-28 loss to Nebraska Sept. 16, 1995 … Both figures marked the most has forced 13 fumbles and recovered 11 (7 FF, 6 FR in 1999 and 6 FF, 5 points scored for either team in the 34-year history of the series with the FR in 2000). Heading into their game with the Sun Devils last week, the previous high being 52 points by the Sun Devils in a 52-31 victory in 1997 Huskies had lost just four fumbles all year before having five balls stripped … junior Tom Pace turned in his second consecutiive 100-yard rushing away by the Sun Devils … UW quarterback Marcus Tuiasosopo entered game with 158 yards and a touchdown on 33 carries vs. Oregon … he also the game needing just 163 yards of total offense to move to the top of the scored a touchdown on a 69-yard pass play. school’s career charts but gained just 134 yards in the game, well below his average of 263.0 yards per game … ASU also became the only team USC 44, @ ASU 38 (2OT) • Nov. 4, 2000 to hold Tuiasosopo to less than 200 yards passing this season … ASU For the third consecutive week, Arizona State’s game went to overtime and allowed Washington just 10 total first downs when they had been averag- for the second straight week, the Sun Devils lost a heart-breaking double- ing 22.8 per game, 110 passing yards compared to their average of 222.0 overtime game, this time falling to the USC Trojans 44-38 at Sun Devil yards per game and just 296 yards of total offense compared to their aver- Stadium … iIn the second overtime period, USC’s Chad Pierson scored on age of 414.8 yards per game. a 2-yard run, ASU sophomore Mike Pinkard blocked John Wall's PAT kick and USC ended the game with a fumble recovery to snap a five-game los- ASU 23, @ Washington State 20 (OT) • Oct. 21, 2000 ing streak, the team’s longest in nine years … in the first overtime, sopho- For the second time this season, sophomore Mike Barth kicked a 41-yard more Mike Barth kicked his third field goal – a 27-yarder – and Wall tied it field goal to give the Sun Devils a victory on the last play of a game … This with a 23-yarder. Barth also hit a 28-yard field goal in the first quarter and time the field goal came in overtime to lead ASU to a 23-20 victory over a 45-yarder in the third … ASU mounted what is believed to be the largest Washington State at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. … Barth's winning comeback in school history to send the game to overtime, scoring 29 unan- kick came after the snap was fumbled on a 35-yard attempt on third down swered points to overcome USC’s 35-6 third quarter lead … ASU scored but recovered by the Sun Devils, while it was the second time this season four touchdowns in the final 15:46 of regulation … the team capped their that he hit a 41-yarder for the win after hitting one vs. Colorado State … comeback when senior quarterback Griffin Goodman, who replaced fresh- Barth’s two game-winning field goals mark the first time in school history man starter Jeff Krohn who suffered a cut thumb in the third quarter, com- that two Sun Devil victories have come down to a field goal on the last play pleted a 32-yard touchdown pass to junior Donnie O'Neal with 4:21 left and of the game … Washington State had the first possession in overtime, but completed the play with a two-point conversion to O’Neal … Goodman the drive ended when senior Adam Archuleta intercepted 's threw a 45-yard pass to Tom Pace for one touchdown, Pace ran three pass on the goal line … on WSU’s first drive of the game, sophomore yards for another and Shaun McDonald scored on an 81-yard punt return Solomon Bates intercepted Gesser's pass and returned it 34 yards, setting – the fourth-longest in Arizona State history. up Mike Williams' 1-yard run for the Sun Devils' first score … junior Tom Pace made it 14-0 with a 2-yard scoring run after sophomore Justin Taplin @ Stanford 27, ASU 9 • Nov. 11, 2000 returned a punt 47 yards to the WSU 17… WSU’s Anousith Wilaikul kicked a 37-yard field goal to start the Cougars’scoring late in the first quarter but An injury-ravaged Arizona State team managed just 174 yards of total missed a 41-yarder that would have won the game with 1:12 remaining in offense in a 29-7 loss at Stanford Stadium Nov. 11 in Palo Alto, the team’s regulation … redshirt freshman quarterback Jeff Krohn sat out the second third straight loss … Stanford snapped a three-game losing streak of its quarter with a mild concussion and was replaced by senior Griffin own with the victory … The Cardinal put together a balanced scoring attack Goodman who was intercepted in his first series … Two plays later, Deon with a rushing touchdown by Kerry Carter who also threw a halfback pass Burnett scored on an 8-yard run to pull Washington State to 14-10 and a for a touchdown as well as a punt return for a score by Luke Powell … The punt snap that sailed through the end zone late in the second quarter made Sun Devils lost starting quarterback Jeff Krohn midway through the first half it 14-12 … Goodman connected on a 34-yard pass play to junior Donnie to a mild concussion … The redshirt freshman signal-caller was responsi- O'Neal to put the Sun Devils up 20-12 with a minute left in the first half, ble for ASU’s only score of the day with a 37-yard scoring strike to senior while the Marcus Williams caught a pass from Gesser to tie it at 20 midway Richard Williams in the first quarter … Senior Griffin Goodman, in relief of through the third quarter … With 103 yards on 26 carries, Pace became the Krohn, completed just 7-of-19 pass attempts for 72 yards and an intercep- second ASU rusher to gain 100 yards in a game this season … in his first tion before being replaced by sophomore Matt Cooper who went 5-of-13 start back from his illness, Krohn completed 18-of-27 attempts for 214 for 42 yards and a pick. yards despite missing all of the second quarter with a mild concussion. ASU 30, @ Arizona 17 • Nov. 24, 2000 #7/10 Oregon 56, @ ASU 55 (2OT) • Oct. 28, 2000 (Last game’s wrap-up appears in the body of the release) In a game as wild as college football gets, redshirt freshman Jeff Krohn threw for a school freshman-record 432 yards and five touchdown passes, but the SunDevils ultimately fell short 56-55 in double overtime to then No. 7/11 Oregon at SunDevil Stadium …Krohn’s performance shattered ASU’s old freshman mark of 292 held by Ryan Kealy twice and was the second- best performance all time by a freshman in he Pac-10 … Oregon quarter- back threw for 434 yards and tied a school record with six touchdown passes for the Ducks who never led in regulation … 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 … The Ducks ran one yard for a touchdown on their second OT possession. ASU followed with a 21-yard touchdown pass from Krohn to Richard Williams, but the Devils’ two-point conversion fake fell short … ASU rolled up 667

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RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (6-5-0) (3-3-0) (3-2-0) (0-0-0) CONFERENCE...... (3-5-0) (1-3-0) (2-2-0) (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...... 213 208 Sep 16, 2000 COLORADO STATE W 13-10 51911 Rushing...... 82 86 Sep 23, 2000 UTAH STATE W 44-20 46327 Passing...... 113 106 *Sep 30, 2000 at UCLA L 31-38 68113 Penalty...... 18 16 *Oct 07, 2000 CALIFORNIA W 30-10 41113 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 1256 1840 *Oct 14, 2000 WASHINGTON L 15-21 61370 Yards gained rushing... 1685 2238 *Oct 21, 2000 at WASHINGTON STATE W OT 23-20 25199 Yards lost rushing..... 429 398 *Oct 28, 2000 OREGON LOT 55-56 53085 Rushing Attempts...... 444 441 *Nov 04, 2000 USC LOT 38-44 49865 Average Per Rush...... 2.8 4.2 *Nov 11, 2000 at Stanford L 7-29 29795 Average Per Game...... 114.2 167.3 *Nov 24, 2000 at Arizona Wildcats W 30-17 54297 TDs Rushing...... 11 16 * denotes conference game PASSING YARDAGE...... 2935 2575 Att-Comp-Int...... 407-191-12 392-194-13 RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Average Per Pass...... 7.2 6.6 ------Average Per Catch...... 15.4 13.3 PACE, Tom 9 155 618 37 581 3.7 5 37 64.6 Average Per Game...... 266.8 234.1 WILLIAMS,Mike 11 117 535 30 505 4.3 5 59 45.9 TDs Passing...... 21 17 HIGHTOWER,D. 9 36 133 3 130 3.6 0 21 14.4 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 4191 4415 KARNEY,Mike 10 14 42 0 42 3.0 0 10 4.2 Total Plays...... 851 833 TREJO,Stephen 11 9 39 1 38 4.2 0 11 3.5 Average Per Play...... 4.9 5.3 TAPLIN,Justin 9 5 33 0 33 6.6 0 12 3.7 Average Per Game...... 381.0 401.4 MCDONALD,Shaun 11 4 21 0 21 5.2 0 9 1.9 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 34-632 48-972 ARNOLD,Derick 3 8 18 2 16 2.0 0 5 5.3 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 49-431 36-289 KROHN,Jeff 9 53 175 160 15 0.3 0 24 1.7 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..... 13-173 12-133 FULTON,Skyler 8 8 20 7 13 1.6 0 11 1.6 FUMBLES-LOST...... 29-13 36-23 BARTH,Mike 11 2 13 6 7 3.5 1 13 0.6 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 90-723 89-787 WILLIAMS,R. 11 3 5 0 5 1.7 0 4 0.5 PUNTS-AVG...... 83-39.6 80-39.2 HEAP,Todd 11 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.2 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.. 29:21 32:01 COOPER,Matt 4 5 10 18 -8 -1.6 0 10 -2.0 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 61/195 54/172 KEALY, Ryan 2 6 10 37 -27 -4.5 0 7 -13.5 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 11/18 5/13 Team 1 2 0 33 -33 -16.5 0 0 -33.0 GOODMAN,Griffin 9 16 11 95 -84 -5.2 0 9 -9.3 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Total...... 11 444 1685 429 1256 2.8 11 59 114.2 ------Opponents...... 11 441 2238 398 1840 4.2 16 86 167.3 EASON,Nijrell 5 39 7.8 0 29 BATES,Solomon 2 45 22.5 0 34 PASSING GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G HOWELL,Chad 1 5 5.0 0 5 ------WILLIAMS,Kenny 1 0 0.0 0 0 KROHN,Jeff 9 118.63 244-119-5 48.8 1677 12 90 186.3 FALKNER,Brandon 1 21 21.0 0 21 GOODMAN,Griffin 9 124.11 110-48-4 43.6 874 7 68 97.1 SUGGS,Terrell 1 48 48.0 1 48 KEALY, Ryan 2 134.68 34-17-1 50.0 288 2 43 144.0 ARCHULETA,Adam 1 0 0.0 0 0 COOPER,Matt 4 72.58 18-7-1 38.9 96 0 28 24.0 IGONO,Josiah 1 15 15.0 0 15 WILLIAMS,Mike 11 -200.00 1-0-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total...... 13 173 13.3 1 48 Total...... 11 118.63 407-191-12 46.9 2935 21 90 266.8 Opponents...... 12 133 11.1 0 67 Opponents...... 11 112.35 392-194-13 49.5 2575 17 80 234.1 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G ------MURPHY,Nick 80 3288 41.1 61 7 15 29 3 HEAP,Todd 11 45 617 13.7 3 50 56.1 TM 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 O'NEAL,Donnie 11 39 661 16.9 7 61 60.1 Total...... 83 3288 39.6 61 7 15 29 3 WILLIAMS,R. 11 38 666 17.5 7 90 60.5 Opponents...... 80 3132 39.2 60 2 11 21 2 MCDONALD,Shaun 11 18 297 16.5 1 68 27.0 TAPLIN,Justin 9 13 169 13.0 0 45 18.8 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long PACE, Tom 9 8 183 22.9 2 69 20.3 ------DENNARD,Ryan 11 8 116 14.5 0 29 10.5 MCDONALD,Shaun 24 265 11.0 1 81 HIGHTOWER,D. 9 6 56 9.3 0 34 6.2 TAPLIN,Justin 23 140 6.1 0 47 PINKARD,Mike 11 5 91 18.2 0 28 8.3 O'NEAL,Donnie 1 26 26.0 0 0 KARNEY,Mike 10 4 42 10.5 0 20 4.2 DENETSO,R. 1 0 0.0 0 0 TREJO,Stephen 11 3 10 3.3 1 5 0.9 Total...... 49 431 8.8 1 81 MOORE,Jason 11 2 12 6.0 0 7 1.1 Opponents...... 36 289 8.0 2 51 FORTH,Brian 10 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.9 WILLIAMS,Mike 11 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.5 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Total...... 11 191 2935 15.4 24 90 266.8 ------Opponents...... 11 194 2575 13.3 17 80 234.1 WILLIAMS,R. 22 455 20.7 0 47 TAPLIN,Justin 7 134 19.1 0 27 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk MCDONALD,Shaun 3 42 14.0 0 18 ------FOX,Ben 1 1 1.0 0 1 BARTH,Mike 15-23 65.2 0-0 8-8 2-3 5-9 0-3 49 0 TANKE,Adam 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total...... 34 632 18.6 0 47 |------PATs ------| Opponents...... 48 972 20.2 0 36 SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points ------ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR FR Tot Avg/G BARTH,Mike 1 15-23 31-33 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 82 ------2000 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Dec 11, 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 11 86 33 119 14-69 3-22 1-0 4 . 4-0 3 . . 1 BATES,Solomon 11 65 28 93 11-30 3-11 2-45 6 . . 4 . . 39 WILLIAMS,Alfred 11 61 23 84 4-13 2-8 . 2 . 2-0 1 . . 37 DANIEL,Willie 10 47 10 57 5-30 3-21 . 4 . 3-0 1 . . 24 EASON,Nijrell 11 41 9 50 . . 5-39 17 . 3-0 2 . . 48 SUGGS,Terrell 10 38 7 45 16-72 10-60 1-48 2 . 2-0 4 . . 10 FIELDS, Eric 11 29 10 39 9-32 2-15 . 2 . 3-6 2 . . 59 WALLIN,Kurt 11 28 6 34 12-48 4-28 . 2 . 1-0 3 . . 5 WILLIAMS,Kenny 8 21 3 24 . . 1-0 9 . . . . . 99 TOWNSEND,Tommie 11 16 7 23 3-14 1-12 . . . 1-0 2 . . 31 RANCE,Christon 11 17 3 20 . . . 1 . 2-0 1 . . 91 YANCY,Quincy 10 19 1 20 4-27 3-24 . 1 . 1-0 2 . . 28 WILSON,Patrick 11 12 5 17 ...... 36 DENETSO,R. 11 15 1 16 ...... 1 . 29 FALKNER,Brandon 11 10 6 16 1-9 1-9 1-21 1 . . . . . 94 HOWELL,Chad 10 11 4 15 5-16 1-8 1-5 1 . . . . . 2B CLAY,Machtier 8 14 . 14 . . . 5 . . 1 . . 38 IGONO,Josiah 10 13 1 14 . . 1-15 3 . . . . . 55 AMOBI,Josh 6 7 3 10 1-5 1-5 ...... 73 GLASS,Paul 11 5 4 9 4-18 2-13 . 1 . . . . . 52 UNCK,Mason 5 7 2 9 1-1 . . 1 . . . . . 18 KOONTZ,Craig 11 4 5 9 ...... 92 MASANIAI,Danny 9 7 2 9 1-3 1-3 ...... 97 MONTESANTO,B. 11 5 4 9 1-6 2-6 . . . 1-0 1 . . 25 AGUIRRE,Mike 10 4 3 7 ...... 4 TAPLIN,Justin 9 5 1 6 ...... 51 ANDERSON,Jamall 6 3 2 5 ...... 49 FOX,Ben 8 4 . 4 1-1 ...... 32 FULTON,Skyler 8 3 1 4 ...... 45 TANKE,Adam 10 3 1 4 ...... 34 SHEAFFER,John 7 4 . 4 ...... 84 MURPHY,Nick 11 2 1 3 ...... 78 JONES,Levi 11 2 . 2 ...... 14 COOPER,Matt 4 2 . 2 ...... 90 BRITTON,Che 7 . 2 2 ...... 57 LINDEN,Frank 6 2 . 2 ...... 6 O'NEAL,Donnie 11 1 1 2 ...... 1 . 30 TREJO,Stephen 11 2 . 2 ...... 7 WILLIAMS,R. 11 1 . 1 ...... 12 FORTH,Brian 10 1 . 1 ...... 53 PETERS,Scott 11 1 . 1 ...... TM TM 4 1 . 1 ...... 1 . 1 2C PACE, Tom 9 1 . 1 ...... 13 BARTH,Mike 11 1 . 1 ...... 2 FRANKS,Monte 5 1 . 1 ...... 35 WILLIAMS,Mike 11 1 . 1 ...... 1F MICELI,Rob 1 . 1 1 ...... 1D WARE,Dalen 7 . 1 1 ...... 86 PINKARD,Mike 11 ...... 1 . Total...... 11 623 191 814 93-394 35-235 13-173 62 . 23-6 28 3 1 Opponents...... 11 - - - - 37-242 12-133 62 . 13-23 13 3 2 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 DNP USC 7-23-0-6 1-2-0-2 0-0-0-0 3-(-7)-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 DNP at Stanford 7-17-0-7 6-24-0-12 0-0-0-0 4-7-0-15 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 DNP at Arizona 1-3-0-3 1-2-0-2 0-0-0-0 7-19-0-14 1-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 DNP 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 DNP 27-70-1-11 2-(-14)-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 DNP 2-3-0-3 at Stanford DNP 10-25-0-4 1-(-8)-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 4-(-7)-0-10 0-0-0-0 at Arizona 0-0-0-0 16-31-1-14 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 DNP 3-5-0-5 (Sophomore placekicker Mike Barth also rushed one time for 13 yards and one TD in the Arizona game on a fake field goal play – 1-13-1-13)

PASSING (Attempts-Completions-Interceptions-Yards-Touchdowns) PUNTING (Attempts-Yards-Avg.-Long-I20) Krohn Kealy Goodman Cooper at San Diego State 42-18-1-160-1 DNP 0-0-0-0-0 DNP Murphy Colorado State 24-11-0-77-0 DNP 0-0-0-0-0 DNP at San Diego State 11-421-38.3-53-5 Utah State 10-6-0-248-4 9-4-0-89-1 1-1-0-9-0 1-1-0-28-0 Colorado State 9-381-42.3-61-1 at UCLA DNP 25-13-1-199-1 23-11-0-166-1 DNP Utah State 3-124-41.3-47-1 California DNP DNP 28-11-1-394-3 4-1-0-26-0 at UCLA 6-226-37.7-48-2 Washington 33-12-2-170-1 DNP 13-3-0-32-0 DNP California 7-293-41.9-52-3 at Washington State 27-18-1-214-0 DNP 5-2-1-37-1 DNP Washington 12-514-42.8-52-3 Oregon 34-21-1-432-5 DNP 0-0-0-0-0 DNP at Washington State 6-216-36.0-49-2 USC 33-17-0-150-0 DNP 21-13-1-164-2 DNP Oregon 4-129-32.3-37-3 at Stanford 6-1-0-37-1 DNP 19-7-1-72-0 13-5-1-42-0 USC 5-205-41.0-49-1 at Arizona 35-15-0-189-0 DNP 0-0-0-0-0 DNP at Stanford 9-369-41.0-51-3 at Arizona 8-368-46.0-54-5 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 7-51-0-11 7-83-1-32 6-41-0-16 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 DNP 4-45-0-18 at Stanford 5-38-0-1 1-15-0-15 2-39-1-37 0-0-0-0 1-15-0-15 DNP 2-28-0-18 at Arizona 3-47-0-21 5-47-0-16 4-61-0-32 0-0-0-0 1-8-0-8 0-0-0-0 1-17-0-17 Pace Moore Pinkard Trejo Karney Forth at San Diego State DNP 0-0-0-0 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 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 0-0-0-0 at UCLA 2-28-0-24 0-0-0-0 1-9-0-9 1-5-0-5 DNP 0-0-0-0 California 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-26-0-26 0-0-0-0 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 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 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 0-0-0-0 USC 1-45-1-45 0-0-0-0 1-12-0-12 0-0-0-0 2-11-0-7 1-9-0-9 at Stanford 0-0-0-0 1-5-0-5 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-11-0-11 0-0-0-0 at Arizona 1-9-0-9 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0

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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 36-77-1 54-30-1-314-2 90-391 25 (8-14-3) 31:57 2 (4-1) 6-30 38 at Stanford 34-23-0 38-13-2-151-1 72-174 14 (4-9-1) 25:32 2 (1-0) 8-73 9 at Arizona 31-75-2 35-15-0-189-0 66-264 15 (5-8-2( 27:46 0 (1-0) 7-75

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 45-261-3 37-22-2-279-2 82-540 26 (12-14-0) 43:03 6 (4-4) 14-135 44 at Stanford 45-145-2 30-17-0-169-1 75-314 18 (10-8-0) 34:28 0 (1-0) 6-40 27 at Arizona 50-195-1 31-16-1-176-1 81-371 21 (10-8-3) 32:14 3 (3-2) 5-43

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 4 1 2 3 .750 4 3 1 4 1.000 at Stanford 0 0 0 0 .000 3 2 0 2 .667 at Arizona 3 2 1 3 1.000 4 2 1 3 .750 Totals 27 12 10 22 .815 37 20 6 26 .703

2000 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL • PAGE 18 ARIZONA STATE AWARD WINNERS

MIKE AGUIRRE Honorable-Mention Pac-10 Conference All-Academic Team 2000 ARIZONA STATE TEAM AWARD WINNERS First-Team District VIII Verizon Academic Football Team The following awards were presented at the 2000 Arizona State Football Awards Banquet: ADAM ARCHULETA Pac-10 Conference Defensive Player of the Year Most Valuable Offensive Player Dick Semifinalist Donnie O’Neal & Todd Heap (co-winners) Football News Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist First-Team All-Pac-10 Conference Team Most Valuable Defensive Player Gannett News Service First-Team All-American Adam Archuleta NFL Draft Report First-Team All-American NFL Draft Report National Defensive Most Valuable Player Mike Bartholomew Most Improved Offensive Player collegefootballnews.com Second-Team All-America Jeff Krohn Walter Camp Football Foundation Second-Team Gail Scott Most Improved Defensive Player All-American Honorable-Mention CNNSI.com All-American Josiah Igono Second-Team CNNSI.com “Half-Season” All-American Babe Alex Demon Award (Special Teams) Roderick Denetso MIKE BARTH Honorable-Mention Pac-10 Conference All-Academic Team Bill Kajikawa Freshman of the Year Terrell Suggs & Jeff Krohn (co-winners) SOLOMON BATES Honorable-Mention All-Pac-10 Conference Team Tim Landers Iron Man Award (Weight Room) Kyle Kosier NIJRELL EASON Jim Thorpe Award Semifinalist McBurney Scout Team Award Honorable-Mention All-Pac-10 Conference Team Drew Hodgdon Glen Hawkins Scout Team Award BRIAN FORTH Eric Keefner Pac-10 Conference All-Academic Team Second-Team District VIII Verizon Academic Football Team Clyde B. Smith Academic Award Delvon Flowers GRIFFIN GOODMAN Honorable-Mention Pac-10 Conference All-Academic Team Cecil Abono Co-Captain Awards Todd Heap, Scott Peters (offense) TODD HEAP Adam Archuleta, Nijrell Eason (defense) John Mackey Award Finalist Gannett News Service First-Team All-American NFL Draft Report First-Team All-American SCOTT PETERS First-Team CNNSI.com All-American First-Team All-Pac-10 Conference Team Walter Camp Football Foundation Second-Tea All-American TERRELL SUGGS Football News Third-Team All-American Pac-10 Conference Freshman of the Year First-Team All-Pac-10 Conference Team First-Team CNNSI.com “Half-Season” All-American ADAM TANKE Honorable-Mention Pac-10 Conference All-Academic Team LEVI JONES Second-Team All-Pac-10 Conference Team ALFRED WILLIAMS Honorable-Mention All-Pac-10 Conference Team VICTOR LEYVA First-Team All-Pac-10 Conference Team PATRICK WILSON Honorable-Mention Pac-10 Conference All-Academic Team NICK MURPHY Ray Guy Award Semifinalist Honorable-Mention All-Pac-10 Conference Team

DONNIE O’NEAL Honorable-Mention All-Pac-10 Conference Team

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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. 49 Ben Fox 6-2 260 RS-Fr. RG 69 Kyle Kosier 6-6 300 Jr. (OUT) 94 Chad Howell 6-4 239 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 9 Davaren Hightower 6-1 212 Jr. 23 Tom Pace 5-10 195 Jr. CB 22 Machtier Clay 5-11 178 So. 35 Mike Williams 6-0 196 Fr. (OR) 38 Josiah Igono 5-9 176 So. 31 Christon Rance 6-2 209 Sr. FB 30 Stephen Trejo 6-3 252 Sr. (OUT) 5 Kenny Williams 5-11 183 Sr. 46 Mike Karney 6-0 265 Fr. 47 Darrel Turner 6-0 235 So. CB 24 Nijrell Eason 6-1 198 Sr. 38 Josiah Igono 5-9 176 So. WR 6 Donnie O'Neal 6-2 181 Jr. 31 Christon Rance 6-2 209 Sr. 81 Shaun McDonald 5-9 168 RS-Fr. 12 Brian Forth 5-11 180 Sr. FS 39 Alfred Williams 6-1 203 So. 18 Craig Koontz 6-0 200 Sr. (OR) 29 Brandon Falkner 6-0 198 So.

SUN DEVIL SPECIAL TEAMS P 84 Nick Murphy 6-0 188 Jr. KR 7 Richard Williams 6-0 178 Sr. 4 Justin Taplin 6-0 196 So. PK 13 Mike Barth 6-0 210 So. 29 Greg Pieratt 6-0 165 So. PR 81 Shaun McDonald 5-9 168 RS-Fr. 4 Justin Taplin 6-0 196 So. KO 13 Mike Barth 6-0 210 So. 10 Brian Biang 6-0 205 So. LSN 87 B.J. Miller 6-2 212 Jr. 56 Jay Breckenridge 6-4 220 So. H 5 Griffin Goodman 6-2 212 Sr. 22 Jeff Krohn 6-2 190 RS-Fr. SSN 53 Scott Peters 6-3 290 Jr. 76 Kenneth Williamson 6-4 295 Sr.