2002 ASU SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Time 2002 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL A 24 at Nebraska (ESPN) 4:45 p.m. A 31 Eastern Washington 7 p.m. Pac-10 Media Day • Wednesday, July 31 S 7 Central Florida 7 p.m. Sheraton Gateway Hotel (LAX) • Los Angeles, Calif. S 14 at San Diego State 6 p.m. S 28 Stanford (ABC) 12:30 p.m. Up Next O 5 North Carolina TBA Arizona State will hold its annual Football Media Day on Tuesday, August 6 at 7:30 a.m. O 12 Oregon State TBA in the Nadine & Ed Carson Center. Later that day, the Sun Devils will travel 100 miles O 19 at Oregon TBA northeast to Camp Tontozona (near Payson, Ariz.) for the first of nine days of presea- O 26 Washington TBA son workouts. Two-a-days start on Wednesday, August 7, while the Sun Devils will hold N 2 at Washington State TBA their annual Camp Tontozona scrimmage on Sunday, August 11 at 10:15 a.m. ASU N 9 California TBA returns to the valley on August 14, while the 90th season of Sun Devil football opens N 16 at USC TBA N 29 at Arizona (Fox Sports Net) 1 p.m. Saturday, August 24 at Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb., in the Black Coaches Association Classic which will be televised nationally on ESPN. Home Games in Bold Times listed are Arizona Time (PT prior to Oct. Important Upcoming Dates 29, MT after Oct. 29) and subject to change. August 2 Freshman & Newcomers Report August 3-4 Newcomer Practices (9:25 a.m. & 4:25 p.m.) 2001 ASU SNAPSHOT August 5 Varsity Reports Category Stat Pac-10 Rank August 6 ASU Football Media Day, 7:30-8:30 a.m. (Carson Center, 1st Floor) Overall Record 4-7 9th Team Departs for Camp Tontozona Pac-10 Record 1-7 9th First Camp Tontozona Practice* (4-6:25 p.m.) Total Offense 426.4 4th August 7-8 Two-a-Days Start (8:35 a.m. & 4 p.m.) Scoring Offense 34.0 T3rd Rushing Offense 167.1 4th August 9 Practice (10:30 a.m. & 4 p.m.) - 4 p.m. is First Practice in Full Pads Passing Offense 259.3 3rd August 10 Practice (8:40 a.m. & 4 p.m.) Total Defense 399.4 8th August 11 Scrimmage (10:15 a.m.) Scoring Defense 32.8 8th August 12 Practice (10:30 a.m. & 4 p.m.) Rushing Defense 138.5 5th August 13 Practice (8:40 a.m. & 4 p.m.) Passing Defense 260.9 7th August 14 Practice (8:40 a.m.) Team Returns to Tempe 2001 ASU RESULTS August 15 Practices Start in Tempe (6 p.m. at Kajikawa Field unless noted) Date Opponent Result August 17 14th Annual Fan Photo Day, 9:45 a.m. (Wells Fargo Arena) S 8 San Diego State W, 38-7 August 19 First Weekly Press Conference, 12 p.m. (Old Main) S 22 at Stanford (Fox AZ on 45) L, 28-51 August 22 Practice (4:15 p.m., Sun Devil Stadium) S 29 San Jose State (Fox AZ) W, 53-15 August 24 ASU at Nebraska, Memorial Stadium, 6:45 p.m. CST (ESPN) O 6 Louisiana-Lafayette W, 63-27 O 13 at USC (Fox Syndication) L, 17-48 August 26 First Day of Classes O 20 Oregon State W, 41-24 O 27 #13/11 Washington (Fox) L, 31-33 * PLEASE NOTE: All interviews at Camp Tontozona will be conducted after prac- N 3 at #8/9 Oregon (Fox) L, 24-42 tices, all interviews in Tempe are conducted before practices. ALL PRACTICES IN N 10 #11/12 WSU (Fox Syn.) L, 16-28 TEMPE ARE CLOSED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. N 23 Arizona (Fox) L, 34-21 D 1 at UCLA(Fox AZ/West) L, 42-52 Who’s Back The Sun Devils return 40 letterwinners including 12 starters and two specialists in Pac-10 (1996-Present) senior placekicker Mike Barth and senior long snapper Jay Breckenridge. The four School O’all Conf. Bowls offensive starters slated to return are OL Regis Crawford, TE Mike Pinkard, FB Mike Washington 49-23 35-13 6 Karney and WR Shaun McDonald. TB Mike Williams also returns on offense after start- Oregon 51-20 31-17 5 UCLA 42-27 28-20 3 ing seven games in two years (four last year). On defense, eight returning starters Arizona State 41-29 27-21 4 include DE Brian Montesanto & Terrell Suggs, LB Mason Unck & Solomon Bates, CB Arizona 40-30 24-27 2 R.J. Oliver & Lamar Baker, S Alfred Williams and FS Jason Shivers. Stanford 37-32-1 27-21 3 USC 37-35 22-26 2 Suggs on Lombardi & Nagurski Watch Lists Washington State 35-34 19-29 2 A preseason All-American and All-Pac-10 selection and ASU’s student-athlete repre- Oregon State 33-35 17-31 2 sentative at Pac-10 Media Day, junior defensive end Terrell Suggs is on the preseason California 22-45 12-36 1 watch lists for two of the most prestigous awards in college football, the Rotary www.TheSunDevils.com Contacts: Mark Brand ([email protected]) & Rhonda Lundin ([email protected]) ICA Media Relations Office, P.O. Box 872505, Tempe, AZ 85287 (480) 965-6592 • Fax: (480) 965-5408 DIRK KOETTER & TEAM NOTES Lombardi Award and the Bronko Nagurski Trophy. HEAD COACH DIRK KOETTER Suggs is one of 49 players on the preseason watch list for the 33rd Rotary Lombardi Award. The Lombardi Award is annually presented to the top lineman in the Enters his second season at the helm of the country with eligibility limited to down linemen and defenders who line up within five Arizona State program … became Arizona yards of the football. To be eligible for the preseason watch list, players had to have State’s 21st head coach on Dec. 2, 2000 … acts as his own offensive coordinator … a earned All-America or first-team all-conference honors last year. The Lombardi Award voter in the USA Today Coaches poll … his watch list will be narrowed down to 12 semifinalists later in the fall with the winner to 2001 ASU offense finished 25th in the country be announced on December 11 in Houston. in total offense and tied for 19th in scoring Suggs is also listed among the 64 players on the preseason watch list for the offense … had the third-longest winning streak Bronko Nagurski Trophy, awarded annually to the nation's top collegiate defensive in the country with eight consecutive victories player. The winner is selected by the 800-member Football Writers Association of (his last seven at Boise State and his season America and will be presented on Dec. 9 in Charlotte, N.C. opener at ASU) before falling at Stanford on In just two seasons, Suggs has already climbed into the top 10 on the ASU career Sept. 22, 2001 … came to ASU after three lists for sacks and tackles for loss. The team leader in each category in each of the seasons at Boise State where he led the last two seasons, he is tied for fifth with 20 career sacks and seventh in career TFLs Broncos to a 26-10 record, two appearances in with 34. Last year, the third-team Football News All-American and first-team All-Pac- the Humanitarian Bowl and two Big West 10 selection led the Pac-10 in solo sacks and tied for first with four forced fumbles. Conference Championships … two-time Big West Conference Coach of the Year … his Suggs finished second in the conference in total sacks (10 for 57 yards) and tackles 2000 Boise State team led the nation in scor- for loss (18 for 79 yards). ing offense, was second in total offense and ranked fourth in the country in passing offense ASU Career Sacks … guided Boise State to its first winning sea- 1. 41 Shante Carver, 1990-93 son in Division I football … is serving as the 2. 28 Vernon Maxwell, 1979-82 honorary chairman of the National Multiple 3. 26 Scott Stephen, 1983-86 Sclerosis Desert Southwest Chapter “Walk on 4. 22 Bob Kohrs, 1978-79 the Wild Side” for the second straight season 5. 20 Terrell Suggs, 2000-pres. …the 2003 walk is scheduled for March 8 at 20 Jim Jeffcoat, 1979-82 the Phoenix Zoo … last name is pronounced “Cutter” … born February 5, 1959 in Pocatello, ASU Career Tackles for Loss Idaho. 1. 58 Bob Kohrs, 1976-79 Koetter Coaching Career 2. 57 Shante Carver, 1990-93 Graduate Assistant, Idaho State .. .1 9 8 2 57 Al Harris, 1975-78 Highland HS (Pocatello, Idaho) .. .1 9 8 3 - 8 4 4. 56 Vernon Maxwell, 1979-82 Of fensive Coordinator, San Francisco St. .. .1 9 8 5 Of fensive Coordinator & QBs, UTEP .. .1 9 8 6 - 8 8 5. 53 Adam Archuleta, 1997-00 Of fensive Coordinator & QBs, Missouri .. .1 9 8 9 - 9 3 6. 46 Scott Stephen, 1983-86 Of fensive Coordinator & QBs, Boston College..1 9 9 4 - 9 5 7. 34 Terrell Suggs, 2000-pres. Offensive Coordinator & QBs, Oregon.. .1 9 9 6 - 9 7 Head Coach, Boise State.. .1 9 9 8 - 0 0 Head Coach, Arizona State.. .2 0 0 1 - p r e s e n t Early Birds In a little more than a month on August 24, Arizona State will open the 2002 campaign Koetter Head Coaching Record at Nebraska in the BCA Classic, marking the earliest start to the football season in Overall: 30-17 (.638), 5th year school history.