Monday, September 8, 2003 2003 ASU SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Time 2003 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL S 6 Northern Arizona W, 34-14 S 13 Utah State 7 p.m. Utah State Aggies (0-2) at #16/16 Arizona State Sun Devils (1-0) S 20 at #23/19 Iowa (ESPN2) 3 p.m. Saturday, September 13, 2003 • 7 p.m. Arizona Time S 27 at Oregon State TBA Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Ariz. O 4 #4/4 USC TBA O 11 Oregon TBA Sun Devil Sports Network O 18 at North Carolina TBA O 25 at UCLA(Fox Sports Net) 7 p.m. Coming off a 34-14 victory over Northern Arizona in last week’s season opener, the N 1 California 1:30 p.m. 16th-ranked Sun Devils continue their non-conference homestand with the Utah State N 8 at Stanford TBA Aggies (0-2) on Faculty/Staff Appreciation Night Saturday at 7 p.m. at Sun Devil N 15 at Washington State 2 p.m. Stadium. After last weekend’s win, ASU climbed to 16th in each of this week’s national N 28 Arizona (Fox Sports Net) 1 p.m. polls, which matches the team’s highest ranking of last year (16th in AP poll on Oct. 27). The Sun Devils will be looking for their fifth straight win in the series over Utah State, Home Games in Bold Times listed are Arizona Time (PT prior to Oct. while a win would also give the team its first 2-0 start to the season since opening the 26, MT after Oct. 26) and subject to change. 2000 campaign with three wins. Utah State heads to Tempe with an 0-2 record after a Rankings are AP/USA Today at time of game 31-7 loss at then No. 23 Nebraska last weekend. Following Saturday night’s game with Utah State, the Sun Devils head to Iowa City to take on the 2002 Big Ten Co-Champion 2003 PAC-10 STANDINGS Iowa Hawkeyes Sept. 20 at 5 p.m. CST/3 p.m. Arizona Time on ESPN2. No. 23/19 Iowa School Conf. O’all Next Game (Date) has opened the season with a 2-0 mark including last week’s 56-7 win over Buffalo. Oregon 0-0 2-0 at Arizona (9/13) USC 0-0 2-0 Hawaii (9/13) ASU 0-0 1-0 Utah State (9/13) In the Series Stanford 0-0 1-0 at BYU (9/20) Arizona State holds a 9-3 advantage in the series with Utah State including an 8-2 edge Arizona 0-0 1-1 Oregon (9/13) in games played at home. The Sun Devils have won the last four games in the series OSU 0-0 1-1 New Mexico St. (9/13) and 10 of the last 11, including a 44-20 victory at Sun Devil Stadium on Sept. 23, 2000 UW 0-0 1-1 Idaho (9/20) in the last meeting between the two teams. The series with the Aggies dates back to WSU 0-0 1-1 at Colorado (9/13) 1948 with Utah State winning that first meeting 22-17 in Logan, Utah. ASU holds a 10- Cal 0-0 1-2 at Utah (9/11) 3 record against teams from the Sun Belt Conference (USU is in its first year as a mem- UCLA 0-0 0-1 Illinois (9/13) ber of the Sun Belt after 25 years in the Big West Conference). ASU head coach Dirk 2002 ASU RESULTS Koetter holds a 3-0 record against Utah State, defeating the Aggies in each of his three Date Opponent Result years as the head coach at Boise State. In those three meetings, Koetter’s Broncos A 24 at #10/8 Nebraska (ESPN) L, 10-48 downed the Aggies by an average of 43.0 points per game including a 66-38 victory in A 31 Eastern Washington W, 38-2 2000 en route to Boise State’s second consecutive Big West title. S 7 Central Florida (AZ-TV) W, 46-13 S 14 at San Diego St. (AZ-TV) W, 39-28 S 28 Stanford (ABC) W, 65-24 Exposure O 5 North Carolina L, 35-38 The Sun Devil Sports Network will carry all 12 of ASU’s football games live on its 11- O 12 Oregon State (Fox AZ) W, 13-9 station network including flagship stations KTAR 620 AM and ESPN Radio 860 AM in O 19 at #6/6 Oregon W, 45-42 Phoenix. Tim Healey (play-by-play), (color analyst), Vince Marotta O 26 Washington W, 27-16 and Paul Calvisi (pregame, halftime and postgame) will bring the action to Sun Devil N 2 at #8/9 Wash. St. (ABC) L, 22-44 fans. Calvisi will also provide reports from the ASU sidelines during home games. ASU N 9 California (Fox) L, 38-55 N 16 at #8/8 USC (TBS) L, 13-34 games can also be heard live on ASU’s official web site at www.TheSunDevils.com. N 29 at Arizona (Fox Sports Net) W, 34-20 There is no television for the Utah State game. D 27 vs. #6/6 Kansas St. (ESPN) L, 27-34 Last Time Out Pac-10 (1996-Present) Led by junior who threw four touchdown passes, the No. School O’all Conf. Bowls 20/21 Sun Devils scored 27 unanswered points to come from behind and open the sea- Oregon 60-26 34-22 6 Washington 57-28 39-17 7 son with a 34-14 victory over the Division I-AA Lumberjacks. UCLA 50-33 31-25 4 After forcing the Sun Devils into a three-and-out to begin the game, NAU drove Arizona State 50-35 32-24 5 down the field and scored a quick touchdown on a drive highlighted by a 54-yard recep- USC 49-38 29-27 3 tion from NAU quarterback Jason Murietta to receiver Clarence Moore. ASU countered Arizona 46-39 25-34 2 with a 43-yard drive of its own to score on an eight-yard pass from Walter to redshirt Washington State 46-38 26-30 3 freshman Loren Wade. Oregon State 42-41 21-35 3 Stanford 40-41-1 28-28 3 ASU turned the momentum on the first play out in the second quarter. Junior cor- California 30-52 16-40 1 nerback R.J. Oliver intercepted a pass in the end zone and ran it 100 yards back, tying

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a school record and giving ASU a 13-7 lead. The Sun Devils cruised from there as HEAD COACH DIRK KOETTER Walter found the end zone two more times before the half, including a 40-yard TD pass to sophomore Derek Hagan to give ASU the 27-7 halftime advantage. Is in his third season at the helm of the Arizona NAU turned in the only score in the third quarter, recovering an ASU fumble two State program … acts as his own offensive coor- minutes in. Murietta found wide receiver Chris Nash in the end zone to cap a 61-yard dinator … the Sun Devils have averaged 33.1 drive and score NAU’s final points of the game. ASU stormed back and advanced 84 points per game in Koetter’s two years at ASU (860 points, 26 games)… led the SunDevils to an yards down field to score its fifth touchdown on a 38-yard pass from Walter to sopho- 8-6 record, a third-place Pac-10 finish and a berth more Moey Mutz. Mutz led the Sun Devil receivers with three catches for a career-best in the 2002 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl last year … 75 yards and two touchdowns. his 2002 team ranked ninth in the nation in pass- The Sun Devils shut down the NAU offense the rest of the way and rolled to the ing offense and 20th in scoring offense … a voter victory in front of a crowd of 60,069 at Sun Devil Stadium. Walter completed 15 of 24 in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll … became passes for 224 yards, four touchdowns and no . It marked the fifth time Arizona State’s 21st head coach on Dec. 2, 2000 in his career that the junior signal-caller has thrown at least four TD passes in a game. … his 2001 ASU offense finished 25th in the Junior safety Riccardo Stewart led the defense with a career-high 11 tackles, while country in total offense and tied for 19th in scoring starting linebackers Justin Burks and Jamar Williams each turned in seven tackles. offense … had the third-longest winning streak in Williams also notched a career-best three tackles for loss in the Sun Devil victory. the country with eight consecutive wins (his last seven at Boise State and his season opener at ASU) before falling at Stanford on 9/2/01 … In the Rankings came to ASU after three seasons at Boise State The Sun Devils climbed four spots to 16th in this week’s Associated Press poll and five where he led the Broncos to a 26-10 record, two spots to 16th in this week’s USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll. The team’s No. 16 rank- appearances in the Humanitarian Bowl and two ing in each poll matches the highest rank of last season when the Sun Devils climbed Big West Conference Championships … two-time to 16th in the Oct. 27 AP poll before falling out two weeks later. It is also the highest Big West Coach of the Year … his 2000 Boise national ranking for the Sun Devils since the 1997 Sun Bowl Championship squad fin- State team led the nation in scoring offense, was ished at 14th in each of the final national polls. ASU was ranked 22nd in this year’s second in total offense and ranked fourth in the preseason AP poll and 23rd in the preseason coaches poll, marking the first time that country in passing offense … guided BSU to its the team has been ranked in the preseason since 1999 (25th-AP). first winning season in Division I football … has served as the honorary chairman of the National ASU Week-by-Week in the 2003 National Polls Multiple Sclerosis Desert Southwest Chapter Date AP USA Today “Walk on the Wild Side” in each of the last two Preseason 22 23 years … last name is pronounced “Cutter” … born Aug. 31 20 21 Feb. 5, 1959 in Pocatello, Idaho. Sept. 7 16 16

Koetter Coaching Career Season Openers Graduate Assistant, Idaho State ...... 1 9 8 2 Highland HS (Pocatello, Idaho) ...... 1 9 8 3 - 8 4 With its 34-14 victory over Northern Arizona last weekend, Arizona State improved to Of fensive Coordinator, San Francisco St...... 1 9 8 5 62-27-2 all time in season openers (.692) and 42-15-1 (.733) in season openers at Of fensive Coordinator & QBs, UTEP ...... 1 9 8 6 - 8 8 home. The Sun Devils have won four of their last five season openers and 14 of their Of fensive Coordinator & QBs, Missouri ...... 1 9 8 9 - 9 3 last 18 despite last year’s 48-10 season-opening loss to then No. 10/8 Nebraska on Of fensive Coordinator & QBs, Boston College..1 9 9 4 - 9 5 Offensive Coordinator & QBs, Oregon...... 1 9 9 6 - 9 7 Head Coach, Boise State...... 1 9 9 8 - 0 0 ARIZONA STATE-UTAH STATE STATISTICAL COMPARISON Head Coach, Arizona State ...... 2 0 0 1 - p r e s e n t Arizona State Utah State Koetter Head Coaching Record Record...... 1-0...... 0-2 Overall: 39-23 (.629), 6th year Pac-10/Sun Belt ...... 0-0...... 0-0 ASU: 13-13 (.500), 3rd year Scoring ...... 34.0...... 13.5 First Downs ...... 19 ...... 16.0 Koetter’s Record When ...... O’all (ASU) Total Offense...... 371.0...... 297.5 Leading at halftime ...... 30-4 (7-1) Rushing Yards ...... 137.0...... 68.5 Leading after three quarters ...... 30-4 (10-1) Passing Yards...... 234.0...... 229.0 Having a 100-yard rusher ...... 14-5 (4-3) Kickoff Returns...... 40.0 ...... 115.5 Having a 300-yard passer...... 9-7 (3-5) Punt Returns...... 14.5...... 9.0 Scoring 30 points or more ...... 12-7 (11-4) Punting ...... 45.4...... 39.5 Leading in time of possession...... 18-9 (8-2) Time of Possession ...... 22:51...... 22:35 Following a loss...... 14-9 (6-7) 3rd Down Conv...... 30% (3/10)...... 36% (10/28) In games decided by four pts or less ....5-3 (2-2) 4th Down Conv...... 0/1...... 0/3 Temperature is 32° F or less...... 4-0 (0-0) Points Allowed ...... 14.0...... 35.5 In season openers...... 4-2 (2-1) Total Yards Allowed ...... 372.0...... 393.5 In Pac-10 openers...... 1-1 (1-1) Rush Yards Allowed...... 57.0...... 237.5 In home games ...... 26-8 (9-5) Pass Yards Allowed ...... 315.0...... 156.0 In bowl games ...... 2-1 (0-1) *statistics are per game averages*

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Aug. 24, 2002 in Lincoln, Neb. ASU has won its last three and seven of its last eight season-openers at home including a 31-13 victory over Texas Tech in 1999, a 38-7 HASH MARKS victory over San Diego State in 2001 and a 34-14 win over NAU in 2003. … ASU defensive coordinator Brent Guy was an assistant coach at Utah State from 1992-94. Pick Pocket Junior cornerback R.J. Oliver tied a school and Pac-10 record when he returned an … ASU’s crowd of 60,069 last week against NAU 100 yards for touchdown last week against Northern Arizona. Oliver tied was the biggest since 61,370 fans watched ASU’s narrow 21-15 loss to then No. 10 Washington on the ASU mark for the longest interception return set by teammate Emmanuel Franklin Oct. 14, 2000. who had a 100-yard interception return in the 2001 season-opener against San Diego State. Oliver became the 10th player in Pac-10 history to return an interception 100 … Northern Arizona got on the board first last yards for touchdown. It marked the team-leading seventh career interception for week, marking the 10th time in the last 15 games Oliver, who led the Pac-10 in passes defended last year and is on the preseason that ASU’s opponent has scored first. watch list for the Jim Thorpe Award. … In last week’s win over NAU, ASU turned in just Coincidentally, Franklin made his first appearance on the field for the Sun Devils 57 plays for 371 yards of total offense, an average in over a year on Saturday night after missing the 2002 season following brain surgery. of 6.5 yards per play. Last year, the team aver- Franklin suffered a subdural hemotoma following a concussion during 2002 spring aged 5.3 yards per play. workouts and missed the 2002 season after undergoing surgery to relieve the bleed- … With the win last week, Dirk Koetter moved to ing on his brain. .500 as the head coach of the Sun Devils (13-13).

Young Guns … ASU had a bye on Aug. 31, meaning that the A total of 18 Sun Devils saw the first action of their Arizona State careers last week- Sun Devils will play on 11 straight Saturdays start- end against Northern Arizona including five true freshmen, nine redshirt freshmen and ing Sept. 6 against NAU. The team will not enjoy another bye until Nov. 22, the week before the four juniors. The five true freshmen to see action last week included quarterback Sam team hosts instate rival Arizona on Nov. 28. Keller, kicker Jesse Ainsworth, safeties Josh Barrett and Daniel Varvel and linebacker Mark Washington. ASU’s current roster now features 15 players who saw action as … The Sun Devils have a 21 8 - 7 6 - 3 all-time win- true freshmen: Mike Davis Jr., Matt Fawley, Derek Hagan, Nick Johnson, Ali Likio, ning record (. 7 3 9 ) at Sun Devil Stadium. Mike Talbot, Chaz White and Jamar Williams in 2002; Lamar Baker, Barton Hammit, … Sports Illustrated labeled ASU’s Dirk Koetter as Daryl Lightfoot and Jason Shivers in 2001; and Mike Karney, Mike Williams and Skyler the most organized coach in - Fulton in 2000. “The Organization Man” - in its college football preview edition. Spreading the Wealth … SI also listed junior quarterback Andrew Walter The Sun Devils completed passes to eight different receivers in last week’s 34-14 sea- fourth on their Heisman Watch list in that issue. son-opening victory over Northern Arizona. Junior quarterback Andrew Walter found seven of those eight receivers and completed four touchdown passes to three differ- … Walter was a counselor at this year’s Elite 11 ent Sun Devils. Sophomore Moey Mutz, a former walk-on who earned a scholarship camp. this spring, led the Sun Devil receivers with three catches for 75 yards and two TDs. … Koetter is also tied for fifth on Kirk Herbstreit’s Senior Skyler Fulton had five catches for 52 yards, while sophomore Derek Hagan had list of “offensive geniuses” in his third annual three catches for 55 yards and his first career TD. Herbie Awards column in espn.com.

Scoring Through the Air … Senior defensive tackle Brian Montesanto has made 30 career starts (including the last 26 Junior quarterback Andrew Walter threw four touchdown passes last week against games), the most of any player on ASU’s roster. Northern Arizona, marking the fifth time in his career that he has had at least four TD passes in a game. His career high in a single game is five in last year’s 65-24 victory … Nine Sun Devil defensive backs have started over Stanford. Walter has now thrown 35 career TD passes and needs just one more at least one game in their careers. to move onto the Pac-10’s top 42 for career touchdown passes. He also needs nine … Senior fullback Mike Karney has accepted an more to move into ASU’s career top six in the category. invitation to play in the 2004 Shrine East-West Football Game on Jan. 10 in San Francisco. Parker Pulling Double Duty Senior Tim Parker served as ASU’s punter and placekicker in last week’s game vs. … ASU’s Pac-10 miss this year is Washington. Northern Arizona. Parker became the first Sun Devil to handle both duties since … ASU’s football roster features two student-ath- Stephen Baker was the placekicker and backup punter in 1998 and 1999. Parker boot- letes who have earned their undergraduate ed five punts for an average of 45.4 yards per punt with one touchback and two punts degrees – Jermaine McKinney and Brian downed inside the 20. He also connected on 4-of-5 extra-point attempts. A preseason Montesanto – while several others are scheduled candidate for the Ray Guy Award and preseason third-team All-American, Parker to graduate in December 2003 and May 2004. ranks second in the Pac-10 and ninth in the nation in punting at 45.4 yards per punt. … ASU Athletics Director Gene Smith played col- lege football at Notre Dame, earning three letters Putting the Special in Special Teams and playing on the 1973 national championship Sophomore Josh Golden had four punt returns for 78 yards last week vs. NAU which squad.

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was the most for a Sun Devil since Justin Taplin had four punt returns for 84 yards vs. STATISTICALLY SPEAKING... Oregon State in 2001. Golden’s 42-yarder in the second quarter was also the longest since Taplin had a 62-yard punt return in that 2001 game. Golden leads the Pac-10 TEAMOFFENSE ...... Pac-10 (Nation) and ranks 13th in the nation in punt returns, averaging 18.8 yards per return. Saturday Rushing...... 137.0...... 6th Passing Yards ...... 234.0 ...... 6th (49th) marked Golden’s first action as a punt returner after he returned 11 kickoffs for 238 Pass Efficiency ...... 187.9...... 1st yards (21.6 yards per return) last season. Total Offense...... 371.0...... 7th Scoring ...... 34.0...... 2nd (34th) First Downs ...... 19 ...... 9th Defensive Effort 3rd Down Conv...... 30% ...... 9th Junior safety Riccardo Stewart led the team with 11 tackles last week against Northern 4th Down Conv...... 0% ...... 5th Arizona, marking the fifth time in his career that he has led the team in the category. Sacks Against ...... 1 ...... 1st Red Zone Offense...... 50% (1-2) ...... 9th That tied his career high of 11 set last year against North Carolina, while his eight solo tackles vs. NAU bested his previous career high of six in 2001 vs. Stanford. TEAMDEFENSE ...... Pac-10 (Nation) The Sun Devils also got a strong defensive showing from its starting linebacking Rushing...... 57.0 ...... 3rd (12th) Pass Efficiency ...... 140.1...... 9th duo of sophomore Jamar Williams and junior Justin Burks. Williams and Burks each Passing Yards ...... 315.0...... 10th turned in seven tackles, while Williams led the team with three tackles for loss and had Total Defense...... 372.0...... 8th a sack for a loss of nine yards. Williams made just his second career start in the game, Scoring ...... 14.0 ...... 4th (24th) while Burks made his Sun Devil debut after transferring to ASU as a junior college All- Opp. First Downs...... 22...... 3rd Sacks...... 1 ...... 9th American from Cerritos Community College in Norwalk, Calif. 3rd Down Conv...... 40% ...... 7th 4th Down Conv...... 0%...... 1st Looking Ahead Red Zone Defense ...... 40%...... 1st Next week, the Sun Devils will travel to Iowa City, Iowa, to take the No. 23/19 TEAMMISCELLANEOUS ...... Pac-10 (Nation) Hawkeyes, while the 2002 Big Ten Co-Champion Hawkeyes will return the game on Net Punting ...... 42.6...... 2nd (8th) Sept. 18, 2004 in Tempe. This year’s game will mark ASU’s first effort against a team Punt Returns...... 14.5 ...... 1st (29th) Kickoff Returns ...... 40.0 ...... 1st (6th) from the Big Ten since downing the Hawkeyes 17-7 in the 1997 Sun Bowl in El Paso. Kickoff Coverage...... 20.4...... 5th It will also be the first time that ASU has played in a Big Ten venue since defeating Turnover Margin ...... +0...... 6th Illinois 21-7 at Memorial Stadium in Champaign on Sept. 12, 1987. Field Goals ...... –...... – PAT Kicking ...... 800...... 9th Possession Time...... 22:51...... 10th Walter on Davey O’Brien, Walter Camp Preseason Watch Lists Penalties ...... 64.0...... 5th Junior quarterback Andrew Walter has been named to the preseason watch lists for the Davey O'Brien Award and the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award. PLAYER STATISTICS Skyler Fulton The Davey O’Brien Award is given annually to the nation's top collegiate quarter- Receptions...... 5.0 ...... T7th back. The watch list is comprised of 42 Division-I quarterbacks and will be narrowed down to the semifinalists in early November. Three finalists will be chosen later in Josh Golden Punt Returns...... 18.75 ...... 1st (13th) November, and the winner will be announced on Dec. 11 at the Home Depot College Football Awards Show in Orlando. Derek Hagan Walter is one of 42 players on the watch list for the Walter Camp Player of the TD Scoring...... 6.0 ...... T7th Year Award, which is presented by the Walter Camp Football Foundation. The watch Moey Mutz list will be narrowed to 10 semifinalists in early November. The 2003 Walter Camp Receiving Yards...... 75.0...... 10th Player of the Year recipient, which is voted on by the 117 Division I-A head coaches Scoring ...... 12.0 ...... T1st (9th) and sports information directors, will be announced on the ESPN/Home Depot College TD Scoring...... 12.0...... T1st Football Awards Show in December. The winner will receive his trophy at the R.J. Oliver Foundation's annual national awards banquet on Feb. 14, 2004 at the Yale University Interceptions ...... 1...... T1st (3rd) Commons in New Haven, Conn. TD Scoring...... 6.0 ...... T7th Walter has also been named a second-team All-Pac-10 selection by both Athlon Tim Parker Sports and The Sporting News and is listed as the eighth-best quarterback in the Punting ...... 45.4...... 2nd (9th) nation by The Sporting News. Kick Scoring...... 4.0...... 8th

Loren Wade Oliver, Shivers on Watch List for Jim Thorpe Award Rushing Yards/G...... 64.0...... 6th Juniors R.J. Oliver and Jason Shivers are on the preseason watch list for the Jim Thorpe Award, which is presented annually to the nation's top defensive back. Andrew Walter Passing Yards ...... 224.0...... 4th Oliver is coming off a season that saw him lead the Pac-10 in passes defended Pass Efficiency ...... 195.9 ...... 2nd (2nd) with 22 (4 interceptions, 18 PBU’s) on his way to earning honorable-mention All-Pac- Total Offense...... 221.0 ...... 4th (49th) 10 honors. Shivers has led the Sun Devils in tackles both of his seasons in Tempe. A 2002 honorable-mention All-Pac-10 honoree, Shivers tallied 121 tackles in 2002, (Individuals must rank in the top 10 in Pac-10 and/or top 50 in the nation) which tied for the most in the Pac-10. The Thorpe Award watch list will be narrowed to 10 semifinalists on Nov. 3 and then to three finalists on Nov. 24. The winner will be announced Dec. 11 at ESPN's College Football Awards Show. The official presentation of the award will be in Oklahoma City on Feb. 9.

2003 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL • PAGE 4 QUARTERBACK ANDREW WALTER www.thesundevils.com/andrewwalter

Walter’s World WALTER’S CAREER STATISTICS Junior quarterback Andrew Walter Yea r G/ G S Co m p . / A t t . Yd s . Pc t . TD / I n t . Lg . Avg . / G Ef f . opened the 2003 season with a 20 0 1 11/ 2 38 / 8 6 54 6 44 . 2 3/ 2 53 49 . 6 10 4 . 3 8 solid performance, completing 15- 20 0 2 14 / 1 0 27 4 / 4 8 3 38 7 7 56 . 7 28 / 1 5 85 27 6 . 9 13 7 . 0 7 of-24 passes for 224 yards with 20 0 3 1/ 1 15 / 2 4 22 4 62 . 5 4/ 0 40 22 4 . 0 19 5 . 9 0 Ca r e e r 27 / 1 3 32 7 / 5 9 3 46 4 7 55 . 1 35 / 1 7 85 17 8 . 7 13 4 . 7 0 four touchdowns and no intercep- tions in last week’s victory over WALTER’S CAREER HIGHS Northern Arizona. Walter threw Pass Attempts...... 57 vs. Kansas State, 12/27/02 four TD passes to three different Pass Completions ...... 31 twice (last at Washington St., 11/2/02) Passing Yards ...... 536 at Oregon, 10/19/02 receivers vs. the Lumberjacks, TDs Passing...... 5 vs. Stanford, 9/28/02 marking the fifth time in his career that the national awards candidate WALTER’S 2003 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS has had at least four scoring Opp. Comp./Att. Yds. TD/Int. Long Northern Arizona 15/24 224 4/0 20 strikes in a game. Utah State This season, Walter ranks at Iowa second in the nation and in the Pac-10 in scoring efficiency at at Oregon State 195.90. He is also fourth in the league in passing yards per game USC (224.0) and total offense (221.0). With the win, Walter improved to Oregon at North Carolina 6-7 as ASU’s starter and now has completed 327 passes for 4,647 at UCLA yards and 35 touchdowns in his career. California Last year, Walter turned in one of the finest seasons in school at Stanford history, setting almost every school record for passing yards and at Washington State Arizona total offense. Walter shattered the school record for passing yards in a single season, throwing for 3,877 yards to become the first passer in school history to top 3,000 yards and surpass the previ- WALTER IN THE RECORD BOOKS ous school record of 2,878 by in 1973. Despite not AS U Single-Game Touchdown Passes 24 Danny White, 1973 earning his first start until the fifth game of the year, Walter, who 1. 7 , vs.Stanford, 1981 5. 23 Danny White, 1972 finished third in the Pac-10 and 19th in the nation in passing effi- 2. 6 Danny White, vs. New Mexico, 6. 20 John Torok, 1964 19 7 1 7. 19 Three players tied ciency at 137.10, turned in the third-best single-season perfor- 3. 5 Andrew Wal t e r , vs. Stanford, mance in Pac-10 history and became the first quarterback in Pac- 20 0 2 ASU Single-Season Attempts 10 history to turn in four 400-yard passing games in a season. No 5 Je f f Krohn, vs. Oregon, 2000 1. 483 Andrew Walter, 2002 5. 4 23 times (four times by Wal t e r , 2. 348 , 1996 Pac-10 quarterback had ever thrown for more than three in a sea- last vs. NAU, 2003) 3. 337 Jeff Van Raaphorst, 1985 son and Washington’s Cody Pickett and Walter are the only two to 4. 336 Todd Hons, 1982 ever have four in a career. Walter completed 274 of 483 pass AS U Single-Game Passing Yar d s 5. 334 Mike Pagel, 1980 1. 53 6 Andrew Walter at Oregon, 6. 324 Todd Hons, 1983 attempts, breaking ASU’s single-season marks for attempts and 2002 (** Pac-10 record) completions – records previously held by Jake Plummer with 348 2. 53 4 vs. Was h i n g t o n ASU Single-Season Completions attempts in 1996 and Todd Hons with 199 completions in 1983 – State, 1989 1. 274 Andrew Walter, 2002 3. 53 2 Je f f Van Raaphorst vs. Florida 2. 199 Todd Hons, 1983 while Walter’s 28 touchdown passes marked the second-best St a t e , 1 9 8 4 3. 198 Jake Plummer, 1996 effort in school history behind Mike Pagel who threw 29 TD pass- 4. 51 1 Ryan Kealy vs. Arizona, 1998 4. 188 Jeff Van Raaphorst, 1985 es in 1981. 5. 47 7 Andrew Walter vs. 5. 185 Todd Hons, 1982 California, 2002 6. 184 Mike Pagel, 1980 With a 536-yard passing performance to upend No. 6 Oregon 6. 47 4 Andrew Walter vs. North on Oct. 19, Walter set Pac-10 and Arizona State school records for Carolina, 2002 ASU Single-Season Total Offense single-game passing yards, surpassing the previous mark of 534 47 4 Paul Justin vs. Houston, 1990 1. 3,661 Andrew Walter, 2002 2. 3,107 Danny White, 1973 yards by fellow Sun Devil Paul Justin vs. Washington State in ASU Single-Season Passing Yards 3. 2,834 Jake Plummer, 1996 1989. He was named the Oct. 20 Sporting News, cnnsi.com and 1. 3,877 Andrew Walter, 2002 4. 2,511 Mike Pagel, 1981 USA Today.com National Player of the Week in addition to earn- 2. 2,878 Danny White, 1973 5. 2,460 Paul Justin, 1989 3. 2,776 Jake Plummer, 1996 6. 2,443 Danny White, 1972 ing his first career Pac-10 Player-of-the-Week honor. 4. 2,591 Paul Justin, 1989 Walter also shattered the majority of ASU’s total offense 5. 2,484 Mike Pagel, 1981 Pac-10 Single-Season Total Offense 6. 2,394 Todd Hons, 1983 1. 3,877 Andrew Walter, 2002 records, setting the marks for total yards (3,661 yards) and yards 1. 4, 2 7 3 Cody Pickett, UW, 2002 per game (261.5 ypg). He also tied Danny White (1973) with four Pac-10 Single-Season Passing Yards 2. 3, 8 2 0 Carson Palmer, USC, 2002 games with at least 300 yards of total offense and turned in the 1. 4,458 C. Pickett, UW, 2002 3. 3, 6 6 1 Andrew Wal t e r , 2002 2. 3,942 C. Palmer, USC, 2002 4. 3, 5 8 3 Ryan Leaf,WSU, 1997 third-best season in Pac-10 history. He finished third in the league 3. 3,877 A. Walter, ASU, 2002 5. 3, 4 9 0 Akili Smith,Oregon, 1998 and 18th in the nation in total offense. 4. 3,637 R. Leaf,WSU, 1997 5. 3,627 S. Stenstrom, Stan., 1993 6. 3,499 P. Barnes, Cal, 1996 7. 3,307 A. Smith, Oregon, 1998

ASUSingle-Season TD Passes 1. 29 Mike Pagel, 1981 2. 28 Andrew Walter, 2002 3. 24 Jake Plummer, 1996

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Parker on Watch List for Ray Guy Award Who’s Back Senior punter Tim Parker is one of 32 players on the preseason The Sun Devils return 37 letterwinners including 16 starters and watch list for the 2003 Ray Guy Award which is annually present- one specialist in punter Tim Parker, a preseason third-team Street ed to the top collegiate punter by the Greater Augusta Sports and Smith’s All-American who led the Pac-10 in punting last year. Council. The nine returning offensive starters are QB Andrew Walter, WR Parker returns for his senior year after leading the Pac-10 Daryl Lightfoot, LT Regis Crawford, LG Tim Fa’aita, C Tony Aguilar, Conference in punting and earning second-team All-Pac-10 hon- RG Drew Hodgdon, RT Chaz White, TB Mike Williams and FB ors last season. He averaged 42.7 yards per punt to pace the Mike Karney. On defense, the seven returning starters include DE league and rank 16th in the nation. He turned in 3,372 punting Jimmy Verdon, DT Brian Montesanto, DT Shane Jones, CB R.J. yards which puts him second all time at ASU for punting yards in a Oliver, S Matt Fawley, FS Jason Shivers and CB Brett Hudson. S season. This year, Parker is listed as the eighth-best punter in the Riccardo Stewart also returns after starting nine games before country by The Sporting News and was picked as a third-team pre- missing the last four with a shoulder injury. (note - positions listed season All-American by Street & Smith’s. are last year’s positions - some player positions have changed). The Ray Guy Award watch list will be narrowed to 10 semifi- nalists in early November. The national voting body will then vote Lighting Up the Scoreboard for the three finalists who will be announced in late November. The In his two-plus seasons at the helm, head coach Dirk Koetter’s winner will be announced on Dec. 11 at the Home Depot College offense has turned in an average of 33.1 points per game includ- Football Awards Show in Orlando. ing last week’s 34-14 win over NAU. Last year, the Sun Devils averaged 32.3 points per game, which ranked fourth in the Pac-10 Sun Devils Picked Second in Pac-10 Media Poll and 20th in the nation. ASU’s 45 points in its 45-42 upset at sixth- Arizona State was picked to finish second in the Pac-10, just three ranked Oregon on Oct. 19 were the most points in a Pac-10 road points behind first-place USC, in the league’s preseason poll of game for the team since defeating Arizona 56-14 in Tucson on West Coast media members. The Trojans garnered 10 of 25 first- Nov. 23, 1996, ASU’s last regular-season game in that Rose Bowl place votes, with the Sun Devils getting nine. It marks the highest campaign. The team set a school record for scoring in a Pac-10 preseason pick for the Sun Devils since 1998 when the team game Sept. 28 with its 65-24 win over Stanford, besting the previ- picked to finish second behind UCLA. ous mark of 62 points, which also came against Stanford in a 1981 game (62-36 win). The 65 points ASU scored vs. the Cardinal were Pac-10 Preseason Media Poll (first-place votes in parentheses) the most since the team tallied 66 against UTEP on Oct. 22, 1977. 1. USC (10) 227 It also marked the fifth time that a Dirk Koetter-coached team has 2. Arizona State (9) 224 topped the 60-point mark (twice at ASU). 3. Washington (4) 198 In 2001, the Sun Devils averaged 34.0 points per game, which 4. Oregon State (2) 172 tied for third in the Pac-10 with conference champion Oregon and 5. Oregon 139 19th in the nation. The total marked the most for the team since 6. UCLA 138 1996 when the Pac-10 champion and Rose Bowl-bound Sun 7. Washington State 107 Devils averaged 40.7 points per contest. 8. California 68 9. Stanford 57 Turnover Tale 10. Arizona 46 The Sun Devils forced a Pac-10 Conference-leading 40 turnovers last season, including 22 interceptions and 18 forced fumbles. In 2001, the team forced just 18 turnovers all season. Last year, the Sun Devils had a season-high seven turnovers Sept. 28 vs. Stanford (four interceptions, three fumbles) and four Oct. 12 vs. Team Captains Oregon State (three interceptions, one fumble). Juniors Riccardo Stewart and Andrew Walter are ASU’s team captains Interception Connection for 2003, as voted on by their teammates. Head coach Dirk Koetter will also select single-game captains each week. Here’s a list of the Thirteen Sun Devils combined for ASU’s Pac-10-leading 22 inter- team captains this year: ceptions last year led by R.J. Oliver and Brett Hudson who each picked off four passes to finish tied for sixth in the Pac-10. Oliver Ga m e Team Captains also paced the Pac-10 with a total of 22 passes defended. Their Northern Ar i z o n a Stewart, Wal t e r , Montesanto, Crawford four interceptions mark the most for a Sun Devil since Nijrell Eason Utah State Stewart, Wal t e r , J. Williams, Ag u i l a r at Iowa had five in 2000, while the team’s 22 picks were the most for an at Oregon State ASU squad since the 1991 Sun Devils had nine players pick off 23 US C passes. The Sun Devils snagged four interceptions in the team’s Or e g o n Sept. 28 win over Stanford, the most in a single game since ASU at North Carolina at UCLA had five in a 1998 win over California. Ca l i f o r n i a at Stanford NFL Draft Note at Washington State Ar i z o n a With defensive tackle Terrell Suggs being taken by the Baltimore

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Ravens as the 10th pick of the 2003 NFLDraft, it marked the fourth straight season and 21st time overall that a Sun Devil has been Preseason Prognosticators taken in the first round of the NFL Draft. In fact, Arizona State Arizona State has been ranked in the national top 25 and picked to fin- is just one of three schools in the country to have a player taken in ish from second to fourth in the Pac-10 Conference standings in the the first round in each of the last four NFL Drafts (Miami and various preseason college football annuals. Street and Smith’s has the Sun Devils ranked 14th in the country and second in the Pac-10 Florida are the other two). (behind Washington and ahead of USC), while Lindy’s ranks the team 23rd in the nation and third in the Pac-10 (behind Washington). The Linebacker Ron Pritchard to Be Inducted into College Sporting News lists the Sun Devils third in the league (behind Football Hall of Fame Washington and ahead of Oregon State, while Athlon Sports has the Former ASU linebacker Ron Pritchard (1966-68) will be one of 11 team fourth in the Pac-10 (behind Oregon State and ahead of UCLA). players and two coaches inducted into the College Football Hall of ASU is also ranked 23rd in the country in the preseason USA Fame in South Bend, Ind., this fall. Pritchard, who will be honored Today/ESPN Coaches Poll and 22nd by Sports Illustrated in its annu- in an on-campus salute Nov. 11 at ASU’s game vs. Oregon, al College Football Preview edition. becomes the fourth ASU player and sixth Sun Devil to be inducted A number of Sun Devils have also been recognized in the pre- season annuals. Here is a complete list of those honors: into the College Football Hall of Fame. Legendary head coaches Dan Devine and Frank Kush were inducted in 1985 and 1996, … Athlon lists Drew Hodgdon as first-team All-Pac-10 on the offensive line. respectively, while quarterback Danny White was inducted in 1997, defensive back Mike Haynes was inducted in 2001 and John … At h l o n lists Tim Parker as first-team All-Pac-10 as a punter. Jefferson was inducted last year. … Athlon lists Hakim Hill as a first-team All-Pac-10 kick returner. Arguably the greatest linebacker in the history of the ASU foot- ball program, Pritchard was Arizona State's first consensus All- … At h l o n lists Andrew Wal t e r as its second-team All-Pac-10 quarterback. American and led the Sun Devils to a pair of eight-win seasons. A first-team All-American in 1968, Pritchard was elected team … At h l o n lists R.J. Oliver as its second-team All-Pac-10 defensive back. captain, voted Most Valuable Defensive Player by his peers and … At h l o n lists Justin Burks as a "Rising Star". led the Sun Devils in tackles and interceptions that year. A three- time first-team All-Western Athletic Conference pick, he was … At h l o n lists Kyle Caldwell and Mike Af f l e c k as Pac-10 "Future Stars". selected to the 20-Year WAC All-Star Football Team. Following his senior season, he played in the East-West Shrine Game, the … The Sporting News lists R.J. Oliver as a first-team All-Pac-10 selection. Coaches All-American Game, the Hula Bowl and the Senior Bowl. … The Sporting News li s t s Tim Parker as a first-team All-Pac-10 performer. After his legendary collegiate career, Pritchard was selected 15th overall in the first round of the 1969 NFLdraft by the Houston … The Sporting News lists Regis Crawford as a second-team Al l - P a c - 1 0 Oilers. His professional career ended prematurely after nine years pi c k . with the Oilers and Cincinnati Bengals due to a knee injury. After his pro football career, he went into sales and eventually ran his … The Sporting News lists Drew Hodgdon as a second-team Al l - P a c - 1 0 pi c k . own business, Interstate Battery Systems. Pritchard continues to give back to his community and partic- … The Sporting News lists Andrew Wal t e r as a second-team All-Pac-10 pick. ularly the game of football. For many years, Pritchard has spon- sored and funded a scholarship at his former high school, which … The Sporting News lists Jason Shivers as a second-team All-Pac-10 pick. goes to aid a scholar-athlete in furthering his or her education. … The Sporting News lists Andrew Wal t e r as the eighth-best quarterback in Pritchard also helps raise funds for the United Food Bank in the nation. Arizona. … The Sporting News lists Mike Karney as the eighth-best fullback in the TURNOVER TALE na t i o n . In its last 56 games, if ASU wins or breaks even in the turnover battle, the Sun Devils are 31-2. In that same span, ASU is 3-20 when it loses … The Sporting News lists Tim Parker as the eighth-best punter in the nation. the turnover battle. During that 56-game span, the unexpected has only happened four times: against Washington State in 1999 (win), … The Sporting News lists Jason Shivers as the 12th-best free safety in the Oregon in 1999 (loss), Oregon State in 2001 (win). Eastern co u n t r y . Washington in 2002 (win) and, most recently, Kansas State in 2002 (loss). … The Sporting News lists R.J. Oliver as the 16th-best cornerback in the na t i o n . ASU 2003 Opp 1 Turnovers 1 … The Sporting News lists AS U ’ s secondary as the seventh-best in the Result for Opponent... na t i o n . 7 Points 7 1 TD 1 … The Sporting News lists AS U ’ s special teams as the eighth-best in the 0 FG 0 na t i o n . 0 Punt 0 0 Turnover 0 … Street & Smith’s lists Tim Parker as a third-team Al l - A m e r i c a n . 0 Missed FG 0 0 TO on Downs 0 … Street & Smith’s lists Tim Parker on its All-Pac-10 team. 0 End of Half/Game 0

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Bowl Lineup 1835, (805) 231-3229 or (888) 423-0095 pager; or Michelle If a Pac-10 Conference team is ranked No. 1 or 2 in the final Bowl Lockhart at the Pac-10 (925) 932-4411. Championship Series rankings at the end of the regular season, it will play in the national championship game in the Nokia Sugar Online Bowl Jan. 4 in New Orleans. If the Pac-10 champion is not ranked Arizona State’s official web site is part of the Official College Sports No. 1 or 2 in the country, it will automatically be part of the Rose Network and can be found at www.TheSunDevils.com. Updated Bowl on Jan. 1 in Pasadena against the Big Ten champion or an releases, player bios, statistics and other information can be at-large team if the Big Ten champion is ranked No. 1 or 2. accessed from ASU’s web site. Game broadcasts and live stats The Pac-10 Conference also has bowl ties with the Holiday, are also available on the site. The Pac-10 Conference’s official Wells Fargo Sun, Insight, Las Vegas and Silicon Valley Bowls, website is located at www.Pac-10.org. assuring that at least six teams will participate in postseason com- petition. Regardless of the disposition of the conference champion, Pac-10 Teleconference a second Pac-10 team may also be selected for an at-large berth Dirk Koetter and all nine other Pac-10 head football coaches par- in the Bowl Championship Series in any given year with its other ticipate in a teleconference call every Tuesday during the season bowl partners providing for that occurence. beginning Sept. 2 and continuing through Nov. 18. Each Pac-10 coach will be available for 10 minutes starting at 10 a.m. PT. Bowl (Site) Date (TV) Matchup Koetter is available from 11-11:10 a.m. PT. A replay of the call can Rose (Pasadena) Jan. 1 (ABC) Pac-10 #1 vs. Big Ten #1 also be heard at 3 p.m. PTeach Tuesday and will be available until Holiday (San Diego) Dec. 30 (ESPN) Pac-10 #2 vs. Big XII #3 the next call. Media members may call the Pac-10 Conference Sun (El Paso) Dec. 31 (CBS) Pac-10 #3 vs. Big Ten #5 office (925-932-4411) or the ASU Media Relations office (480-965- Insight (Phoenix) Dec. 26 (ESPN) Pac-10 #4 vs. Big East #3 Las Vegas Dec. 24 (ESPN) Pac-10 #5 vs. Mount. West #2 6592) for the media-only phone number. Silicon Valley Dec. 30 (ESPN2) Pac-10 #6 vs. WAC (San Jose) Practice/Interview Schedule Arizona State practices every day but Monday during a normal Sun Devil Sports Network week. Sunday’s practice is closed, and no interviews are allowed. Sun Devil fans across Arizona can tune into the Sun Devil Sports The Sun Devils will practice 6-8:30 p.m. for approximately the first Network for live radio broadcasts of all Arizona State football month of the season, but check with the ASU Media Relations games. Here are the affiliates of the 11-station network: office for changes. Players are available before each practice for approximately 10-15 minutes. Plan on arriving 30 minutes before Station City the start of practice. Players are not available for interviews on KTAR 620 AM & KMVP 860 AM Phoenix (Flagship) Friday or Saturday until after the game. All interviews must be KIKO 1340 AM Globe-Miami, Ariz. arranged through the ASU Media Relations Office. ALL PRAC- KYCA1490 AM Prescott, Ariz. TICES ARE CLOSED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. Fans wishing KZUA92.1 FM Holbrook-Show Low, Ariz. KATO 1230 AM Safford, Ariz. to attend a practice should call the Arizona State football office at KAZM 780 AM Sedona/Flagstaff, Ariz. (480) 965-5053. KDAP 96.5 FM Douglas, Ariz. KTNN 660 AM Northern Arizona/Flagstaff Post-Game Interviews KNTR 980 AM Lake Havasu City, Ariz. The Sun Devil Theater (located on the third floor of the Carson KRVZ 1400 AM Springerville, Ariz. Center) is utilized for postgame interviews for ASU players and coaches. Head coach Dirk Koetter and requested student-ath- Koetter Press Conference letes will be available to the media for as long as necessary fol- ASU head coach Dirk Koetter will hold a weekly press conference lowing a brief “cooling off” period immediately after the final gun in the Dutson Theater (on the third floor of the Carson Student- sounds. A S U ’s locker room is closed. Athlete Center) at noon Mondays prior to each game, starting Those desiring interviews with the opposing coach and players Monday, September 1. Every effort will also be made to have the should proceed to the north end of Sun Devil Stadium to the visi- opposing coach on a conference call at the beginning of the press t o r’s locker room and check with the school’s media relations per- conference. sonnel on their postgame policies.

Koetter Call-In Show What Time is It Anyway? The Dirk Koetter Call-In Show airs from 7-7:30 p.m. every The state of Arizona never changes its clocks remaining on Thursday night on ESPN 860 AM during the football season. Sun Mountain Standard Time all year. From April to the end of October, Devil fans can pose their questions to Koetter and host Tim Arizona State is basically on Pacific Daylight Time, while when the Healey, the voice of the Sun Devils, by calling 602-277-5687. rest of the country changes its clocks on October 26, Arizona State remains the same, matching up again with Mountain Standard Pac-10 Football Satellite Feed Time. The Pac-10 Conference provides a weekly satellite feed featuring interviews with coaches and selected players regarding upcoming games along with highlight footage. The half-hour feed airs every Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. PDT/MST (2:30 p.m EDT) starting Sept. 3 and running through Nov. 26. Coordinates for the feed are Telstar 6C, Transponder 24. Trouble numbers: Master Control (310) 543- 2003 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 07, 2003) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (1-0-0) (1-0-0) (0-0-0) (0-0-0) CONFERENCE...... (0-0-0) (0-0-0) (0-0-0) (0-0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (1-0-0) (1-0-0) (0-0-0) (0-0-0)

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND TEAM STATISTICS ASU OPP ------Sep 06, 2003 NORTHERN ARIZONA W 34-14 60069 FIRST DOWNS...... 19 22 Sep 13, 2003 UTAH STATE 7:00 PM Rushing...... 7 6 Sep 20, 2003 at #23 Iowa TBA Passing...... 11 14 *Sep 27, 2003 at Oregon State TBA Penalty...... 1 2 *Oct 04, 2003 #4 USC TBA RUSHING YARDAGE...... 137 57 *Oct 11, 2003 OREGON TBA Yards gained rushing... 154 106 Oct 18, 2003 at North Carolina TBA Yards lost rushing..... 17 49 *Oct 25, 2003 at UCLA 7:00 PM Rushing Attempts...... 31 36 *Nov 01, 2003 CALIFORNIA 1:30 PM Average Per Rush...... 4.4 1.6 *Nov 08, 2003 at Stanford TBA Average Per Game...... 137.0 57.0 *Nov 15, 2003 at Washington State 2:00 PM TDs Rushing...... 0 0 *Nov 28, 2003 ARIZONA 1:00 PM PASSING YARDAGE...... 234 315 * denotes conference game Att-Comp-Int...... 26-16-0 40-25-1 Average Per Pass...... 9.0 7.9 RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Average Per Catch...... 14.6 12.6 ------Average Per Game...... 234.0 315.0 Wade, Loren 1-0 11 64 0 64 5.8 0 19 64.0 TDs Passing...... 4 2 Hill, Randy 1-0 8 43 0 43 5.4 0 17 43.0 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 371 372 Williams, Mike 1-1 6 23 5 18 3.0 0 13 18.0 Total Plays...... 57 76 Canidate, C. 1-0 3 15 0 15 5.0 0 8 15.0 Average Per Play...... 6.5 4.9 Walter, Andrew 1-1 3 9 12 -3 -1.0 0 9 -3.0 Average Per Game...... 371.0 372.0 Total...... 1 31 154 17 137 4.4 0 19 137.0 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 1-40 5-102 Opponents...... 1 36 106 49 57 1.6 0 15 57.0 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 6-87 1-14 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..... 1-100 0-0 PASSING GP-GS Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G FUMBLES-LOST...... 1-1 0-0 ------PENALTIES-YARDS...... 5-64 7-50 Walter, Andrew 1-1 195.90 24-15-0 62.5 224 4 40 224.0 PUNTS-AVG...... 5-45.4 7-45.1 Keller, Sam 1-0 92.00 2-1-0 50.0 10 0 10 10.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.. 22:51 37:09 Total...... 1 187.91 26-16-0 61.5 234 4 40 234.0 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 3/10 6/15 Opponents...... 1 140.15 40-25-1 62.5 315 2 54 315.0 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 0/1 0/0

RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------Fulton, Skyler 1-1 5 52 10.4 0 20 52.0 Oliver, R.J. 1 100 100.0 1 100 Mutz, Moey 1-0 3 75 25.0 2 38 75.0 Total...... 1 100 100.0 1 100 Hagan, Derek 1-1 3 55 18.3 1 40 55.0 Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 Burghgraef, L. 1-1 1 16 16.0 0 16 16.0 Karney, Mike 1-1 1 11 11.0 0 11 11.0 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd Richardson, T. 1-0 1 10 10.0 0 10 10.0 ------Wade, Loren 1-0 1 8 8.0 1 8 8.0 Parker, Tim 5 227 45.4 66 1 0 2 0 Talbot, Mike 1-0 1 7 7.0 0 7 7.0 Total...... 5 227 45.4 66 1 0 2 0 Total...... 1 16 234 14.6 4 40 234.0 Opponents...... 7 316 45.1 55 0 0 1 0 Opponents...... 1 25 315 12.6 2 54 315.0 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ------Golden, Josh 4 75 18.8 0 42 Richardson, T. 2 12 6.0 0 9 |------PATs ------| Total...... 6 87 14.5 0 42 SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Opponents...... 1 14 14.0 0 14 ------Mutz, Moey 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Oliver, R.J. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 ------Wade, Loren 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Shivers, Jason 1 40 40.0 0 40 Hagan, Derek 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total...... 1 40 40.0 0 40 Parker, Tim 0 0-0 4-5 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 4 Opponents...... 5 102 20.4 0 35 Total...... 5 0-0 4-5 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 34 Opponents...... 2 0-2 2-2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 14 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ------SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Oliver, R.J. 1 0 0 0 0 100 100 100.0 ------Mutz, Moey 1 0 75 0 0 0 75 75.0 Arizona State...... 6 21 0 7 - 34 Golden, Josh 1 0 0 75 0 0 75 75.0 Opponents...... 7 0 7 0 - 14 Wade, Loren 1 64 8 0 0 0 72 72.0 Hagan, Derek 1 0 55 0 0 0 55 55.0 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Total...... 1 137 234 87 40 100 598 598.0 ------Opponents...... 1 57 315 14 102 0 488 488.0 Walter, Andrew 1 27 -3 224 221 221.0 Wade, Loren 1 11 64 0 64 64.0 Hill, Randy 1 8 43 0 43 43.0 Williams, Mike 1 6 18 0 18 18.0 Canidate, C. 1 3 15 0 15 15.0 Total...... 1 57 137 234 371 371.0 Opponents...... 1 76 57 315 372 372.0 2003 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Sep 07, 2003) All games

|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------7 Stewart, R. 1 8 3 11 1.5-13 0.5-6 ...... 5 Burks, Justin 1 5 2 7 ...... 4 Williams, Jamar 1 5 2 7 3.0-11 1.0-9 ...... 19 Fawley, Matt 1 4 2 6 1.0-2 . . 1 . . . . . 30 Shivers, Jason 1 4 . 4 ...... 49 Thrower, I. 1 2 1 3 1.0-2 ...... 6 Hill, Randy 1 2 1 3 ...... 88 Johnson, Nick 1 2 1 3 0.5-2 . . 1 . . . . . 2 Hudson, Brett 1 2 1 3 ...... 94 Likio, Ali 1 1 2 3 1.0-8 1.0-8 ...... 23 Golden, Josh 1 2 . 2 ...... 37 Davis, Mike 1 2 . 2 ...... 39 Varvel, Daniel 1 1 1 2 ...... 13 Franklin, E. 1 2 . 2 1.0-3 ...... 57 Hammit, B. 1 2 . 2 ...... 97 Montesanto, B. 1 . 2 2 0.5-2 ...... 99 Jones, Shane 1 . 2 2 0.5-5 0.5-5 ...... 80 Hagan, Derek 1 1 . 1 ...... 26 Oliver, R.J. 1 1 . 1 . . 1-100 1 . . . . . 75 Mason, Matt 1 1 . 1 ...... Total...... 1 47 20 67 10-48 3-28 1-100 3 . . . . . Opponents...... 1 - - - - 1-11 . 1 . 1-0 . . . GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

RUSHING (Attempts-Yards-TDs-Long) Wade R. Hill M. Williams Canidate Walter Northern Arizona 11-64-0-19 8-43-0-17 6-18-0-13 3-15-0-15 3-(-3)-0-9 Utah State at Iowa at Oregon State USC Oregon at North Carolina at UCLA California at Stanford at Washington State Arizona

PASSING (Attempts-Completions-Interceptions-Yards-Touchdowns) PUNTING (Attempts-Yards-Avg.-Long-I20-I10-TB) Walter Keller Christensen Parker Northern Arizona 24-15-0-224-4 2-1-0-10-0 0-0-0-0-0 Northern Arizona 5-227-45.4-66-2-1-1 Utah State Utah State at Iowa at Iowa at Oregon State at Oregon State USC USC Oregon Oregon at North Carolina at North Carolina at UCLA at UCLA California California at Stanford at Stanford at Washington State at Washington State Arizona Arizona

RECEIVING (Receptions-Yards-TDs-Long) Fulton Mutz Hagan Lightfoot Burghgraef Karney Northern Arizona 5-52-0-20 3-75-2-38 3-55-1-40 DNP 1-16-0-16 1-11-0-11 Utah State at Iowa at Oregon State USC Oregon at North Carolina at UCLA California at Stanford at Washington State Arizona

Richardson Wade Talbot Northern Arizona 1-10-0-10 1-8-1-8 1-7-0-7 Utah State at Iowa at Oregon State USC Oregon at North Carolina at UCLA California at Stanford at Washington State Arizona GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

ARIZONA STATE TOTALS Total First Downs Poss. TOs Rushing Passing Offense To (R-Pa-Pn) Time (Fum.-Lost) Penalties Points Northern Arizona 31-137-0 26-16-0-234-4 57-371 19 (7-11-1) 22:51 1 (1-1) 5-64 34 Utah State at Iowa at Oregon State USC Oregon at North Carolina at UCLA California at Stanford at Washington State Arizona

OPPONENT TOTALS Total First Downs Poss. TOs Rushing Passing Offense To (R-Pa-Pn) Time (Fum.-Lost) Penalties Points Northern Arizona 36-57-0 40-25-1-315-2 76-372 22 (6-14-2) 37:09 1 (0-0) 7-50 14 Utah State at Iowa at Oregon State USC Oregon at North Carolina at UCLA California at Stanford at Washington State Arizona

INSIDE THE RED ZONE ASU Opponent Inside 20 TDs FGs Score Pct. Inside 20 TDs FGs Score Pct. Northern Arizona 2 1 0 1 .500 5 2 0 2 .400 Utah State at Iowa at Oregon State USC Oregon at North Carolina at UCLA California at Stanford at Washington State Arizona Totals 2 1 0 1 .500 5 2 0 2 .400

SCORING BY QUARTER Arizona State Opponent Game 1 2 3 4 Total 1 2 3 4 Total Northern Arizona 6 21 0 7 34 7 0 7 0 14 Utah State at Iowa at Oregon State USC Oregon at North Carolina at UCLA California at Stanford at Washington State Arizona GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

ARIZONA STATE SCORING DRIVES at North Carolina Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score Northern Arizona Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 1 8 53 2:59 Wade 8yd pass from Walter (PAT failed) 2 – – – Oliver 100yd int. return (Parker PAT) at UCLA 2 6 55 2:15 Mutz 29yd pass from Walter (Parker PAT) Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 2 1 40 0:07 Hagan 40yd pass from Walter (Parker PAT) 4 6 84 2:24 Mutz 38yd pass from Walter (Parker PAT) California Utah State Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score

at Stanford at Iowa Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score at Washington State at Oregon State Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score Arizona Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score USC Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score ASU Scoring Drive Averages No. of Plays: 5.3 Oregon Yards: 58 yards Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score Time: 1:56

DRIVE SUPERLATIVES Longest Drive Arizona State Opponents By No. of Plays 8 (53 yds, 2:59) vs. Northern Arizona 8 twice by Northern Arizona By No. of Yards 84 (6p, 2:24) vs. Northern Arizona 80 (8p, 2:36) by Northern Arizona By Time of Possession 2:59 (8p, 53 yds) vs. Northern Arizona 3:10 (8p, 61 yds) by Northern Arizona

ARIZONA STATE STARTERS

OFFENSE WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB TB FB WR Northern Arizona Hagan Carnahan Aguilar Hodgdon Crawford Love Burghgraef Walter M.Williams Karney Fulton Utah State at Iowa at Oregon State USC Oregon at North Carolina at UCLA California at Stanford at Washington State Arizona

DEFENSE DE DT DT DE LB LB CB S S FS CB Northern Arizona Verdon Montesanto Jones Johnson J.Williams Burks Oliver Stewart Hudson Shivers Golden Utah State at Iowa at Oregon State USC Oregon at North Carolina at UCLA California Stanford at Washington State Arizona

* started due to formation 2003 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART (as of September 8, 2003)

SUN DEVIL OFFENSE SUN DEVIL DEFENSE

WR 9 Daryl Lightfoot 5-9 163 Jr. DE 91 Jimmy Verdon 6-4 283 Jr. 80 Derek Hagan 6-2 188 So. 42 Connor Banks 6-3 271 Jr. 35 Moey Mutz 6-0 173 So. 50 Kyle Caldwell 6-3 256 Fr.

LT 52 Andrew Carnahan 6-8 288 RS - F r . DT 97 Brian Montesanto 6-5 258 Grad. -OR- 72 Chaz White 6-4 290 So. 95 Gabe Reininger 6-3 279 Jr.

LG 50 Tony Aguilar 6-3 299 Sr. DT 99 Shane Jones 6-2 306 Sr. -OR- 59 Tim Fa’aita 6-1 310 Sr. 94 Ali Likio 6-4 320 RS-Fr. 77 Adrian Ayala 6-5 312 Jr. DE 88 Nick Johnson 6-3 266 So. C 53 Drew Hodgdon 6-3 291 Jr. 49 Ishmael Thrower 6-1 241 Jr. -OR- 50 Tony Aguilar 6-3 299 Sr. 50 Kyle Caldwell 6-3 256 Fr.

RG 70 Regis Crawford 6-3 315 Sr. LB 4 Jamar Williams 6-1 235 So. 78 Zach Krula 6-7 300 RS-Fr. 57 Barton Hammit 6-0 222 So.

RT 71 Grayling Love 6-3 298 So. LB 5 Justin Burks 6-1 247 Jr. 66 Stephen Berg 6-6 323 RS-Fr. 1 Jordan Hill 6-2 250 RS-Fr.

TE 83 Lee Burghgraef 6-5 248 So. CB 26 R.J. Oliver 5-9 170 Jr. 84 Aaron Austin 6-5 254 Jr. 37 Mike Davis Jr. 6-3 180 So. -OR- 82 Jamaal Lewis 6-4 245 RS-Fr. -OR- 8 Chris McKenzie 5-9 174 Jr.

QB 16 Andrew Walter 6-5 222 Jr. S 7 Riccardo Stewart 5-10 210 Jr. 15 6-4 229 Fr. 36 Joey Smith 5-11 216 So. 10 Chad Christensen 6-3 211 So. S 2 Brett Hudson 6-2 223 Sr. TB 3 Mike Williams 6-0 211 Sr. 38 J.W. Lucas 6-2 215 RS-Fr. 34 Loren Wade 6-0 212 RS-Fr. 6 Randy Hill 6-2 204 RS-Fr. FS 30 Jason Shivers 6-0 192 Jr. 32 Cornell Canidate 5-9 201 So. 19 Matt Fawley 6-1 213 So. 22 Hakim Hill 6-0 218 So. CB 23 Josh Golden 5-10 174 So. FB 44 Mike Karney 6-0 256 Sr. -OR- 13 Emmanuel Franklin 5-11 190 Jr. 45 Mike Talbot 6-2 242 So. G-Sr. indicates players who have earned their undergraduate degrees WR 18 Skyler Fulton 6-1 208 Sr. and are enrolled in graduate work. 17 Terry Richardson 6-1 180 RS-Fr.

SUN DEVIL SPECIALISTS PR 23 Josh Golden 5-10 174 So. -OR- 9 Daryl Lightfoot 5-9 163 Jr. P 31 Tim Parker 6-0 197 Sr. -OR- 17 Terry Richardson 6-1 180 RS-Fr. PK 31 Tim Parker 6-0 197 Sr. SN 43 Jason Burke 6-1 240 RS-Fr. -OR- 20 Jesse Ainsworth 6-3 206 Fr. 45 Mike Talbot 6-2 242 So. KO 31 Tim Parker 6-0 197 Sr. H 10 Chad Christensen 6-3 211 So. -OR- 20 Jesse Ainsworth 6-3 206 Fr. 12 Kellen Bradley 6-3 197 RS-Fr. KR 23 Josh Golden 5-10 174 So. -OR- 9 Daryl Lightfoot 5-9 163 Jr. -OR- 30 Jason Shivers 6-0 192 Jr.