Monday, November 6, 2000 2000 ASU Schedule Date Opponent (TV) Time 2000 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL A 31 at San Diego St. (ESPN2) W, 10-7 S 16 #26/25 Colorado St. (Fox/3) W, 13-10 Arizona State Sun Devils at Stanford Cardinal S 23 Utah State (Fox/3) W, 44-20 Saturday, November 11, 2000 • 3 p.m. MST/2 p.m. PST S 30 at #15/17 UCLA (Fox) L, 31-38 Stanford Stadium • Palo Alto, Calif. O 7 California (Fox) W, 30-10 Sun Devil Sports Network O 14 #11/10 Washington (Fox) L, 15-21 O 21 at Washington State W, 23-20 (ot) Coming off their NCAA-record third consecutive overtime game and the second double- (Fox AZ-TD) overtime defeat in as many weeks in a 44-38 loss to USC last weekend, the Arizona O 28 #7/10 Oregon (ABC) L, 55-56 (2ot) State Sun Devils hit the road for their final two games of the season, heading to Palo N 4 USC L, 38-44 (2ot) Alto, Calif., to take on the Stanford Cardinal Saturday, Nov. 4. Kickoff is slated for 3 p.m. N 11 at Stanford 3 p.m. (2 p.m. PST) N 24 at Arizona (Fox) 3 p.m. Mountain Time and 2 p.m. Pacific Time at Stanford Stadium. Needing just one more vic- tory to become bowl eligible for the fourth time in five seasons and looking to snap a Home Games in Bold two-game losing streak, the Sun Devils enter Saturday’s game with a 5-4 overall record Fox - Fox Sports Net and a 2-4 league mark which puts the team into a three-way tie for sixth place in the Fox/3 - Fox Sports Arizona on KTVK Channel 3 Fox AZ-TD - Fox Sports Arizona tape delay Pac-10 with Cal and Stanford. Stanford has lost two straight games and brings a 3-6 Rankings are AP/USA Today at time of game. overall record and a 2-4 league mark into Saturday’s game. Times listed are Arizona Time (PDT prior to Oct. 29, MST after Oct. 29) In the Series Arizona State leads the all-time series with Stanford 11-5 including a 5-2 advantage in 2000 Pac-10 Standings Palo Alto, Calif. The Sun Devils have won six of the last eight contests, while the Pac- School Conf. O’all Next Game (Date) 10 Champion and Rose Bowl-bound Cardinal took home a 50-30 victory last year at Sun Oregon 6-0 8-1 California (11/ 11 ) Devil Stadium. ASU has also earned victories in the last three games at Stanford OSU 5-1 8-1 at Arizona (11/ 11 ) Stadium and six of the last seven with the last Stanford home victory coming in 1988. UW 5-1 8-1 UCLA(11/11) Arizona 3-3 5-4 Oregon State (11/ 11 ) ASU is 5-5-1 all time vs. the Cardinal, including a 5-2 record UCLA 3-3 6-3 at Washington (11/11) at ASU, while Stanford boss is 2-3 vs. the Sun Devils. ASU 2-4 5-4 at Stanford (11/11) Stanford 2-4 3-6 ASU (11/11) Exposure Cal 2-4 3-6 at Oregon (11/11) There will be no live television for the game. The Sun Devil Sports Network will carry the WSU 1-5 3-6 at USC (11/11) game live on its 12-station network on XTRA910 AM and KFYI 550 AM. Tim Healey, Jeff USC 1-5 4-5 Washington St. (11/11) Van Raaphorst, Vince Marotta and Doug Plank (pregame and postgame) will bring the action to Sun Devil fans. The game can be heard live on ASU’s official web site at Last Week in the Pac-10 www.TheSunDevils.com. @ Washington 35, Arizona 32 Oregon State 38, @ California 32 Oregon 27, @ Washington State 24 (ot) Stanford Connections @ UCLA37, Stanford 35 First-year running backs coach Vincent White is a 1984 graduate of Stanford, starring at USC 44, @ Arizona State 38 (2ot) tailback for the Cardinal from 1979-82. In 1982 as a senior, White led the nation in receiving with nearly seven catches a game and turned in 15 touchdowns and 1,275 all- Pac-10 (1996-Present) purpose years en route to first-team All-Pac-10 and honorable-mention All-America School O’all Conf. Bowls accolades. Oregon 38-18 23-15 3 Washington 38-19 27-11 4 What Time Is It Anyway? Arizona State 36-20 25-13 3 The state of Arizona never changes its clocks, remaining on Mountain Standard Time all Arizona 35-22 20-18 2 year. With the time change on October 29, Arizona is now on Mountain Standard Time, UCLA 35-20 24-14 2 meaning that Saturday’s game in Palo Alto, Calif., will start at 3 p.m. Mountain and 2 USC 30-27 17-22 1 Stanford 26-29-1 19-19 2 p.m. Pacific Time. Oregon State 25-29 12-26 1 Washington State 24-31 12-26 1 Last Time Out California 21-33 12-26 1 For the third consecutive week, Arizona State’s game went to overtime and for the sec- ond straight week, the Sun Devils lost a heart-breaking double-overtime game, this time falling to the USC Trojans 44-38 at Sun Devil Stadium. In the second overtime period, USC’s Chad Pierson scored on a 2-yard run, ASU sophomore Mike Pinkard blocked John Wall's PAT kick and USC ended the game with a recovery to snap a five- game losing streak, the team’s longest in nine years. In the first overtime, sophomore Mike Barth kicked his third field goal – a 27-yarder – and Wall tied it with a 23-yarder.

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Barth also hit a 28-yard field goal in the first quarter and a 45-yarder in the third. HEAD COACH BRUCE SNYDER Arizona State mounted what is believed to be the largest comeback in school his- tory to send the game to overtime, scoring 29 unanswered points to overcome USC’s In his ninth season at the helm of ASU’s 35-6 third quarter lead. ASU scored four touchdowns in the final 15:46 of regulation football program ... second only to Frank and capped their comeback when senior Griffin Goodman, who replaced Kush in wins at Arizona State ... his 14 years freshman starter Jeff Krohn who suffered a cut thumb in the third quarter, threw a 2- as a head coach in the Pac-10 is matched point conversion pass to junior Donnie O'Neal, who caught a 32-yard scoring pass by only among current Pac-10 from Goodman with 4:21 left. Goodman threw a 45-yard pass to Tom Pace for one coaches ... has led the Sun Devils to 40 touchdown, Pace ran three yards for another and Shaun McDonald scored on an 81- wins in their last 61 games and three bowl yard punt return – the fourth-longest in Arizona State history. appearances in the last four years ... in 1996, guided the Sun Devils to their second Back-to-Back in the Pac-10 Pac-10 championship, fourth undefeated With back-to-back double-overtime losses to Oregon and USC, Arizona State dropped regular season and second Rose Bowl ... back-to-back conference games for just the second time in the last four seasons. the consensus National Coach of the Year in Earlier this season, the Sun Devils rebounded from a loss at UCLAin the team’s Pac- 1996 as well as Pac-10 Coach of the Year ... 10 opener with a 30-10 win over Cal and then came back from a 21-15 loss to ... during his 20-year head coaching career, Washington with a 23-20 overtime victory at Washington State. Since 1995, the Sun he has had 90 players go on to the NFL, 62 Devils’ only other back-to-back Pac-10 losses came at Oregon and at Arizona to end All-Americans and 67 first-team all-confer- the 1998 season. ence players ... his contract with ASU has been extended through 2004. In Overtime Snyder Coaching Career With an NCAA-record three consecutive overtime games this season, Arizona State Sheldon High School (Eugene, Ore.) ...... 1963 now holds a 3-2 record in overtime since the rule was instituted in 1996. Before this Assistant Coach, Oregon...... 1964-71 season, the Sun Devils had not played more than one overtime game in a given year. Assistant Coach, New Mexico St...... 1972 This season, six Pac-10 games have gone into overtime, matching the high of six for Assistant Coach, Utah State...... 1973 the league in 1996. Washington State has also played in three overtime contests this Assistant Coach, USC ...... 1974-75 season, while at least one league game has gone into overtime in each of the last four Head Coach, Utah State ...... 1976-82 weeks. Other than 1996, the most OT contests in one season in the Pac-10 has been Assistant Coach, L.A. Rams ...... 1983-86 three. Here's a look at Pac-10 overtime records since 1996: Head Coach, California ...... 1987-91 Head Coach, Arizona State ...... 1992-present Oregon 5-3 Washington 1-1 California 3-1 Oregon State 1-1 Snyder Head Coaching Record UCLA 3-1 Stanford 1-1 Overall: 125-104-5 (.545), 21st year Arizona State 3-2 USC 2-3 Arizona State: 57-43 (.570), 9th year Arizona 2-2 Washington State 1-4 California: 29-24-4 (.544), 5 years Utah State: 39-37-1 (.513), 7 years Setting the Pace Junior Tom Pace, a walk-on who was awarded a scholarship by head coach Bruce Most Wins, ASU Head Coaches Snyder last week, leads the Sun Devil team in rushing, gaining 525 yards and four 1. Frank Kush, 1958-79 ...... 176 touchdowns on 129 attempts. He has also caught seven passes for 174 yards and a 2. Bruce Snyder, 1992-present...... 57 pair of touchdowns on the season. 3. Darryl Rogers, 1980-84 ...... 37 While he fell short of a third consecutive 100-yard game, Pace turned in 70 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries as well as a 45-yard TD catch before leaving the USC Longest Tenure, ASU Head Coaches game with an ankle injury. Pace scampered for 158 yards and a TD on 33 carries vs. 1. Frank Kush...... 22 seasons Oregon and had a 69-yard TD catch and turned in 103 yards and a touchdown on 26 2. Bruce Snyder ...... 9th season carries at Washington State, including crucial yardage in ASU’s overtime drive. 3. Fred Irish ...... 8 seasons Pace made his Sun Devil debut against Utah State with 65 yards on 16 carries 4. Aaron McCreary ...... 7 seasons and followed that up with 19 yards on eight carries at UCLA. He then fell just short of topping the century mark with 93 yards and a touchdown in 17 carries vs. Cal. Most Seasons as Head Coach in Pac-10* A 5-10, 195-pounder out of Mesa (Ariz.) High School, Pace played 1. Bruce Snyder, ASU/Cal...... 14th season (under ASU offensive line coach George Yarno who was the offensive coordinator in Dick Tomey, Arizona ...... 14th season Moscow from 1995-98) and returned kicks for the University of Idaho in 1996 before 3. , WSU...... 12th season going on a two-year mission to Brazil. In 1996, he finished second on the Vandal team *Active Coaches Only in rushing with 212 yards and two touchdowns in 41 carries (a team-leading average of 5.2 yards per carries). Even more impressive were his return numbers as he led the team and ranked among the best in the nation with 839 yards on 32 kickoff returns (26.2 ypr). After returning from his mission, Pace played one season at Ricks Junior College in Rexburg, Idaho, before the 22-year-old joined the Sun Devil squad the week before the Colorado State game.

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The Century Mark Including back-to-back 100-yard rushing games by Tom Pace vs. Washington State ARCHULETA A BUTKUS SEMIFINALIST and Oregon, the Sun Devils have had three rushing performances top the century The Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando, Inc. (DACO) has announced the semifinalists for this year’s mark this season. ASU is 232-41-5 (.844) all time when a player gains 100 yards or Butkus Award, which is awarded annually to the best more, while the Sun Devils are 33-9 (.786) since Bruce Snyder’s arrival in Tempe. in . The Butkus Award has Earlier this season, true freshman Mike Williams turned in a 143-yard showing against been presented since 1985 by the DACO. For the Colorado State to become the first true freshman to top the century mark since Mario second year in a row, there was a tie for 10th place Bates rushed for 161 yards against Arizona at home on Nov. 23, 1991. creating 11 semifinalists instead of the usual 10. The list was determined by confidential ballot- ing of the 28-member Butkus Award Selection Through the Air Committee, comprised of the nation’s foremost On the season, ASU’s four have already thrown for 2,595 yards which is media members. The Selection Committee made already the sixth-best single-season passing effort in school history with two regular- their selections from the initial Butkus Award Watch List of 71 college , which was announced season games left to play, passing the mark of 2,559 yards in 1964 with ASU’s 314 back on Aug. 24. passing yards vs. USC last week. This year’s Sun Devil squad is just 289 yards short On Nov. 9, DACO will announce the three final- of the second-best performance in school history, while the school single-season mark ists for this year’s award at a national teleconference is 3,077 yards by the 1978 squad. If ASU continues its current pace of 288.3 passing in the Downtown Orlando Marriott. The three finalists yards per game, the team would also shatter the school record of 259.0 ypg set in and their coaches will participate in the announce- ment. The winner will be announced at the Butkus 1998 (2,849 yards in 11 games). Award Gala in Hard Rock Live on Dec. 8, which will With the 314-yard performance vs. the USC Trojans last week, the Sun Devils be televised nationally on Fox Sports Net. have five 300-plus-yard passing games on the season, the most since the 1989 team had three all season. Prior to the Washington game, ASU’s four quarterbacks have 2000 Butkus Award Semifinalists: Keith Adams, Clemson racked up 1,159 passing yards in three games including 374 yards against Utah State, Brian Allen, Florida State 365 yards at UCLA and 420 yards vs. Cal. The last time ASU topped 1,000 yards in Adam Archuleta, Arizona State Rocky Calmus, three games was in 1990 (1,090 - 374 vs. WSU, 242 vs. Arizona, 474 vs. Houston). Dan Morgan, Miami (FL) Carlos Polk, Nebraska ASU All-Time SIngle-Season Passing Performances Tommy Polley, Florida State Matt Smith, Oregon Yards Year Ben Taylor, Virginia Tech 1. 3,077 1973 Robert Thomas, UCLA 2. 2,884 1996 Eric Westmoreland, Tennessee 3. 2,849 1998 ARCHULETA FOOTBALL NEWS DEFEN- 4. 2,710 1984 5. 2,648 1983 SIVE PLAYER OF YEAR SEMIFINALIST Senior Adam Archuleta is also one of 15 players 6. 2,595 2000 nominated for Football News’ 2000 Defensive Players of the Year. The list will be trimmed to five Passing Into the End Zone finalists on Nov. 20 with the official announcement of Sun Devil quarterbacks have thrown 20 touchdown passes in nine games this season the winne coming on Dec. 6. The recipients of the including 11 by redshirt freshman Jeff Krohn. Junior Donnie O’Neal has caught seven Offensive and Defensive Player-of-the-Year awards will then be honored on March 6 at the National touchdown passes and needs just two more to tie for fourth place on ASU’s lists for Athletics Awards ceremony in Detroit, which will be single-season touchdown receptions. Morris Owens is fourth all time at ASU with nine televised live by Fox Sports Net. TD grabs in 1973, while Doug Allen holds the school mark with 14 TD receptions in 1984. This year, senior Richard Williams trails O’Neal by one with six TD catches, 2000 Football News Defensive POYSemifinalists: Keith Adams, Clemson while junior Todd Heap has caught three TDs. Last year, the team had just 14 TD Adam Archuleta, Arizona State passes all season, while Williams was last year’s leading receiver catching just five TD Leo Barnes, Southern Mississippi , Kansas State passes all season. ASU’s 20 touchdown passes are the most for the team since Jake John Henderson, Tennessee Plummer threw 21 in the team’s first nine games and 24 on the season in 1996, while Dan Morgan,Miami (Fla.) the school single-season record is 29 by the 1981 squad. Saul Patu, Oregon Carlos Polk, Nebraska Pig Prather, Mississippi State Noting Jeff Krohn Jamal Reynolds, Florida State Karon Riley, Minnesota Redshirt freshman Jeff Krohn turned in the best performance of his young career and Richard Seymour, Georgia the best performance in school history by a freshman vs. the Oregon Ducks, com- Dwight Smith, Akron pleting 21-of-34 passes for 432 yards and five touchdowns. His five touchdown strikes FredSmoot, Mississippi State T.J. Thatcher, Oklahoma rank third in school history in a single game behind Mike Pagel who threw a school- record seven TDs vs. Stanford in 1981 and Danny White who had six vs. New Mexico “HALF-SEASON” ALL-AMERICANS in 1971. His 432-yard performance demolished ASU's single-game record for a fresh- Junior tight end Todd Heap and senior linebacker man which was previously held by Ryan Kealy (292 yards, twice in 1997) and is the Adam Archuleta were both honored in the second-best all-time passing performance by a freshman in the Pac-10 Conference, CNNSI.com “Half-Season” All-America team. Heap trailing only Oregon State's Jonathan Smith's 469 yards vs. Washington in 1998. earned first-team honors, while Archuleta was a sec- Krohn also put another notation in the ASU record book with his 90-yard touchdown ond-team selection on the list which recognizes the top players in the country at the halfway point of the pass to senior Richard Williams in the fourth quarter. The 90-yard strike was the fifth- season.

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longest pass reception in ASU history and the longest since Jeff Van Raaphorst com- HASH MARKS pleted a school-record 95-yarder to Aaron Cox vs. USC in 1985. Krohn has notched a 4-2 record as ASU’s starting quarterback. In ASU’s 44-20 … Despite starting three different quarterbacks, win over Utah State, he completed six of 10 attempts for 248 yards and four passing ASU leads the Pac-10 Conference and is ranked touchdowns, including 72- and 70-yard TD strikes to senior Richard Williams in his first 16th in the nation in passing offense at 288.1 two completions. At the time, Krohn’s four TD passes were the most for a Sun Devil passing yards per game. since fellow quarterback Ryan Kealy completed four scoring strikes against Arizona on … The USC game broke a streak of eight games Nov. 27, 1998. It marked the 18th time an ASU signal caller has thrown four TD pass- this year in which ASU had scored first. es in a game. While he missed games against UCLA and Cal after being diagnosed … Senior Roderick Denetso blocked a punt at with mononucleosis, Krohn returned to action vs. Washington in relief of starter Griffin Washington State, the first of the year for the Sun Goodman, completing 12 of 33 attempts for 170 yards, a TD strike to junior Todd Heap Devils and the first since ASU blocked one and two . In his first start back from his illness, Krohn completed 18 of 27 against Arizona on Nov. 23, 1996, while sopho- attempts for 214 yards at Washington State despite missing all of the second quarter more Mike Pinkard’s blocked Washington field with a mild concussion, while vs. USC, he completed 17-of-33 attempts for 150 yards goal marked the first of the season for the Sun before leaving in the third quarter with a deeply cut thumb on his throwing hand. Devil defense and the first since the team blocked a field goal against Washington State last year. Pinkard also blocked a PAT in the second over- Spreading the Wealth time vs. USC. Fourteen players have caught passes this year for the Sun Devils including six wide receivers, three tight ends, three tailbacks and two fullbacks, while quarterback Jeff … ASU allowed just 12.3 points per game over its Krohn completed passes to nine different players vs. Oregon. Junior Todd Heap leads first three games and has held three opponents to the receiving corps with 37 catches, 532 yards and three TDs, while junior Donnie 10 points or less this season (San Diego State, Colorado State and Cal). The 17 points by San O’Neal is second with 33 catches for 599 yards and seven TDs followed by senior Diego State and Colorado State was the best Richard Williams who has 32 catches for 566 yards and six TDs. Three wide receivers defensive start since 1986. have topped the century mark in receiving yards four times this season, most recent- ly Williams who caught four passes for 124 yards and two touchdowns vs. Oregon. … The team’s 3-0 start to the season was the first since the 1996 campaign which ended in an undefeated 11-0 regular season and a trip to the Heap Becomes ASU’s Career-Leading Tight End 1997 Rose Bowl. Combine junior Todd Heap’s blond hair, hands of glue and nose for the football and you’ll know why ASU head coach Bruce Snyder has called his tight end the “Golden … The Sun Devils have a 208-71-3 all-time win- Retriever.” Heap has established himself as the best tight end in the Pac-10 and in ning record (.743) at Sun Devil Stadium. ASU history, becoming the first Sun Devil tight end to earn first-team All-Pac-10 hon- … Sports Illustrated lists Arizona State’s schedule ors. A 1999 third-team Associated Press All-American last year, Heap is a virtual unan- as the 37th toughest in the nation. imous selection for the preseason All-Pac-10 tight end and has been named a first- … Last season, ASU posted victories over team preseason All-American six of seven preseason publications. Washington, USC, UCLA and Arizona, marking With five catches for 53 yards at Washington State, Heap became ASU’s career only the second time in school history that the leader in receptions by a tight end and now has 104 career receptions in two-plus sea- Sun Devils defeated those four teams (1996 was sons, surpassing Ken Dyer’s 88 receptions (1965-67). The junior had already captured the other year). Two of those victories – at Husky the career mark in receiving yards vs. Washington on Oct. 14 and now has 1,573 Stadium and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum yards in his career. He needs just one touchdown to tie Joe Petty (1970-72) for ASU’s – were the first in those venues in the Snyder era. career record in that category as well with 10 TD catches in two-plus seasons. … Prior to suffering a season-ending ACL tear Last year, Heap set single-season records for ASU tight ends with 55 catches and (left knee) during a preseason scrimmage Aug. 832 yards receiving, while the junior has already moved into fifth this season with 37 16, senior tailback Delvon Flowers was one of the catches for 532 yards and three TDs. He is just the ninth Sun Devil to catch 50 pass- 35 preseason candidates for the Doak Walker es in a season and became the first tight end to lead ASU in receiving since Ryan Award, annually presented to the nation’s top col- McReynolds had 28 catches in 1988. Thirty-nine of his 55 receptions resulted in a first lege running back … Last year, he gained 512 yards on 80 carries en route to honorable-men- down or TD. He had career highs in receptions (8) at Notre Dame and receiving yards tion All-Pac-10 honors. (170) against Arizona. He had three 100-yard games and had at least three receptions in all but two games in 1999 (he was sidelined by injury/illness in both). … Senior wide receiver Brian Forth interned in the Sun Devil Sports Network this summer. Forth CAREER TIGHT END RECEPTIONS writes a column for ASU’s official web site called “Forth and Goal”, about his experiences on the Name (Years) No. Yds. TD football team at ASU. 1. Todd Heap (1998-present) 104 1573 10 2. Ken Dyer (1965-67) 88 1365 7 … ASU’s football roster features four students 3. Joe Petty (1970-72) 81 1352 11 who have earned their undergraduate degrees: 4. Ron Wetzel (1979-82) 67 861 7 wide receivers Mike Aguirre (history) and Brian Forth (marketing), offensive tackle Victor Leyva 5. Ryan McReynolds (1987-90) 65 671 7 (sociology) and tight end Jason Moore (interdisci- 6. Kendrick Bates (1996-99) 63 732 4 plinary studies). 7. Jeff Gallimore (1983-86) 54 519 5 8. Jerry Smith (1963-64) 51 747 7

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9. Herman Harrison (1961-63) 50 753 8 Stein Koss (1983-86) 50 517 1 STATISTICALLY SPEAKING... TEAM OFFENSE Pac-10 (Nation) Rushing 7th ASU TIGHT END SEASON RECORDS Passing Yards 1st (16th) Name Year Rec. Yds. TD Pass Efficiency 4th 1. Todd Heap 1999 55 832 3 Total Offense 2nd Scoring 5th 2. Don Kern 1983 49 502 1 First Downs 4th 3. Jerry Smith 1964 42 618 5 3rd Down Conv. 7th 4th Down Conv. 2nd 4. Ken Dyer 1967 39 654 4 Sacks Against 9th 5. Todd Heap 2000 37 532 3 TEAMDEFENSE Pac-10 (Nation) Rushing 10th 6. Joe Petty 1971 36 577 6 Passing Yards 9th 7. Joe Petty 1972 31 522 4 Pass Efficiency 6th Total Offense 10th 8. Ken Dyer 1966 29 496 2 Scoring T6th 9. Ron Wetzel 1982 28 365 0 Opp. First Downs 7th Ryan McReynolds 1988 28 271 5 Sacks 7th 3rd Down Conv. 3rd Matt Nelson 1994 28 241 3 4th Down Conv. 3rd TEAMMISCELLANEOUS Pac-10 (Nation) Net Punting 4th Top of the Heap Punt Returns 4th This year, junior Todd Heap leads the team in receiving despite facing double and Kickoff Returns 10th Turnover Margin 3rd (T10th) triple coverage on virtually every play with 37 catches for 532 yards and three touch- Field Goals T7th downs. Of his 37 catches this year, 23 have resulted in a first down or a touchdown. PAT Kicking 7th Possession Time 9th In the last five games, 16 of his 23 catches have resulted in first down or touchdown Penalties 3rd with three others being a nine-yard catch in a drive that resulted in ASU’s second PLAYER STATISTICS Adam Archuleta touchdown vs. Washington State and a nine-yard catch and a 10-yard catch (on 2nd Tackles 1st (T21st) and 11) vs. the Ducks. Heap has caught a pass in 24 straight games (102 catches in Fumble Recoveries 2nd that span), which is the 15th longest streak in the nation. Forced T4th Tackles for Loss T6th Fumbles (Forced and Recovered) NA(T8th) Heap Game-by-Game in 2000 Mike Barth Field Goals 1st (T15th) Opponent Catches/Yards First Downs Touchdowns Field Goal Percentage T7th at San Diego State 6/60 3 0 PATKicking 8th Scoring 5th Colorado State 4/24 1 0 Kick Scoring 3rd Utah State 19/43 0 1 Solomon Bates Tackles T5th at UCLA 4/86 3 0 Forced Fumbles T2nd California 2/97 1 1 Nijrell Eason Washington 2/20 1 1 Passes Defended 1st (T8th) Fumble Recoveries T3rd at Washington State 5/53 4 0 Interceptions T2nd Oregon 6/98 4 0 Fumbles (Forced and Recovered) NA(T8th) Eric Fields USC 7/51 3 0 Fumbles Recovered T3rd Totals 37/532 20 3 Griffin Goodman Passing YardsPer Game 10th (Touchdown catches not included in first-down numbers in chart) Pass Efficiency 1st Jeff Krohn Consecutive Games with a Reception Pass Efficiency 5th Passing Yards Per Game 5th 1. Arnold Jackson, Sr., WR, Louisville 44 Total Offense 5th 2. Mel Long, Sr., Toledo 44 Shaun McDonald Punt Returns 2nd 3. Khori Ivy, Sr., West Virginia 36 Nick Murphy 4. Margin Hooks, Sr., BYU 34 Punting 4th Donnie O’Neal 5. Ron Johnson, Jr., WR, Minnesota 33 Receiving Yards Per Game 8th James Jordan, Jr., Louisiana Tech 33 Touchdown Scoring T6th Terrell Suggs John Simon, Jr., Louisiana Tech 33 Forced Fumbles T4th 8. Orlando Iglesias, Sr., WR, Houston 32 (injured) Sacks T5th 9. Reggie Wayne, Sr., WR, Miami (Fla.) 31 Tackles for Loss T9th Justin Taplin 10. Delwyn Daigre, Jr., Louisiana Tech 30 Punt Returns 9th Kendall Newson, Jr., Middle Tennessee 30 Kurt Wallin Forced Fumbles T4th 12. Latef Grim, Sr., Pittsburgh 29 Alfred Williams 13. Tim Stratton, Jr., Purdue 28 Tackles 8th Richard Williams 13. Kurt Gerling, Jr., WR, Bowling Green 26 Receiving Yards Per Game 10th 15. Todd Heap, Jr., TE, Arizona State 24 All-Purpose Yards 7th Kickoff Returns 7th

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Turnover Tale THE NEXT LEVEL In its last 40 games, if ASU wins or breaks even in the turnover battle, the Sun Devils Continuing the great tradition of Sun Devils in the are 21-4. In that same span, ASU is 1-14 when losing the turnover battle. During that NFL, there are 23 former ASU players on NFL span, the unexpected only happened against UCLA in 2000 (loss), Washington in rosters. Head coach Bruce Snyder has had 90 2000 (loss), USC in 2000 (loss), Washington State in 1999 (win) and Oregon in 1999 players go on to the NFLin his 20-year career. (loss). ASU is third in the Pac-10 and tied for 10th in the nation in turnover margin this season (+10). SunDevils on NFL Rosters (as of Sept. 15): ASU Opp DB Eric Allen (Oakland Raiders) 23 Turnovers 33 TB Mario Bates () Turnovers Result for Opponent... TE Steve Bush (Cincinnati Bengals) 38 Points 68 G David Dixon () 5 TD 7 DE Erik Flowers (Buffalo Bills) 1 FG 4 DT Junior Ioane (Oakland Raiders) 6 Punt 9 WR Lenzie Jackson (Cleveland Browns) 5 Turnover 7 TE Brian Jennings (San Francisco 49ers) 3 Missed FG 3 G Randall McDaniel (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) 0 TO on Downs 1 QB Jake Plummer () 3 End of Half/Game 1 WR Keith Poole (New Orleans Saints) RB J.R. Redmond (New England Patriots) Archie’s Bunker S Damien Richardson (Carolina Panthers) A preseason favorite for Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year and one of 11 semifi- LB Derrick Rodgers (Miami Dolphins) nalists for the Dick Butkus Award, senior Adam Archuleta leads the Pac-10 in tackles CB Jason Simmons (Pittsburgh Steelers) LB Derek Smith (Washington Redskins) with 103, an average of 11.4 tackles per game. Of those tackles, 71 percent are solo OT Marvel Smith (Pittsburgh Steelers) stops (73 of 103). Last season, he became the first Sun Devil since Scott Von der Ahe RB Terrelle Smith (New Orleans Saints) to record more than 100 tackles in a season with 111 and is now the first since Brett CB Phillippi Sparks () Wallerstedt (109 in 1990, 122 in 1991 and 119 in 1992) to top the century mark in tack- DE Jeremy Staat (Pittsburgh Steelers) les in consecutive seasons. DT Shawn Swayda (Atlanta Falcons) Leader of a linebacking corps tabbed the seventh-best in the nation by The S Pat Tillman (Arizona Cardinals) , he has paced the team in tackles in five of the past seven games (and SS Darren Woodson (Dallas Cowboys) second to fellow linebacker Solomon Bates in the other two). Archuleta turned in a career-best 16 tackles at UCLA, a total which included 15 solos, and followed that up PAC-10 PRESEASON POLL with 15 tackles (10 solos) vs. Oregon. He then matched that career high with 16 tack- Arizona State was selected to finish fifth and gar- les vs. USC. He has had at least one tackle for loss in all but one of ASU’s nine games nered a pair of first-place votes in the Pac-10 this year (vs. USC only game without a TFL), including three for a loss of 20 yards at Conference by West Coast media members as UCLA, and ranks tied for sixth in the Pac-10 with 12 total TFL this season. Archuleta part of the official preseason conference poll. The has had at least one tackle for loss in 22 of his last 26 games. Sun Devils were picked to finish fourth in last A first-team All-Pac-10 linebacker and ASU’s defensive MVP last year, Archuleta year’s preseason poll and ended up in fourth. recorded double-digit tackle efforts in six of his 11 games, leading ASU six times. Despite missing the season-opener with a hamstring injury, Archuleta ranked second PAC-10 CONFERENCE PRESEASON POLL ’99 ’99 in the Pac-10 with 10.2 tackles per game, trailing only Arizona’s (10.3). School Pts. Record Finish His 21 tackles for loss led the league and was the seventh-highest single-season total 1. Washington (16) 275 7-5 T2nd 2. USC (11) 272 6-6 T6th in ASU history. Since the Pac-10 began keeping track of TFL in 1990, he is only the 3. Oregon (1) 211 9-3 T2nd second Sun Devil to lead the conference (Derrick Rodgers, 1996). In his career, 4. UCLA 181 4-7 9th Archuleta ranks fifth in ASU history with 51 tackles for loss. 5. Arizona St. (2) 167 6-6 4th 6. Oregon State 163 7-5 5th ARCHULETA GAME-BY-GAME IN 2000 7. Stanford 133 8-4 1st 8. Arizona 127 6-6 T6th Game UT AT Total TFL Sacks 9. California 63 4-7 T6th at SDSU 4 3 7 1-8 0-0 10. Washington St. 47 3-9 10th Colorado State 7 2 9 1-6 1-6 Utah State 9 3 12 1-2 0-0 MISSING THE BEAVERS at UCLA 15 1 16 3-20 2-16 California 7 1 8 2-11 0-0 The Pac-10 schedule includes eight conference Washington 7 1 8 1-8 0-0 games, so the Sun Devils miss the Oregon State at WSU 8 4 12 2-3 0-0 Beavers in 1999 and 2000. Next year, Cal will drop off the schedule, while Arizona State will Oregon 10 5 15 1-6 0-0 miss UCLAin 2002 and Washington in 2003. USC 6 10 16 0-0 0-0 TOTALS 73 30 103 12-64 3-22

ASU CAREER LEADERS—TACKLES FOR LOSS Name TFL Years 1. Bob Kohrs 58 1976-79

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2. Shante Carver 57 1990-93 Turning 50 Al Harris 57 1975-78 Arizona State’s last two victories over Washington State have 4. Vernon Maxwell 56 1979-82 marked milestones for ASU head coach Bruce Snyder. ASU’s Oct. 5. Adam Archuleta 51 1997-pres. 28 overtime victory over the Cougars marked the 54th Pac-10 vic- 6. Scott Stephen 46 1983-86 tory for the Sun Devil mentor moving him into a tie with 7. Albrey Battle 32 1995-98 Washington’s for 10th in career conference wins. Last Pat Tillman 32 1994-97 season, ASU’s 33-21 win at Sun Devil Stadium was his 50th victo- 9. Shawn Patterson 28 1984-87 ry at Arizona State and his 50th career win in Pac-10 conference 10. Brett Wallerstedt 27 1989-92 play. Combining his record in Tempe and during a five-year stint at California, Snyder is 54-50-4 in conference games. He is just the In His Career 12th coach in the 84-year history of the league to plate 50 wins. Adam Archuleta has 306 career tackles and would need 47 more The other 11 are: , UCLA, 98 wins; Don James, this season to catch Bob Breuning (353, 1972-74) for fifth all-time Washington, 97; John McKay, USC, 70; Howard Jones, USC, 65; at ASU, but the senior has already registered 182 solo tackles in O.E. Hollingbery, WSU, 64; John Robinson, USC, 63; Larry Smith, his career, just 10 away from fifth all-time at ASU (192 by Mike Arizona, 63; Dick Tomey, Arizona, 60; , Oregon, 56; Richardson, 1979-82). Archuleta also has a good chance of enter- Bruce Snyder, Arizona State, 54; Jim Owens, Washington, 54; ing the record book in single-season solo tackles, needing just six James Phelan, Washington, 51. more unassisted tackles to tie Mike Richardson (1981) and Shawn Patterson (1987) who each had 79, while the school record for Three Starters at QB unassisted tackles in a season is 114 by Mark Tingstad (1988). The Sun Devils have started three quarterbacks in eight games this year with freshman Jeff Krohn missing action against UCLA Big Plays and Cal due to mononucleosis and senior Ryan Kealy suffering a ASU’s offense had been characterized by big plays this season, knee injury vs. UCLA. That trend isn’t as out of the ordinary as it especially through the air. While the longest play in its first two might seem since Arizona State has had three starters at quarter- games was a 21-yard run by junior Davaren Hightower in the sea- back three previous times in the last 10 years (Paul Justin, Kurt son-opener against San Diego State, ASU has had 39 longer plays Lasher and Bret Powers in 1990; Troy Rauer, Grady Benton and from scrimmage longer (33 pass, six rush) in the last seven. Garrick McGee in 1992 and Ryan Kealy, Chad Elliott and Steve Campbell in 1998). ASU leads the Pac-10 Conference and is BIG PLAYSIN THE LAST SEVENGAMES (more than 20 yards) ranked 16th in the nation in passing offense at 288.3 passing yards Game Pass Rush per game despite the personnel changes: Utah State 72TD, 70, 61TD, 43TD, 35TD, 32 – at UCLA 34, 38, 30, 27, 24 39TD, 60TD, 40 2000 STARTING QB PERFORMANCES Cal 68TD, 54, 50TD, 50TD, 47, 34, 34, 29, 26 – Game Starter Performance UW 45 24 at San Diego State Jeff Krohn 42-18-1-160-1 at WSU 27, 34TD, 24 – Colorado State Jeff Krohn 24-11-0-77-0 Oregon 25, 69TD, 24, 28TD, 33, 90TD, 21TD 37TD, 59TD Utah State Jeff Krohn 10-6-0-248-4 USC 45TD, 32TD – at UCLA Ryan Kealy 25-13-1-199-1 California Griffin Goodman 28-11-1-394-3 More on Big Plays Washington Griffin Goodman 13-3-0-32-0 As a team, the Sun Devils are averaging 15.9 yards per catch to at Washington State Jeff Krohn 27-18-1-214-0 lead the Pac-10. Nine Sun Devils are averaging double figures in Oregon Jeff Krohn 34-21-1-432-5 yards per reception. USC Jeff Krohn 33-17-0-150-0 (Attempts-Completions-Interceptions-Yards-Touchdowns)

Third-Down Defense The Sun Devils are third in the Pac-10 Most Recently Conference in third-down defense, allowing their In the last half of the 1990’s, Arizona State turned in the Pac-10’s second-best opponents to convert on just 30.4 percent of their overall and conference winning percentage: third downs. Oregon leads the Pac-10 at 27.5 per- Overall Record, 1995-99 Pac-10 Record, 1995-99 cent. Two weeks ago, Washington finished the Team Record Pct. Bowls Team Record Pct. game just 3-for-16 in third-down conversions and 1. Oregon 38-21 .644 4 1. Washington 28-11-1 .713 went 1-for-10 to start the game, not converting a 2. Arizona State 37-21 .638 3 2. Arizona State 27-13 .675 third down until midway through the third quarter, 3. Washington 37-22-1 .625 5 3. UCLA 25-15 .625 while Oregon was just 3-of-13 vs. the Sun Devils. 4. UCLA 36-22 .621 3 4. Oregon 23-17 .575 5. Arizona 36-23 .610 2 5. Stanford 22-18 .550 6. USC 35-24-1 .592 2 6. Arizona 21-19 .525 Forcing Fumbles 7. Stanford 30-27-1 .526 2 7. USC 21-18-1 .538 In nine games, the Sun Devils have already 8. Washington St. 24-33 .421 1 8. Washington St. 13-27 .325 forced 26 fumbles, 16 more than the team forced 9. California 21-35 .375 1 9. California 12-28 .300 all last season (10), and have recovered 21. 10. Oregon State 18-38 .321 1 10. Oregon State 7-33 .175 Sophomore Solomon Bates leads the team and is

2000 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL • PAGE 7 TEAM NOTES tied for second in the Pac-10 with four forced fumbles, while fresh- blown an engine or that there was an explosion of some kind. The man Terrell Suggs, senior Adam Archuleta and junior Kurt Wallin interior lights went off for a bit as the flight attendants scrambled have each forced three which is good for fourth in the Pac-10. up and down the aisles. Several minutes later, there was another boom and flash of orange, yellow and red inside and outside the Pick Pockets cabin as the plane was hit again. Arizona State has picked off 12 passes this year with eight players After several minutes of not knowing what had happened, the getting into the action, most recently sophomore cornerback senior attendant informed the team that the plane had been hit by Josiah Igono vs. USC. Last year, the Sun Devils intercepted a total lightning, twice! The pilot then came on the intercom and said that of 11 passes all season. The Sun Devils snagged three intercep- the plane was 40 miles outside of Phoenix and that he would have tions against Utah State and then again at Washington State, the the team on the ground soon. When the plane finally touched down most since picking off three against USC last year. With two inter- at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (it seemed like 4,000 miles, not 40), ceptions against UCLA, ASU had at least one in its everyone on board cheered and clapped. After further examina- first four games. The 1998 team was the last to pick off at least one tion, ASU’s charter company grounded the plane due to damage pass in four straight games when it had one in each of its last five to rivets in the fuselage. games that season. Senior Nijrell Eason leads the team and is tied for second in Murphy on Ray Guy Watch List the Pac-10 with four interceptions this year (one at SDSU, one vs. Junior punter Nick Murphy is one of 40 punters on the preseason USU, one at UCLA, one vs. USC). Last year, Willie Daniel and watch list for the inaugural Ray Guy award which is annually pre- Courtney Jackson paced the team with two interceptions each all sented to the best punter in the nation. Presented by the Greater season. Augusta (Georgia) Sports Council, the Ray Guy Award will be pre- sented to Dec. 7, 2000 as part of the Home Depot College Football Walk-Ons Award Show live on ESPN from Orlando, Fla. The winner will dis- Junior Tom Pace was awarded a scholarship by head coach Bruce play leadership, self-discipline, and have a significant positive Snyder, joining an impressive group of players who at least began impact on the team’s success. The selection committee will their careers at ASU by walking on. Redshirt freshman Jeff Krohn choose 10 semifinalists who will be announced by Nov. 8. followed and sophomore safety Patrick Wilson were awarded scholarships by the announcement of the three finalists Nov. 30. The Sports for the 2000-01 academic year earlier this season, while other Awards Gala evening will follow on Dec. 12 in Augusta. The award players on the current squad who earned scholarships after walk- is named after Ray Guy who attended the University of Southern ing on include senior linebacker Adam Archuleta, senior wide Mississippi and was drafted in the first round by the Oakland receivers Mike Aguirre and Brian Forth, junior offensive tackle Levi Raiders. Ray Guy was an integral part of the Raider’s successful Jones and junior linebacker Elza Gennicks. years between 1973-1986.

Senior Farewell ASU Retires Mike Haynes’ Number The Arizona State squad features 18 seniors including quarter- Mike Haynes, a two-time All-American cornerback at Arizona State backs Griffin Goodman and Ryan Kealy, wide receivers Mike from 1972-75 and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, had Aguirre, Roderick Denetso, Brian Forth and Richard Williams, his Sun Devil No. 40 retired in ASU’s game vs. USC Nov. 4. defensive backs Nijrell Eason, Craig Koontz, Christon Rance and Haynes’number becomes the fourth retired at ASU. Like the trio of Kenny Williams, fullback Stephen Trejo, linebackers A d a m retirees before him, Haynes’ name and number will adorn the face Archuleta and Adam Tanke, offensive linemen Victor Leyva and of the press box at Sun Devil Stadium. Senior linebacker Adam Kenneth Williamson, tight end Jason Moore and defensive line- Archuleta, who currently wears No. 40, will be allowed to retain the men Ché Britton and Quincy Yancy. number through the 2000 season. In his ASU career, Haynes was a three-time All-Western Eason on Jim Thorpe Watch List Athletic Conference selection. As a junior in 1974, he led the nation with 11 interceptions, second-best all-time at ASU. During his Senior cornerback Nijrell Eason is on the watch list for the Jim senior campaign, the Sun Devils were a perfect 12-0 and finished Thorpe Award, awarded annually to the top defensive back in the second in the wire service polls. The New England Patriots select- nation. The list will be narrowed down to 10 semifinalists on ed Haynes with the fifth overall pick in the 1976 NFLDraft. He went Wednesday, November 8, while three finalists will be selected on on to play in nine Pro Bowls, the second-most by any ASU player, November 21. The three finalists will be invited to the ESPN and earn two Super Bowl rings with the Oakland Raiders. College Football Awards show on December 7 where the winner of Upon his graduation in 1951, Wilford “Whizzer” White’s No. 33 the Jim Thorpe Award will be announced. became the first number retired at ASU. Bobby Mulgado joined him in 1958 when his No. 27 was honored. In 1997, White’s son, Lightning Strikes Twice Danny, became the third when his No. 11 was retired. If ASU’s overtime victory at Washington State wasn’t electrifying enough, the Sun Devils’ trip home from Pullman, Wash., certainly True Freshmen was. About 60 miles north of Phoenix, the Sun Devils’ team char- While defensive end Terrell Suggs became just the second true ter carrying players, coaches and support staff was hit by lightning. freshman in school history to start the first game of the year for the There was an extremely loud explosion, and bright lights sur- Sun Devils at San Diego State, he and tailback Mike Williams both rounded the plane, startling everyone on board. No one on the started against Colorado State and Utah State, marking the first flight knew what had happened, and most thought the plane had time since 1995 that the Sun Devils have had a pair of freshmen in

2000 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL • PAGE 8 TEAM NOTES the starting lineup. That year, ASU had two freshmen starters in Recruiting Class three games including wide receivers Kenny Mitchell and Ricky The Sun Devils are benefiting from a recruiting class that ranks Boyer vs. UCLA (11/4) and at California (11/11) and Boyer and among the best in ASU history. The 2000 recruiting class has been wide receiver Lenzie Jackson vs. Oregon State (9/23). ranked in the top 13 nationally and among the two or three best in Suggs is in pretty good company as the only other Sun Devil the Pac-10. SuperPrep Magazine listed ASU’s recruiting class as true freshman to start the first game of the season was wide the ninth-best in the nation and the best in the Pac-10. receiver John Jefferson in 1974. A four-time All-Western Athletic Conference selection and a consensus All-American in 1977, Good Citizen J e fferson (who changed his last name from Washington to Senior wide receiver Mike Aguirre was recently named to the 2000 Jefferson following his freshman campaign) went onto a success- Coaches Association Good Works Team. The ful NFL career, being selected as a first-round draft pick of the San team is made up of student-athletes who successfully balance Diego Chargers (14th pick overall) and appearing in four Pro academics and athletics and go above and beyond in volunteerism Bowls with San Diego and the . In Bruce and community service. The AFCAselected 11 players from NCAA Snyder’s tenure at ASU, 12 true freshmen have started games, Division I-A institutions to its Good Works Team. although none until Suggs made his starting debut in the season An honorable-mention Academic All-Pac-10 selection in each opener. Six true freshmen have seen action so far this season of the last two seasons, Aguirre was one of the 17 members of the (Suggs, fullbacks Mike Waddell and Mike Karney and tailbacks ASU Athletics Director Search Committee appointed by ASU Mike Williams, Skyler Fulton and Derick Arnold). Last year, four President Lattie F. Coor this summer. He was the ASU Student- true freshmen saw action (Solomon Bates, Josh Amobi, Mike Athlete Advisory Council Chairman in 1999-2000 and will serve as Barth and Machtier Clay.) the Pac-10 Conference representative on the National Student- Athlete Advisory Council in 2000-01. New Faces Arizona State features two new faces on the sidelines this season in the form of running backs coach Vincent White and offensive line coach George Yarno. White comes to Tempe after spending the past three seasons as tailbacks coach at the University of Pittsburgh. Yarno brings a wealth of experience to ASU as a long- time assistant coach in the collegiate ranks (most recently at the University of Houston from 1998-2000) and as a 13-year NFL and USFL veteran. In addition, John Pettas was promoted to offensive coordinator in the offseason in addition to his duties as quarter- backs coach.

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 at Arizona

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 at Arizona * Started due to formation

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

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left in the game, but the Huskies were able to run out the clock to earn the but the Devils’ two-point conversion fake fell short … ASU rolled up 667 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 (Last week’s wrap-up appears in the body of the release) allowed Washington just 10 total first downs when they had been averag- ing 22.8 per game, 110 passing yards compared to their average of 222.0 yards per game and just 296 yards of total offense compared to their aver- age of 414.8 yards per game.

ASU 23, Washington State 20 (OT) • Oct. 21, 2000 For the second time this season, sophomore Mike Barth kicked a 41-yard field goal to give the Sun Devils a victory on the last play of a game … This time the field goal came in overtime to lead ASU to a 23-20 victory over Washington State at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. … Barth's winning kick came after the snap was fumbled on a 35-yard attempt on third down but recovered by the Sun Devils, while it was the second time this season that he hit a 41-yarder for the win after hitting one vs. Colorado State … Barth’s two game-winning field goals mark the first time in school history that two Sun Devil victories have come down to a field goal on the last play of the game … Washington State had the first possession in overtime, but the drive ended when senior Adam Archuleta intercepted Jason Gesser's pass on the goal line … on WSU’s first drive of the game, sophomore Solomon Bates intercepted Gesser's pass and returned it 34 yards, setting 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 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 missed a 41-yarder that would have won the game with 1:12 remaining in regulation … redshirt freshman quarterback Jeff Krohn sat out the second quarter with a mild concussion and was replaced by senior Griffin Goodman who was intercepted in his first series … Two plays later, Deon Burnett scored on an 8-yard run to pull Washington State to 14-10 and a punt snap that sailed through the end zone late in the second quarter made it 14-12 … Goodman connected on a 34-yard pass play to junior Donnie O'Neal to put the Sun Devils up 20-12 with a minute left in the first half, while the Marcus Williams caught a pass from Gesser to tie it at 20 midway through the third quarter … With 103 yards on 26 carries, Pace became the second ASU rusher to gain 100 yards in a game this season … in his first start back from his illness, Krohn completed 18-of-27 attempts for 214 yards despite missing all of the second quarter with a mild concussion.

#7/10 Oregon 56, ASU 55 (2OT) • Oct. 28, 2000 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 Joey Harrington 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,

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2000 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL • PAGE 12 2000 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 06, 2000) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (5-4-0) (3-3-0) (2-1-0) (0-0-0) CONFERENCE...... (2-4-0) (1-3-0) (1-1-0) (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...... 184 169 Sep 16, 2000 COLORADO STATE W 13-10 51911 Rushing...... 73 66 Sep 23, 2000 UTAH STATE W 44-20 46327 Passing...... 96 90 *Sep 30, 2000 at UCLA L 31-38 68113 Penalty...... 15 13 *Oct 07, 2000 CALIFORNIA W 30-10 41113 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 1158 1500 *Oct 14, 2000 WASHINGTON L 15-21 61370 Yards gained rushing... 1489 1794 *Oct 21, 2000 at WASHINGTON STATE W OT 23-20 25199 Yards lost rushing..... 331 294 *Oct 28, 2000 OREGON LOT 55-56 53085 Rushing Attempts...... 379 346 *Nov 04, 2000 USC LOT 38-44 49865 Average Per Rush...... 3.1 4.3 * denotes conference game Average Per Game...... 128.7 166.7 TDs Rushing...... 9 13 RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G PASSING YARDAGE...... 2595 2230 ------Att-Comp-Int...... 334-163-10 331-161-12 PACE, Tom 7 129 552 27 525 4.1 4 37 75.0 Average Per Pass...... 7.8 6.7 WILLIAMS,Mike 9 110 509 28 481 4.4 5 59 53.4 Average Per Catch...... 15.9 13.9 HIGHTOWER,D. 7 28 112 2 110 3.9 0 21 15.7 Average Per Game...... 288.3 247.8 TREJO,Stephen 9 9 39 1 38 4.2 0 11 4.2 TDs Passing...... 20 15 KARNEY,Mike 8 11 37 0 37 3.4 0 10 4.6 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 3753 3730 TAPLIN,Justin 8 5 33 0 33 6.6 0 12 4.1 Total Plays...... 713 677 MCDONALD,Shaun 9 4 21 0 21 5.2 0 9 2.3 Average Per Play...... 5.3 5.5 ARNOLD,Derick 3 8 18 2 16 2.0 0 5 5.3 Average Per Game...... 417.0 414.4 FULTON,Skyler 6 8 20 7 13 1.6 0 11 2.2 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 30-560 40-834 WILLIAMS,R. 9 2 5 0 5 2.5 0 4 0.6 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 43-367 27-174 COOPER,Matt 3 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.3 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..... 12-173 10-123 BARTH,Mike 9 1 0 6 -6 -6.0 0 0 -0.7 FUMBLES-LOST...... 27-13 32-21 KROHN,Jeff 7 42 122 133 -11 -0.3 0 24 -1.6 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 75-575 78-704 KEALY, Ryan 2 6 10 37 -27 -4.5 0 7 -13.5 PUNTS-AVG...... 66-38.7 68-40.6 GOODMAN,Griffin 8 15 11 87 -76 -5.1 0 9 -9.5 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.. 29:57 31:43 Total...... 9 379 1489 331 1158 3.1 9 59 128.7 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 51/161 42/138 Opponents...... 9 346 1794 294 1500 4.3 13 86 166.7 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 10/14 2/6

PASSING GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------KROHN,Jeff 7 123.74 203-103-5 50.7 1451 11 90 207.3 EASON,Nijrell 4 39 9.8 0 29 GOODMAN,Griffin 8 137.88 91-41-3 45.1 802 7 68 100.2 BATES,Solomon 2 45 22.5 0 34 KEALY, Ryan 2 134.68 34-17-1 50.0 288 2 43 144.0 SUGGS,Terrell 1 48 48.0 1 48 COOPER,Matt 3 130.72 5-2-0 40.0 54 0 28 18.0 WILLIAMS,Kenny 1 0 0.0 0 0 WILLIAMS,Mike 9 -200.00 1-0-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 IGONO,Josiah 1 15 15.0 0 15 Total...... 9 127.84 334-163-10 48.8 2595 20 90 288.3 HOWELL,Chad 1 5 5.0 0 5 Opponents...... 9 112.94 331-161-12 48.6 2230 15 80 247.8 ARCHULETA,Adam 1 0 0.0 0 0 FALKNER,Brandon 1 21 21.0 0 21 RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Total...... 12 173 14.4 1 48 ------Opponents...... 10 123 12.3 0 67 HEAP,Todd 9 37 532 14.4 3 50 59.1 O'NEAL,Donnie 9 33 599 18.2 7 61 66.6 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd WILLIAMS,R. 9 32 566 17.7 6 90 62.9 ------MCDONALD,Shaun 9 15 252 16.8 1 68 28.0 MURPHY,Nick 63 2551 40.5 61 6 12 21 3 TAPLIN,Justin 8 13 169 13.0 0 45 21.1 TM 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 PACE, Tom 7 7 174 24.9 2 69 24.9 Total...... 66 2551 38.7 61 6 12 21 3 DENNARD,Ryan 9 6 93 15.5 0 29 10.3 Opponents...... 68 2759 40.6 60 2 8 18 1 HIGHTOWER,D. 7 6 56 9.3 0 34 8.0 PINKARD,Mike 9 5 91 18.2 0 28 10.1 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long KARNEY,Mike 8 3 31 10.3 0 20 3.9 ------TREJO,Stephen 9 3 10 3.3 1 5 1.1 TAPLIN,Justin 23 140 6.1 0 47 FORTH,Brian 8 1 9 9.0 0 9 1.1 MCDONALD,Shaun 19 227 11.9 1 81 MOORE,Jason 9 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.8 DENETSO,R. 1 0 0.0 0 0 WILLIAMS,Mike 9 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.7 Total...... 43 367 8.5 1 81 Total...... 9 163 2595 15.9 23 90 288.3 Opponents...... 27 174 6.4 1 34 Opponents...... 9 161 2230 13.9 15 80 247.8 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ------WILLIAMS,R. 18 383 21.3 0 47 BARTH,Mike 12-20 60.0 0-0 7-7 1-2 4-8 0-3 49 0 TAPLIN,Justin 7 134 19.1 0 27 MCDONALD,Shaun 3 42 14.0 0 18 |------PATs ------| TANKE,Adam 1 0 0.0 0 0 SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points FOX,Ben 1 1 1.0 0 1 ------Total...... 30 560 18.7 0 47 BARTH,Mike 0 12-20 27-29 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 63 Opponents...... 40 834 20.9 0 36 O'NEAL,Donnie 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 44 PACE, Tom 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR FR Tot Avg/G WILLIAMS,R. 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 ------WILLIAMS,Mike 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 WILLIAMS,R. 9 5 566 0 383 0 0 954 106.0 HEAP,Todd 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 PACE, Tom 7 525 174 0 0 0 0 699 99.9 MCDONALD,Shaun 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 O'NEAL,Donnie 9 0 599 0 0 0 0 599 66.6 TREJO,Stephen 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 MCDONALD,Shaun 9 21 252 227 42 0 0 542 60.2 FIELDS, Eric 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 HEAP,Todd 9 0 532 0 0 0 0 532 59.1 SUGGS,Terrell 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total...... 9 1158 2595 367 560 173 6 4859 539.9 TM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2 Opponents...... 9 1500 2230 174 834 123 23 4884 542.7 GOODMAN,Griffin 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-2 0 0 0 KROHN,Jeff 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 0 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Total...... 32 12-20 27-29 0-0 1 1-3 0 1 259 ------Opponents...... 29 7-13 27-28 0-0 1 1-1 0 1 226 KROHN,Jeff 7 245 -11 1451 1440 205.7 GOODMAN,Griffin 8 106 -76 802 726 90.8 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total PACE, Tom 7 129 525 0 525 75.0 ------WILLIAMS,Mike 9 111 481 0 481 53.4 Arizona State...... 67 53 66 61 12 - 259 KEALY, Ryan 2 40 -27 288 261 130.5 Opponents...... 30 61 57 62 16 - 226 Total...... 9 713 1158 2595 3753 417.0 Opponents...... 9 677 1500 2230 3730 414.4

|------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 9 73 30 103 12-64 3-22 1-0 4 . 4-0 3 . . 1 BATES,Solomon 9 55 24 79 10-25 2-6 2-45 5 . . 4 . . 39 WILLIAMS,Alfred 9 49 21 70 3-10 2-8 . 2 . 2-0 1 . . 37 DANIEL,Willie 8 37 9 46 5-30 3-21 . 4 . 2-0 1 . . 2000 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 06, 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 9 73 30 103 12-64 3-22 1-0 4 . 4-0 3 . . 1 BATES,Solomon 9 55 24 79 10-25 2-6 2-45 5 . . 4 . . 39 WILLIAMS,Alfred 9 49 21 70 3-10 2-8 . 2 . 2-0 1 . . 37 DANIEL,Willie 8 37 9 46 5-30 3-21 . 4 . 2-0 1 . . 24 EASON,Nijrell 9 32 8 40 . . 4-39 16 . 3-0 2 . . 10 FIELDS, Eric 9 26 10 36 9-32 2-15 . 2 . 3-6 2 . . 48 SUGGS,Terrell 8 29 5 34 11-48 6-37 1-48 1 . 1-0 3 . . 59 WALLIN,Kurt 9 21 4 25 9-36 3-21 . 2 . 1-0 3 . . 5 WILLIAMS,Kenny 8 21 3 24 . . 1-0 9 . . . . . 99 TOWNSEND,Tommie 9 12 6 18 1-1 . . . . 1-0 2 . . 31 RANCE,Christon 9 14 3 17 . . . . . 2-0 1 . . 28 WILSON,Patrick 9 11 5 16 ...... 94 HOWELL,Chad 9 11 4 15 5-16 1-8 1-5 1 . . . . . 91 YANCY,Quincy 8 15 . 15 . . . 1 . 1-0 1 . . 29 FALKNER,Brandon 9 9 5 14 1-9 1-9 1-21 1 . . . . . 36 DENETSO,R. 9 11 . 11 ...... 1 . 38 IGONO,Josiah 8 10 1 11 . . 1-15 3 . . . . . 18 KOONTZ,Craig 9 4 5 9 ...... 73 GLASS,Paul 9 5 3 8 3-13 1-8 . 1 . . . . . 97 MONTESANTO,B. 9 5 3 8 1-6 2-6 . . . 1-0 1 . . 2B CLAY,Machtier 7 7 . 7 . . . 3 . . . . . 25 AGUIRRE,Mike 8 4 3 7 ...... 4 TAPLIN,Justin 8 5 1 6 ...... 55 AMOBI,Josh 4 5 1 6 ...... 51 ANDERSON,Jamall 6 3 2 5 ...... 92 MASANIAI,Danny 7 2 2 4 ...... 45 TANKE,Adam 8 3 1 4 ...... 32 FULTON,Skyler 6 3 1 4 ...... 52 UNCK,Mason 3 3 1 4 1-1 ...... 84 MURPHY,Nick 9 2 1 3 ...... 34 SHEAFFER,John 5 2 . 2 ...... 6 O'NEAL,Donnie 9 1 1 2 ...... 14 COOPER,Matt 3 2 . 2 ...... 57 LINDEN,Frank 6 2 . 2 ...... 90 BRITTON,Che 7 . 2 2 ...... 78 JONES,Levi 9 2 . 2 ...... 53 PETERS,Scott 9 1 . 1 ...... 35 WILLIAMS,Mike 9 1 . 1 ...... 2C PACE, Tom 7 1 . 1 ...... 13 BARTH,Mike 9 1 . 1 ...... TM TM 4 1 . 1 ...... 1 . 1 2 FRANKS,Monte 5 1 . 1 ...... 1D WARE,Dalen 7 . 1 1 ...... 1F MICELI,Rob 1 . 1 1 ...... 86 PINKARD,Mike 9 ...... 1 . Total...... 9 502 167 669 71-291 24-168 12-173 55 . 21-6 25 2 1 Opponents...... 9 - - - - 29-194 10-123 47 . 13-23 12 3 1 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 at Arizona

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 at Arizona

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

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 at Arizona

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 at Arizona

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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 at Arizona

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 at Arizona

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 at Arizona Totals 24 10 9 19 .792 30 16 5 21 .700

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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. 49 Ben Fox 6-2 260 RS-Fr. (INJ) 4 Justin Taplin 6-0 196 So.

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. 94 Chad Howell 6-4 239 RS-Fr. 49 Ben Fox 6-2 260 RS-Fr. RG 69 Kyle Kosier 6-6 300 Jr. 76 Kenneth Williamson 6-4 295 Sr. SLB 10 Eric Fields 6-3 236 Jr. 52 Mason Unck 6-2 228 So. RT 75 Victor Leyva 6-4 322 Sr. 51 Jamall Anderson 6-1 250 Jr. 72 Brandon Macias 6-7 320 Fr. MLB 1 Solomon Bates 6-2 253 So. TE 80 Todd Heap 6-5 243 Jr. 45 Adam Tanke 6-2 232 Sr. 89 Jason Moore 6-6 252 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. (OR) 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 23 Tom Pace 5-10 195 Jr. (OR) 35 Mike Williams 6-0 196 Fr. CB 22 Machtier Clay 5-11 178 So. 9 Davaren Hightower 6-1 212 Jr. (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. 31 Christon Rance 6-2 209 Sr. WR 6 Donnie O'Neal 6-2 181 Jr. 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. (INJ) 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. (INJ) 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.