Monday, October 20, 2003 2003 ASU SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Time 2003 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL S 6 Northern Arizona W, 34-14 S 13 Utah State W, 26-16 (4-3, 1-2 Pac-10) at UCLA Bruins (5-2, 3-0 Pac-10) S 20 at #18/14 Iowa (ESPN2) L, 2-21 Saturday, October 25, 2003 • 7 p.m. PDT/Arizona Time S 27 at Oregon St. (Fox) L, 17-45 Rose Bowl (91,500) • Pasadena, Calif. O 4 #10/10 USC (ABC) L, 17-37 O 11 Oregon (ABC) W, 59-14 Fox Sports Net/Sun Devil Sports Network/Westwood One Radio O 18 at North Carolina W, 33-31 O 25 at UCLA(Fox Sports Net) 7 p.m. Coming off a thrilling 33-31 come-from-behind victory last weekend at North Carolina, N 1 California 1:30 p.m. the Arizona State Sun Devils return to Pac-10 Conference play this weekend, traveling N 8 at Stanford TBA to Pasadena, Calif., to take on the UCLA Bruins. Saturday night’s game at the Rose N 15 at #6/6 Washington State 2 p.m. Bowl will kick off at 7 p.m. and will be televised nationally by Fox Sports Net. The Sun N 28 Arizona (Fox Sports Net) 1 p.m. Devils head to L.A. riding a two-game winning streak after notching their first Pac-10 win of the year two weeks ago against Oregon and then downing North Carolina on a dra- Home Games in Bold matic game-ending scoring drive in Chapel Hill last weekend. Arizona State is also look- Times listed are Arizona Time (PT prior to Oct. 26, MT after Oct. 26) and subject to change. ing to snap a two-game losing streak against the Bruins (both at the Rose Bowl) and Rankings are AP/USA Today at time of game tally the team’s first three-game winning streak since downing Oregon State, Oregon and Washington in consecutive weeks last year. UCLA brings a 5-2 overall record and 2003 PAC-10 STANDINGS a 3-0 league mark into Saturday’s game. The Bruins have won four straight games, School Conf. O’all Next Game (Date) including three straight league contests, most recently defeating California 23-20 in WSU 3-0 6-1 Oregon State (10/25) overtime last week in Pasadena. UCLA 3-0 5-2 Arizona State (10/25) USC 2-1 6-1 at Washington (10/25) In the Series OSU 2-1 5-2 at WSU (10/25 UCLAholds a 12-6-1 edge in the all-time series with the two teams resuming the series UW 2-1 4-3 USC (10/25) after missing each other in 2002. The series is tied 5-5-1 in games played at UCLAand ASU 1-2 4-3 at UCLA (10/25) Oregon 1-2 4-3 Stanford (10/25) 4-4-1 in games played in the Rose Bowl. UCLAhas won the last two meetings – both Cal 1-2 3-5 Arizona (10/25) at the Rose Bowl – including a 45-42 victory on Dec. 1, 2001. The two teams combined Stanford 0-3 2-3 at Oregon (10/25) for 946 yards of total offense in that 2001 game which was postponed after the Sept. Arizona 0-3 1-6 at California (10/25) 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The Bruins led 45-21 after three quarters, and the Sun Devils scored three in the fourth quarter, but UCLA held on for a 52-42 victory. In 2002 ASU RESULTS 2000, then 15th-ranked UCLAcame back from a 21-0 deficit to defeat ASU 38-31. Prior Date Opponent Result to losses in 2000 and 2001, ASU had won the previous three games and has been vic- A 24 at #10/8 Nebraska (ESPN) L, 10-48 torious in five of the last eight meetings between the two teams. ASU is 5-6-1 all time A 31 Eastern Washington W, 38-2 when playing in Pasadena including appearances in the Rose Bowl in 1987 and 1997. S 7 Central Florida (AZ-TV) W, 46-13 S 14 at San Diego St. (AZ-TV) W, 39-28 ASU head coach Dirk Koetter is 0-2 against UCLA in his career (0-1 at ASU) with his S 28 Stanford (ABC) W, 65-24 1999 Boise State team also falling to the Bruins 38-7 in Pasadena. O 5 North Carolina L, 35-38 O 12 Oregon State (Fox AZ) W, 13-9 Exposure O 19 at #6/6 Oregon W, 45-42 Fox Sports Net will televise Saturday night’s game with UCLA to a national cable audi- O 26 Washington W, 27-16 ence with Steve Physioc and calling the action. N 2 at #8/9 Wash. St. (ABC) L, 22-44 The Sun Devil Sports Network will carry all 12 of ASU’s football games live on its N 9 California (Fox) L, 38-55 11-station network including flagship stations KTAR 620 AM and ESPN Radio 860 AM N 16 at #8/8 USC (TBS) L, 13-34 N 29 at Arizona (Fox Sports Net) W, 34-20 in Phoenix. Tim Healey (play-by-play), (color analyst), Vince Marotta D 27 vs. #6/6 Kansas St. (ESPN) L, 27-34 and Paul Calvisi (pregame, halftime and postgame) will bring the action to Sun Devil fans. Calvisi will also provide reports from the ASU sidelines during home games. ASU Pac-10 (1996-Present) games can also be heard live on ASU’s official web site at www.TheSunDevils.com. School O’all Conf. Bowls Westwood One will also broadcast Saturday’s game to a national radio audience Oregon 62-29 35-24 6 with Bob Fitzgerald and Jim Mora calling the action. Washington 60-30 41-18 7 UCLA 55-34 34-25 4 Last Time Out Arizona State 53-38 33-26 5 USC 53-39 31-28 3 Junior connected with senior Skyler Fulton at the back cor- Washington State 51-38 29-30 3 ner of the end zone as time expired to propel the Arizona State Sun Devils to a 33-31 Arizona 46-44 25-37 2 victory over the North Carolina Tar Heels last week in Chapel Hill, N.C. Oregon State 46-42 23-36 3 The Sun Devils started early when junior Daryl Lightfoot returned the opening kick- Stanford 41-44-1 28-31 3 off 35 yards to begin ASU’s first drive in UNC territory, setting up a 49-yard pass from California 32-55 17-42 1 Walter to sophomore Derek Hagan for a and a 6-0 ASU lead, following a

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blocked PAT. HEAD COACH DIRK KOETTER North Carolina countered with a scoring drive of its own, taking a 7-6 lead on a one-yard rush by tailback Ronnie McGill. Capitalizing on a fumble by senior fullback Is in his third season at the helm of the Arizona Mike Karney, UNC took possession deep in ASU territory and extended its lead to 14- State program … acts as his own offensive coor- dinator … the SunDevils have averaged 32.0 6 on an 11-yard touchdown run by tailback Chad Scott. points per game in Koetter’s three years at ASU ASU junior cornerback R.J. Oliver forced a fumble and senior Brian Montesanto (1024 points, 32 games)… led the SunDevils to recovered the ball on the first play of the second quarter, and Walter led the Sun Devils an 8-6 record, a third-place Pac-10 finish and a 80 yards in eight plays, a drive which culminated with an 11-yard TD pass to Fulton. A berth in the 2002 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl last successful conversion from Walter to Hagan tied the score at 14-14. Midway through year … his 2002 team ranked ninth in the nation the second half, ASU got on the board again. After big rushing gains from redshirt in passing offense and 20th in scoring offense … freshman tailback Loren Wade and a 20-yard reception by Hagan, true freshman kick- a voter in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll … er Jessie Ainsworth drilled a 21-yard field goal, while he did it again after ASU recov- became Arizona State’s 21st head coach on Dec. 2, 2000 … his 2001 ASU offense finished 25th in ered a fumble on a punt return a few plays later. Ainsworth hit a 24-yarder as time the country in total offense and tied for 19th in expired in the second quarter to give ASU a 20-14 halftime lead. scoring offense … had the third-longest winning North Carolina started the third quarter with a 22-yard pass from senior quarter- streak in the country with eight consecutive wins back Darian Durant to receiver Jarwarski Pollock to move the Tar Heels into field-goal (his last seven at Boise State and his season range. Placekicker Dan Orner completed a 50-yard field goal to make it 20-17. opener at ASU) before falling at Stanford on After trading possessions, Walter got the Sun Devils going again, finding redshirt 9/2/01 … came to ASU after three seasons at freshman Jamaal Lewis for 21 yards, Hagan for 24 yards and Lightfoot for 15 yards to Boise State where he led the Broncos to a 26-10 record, two appearances in the Humanitarian bring ASU down the field to the UNC 17. Sophomore tailback Hakim Hill carried the Bowl and two Big West Conference ball 17 yards on the next three plays, including an eight-yard touchdown run to put the Championships … two-time Big West Coach of Sun Devils up 27-17. North Carolina countered with a 53-yard completion from Durant the Year … his 2000 Boise State team led the to Pollock on the ensuing drive, setting up a one-yard TD run by McGill to close the nation in scoring offense, was second in total gap and the third quarter at 27-24. offense and ranked fourth in the country in pass- ASU missed a 32-yard field goal to begin the fourth quarter, and Durant led the ing offense … guided BSU to its first winning sea- Tar Heels on an 80-yard drive, resulting in a touchdown that gave UNC the lead at 27- son in Division I football … has served as the hon- orary chairman of the National Multiple Sclerosis 31. North Carolina was able to hold off the Sun Devils on their next two possessions Desert Southwest Chapter “Walk on the Wild and took over with 2:01 left in the game, looking to run out the clock. ASU’s defense Side” in each of the last two years … last name is would not give up and put together a tremendous third-and-one stand to give the ball pronounced “Cutter” … born Feb. 5, 1959 in back to the Devil offense. Lightfoot got things started with a 28-yard punt return to get Pocatello, Idaho. the Sun Devils to their own 39 with 36 seconds to work with. Walter quickly led the Sun Devils downfield, finding sophomore Matt Miller for 14 Koetter Coaching Career yards and Hagan for 42 yards. With time ticking away and ASU on the five-yard line, Graduate Assistant, Idaho State ...... 1 9 8 2 Walter’s second-and-goal pass to Fulton was incomplete. However, Walter was suc- Highland HS (Pocatello, Idaho) ...... 1 9 8 3 - 8 4 Of fensive Coordinator, San Francisco St...... 1 9 8 5 cessful on his second attempt, finding Fulton who made an acrobatic catch in the cor- Of fensive Coordinator & QBs, UTEP ...... 1 9 8 6 - 8 8 ner of the end zone as time expired to give the Sun Devils a 33-31 victory. Of fensive Coordinator & QBs, Missouri ...... 1 9 8 9 - 9 3 Fulton finished the game with seven catches for 68 yards and two touchdowns, Of fensive Coordinator & QBs, Boston College..1 9 9 4 - 9 5 while Hagan turned in his third consecutive game with at least 100 receiving yards, Offensive Coordinator & QBs, Oregon...... 1 9 9 6 - 9 7 catching 11 passes for 185 yards (both career highs) and a touchdown. Wade led the Head Coach, Boise State...... 1 9 9 8 - 0 0 Head Coach, Arizona State...... 2 0 0 1 - p r e s e n t ARIZONA STATE-UCLA STATISTICAL COMPAR I S O N Koetter Head Coaching Record Overall: 42-26 (.618), 6th year Arizona State UCLA ASU: 16-16 (.500), 3rd year Record...... 4-3...... 5-2 Pac-10/ACC...... 1-2...... 3-0 Koetter’s Record When ...... O’all (ASU) Scoring ...... 26.9...... 22.4 Leading at halftime ...... 33-4 (10-1) First Downs...... 21.86...... 15.29 Leading after three quarters ...... 33-4 (13-1) Total Offense...... 405.0...... 284.9 Having a 100-yard rusher ...... 15-6 (5-4) Rushing Yards...... 118.4...... 90.3 Having a 300-yard passer ...... 11-8 (5-6) Passing Yards...... 286.6...... 194.6 Scoring 30 points or more...... 14-7 (13-4) Kickoff Returns...... 25.0...... 23.3 Leading in time of possession...... 20-10 (10-3) Punt Returns...... 9.1...... 8.0 Following a loss...... 15-11 (7-9) Punting ...... 43.7...... 43.4 In games decided by four pts or less ....6-3 (3-2) Time of Possession ...... 29:37...... 28:19 Temperature is 32° F or less...... 4-0 (0-0) 3rd Down Conv...... 39/110 (35%)...... 40/106 (38%) In season openers...... 4-2 (2-1) 4th Down Conv...... 6/14 (43%)...... 2/4 (50%) In Pac-10 openers...... 1-2 (1-2) Points Allowed ...... 25.4...... 20.7 In home games ...... 28-9 (11-6) Total Yards Allowed ...... 369.0...... 340.9 In bowl games ...... 2-1 (0-1) Rush Yards Allowed...... 135.1 ...... 116.3 Pass Yards Allowed ...... 233.9...... 224.6

*statistics are per game averages

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Sun Devil ground attack, gaining a career-best 130 yards and one touchdown in 16 carries. Walter went 34-of-58 with a season-best 408 yards and three TDs in the HASH MARKS game. The defense was led by junior safeties Riccardo Stewart, who collected 10 … Following last week’s 598-yard effort, ASU has tackles (four solo), and Jason Shivers, who had eight (three solo). turned in 1,255 yards of total offense in its two games against North Carolina (657 in 2002). Game-Winning Plays Senior receiver Skyler Fulton’s game-winning five-yard catch from junior Andrew … In its last two weeks (both wins), ASU has Walter last week at North Carolina marked the first time that the Sun Devils have won turned the ball over just one time (fumble in the a game on the last play since Arizona State took home a 23-20 victory at Washington first quarter at North Carolina). ASU did not have any turnovers in its Oct. 11 win over Oregon, State when kicker Mike Barth nailed a 49-yard field goal in overtime on Oct. 21, 2000. which marked the team’s first game without a one Coincidentally, that was the second time that season that Barth and the Sun Devils since a 30-17 win over Arizona on Nov. 24, 2000, earned a win on a game-winning play as time expired. On Sept. 16 of that same year, a stretch of 32 games. Barth drilled a 49-yarder to beat then No. 25 Colorado State on the last play of the game at . … ASU has scored first nine times in the last 21 games and only against Utah State (TD), Iowa (safety), Oregon (TD) and North Carolina (TD) Hagan Turns in Third 100-Yard Day this season. Sophomore Derek Hagan has turned in three consecutive 100-yard receiving games, becoming the first Sun Devil receiver to turn in three in a row since … ASU had a bye on Aug. 31, meaning that the current St. Louis Ram Shaun McDonald had three straight 100-yard efforts last sea- Sun Devils play on 11 straight Saturdays from Sept. 6 to Nov. 15. The team will not enjoy anoth- son (175 yards at San Diego State, 221 vs. Stanford, 156 vs. North Carolina). er bye until Nov. 22, the week before ASU hosts McDonald was also the last Sun Devil to accomplish the feat in four straight games, instate rival Arizona on Nov. 28. tallying 100-plus yards in games against Oregon State, Washington, Oregon and Washington in 2001. In his current three-game streak, Hagan has had 26 catches for … The Sun Devils have a 22 0 - 7 7 - 3 all-time win- 463 yards (154.3 yards per game) and two touchdowns. ning record (. 7 3 8 ) at Sun Devil Stadium. Hagan turned in a career outing last week to lead the Sun Devils past North … Sports Illustrated labeled Dirk Koetter as the Carolina, hauling in 11 passes for 185 yards (both career bests) and a touchdown. In most organized coach in - “The addition to being a career high, his 11 catches tied with three other Sun Devils for the Organization Man” - in its college football preview. fourth-best single-game mark in school history. Ron Fair holds the school record for receptions in a game with 19 catches in a 1989 win over Washington State. Hagan … Junior quarterback Andrew Walter was a coun- caught seven balls for 108 yards and one touchdown vs. Oregon on Oct. 11, while Oct. selor at this year ’s Elite 11 camp. 4 against USC, he caught eight passes for 170 yards. He also played a key role in set- … Senior defensive tackle Brian Montesanto has ting up both of ASU’s touchdown drives vs. the Trojans, hauling in receptions of 35 and made 35 career starts (including the last 31 eight yards to help set up quarterback Andrew Walter’s 12-yard scoring strike to senior games), the most of any player on ASU’s roster. Skyler Fulton in the first quarter. He also caught a 24-yard pass to get ASU to the USC 5-yard line in the third quarter, a drive which ended a one-yard TD run by redshirt … Nine Sun Devil defensive backs have started freshman Loren Wade. Hagan’s previous career bests were 95 yards in ASU’s upset at least one game in their careers. at then No. 6 Oregon on Oct. 19, 2002 and six catches at USC on Nov. 16 of last year. … Senior fullback Mike Karney has accepted an Hagan leads the team in receiving this season with 38 catches for 576 yards and invitation to play in the 2004 Shrine East-West four touchdowns. He ranks sixth in the Pac-10 in both receptions per game (5.43) and Football Game on Jan. 10 in San Francisco. receiving yards per game (82.3). Through seven games, he has already surpassed his production from all of last season. Last year, Hagan broke College Football Hall of … ASU’s Pac-10 miss this year is Washington. Famer John Jefferson’s record for receptions by an ASU freshman with 32 catches (for … ASU’s football roster features two student-ath- 405 yards) on the year. letes who have earned their undergraduate degrees – Jermaine McKinney and Brian Red-Zone Improvement Montesanto – while several others are scheduled The Sun Devils have scored on 14 of their last 15 trips into the red zone, going 5-for- to graduate in December 2003 and May 2004. 6 (three TDs, two FGs) last week at North Carolina and a perfect 9-for-9 in their pre- … ASU Athletics Director Gene Smith played col- vious two games (USC and Oregon). ASU had scored just 50 percent of the time in lege football at Notre Dame, earning three letters their first four games (6-12). The Sun Devils scored two TDs and one field goal in three and playing on the 1973 national title squad. trips into the red zone vs. the Trojans on Oct. 4, while the team had six touchdowns in six trips past Oregon’s 20-yard line on Oct. 11 … Wide receivers coach Darryl Jackson has been selected by the NCAA to participate in the inau- gural Advanced Coaching Program as a part of Getting Offensive the NCAACoaches Academy, one of the NCAA's Last week’s victory at North Carolina marked the second consecutive week that the initiatives to attempt to address the critical short- Sun Devils have turned in season highs in both passing yards and total offense. Over age of ethnic minorities in head coaching posi- the last two games, the team has averaged 373.0 passing yards and 547.5 total tions in football. This summer, Jackson served as offense yards, up from season averages of 286.6 and 405.0 yards, respectively. an intern with the as a part of the NFL's Minority Internship Program. Ironically, the team’s 598 yards of total offense against the Tar Heels last weekend marked the most since the Sun Devils had 657 yards in their 38-35 loss to the Tar Heels at Sun Devil Stadium last season.

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Scoring Through the Air STATISTICALLY SPEAKING... Junior quarterback Andrew Walter has thrown three touchdown passes in each of the TEAMOFFENSE ...... Pac-10 (Nation) last two weeks, including the game-winning five-yard toss to senior Skyler Fulton as Rushing...... 118.4...... 7th time ran out last week at North Carolina. He threw three scoring strikes to three dif- Passing ...... 286.6 ...... 3rd (20th) Pass Efficiency ...... 126.1...... 5th ferent receivers in ASU’s 59-14 win over Oregon on Oct. 11. Walter has now turned in Total Offense...... 405.0 ...... 5th (41st) 14 multiple touchdown games in his career, including five this season. He completed Scoring ...... 26.9...... 6th a season-high four touchdown passes Sept. 6 against Northern Arizona, marking the First Downs...... 143...... 5th 3rd Down Conv...... 35.5%...... 7th fifth time in his career that he has had at least four TD passes in a game. Walter’s 4th Down Conv...... 42.9%...... 6th career high for TD passes in a single game is five in last year’s 65-24 win over Sacks Against ...... 11 ...... T1st Red Zone Offense...... 74.1%...... 7th Stanford. With his three TD passes last week against the Tar Heels, Walter has now moved TEAM DEFENSE ...... Pac-10 (Nation) Rushing...... 135.1 ...... 8th (47th) into a tie for fourth on ASU’s career list with 46, a record shared by and Pass Efficiency ...... 120.1...... 7th Ryan Kealy, and is two TD passes shy of third place on the list, currently held by Mike Passing Yards ...... 233.9...... 5th Pagel with 48. Current quarterback (1993-96) holds Total Defense...... 369.0...... 6th Scoring ...... 25.4...... 7th the school record with 65 touchdowns in his illustrious career. Walter is also tied for Opp. First Downs...... 139...... 8th 26th on the Pac-10’s career touchdown passes list with Washington State’s Drew Sacks...... 22...... T3rd 3rd Down Conv...... 38.6%...... 9th Bledsoe (1990-92) and Arizona’s Tom Tunnicliffe (1980-83). Walter needs just two 4th Down Conv...... 50% ...... 6th more to move into the league’s top 25 in the category and four more to pass Fox Red Zone Defense ...... 79.2%...... 7th Sports Net color analyst Tom Ramsey who is tied for 21st with Washington’s Cody TEAM MISCELLANEOUS ...... Pac-10 (Nation) Pickett after throwing 50 TD passes in his career at UCLA (1979-82). Net Punting ...... 38.3 ...... 3rd (23rd) Punt Returns...... 9.1...... 5th Kickoff Returns ...... 25.0...... 2nd (29th) Lighting Up the Scoreboard Kickoff Coverage...... 19.8...... 4th Arizona State has averaged 46.0 points per game over the last two weeks, including Turnover Margin ...... +1...... 4th (49th) Field Goals ...... 625 ...... 6th 33 in last week’s win at North Carolina and a season-high 59 points in the team’s Oct. PAT Kicking ...... 864...... T9th 11 win against Oregon. The 59 points vs. the Ducks marked the most points for the Possession Time...... 29:37...... 7th Penalties ...... 85.0...... 8th team since ASU set its school record for scoring in a Pac-10 game with its 65-24 win over Stanford on Sept. 28, 2002. The Sun Devils had averaged just 19.2 points per PLAYER STATISTICS game in the first five contests of the season and only 12.0 ppg during their three-game Jesse Ainsworth Scoring (Kick) ...... 4.1...... 9th losing streak earlier this season (at Iowa, at Oregon State and vs. USC). In his three Field Goals ...... 0.71...... 9th seasons at the helm, Dirk Koetter’s offense has turned in an average of 32.0 points Field Goal % ...... 62.5...... 6th per game, including an average of 26.9 points per game this year, 32.3 ppg in 2002 Skyler Fulton and 34.0 ppg in 2001. ASU’s 59-14 victory over Oregon on Oct. 11 also marked the Receptions/Game ...... 5.0 ...... T9th Scoring ...... 6.0 ...... T8th 10th time (fourth time at ASU) that a Koetter-led team has put 50 or more points on Scoring (TD) ...... 6.0 ...... T3rd the scoreboard.

Josh Golden Punt Returns...... 11.91 ...... 3rd (31st) On the Ground In addition to their season-high passing efforts, the Sun Devils have also turned in two Derkek Hagan Receptions...... 5.43 ...... 6th (49th) of their best rushing efforts of the year in the last two weeks, averaging 174.5 yards Receiving Yards/G...... 82.3 ...... 6th (35th) per game on the ground including a season-high 190 yards last week at North Hakim Hill Carolina. Redshirt freshman Loren Wade led the Sun Devil effort vs. the Tar Heels with Rushing...... 56.0...... 8th 16 carries for 130 yards (both career highs) and a touchdown. It marked the second time this year that the Sun Devils have had a player run for at least 100 yards with Daryl Lightfoot Kickoff Returns ...... 24.70 ...... 4th (31st) sophomore Hakim Hill tallying 115 yards on the ground at Oregon State on Sept. 27. ASU is 236-43-5 (.840) all time when having a player gain 100 or more rushing yards. Tim Parker Punting ...... 43.7 ...... 3rd (19th) Wade’s 170-yard showing (8.1 yards per carry) marked the most for a Sun Devil since senior Mike Williams turned in 162 yards on 40 carries in ASU’s win at Arizona last Jason Shivers ...... 0.50 ...... 4th (21st) season, while ASU’s season-best four rushing touchdowns against the Ducks on Oct. Tackles...... 9.5 ...... 2nd 11 were marked the most since the team scored five TDs on the ground in last year’s Forced Fumbles...... 0.33...... 5th Oct. 5 loss to North Carolina. Riccardo Stewart The duo of Hill (56.0 yards per game) and Wade (54.0 ypg) gives the Sun Devils Interceptions ...... 0.43 ...... T6th (25th) a strong one-two punch in the backfield, with the pair ranking eighth and ninth in the Tackles...... 9.1 ...... 3rd Forced Fumbles...... 0.29...... T6th Pac-10 in rushing yards per game, respectively. Hill has scored three touchdowns on the ground to Wade’s two, while Wade leads the way with an average of 5.8 yards per Loren Wade Rushing...... 54.0...... 9th carry to 4.0 yards per rush for Hill.

Andrew Walter Passing Yards ...... 274.4 ...... 3rd Getting It Done on Third Down Pass Efficiency ...... 128.0...... 5th Arizona State has converted on 58.3 percent of its third-down attempts in the last two Total Offense...... 263.9 ...... 4th (23rd) weeks (21-36), including 10-of-21 attempts last week at North Carolina and a season- (Individuals must rank in the top 10 in Pac-10 and/or top best 73.0 percent (11-15) vs. Oregon on Oct. 11. In the first five weeks of the season, 50 in the nation) the Sun Devils had converted on just 24 percent of their third-down attempts (18-74).

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Walter’s World WALTER’S CAREER STATISTICS For the third time in as many Yea r G/ G S Co m p . / A t t . Yd s . Pc t . TD / I n t . Lg . Avg . / G Ef f . weeks, junior quarterback Andrew 20 0 1 11/ 2 38 / 8 6 54 6 44 . 2 3/ 2 53 49 . 6 10 4 . 3 8 Walter turned in a season best with 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 7 408 yards on 34-of-58 passing with 20 0 3 7/ 7 14 8 / 2 7 1 19 2 1 54 . 6 15 / 6 49 27 4 . 4 12 7 . 9 9 three touchdowns and no intercep- Ca r e e r 32 / 1 9 46 0 / 8 4 0 63 4 4 54 . 8 46 / 2 3 85 19 8 . 3 13 0 . 8 0 tions in last week’s come-from- WALTER’S CAREER HIGHS behind win at North Carolina. He Pass Attempts...... 58 at North Carolina, 10/18/03 completed three passes for 69 Pass Completions...... 34 at North Carolina, 10/18/03 yards in the game-winning drive, Passing Yards ...... 536 at Oregon, 10/19/02 including a 42-yarder to Derek TDs Passing...... 5 vs. Stanford, 9/28/02 Hagan to bring the team to the WALTER’S 2003 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS UNC five-yard line and a five-yard Opp. Comp./Att. Yds. TD/Int. Long game-winner to Skyler Fulton in Northern Arizona 15/24 224 4/0 20 the end zone as time expired. In Utah State 20/37 277 2/1 44 the last three games, Walter has completed 71-of-124 attempts at #18/14 Iowa 25/44 160 0/1 16 (57.3 percent) for 1,029 yards (343.0 ypg) and seven touchdowns, at Oregon State 17/42 231 2/3 34 while his 34 completions and 58 attempts (both career highs) last #10/10 USC 19/38 305 1/1 35 Oregon 18/28 316 3/0 49 week at UNC rank third on the ASU single-game passing lists. at North Carolina 34/58 408 3/0 49 Walter has now thrown three straight 300-yard passing games at UCLA and has eight in his career, while last week’s games was the fifth California 400-yard game of his career. With the 408-yard showing at UNC at Stanford last week, Walter is now the only quarterback in Pac-10 history to at Washington State Arizona ever have five 400-yard games in his career. Last year, Walter became the first quarterback in Pac-10 history to turn in four 400- yard passing games in a season, while no Pac-10 quarterback had ever thrown for more than three in a season. Washington’s Cody history, setting almost every school record for passing yards and Pickett is the only other Pac-10 quarterback to have four 400-yard total offense. Walter shattered the school record for passing yards games in his career. in a single season, throwing for 3,877 yards to become the first With his 408 yards last week at North Carolina, Walter also passer in school history to top 3,000 yards and surpass the previ- became just the fifth Sun Devil in school history to throw for at ous school record of 2,878 by in 1973. Despite not least 6,000 yards in his career. Walter has moved into fifth on the earning his first start until the fifth game of the year, Walter, who ASU list with 6,344 career passing yards after just 32 career finished third in the Pac-10 and 19th in the nation in passing effi- games. He needs just 267 yards to pass ASU color analyst Jeff ciency at 137.10, turned in the fourth-best single-season perfor- Van Raaphorst (1984-86) who had 6,610 passing yards in his illus- mance in Pac-10 history. Walter completed 274 of 483 pass trious career. Walter has also moved into 31st on the Pac-10 attempts, breaking ASU’s single-season marks for attempts and career list for passing yards, while he is tied for 26th on the Pac- completions – records previously held by Jake Plummer with 348 10’s career touchdown passes list with 46 career scoring strikes in attempts in 1996 and with 199 completions in 1983 – three years. He needs two more to move in the league’s top 25 in while Walter’s 28 TDs marked the second-best effort in school his- the category. tory behind who threw 29 TD passes in 1981. Walter tallied 316 yards on 18-of-28 passing with three touch- With a 536-yard passing performance to upend No. 6 Oregon downs and no in ASU’s Oct. 11 win over Oregon and on Oct. 19, Walter set Pac-10 and Arizona State school records for was named the Pac-10 Conference Offensive Player of the Week single-game passing yards, surpassing the previous mark of 534 following the game. He threw for 305 yards on 19-of-38 passing yards by fellow Sun Devil vs. Washington State in with one TD Oct. 4 against then No. 10 USC. Walter has turned in 1989. He was named the Oct. 20 Sporting News, cnnsi.com and solid efforts in all seven games of the 2003 season and ranks third USA Today.com National Player of the Week in addition to earning in the league in passing yards per game (274.4) and fourth in the his first career Pac-10 Player-of-the-Week honor. Walter also shat- league and 23rd in the nation in total offense (263.9). He is also tered the majority of ASU’s total offense records, setting the marks tied for first in the Pac-10 and 20th in the nation with 21.1 comple- for total yards (3,661 yards) and yards per game (261.5 ypg). He tions per game. Walter holds a 9-10 record as ASU’s starter and also tied Danny White (1973) with four games with at least 300 has completed 460 passes for 6,344 yards and 46 TDs in his yards of total offense and turned in the sixth-best season in Pac- three-year career. 10 history. He finished third in the league and 18th in the nation in In ASU’s season-opening victory against Northern Arizona, total offense. Walter completed 15-of-24 passes for 224 yards with four touch- downs and no interceptions. Walter threw four TD passes to three different receivers vs. NAU, marking the fifth time in his career that he has had at least four scoring strikes in a game. Last year, Walter turned in one of the finest seasons in school

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ANDREW WALTER IN THE RECORD BOOKS Stewart Leading The Defense Junior safety Riccardo Stewart led the team with 10 tackles last ASU Career Passing Yards 6. 2,443 Danny White, 1972 week at North Carolina, marking the fourth time in seven games 1. 8,827 Jake Plummer, 1993-96 2. 6,912 Ryan Kealy, 1997-00 Pac-10 Single-Season Total Offense this season and the eighth time in his career that he has paced the 3. 6,717 Danny White, 1971-73 1. 4, 2 7 3 Cody Pickett, UW, 2002 team in the category. Stewart matched his career best with 11 4. 6,610 J. Van Raaphorst, 1984-86 2. 3, 9 4 7 ,Oregon, 1998 tackles, including seven solo stops, to lead the team Oct. 4 against 5. 6, 3 4 4 Andrew Wal t e r , 2001-pres. 3. 3, 9 2 0 ,WSU, 1997 6. 5,761 Paul Justin, 1987-90 4. 3, 8 2 0 , USC, 2002 USC and paced the team in the category in each of the first two 5. 3, 7 2 8 , Cal, 1996 games this season, including 10 tackles (8 solo) Sept. 13 vs. Utah ASUCareer TD Passes 6. 3, 6 6 1 Andrew Wal t e r , 2002 State and 11 tackles (8 solo) in ASU’s season-opener vs. Northern 1. 65 Jake Plummer, 1993-96 2. 64 Danny White, 1971-73 AS U Single-Game Passing Yar d s Arizona on Sept. 6. Stewart ranks third in the Pac-10 this season 3. 48 Mike Pagel, 1978-81 1. 53 6 Andrew Walter at Oregon, with 9.1 tackles per game, trailing only UCLA’s Brandon Chillar 4. 46 Andrew Wal t e r , 2001-pres. 2002 (** Pac-10 record) (11.6 tackles per game) and fellow teammate and junior safety 46 Dennis Sproul, 1974-77 2. 53 4 Paul Justin, vs. Was h i n g t o n Jason Shivers (9.5) in the category. 46 Ryan Kealy, 1997-00 State, 1989 7. 44 J.Van Raaphorst, 1984-86 3. 53 2 Je f f Van Raaphorst, vs. Florida St a t e , 1 9 8 4 Fulton’s Career Day ASUCareer Attempts 4. 51 1 Ryan Kealy, vs. Arizona, 1998 Senior wide receiver Skyler Fulton had a career day in ASU’s Sept. 1. 114 2 Jake Plummer, 1993-96 5. 47 7 Andrew Wal t e r , vs. 2. 86 8 Je f f Van Raaphorst, 1984-86 California, 2002 13 win over Utah State, catching eight passes for 172 yards and 3. 85 9 Ryan Kealy, 1997-00 6. 47 4 Andrew Wal t e r , vs. North two touchdowns (all career highs). Of his career-high eight catch- 4. 84 9 Dennis Sproul, 1974-77 Carolina, 2002 es vs. the Aggies, seven were for 15 or more yards and five result- 5. 84 0 Andrew Wal t e r , 2001-pres. 47 4 Paul Justin, vs. Houston, 1990 ed in a first down. He also caught the game-winner Oct. 18 at ASUCareer Completions AS U Single-Game Touchdown Passes North Carolina, hauling in a five-yard touchdown catch as time 1. 63 2 Jake Plummer, 1993-96 1. 7 Mike Pagel, vs.Stanford, 1981 expired to give ASU the 33-31 victory. He had seven catches for 2. 50 3 Je f f Van Raaphorst, 1984-86 2. 6 Danny White, vs. New Mexico, 3. 47 7 Ryan Kealy, 1997-00 19 7 1 68 yards and two TDs vs. the Tar Heels. 4. 46 0 Andrew Wal t e r , 2001-pres. 3. 5 Andrew Wal t e r , vs. Stanford, Fulton is second on the team with 70.3 receiving yards per 5. 41 8 Paul Justin, 1987-90 20 0 2 game (35 catches for 492 yards and a team-best seven TDs), 5 Je f f Krohn, vs. Oregon, 2000 ASU Single-Season Passing Yards 5. 4 23 times (four times by Wal t e r , while he is 10th in the league with 5.0 receptions per game. He is 1. 3,877 Andrew Walter, 2002 last vs. No. Arizona, 2003) also tied for third in the Pac-10 in touchdown scoring at 6.0 points 2. 2,878 Danny White, 1973 per game. Fulton is averaging 14.1 yards per catch, while 20 of his 3. 2,776 Jake Plummer, 1996 ASUSingle-Game Completions 35 catches this season have resulted in a first down or touchdown, 4. 2,591 Paul Justin, 1989 1. 38 Je f f Van Raaphorst, 5. 2,484 Mike Pagel, 1981 vs. Arizona, 1986 including four of his five receptions Oct. 11 vs. Oregon (three first 6. 2,394 Todd Hons, 1983 38 Je f f Van Raaphorst, vs. Florida downs and one TD) and four of seven last week at North Carolina State, 1984 (two first downs and two TDs). Pac-10 Single-Season Passing Yards 3. 34 Andrew Wal t e r , vs. North 1. 4,458 C. Pickett, UW, 2002 Carolina, 2003 2. 3,968 R. Leaf,WSU, 1997 34 Paul Justin, vs. Houston, 1990 Pick Pockets 3. 3,942 C. Palmer, USC, 2002 5. 33 Ryan Kealy, vs. Arizona, 198 Sophomore Jamar Williams turned in his first interception of the 4. 3,877 A. Walter, ASU, 2002 33 Paul Justin, vs. Was h i n g t o n 5. 3,812 P. Barnes, 1996 State, 1989 season, picking off an Oregon pass and returning it 50 yards for touchdown in the first quarter Oct. 11 vs. the Ducks. That marked ASUSingle-Season TD Passes ASUSingle-Game Attempts the third interception return for touchdown by the Sun Devils this 1. 29 Mike Pagel, 1981 1. 63 Paul Justin, vs. Houston, 1990 2. 28 Andrew Walter, 2002 2. 59 Je f f Van Raaphorst, vs. Florida season, which is the most since the 1980 team returned four picks 3. 24 Jake Plummer, 1996 State, 1984 for touchdown. ASU’s single-season record is five, accomplished 24 Danny White, 1973 3. 58 Andrew Wal t e r , at North by the 1974 Sun Devils. 5. 23 Danny White, 1972 Carolina, 2003 6. 20 John Torok, 1964 4. 57 Andrew Wal t e r , vs. Kansas The Sun Devils picked off two passes Oct. 11 against the 7. 19 Three players tied State, 2003 5. 56 Ryan Kealy, vs. Arizona, 1998 ASU Single-Season Attempts Team Captains 1. 483 Andrew Walter, 2002 2. 348 Jake Plummer, 1996 Juniors Riccardo Stewart and Andrew Walter are ASU’s team captains 3. 337 Jeff Van Raaphorst, 1985 for 2003, as voted on by their teammates. Head coach Dirk Koetter 4. 336 Todd Hons, 1982 will also select single-game captains each week. Here’s a list of the 5. 334 Mike Pagel, 1980 6. 324 Todd Hons, 1983 team captains so far this year:

ASU Single-Season Completions Ga m e Team Captains 1. 274 Andrew Walter, 2002 Northern Ar i z o n a Stewart, Wal t e r , Montesanto, Crawford 2. 199 Todd Hons, 1983 Utah State Stewart, Wal t e r , J. Williams, Ag u i l a r 3. 198 Jake Plummer, 1996 at #18/14 Iowa Stewart, Wal t e r , Fulton, Ver d o n 4. 188 Jeff Van Raaphorst, 1985 at Oregon State Stewart, Wal t e r , Karney, Shivers 5. 185 Todd Hons, 1982 #10/10 USC Stewart, Wal t e r , Hodgdon, Th r o w e r 6. 184 Mike Pagel, 1980 Or e g o n Stewart, Wal t e r , Fulton, Ver d o n at North Carolina Stewart, Wal t e r , Love, Jones ASU Single-Season Total Offense at UCLA Stewart, Wal t e r , Oliver, Crawford 1. 3,661 Andrew Walter, 2002 2. 3,107 Danny White, 1973 Ca l i f o r n i a 3. 2,834 Jake Plummer, 1996 at Stanford 4. 2,511 Mike Pagel, 1981 at Washington State 5. 2,460 Paul Justin, 1989 Ar i z o n a

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Ducks, including Williams’ interception and the first career pick by week at North Carolina. junior cornerback Chris McKenzie. Arizona State has had seven Junior quarterback Andrew Walter completed four touchdown different players grab 11 interceptions on the year with one inter- passes to three different Sun Devils vs. Northern Arizona in ASU’s ception in all but one game this year (North Carolina). Junior season-opener on Sept. 6. Sophomore Moey Mutz, a former walk- safeties Riccardo Stewart and Jason Shivers lead the team with on who earned a scholarship this spring, led the Sun Devil three interceptions each this season. Shivers, who has played in receivers with three catches for 75 yards and two TDs vs. NAU, six of seven games this year, is tied for fourth in the Pac-10 and while senior Skyler Fulton led the team with eight catches for 172 21st in the nation with 0.50 interceptions per game, while Stewart yards and a pair of TDs vs. Utah State on Sept. 13. The Sun Devils is tied for sixth in the league and 25th in the nation with 0.43 picks had three players turn in career highs in receiving Sept. 20 at Iowa, per game. led by sophomore Matt Miller who caught seven passes for 45 Last year, the Sun Devils also spread the wealth in intercep- yards, while sophomore tailback Hakim Hill led the team with six tions with 13 players combining for ASU’s Pac-10-leading 22 picks catches for a career-best 92 yards Sept. 27 at Oregon State. Miller (led by R.J. Oliver and Brett Hudson who each had four picks last set a new career high Oct. 11 vs. Oregon, catching four passes for year). This season, ASU is tied for third in the Pac-10 with 11 inter- a career-best 70 yards and his first career TD. ceptions, trailing only Washington State (16) and UCLA (14). Shivers grabbed two of ASU’s season-high-tying three inter- ASU Game-by-Game Receiving Leaders ceptions Sept. 27 at Oregon State (ASU also had three picks Sept. Opponent Leader Catches Yards 13 vs. Utah State), marking the second time in his career that he Northern Arizona Moey Mutz 3 75 has picked off two passes, with the first occasion being last year’s Utah State Skyler Fulton 8 172 34-20 victory at Arizona on Nov. 29, 2002. ASU had three inter- at #18/14 Iowa Matt Miller 7 45 ceptions Sept. 13 against Utah State, including an interception at Oregon State Hakim Hill 6 92 return for touchdown by Stewart. Hudson also snagged his first #10/10 USC Derek Hagan 8 170 interception of the year and the fifth of his ASU career vs. the Oregon Derek Hagan 7 108 Aggies, while Jones had his first career pick in that game. at North Carolina Derek Hagan 11 185 Stewart’s touchdown marked the second straight game that an ASU player returned an interception for TD, after Oliver tied the Shivers Causing Shivers ASU mark for longest return with a 100-yarder in ASU’s season- Junior free safety Jason Shivers led the team with nine tackles in opener vs. Northern Arizona. Oliver became the 10th player in ASU’s Oct. 11 win over Oregon and has averaged 11.2 tackles per Pac-10 history (and the second Sun Devil) to return an interception game over the last five games (56 tackles). Shivers also had a 100 yards for touchdown (ASU junior Emmanuel Franklin also had game-high 13 Sept. 27 at Oregon State and tied his career highs a 100-yard interception return in the 2001 season-opener against with 17 tackles and 13 solo stops Sept. 20 at Iowa. That marked San Diego State). That marked the team-leading seventh career the most for Shivers since he turned in 17 tackles (13 solo) vs. interception for Oliver, who led the Pac-10 in passes defended last Washington on Oct. 27, 2001 in Tempe. Both marks were the most year and is on the preseason watch list for the Jim Thorpe Award. tackles for a Sun Devil since Joe Cesta had 18 tackles (12 solo) vs. Oregon in 1998. In addition, Shivers, who is on the watch list Spreading the Wealth for the Jim Thorpe Award, is tied for fourth in the Pac-10 and 21st The Sun Devils had five different receivers lead the team in their in the nation with three picks so far this year (0.50 per game). first five games this season. Sophomore Derek Hagan has paced Shivers, who led the team in tackles in each of his first two the team in each of the last three games with eight catches for 170 seasons in Tempe, is averaging 8.6 tackles per game in his short yards Oct. 4 vs. No. 10 USC, seven catches for 108 yards Oct. 11 career with 10 games in double figures in the category (267 tack- vs. Oregon and 11 catches for 185 yards (both career highs) last les, 31 games). At 9.5 tackles per game this year, Shivers is ranked second in the Pac-10, while with 57 total tackles (35 solo), he is just seven tackles behind fellow junior safety Riccardo TURNOVER TALE Stewart for the team lead in the category despite missing the Utah In its last 62 games, if ASU wins or breaks even in the turnover battle, the State game with an injury. Shivers has led the team in tackles 16 Sun Devils are 33-4. In that same span, ASU is 4-21 when it loses the times in his three seasons in Tempe. turnover battle. During that 62-game span, the unexpected has happened eight times: against Washington State in 1999 (win), Oregon in 1999 (loss), Oregon State in 2001 (win), Eastern Washington in 2002 (win), Kansas Top of the Hill State in 2002 (loss), Utah State in 2003 (win), at Iowa (loss) and, most Sophomore tailback Hakim Hill led the team in both rushing and recently, vs. USC(loss). receiving Sept. 27 at Oregon State, becoming the first Sun Devil ASU 2003 Opp since Michael Martin in 1996 to pace the team in both categories. 15 Turnovers 16 Hill, who made his first career start in the game vs. the Beavers, Result for Opponent... turned in career bests with 24 carries for 115 yards on the ground 35 Points 49 and 92 yards through the air (six catches) against Oregon State. 5 TD 6 0 FG 2 Martin had 20 carries for 92 yards and one rushing touchdown and 7 Punt 2 five catches for 74 yards and one receiving TD against Washington 1 Turnover 3 in a 45-42 ASU win on Sept. 7, 1996, ASU’s season-opener in a 0 Missed FG 0 year that saw the team notch an 11-0 regular season record and a 1 TO on Downs 2 0 Safety 1 1997 Rose Bowl appearance. 1 End of Half/Game 0

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Getting to the Quarterback Parker as the placekicker on ASU’s last extra-point attempt in the Arizona State’s defense has 22.0 quarterback sacks through Utah State game…Ainsworth connected on his first career field seven games this season, which ranks third in the Pac-10, six goal Sept. 27 at Oregon State with a 34-yarder in the third quarter behind league-leader USC’s 28. and completed a career-long 43-yard field goal in ASU’s Oct. 11 ASU sacked Utah State quarterback Travis Cox a total of win over Oregon…this year, Ainsworth is 5-of-8 on field goal seven times on Sept. 13, the most since the team had eight (led by attempts (.625, sixth in the Pac-10) and is 14-of-15 on extra-point Suggs’ four) in a Oct. 26 win over Washington last year. Last sea- attempts (.933, seventh in the league)…sophomore Josh Golden son, the Sun Devils finished second in the Pac-10 with a total of had four punt returns for 78 yards in ASU’s season-opener vs. 51.0 sacks. Senior Brian Montesanto and junior Jimmy Verdon NAU which was the most for a Sun Devil since Justin Taplin had lead the team with three sacks apiece this season. A total of 14 four punt returns for 84 yards vs. Oregon State in 2001…Golden’s Sun Devils have gotten at least half a sack this season with true 42-yarder in the second quarter of that game was also the longest freshman defensive end Kyle Caldwell getting the first sack of his since Taplin had a 62-yard punt return in that 2001 game…junior career in the fourth quarter last week at North Carolina. Daryl Lightfoot turned in a 67-yard kickoff return in ASU’s Oct. 11 On the other side of the ball, the Arizona State offensive line win over Oregon, which marked the longest kickoff return since is tied for first in the Pac-10 in sacks allowed, giving up just 11 Tom Pace returned a kickoff 100 yards for touchdown Dec. 1, 2001 sacks on the year. Prior to allowing five sacks vs. USC on Oct. 4, at UCLA…Lightfoot also had a key 28-yard punt return in the fourth the Sun Devils had led the league after allowing only five sacks in quarter last week at North Carolina to bring ASU to its own 39-yard the first four games of the season. The Sun Devils did not allow a line to start its game-winning drive…Lightfoot is averaging 24.7 sack in ASU’s 59-14 victory over Oregon on Oct. 11 and allowed yards per kickoff return, which would rank fourth in the Pac-10 but just one last week at North Carolina. he is one game shy of the league’s participation requirement to appear in the Pac-10 stats after missing two games to injury…as ASUGame-by-Game Sacks & Tackles for Loss a team, Arizona State ranks second in the Pac-10 and 29th in the Opponent Sacks TFLs nation in kickoff returns at 25.0 yards per return, third in the league Northern Arizona 3.0-28 8.0-48 and 23rd in the country in net punting (38.3 yards per punt) and Utah State 7.0-57 9.0-60 fifth in the league in punt returns (9.1 yards per return). at #18/14 Iowa 4.0-25 9.0-38 at Oregon State 4.0-26 15.0-59 Notes on the Defense #10/10 USC 2.0-6 4.0-9 Two Sun Devils rank in the Pac-10’s top five in tackles led by junior Oregon 1.0-6 3.0-11 free safety Jason Shivers who is second at 9.5 tackles per game at North Carolina 1.0-2 3.0-5 and junior safety Riccardo Stewart is third in the league at 9.1 tack- les per game…Shivers and Stewart also rank in the top 25 in the Fulton Named to AFCA Good Works Team nation in interceptions per game…sophomore safety Matt Fawley Senior wide receiver Skyler Fulton has been named to the 2003 turned in a career-high 11 tackles Sept. 20 at Iowa…junior defen- Coaches Association Good Works Team for his sive end Ishmael Thrower, who has started the last five games, dedication and commitment to community service. The AFCA had a career outing Sept. 20 at Oregon State with five tackles, selected 11 players for the Division I-A Good Works Team. three TFLs for a loss of 25 yards and two sacks for 15 yards (all Nominees have to be actively involved and committed to working career bests)…ASU’s interception returns for touchdown by with a charitable organization, service group or involved in other juniors R.J. Oliver and Riccardo Stewart in the first two games community service activities and display sincere concern and reli- marked the first TDs by the ASU defense in back-to-back games ability, while also making a favorable impression on the organiza- since the 1995 season when Scott Von der Ahe had a 31-yard tions with which they are involved. Athletic ability is not a criterion. interception return for TD vs. BYU and Mike Langridge had a 32- Fulton has worked and taught in three schools whose popula- yard fumble return for TD the following week vs. Oregon. tion is primarily minority and underprivileged. He has also helped to raise his teammate's and close friend's toddler son, watching In the Rankings the child so his teammate can attend class, work out and meet with The Sun Devils dropped out of the polls on Oct. 5 following their tutors. Additionally, during the fall semesters, he spends a great third straight loss, receiving no votes in either poll. The team’s No. deal of time with the incoming freshman football student-athletes 16 ranking in Sept. 7 and 14 polls matched the highest rank of last to help them transition into the culture of intercollegiate athletics. season when the Sun Devils climbed to 16th in the Oct. 27 AP poll Fulton is the first Sun Devil on the Good Works Team since fellow before falling out two weeks later. It was also the highest national wide receiver Mike Aguirre in 2000. ranking for the Sun Devils since the 1997 Championship squad finished at 14th in each of the final national polls. ASU was Putting the Special in Special Teams ranked 22nd in this year’s preseason AP poll and 23rd in the pre- Senior punter Tim Parker ranks third in the Pac-10 and 19th in the season coaches poll, marking the first time that the team has been nation this season, averaging 43.7 yards per punt with 10 of his 43 ranked in the preseason since 1999 (25th-AP). punts downed inside the 20-yard line and 10 touchbacks…he tied his career high with 10 punts Sept. 20 at Iowa, gaining 437 yards ASU Week-by-Week in the 2003 National Polls with three touchbacks and one punt downed inside the 10…Parker Date AP ESPN/USA Today Preseason 22 23 handled both the punting and placekicking duties vs. NAU and Aug. 31 20 21 Utah State, becoming the first Sun Devil to handle both duties Sept. 7 16 16 since Stephen Baker was the placekicker and backup punter in Sept. 14 16 16 1998 and 1999…true freshman kicker Jesse Ainsworth replaced Sept. 21 RV 24

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Sept. 28 – RV The Thorpe Award watch list will be narrowed to 10 semifinal- Oct. 5 – – ists 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. Young Guns The award will be officially presented Feb. 9 in Oklahoma City. A total of 20 Sun Devils saw the first action of their Arizona State careers in the Sun Devils’ first two games including seven true Parker on Watch List for Ray Guy Award freshmen, nine redshirt freshmen and four juniors. Eighteen of Senior punter Tim Parker is one of 32 players on the preseason those Sun Devils played in the season opener vs. Northern watch list for the Ray Guy Award which is annually presented to Arizona, while true freshmen DE Kyle Caldwell and LB DeAndre the nation’s top punter by the Greater Augusta Sports Council. Johnson saw the first action of their careers last week vs. Utah Parker returns for his senior year after leading the Pac-10 in State. Seven true freshmen have played this year including punting and earning second-team All-Pac-10 honors last season. Caldwell, Johnson, quarterback , kicker Jesse He averaged 42.7 yards per punt to pace the league and rank 16th Ainsworth, safeties Josh Barrett and Daniel Varvel and linebacker in the nation. He turned in 3,372 punting yards which puts him sec- Mark Washington. ASU’s current roster now features 17 players ond all time at ASU for punting yards in a season. who saw action as true freshmen: Mike Davis Jr., Matt Fawley, The Ray Guy Award watch list will be narrowed to 10 semifi- Derek Hagan, Nick Johnson, Ali Likio, Mike Talbot, Chaz White nalists in early November. The national voting body will then vote and Jamar Williams in 2002; Lamar Baker, Barton Hammit, Daryl for the three finalists who will be announced in late November. The Lightfoot and Jason Shivers in 2001; and Mike Karney, Mike winner will be announced on Dec. 11 at the Home Depot College Williams and Skyler Fulton in 2000. Football Awards Show in Orlando.

Good to Have Him Back NFL Draft Note Junior cornerback Emmanuel Franklin has started four games this With defensive tackle being taken by the Baltimore year, which marked his first starts since starting six games as a Ravens as the 10th pick of the 2003 NFLDraft, it marked the fourth redshirt freshman in 2001. He made his first appearance on the straight season and 21st time overall that a Sun Devil has been field for the Sun Devils in over a year Sept. 6 against Northern taken in the first round of the NFL Draft. In fact, Arizona State is Arizona after missing the 2002 season following brain surgery. just one of three schools in the country to have a player taken in Franklin suffered a subdural hematoma following a concussion the first round in each of the last four NFL Drafts (Miami and during 2002 spring workouts and missed the 2002 season after Florida are the other two). undergoing surgery to relieve the bleeding on his brain. Pritchard To Be Inducted Into the College Football Hall Walter on Davey O’Brien, Walter Camp Watch Lists of Fame in December Junior quarterback Andrew Walter has been named to the presea- Former Sun Devil linebacker Ron Pritchard (1966-68) will be one son watch lists for the Davey O'Brien Award and the Walter Camp of 11 players and two coaches inducted into the College Football Player of the Year Award. Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind., later this fall. The Davey O’Brien Award is given annually to the nation's top Pritchard becomes the fourth ASU player and sixth Sun Devil collegiate quarterback. The watch list is comprised of 42 Division- to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Legendary I quarterbacks and will be narrowed down to the semifinalists in head coaches Dan Devine and Frank Kush were inducted in 1985 early November. Three finalists will be chosen later in November, and 1996, respectively, while quarterback Danny White was and the winner will be announced on Dec. 11 at the Home Depot inducted in 1997, defensive back Mike Haynes was inducted in College Football Awards Show in Orlando. 2001 and John Jefferson was inducted last year. Walter is one of 42 players on the watch list for the Walter Arguably the greatest linebacker in the history of the ASU foot- Camp Player of the Year Award, which is presented by the Walter ball program, Pritchard was Arizona State's first consensus All- Camp Football Foundation. The watch list will be narrowed to 10 American and led the Sun Devils to a pair of eight-win seasons. A semifinalists in early November. The 2003 Walter Camp Player of first-team All-American in 1968, Pritchard was elected team cap- the Year recipient, which is voted on by the 117 Division I-A head tain, voted Most Valuable Defensive Player by his peers and led coaches and sports information directors, will be announced on the Sun Devils in tackles and interceptions that year. A three-time the ESPN/Home Depot College Football Awards Show in first-team All-Western Athletic Conference pick, he was selected to December. The winner will receive his trophy at the Foundation's the 20-Year WAC All-Star Football Team. Following his senior sea- annual national awards banquet on Feb. 14, 2004 at the Yale son, he played in the East-West Shrine Game, the Coaches All- University Commons in New Haven, Conn. American Game, the Hula Bowl and the Senior Bowl. After his legendary collegiate career, Pritchard was selected Oliver, Shivers on Watch List for Jim Thorpe Award 15th overall in the first round of the 1969 NFL draft by the Houston Juniors R.J. Oliver and Jason Shivers are on the preseason watch Oilers. His professional career ended prematurely after nine years list for the Jim Thorpe Award, which is presented annually to the with the Oilers and due to a knee injury. After nation's top defensive back. his pro football career, he went into sales and eventually ran his Oliver is coming off a season that saw him lead the Pac-10 in own business, Interstate Battery Systems. passes defended with 22 (4 interceptions, 18 PBU’s) on his way to Pritchard continues to give back to his community and partic- earning honorable-mention All-Pac-10 honors. Shivers has led the ularly the game of football. For many years, Pritchard has spon- Sun Devils in tackles both of his seasons in Tempe. A 2002 honor- sored and funded a scholarship at his former high school, which able-mention All-Pac-10 honoree, Shivers tallied 121 tackles in goes to aid a scholar-athlete in furthering his or her education. 2002, which tied for the most in the Pac-10. Pritchard helps raise funds for the United Food Bank in Arizona.

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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 the other nine 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 3:45-6 p.m. most days, but check with Network for live radio broadcasts of all Arizona State football the ASU Media Relations office for changes. Players are available games. Here are the affiliates of the 11-station network: before each practice for approximately 10-15 minutes. Plan on arriving 30 minutes before the start of practice. Players are not Station City available for interviews on Friday or Saturday until after the game. KTAR 620 AM & KMVP 860 AM Phoenix (Flagship) All interviews must be arranged through the ASU Media Relations KIKO 1340 AM Globe-Miami, Ariz. O ffice. A L L P R A C T I C E S A R E C L O S E D TO T H E G E N E R A L KYCA1490 AM Prescott, Ariz. PUBLIC. Fans wishing to attend a practice should call the Arizona KZUA92.1 FM Holbrook-Show Low, Ariz. KATO 1230 AM Safford, Ariz. State football office at (480) 965-5053. KAZM 780 AM Sedona/Flagstaff, Ariz. KDAP 96.5 FM Douglas, Ariz. Post-Game Interviews KTNN 660 AM Northern Arizona/Flagstaff The Sun Devil Theater (located on the third floor of the Carson KNTR 980 AM Lake Havasu City, Ariz. Center) is utilized for postgame interviews for ASU players and KRVZ 1400 AM Springerville, Ariz. coaches. Head coach Dirk Koetter and requested student-ath- letes will be available to the media for as long as necessary fol- Koetter Press Conference lowing a brief “cooling off” period immediately after the final gun ASU head coach Dirk Koetter will hold a weekly press conference sounds. A S U ’s locker room is closed. in the Dutson Theater (on the third floor of the Carson Student- Those desiring interviews with the opposing coach and players Athlete Center) at noon Mondays prior to each game, starting should proceed to the north end of Sun Devil Stadium to the visi- Monday, September 1. Every effort will also be made to have the t o r’s locker room and check with the school’s media relations per- opposing coach on a conference call at the beginning of the press sonnel on their postgame policies. conference. What Time is It Anyway? Koetter Call-In Show The state of Arizona never changes its clocks remaining on The Dirk Koetter Call-In Show airs from 7-7:30 p.m. every Mountain Standard Time all year. From April to the end of October, Thursday night on ESPN 860 AM during the football season. Sun Arizona State is basically on Pacific Daylight Time, while when the Devil fans can pose their questions to Koetter and host Tim rest of the country changes its clocks on October 26, Arizona State Healey, the voice of the Sun Devils, by calling 602-277-5687. remains the same, matching up again with Mountain Standard Time. Pac-10 Football Satellite Feed 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- GAME-BY-GAME WRAP-UPS

#20/21 ASU 34, Northern Arizona 14 • Sept. 6, 2003 at #18/14 Iowa 21, #16/16 ASU 2 • Sept. 20, 2003 Led by junior quarterback Andrew Walter who threw four touchdown pass- Held to just 184 yards of total offense, 16th-ranked Arizona State fell to No. es, the No. 20/21 Sun Devils scored 27 unanswered points to come from 18/14 Iowa Hawkeyes last week in Iowa City, Iowa. After trading punts on behind and open the season with a 34-14 victory over the Division I-AA the first two possessions, the Sun Devils broke it open when a mishandled Northern Arizona Lumberjacks. Iowa snap became a loose ball on their own 20-yard line. After junior safe- After forcing the Sun Devils into a three-and-out to begin the game, ty Riccardo Stewart knocked the ball out of the hands of Iowa quarterback NAU drove down the field and scored a quick touchdown on a drive high- Nathan Chandler, it was scooped up by senior safety Brett Hudson who lighted by a 54-yard reception from NAU quarterback Jason Murietta to brought it down near the goal line before Iowa pried the ball loose and fell receiver Clarence Moore. ASU countered with a 43-yard drive of its own to on it in the end zone, scoring a safety for ASU which took an early 2-0 lead. score on an eight-yard pass from Walter to redshirt freshman Loren Wade. Starting their drive from their own nine-yard line, the Hawkeyes ASU turned the momentum on the first play out in the second quarter. looked to make a push up field, but ASU safety Jason Shivers intercepted Junior cornerback R.J. Oliver intercepted a pass in the end zone and ran it a pass on the Iowa 35-yard line and returned it 15 yards. However, two 100 yards back, tying a school record and giving ASU a 13-7 lead. The Sun plays later, Iowa safety Jovon Johnson cancelled out the Hawkeye Devils cruised from there as Walter found the end zone two more times turnover, intercepting a pass in the end zone and bringing it out to the 10- before the half, including a 40-yard TD pass to sophomore Derek Hagan to yard line. The teams traded punts for the remainder of the first quarter and give ASU the 27-7 halftime advantage. most of the second until the Hawkeyes scored the first TD of the game NAU turned in the only score in the third quarter, recovering an ASU when Chandler found receiver Ramon Ochoa 40 yards down field in the fumble two minutes in. Murietta found wide receiver Chris Nash in the end end zone to put the Hawkeyes on top 7-2. zone to cap a 61-yard drive and score NAU’s final points of the game. ASU Following the score, Iowa forced the Sun Devils into a quick three-and- stormed back and advanced 84 yards down field to score its fifth touch- out, taking over on the Sun Devil 40-yard line following a 14-yard punt down on a 38-yard pass from Walter to sophomore Moey Mutz. Mutz led return. Chandler led the Hawkeyes down to the goal line with two long the Sun Devil receivers with three catches for a career-best 75 yards and passes, setting up a score by tight end Erik Jensen on a two-yard rollout two touchdowns. pass. Iowa led 14-2 at halftime, holding ASU to 79 yards in the first half. The Sun Devils shut down the NAU offense the rest of the way and Iowa continued to hold ASU in check on the first drive of the second rolled to the victory in front of a crowd of 60,069 at Sun Devil Stadium. half, regaining position near midfield. Iowa tailback Fred Russell found a Walter completed 15 of 24 passes for 224 yards, four touchdowns and no hole and ran the ball 38 yards to the ASU 12-yard line, allowing the interceptions. It marked the fifth time in his career that the junior signal- Hawkeyes to score on a three-yard pass from Chandler to Ochoa, his sec- caller has thrown at least four TD passes in a game. Junior safety Riccardo ond TD reception of the game. The ASU offense advanced to the Iowa 20- Stewart led the defense with a career-high 11 tackles, while starting line- yard line on its next possession before penalties got them stuck. True backers Justin Burks and Jamar Williams each turned in seven tackles. freshman kicker Jesse Ainsworth missed a 43-yard field goal attempt, Williams also notched a career-best three tackles for loss in the victory. ASU’s first kicking attempt of the year. Junior quarterback Andrew Walter finished the game with 160 yards at #16/16 ASU 26, Utah State 16 • Sept. 13, 2003 on 25-of-44 passing with one interception. Sophomore wide receiver Matt Led by defensive linemen Jimmy Verdon and Brian Montesanto who com- Miller had a career day with seven catches for 45 yards as did senior full- bined for five sacks, Arizona State turned in a 26-16 victory over the Utah back Mike Karney who caught four passes for 36 yards. ASU’s defense State Aggies (0-3) at Sun Devil Stadium to improve to 2-0 on the year. had four sacks with junior Jimmy Verdon, sophomore Matt Fawley, redshirt Junior quarterback Andrew Walter started things early, throwing two freshman Jordan Hill and sophomore Nick Johnson getting into the act. passes to senior wide receiver Skyler Fulton on the first drive of the game, the first for 21 yards followed two plays later by a 44-yard touchdown pass at Oregon State 45, #NR/24 ASU 17 • Sept. 27, 2003 to give the Sun Devils an early lead. Walter found Fulton again on the next Sophomore tailback Hakim Hill led the Sun Devils with career highs in drive for 23 yards to help set up redshirt freshman tailback Randy Hill’s rushing and receiving, but it wasn’t enough to overcome six turnovers as one-yard TD run and put ASU up 13-0. ASU fell to Oregon State 45-17 Sept. 27 in Corvallis, Ore., in the Pac-10 Three fumbles by the Sun Devil offense slowed the team in the first Conference opener for both teams. half, but the defense helped hold the game in check. The Sun Devils held For OSU, intercepted three passes and James the Aggies’ offense to their half of the field for the first 21:01 of the game, Newson had six catches for 124 yards and a touchdown. Derek Anderson forcing six straight Utah State punts from their own territory. The Aggies passed for two touchdowns and ran for another Oregon State score. He crossed the 50-yard line midway through the second and put their first was 15-of-26 for 246 yards in the Beavers' first victory over the Sun Devils points on the board with a six-yard rush from senior tailback Chris Cooley. since 1993, snapping a seven-game ASU winning streak. Oregon State's One drive later, with the lead trimmed to six and the ball back in Utah State Stephen Jackson, the Pac-10's leading rusher, had 26 carries for 105 hands, ASU junior safety Riccardo Stewart picked off a pass on the 18-yard yards, his 10th consecutive regular-season 100-yard game. line and took it in for the score, sending ASU to the locker room with a 19- After the teams traded interceptions, including junior Riccardo 7 halftime lead. Stewart led the defense with 10 tackles and one sack in the Stewart’s second of the year, and ASU turned the ball over after a bad game, including his first career interception return for touchdown. snap, Oregon State got on the board first in the game on a six-yard rush ASU looked to put USU away after an interception by senior safety by Anderson. ASU tied things up midway through the second quarter after Brett Hudson deep in Utah State territory. However, the Sun Devil offense junior Jason Shivers picked off a pass and returned the interception 63 failed to convert on a fourth and goal from the one-yard line, surrendering yards to the OSU 17-yard line. ASU capitalized on the turnover on a two- the ball to Utah State, which cut the lead to 19-10 with a 36-yard field goal play drive that culminated in a five-yard pass from junior Andrew Walter to by kicker Ben Chaet. senior Skyler Fulton, the third hook-up of the season for the pair. However, Sophomore tailback Hakim Hill entered the game in the waning min- Oregon State responded with 17 unanswered points, including a 28-yard utes of the third quarter and led the Sun Devil offense 75 yards down field scoring strike from Anderson to Newson after Walter’s second interception, for a touchdown on a 15-yard Walter pass to Fulton. Utah State countered and took a 24-7 halftime lead. with a 75-yard drive, capped by a 15-yard Cox pass to senior tailback The Sun Devils scored the only points of the third quarter when fresh- David Fiefia, making the score 26-16. The Aggies would not give up as they man kicker Jesse Ainsworth drilled a 34-yard field goal midway through the made a final drive of the game. They found the end zone but had the play, quarter. ASU turned the ball over on its first possession of the second half which included a 10-yard pass completion and a fumble, called back on a after a Fulton fumble, while Shivers got his second interception of the game holding penalty, allowing ASU to stall the drive and seal the victory. on the next drive, picking off an Anderson pass early in the third quarter. Walter completed 20 of 37 attempts for 277 yards and two touch- Browner's second interception came off Walter early in the fourth downs. Fulton turned in a career outing, catching eight passes for 172 quarter, setting up Jackson for a 15-yard touchdown run that made it 31- yards and two TDs. The Sun Devil defense held Utah State to 89 total 10. Minutes later, the Beavers' Cole Clasen returned a punt 37 yards to the yards in the first half. Stewart led the team with 10 tackles, while Verdon goal line, where he fumbled. Teammate Keller Christensen recovered the turned in a career-best nine tackles and three sacks for a loss of 18 yards. ball in the end zone to make it 38-10. Montesanto finished the game with two sacks for a loss of 22 yards. ASU scored its last points of the game midway through the fourth quarter when Walter found sophomore Derek Hagan for 20 yards to make GAME-BY-GAME WRAP-UPS

it 38-17. OSU scored on its next drive on a two-yard rush by Dwight Wright. tackles to lead the defense for the third time in five games. He also added ASU threatened to score on its next possession with freshman Sam Keller his team-leading third interception of the year, while juniors Justin Burks leading the SunDevils down to the OSU 12-yard line before Browner and Jason Shivers each had a sack. grabbed his third interception of the game on the goal line. For ASU, Hill led the team with 115 yards on 24 carries as well as a at ASU 59, Oregon 14 • Oct. 11, 2003 team-high six catches for 92 yards. Walter was 17-of-42 for 231 yards and Led by Pac-10 Conference Player of the Week Andrew Walter who threw two TDs. On defense, Shivers led the SunDevils with two interceptions for a season-high 316 yards and three touchdowns, the Sun Devils and 13 tackles, while junior Ishmael Thrower turned in a career-best three snapped a three-game losing streak with a 59-14 victory over Oregon last tackles for loss, including a pair of sacks. weekend at Sun Devil Stadium. Arizona State scored on its last six pos- sessions in the game and turned in season highs for scoring, passing and #10/10 USC 37, at ASU 17 • Oct. 4, 2003 total offense en route to the team’s first Pac-10 win of the season. The Arizona State Sun Devils played hard but couldn’t hold on down the The Sun Devils wasted no time in getting on the board with sopho- stretch as the 10th-ranked USC Trojans rallied to win 37-17 at Sun Devil more linebacker Jamar Williams stepping in front of a pass Stadium. Sophomore wide receiver Derek Hagan provided ASU’s offensive on the third play from scrimmage and returning it 50 yards for a score to punch, catching eight passes for 175 yards (both career highs). give ASU an early 7-0 lead. Following the ASU kickoff, junior cornerback The Trojans got off to an early 7-0 lead when quarterback Chris McKenzie did it again, picking off Clemens' second pass of the game found wide receiver on a 57-yard touchdown pass. On the on the Oregon 35-yard line and returning it 23 yards to set up a 6-yard run next drive, ASU countered with a 35-yard pass to Hagan from junior quar- by sophomore tailback Hakim Hill and give the Sun Devils a 14-0 lead just terback Andrew Walter, which set up a 12-yard pass from Walter to senior 2:13 into the game. wide receiver Skyler Fulton for a TD, tying the game 7-7. ASU wrapped up The Sun Devils continued to pour it on in the second quarter with the first quarter with a 72-yard drive that started on its own 20-yard line. Walter finding wide receivers Derek Hagan and Skyler Fulton on two long The drive ended with a 25-yard field goal by freshman kicker Jessie passes to bring ASU down to the Oregon 10-yard line. Two plays later, Hill Ainsworth, giving ASU an early 10-7 lead. After trading punts for the carried the ball two yards into the end zone for his second touchdown of remainder of the second quarter, USC took possession on the ASU 3-yard the game and a 21-0 Sun Devil lead. Hill finished the game with 57 yards line with 32 seconds to play in the first half and moved the ball to the mid- and two touchdowns in 20 carries. dle of the field, setting up a 45-yard field goal by kicker Ryan Killeen to tie On their next possession, the Oregon Ducks drove 80 yards down the game at 10-10 heading into halftime. field in under two minutes to record their first score of the game. UO quar- Walter led the Sun Devils out on the field in the third quarter and put terback Jason Fife found receiver Demetrius Williams on a 31-yard pass together an impressive 80-yard drive. After finding wide receiver Terry before carrying the ball himself for a one-yard Oregon TD to cut the ASU Richardson on a 34-yard pass play, Walter hooked up with Hagan for lead to 21-7 at halftime. another 25 yards, bringing ASU down to the USC 5-yard line. Three plays Walter opened the second half with a 49-yard completion to sopho- later, redshirt freshman tailback Loren Wade punched it in for the score more Matt Miller to bring the ball into Oregon territory, setting up a 43-yard with a 1-yard run, giving the Devils a 17-10 lead. field goal by freshman kicker Jesse Ainsworth. Oregon answered the ASU USC took control of the game from there, driving 80 yards down field score by driving 66 yards and scoring on a 16-yard pass from Fife to Tim on its next possession in 2:43. True freshman tailback LenDale White ran Day, cutting the ASU lead to 24-14 with nine minutes left in the third. the ball 25 yards into the end zone for the Trojans to tie the game up at 17- That was as close as Oregon would get as the Sun Devils went on to 17. Forcing the ASU offense into a three-and-out, USC took over on its own score 35 unanswered points to cruise to the 59-14 victory. Taking advan- 25-yard line and Leinart found receivers Mike Williams and Brandon tage of a 67-yard kick return from junior Daryl Lightfoot, Walter found Miller Hancock both for 33-yard pass receptions, the latter for a TD and a 24-17 in the end zone on a three-yard pass for TD. Forcing Oregon into a quick USC lead. three-and-out, the Devils quickly scored again using big plays, a 39-yard USC opened up the fourth quarter with a quick score when Leinart pass to Lightfoot and a 33-yard pass to Fulton, to set up a 5-yard TD pass found receiver open for a 55-yard reception, setting up a from Walter to Fulton and put ASU up 38-14 at the end of the third quarter. 28-yard field goal by Killeen. Two minutes later, Killeen scored again on On the first play in the fourth quarter, redshirt freshman tailback Loren another USC field goal, his third of the day, with a 38-yard attempt to Wade broke through the defense and carried the ball 56 yards for a touch- stretch the Trojan lead to 30-17. Forcing the Sun Devils to turn over the ball down. Three plays later, the Devils had the ball back and scored again, this on downs, USC again gave the ball to White, who rushed the ball 29 yards time on a 10-yard TD pass from Walter to Hagan to give ASU a 52-14 lead. and scored a TD on a 6-yard carry to cap off the 37-17 victory. With the second team offense on in relief late in the fourth quarter, For ASU, sophomore Hakim Hill led the team in rushing for the sec- sophomore tailback Cornell Canidate punched it in from the 1-yard line with ond straight week with 74 yards on 27 carries. Walter finished the game 26 seconds left in the game for ASU's final score of the day. with a season-high 305 passing yards, completing 19-of-38 attempts with Hagan turned in his second straight banner game, catching seven one TD and an interception. Junior safety Riccardo Stewart collected 11 passes for 108 yards and a TD, while Fulton added 86 yards on five catch- es with a TD. Sun Devil rushers combined for 173 yards and 4 touchdowns. Walter went 18-of-28 for 316 yards and three touchdowns. The Sun Devil defense was once again led by junior safeties Jason Shivers, who con- Sun Devils in the NFL tributed nine tackes (three solo) on the day, and Riccardo Stewart, who had Twenty three former Sun Devils were on the 2003 NFLopening-day seven tackles and ASU’s lone sack for a six-yard loss. rosters this season, which ranks 17th among the nation’s universities. ASU 33, at North Carolina 31 • Oct. 18, 2003 ASU also has the third-most among Pac-10 schools, trailing only USC (Wrap-up appears in body of release) (27 players) and California (25).

Former Sun Devils on NFLRosters (2003 Opening Day) , St. Louis Rams Shaun McDonald, St. Louis Rams Solomon Bates, Jake Plummer, Denver Broncos Steve Bush, Derrick Rodgers, David Dixon, Grey Ruegamer, Erik Flowers, Pittsburgh Steelers Jason Simmons, Houston Texans Todd Heap, Baltimore Ravens Derek Smith, San Francisco 49ers Junior Ioane, Houston Texans Marvel Smith, Pittsburgh Steelers Brian Jennings, San Francisco 49ers Terrelle Smith, New Orleans Saints Levi Jones, Cincinnati Bengals Terrell Suggs, Baltimore Ravens Kyle Kosier, San Francisco 49ers Stephen Trejo, Detroit Lions Jason Kyle, Carolina Panthers Darren Woodson, Victor Leyva, Cincinnati Bengals 2003 Arizona State Football Statistics

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (4-3-0) (3-1-0) (1-2-0) (0-0-0) CONFERENCE...... (1-2-0) (1-1-0) (0-1-0) (0-0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (3-1-0) (2-0-0) (1-1-0) (0-0-0)

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND TEAM STATISTICS ASU OPP ------Sep 06, 2003 NORTHERN ARIZONA W 34-14 60069 FIRST DOWNS...... 143 139 Sep 13, 2003 UTAH STATE W 26-16 51180 Rushing...... 50 55 Sep 20, 2003 at #14 Iowa L 2-21 70397 Passing...... 82 71 *Sep 27, 2003 at Oregon State L 17-45 36122 Penalty...... 11 13 *Oct 04, 2003 #10 USC L 17-37 56527 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 829 946 *Oct 11, 2003 OREGON W 59-14 53762 Yards gained rushing... 1024 1201 Oct 18, 2003 at North Carolina W 33-31 42000 Yards lost rushing..... 195 255 *Oct 25, 2003 at UCLA 7:00 PM Rushing Attempts...... 245 263 *Nov 01, 2003 CALIFORNIA 1:30 PM Average Per Rush...... 3.4 3.6 *Nov 08, 2003 at Stanford TBA Average Per Game...... 118.4 135.1 *Nov 15, 2003 at Washington State 2:00 PM TDs Rushing...... 7 10 *Nov 28, 2003 ARIZONA 1:00 PM PASSING YARDAGE...... 2006 1637 * denotes conference game Att-Comp-Int...... 284-154-7 229-120-11 Average Per Pass...... 7.1 7.1 RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Average Per Catch...... 13.0 13.6 ------Average Per Game...... 286.6 233.9 Hill, Hakim 7-4 99 425 33 392 4.0 3 21 56.0 TDs Passing...... 15 12 Wade, Loren 7-1 65 385 7 378 5.8 2 56 54.0 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 2835 2583 Hill, Randy 5-0 21 100 0 100 4.8 1 17 20.0 Total Plays...... 529 492 Canidate, C. 7-0 15 45 4 41 2.7 1 8 5.9 Average Per Play...... 5.4 5.2 Williams, Mike 4-2 16 43 15 28 1.8 0 13 7.0 Average Per Game...... 405.0 369.0 Christensen, C. 7-0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.4 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 16-400 25-494 McKinney, J. 1-0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 28-254 21-230 Karney, Mike 6-6 1 0 8 -8 -8.0 0 0 -1.3 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..... 11-310 7-46 Keller, Sam 3-0 1 0 9 -9 -9.0 0 0 -3.0 FUMBLES-LOST...... 11-8 12-5 Team 3-0 2 0 22 -22 -11.0 0 0 -7.3 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 61-595 49-412 Walter, Andrew 7-7 23 23 97 -74 -3.2 0 9 -10.6 PUNTS-AVG...... 43-43.7 48-41.1 Total...... 7 245 1024 195 829 3.4 7 56 118.4 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.. 29:37 30:23 Opponents...... 7 263 1201 255 946 3.6 10 51 135.1 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 39/110 39/101 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 6/14 1/2 PASSING GP-GS Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G ------INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Walter, Andrew 7-7 127.99 271-148-6 54.6 1921 15 49 274.4 ------Keller, Sam 3-0 92.83 12-6-1 50.0 85 0 26 28.3 Shivers, Jason 3 85 28.3 0 63 Team 3-0 0.00 1-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Stewart, R. 3 19 6.3 1 18 Total...... 7 126.06 284-154-7 54.2 2006 15 49 286.6 Oliver, R.J. 1 100 100.0 1 100 Opponents...... 7 120.13 229-120-11 52.4 1637 12 61 233.9 Williams, Jamar 1 50 50.0 1 50 Hudson, Brett 1 21 21.0 0 21 RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Jones, Shane 1 12 12.0 0 12 ------McKenzie, Chris 1 23 23.0 0 23 Hagan, Derek 7-5 38 576 15.2 4 49 82.3 Total...... 11 310 28.2 3 100 Fulton, Skyler 7-7 35 492 14.1 7 44 70.3 Opponents...... 7 46 6.6 0 18 Miller, Matt 6-2 16 164 10.2 1 49 27.3 Hill, Hakim 7-4 15 156 10.4 0 34 22.3 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd Richardson, T. 6-1 13 194 14.9 0 34 32.3 ------Lightfoot, D. 5-1 11 152 13.8 0 39 30.4 Parker, Tim 43 1878 43.7 66 10 2 10 0 Karney, Mike 6-6 11 89 8.1 0 16 14.8 Total...... 43 1878 43.7 66 10 2 10 0 Mutz, Moey 5-0 3 75 25.0 2 38 15.0 Opponents...... 48 1972 41.1 61 4 6 7 0 Burghgraef, L. 7-5 3 35 11.7 0 16 5.0 Wade, Loren 7-1 3 19 6.3 1 8 2.7 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Hill, Randy 5-0 3 17 5.7 0 7 3.4 ------Talbot, Mike 6-1 2 16 8.0 0 9 2.7 Lightfoot, D. 12 102 8.5 0 28 Lewis, Jamaal 6-0 1 21 21.0 0 21 3.5 Golden, Josh 11 131 11.9 0 42 Total...... 7 154 2006 13.0 15 49 286.6 Richardson, T. 5 21 4.2 0 9 Opponents...... 7 120 1637 13.6 12 61 233.9 Total...... 28 254 9.1 0 42 Opponents...... 21 230 11.0 1 42 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ------KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Ainsworth, J. 5-8 62.5 0-0 3-3 1-2 1-3 0-0 43 0 ------Lightfoot, D. 10 247 24.7 0 67 |------PATs ------| Golden, Josh 3 65 21.7 0 34 SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Richardson, T. 1 27 27.0 0 27 ------Shivers, Jason 1 40 40.0 0 40 Fulton, Skyler 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 Canidate, C. 1 21 21.0 0 21 Ainsworth, J. 0 5-8 14-15 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 29 Total...... 16 400 25.0 0 67 Hagan, Derek 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 26 Opponents...... 25 494 19.8 0 42 Hill, Hakim 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Wade, Loren 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G Mutz, Moey 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 ------Miller, Matt 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Hagan, Derek 7 0 576 0 0 0 576 82.3 Oliver, R.J. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Hill, Hakim 7 392 156 0 0 0 548 78.3 Williams, Jamar 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Lightfoot, D. 5 0 152 102 247 0 501 100.2 Canidate, C. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Fulton, Skyler 7 0 492 0 0 0 492 70.3 Stewart, R. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total...... 7 829 2006 254 400 310 3799 542.7 Hill, Randy 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Opponents...... 7 946 1637 230 494 46 3353 479.0 Parker, Tim 0 0-0 5-7 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 5 Hudson, Brett 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Walter, Andrew 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-2 0 0 0 ------Total...... 25 5-8 19-22 0-0 1 1-2 0 1 188 Walter, Andrew 7 294 -74 1921 1847 263.9 Opponents...... 23 6-9 22-22 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 178 Hill, Hakim 7 99 392 0 392 56.0 Wade, Loren 7 65 378 0 378 54.0 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Hill, Randy 5 21 100 0 100 20.0 ------Total...... 7 529 829 2006 2835 405.0 Arizona State...... 41 65 34 48 - 188 Opponents...... 7 492 946 1637 2583 369.0 Opponents...... 35 48 48 47 - 178

2003 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 18, 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. 7 39 25 64 6.5-33 2.5-22 3-19 . 1 . 2 . . 30 Shivers, Jason 6 35 22 57 2.5-4 1.0-2 3-85 . . . 2 . . 19 Fawley, Matt 7 26 17 43 5.0-19 1.0-11 . 1 . . 1 . . 5 Burks, Justin 7 23 19 42 3.0-12 2.0-11 . 1 . . . . . 2 Hudson, Brett 7 24 9 33 2.5-7 . 1-21 1 . . . . 1 4 Williams, Jamar 7 18 15 33 4.0-15 1.0-9 1-50 1 1 . . . . 91 Verdon, Jimmy 7 18 8 26 5.0-15 3.0-12 . . 1 . . . . 8 McKenzie, Chris 7 16 7 23 1.0-1 . 1-23 1 . . 1 . . 99 Jones, Shane 7 12 9 21 2.5-11 0.5-5 1-12 . 1 1-0 . . . 97 Montesanto, B. 7 10 8 18 3.5-28 3.0-26 . . . 1-0 . . . 49 Thrower, I. 7 11 4 15 4.5-31 2.5-19 . . . . 1 . . 13 Franklin, E. 7 7 4 11 1.0-3 . . 1 1 . 1 . . 1 Hill, Jordan 7 8 3 11 1.5-1 1.0-1 ...... 23 Golden, Josh 7 10 . 10 1.0-6 . . 4 . . . . . 88 Johnson, Nick 5 7 1 8 4.5-25 2.0-18 . 1 . . . . . 95 Reininger, Gabe 7 3 4 7 1.5-6 0.5-4 . 1 . 1-0 . . . 26 Oliver, R.J. 4 6 1 7 . . 1-100 1 . . 1 . . 37 Davis, Mike 5 6 . 6 ...... 57 Hammit, B. 5 5 . 5 1.0-2 ...... 94 Likio, Ali 6 2 3 5 1.0-8 1.0-8 ...... 6 Hill, Randy 5 2 2 4 ...... 50 Caldwell, Kyle 6 2 2 4 1.0-2 1.0-2 ...... 80 Hagan, Derek 7 2 1 3 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 42 Banks, Connor 7 2 1 3 0.5-1 ...... 18 Fulton, Skyler 7 2 1 3 ...... 24 Baker, Lamar 5 2 . 2 ...... 39 Varvel, Daniel 4 1 1 2 ...... 34 Wade, Loren 7 1 1 2 ...... 38 Lucas, J.W. 7 1 1 2 ...... 20 Ainsworth, J. 7 . 1 1 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 36 Smith, Joey 1 1 . 1 ...... 32 Canidate, C. 7 1 . 1 ...... 44 Karney, Mike 6 1 . 1 ...... 75 Mason, Matt 3 1 . 1 ...... 53 Hodgdon, Drew 7 1 . 1 ...... 52 Carnahan, A. 7 1 . 1 ...... 16 Walter, Andrew 7 . 1 1 ...... Total...... 7 307 171 478 53-230 22-150 11-310 13 5 5-0 9 . 1 Opponents...... 7 - - - - 11-94 7-46 27 9 8-19 4 1 . 2003 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 18, 2003) All games TEAM STATISTICS ASU OPP ------SCORING...... 188 178 Points Per Game...... 26.9 25.4 FIRST DOWNS...... 143 139 Rushing...... 50 55 Passing...... 82 71 Penalty...... 11 13 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 829 946 Yards gained rushing...... 1024 1201 Yards lost rushing...... 195 255 Rushing Attempts...... 245 263 Average Per Rush...... 3.4 3.6 Average Per Game...... 118.4 135.1 TDs Rushing...... 7 10 PASSING YARDAGE...... 2006 1637 Att-Comp-Int...... 284-154-7 229-120-11 Average Per Pass...... 7.1 7.1 Average Per Catch...... 13.0 13.6 Average Per Game...... 286.6 233.9 TDs Passing...... 15 12 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 2835 2583 Total Plays...... 529 492 Average Per Play...... 5.4 5.2 Average Per Game...... 405.0 369.0 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 16-400 25-494 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 28-254 21-230 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 11-310 7-46 KICK RETURN AVERAGE...... 25.0 19.8 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE...... 9.1 11.0 INT RETURN AVERAGE...... 28.2 6.6 FUMBLES-LOST...... 11-8 12-5 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 61-595 49-412 Average Per Game...... 85.0 58.9 PUNTS-YARDS...... 43-1878 48-1972 Average Per Punt...... 43.7 41.1 Net punt average...... 38.3 35.8 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME...... 29:37 30:23 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS...... 39/110 39/101 3rd-Down Pct...... 35% 39% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS...... 6/14 1/2 4th-Down Pct...... 43% 50% SACKS BY-YARDS...... 22-150 11-94 MISC YARDS...... 0 19 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED...... 25 23 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS...... 5-8 6-9 PAT-ATTEMPTS...... 19-22 22-22 ATTENDANCE...... 221538 148519 Games/Avg Per Game...... 4/55384 3/49506

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total ------Arizona State...... 41 65 34 48 - 188 Opponents...... 35 48 48 47 - 178 2003 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 18, 2003) All games

RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------Hill, Hakim 7-4 99 425 33 392 4.0 3 21 56.0 Lightfoot, D. 12 102 8.5 0 28 Wade, Loren 7-1 65 385 7 378 5.8 2 56 54.0 Golden, Josh 11 131 11.9 0 42 Hill, Randy 5-0 21 100 0 100 4.8 1 17 20.0 Richardson, T. 5 21 4.2 0 9 Canidate, C. 7-0 15 45 4 41 2.7 1 8 5.9 Total...... 28 254 9.1 0 42 Williams, Mike 4-2 16 43 15 28 1.8 0 13 7.0 Opponents...... 21 230 11.0 1 42 Christensen, C. 7-0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.4 McKinney, J. 1-0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Karney, Mike 6-6 1 0 8 -8 -8.0 0 0 -1.3 ------Keller, Sam 3-0 1 0 9 -9 -9.0 0 0 -3.0 Stewart, R. 3 19 6.3 1 18 Team 3-0 2 0 22 -22 -11.0 0 0 -7.3 Shivers, Jason 3 85 28.3 0 63 Walter, Andrew 7-7 23 23 97 -74 -3.2 0 9 -10.6 McKenzie, Chris 1 23 23.0 0 23 Total...... 7 245 1024 195 829 3.4 7 56 118.4 Jones, Shane 1 12 12.0 0 12 Opponents...... 7 263 1201 255 946 3.6 10 51 135.1 Hudson, Brett 1 21 21.0 0 21 Oliver, R.J. 1 100 100.0 1 100 PASSING GP-GS Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Williams, Jamar 1 50 50.0 1 50 ------Total...... 11 310 28.2 3 100 Walter, Andrew 7-7 127.99 271-148-6 54.6 1921 15 49 274.4 Opponents...... 7 46 6.6 0 18 Keller, Sam 3-0 92.83 12-6-1 50.0 85 0 26 28.3 Team 3-0 0.00 1-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Total...... 7 126.06 284-154-7 54.2 2006 15 49 286.6 ------Opponents...... 7 120.13 229-120-11 52.4 1637 12 61 233.9 Lightfoot, D. 10 247 24.7 0 67 Golden, Josh 3 65 21.7 0 34 RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Canidate, C. 1 21 21.0 0 21 ------Shivers, Jason 1 40 40.0 0 40 Hagan, Derek 7-5 38 576 15.2 4 49 82.3 Richardson, T. 1 27 27.0 0 27 Fulton, Skyler 7-7 35 492 14.1 7 44 70.3 Total...... 16 400 25.0 0 67 Miller, Matt 6-2 16 164 10.2 1 49 27.3 Opponents...... 25 494 19.8 0 42 Hill, Hakim 7-4 15 156 10.4 0 34 22.3 Richardson, T. 6-1 13 194 14.9 0 34 32.3 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Lightfoot, D. 5-1 11 152 13.8 0 39 30.4 ------Karney, Mike 6-6 11 89 8.1 0 16 14.8 Total...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 Mutz, Moey 5-0 3 75 25.0 2 38 15.0 Opponents...... 1 19 19.0 0 19 Burghgraef, L. 7-5 3 35 11.7 0 16 5.0 Wade, Loren 7-1 3 19 6.3 1 8 2.7 Hill, Randy 5-0 3 17 5.7 0 7 3.4 Talbot, Mike 6-1 2 16 8.0 0 9 2.7 Lewis, Jamaal 6-0 1 21 21.0 0 21 3.5 Total...... 7 154 2006 13.0 15 49 286.6 Opponents...... 7 120 1637 13.6 12 61 233.9 2003 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 18, 2003) All games

|------PATs ------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G ------Fulton, Skyler 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 Walter, Andrew 7 294 -74 1921 1847 263.9 Ainsworth, J. 0 5-8 14-15 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 29 Hill, Hakim 7 99 392 0 392 56.0 Hagan, Derek 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 26 Wade, Loren 7 65 378 0 378 54.0 Wade, Loren 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Hill, Randy 5 21 100 0 100 20.0 Hill, Hakim 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Keller, Sam 3 13 -9 85 76 25.3 Mutz, Moey 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Canidate, C. 7 15 41 0 41 5.9 Miller, Matt 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Williams, Mike 4 16 28 0 28 7.0 Canidate, C. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Christensen, C. 7 1 3 0 3 0.4 Oliver, R.J. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Karney, Mike 6 1 -8 0 -8 -1.3 Hill, Randy 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Team 3 3 -22 0 -22 -7.3 Williams, Jamar 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total...... 7 529 829 2006 2835 405.0 Stewart, R. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Opponents...... 7 492 946 1637 2583 369.0 Parker, Tim 0 0-0 5-7 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 5 Hudson, Brett 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2 Walter, Andrew 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-2 0 0 0 Total...... 25 5-8 19-22 0-0 1 1-2 0 1 188 Opponents...... 23 6-9 22-22 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 178

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ------Parker, Tim 43 1878 43.7 66 10 2 10 0 Ainsworth, J. 5-8 62.5 0-0 3-3 1-2 1-3 0-0 43 0 Total...... 43 1878 43.7 66 10 2 10 0 Opponents...... 48 1972 41.1 61 4 6 7 0 FG SEQUENCE Arizona State OPPONENTS ------Northern Arizona - 37,27 Utah State - (36) Iowa 43 - Oregon State (34) (29) USC 47,(25) (45),(28),(38) Oregon (43) 40 North Carolina (21),(24),32 (50) UCLA - - California - - Stanford - - Washington State - - Arizona - -

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. 2003 Arizona State Sun Devil Football Arizona State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 18, 2003) All games

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ------Hagan, Derek 7 0 576 0 0 0 576 82.3 Hill, Hakim 7 392 156 0 0 0 548 78.3 Lightfoot, D. 5 0 152 102 247 0 501 100.2 Fulton, Skyler 7 0 492 0 0 0 492 70.3 Wade, Loren 7 378 19 0 0 0 397 56.7 Richardson, T. 6 0 194 21 27 0 242 40.3 Golden, Josh 7 0 0 131 65 0 196 28.0 Miller, Matt 6 0 164 0 0 0 164 27.3 Shivers, Jason 6 0 0 0 40 85 125 20.8 Hill, Randy 5 100 17 0 0 0 117 23.4 Oliver, R.J. 4 0 0 0 0 100 100 25.0 Karney, Mike 6 -8 89 0 0 0 81 13.5 Mutz, Moey 5 0 75 0 0 0 75 15.0 Canidate, C. 7 41 0 0 21 0 62 8.9 Williams, Jamar 7 0 0 0 0 50 50 7.1 Burghgraef, L. 7 0 35 0 0 0 35 5.0 Williams, Mike 4 28 0 0 0 0 28 7.0 McKenzie, Chris 7 0 0 0 0 23 23 3.3 Lewis, Jamaal 6 0 21 0 0 0 21 3.5 Hudson, Brett 7 0 0 0 0 21 21 3.0 Stewart, R. 7 0 0 0 0 19 19 2.7 Talbot, Mike 6 0 16 0 0 0 16 2.7 Jones, Shane 7 0 0 0 0 12 12 1.7 Christensen, C. 7 3 0 0 0 0 3 0.4 Keller, Sam 3 -9 0 0 0 0 -9 -3.0 Team 3 -22 0 0 0 0 -22 -7.3 Walter, Andrew 7 -74 0 0 0 0 -74 -10.6 Total...... 7 829 2006 254 400 310 3799 542.7 Opponents...... 7 946 1637 230 494 46 3353 479.0 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

RUSHING (Attempts-Yards-TDs-Long) Wade R. Hill M. Williams Canidate Walter H. Hill Northern Arizona 11-64-0-19 8-43-0-17 6-18-0-13 3-15-0-15 3-(-3)-0-9 0-0-0-0 Utah State 14-58-0-15 10-47-1-13 DNP 0-0-0-0 1-(-1)-0-0 12-57-0-16 at #18/14 Iowa 3-3-0-1 3-10-0-5 6-12-0-7 0-0-0-0 6-(-18)-0-3 2-17-0-11 at Oregon State 2-20-0-20 0-0-0-0 3-(-4)-0-2 0-0-0-0 1-(-6)-0-0 24-115-0-21 #10/10 USC 10-26-1-11 DNP 1-2-0-2 0-0-0-0 6-(-41)-0-2 27-74-0-14 Oregon 9-77-1-56 DNP DNP 12-26-1-7 2-(-1)-0-2 20-57-2-19 at North Carolina 16-130-1-35 0-0-0-0 DNP DNP 4-(-4)-0-5 14-72-1-19 at UCLA California at Stanford at Washington State Arizona

Christensen Keller Karney Northern Arizona 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 Utah State 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 DNP at #18/14 Iowa 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at Oregon State 1-3-0-3 1-(-9)-0-0 0-0-0-0 #10/10 USC 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 Oregon 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at North Carolina 0-0-0-0 DNP 1-(-8)-0-0 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 Parker Northern Arizona 24-15-0-224-4 2-1-0-10-0 Northern Arizona 5-227-45.4-66-2-1-1 Utah State 37-20-1-277-2 DNP Utah State 7-336-48.0-53-3-1-2 at #18/14 Iowa 44-25-1-160-0 DNP at #18/14 Iowa 10-437-43.7-1-1-3 at Oregon State 42-17-3-231-2 8-3-1-53-0 at Oregon State 5-186-37.2-1-1-0 #10/10 USC 38-19-1-305-1 DNP #10/10 USC 8-361-45.1-66-3-2-1 Oregon 28-18-0-316-3 2-2-0-22-0 Oregon 3-117-39.0-59-0-0-2 at North Carolina 58-34-0-408-3 DNP at North Carolina 5-214-42.8-47-0-0-1 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 8-172-2-44 0-0-0-0 3-21-0-10 5-59-0-25 0-0-0-0 DNP at #18/14 Iowa 1-4-0-4 0-0-0-0 3-7-0-7 DNP 0-0-0-0 4-36-0-16 at Oregon State 5-62-1-23 0-0-0-0 3-30-1-20 1-9-0-9 1-12-0-12 0-0-0-0 #10/10 USC 4-48-1-18 DNP 8-170-0-35 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-10-0-10 Oregon 5-86-1-33 0-0-0-0 7-108-1-29 1-39-0-39 0-0-0-0 1-13-0-13 at North Carolina 7-68-2-25 DNP 11-185-1-49 4-45-0-15 1-7-0-7 4-19-0-6 at UCLA California at Stanford at Washington State Arizona

Richardson Wade Talbot Miller R. Hill H. Hill Lewis Northern Arizona 1-10-0-10 1-8-1-8 1-7-0-7 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 Utah State 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-9-0-9 1-9-0-9 1-5-0-5 1-2-0-2 0-0-0-0 at #18/14 Iowa 4-34-0-12 2-11-0-7 DNP 7-45-0-12 2-12-0-7 2-11-0-9 0-0-0-0 at Oregon State 4-79-0-26 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 6-92-0-34 DNP #10/10 USC 2-49-0-34 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-8-0-8 DNP 3-20-0-9 0-0-0-0 Oregon 2-22-0-13 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 4-70-1-49 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at North Carolina DNP 0-0-0-0 DNP 3-32-0-14 0-0-0-0 3-31-0-19 1-21-0-21 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 37-161-1 37-20-1-277-2 74-438 20 (9-10-1) 26:53 4 (4-3) 12-122 26 at #18/14 Iowa 21-24-0 44-25-1-160-0 65-184 12 (3-7-2) 26:40 1 (0-0) 7-60 2 at Oregon State 33-97-0 50-20-4-284-2 83-381 21 (8-10-3) 28:08 6 (3-2) 7-76 17 #10/10 USC 44-61-1 38-19-1-305-1 82-366 20 (9-11-0) 31:05 2 (1-1) 6-33 17 Oregon 44-159-4 30-20-0-338-3 74-497 22 (4-14-4) 35:56 0 (0-0) 8-87 59 at North Carolina 35-190-1 58-34-0-408-3 94-598 29 (10-19-0) 35:48 1 (2-1) 16-153 33 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 35-65-1 54-26-3-308-1 89-373 25 (8-14-3) 33:07 3 (1-0) 12-101 16 at #18/14 Iowa 45-153-0 23-15-1-154-3 68-307 19 (10-8-1) 33:20 2 (2-1) 5-45 21 at Oregon State 44-151-3 29-15-3-246-2 73-397 20 (7-11-2) 31:52 3 (2-0) 10-85 45 #10/10 USC 36-198-2 34-17-1-331-2 70-529 20 (10-10-0) 28:55 3 (2-2) 3-12 38 Oregon 33-158-1 26-9-2-127-1 59-285 16 (6-8-2) 24:04 2 (1-0) 9-97 14 at North Carolina 34-164-5 23-13-0-167-1 57-331 18 (8-7-3) 24:12 2 (4-2) 3-22 31 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 4 2 0 2 .500 3 2 1 3 1.000 at #18/14 Iowa 1 0 0 0 .000 2 2 0 2 1.000 at Oregon State 5 2 1 3 .600 5 3 1 4 .800 #10/10 USC 3 2 1 3 1.000 2 1 1 2 1.000 Oregon 6 6 0 6 1.000 3 2 0 2 .667 at North Carolina 6 3 2 5 .833 4 4 0 4 1.000 at UCLA California at Stanford at Washington State Arizona Totals 27 16 4 21 .778 24 16 3 19 .792

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 6 13 0 7 26 0 7 3 6 16 at #18/14 Iowa 2 0 0 0 2 0 14 7 0 21 at Oregon State 0 7 3 7 17 7 17 0 21 45 #10/10 USC 7 3 7 0 17 7 3 14 13 37 Oregon 14 7 17 21 59 0 7 7 0 14 at North Carolina 6 14 7 6 33 14 0 10 7 31 at UCLA California at Stanford at Washington State Arizona GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

ARIZONA STATE SCORING DRIVES 1 1 6 0:04 H.Hill 6yd run (Ainsworth PAT) 2 7 75 2:35 H.Hill 2yd ruun (Ainsworth PAT) Northern Arizona 3 5 54 2:17 Ainsworth 43yd field goal Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 3 6 32 3:04 Miller 3yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 1 8 53 2:59 Wade 8yd pass from Walter (PAT failed) 3 7 78 3: 2 9 Fulton 5yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 2 – – – Oliver 100yd int. return (Parker PAT) 4 2 62 0: 2 3 Wade 56yd run (Ainsworth PAT) 2 6 55 2:15 Mutz 29yd pass from Walter (Parker PAT) 4 11 51 5: 3 3 Hagan 10yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 2 1 40 0:07 Hagan 40yd pass from Walter(Parker PAT) 4 14 48 7:22 Canidate 1yd run (Ainsworth PAT) 4 6 84 2:24 Mutz 38yd pass from Walter (Parker PAT) at North Carolina Utah State Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 1 4 64 1:51 Hagan 49yd pass from Walter (PAT blocked) 1 3 65 1:07 Fulton 44yd pass from Walter (PAT failed) 2 8 80 3:04 Fulton 11yd pass from Walter (Hagan-Wal t e r ) 2 4 27 1:30 R. Hill 1yd run (Parker PAT) 2 11 61 4:41 Ainsworth 21yd field goal 2 – – – R. Stewart 18yd int. return (2pt failed) 2 7 5 1:38 Ainsworth 24yd field goal 4 11 75 4:15 Fulton 15yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 3 7 77 2:23 H.Hill 8yd run (Ainsworth PAT) 4 6 61 0:36 Fulton 5yd pass from Walter at #18/14 Iowa Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score at UCLA 1 – – – Brett Hudson safety Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score at Oregon State California Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 2 2 17 0:33 Fulton 5yd pass fromWalter (Ainsworth PAT) 3 15 56 5: 4 5 Ainsworth 34yd field goal at Stanford 4 9 73 2: 2 1 Hagan 20yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score

#10/10 USC at Washington State Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 1 8 80 2:46 Fulton 12yd pass from Walter (Ainsworth PAT) 2 12 72 3:25 Ainsworth 25yd field goal Arizona 3 14 80 5:35 Wade 1yd run (Ainsworth PAT) Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score Oregon Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 1 – – – J.Williams 50yd int. return (Ainsworth PAT)

DRIVE SUPERLATIVES Longest Drive Arizona State Opponents By No. of Plays 15 (56 yds, 5:45) at Oregon State 15 (80 yds, 4:51) by Utah State By No. of Yards 84 (6p, 2:24) vs. Northern Arizona 95 (4p, 1:57) by USC By Time of Possession 7:22 (14p, 48 yds) vs. Oregon 5:54 (12p, 64 yds) by North Carolina

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 Lightfoot Carnahan Aguilar Hodgdon Crawford Love Burghgraef Walter Wade Talbot Fulton at #18/14 Iowa Miller Carnahan Fa’aita Hodgdon Crawford Love Burghgraef Walter M.Williams Karney Fulton at Oregon State Hagan Carnahan Fa’aita Hodgdon Crawford Love Miller* Walter H.Hill Karney Fulton #10/10 USC Hagan Carnahan Fa’aita Hodgdon Crawford Love Richardson* Walter H.Hill Karney Fulton Oregon Hagan Carnahan Fa’aita Hodgdon Crawford Love Burghgraef Walter H.Hill Karney Fulton at North Carolina Hagan Carnahan Fa’aita Hodgdon Crawford Love Burghgraef Walter H.Hill Karney Fulton 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 Verdon Montesanto Jones Johnson J.Williams Burks Franklin Stewart Hudson Fawley Golden at #18/14 Iowa Verdon Montesanto Jones Thrower J.Williams Burks Franklin Stewart Hudson Shivers Golden at Oregon State Verdon Montesanto Jones Thrower J.Williams Burks Franklin Stewart Hudson Shivers Golden #10/10 USC Verdon Montesanto Jones Thrower J.Williams Burks Franklin Stewart Hudson Shivers Franklin Oregon Verdon Montesanto Jones Thrower J.Williams Burks McKenzie Stewart Fawley Shivers Hudson at North Carolina Verdon Montesanto Jones Thrower J.Williams Burks Oliver Stewart J.Hill* Shivers McKenzie at UCLA California Stanford at Washington State Arizona

* started due to formation 2003 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART (as of October 20, 2003)

SUN DEVIL OFFENSE SUN DEVIL DEFENSE

WR 80 Derek Hagan 6-2 188 So. DE 91 Jimmy Verdon 6-4 283 Jr. 9 Daryl Lightfoot 5-9 163 Jr. 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 59 Tim Fa’aita 6-1 310 Sr. DT 99 Shane Jones 6-2 306 Sr. -OR- 50 Tony Aguilar 6-3 299 Sr. 94 Ali Likio 6-4 320 RS-Fr. 77 Adrian Ayala 6-5 312 Jr. DE 49 Ishmael Thrower 6-1 241 Jr. C 53 Drew Hodgdon 6-3 291 Jr. 88 Nick Johnson 6-3 266 So. -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. 8 Chris McKenzie 5-9 174 Jr. -OR- 82 Jamaal Lewis 6-4 245 RS-Fr. -OR- 37 Mike Davis Jr. 6-3 180 So.

QB 16 Andrew Walter 6-5 222 Jr. S 7 Riccardo Stewart 5-10 210 Jr. 15 Sam Keller 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 22 Hakim Hill 6-0 218 So. 38 J.W. Lucas 6-2 215 RS-Fr. 34 Loren Wade 6-0 212 RS-Fr. 3 Mike Williams 6-0 211 Sr. FS 30 Jason Shivers 6-0 192 Jr. 6 Randy Hill 6-2 204 RS-Fr. 19 Matt Fawley 6-1 213 So. 32 Cornell Canidate 5-9 201 So. CB 13 Emmanuel Franklin 5-11 190 Jr. FB 44 Mike Karney 6-0 256 Sr. 23 Josh Golden 5-10 174 So. 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 20 Jesse Ainsworth 6-3 206 Fr. SN 43 Jason Burke 6-1 240 RS-Fr. -OR- 31 Tim Parker 6-0 197 Sr. 45 Mike Talbot 6-2 242 So. KO 20 Jesse Ainsworth 6-3 206 Fr. H 10 Chad Christensen 6-3 211 So. -OR- 31 Tim Parker 6-0 197 Sr. 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.