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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 Arizona State Sun Devils (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 touchdowns 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 Tom Ramsey 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), Jeff Van Raaphorst (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 quarterback Andrew Walter 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 touchdown and a 6-0 ASU lead, following a www.TheSunDevils.com Contacts: Mark Brand ([email protected]) & Rhonda Lundin ([email protected]) ICA Media Relations Office, P.O. Box 872505, Tempe, AZ 85287 (480) 965-6592 • Fax: (480) 965-5408 DIRK KOETTER & TEAM NOTES 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.