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Monday, August 26, 2002 2002 ASU SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Time 2002 STATE FOOTBALL A 24 at #10/8 Nebraska (ESPN) L, 10-48 A 31 Eastern Washington 7 p.m. Ea s t e r m Washington Eagles (0-0) at (0-1) S 7 Central Florida 7 p.m. Saturday, August 31, 2002 • 7 p.m. Arizona Time (PDT) S 14 at San Diego State 6 p.m. • Tempe, Ariz. S 28 Stanford (ABC) 12:30 p.m. Sun Devil Network O 5 North Carolina TBA O 12 Oregon State TBA Following last week’s 48-10 season-opening loss at No. 10/8 Nebraska in the Black O 19 at #15/15 Oregon TBA Coaches Association Classic, the Sun Devils kick off their home schedule with a non- O 26 #9/9 Washington TBA conference game vs. Eastern Washington Saturday night at Sun Devil Stadium. Off to N 2 at #11/14 Washington State TBA N 9 California TBA the earliest start in school history and the beginning of the longest regular season in the N 16 at #20/19 USC TBA university annals, Arizona State is looking to snap a six-game losing streak dating back N 29 at Arizona (Fox Sports Net) 1 p.m. to the last five games of last season. The Sun Devils have won their last three home openers, including last year’s sea- Home Games in Bold son-opening 38-7 victory over San Diego State at Sun Devil Stadium. The Eastern Times listed are Arizona Time (PT prior to Oct. Washington game marks the beginning of a streak that will see Arizona State play five 29, MT after Oct. 29) and subject to change. of six games at Sun Devil Stadium. The matchup with the Eagles replaced Arizona Rankings are AP/USA Today at time of game State’s home game with Oklahoma that was canceled by the Sooners 15 months ago. 2001 ASU SNAPSHOT Category Stat Pac-10 Rank In the Series Overall Record 4-7 9th Saturday night’s game will mark the first meeting between Arizona State and Eastern Pac-10 Record 1-7 9th Washington. ASU holds a 18-14-4 all-time record vs. teams from the Big Sky Total Offense 426.4 4th Conference but has not matched up with a team from that league since 1959. ASU head Scoring Offense 34.0 T3rd coach faced Eastern Washington twice while he was at Boise State, com- Rushing Offense 167.1 4th ing up with wins in both games. Passing Offense 259.3 3rd Total Defense 399.4 8th Scoring Defense 32.8 8th Exposure Rushing Defense 138.5 5th The Sun Devil Sports Network will carry all 13 of ASU’s football games, including this Passing Defense 260.9 7th week’s Eastern Washington game, live on its 16-station network including flagship sta- tions KTAR 620 AM and ESPN Radio 860 AM. Tim Healey (play-by-play), Jeff Van 2001 ASU RESULTS Raaphorst (color analyst), Vince Marotta (pre- and postgame) and Dave Burns (side- Date Opponent Result lines) will bring the action to Sun Devil fans. The game can also be heard live on ASU’s S 8 San Diego State W, 38-7 official web site at www.TheSunDevils.com. S 22 at Stanford (Fox AZ on 45) L, 28-51 S 29 San Jose State (Fox AZ) W, 53-15 O 6 Louisiana-Lafayette W, 63-27 Home Openers O 13 at USC (Fox Syndication) L, 17-48 The Sun Devils hold a 41-15-1 (.728) record in home openers including wins in their last O 20 Oregon State W, 41-24 three and six of their last seven home openers. Last year, ASU opened the season and O 27 #13/11 Washington (Fox) L, 31-33 the home slate with a 38-7 victory over San Diego State on Sept. 8. N 3 at #8/9 Oregon (Fox) L, 24-42 N 10 #11/12 WSU (Fox Syn.) L, 16-28 Team Captains N 23 Arizona (Fox) L, 34-21 D 1 at UCLA(Fox AZ/West) L, 42-52 Dirk Koetter will select single-game captains each week. His selections for the Eastern Washington game are sophomore right guard Drew Hodgdon, sophomore Pac-10 (1996-Present) safety Riccardo Stewart and senior linebacker Mason Unck. School O’all Conf. Bowls Washington 49-23 35-13 6 Youth Movement Oregon 51-20 31-17 5 This year’s Sun Devil team is a young one featuring 20 players who saw the first action UCLA 42-27 28-20 3 of their ASU careers last Saturday at Nebraska. That total included five true freshmen, Arizona State 41-30 27-21 4 Arizona 40-30 24-27 2 eight redshirt freshmen and seven juniors. Redshirt freshman Chad Stanford 37-32-1 27-21 3 Christensen and cornerback Josh Golden each started their collegiate debuts Saturday USC 37-35 22-26 2 night at Nebraska. ASU’s current depth chart features a total of 25 underclassmen Washington State 35-34 19-29 2 (freshmen, redshirt freshmen and sophomores), including eight starters. Oregon State 33-35 17-31 2 The five true freshmen who saw action at Nebraska were safety Matt Fawley, wide California 22-45 12-36 1 receiver , defensive end Nick Johnson, fullback Mike Talbot and linebacker

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Jamar Williams. That total already surpasses the number of true freshmen who played HEAD COACH DIRK KOETTER last year (four), while ASU’s roster features 17 players who saw action during their true freshman seasons: Daryl Lightfoot, Jason Shivers, Barton Hammit and Lamar Baker Enters his second season at the helm of the (2001); , Mike Karney, Mike Williams and Skyler Fulton (2000); Solomon Arizona State program … became Arizona Bates, Josh Amobi and Mike Barth (1999); and Justin Taplin (1998). State’s 21st head coach on Dec. 2, 2000 … acts as his own … a voter in the USA Today Coaches poll … his Last Time Out 2001 ASU offense finished 25th in the country No. 10/8 Nebraska scored 38 points in the second half to down Arizona State 48-10 in total offense and tied for 19th in scoring last Saturday in the Black Coaches Association Classic at Memorial Stadium in offense … had the third-longest winning streak Lincoln, Neb. in the country with eight consecutive victories The Sun Devils kept the game close in the first half, going into the lockerroom (his last seven at Boise State and his season down just 10-3, thanks in part to a sound defensive effort including eight tackles and opener at ASU) before falling at Stanford on three TFLs from sophomore safety Riccardo Stewart in the first half. Nebraska scored Sept. 22, 2001 … came to ASU after three on their first drive of the game with a 40-yard field goal, while the Sun Devils got on seasons at Boise State where he led the the board in the first quarter with a 33-yarder by junior Mike Barth. Judd Davies put Broncos to a 26-10 record, two appearances in the Cornhuskers up 10-3 with a two-yard TD run in the second quarter. the Humanitarian Bowl and two Big West Conference Championships … two-time Big NU quarterback Jammal Lord threw the first TD pass of his career and the West Conference Coach of the Year … his Huskers returned a blocked punt for touchdown to go up 24-3 in the third quarter. 2000 Boise State team led the nation in scor- Arizona State cut it to 24-10 when junior Mike Williams broke away on a run up the ing offense, was second in total offense and middle, but Nebraska countered with a field goal and Dahrran Diedrick's 2-yard dive ranked fourth in the country in passing offense over the top with 7:12 left in the game, which was set up by NUs second blocked punt … guided Boise State to its first winning sea- of the game, tying an ASU single-game record. Nebraska scored twice more in the son in Division I football … is serving as the final two minutes of the game including a 29-yard interception return by Fabian honorary chairman of the National Multiple Washington for the final TD. Sclerosis Desert Southwest Chapter “Walk on For the Sun Devils, redshirt freshman quarterback Chad Christensen went 6-for- the Wild Side” for the second straight season 16 for 77 yards in his first collegiate game, while Williams had 12 carries for 77 yards …the 2003 walk is scheduled for March 8 at and a touchdown. Stewart finished with a career-best 10 tackles and three TFLs for a the Phoenix Zoo … last name is pronounced loss of nine yards, while sophomore Jason Shivers again led the team in tackles with “Cutter” … born February 5, 1959 in Pocatello, Idaho. 16 (seven unassisted).

Koetter Coaching Career Young Gun Graduate Assistant, Idaho State ...... 1 9 8 2 Sophomore free safety Jason Shivers led the Sun Devils in tackles with 16 last week Highland HS (Pocatello, Idaho) ...... 1 9 8 3 - 8 4 Of fensive Coordinator, San Francisco St...... 1 9 8 5 at Nebraska, marking the sixth time in his young career that he has paced the team in Of fensive Coordinator & QBs, UTEP ...... 1 9 8 6 - 8 8 the category. His total of 16 tackles (seven solos, nine assists) vs. the Huskers was Of fensive Coordinator & QBs, Missouri ...... 1 9 8 9 - 9 3 also just one shy of his career high of 17 last year vs. Washington. Of fensive Coordinator & QBs, Boston College..1 9 9 4 - 9 5 Offensive Coordinator & QBs, Oregon...... 1 9 9 6 - 9 7 Last year as a true freshman, Shivers led the Sun Devils and finished eighth in Head Coach, Boise State...... 1 9 9 8 - 0 0 the Pac-10 with an average of 8.1 tackles per game. With his 89 tackles (51 solo Head Coach, Arizona State...... 2 0 0 1 - p r e s e n t stops), the Sporting News Freshman All-American became the first Sun Devil fresh- man to lead the team in tackles and the first underclassman since Koetter Head Coaching Record turned in 122 tackles as a sophomore in 1989. Overall: 30-18 (.625), 5th year The leader of ASU’s very young backfield, Shivers turned in a career-best 17 Arizona State: 4-8 (.333), 2nd year Boise State: 26-10 (.722), 3 years tackles last Oct. 27 against Washington (four solos, 13 assists), which was the third- highest single-game total in the Pac-10 last year. It also marked the most tackles by a Koetter’s Record When ...... O’all (ASU) Sun Devil since Joe Cesta had 17 (12 solo) in a 1998 loss at Oregon. Leading at halftime ...... 26-3 (3-0) Leading after three quarters ...... 23-3 (3-0) Early Birds Having a 100-yard rusher ...... 12-5 (2-3) Arizona State’s August 24th game at Nebraska in the BCA Classic marked the earli- Having a 300-yard passer...... 7-4 (1-2) Scoring 30 points or more...... 5-5 (4-2) est start to the football season in school history. The August 24th start was six days Leading in time of possession...... 12-7 (2-0) earlier than the previous earliest season opener, which was in 1997 when the team Following a loss...... 10-6 (2-5) opened at home vs. New Mexico State on Aug. 30. Only two other Division I-Afootball In games decided by four pts or less ....3-2 (0-1) games were played earlier this season with Colorado State’s Aug. 22 game at Virginia Temperature is 32° F or less...... 4-0 (0-0) being the earliest. A total of four Division I-A games were played on Aug. 24. In season openers...... 3-2 (1-1) The Sun Devils’ 2002 season will also enter uncharted waters as the team will In home games ...... 21-6 (4-3) play 13 regular-season games, the most in school history. Taking into account the In bowl games ...... 2-0 (0-0) number of scheduled games and the early start, ASU will have played three games by the time that many teams will have just kicked off the 2002 campaign.

2002 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL • PAGE 2 TEAM NOTES

Who’s Back The Sun Devils return 40 letterwinners including 12 starters and two specialists in HASH MARKS senior placekicker Mike Barth and senior long snapper Jay Breckenridge. The four … ASU had two punts blocked at Nebraska which offensive starters slated to return are OL Regis Crawford, TE Mike Pinkard, FB Mike tied the school single-game record. The Sun Karney and WR Shaun McDonald. TB Mike Williams also returns on offense after Devils had allowed two blocked punts in a game starting seven games in two years (four last year). On defense, eight returning starters twice before (1953 & 1984). include DE Brian Montesanto & Terrell Suggs, LB Mason Unck & Solomon Bates, CB R.J. Oliver & Lamar Baker, S Alfred Williams and FS Jason Shivers. … Despite the two blocked punts, junior Tim Parker, who was playing in his first game for ASU, launched a 63-yard punt in the second quarter at Suggs on Lombardi & Nagurski Watch Lists Nebraska. That marked the longest punt for the A preseason All-American and All-Pac-10 selection, junior defensive end Terrell Suggs Sun Devils since Stephen Baker booted a 68- is on the preseason watch lists for two of the most prestigous awards in college foot- yarder vs. North Texas in 1998. ball, the Rotary Lombardi Award and the Bronko Nagurski Trophy. Suggs is one of 49 players on the preseason watch list for the 33rd Rotary … Sports Illustrated named Arizona State’s new 16,000-square-foot Lawrence Strength Center as Lombardi Award. The Lombardi Award is annually presented to the top lineman in the the best weight room in the country in its 2002 col- country with eligibility limited to down linemen and defenders who line up within five lege football preview. yards of the football. To be eligible for the preseason watch list, players had to have earned All-America or first-team all-conference honors last year. The Lombardi Award … Sports Illustrated also lists Arizona State’s watch list will be narrowed down to 12 semifinalists later in the fall with the winner to schedule as the 26th toughest in the nation. be announced on December 11 in Houston. … ASU holds a 2-1 all-time record in games Suggs is also listed among the 64 players on the preseason watch list for the played in the month of August. Bronko Nagurski Trophy, awarded annually to the nation's top collegiate defensive player. The winner is selected by the 800-member Football Writers Association of … The 2002 campaign marks the 90th season of America and will be presented on Dec. 9 in Charlotte, N.C. Sun Devil football. In just two seasons, Suggs has already climbed into the top 10 on the ASU career lists for sacks and tackles for loss. The team leader in each category in each of the … The Sun Devils have a 212-74-3 all-time win- ning record (.739) at Sun Devil Stadium. last two seasons, he had two TFLs and a sack at Nebraska on Saturday night to move into fifth with 21 career sacks and seventh in career TFLs with 36. Last year, the third- … This summer, Arizona State wrapped up con- team Football News All-American and first-team All-Pac-10 selection led the Pac-10 in struction on the renovated Nadine & Ed Carson solo sacks and tied for first with four forced fumbles. Suggs finished second in the con- Student-Athlete Center. The 165,000-square-foot ference in total sacks (10 for 57 yards) and tackles for loss (18 for 79 yards). facility houses the entire athletic department and gives ASU one of the finest student-athlete cen- ters in the country. ASU Career Sacks 1. 41 Shante Carver, 1990-93 … Arizona State head football strength and con- 2. 28 Vernon Maxwell, 1979-82 ditioning coach Joe Kenn was named the 2002 3. 26 Scott Stephen, 1983-86 College Strength and Conditioning Professional 4. 22 Bob Kohrs, 1978-79 of the Year by the National Strength and 5. 21 Terrell Suggs, 2000-present Conditioning Association. Kenn has been a final- ist for the award four times in his career. 6. 20 , 1979-82 … ASU’s football roster features six student-ath- ASU Career Tackles for Loss letes who have earned their undergraduate 1. 58 Bob Kohrs, 1976-79 degrees – James Beal, Matt Cooper, Phil 2. 57 Shante Carver, 1990-93 Howard, Darrel Turner, Mason Unck and Alfred 57 Al Harris, 1975-78 Williams – while several others are scheduled to graduate in December of 2002 – Jay 4. 56 Vernon Maxwell, 1979-82 Breckenridge, Danny Masaniai, Mike Pinkard, 5. 53 Adam Archuleta, 1997-00 Justin Taplin and Patrick Wilson. 6. 46 Scott Stephen, 1983-86 7. 36 Terrell Suggs, 2000-present … The Sun Devils will face a total of three first- year head coaches in 2002 - San DiegoState’s Tom Craft, Stanford’s Buddy Teevens and Cal’s Lighting Up the Scoreboard Jeff Tedford. In fact, just two of the 13 head The Sun Devils averaged 34.0 points per game in 2001, which tied for third in the Pac- coaches ASU will face in 2002 have been at their 10 with conference champion Oregon and 19th in the nation. ASU scored 49 touch- respective schools more than five years: downs last season (22 rushing, 24 passing, 1 interception return, 1 fumble recovery, Washington State’s Mike Price and Oregon’s 1 kickoff return), which marked the most since the team had 64 in 1996. At home, ASU Mike Bellotti. averaged 37.5 points per game (263 points in seven games), while ASU’s 34.0 points … ASU Athletics Director Gene Smith played col- per game were the most for the team since 1996 when the Pac-10 champion and lege football at Notre Dame, earning three letters Rose Bowl-bound Sun Devils averaged 40.7 points per contest. and playing on the 1973 national championship squad.

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All-Conference Selections 5. 1,009 J.D. Hill (61), 1970 Four Sun Devils earned first-team All-Pac-10 Conference honors 6. 974 Greg Hudson (62), 1973 in 2001, trailing just UCLA which had five first-team selections. A total of 10 Sun Devils appeared on the list of all-conference hon- ASU Single-Season Touchdown Catches orees last year, while nine players earned Pac-10 All-Academic 1. 14 Doug Allen, 1984 honors. (Players returning in 2002 in bold). 2. 12 Steve Holden, 1972 3. 11 , 1996 All-Pac-10 First Team:WR Shaun McDonald, OLLevi Jones, OL 11 J.D. Hill, 1970 Scott Peters, DE Terrell Suggs 5. 10 Shaun McDonald, 2001

All-Pac-10 Second Team: P Nick Murphy Kickoff Notes The Sun Devils excelled on kickoffs and kickoff returns last sea- All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention: PK Mike Barth, FB Mike son. ASU ranked second in the Pac-10 and ninth in the nation with Karney, OT Kyle Kosier, DT Tommie Townsend, S Alfred Williams an average of 25.04 yards per kickoff return, while all three kickoff returners appeared in the Pac-10’s individual top 10, including Pac-10 All-Academic First Team: TB Mike Williams, DL Phil returner Mike Williams who was seventh in the league standings Howard, LB Eric Fields, PK Mike Barth with 23.4 yards per return.

Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team: TB Tom Pace, DB Patrick NFL Draft Notes Wilson, P Nick Murphy With left tackle Levi Jones being taken by the Cincinnati Bengals as the 10th pick of the 2002 NFL Draft, it marked the third straight Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention: WR Skyler Fulton, C season and 20th overall that a Sun Devil has been taken in the first B.J. Miller round. Arizona State had a total of four offensive linemen drafted in the first round in 2002 (Jones, Scott Peters, Travis Scott and Racking up the Receiving Yards Kyle Kosier). Since the NFL Draft has gone to its current format of A preseason second-team All-American by Athlon and an All-Pac- seven rounds in 1994, only Penn State in 1996 has had four offen- 10 selection by several publications, junior Shaun sive linemen taken in the draft. McDonald heads into the 2002 season as second-best returning receiver in the country in catches and receiving yards, behind just School OL drafted Year Rounds Wisconsin senior Lee Evans who had 75 catches and 1,535 yards Utah 4 1982 12 in 2001. With 1,104 receiving yards in 2001, McDonald finished Texas* 5 1984 12 second on the ASU single-season charts, just 40 yards shy of the Wisconsin 4 1985 12 single-season mark of 1,144 yards set by Morris Owens in 1973. Oklahoma 4 1988 12 He became only the fifth Sun Devil in school history to amass Penn State 4 1996 7 1,000 receiving yards in a season, and his total of 1,104 yards ASU 4 2002 7 nearly triples the 358 yards he had the previous year as a redshirt *One of the players was taken in the supplemental draft and not freshman. McDonald led the Pac-10 and finished 10th in the nation actually on draft day. with an average of 100.4 yards per game. He also shattered ASU single-season marks for receiving yards per game (100.4 ypg) and ASU Hall of Fame Inductees receiving yards per catch (23.5 ypc), records previously held by A pair of former Sun Devil football standouts, Danny Villa and Ron Fair (98.3 yards per game in 1989) and Morris Owens (22.0 Freddie Williams, will be among the 12 inductees into the Arizona yards per catch in 1973). State Hall of Fame this season. All 12 inductees will be honored at A 2001 first-team All-Pac-10 selection, McDonald turned in a halftime of the Homecoming/Hall of Fame football game on Oct. 26 total of five 100-yard games last season, matching the five that vs. Washington at Sun Devil Stadium/ Field and at cer- Keith Poole had in 1996 and just one shy of the six that Ron Fair emonies throughout the weekend. had in 1989. McDonald caught 10 touchdown passes in 2001 Villa (1983-86) was team captain and anchor of the 1986 which ranks fifth on the ASU single-season list for TD catches. He offensive line that propelled Arizona State to its first Pac-10 caught at least one touchdown pass in all but four games last year. Conference title and the 1987 Rose Bowl crown. Villa was a 1986 McDonald opened the 2002 season with a solid performance, consensus All-America pick by the Associated Press and the catching seven passes for 73 yards. He has now caught at least Football Writers Association, the first offensive lineman at Arizona one pass in each of the last 16 games, dating back to the 2000 State to achieve this status. He also won the 1986 Morris Trophy season. winner as the Pac-10 Offensive Lineman of the Year, as voted by the conference's defensive linemen. ASU Single-Season Receiving Yards (Catches) “Fast Freddie” Williams (1973-76) earned Associated Press 1. 1,144 Morris Owens (52), 1973 honorable-mention All-America status in 1975 and AP and UPI 2. 1,104 Shaun McDonald (47), 2001 honorable-mention All-America in 1974. Williams was an All- 3. 1,082 Ron Fair (64), 1989 Western Athletic Conference selection in 1974 and 1975 and 4. 1,036 Keith Poole (55), 1995 helped the 1975 team post an undefeated 12-0 record, a Fiesta

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Bowl victory and a No. 2 final national ranking. He currently is the Recognized as Arizona Amateur Athlete of the Year in 1977, second all-time leading rusher in Arizona State history with 3,424 Jefferson was twice selected as the team's Most Valuable Player yards and 17 career 100-yard games. and led the team in receiving all four years. Following graduation, Jefferson was selected fourth overall in Jefferson to Be Inducted into College Hall of Fame the first round of the 1978 draft by the Former ASU wide receiver (1974-77) will be one of San Diego Chargers. He played parts of eight NFL seasons with 13 players inducted into the Hall of Fame in South the Chargers, Green Bay Packers and Cleveland Browns, being Bend, Ind., this fall. Jefferson becomes the third Sun Devil to be named to the Pro Bowl four times. After retiring, Jefferson became inducted into the College Hall of Fame. Legendary head coach es an assistant coach at the University of Kansas before becoming and Frank Kush were inducted in 1985 and 1996, director of player development for the Washington Redskins. respectively, quarterback was inducted in 1997 and defensive back was inducted in 2001. Silver Anniversary A 1979 inductee into the Arizona State Hall of Fame, Jefferson The 2002 football season will mark Arizona State’s 25th year as a is known as arguably the greatest pass-catcher in the history of the member of the Pacific-10 Conference, a milestone which is com- program. Jefferson rewrote the university, Western A t h l e t i c memorated on the covers of this season’s football media guide. Conference and NCAA record books. A consensus All-America The covers feature a collage of many of the players, coaches and selection in 1977 and two-time all-conference pick, Jefferson con- moments that have contributed to ASU’s successes in the Pac-10, cluded his career with an NCAArecord 42 consecutive games with including the Sun Devils’ 1986 and 1996 Pac-10 Championship a reception. He remains the ASU all-time leader in career recep- seasons. tions with 188 and career receiving yardage with 2,993 yards.

Preseason Prognosticators A number of Sun Devils have been recognized in the various … The Sporting News lists Terrell Suggs as a second-team All- preseason college football annuals. Here is a complete list of American. those honors: … The Sporting News lists Terrell Suggs as a first-team All- … Athlon lists Terrell Suggs as a first-team All-American on the Pac-10 selection. defensive line. … The Sporting News lists Shaun McDonald as a second-team … A t h l o n lists Shaun McDonald as a second-team A l l - All-Pac-10 performer. American as a wide receiver. … The Sporting News lists Solomon Bates as a second-team … Athlon lists Terrell Suggs on its All-Pac-10 defensive team. All-Pac-10 pick.

… Athlon lists Shaun McDonald on its All-Pac-10 offensive … The Sporting News lists Terrell Suggs as the fourth-best team. defensive end in the nation.

… Athlon lists Joey Smith as a "Rising Star." … The Sporting News lists Jason Shivers as the 11th-best free safety in the nation. … Athlon lists Randy Hill as a Pac-10 "Future Star." … The Sporting News lists Shaun McDonald as the 14th-best … Football News lists Terrell Suggs as a second-team All- wide receiver in the county. American on the defensive line. … The Sporting News lists Mike Karney as the 16th-best full- … Football News lists Shaun McDonald on its offensive All- back in the county. Pac-10 team. … The Sporting News lists Mike Barth as the 25th-best kicker … Football News lists Terrell Suggs on its defensive All-Pac-10 in the nation. team.

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Bowl Lineup Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. PDT/MST (2:30 p.m EST) starting Sept. If a Pac-10 Conference team is ranked No. 1 or 2 in the final Bowl 4. The final feed will be Tuesday, Nov. 26. Coordinates for the feed Championship Series rankings at the end of the regular season, it are GE 2, Transponder 11 (C-Band). Trouble numbers: Dennis will play in the national championship game in the Tostitos Fiesta Kirkpatrick (310) 543-1835, (888) 423-0095 pager; Cory Stone Bowl Jan. 3 in Tempe. If the Pac-10 champion is not ranked No. 1 (805) 231-3229, (888) 451-5861 pager; or Michelle Lockhart (925) or 2 in the country, it will automatically be part of the Rose Bowl on 932-4411. Jan. 1 in Pasadena against the champion or an at-large team if the Big Ten champion is ranked No. 1 or 2. Online The Pac-10 Conference also has bowl ties with the Holiday, Arizona State’s official web site is part of the Official College Sports Wells Fargo Sun, Insight.com and Las Vegas Bowls, assuring that Network (formerly FansOnly) and can be found at at least five teams will participate in postseason competition. www.TheSunDevils.com. Updated releases, player bios, statistics Regardless of the disposition of the conference champion, a sec- and other information can be accessed from ASU’s web site. ond Pac-10 team may also be selected for an at-large berth in the Game broadcasts and live stats are also available on the site. The Bowl Championship Series in any given year with its other bowl Pac-10 Conference’s official website is located at www.Pac- partners providing for that occurence. 10.org.

Bowl (Site) Date (TV) Matchup Pac-10 Teleconference Rose (Pasadena) Jan. 1 (ABC) Pac-10 #1 vs. Big Ten #1 Dirk Koetter and all nine other Pac-10 head football coaches par- Holiday (San Diego) Dec. 7 (ESPN) Pac-10 #2 vs. Big XII #3 ticipate in a teleconference call every Tuesday during the season Sun (El Paso) Dec. 31 (CBS) Pac-10 #3 vs. Big Ten #5 beginning Sept. 17 and continuing through Nov. 19. Each Pac-10 Insight.com (Phoenix) Dec. 26 (ESPN) Pac-10 #4 vs. Big East #3 coach will be available for 10 minutes starting at 10 a.m. PT. Las Vegas Dec. 25 (ESPN) Pac-10 #5 vs. Mount. West #2 Koetter is available from 11-11:10 a.m. Media members may call the Pac-10 Conference office (925-932-4411) or the ASU Media Sun Devil Sports Network Relations office (480-965-6592) for the media-only phone number. Sun Devil fans across the states of Arizona, Arkansas, Nevada and New Mexico, can tune into the Sun Devil Sports Network for live Fox Sports Arizona – ASU’s TV Home radio broadcasts of all Arizona State football games. Here are the Fox Sports Arizona is the local television home of all Sun Devil ath- affiliates of the 16-station network: letic teams including football. Head coach Dirk Koetter will appear on the biweekly magazine show, "Running with the Sun Devils," Station City hosted by Tom Dillon. KTAR 620 AM & KMVP 860 AM Phoenix (Flagship) KIKO 1340 AM Globe-Miami, Ariz. Practice/Interview Schedule KYCA1490 AM Prescott, Ariz. Arizona State practices every day but Monday during a normal KDJI 1270 AM Holbrook-Show Low, Ariz. week. Sunday’s practice is closed, and no interviews are allowed. KZUA92.1 FM Holbrook-Show Low, Ariz. The Sun Devils will practice 6-8:30 p.m. for approximately the first KATO 1230 AM Safford, Ariz. month of the season, but check with the ASU Media Relations KAZM 780 AM Sedona, Ariz. office for changes. Players are available before each practice for KWMX 96.7 FM Williams-Flagstaff, Ariz. approximately 10-15 minutes. Plan on arriving 30 minutes before KJLL 1300 AM Tucson, Ariz. the start of practice. Players are not available for interviews on KBLU 560 AM Yuma, Ariz. Friday or Saturday until after the game. All interviews must be KDAP 1450 AM Douglas, Ariz. arranged through the ASU Media Relations Office. ALL PRAC- KDAP 96.5 FM Douglas, Ariz. TICES ARE CLOSED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. KASR 92.7 FM Conway, Ark. KLAV 1230 AM Las Vegas, Nev. Post-Game Interviews KBTK 1310 AM Albuquerque, N.M. The Sun Devil Theater (located on the third floor of the Carson Center) is utilized for postgame interviews for ASU players and Koetter Press Conference coaches. Head coach Dirk Koetter and requested student-ath- ASU head coach Dirk Koetter will hold a weekly press conference letes will be available to the media for as long as necessary fol- at Old Main on the Arizona State campus Mondays prior to each lowing a brief “cooling off” period immediately after the final gun game at noon, starting Monday, August 19. Every effort will also be sounds. A S U ’s locker room is closed. made to have the opposing coach on a conference call at the Those desiring interviews with the opposing coach and players beginning of the press conference. should proceed to the north end of Sun Devil Stadium to the visi- t o r’s locker room and check with the school’s media relations per- Koetter Call-In Show sonnel on their postgame policies. The Dirk Koetter Call-In Show airs from 7-7:30 p.m. every Thursday night on ESPN 860 AM during the football season. Sun What Time is It Anyway? Devil fans can pose their questions to Koetter and host Tim The state of Arizona never changes its clocks remaining on Healey, the voice of the Sun Devils, by calling 602-277-5687. Mountain Standard Time all year. From April to the end of October, Arizona State is basically on Pacific Daylight Time, while when the Pac-10 Football Satellite Feed rest of the country changes its clocks on October 28, Arizona State The Pac-10 Conference provides a weekly satellite feed featuring remains the same, matching up again with Mountain Standard interviews with coaches and selected players regarding upcoming Time. games along with highlight footage. The half-hour feed airs every The Automated ScoreBook Arizona State Combined Team Statistics (as of Aug 25, 2002) All games

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DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND TEAM STATISTICS ASU OPP ------Aug 24, 2002 at Nebraska L 10-48 77779 FIRST DOWNS...... 17 19 * denotes conference game Rushing...... 7 15 Passing...... 9 1 RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Penalty...... 1 3 ------RUSHING YARDAGE...... 83 283 Williams,Mike 1 12 80 3 77 6.4 1 34 77.0 Yards gained rushing... 140 311 Canidate,C. 1 5 15 1 14 2.8 0 13 14.0 Yards lost rushing..... 57 28 Christensen,C. 1 8 37 30 7 0.9 0 13 7.0 Rushing Attempts...... 30 59 Hill,Hakim 1 3 5 6 -1 -0.3 0 3 -1.0 Average Per Rush...... 2.8 4.8 Walter,Andrew 1 2 3 17 -14 -7.0 0 3 -14.0 Average Per Game...... 83.0 283.0 Total...... 1 30 140 57 83 2.8 1 34 83.0 TDs Rushing...... 1 3 Opponents...... 1 59 311 28 283 4.8 3 34 283.0 PASSING YARDAGE...... 175 33 Att-Comp-Int...... 41-17-1 13-5-0 PASSING GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Average Per Pass...... 4.3 2.5 ------Average Per Catch...... 10.3 6.6 Christensen,C. 1 77.93 16-6-0 37.5 77 0 17 77.0 Average Per Game...... 175.0 33.0 Walter,Andrew 1 67.90 16-7-0 43.8 46 0 13 46.0 TDs Passing...... 0 1 Goodenough,A 1 79.60 8-4-1 50.0 52 0 25 52.0 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 258 316 Team 1 0.00 1-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total Plays...... 71 72 Total...... 1 72.44 41-17-1 41.5 175 0 25 175.0 Average Per Play...... 3.6 4.4 Opponents...... 1 85.17 13-5-0 38.5 33 1 22 33.0 Average Per Game...... 258.0 316.0 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 2-28 3-60 RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 2-16 6-57 ------INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..... 0-0 1-29 McDonald,Shaun 1 7 73 10.4 0 14 73.0 FUMBLES-LOST...... 1-0 0-0 Hagan,Derek 1 4 36 9.0 0 13 36.0 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 5-63 6-42 Canidate,C. 1 2 15 7.5 0 12 15.0 PUNTS-AVG...... 10-34.6 5-32.8 Taplin,Justin 1 1 25 25.0 0 25 25.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.. 28:06 31:54 Pinkard,Mike 1 1 17 17.0 0 17 17.0 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 4/16 6/15 Lightfoot,D. 1 1 15 15.0 0 15 15.0 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 0/2 1/1 Williams,Mike 1 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 -6.0 Total...... 1 17 175 10.3 0 25 175.0 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Opponents...... 1 5 33 6.6 1 22 33.0 ------Total...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk Opponents...... 1 29 29.0 1 29 ------Barth,Mike 1-1 100.0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 33 0 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd ------|------PATs ------| Parker,Tim 8 346 43.2 63 2 0 2 0 SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Team 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 ------Total...... 10 346 34.6 63 2 0 2 2 Williams,Mike 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Opponents...... 5 164 32.8 48 1 0 1 0 Barth,Mike 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 4 Total...... 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 10 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Opponents...... 6 2-2 6-6 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48 ------Lightfoot,D. 2 16 8.0 0 10 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Total...... 2 16 8.0 0 10 ------Opponents...... 6 57 9.5 1 22 Arizona State...... 3 0 7 0 - 10 Opponents...... 3 7 14 24 - 48 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Lightfoot,D. 1 22 22.0 0 22 ------Hill,Hakim 1 6 6.0 0 6 Christensen,C. 1 24 7 77 84 84.0 Total...... 2 28 14.0 0 22 Williams,Mike 1 12 77 0 77 77.0 Opponents...... 3 60 20.0 0 28 Goodenough,A 1 8 0 52 52 52.0 Walter,Andrew 1 18 -14 46 32 32.0 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G Canidate,C. 1 5 14 0 14 14.0 ------Total...... 1 71 83 175 258 258.0 McDonald,Shaun 1 0 73 0 0 0 73 73.0 Opponents...... 1 72 283 33 316 316.0 Williams,Mike 1 77 -6 0 0 0 71 71.0 Lightfoot,D. 1 0 15 16 22 0 53 53.0 Hagan,Derek 1 0 36 0 0 0 36 36.0 Canidate,C. 1 14 15 0 0 0 29 29.0 Total...... 1 83 175 16 28 0 302 302.0 Opponents...... 1 283 33 57 60 29 462 462.0 The Automated ScoreBook Arizona State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Aug 25, 2002) 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 ------30 Shivers,Jason 1 7 9 16 ...... 7 Stewart,R. 1 5 5 10 2.5-9 1-7 . 1 . . . . . 39 Williams,A. 1 5 4 9 1.0-2 ...... 1 Bates,Solomon 1 2 6 8 ...... 52 Unck,Mason 1 2 5 7 1.0-1 . . 1 . . . . . 97 Montesanto, B. 1 . 5 5 0.5-1 ...... 23 Golden,Josh 1 4 1 5 1.0-2 ...... 24 Baker,Lamar 1 1 4 5 ...... 48 Suggs,Terrell 1 2 2 4 1.0-1 1-1 ...... 99 Jones, Shane 1 . 3 3 ...... 51 Williams,J. 1 2 1 3 ...... 55 Amobi,Josh 1 1 2 3 1.0-2 ...... 91 Verdon, Jimmy 1 . 2 2 ...... 26 Oliver, R.J. 1 1 1 2 ...... 36 Smith,Joey 1 2 . 2 1.0-7 1-7 ...... 2 Hudson,Brett 1 . 2 2 ...... 95 Nguyen, Khoa 1 . 2 2 ...... 9 Lightfoot,D. 1 . 1 1 ...... 3 Williams,Mike 1 . 1 1 ...... 56 Breckenridge,J 1 1 . 1 ...... 88 Johnson,Nick 1 1 . 1 1.0-3 1-3 ...... 75 Mason,Matt 1 1 . 1 ...... Total...... 1 37 56 93 10-28 3-17 . 2 . . . . . Opponents...... 1 - - - - 4-47 1-29 3 3 . 1 2 . GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

RUSHING (Attempts-Yards-TDs-Long) Williams Canidate Hill Christensen Walter at Nebraska 12-77-1-34 5-14-0-13 3-(-1)-0-3 8-7-0-13 2-(-14)-0-3 Eastern Washington Central Florida at San Diego State Stanford North Carolina Oregon State at Oregon Washington at Washington State California at USC at Arizona

PASSING (Attempts-Completions-Interceptions-Yards-Touchdowns) PUNTING (Attempts-Yards-Avg.-Long) Christensen Walter Goodenough Parker at Nebraska 16-6-0-77-0 16-7-0-46-0 8-4-1-52-0 at Nebraska 8-346-43.3-63 Eastern Washington Eastern Washington Central Florida Central Florida at San Diego State at San Diego State Stanford Stanford North Carolina North Carolina Oregon State Oregon State at Oregon at Oregon Washington Washington at Washington State at Washington State California California at USC at USC at Arizona at Arizona

RECEIVING (Receptions-Yards-TDs-Long) McDonald Hagan Canidate Taplin Pinkard Lightfoot Williams at Nebraska 7-73-0-14 4-36-0-13 2-15-0-12 1-25-0-25 1-17-0-17 1-15-0-15 1-(-6)-0-0 Eastern Washington Central Florida at San Diego State Stanford North Carolina Oregon State at Oregon Washington at Washington State California at USC at 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 at Nebraska 30-83-1 41-17-1-175-0 71-258 17 (7-9-1) 28:06 1 (1-0) 5-63 10 Eastern Washington Central Florida at San Diego State Stanford North Carolina Oregon State at Oregon Washington at Washington State California at USC at Arizona

OPPONENT TOTALS Total First Downs Poss. TOs Rushing Passing Offense To (R-Pa-Pn) Time (Fum.-Lost) Penalties Points at Nebraska 59-283-3 13-5-0-33-1 72-316 19 (15-1-3) 31:54 0 (0-0) 6-42 48 Eastern Washington Central Florida at San Diego State Stanford North Carolina Oregon State at Oregon Washington at Washington State California at USC at Arizona

INSIDE THE RED ZONE ASU Opponent Inside 20 TDs FGs Score Pct. Inside 20 TDs FGs Score Pct. at Nebraska 2 0 1 1 .500 3 3 0 3 1.000 Eastern Washington Central Florida at San Diego State Stanford North Carolina Oregon State at Oregon Washington at Washington State California at USC at Arizona Totals 2 0 1 1 .500 3 3 0 3 1.000

TURNOVER TALE In its last 42 games, if ASU wins or breaks even in the turnover battle, the Sun Devils are 22-1. In that same span, ASU is 2-16 when it loses the turnover battle. During that 42-game span, the unexpected has only happened three time: against Washington State in 1999 (win), Oregon in 1999 (loss) and, most recently, Oregon State in 2001 (win).

ASU Opp 1 Turnovers 0 Result for Opponent... 0 Points 0 1 TD 0 0 FG 0 0 Punt 0 0 Turnover 0 0 Missed FG 0 0 TO on Downs 0 0 End of Half/Game 0 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

ARIZONA STATE SCORING DRIVES at Oregon Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score at Nebraska Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 1 11 37 4:42 Barth 33yd field goal Washington 3 5 49 1:40 M. Williams 34yd run (Barth PAT) Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score

Eastern Washington Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score at Washington State Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score

Central Florida Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score at USC Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score at San Diego State at Arizona Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score

Stanford Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score

North Carolina Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score

Oregon State Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score

DRIVE SUPERLATIVES Longest Drive Arizona State Opponents By No. of Plays 11 (37 yds, 4:42, FG) at Nebraska 10 (56 yds, 4:10, FG) by Nebraska By No. of Yards 49 (5p, 1:40, TD) at Nebraska 72 (9p, 4:20, TD) by Nebraska By Time of Possession 4:42 (37 yds, 11p, FG) at Nebraska 4:20 (72 yds, 9p, TD) by Nebraska

ARIZONA STATE STARTERS

OFFENSE WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB TB FB WR at Nebraska Taplin Crawford Fa’aita Aguilar Hodgdon Ayala Pinkard Christensen M.Williams Karney McDonald Eastern Washington Central Florida at San Diego State Stanford North Carolina Oregon State at Oregon Washington at Washington State California at USC at Arizona

DEFENSE DE DT DT DE LB LB CB S S FS CB at Nebraska Verdon Montesanto Nguyen Suggs Unck Amobi Oliver Stewart A.Williams Shivers J.Golden Eastern Washington Central Florida at San Diego State Stanford North Carolina Oregon State at Oregon Washington at Washington State California at USC at Arizona * started due to formation 2002 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART (as of August 26, 2002)

SUN DEVIL OFFENSE SUN DEVIL DEFENSE WR 4 Justin Taplin 6-0 190 Sr. (OR) 9 Daryl Lightfoot 5-9 162 So. DE 91 Jimmy Verdon 6-4 265 So. 18 Skyler Fulton 6-0 195 Jr. 88 Nick Johnson 6-2 241 Fr.

LT 70 Regis Crawford 6-3 302 Jr. DT 97 Brian Montesanto 6-5 259 Jr. 54 Chad Rosson 6-5 289 RS-Fr. 67 Phil Howard 6-3 272 G-Sr.

LG 59 Tim Fa’aita 6-1 315 Jr. DT 95 Khoa Nguyen 6-2 306 Sr. 76 Ricardo Carlos 6-7 300 RS-Fr. 99 Shane Jones 6-3 285 Jr.

C 50 Tony Aguilar 6-3 283 Jr. DE 48 Terrell Suggs 6-3 242 Jr. 71 Grayling Love 6-3 285 RS-Fr. 97 Brian Montesanto 6-5 259 Jr.

RG 53 Drew Hodgdon 6-3 287 So . LB 52 Mason Unck 6-3 228 G-Sr. 74 Damien Niko 6-5 283 Jr. 51 Jamar Williams 6-1 223 Fr.

RT 77 Adrian Ayala 6-4 291 So. LB 55 Josh Amobi 6-2 219 Sr. 73 Chaz White 6-4 293 Fr. 1 Solomon Bates 6-2 261 Sr.

TE 86 Mike Pinkard 6-5 264 Sr. CB 26 R.J. Oliver 5-9 172 So. 83 Lee Burghgraef 6-5 237 RS-Fr. 25 O.J. Hackett 5-10 155 Sr. 21 Adrian Thomas 6-0 186 Sr. QB 10 Chad Christensen 6-2 199 RS - F r . 16 6-5 219 So. S 7 Riccardo Stewart 5-10 194 So. 8 Andy Goodenough 6-4 214 Jr. 15 Michael Holloway 6-0 203 So.

TB 3 Mike Williams 6-0 200 Jr. S 2 Brett Hudson 6-2 208 Jr. 22 Hakim Hill 6-0 211 RS-Fr. 36 Joey Smith 5-11 198 RS-Fr. 32 Cornell Canidate 5-9 190 RS-Fr. FS 30 Jason Shivers 6-1 190 So. FB 44 Mike Karney 6-0 257 Jr. 19 Matt Fawley 6-1 215 Fr. 46 Mike Talbot 6-2 232 Fr. CB 23 Josh Golden 5-10 173 RS-Fr. WR 81 Shaun McDonald 5-9 172 Jr. 24 Lamar Baker 5-10 196 So. 80 Derek Hagan 6-0 199 Fr. 89 Matt Miller 6-1 165 RS-Fr. G-Sr. indicates players who have earned their undergraduate degrees and are enrolled in graduate work.

SUN DEVIL SPECIALISTS KR 22 Hakim Hill 6-0 211 RS-Fr. (OR) 32 Cornell Canidate 5-9 189 RS-Fr. P 31 Tim Parker 6-0 185 Jr. (OR) 9 Daryl Lightfoot 5-9 162 So. 19 Brian Biang 6-0 203 Sr. PR 22 Hakim Hill 6-0 211 RS-Fr. PK 13 Mike Barth 6-1 213 Sr. (OR) 4 Justin Taplin 6-0 190 Sr. 41 Greg Pieratt 6-1 178 Sr. (OR) 81 Shaun McDonald 5-9 172 Jr. KO 13 Mike Barth 6-1 213 Sr SN 56 Jay Breckenridge 6-2 227 Sr. 41 Greg Pieratt 6-1 178 Sr. H 14 Matt Cooper 6-5 247 G-Sr.