2004 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL #20/21 Arizona State Sun Devils (6-1, 3-1 Pac-10) at #7/8 California Bears (5-1, 3-1 Pac-10) Saturday, October 30, 2004 • 7 p.m. Pacific Time Memorial Stadium (67,537) • Berkeley, Calif. TBS/Sun Devil Sports Network Monday, October 25, 2004 Following a come-from-behind 48-42 victory over UCLA, the No. 20/21 Arizona State Sun Devils return to the road this week, traveling to Berkeley, Calif., for the first time in five years 2004 ASU SCHEDULE to take on the No. 7/8 California Golden Bears on Saturday night at Memorial Stadium. Date Opponent (TV) Time Saturday’s game will kick off at 7 p.m. Pacific Time and will be televised nationally by TBS. S 2 UTEP (FSN AZ) W, 41-9 With last week’s win over the Bruins, the 6-1 Sun Devils became bowl eligible for the sixth S 11 at Northwestern (ESPN2) W, 30-21 time in nine years and the first since earning a spot in the 2002 Holiday Bowl. ASU is off to S 18 #16/12 Iowa (FSN AZ) W, 44-7 the team’s best start since the team reeled off 11 straight wins to open the 1996 Pac-10 S 25 Oregon State (FSN AZ) W, 27-14 Championship & Rose Bowl campaign. At 3-1 in Pac-10 play, Arizona State sits in a three- O 2 at Oregon (TBS) W, 28-13 way tie for second place in the league standings with Cal and Oregon. Heading to Berkeley O 16 at #1/1 USC (ABC) L, 7-45 this weekend, the Sun Devils have already surpassed their wins total from last season (5-7 O 23 UCLA (ABC) W, 48-42 O 30 at #7/8 California (TBS) 7 p.m. record), while the team looks to snap a two-game losing streak to California and get its first N 6 Stanford (FSN) 4:30 p.m. win over the Golden Bears since 2000. Cal brings a 5-1 overall mark and a 3-1 Pac-10 record N 13 Washington State TBA into Saturday’s game after turning in a 38-0 win over Arizona last weekend in Tucson. N 26 at Arizona (FSN) 1 p.m. After traveling to Cal this week, the Sun Devils return to Sun Devil Stadium for back-to- back contests. ASU will play host to Stanford for Homecoming on Nov. 6 and to Washington Home Games in Bold State on Nov. 13 when the team will retire fallen Army Ranger Pat Tillman’s jersey and cele- Times listed are Arizona Time (PT prior to Oct. brate Senior Day. With last week’s victory over UCLA, the Sun Devils have won five straight 31, MT after Oct. 31) & subject to change. games at Sun Devil Stadium for the first time in seven years. 2004 ASU QUICK FACTS Location........................................Tempe, Ariz. Exposure Enrollment ..............................................45,693 TBS will televise the Arizona State at California game to a national television audience with Nickname..........................................Sun Devils Rob Thulin (play-by-play), Charles Davis (color) and Craig Sager (sidelines) calling the Colors........................................Maroon & Gold action. It marks the eighth consecutive television appearance for the Sun Devils and the sec- Conference........................................Pacific-10 ond time this year that ASU has appeared on TBS. ASU turned in a 28-13 victory at Oregon President ..............................Dr. Michael Crow on Oct. 2 in its first TBS appearance of the season. ASU will be televised nationally by Fox Director of Athletics ....................Gene Smith Sports Net in next week’s game with Stanford, marking the Sun Devils’ ninth straight TV Stadium ................................Frank Kush Field/ ..............................Sun Devil Stadium (71,706) game this year. Head Coach ..................................Dirk Koetter The Sun Devil Sports Network will carry all 11 of ASU’s football games live on its 12-sta- Career Record ........................49-31 (7th year) tion radio network including flagship stations KTAR 620 AM and ESPN Radio 860 AM in At ASU ......................................23-21 (4th year) Phoenix. Tim Healey (play-by-play), former Sun Devil quarterback Jeff Van Raaphorst (color Lettermen Returning/Lost......................47/15 analyst) and Paul Calvisi (pregame and postgame) will bring the action to Sun Devil fans. Off./Def. Starters Returning ......................7/7 Calvisi will also provide reports from the ASU sidelines during home games. ASU games can also be heard live on the Sun Devils’ official web site at www.TheSunDevils.com. 2004 PAC-10 STANDINGS School Conf. O’all Next Game (Date) USC 4-0 7-0 at WSU (10/30) In the Series ASU 3-1 6-1 at Cal (10/30) Arizona State holds a 13-11 advantage in the series with California, while the Golden Bears Cal 3-1 5-1 ASU (10/30) have won the last two games and three of the last four between the two teams. Last year, Oregon 3-1 4-3 Washington (10/30) Cal turned in a 51-23 victory over ASU on Nov. 1 at Sun Devil Stadium. The Golden Bears UCLA 2-2 4-3 Stanford (10/30) hold a 5-4 advantage in games played in Berkeley with the series going back to Memorial Stanford 2-2 4-3 at UCLA (10/30) Stadium for the first time since 1999 (a 24-23 Cal win). Prior to their losses in 2002 and 2003, OSU 2-2 3-4 at Arizona (10/30) the Sun Devils had won five of the six previous games in the series with their last victory com- WSU 1-3 3-4 USC (10/30) ing with a 30-10 home win on Oct. 7, 2000 in Tempe. Arizona 0-4 1-6 Oregon State (10/30) UW 0-4 1-6 at Oregon (10/30) Walter Named a Unitas Golden Arm Award Finalist 2003 ASU RESULTS Senior quarterback Andrew Walter is one of nine outstanding quarterbacks who have been Date Opponent Result selected as finalists for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, presented annually to the S 6 Northern Arizona W, 34-14 nation's top senior collegiate quarterback by the Frank Camp Chapter of the Johnny Unitas S 13 Utah State W, 26-16 Golden Arm Educational Foundation. S 20 at #18/14 Iowa (ESPN2) L, 2-21 The other eight finalists for the award include Jason Campbell (Auburn), Timmy Chang S 27 at Oregon State (Fox) L, 17-45 (Hawaii), Charlie Frye (Akron), David Greene (Georgia), Stefan LeFors (Louisville), Dan O 4 #10/10 USC (ABC) L, 17-37 O 11 Oregon (ABC) W, 59-14 Orlovsky (Connecticut), Kyle Orton (Purdue) and Jason White (Oklahoma). The nation's top O 18 at North Carolina W, 33-31 senior quarterback is selected for the award from a list compiled by a select committee of O 25 at UCLA (Fox) L, 13-20 football experts from across the United States. The 2004 recipient will be announced Dec. 1, N 1 California L, 23-51 with the award presentation to be made in Louisville on December 10 at the Clarion N 8 at Stanford L, 27-38 Conference Center. N 15 at #8/8 WSU (ABC) L, 19-34 N 28 Arizona (Fox) W, 28-7 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 Last Time Out HEAD COACH DIRK KOETTER In a game full of touchdowns and turnovers, senior Andrew Walter threw for 415 yards and a career-high six touchdowns as the Arizona State Sun Devils staged a rally late in the In his fourth season at the helm of the Arizona State program…acts as his own offensive coor- fourth quarter to down the UCLA Bruins 48-42 last week at Sun Devil Stadium. dinator…has his team bowl eligible for the sec- Wasting no time, the Sun Devils opened the game with an eight-play, 69-yard drive, ond time in four years at ASU and the fourth which was highlighted by a 29-yard ruh by redshirt freshman Preston Jones and a three- time in seven career seasons…the Sun Devils yard touchdown pass from Walter to redshirt freshman Rudy Burgess for an early 7-0 lead. have averaged 30.9 points per game in Koetter’s Forcing a punt, the Sun Devils were looking to add to their lead when UCLA corner- four years at ASU (1359 points, 44 games)…his back Matt Clark intercepted a pass from Walter on the UCLA 14-yard line. However after a team has been ranked in the top 20 in the nation in passing offense in each of the last two 63-yard drive, the Bruins settled for three points as kicker Justin Medlock hit a 40-yard years (20th in 2003 and ninth in 2002), while the attempt to set the score at 7-3. Following the kickoff, Walter found junior Derek Hagan on team is second in the Pac-10 and ninth in the the sideline just three plays later for a 79-yard touchdown completion that increased the nation through seven games this year (286.4 Devils’ lead to 14-3 as the first quarter ended. yards per game)…led the Sun Devils to an 8-6 UCLA opened the second quarter with a 38-yard completion from quarterback Drew record, a third-place Pac-10 finish and a berth in Olson to Tab Perry which set up a two-yard touchdown run by Maurice Drew. Looking to the 2002 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl…his 2002 team ranked ninth in the nation in passing offense take the lead following an ASU punt, UCLA’s drive short circuited on their own 39-yard line and 20th in scoring offense…a voter in the USA when senior linebacker Justin Burks intercepted his first career pass and returned it to the Today/ESPN Coaches poll…became Arizona UCLA 11-yard line.