Wednesday, December 7, 2000 2000 ASU Schedule Date Opponent (TV) Time 2000 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL A 31 at San Diego St. (ESPN2) W, 10-7 S 16 #26/25 Colorado St. (Fox/3) W, 13-10 Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Boston College Eagles (6-5) S 23 Utah State (Fox/3) W, 44-20 Jeep Aloha Bowl • Monday, Dec. 25, 2000 • 1:30 p.m. MST/10:30 a.m. HST S 30 at #15/17 UCLA (Fox) L, 31-38 Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii O 7 California (Fox) W, 30-10 ABC/Westwood One/Sun Devil Sports Network O 14 #11/10 Washington (Fox) L, 15-21 O 21 at Washington State W, 23-20 (ot) Coming off a 30-17 victory over Arizona on Nov. 24, ASU’s second straight victory in the (Fox AZ-Tape Delay) intrastate showdown, the Arizona State Sun Devils make a return trip to the Jeep Aloha O 28 #7/10 Oregon (ABC) L, 55-56 (2ot) N 4 USC L, 38-44 (2ot) Bowl on Christmas Day. Their second appearance on the islands in as many years, the N 11 at Stanford L, 7-29 Sun Devils (6-5) will take on Boston College which brings an identical 6-5 record into the N 24 at Arizona (Fox) W, 30-17 bowl game. Kickoff is slated for 1:30 p.m. MST/10:30 a.m. HST at Aloha Stadium in D 25 Boston College 1:30 p.m. MST Honolulu. With their win over the Wildcats, the Sun Devils (6-5, 3-5 Pac-10) became (Jeep Aloha Bowl) bowl eligible for the fourth time in five seasons and snapped a three-game losing streak. ASU’s 6-5 regular-season record marks the 56th winning season in 89 years of football Home Games in Bold Fox - Fox Sports Net history. The Sun Devils now have a 490-290-24 (.624) all-time mark. Fox/3 - Fox Sports Arizona on KTVK Channel 3 Fox AZ-TD - Fox Sports Arizona tape delay The Jeep Aloha Bowl Rankings are AP/USA Today at time of game. Times listed are Arizona Time (PDT prior to Oct. 29, This year marks the 19th Aloha Bowl and a Pac-10 team has been represented in all but MST after Oct. 29) five of them, posting a 5-8 record. Last season, Arizona State made its first trip to the Jeep Aloha Bowl and its first trip to the United States’ 50th state since 1979, falling to 2000 Final Regular-Season Wake Forest 23-3. Since the Aloha Bowl began in 1982, Oregon State is the only con- Pac-10 Standings ference team that has not played there. School Conf. O’all Next Game (Date) In the Series UW 7-1 10-1 Rose Bowl (1/1) OSU 7-1 10-1 Fiesta Bowl (1/1) The Jeep Aloha Bowl will mark the first meeting between Arizona State and Boston Oregon 7-1 9-2 Holiday Bowl (12/29) College. The Sun Devils are 4-1 against teams from the Big East Conference with the Stanford 4-4 5-6 most recent game being a 23-12 win at Miami on Sept. 13, 1997. ASU is 1-1 vs. Miami, ASU 3-5 6-5 Aloha Bowl (12/25) 1-0 vs. Pittsburgh, 1-0 vs. West Virginia and 1-0 vs. Rutgers. UCLA 3-5 6-5 Sun Bowl (12/29) Arizona 3-5 5-6 Exposure USC 2-6 5-7 ABC will televise the game to a national audience with Brent Musberger, Gary Danielson WSU 2-6 4-7 Cal 2-6 3-8 and Jack Arute (sidelines) calling the action. Westwood One Sports in association with Host Communications will broadcast the game to a national radio audience, while the Pac-10 Bowl Matchups Sun Devil Sports Network will carry the game live on its 12-station network on XTRA910 AM and KFYI 550 AM. Tim Healey, Jeff Van Raaphorst, Mark Asher (sidelines), Vince Washington vs. Purdue (Rose Bowl) Oregon State vs. Notre Dame (Fiesta Bowl) Marotta and Doug Plank (pregame and postgame) will call the action. The bowl game Oregon vs. Texas (Holiday Bowl) will be heard live on ASU’s official web site at www.TheSunDevils.com. UCLAvs. Wisconsin (Sun Bowl) ASU vs. Boston College (Aloha Bowl) Bowl History This year’s bowl appearance will mark the 19th all-time for the Sun Devils who own a Pac-10 (1996-Present) 10-7-1 record in postseason play. Arizona State has qualified for postseason play in four School O’all Conf. Bowls of the last five seasons, while the team’s .583 postseason winning percentage ranks Washington 40-19 29-11 5* second in the conference and its 19 bowl appearances is tied for four among Pac-10 Oregon 39-19 24-16 4* schools. This season, five Pac-10 schools have posted the requisite number of wins to Arizona State 37-21 26-14 4* earn bowl berths including Washington, Oregon State, Oregon, UCLAand ASU. UCLA 35-22 24-16 3* Arizona 35-24 20-20 2 USC 31-29 18-24 1 Pac-10 Bowl Records Stanford 28-29-1 21-19 2 School W L T Pct. Oregon State 27-29 14-26 2* USC 25 14 0 .641 Washington State 25-32 13-27 1 Arizona State 10 7 1 .583 California 21-35 12-28 1 Washington St. 4 3 0 .571 UCLA 11 10 1 .524 * includes 2000 bowl invitations Washington 13 12 1 .519 Stanford 9 9 1 .500 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 BRUCE SNYDER & TEAM NOTES Oregon State 2 3 0 .400 HEAD COACH BRUCE SNYDER California 5 7 1 .423 Arizona 5 7 1 .423 In his ninth season at the helm of ASU’s Oregon 5 9 0 .357 football program ... second only to Frank Kush in wins at Arizona State ... his 14 years Pac-10 Bowl Appearances as a head coach in the Pac-10 is matched School Appearances Last 5 Years by only Dick Tomey among current Pac-10 USC 39 1 coaches ... has led the Sun Devils to 41 Washington 27 5* wins in their last 63 games and four bowl UCLA 23 3* appearances in the last five years ... in Arizona State 19 4* 1996, guided the Sun Devils to their second Stanford 19 2 Pac-10 championship, fourth undefeated Oregon 15 4* regular season and second Rose Bowl ... California 13 1 the consensus National Coach of the Year in Arizona 13 2 1996 as well as Pac-10 Coach of the Year ... Washington State 7 1 ... during his 20-year head coaching career, Oregon State 5 2* he has had 90 players go on to the NFL, 62 * includes 2000 bowl invitations All-Americans and 67 first-team all-confer- ence players ... will end his tenure at On the Islands Arizona State following the Sun Devils’2000 Arizona State has visited Hawaii a total of five times, last year to the Aloha Bowl and bowl game. to play the Rainbow Warriors the previous four times. The Sun Devils are 3-2 in those five games which were played in 1955, 1959, 1974, 1979 and 1999. Snyder Coaching Career Sheldon High School (Eugene, Ore.) ..........1963 Assistant Coach, Oregon........................1964-71 Senior Farewell Assistant Coach, New Mexico St. ................1972 The Arizona State squad features 18 seniors including quarterbacks Griffin Goodman Assistant Coach, Utah State........................1973 and Ryan Kealy, wide receivers Mike Aguirre, Roderick Denetso, Brian Forth and Assistant Coach, USC ............................1974-75 Richard Williams, defensive backs Nijrell Eason, Craig Koontz, Christon Rance and Head Coach, Utah State ........................1976-82 Kenny Williams, fullback Stephen Trejo, linebackers Adam Archuleta and Adam Tanke, Assistant Coach, L.A. Rams ..................1983-86 offensive linemen Victor Leyva and Kenneth Williamson, tight end Jason Moore and Head Coach, California ..........................1987-91 defensive linemen Ché Britton and Quincy Yancy. Head Coach, Arizona State ................1992-2000 Snyder Head Coaching Record Todd Heap One of Three Finalists for John Mackey Award Overall: 126-105-5 (.544), 21st year Junior Todd Heap was been named one of three finalists for the inaugural John Arizona State: 58-44 (.569), 9th year Mackey Award which goes the top tight end in college football. The Nassau County California: 29-24-4 (.544), 5 years Sports Commission in Manhasset, N.Y., narrowed down the list down to three finalists Utah State: 39-37-1 (.513), 7 years – Heap, Alge Crumpler of North Carolina and Tim Stratton of Purdue – on Nov. 21, while Stratton was announced as the winner of the award in n a press reception in Most Wins, ASU Head Coaches New York City on Dec. 4. 1. Frank Kush, 1958-79 ........................176 A Syracuse graduate, John Mackey was a five-time Pro Bowl selection. Called the 2. Bruce Snyder, 1992-present..............578 best tight end in NFL history, he is one of two true tight ends to be inducted into the 3. Darryl Rogers, 1980-84 ......................37 Pro Football Hall of Fame. The selection committee for the award includes NFLgreats Mark Bavaro, Keith Jackson, and Kellen Winslow, as well as media members Lee Longest Tenure, ASU Head Coaches Corso of ESPN, Sean McDonough, Spencer Tilllman and Marc Connolly. 1. Frank Kush............................22 seasons 2. Bruce Snyder ........................9th season 3. Fred Irish ................................8 seasons 4. Aaron McCreary ......................7 seasons Arizona State in Hawaii Most Seasons as Head Coach in Pac-10* Arizona State will leave for Hawaii on Monday, Dec.