Up Next
Following this week's game with Washington State, the Sun Devils have their second bye week of the year before ending the regular season at Arizona on Friday, Nov. 26.

Exposure
TBS will televise the Washington State game to a national television audience with Ron Thulin (play-by-play), Charles Davis (color) and Craig Sager (sidelines) calling the action. It marks the third time this year that ASU has appeared on TBS (1-1 record). All 11 of ASU's regular-season games in 2004 will have been televised with Fox Sports Net carrying the Nov. 26 game at Arizona. ASU has now had 13 games in a row televised dating back to the final two games of the 2003 campaign.

The Sun Devil Sports Network will carry all 11 of ASU's football games live on its 12-station radio network including flagship stations KTAR 620 AM and ESPN Radio 860 AM in Phoenix. Tim Healey (play-by-play), former Sun Devil quarterback Jeff Van Raaphorst (color analyst) and Paul Calvisi (pregame and postgame) will bring the action to Sun Devil fans. 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.

In the Series
Arizona State leads the all-time series with Washington State 16-12-2 dating back to a first meeting in 1960. The Sun Devils also hold a 10-5-2 advantage in games played in Tempe. The Cougars have won the last three games in the series, including a 34-19 victory last season on Nov. 15, 2003 in Pullman. ASU's last win in the series came on Oct. 21, 2000 when the Sun Devils snuck away with a 23-20 overtime victory in Pullman. Mike Barth kicked a 41-yard game-winner and first-round NFL draft choice Adam Archuleta picked off a pass in the endzone in overtime in what was the first of ASU's NCAA-record three straight OT games.

The series between the two schools has traditionally been very streaky. While WSU has won the last three games, ASU had won the previous four. Before that, WSU had won four straight and ASU had done the same in the four games before that. ASU head coach Dirk Koetter heads into Saturday's game still looking for his first career win over the Cougars. Koetter holds an 0-5 record in his career against Washington State with two losses while he was at Boise State (33-21 loss in 1998 and 42-35 loss in 2000) and three at ASU.

Tillman Jersey to Be Retired
Arizona State will retire the No. 42 jersey of former Sun Devil Pat Tillman (1976-2004) at Saturday's game with Washington State. The 1997 Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year and a three-time all-league honoree, Tillman played linebacker at ASU from 1994-97. An Academic All-American and three-time Pac-10 All-Academic selection, Tillman graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of Business with a B.S. in marketing on Dec. 19, 1997.

After a successful five-year NFL career with the Arizona Cardinals, Tillman and his brother, Kevin, a former ASU baseball player, enlisted in the U.S. Army and became members of the elite Rangers unit. He was killed in the line of duty in April in Afghanistan. Tillman was posthumously promoted to corporal and awarded the Silver Star, the Meritorious Service Medal and the Purple Heart.

All season the Sun Devil team have worn a patch with Tillman's number on the front of their jerseys, while the Pac-10 Conference has honored Tillman by renaming its Defensive Player of the Year Award after him. The ASU team shop is currently selling a replica Tillman jersey with all proceeds benefitting the Pat Tillman Foundation (pattillmanfoundation.net), which promotes leadership and public service.

In cooperation with the Tillman family, Arizona State and the Arizona Cardinals have also established the Pat Tillman Memorial Scholarship. For more information on the scholarship, please contact Lynda Lumpkin at (480) 965-2475. Donations can be sent via mail to the ASU Foundation, Attn: Lynda Lumpkin, P.O. Box 873208, Tempe, AZ 85287-3208.

Senior Finale
Saturday night is Senior Day for the 13 Sun Devils who will be playing in the final home game of their Sun Devil careers. ASU's seniors include TE Aaron Austin, DE Connor Banks, LB Justin Burks, S Emmanuel Franklin, C Drew Hodgdon, DT Kyle Kingsbury, CB Chris McKenzie, CB R.J. Oliver, DT Gabe Reininger, S Riccardo Stewart, DE Ishmael Thrower, DL Jimmy Verdon and QB Andrew Walter. All 13 seniors will also serve as honorary captains on Saturday with Stewart, Walter, Burks and Verdon participating in the coin toss.

Washington State Connections
Assistant head coach/special teams coordinator/tight ends coach Tom Osborne is a 1983 graduate of Washington State. He played wide receiver for the Cougars in 1979-80. Osborne started his coaching career on the Palouse as well, serving as WSU's student coach in 1981-82 and as a graduate assistant coach from 1983-85.

WSU assistant head coach/tight ends coach/recruiting coordinator Robin Pflugrad spent six seasons at Arizona State on former head coach Bruce Snyder's staff. Pflugrad, who is in his fourth year at WSU, was ASU's wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator from 1995-2000.

What Time is It Anyway?
The state of Arizona never changes its clocks remaining on Mountain Standard Time all year. From April to the end of October, Arizona State is on Pacific Daylight Time, while when the rest of the country changed its clocks on October 31, Arizona State remained the same, matching up again with Mountain Standard Time.

Home-Field Advantage
With last week's win over Stanford, Arizona State has won six straight home games dating back to its Nov. 28 victory over Arizona last year. Those six victories mark the longest home winning streak since the team won eight consecutive home games over the 1996 and 1997 seasons (all seven in 1996 and the season-opener in 1997).

The Sun Devils are 5-0 at home this season and have a chance to turn in just the second undefeated home season in 17 years this weekend against WSU. The last Sun Devil squad to go unbeaten at home was the 1996 Pac-10 Championship team which turned in a 7-0 record at Sun Devil Stadium. ASU's 1986 Rose Bowl team went 6-0-1, while the Sun Devils have had just 10 undefeated home campaigns in the 46 seasons since opening Sun Devil Stadium in 1958:

Undefeated Teams At Sun Devil Stadium
1996 (7-0)        1973 (6-0)     1964 (7-0)
1986 (6-0-1)      1971 (6-0)     1959 (7-0)
1981 (7-0)        1970 (6-0)
1975 (7-0)        1968 (6-0)

Last Time Out
Senior Andrew Walter threw a four-yard touchdown pass to junior Matt Miller in the closing seconds of the game to propel Arizona State to a 34-31 come-from-behind victory over Stanford last week at Sun Devil Stadium. With his four TD passes, Walter shattered John Elway's Pac-10 mark of 77 career TD passes and now has 80 in his career.

Stanford scored the first points of the game in the opening quarter when lineman Udeme Udofia blocked an ASU punt on the ASU three-yard line. The Cardinal led 7-0 at the end of the first quarter after a four-yard pass from Trent Edwards to Alex Smith.

The Sun Devils responded in the opening minutes of the second quarter as junior cornerback Josh Golden intercepted a pass at midfield to set up the offense. After Walter found sophomore Terry Richardson on a 29-yard completion, sophomore Jesse Ainsworth nailed a 34-yard field goal to narrow the gap to 7-3. However, Stanford capitalized again on another blocked punt by Udofia, this time knocking it down on the ASU 18-yard line. After missing a field goal from 43 yards but retaining possession on a penalty, Stanford tailback Kenneth Tolon rushed one yard for a TD and a 14-3 Stanford lead.

The Sun Devils answered by driving 80 yards in 31 seconds for a score. After Walter found freshman tight end Zach Miller on the right sideline for a 44-yard gain, he connected with Richardson for a 41-yard TD reception to cut the lead to 14-10 late in the half. On Stanford's next drive, Golden picked off his second pass of the night, returning it 35 yards to the Stanford 42-yard line. With two seconds left, Walter threw a long pass into the end zone, and Matt Miller hauled in the 52-yard catch to put ASU on top 17-14 at the half.

The second half opened with a pair of turnovers, but the Sun Devils came out ahead. Following an interception by junior Mike Davis, Walter fumbled on the Stanford two-yard line to give the ball back to the Cardinal. However, senior safety Riccardo Stewart hauled down Tolon in the end zone for a safety, putting the Sun Devils on top 19-14.

After a pair of punts, Walter found junior Derek Hagan on a 20-yard gain to set up a seven-yard touchdown pass to Zach Miller. After 17 unanswered points, the Sun Devils led 26-14 at the end of the third quarter. Countering with an 18-point run of their own, the Cardinal opened the fourth quarter by recovering a Sun Devil fumble on the ASU 25-yard line and punching it in for the score with a three-yard rush by tailback Ray Jones.

Following Stanford's successful two-point conversion, the Sun Devils still led 26-22. The Cardinal took possession on a turnover on downs deep in their own territory and drove 60 yards before settling with a 47-yard field goal to close to within one point of the Devils, 26-25. Stanford forced ASU into a quick punt and struck again quickly as quarterback T.C. Ostrander connected with Alex Smith on a 67-yard touchdown reception, reclaiming the lead at 31-26 after Ostrander failed to convert for two.

With 2:02 remaining in the game, the Sun Devils took possession on their own 20-yard line and began a 13-play, 80-yard drive. After scrambling for 12 yards for a first down, Walter took to the air, finding Richardson on a 19-yard gain and Hagan on an 11-yard pass. However, a nine-yard sack and a penalty found the Devils in a second-and-29 situation with time running down. Walter found Hagan for 19 yards and moved the chains on an 11-yard pass to Richardson. Inside the Cardinal 20-yard line, Walter connected with Zach Miller for 10 yards before finding Matt Miller in the end zone on a four-yard pass play that sealed the victory for the Sun Devils with just nine seconds remaining in the game.

Redshirt freshman Rudy Burgess had 34 carries for 186 rushing yards (both career highs), marking the most yards by a Sun Devil since Delvon Flowers recorded 226 in a 2001 game against Oregon State. The Sun Devil receiving corps also turned in big games as Hagan led all receivers with eight catches for 108 yards and Richardson had five catches for 107 yards and a TD. Walter finished the game with 415 yards on 28-of-42 passing with four touchdowns. On defense, senior linebacker Justin Burks had 11 tackles and a sack, while ASU turned in four interceptions for the third time this year, including the first two of the season by Golden.

Aerial Attack
Led by ASU's career-leading passer Andrew Walter who broke John Elway's Pac-10 career passing touchdowns record last week against Stanford, ASU's passing offense is averaging 295.3 yards per game this season to lead the Pac-10 and rank eighth in the country. Walter threw for 415 yards and four touchdown passes in last week's win over Stanford to pass the 77 career TDs Elway threw in his Stanford career. Walter, who was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation Division 1-A National Offensive Player of the Week on Sunday, now has 80 career touchdown passes. He tied Elway's mark with a 41-yarder to sophomore Terry Richardson in the second quarter and broke the record with a 52-yard Hail Mary pass at the end of the first half to junior Matt Miller.

Walter threw for 415 yards and a career-best six touchdown passes in ASU's Oct. 23 victory over UCLA to move within one score of the 77 TD passes that Elway threw in his career at Stanford. The six TDs by Walter, who earned USAToday.com National and Pac-10 Offensive Player-of-the-Week honors following that UCLA game, also ranked second on the ASU single-game charts, just one short of the seven that Mike Pagel had in a 1981 win over Stanford.

This season, Walter ranks second in the Pac-10 with 277.6 passing yards per game and is third in the league and 21st in the country in total offense (265.4 yards per contest).

Walter's 25 touchdown passes this year are tied for the second-most among the nation's quarterbacks. Oklahoma's Jason White has also thrown 25 TD passes, while Bowling Green's Omar Jacobs leads the country with 27. Walter also ranks sixth in the country in points responsible for at 17.1 points per contest.

The Sun Devils have scored 26 of their 30 touchdowns through the air this year, while the team ranks fifth in the league and 31st in the country in total offense at 409.6 yards per game. The Sun Devils are fourth in the Pac-10 in scoring offense (28.8 points per game).

Pac-10 Career TD Passes:
1.   80      Andrew Walter, ASU, 2001-P
2.   77      John Elway, Stanford, 1979-82
3.   75      Steve Stenstrom, Stanford, 1991-94
4.   72      Carson Palmer, USC, 1998-02
5.   70      Jason Gesser, WSU, 1999-02

Pac-10 Career Passing Yards:
1.   11,818   Carson Palmer, USC, 1998-02
2.   10,911   Steve Stenstrom, Stanford, 1991-94
3.   10,708   Cade McNown, UCLA, 1995-98
4.   10,220   Cody Pickett, UW, 1999-03
5.   10,206   Derek Anderson, OSU, 2001-P
6.   9,965    Andrew Walter, ASU, 2001-P
7.   9,680    Jonathan Smith, OSU, 1998-01
8.   9,393    Erik Wilhelm, OSU, 1995-98
9.   9,349    John Elway, Stanford, 1979-82
10.  8,830    Jason Gesser, WSU, 1999-02

Walter's World
With four touchdown passes in last week's win over Stanford, senior quarterback Andrew Walter became the Pac-10's career leader in touchdown passes with 80. He tied the 77 TD passes that Stanford's John Elway threw in his career (1979-82) with a 41-yard pass to Terry Richardson in the second quarter of last week's game and broke the mark with a 52-yard pass to Matt Miller as the first quarter ended. Already ASU's career record-holder in just about every passing category, Walter is second among the NCAA's active career leaders for passing touchdowns and sixth in career passing yards. Hawaii's Timmy Chang (98) is the only active quarterback in the nation to have thrown more career touchdown passes than Walter.

Walter became Arizona State's career passing yardage leader on Oct. 16 against top-ranked USC. He tied Jake Plummer's career mark of 8,827 yards with a seven-yard pass to freshman Zach Miller on ASU's second drive of the second quarter at USC and surpassed it with a 10-yard pass to junior Derek Hagan on the team's third drive that period. With 415 yards last week vs. Stanford which earned him Walter Camp Football Foundation National Offensive Player-of-the-Week honors, Walter now ranks sixth on the Pac-10 career list with 9,965 career yards. He is just the ninth quarterback in Pac-10 history to throw for 9,000 yards and needs just 35 yards to become the sixth to top the 10,000-yard mark.

This season, Walter ranks second in the Pac-10 at 277.6 passing yards per game and third in the league and 21st in the nation in total offense at 265.4 yards per game. He has completed 56.2 percent of his attempts (195-347) with 25 touchdowns and eight interceptions.

Walter's 25 touchdown passes this year are tied for the second-most among the nation's quarterbacks. Oklahoma's Jason White has also thrown 25 TD passes, while Bowling Green's Omar Jacobs leads the country with 27. He also ranks sixth in the country in points responsible for at 17.1 points per contest. Walter's 25 TD passes this season rank third on the ASU single-season chart and within four of the school mark. In 2002, Walter threw 28 scoring strikes, which was one shy of the school record of 29 by Mike Pagel in 1981.

Walter came into ASU's Sept. 18 game against Iowa third on the ASU career touchdowns list behind College Football Hall of Famer Danny White (64, 1971-73) and current Denver Bronco Jake Plummer (65, 1993-96), but the Grand Junction, Colo., native tied Plummer in the third quarter and took sole possession of ASU's career mark with a scoring strike to freshman Zach Miller in the fourth against the Hawkeyes. He tied his then career high with five TD passes vs. Iowa (since broken) and completed 31 of 43 attempts for 428 yards, the sixth 400-yard game of his career. On Oct. 23 vs. UCLA, he turned in his seventh career 400-yard game, completing 25 of 51 passes for 415 yards and a career-high six TD strikes. Following that performance against the Bruins, Walter was named the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Week and the USAToday.com National Player of the Week.

A 2003 honorable-mention All-Pac-10 selection, Walter has turned in 22 multiple touchdown games in his career, including seven in 2003 and six this season. He has had at least one scoring strike in all but two games this year (USC and Cal). The USC game snapped his streak of nine straight games with at least one TD pass, including five against Iowa on Sept. 18 and three in ASU's Oct. 2 win at Oregon. Walter now has had eight career games with at least four TD passes, including a career-best six touchdown passes Oct. 23 against UCLA and five in two games (Iowa in 2004 and Stanford in 2002).

Walter, who earned his bachelor's degree in communication in May of 2004, already holds the top two marks on the Sun Devil single-season passing charts (3,877 yards in 2002 and 3,044 yards in 2003), while his 2,498 yards this season rank sixth on that list. With his 40 attempts on Sept. 25 against Oregon State, Walter became the ASU career leader in pass attempts, while he set the career completions mark with his second completion at No. 1 USC on Oct. 16.

Walter threw his first interception of the 2004 season in the second quarter of the Sept. 18 Iowa game, snapping a stretch of three straight games, 15 quarters and 136 attempts dating back to last season (his previous pick was in the second quarter of the Nov. 15, 2003 Washington State game). He did not have another interception until the first quarter of the Oct. 16 USC game, going two games, 11 quarters and 98 attempts without a pick.

In his third year as a team co-captain, Walter opened the season with a 241-yard, three-touchdown effort on 18-of-37 passing Sept. 2 against UTEP. He has turned in at least 200 yards passing in 23 of his 33 career starts. Of those 23 games, he has thrown for more than 400 yards eight times, including his Pac-10-record 536-yard effort at Oregon in 2002.

Walter's Career Stats:
PASSING                G  Att- Cmp- Int    Yds  TD  Lg   Pct Avg/P Avg/G  Effic
2001................  11   86-  38-   2    546   3  53  44.2   6.3  49.6  104.4
2002................  14  483- 274-  15   3877  28  85  56.7   8.0 276.9  137.1
2003................  12  421- 221-  10   3044  24  80  52.5   7.2 253.7  127.3
2004................   9  347- 195-   8   2498  25  79  56.2   7.2 277.6  135.8
TOTAL...............  46 1337- 728-  35   9965  80  85  54.5   7.5 216.6  131.6

2004 Game-by-Game:
#16 Walter, Andrew        Att Comp  Int    Pct Yards  TD Long Sack-Yds   Effic
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UTEP..................     37   18    0   48.6   241   3   34    3-22   130.12
Northwestern..........     36   19    0   52.8   292   3   47    2-15   148.41
Iowa..................     43   31    1   72.1   428   5   65    0-0    189.42
Oregon State..........     40   16    0   40.0   124   1   17    0-0     74.29
Oregon................     23   14    0   60.9   164   3   27    3-26   163.81
USC...................     34   19    2   55.9   181   0   20    6-37    88.84
UCLA..................     51   25    3   49.0   415   6   79    3-15   144.43
California............     41   25    1   61.0   238   0   22    5-17   104.86
Stanford..............     42   28    1   66.7   415   4   52    6-56   176.33
TOTALS................    347  195    8   56.2  2498  25   79   28-188  135.83

2003 Game-by-Game:
#16 Walter, Andrew        Att Comp  Int    Pct Yards  TD Long Sack-Yds   Effic
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Northern Arizona......     24   15    0   62.5   224   4   40    1-11   195.90
Utah State............     37   20    1   54.1   277   2   44    0-0    129.37
Iowa..................     44   25    1   56.8   160   0   16    2-19    82.82
Oregon State..........     42   17    3   40.5   231   2   34    1-6     88.10
USC...................     38   19    1   50.0   305   1   35    5-43   120.84
Oregon................     28   18    0   64.3   316   3   49    0-0    194.44
North Carolina........     58   34    0   58.6   408   3   49    1-6    134.78
UCLA..................     10    4    0   40.0    53   0   22    1-8     84.52
California............     26   11    2   42.3   170   1   32    2-12    94.54
Stanford..............     53   23    1   43.4   357   4   67    1-7    121.11
Washington State......     35   19    1   54.3   262   1   32    3-20   120.88
Arizona...............     26   16    0   61.5   281   3   80    1-8    190.40
TOTALS................    421  221   10   52.5  3044  24   80   18-140  127.29

2002 Game-by-Game:
#16 Walter, Andrew         Att Comp  Int    Pct Yards  TD Long Sack-Yds   Effic
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Nebraska..............     16    7    0   43.8    46   0   13    1-17    67.90
Eastern Washington....      4    3    0   75.0    52   1   24    0-0    266.70
UCF...................      5    4    0   80.0    54   2   26    0-0    302.72
San Diego State.......     20   11    0   55.0   241   4   72    0-0    222.22
Stanford..............     37   22    1   59.5   414   5   67    1-6    192.64
North Carolina........     45   27    2   60.0   474   0   41    2-12   139.59
Oregon State..........     34   14    2   41.2   186   1   46    2-13    85.07
Oregon................     53   31    2   58.5   536   4   67    3-28   160.80
Washington............     27   18    0   66.7   184   2   25    3-29   148.36
Washington State......     51   31    2   60.8   328   2   35    6-42   119.91
California............     50   29    1   58.0   477   4   85    6-46   160.54
USC Trojans...........     49   24    2   49.0   297   1   27    4-31    98.47
Arizona Wildcats......     35   25    2   71.4   295   0   28    3-23   130.80
Kansas State..........     57   28    1   49.1   293   2   33    4-29   100.37
TOTALS................    483  274   15   56.7  3877  28   85   35-276  137.07

2001 Game-by-Game:
#16 Walter, Andrew         Att Comp  Int    Pct Yards  TD Long Sack-Yds   Effic
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San Diego State.......      1    0    0    0.0     0   0    0    0-0      0.00
Stanford..............      1    0    0    0.0     0   0    0    0-0      0.00
USC...................      4    3    0   75.0    30   0   17    1-5    138.00
OREGON................     25    8    1   32.0   105   0   31    3-21    59.28
Washington State......      4    1    0   25.0    53   0   53    0-0    136.30
Arizona...............     22   10    0   45.5   132   1   38    4-21   110.85
UCLA..................     29   16    1   55.2   226   2   45    6-41   136.50
TOTALS................     86   38    2   44.2   546   3   53   15-96   104.38

ASU Career TD Passes:
1.   80       Andrew Walter, 2001-pres.
2.   65       Jake Plummer, 1993-96
3.   64       Danny White, 1971-73
4.   48       Mike Pagel, 1978-81
5.   46       Dennis Sproul, 1974-77
     46       Ryan Kealy, 1997-00

ASU Career Passing Yards:
1.   9,965    Andrew Walter, 2001-pres.
2.   8,827    Jake Plummer, 1993-96
3.   6,912    Ryan Kealy, 1997-00
4.   6,717    Danny White, 1971-73
5.   6,610    J. Van Raaphorst, 1984-86

ASU Career Attempts:
1.   1,337   Andrew Walter, 2001-pres.
2.   1,142   Jake Plummer, 1993-96
3.   868     Jeff Van Raaphorst, 1984-86
4.   859     Ryan Kealy, 1997-00
5.   849     Dennis Sproul, 1974-77

ASU Career Completions:
1.   728     Andrew Walter, 2001-pres.
2.   632     Jake Plummer, 1993-96
3.   503     Jeff Van Raaphorst, 1984-86
4.   477     Ryan Kealy, 1997-00
5.   418     Paul Justin, 1987-90

ASU Single-Season Passing Yards:
1.   3,877   Andrew Walter, 2002
2.   3,044   Andrew Walter, 2003
3.   2,878   Danny White, 1973
4.   2,776   Jake Plummer, 1996
5.   2,591   Paul Justin, 1989

NCAA Active Career Leaders (TD's):
1.   98       Timmy Chang, Hawaii (48 career games)
2.   80       Andrew Walter, Arizona State (46 career games)
3.   78       Dan Orlovsky, UConn (42 career games)

NCAA Active Career Leaders (Yards):
1.   15,303   Timmy Chang, Hawaii (48 career games)
2.   11,025   David Greene, Georgia (48 career games)
3.   10,845   Gino Guidugli, Cincinnati (45 career games)
4.   10,423   Charlie Frye, Akron (44 career games)
5.   10,206   Derek Anderson, Oregon State (41 career games)
6.   9,965    Andrew Walter, Arizona State (46 career games)
7.   9,715    Dan Orlovsky, UConn (42 career games)
8.   9,302    Danny Wimprine, Memphis (42 career games)
9.   8,097    Darian Durant, North Carolina (41 games)
10.  8,083    Chris Rix, Florida State (41 career games)

HASH MARKS

...The Sagarin rankings list ASU's strength of schedule as the toughest in the country this season.

... Last week's win against Stanford marked the 50th victory of Dirk Koetter's coaching career.

... With two regular-season games left, ASU has a chance to turn in its most wins since 1997 when the team went 9-3 in its Sun Bowl campaign. The next victory will match the eight the team had in 2002 when the Sun Devils finished in a tie for third in the Pac-10 and earned a trip to the Holiday Bowl.

... ASU climbed to 20th in this week's Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Coaches polls. Prior to its loss at No. 1/1 USC on Oct. 16, ASU had climbed to 15th and 19th in the national polls, the highest since ASU's 1997 Sun Bowl squad finished at 14th in the final national polls.

... The Sun Devils have allowed their opponents to convert on just 32.1 percent of their third-down efforts (38/120), which is third in the Pac-10. ASU is even stingier on fourth down, allowing opponents just 18 percent (2-11), which ranks second in the league.

... With its win over UCLA on Oct. 23, ASU won its sixth game and became bowl eligible for the sixth time in nine years and the second time in Dirk Koetter's ASU tenure. ASU last appeared in a bowl game in 2002, earning a trip to the Holiday Bowl with a third-place finish in the Pac-10 standings.

...ASU's non-conference opponents are a combined 19-8 this season. No. 19/19 Iowa and UTEP have turned in 7-2 records, while Northwestern has a 5-4 record with upsets of Ohio State and Purdue so far this season.

... After allowing just 12.8 points per game in the first five weeks of the season, ASU has allowed 36.3 ppg in the last four contests.

... The Sun Devils have scored first in four of nine games this year after doing it just five times in 12 games in 2003. ASU has scored first only 14 times in its last 35 games dating back to the 2002 season.

... ASU's loss to top-ranked USC on Oct. 16 snapped a streak of five straight wins this year and six overall for the Sun Devils dating back to last season's win over Arizona. ASU had not won five straight games in one season since the 1997 Sun Bowl campaign, while the team had not won six straight since reeling off 11 consecutive wins to start the 1996 season.

... Arizona State holds a 224-78-3 all-time record at Sun Devil Stadium (.739).

... ASU's capacity crowd of 71,700 in the Iowa game was the 16th-largest crowd in school history and the first sell-out at Sun Devil Stadium since Oct. 10, 1998 when 73,501 saw the Sun Devils fall to Notre Dame.

... ASU's Pac-10 miss this year is Washington.

...Assistant head coach and special teams coordinator Tom Osborne was honored as the 2003 American Football Monthly Magazine's Division I-A Special Teams Coordinator of the Year.

... Arizona State Athletics Director Gene Smith played college football at Notre Dame, earning three letters and playing on the Irish's 1973 national title squad.

Walter A Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Finalist
Senior quarterback Andrew Walter is one of nine outstanding quarterbacks who have been selected as finalists for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, presented annually to the nation's top senior collegiate quarterback by the Frank Camp Chapter of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation.

The other eight finalists for the award include Jason Campbell (Auburn), Timmy Chang (Hawaii), Charlie Frye (Akron), David Greene (Georgia), Stefan LeFors (Louisville), Dan Orlovsky (Connecticut), Kyle Orton (Purdue) and Jason White (Oklahoma). The nation's top senior quarterback is selected for the award from a list compiled by a select committee of football experts from across the United States. The 2004 recipient will be announced Dec. 1, with the award presentation to be made in Louisville on Dec. 10.

Hagan A Semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award
Junior wide receiver Derek Hagan has been named one of 11 semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award, which is annually presented to college football's outstanding receiver by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc.

Hagan joins former Sun Devil and current St. Louis Ram Shaun McDonald as a semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award. McDonald, who ranks second in ASU history with 2,867 career receiving yards, was named one of three finalists for the award in 2002.

Other finalists for the award include Oklahoma's Mark Clayton, Michigan's Braylon Edwards, Ohio State's Santonio Holmes, Purdue's Taylor Stubblefield, Colorado State's David Anderson, South Carolina's Troy Williamson, West Virginia's Chris Henry, UNLV's Earvin Johnson, Hawaii's Chad Owens and Ball State's Dante Ridgeway. Three finalists will be named on Nov. 15 and the winner will be announced in December at the annual ESPN awards show at Walt Disney World and feted at a February banquet in Tallahassee.

Hagan's Hijinks
Junior wide receiver Derek Hagan has led the Sun Devils in receiving yards in six of nine games this year. The Biletnikoff Award semifinalist turned in his fifth 100-yard game of the year last week against Stanford with eight catches for 108 yards, while he had five catches for 160 yards and tied his career best with three touchdown catches Oct. 23 against UCLA.

With 93.7 receiving yards per game, Hagan is second in the Pac-10 and 15th in the nation, while his 6.4 receptions per contest are second in the league and 16th in the country. Of his 58 catches this year, 34 have been resulted in a first down and/or a touchdown (31 first downs and seven TDs), including five of seven catches Sept. 25 vs. Oregon State and five of eight last week against Stanford. Hagan is riding a streak of 26 straight contests with a catch (138 receptions in that span), including all 12 games last season and all nine this year.

Hagan topped the 100-yard mark in each of the first three games of 2004. In ASU's Sept. 18 win over No. 16/12 Iowa, he turned in eight catches for 112 yards and two touchdowns. At Northwestern, Hagan caught eight passes for 154 yards and two TDs, while in the Sept. 2 season-opening win over UTEP, he had eight catches for 119 yards and one touchdown. With seven catches for 66 yards Sept. 25 against Oregon State, Hagan had his streak of six straight 100-yard receiving games snapped. That game also ended a streak of six consecutive games with at least one touchdown catch. Hagan reached 100 yards in each of the last three games last year (138 yards vs. Stanford, 109 at Washington State and 155 vs. Arizona).

Hagan now has 11 career 100-yard games, which is tied for third on the ASU career lists with Shaun McDonald (2000-02). Eric Guliford is the ASU leader with 13 career 100-yard receiving games in his career (1989-91). Hagan continues to climb the ASU career receiving charts and is tied for third with 148 catches and sixth with 2,216 yards.

Hagan was a preseason third-team All-American by Athlon in its preseason college football edition. Hagan, who was also listed as a first-team All-Pac-10 selection by the magazine and the 15th-best wide receiver in the nation by Lindy's, led the team in receiving last year with 66 catches for 1,076 yards and nine touchdowns. In addition to leading the team, his 1,076-yard performance ranked fifth on the ASU single-season charts and made him just the seventh Sun Devil in school history to tally 1,000 receiving yards in a season. Hagan finished fifth in the Pac-10 and 19th in the country in 2003 with 89.7 receiving yards per game. With 66 catches, he also ranked second in the ASU record books for receptions in a season.

RECEIVING              G   Rec    Yds  TD  Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G
2002................  14    32    405   0  51   2.3  12.7  28.9
2003................  12    66   1076   9  80   5.5  16.3  89.7
2004................   9    58    843   8  79   6.4  14.5  93.7
TOTAL...............  35   156   2324  17  80   4.5  14.9  66.4

2004 Game-by-Game:
Date         Opponent                No.  Yds TD  Lg
Sep 02, 2004 UTEP...................  8  119  1  31
Sep 11, 2004 at Northwestern........  8  154  2  47
Sep 18, 2004 IOWA...................  8  112  2  45
Sep 25, 2004 OREGON STATE...........  7   66  0  16
Oct 02, 2004 at Oregon..............  4   32  0  15
Oct 16, 2004 at USC.................  5   52  0  20
Oct 23, 2004 UCLA...................  5  160  3  79
Oct 30, 2004 at California..........  5   40  0  18
Nov 06, 2004 Stanford...............  8  108  0  20
Totals.............................. 58  843  8  79

2003 Game-by-Game:
Date         Opponent                No.  Yds TD Lg
Sep 06, 2003 NORTHERN ARIZONA.......  3   55  1  40
Sep 13, 2003 UTAH STATE.............  3   21  0  10
Sep 20, 2003 at Iowa................  3    7  0   3
Sep 27, 2003 at Oregon State........  3   30  1  20
Oct 04, 2003 USC....................  8  170  0  35
Oct 11, 2003 OREGON.................  7  108  1  29
Oct 18, 2003 at North Carolina...... 11  185  1  49
Oct 25, 2003 at UCLA................  4   37  0  18
Nov 01, 2003 CALIFORNIA.............  5   61  0  17
Nov 08, 2003 at Stanford............  4  138  3  67
Nov 15, 2003 at Washington State....  7  109  1  25
Nov 28, 2003 ARIZONA................  8  155  1  80
Totals.............................. 66 1076  9  80

2002 Game-by-Game:
Date         Opponent                No.  Yds TD  Lg
Aug 24, 2002 at Nebraska............  4   36  0  13
Aug 31, 2002 EASTERN WASHINGTON.....  2   29  0  24
Sep 07, 2002 UCF....................  2   23  0  16
Sep 14, 2002 at San Diego State.....  1    8  0   8
Sep 28, 2002 STANFORD...............  0    0  0   0
Oct 05, 2002 NORTH CAROLINA.........  2   24  0  13
Oct 12, 2002 OREGON STATE...........  2   25  0  17
Oct 19, 2002 at Oregon..............  5   95  0  51
Oct 26, 2002 WASHINGTON.............  0    0  0   0
Nov 02, 2002 at Washington State....  1    9  0   9
Nov 09, 2002 CALIFORNIA.............  2   13  0   7
Nov 16, 2002 at USC Trojans.........  6   72  0  25
Nov 29, 2002 at Arizona Wildcats....  3   52  0  28
Dec 27, 2002 vs Kansas State........  2   19  0  11
Totals.............................. 32  405  0  51

Hagan's Career 100-Yard Receiving Games:
185    at North Carolina (11 rec.), 1 TD, 10/18/03
170    vs. USC (8 rec.), 10/4/03
160    vs. UCLA (5 rec.), 3 TD, 10/23/04
155    vs. Arizona (8 rec.), 1 TD, 11/28/03
154    at Northwestern (8 rec.), 2 TD, 9/11/04
138    at Stanford (4 rec.), 3 TD, 11/8/03
119    vs. UTEP (8 rec.), 1 TD, 9/2/04
112    vs. Iowa (8 rec.), 2 TD, 9/18/04
109    at Washington State (7 rec.), 1 TD, 11/15/03
108    vs. Stanford (8 rec.), 11/6/04
108    vs. Oregon (7 rec.), 1 TD, 10/12/03

ASU Single-Season Receiving Yards:
1.   1,405     Shaun McDonald (87), 2002
2.   1,144     Morris Owens (52), 1973
3.   1,104     Shaun McDonald (47), 2001
4.   1,082     Ron Fair (64), 1989
5.   1,076     Derek Hagan (66), 2003
6.   1,036     Keith Poole (55), 1995
7.   1,009     J.D. Hill (61), 1970
8.   974       Greg Hudson (62), 1973

ASU Single-Season Receptions:
1.   87        S. McDonald (1405 yds.), 2002
2.   66        Derek Hagan (1076 yds.),2003
3.   64        Ron Fair (1082 yds.), 1989
4.   62        Skyler Fulton (901 yds.), 2003
     62        Greg Hudson (974 yds.), 1973

ASU Career Receiving Yards:
1.   2,993     John Jefferson, 1974-77
2.   2,867     Shaun McDonald, 2000-02
3.   2,694     Aaron Cox, 1984-87
4.   2,691     Keith Poole, 1993-96
5.   2,408     Eric Guliford, 1989-92
6.   2,324     Derek Hagan, 2002-P

Miller Time
With his six catches last week against Stanford, true freshman tight end Zach Miller broke the school freshman record for receptions in a single season and now has 38. Miller matched the school-record 32 receptions that junior Derek Hagan had in his 2002 rookie season with six catches Oct. 30 at Cal and took sole possession of the school record last week against the Cardinal. With 409 receiving yards so far this year, Miller is also rapidly approaching College Football Hall of Famer John Jefferson's freshman record of 423 yards, which was set in 1974.

Miller turned in a career-high 102 receiving yards on eight catches Oct. 16 against top-ranked USC, marking the first 100-yard receiving career of his young career. This season, Miller is third on the team with 38 catches for 409 yards (45.4 yards per game) and five touchdowns. He is ranked eighth in the Pac-10 with 4.2 catches per game.

Miller, who has been nicknamed "The Truth" by his teammates for living up to the high-school accolades that tabbed him the No. 1 tight end prospect in the nation, caught 10 passes for 85 yards and the first two touchdowns of his career Sept. 18 vs. Iowa and added another TD Sept. 25 vs. Oregon State. The Phoenix native has also already surpassed the season totals that current Baltimore Raven Todd Heap had as a freshman at ASU. Heap turned in 12 catches for 209 yards and four touchdowns as a rookie in 1998.

With his 38 catches, Miller has also already moved into sixth on the ASU's top 10 list for catches by a tight end in a single season. Heap set all of ASU's single-season records for receiving by a tight end with 55 catches for 832 yards in 1999.