1979 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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1979 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Record1–6, 5 wins forfeited (0–4 Pac-10, 3 wins forfeited)
Head coach
Home stadium Sun Devil Stadium
(Capacity: 70,311)
Seasons
←  1978
1980  →
1979 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 USC $ 6 –0 –111 –0 –1
No. 11 Washington 5 –2 –09 –3 –0
Arizona 4 –3 –06 –5 –1
Oregon 4 –3 –06 –5 –0
California 5 –4 –06 –6 –0
Stanford 3 –3 –15 –5 –1
Arizona State † 3 –4 –06 –6 –0
UCLA 3 –4 –05 –6 –0
Washington State 2 –6 –03 –8 –0
Oregon State 1 –7 –01 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † – Arizona State later forfeited 5 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season, and competed as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10). The team was led by head coach Frank Kush through the first five games and by Bob Owens for the final seven games. [2] They finished with a record of six wins and six losses (6–6, 3–4 Pac-10). The offense scored 306 points while the defense allowed 208 points. The team later vacated five victories. [3]

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 87:00 pm California No. 18
L 9–1771,005 [4]
September 153:30 pmvs. No. 18 Florida State *
L 3–3133,484 [5]
September 227:00 pm Toledo *
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
W 49–068,756 [6]
September 296:00 pmat Oregon State
W 45–0 (vacated)20,000 [7]
October 137:00 pm Washington
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 12–7 (vacated)70,512 [8]
October 207:00 pm Washington State
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 28–17 (vacated)70,729 [9]
October 272:00 pm Utah State *
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
 KTVK W 28–14 (vacated)67,219 [10]
November 32:00 pmat Stanford
ABC L 21–2830,885 [11]
November 102:30 pmat UCLA
L 28–3134,763 [12]
November 177:00 pm West Virginia *
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 42–768,573 [13]
November 247:00 pm Arizona
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
L 24–2770,947 [14]
December 18:00 pmat Hawaii *
L 17–2942,040 [15]

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Game summaries

Washington

Frank Kush, who was coaching in his final collegiate game, was carried onto the field before the game and then off of the field following Arizona State's upset. [17]

Personnel

1979 Arizona State Sun Devils football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 19Steve BratkowskiSo
WR Melvin Hoover Jr
QB Mark Malone Sr
WR John Mistler Jr
QB 10 Mike Pagel So
RB 37 Gerald Riggs So
RB Robert Weathers So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB Ben Apuna Sr
DE 95 Bob Kohrs  (C)Sr
LB Gary Padjen Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

1979 team players in the NFL

The following players were claimed in the 1980 NFL draft.

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Mark Malone Quarterback128 Pittsburgh Steelers
Bob Kohrs Linebacker235 Pittsburgh Steelers
Ben Apuna Linebacker7171 St. Louis Cardinals
Joel PetersDefensive tackle9234 New York Jets
Gary Padjen Linebacker11300 Dallas Cowboys

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References

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