2006 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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2006 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, L 24–41 vs. Hawaii
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Record7–6 (4–5 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRoy Wittke (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Bill Miller (2nd season)
Captain Josh Barrett
Kyle Caldwell
Jordan Hill
Zach Miller
Home stadium Sun Devil Stadium
(Capacity: 71,706)
Uniform
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Seasons
←  2005
2007  →
2006 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 USC +  7 –2   11 –2  
No. 14 California +  7 –2   10 –3  
No. 21 Oregon State  6 –3   10 –4  
UCLA  5 –4   7 –6  
Oregon  4 –5   7 –6  
Arizona State  4 –5   7 –6  
Arizona  4 –5   6 –6  
Washington State  4 –5   6 –6  
Washington  3 –6   5 –7  
Stanford  1 –8   1 –11  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's coach was Dirk Koetter who was fired after the season. It played its home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 pm Northern Arizona *No. 24
 FSNAZ W 35–1453,540 [1]
September 97:00 pm Nevada *No. 25
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
FSNAZW 52–2154,232 [2]
September 165:00 pmat Colorado *No. 22
 TBS W 21–347,723 [3]
September 2312:30 pmat No. 21 California No. 22
 FSN L 21–4958,024 [4]
September 3012:30 pmNo. 14 Oregon
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
 ABC L 13–4858,526 [5]
October 145:00 pmat No. 3 USC
ABCL 21–2891,126 [6]
October 2112:30 pm Stanford Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 38–353,323 [7]
October 285:00 pmat Washington
FSNAZW 26–23 OT58,822 [8]
November 42:05 pmat Oregon State
L 10–4438,274 [9]
November 117:00 pm Washington State
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 47–1453,289 [10]
November 188:15 pm UCLA
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
FSNL 12–2454,459 [11]
November 254:00 pmat Arizona
FSNW 28–1457,895 [12]
December 246:00 pmat Hawaii *
 ESPN L 24–4143,435 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP 24252222RV———————————
Coaches Poll RVRV2318RV———————————
Harris Not released———————————Not released
BCS Not released————————Not released

Personnel

2006 Arizona State Sun Devils football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR Rudy Burgess
QB Rudy Carpenter
WR Jamaal Lewis
WR Chris McGaha
TE Zach Miller  (C)
RB Ryan Torain
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB Josh Barrett (C)
DL Kyle Caldwell (C)
DL Jordan Hill (C)
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Jesse Ainsworth
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Bill Miller
  • Roy Wittke
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Game summaries

Northern Arizona

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• Northern Arizona770014
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Rudy Carpenter threw for 261 yards and 2 touchdowns and an interception as The Sun Devils needed a strong fourth quarter to beat I-AA Northern Arizona at home.

Nevada

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• Arizona St72414752

ASU had 575 total yards, as Rudy Carpenter threw for 333 yards and 5 touchdowns (to 5 different receivers) and an interception and the Sun Devils rolled over the Wolf Pack. RB Ryan Torain led ASU with 70 yards and a touchdown on 8 carries.

Colorado

#22 Arizona State Sun Devils (2–0) at Colorado Buffaloes (0–2)
Period1234Total
Arizona St770721
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at Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado

  • Date: September 16
  • Game time: 5:00 p.m. MDT
  • Game weather: Partly cloudy • 58 °F (14 °C) • Wind W 12 miles per hour (19 km/h; 10 kn)
  • Game attendance: 47,723
  • Referee: Randy Christal
  • TV: FSN Arizona
  • Arizona State Official Athletic Site
Game information

ASU had 440 total yards, as Rudy Carpenter threw for 248 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 2 interceptions and the Sun Devils defeated the Buffaloes. ASU RBs Keegan Herring and Ryan Torain combined for 162 yards and 1 touchdown on 27 carries. The ASU defense held Colorado QB Bernard Jackson to 86 passing yards.

California

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• California14280749

Ryan Torain rushed for 185 yards and 1 touchdown, but Rudy Carpenter threw 4 INTs as the Sun Devils struggled all afternoon against the Golden Bears. The ASU defense, who had only given up 38 points all year, gave up 396 yards on defense.

Oregon

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• Oregon141071748
Arizona St0310013

Ryan Torain rushed for 113 yards, but Rudy Carpenter completed only 6 passes for 33 yards as the Sun Devils never led against the Ducks. The Sun Devil offense only went 1-13 on 3rd down conversions, and could only muster 213 total yards. The ASU defense coughed up 584 yards, a season high.

USC

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Arizona St0714021
• USC1470728

The ASU defense caused 4 USC turnovers, but they could only manage 266 total yards as the Sun Devils lost a close one to USC, 28-21. Rudy Carpenter went 12-21 with 124 yards. Ryan Torain collected 96 total yards and a touchdown.

Stanford

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• Arizona St10714738
Scoring summary
110:48ASU Ryan Torain 27 yard pass from Rudy Carpenter (Jesse Ainsworth kick)Arizona St 7–0
11:46ASUJesse Ainsworth 19 yard field goalArizona St 10–0
27:32ASURyan Torain 2 yard run (Jesse Ainsworth kick)Arizona St 17–0
38:49ASUKeegan Herring 8 yard run (Jesse Ainsworth kick)Arizona St 24–0
36:20ASUKeegan Herring 6 yard run (Jesse Ainsworth kick)Arizona St 31–0
33:53STANAaron Zagory 35 yard field goalArizona St 31–3
46:56ASU Dimitri Nance 13 yard run (Jesse Ainsworth kick)Arizona St 38–3

Homecoming weekend proved to be nice to the Devils, who punished a struggling Stanford squad, 38-3. Rudy Carpenter went 14-15 with 160 yards and a touchdown. Keegan Herring rushed for 2 touchdowns. The Cardinal offense was held to only 190 yards.

Washington

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• Arizona St01460626
Washington03314323

Homecoming weekend in Seattle was ruined by a walk-off Carpenter to Brent Miller touchdown pass in Overtime.

Oregon State

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Arizona St0100010
• Oregon St171431044

Washington State

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Washington St700714
• Arizona St171371047

UCLA

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• UCLA773724
Arizona St363012

Arizona

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• Arizona St2107028
Arizona0140014

Hawaii Bowl

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Arizona St3701424
• Hawaii03211741

Colt Brennan broke the NCAA single-season record for touchdown passes with 58, throwing five in the second half to lead Hawaii to a 41-24 victory over Arizona State in the Hawaii Bowl.

Brennan, 33-of-42 for 559 yards, threw a 7-yard scoring pass to Ryan Grice-Mullen on the Warriors' second series of the second half to break the previous mark of 54 set by Houston's David Klingler in 1990, also against the Sun Devils.

Brennan tied the record with his 54th touchdown pass on the previous series, throwing a 38-yard scoring pass to Jason Rivers.

Brennan and Rivers, selected the co-MVPs for Hawaii, also teamed on the final touchdown pass, a 79-yarder late in the fourth quarter. Rivers finished the game with 308 yards on 14 catches, the most in a college bowl game since 1937, which is as far as the record books go back.

Brennan also set the WAC single-season record for most passing yards (5,549), which was previously held by BYU's Ty Detmer in 1990.

The Warrior offense racked up a season high 680 total yards, while the defense held Arizona State to 391 yards, sacked Sun Devil quarterback Rudy Carpenter four times, and forced two fumbles, one in the red zone halting an ASU drive, and another which led to a field goal.

Brennan finished the season with 5,549 yards to become just the third quarterback in college history with 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns in a season, joining Klingler and Texas Tech's B. J. Symons.

Hawaii (11-3) matched the school mark for most wins in a season, set in 1992 when the team went 11-2. The Sun Devils (7-6) concluded their disappointing season, unable to send coach Dirk Koetter out with a win. He coached his final game after being fired the previous month. Dennis Erickson has been hired to take over the team.

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References

  1. ↑ Stats 2006-2007 [ dead link ]
  2. ↑ Nevada [ dead link ]
  3. ↑ Colorado [ dead link ]
  4. ↑ California [ dead link ]
  5. ↑ Oregon [ dead link ]
  6. ↑ Los Angeles [ dead link ]
  7. ↑ Stanford [ dead link ]
  8. ↑ Washington [ dead link ]
  9. ↑ Oregon State [ dead link ]
  10. ↑ Washington State [ dead link ]
  11. ↑ UCLA [ dead link ]
  12. ↑ Arizona [ dead link ]
  13. ↑ Hawaii Bowl [ dead link ]
  14. ↑ "Hawaiʻi vs Arizona State (Dec 24, 2006)". sheratonhawaiibowl.com. December 24, 2006. Archived from the original on January 1, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
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