2008 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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2008 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Record5–7 (4–5 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRich Olson (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinatorCraig Bray (2nd season)
Base defense 4–3
Captains
Home stadium Sun Devil Stadium
Uniform
Pac-10-Uniform-ASU-2008.png
Seasons
  2007
2009  
2008 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 USC $  8 1   12 1  
No. 10 Oregon  7 2   10 3  
No. 18 Oregon State  7 2   9 4  
California  6 3   9 4  
Arizona  5 4   8 5  
Arizona State  4 5   5 7  
Stanford  4 5   5 7  
UCLA  3 6   4 8  
Washington State  1 8   2 11  
Washington  0 9   0 12  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. [1]

Contents

After the loss to Arizona in the Territorial Cup Arizona State didn’t qualify for a bowl game for the first time since the 2003 season.

Before the season

Recruiting

See {{ College Athlete Recruit Start }}.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 pm Northern Arizona *No. 15 FSNAZ W 30–1362,707
September 67:00 pm Stanford No. 15
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
FSNAZW 41–1759,441
September 137:00 pm UNLV *No. 15
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
FSNAZL 20–2359,852
September 205:00 pmNo. 3 Georgia *
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
ABC L 10–2771,706
October 412:30 pmat California ABC L 14–2458,302
October 1112:30 pmat No. 8 USC ABCL 0–2884,956
October 257:00 pm Oregon
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
L 20–5469,406
November 17:15 pmat Oregon State FSN L 25–2744,109
November 85:00 pmat Washington FSNAZW 39–1957,013
November 153:30 pm Washington State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 31–061,490
November 287:30 pm UCLA
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
ESPN2 W 34–961,005
December 66:00 pmat Arizona
ESPN L 10–3158,704
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

[2]

Roster

Coaching staff

Game summaries

Northern Arizona

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Northern Arizona0031013
ASU10173030

Stanford

1234Total
Stanford737017
ASU31771441

UNLV

1234OTTotal
UNLV010010323
ASU31070020

Georgia

1234Total
Georgia0213327
ASU037010

California

1234Total
ASU077014
California1077024

USC

1234Total
ASU00000
USC7140728

Oregon

1234Total
Oregon1310211054
ASU067720

Oregon State

1234Total
ASU3310925
Oregon State70101027

Washington

1234Total
ASU31371639
Washington3106019

Washington State

1234Total
Washington State00000
ASU01014731

UCLA

1234Total
UCLA33309
ASU01431734

Arizona

Territorial Cup: Arizona State Sun Devils (5–5) at Arizona Wildcats (5–5)
Quarter1234Total
Arizona St0100010
Arizona7021331

at Arizona StadiumTucson, Arizona

  • Date: December 6
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Mostly clear • 65 °F (18 °C) • Wind 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h; 4.3 kn) N
  • Game attendance: 58,704
  • Referee: Jack Wood
  • TV: ESPN
  • Box Score
Game information

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP 151515RV
Coaches 16141324
Harris Not releasedNot released
BCS Not releasedNot released

Statistics

Team

TeamOpp
Scoring  
  Points per game  
First Downs  
  Rushing  
  Passing  
  Penalty  
Total offense  
  Avg per play  
  Avg per game  
Fumbles lost  
Penalties – yards  
  Avg per game  
TeamOpp
Punts – yards  
  Avg per punt  
Time of possession/game  
3rd down conversions  
4th down conversions  
Touchdowns scored  
Field goals – attempts – long  
PAT – attempts  
Attendance  
  Games/avg per game  

Scores by quarter

1234Total
ASU0
Opponents0

Offense

Rushing

NameGP-GSAttGainLossNetAvgTDLongAvg/G
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
TEAM         
Total         
Opponents         

Passing

NameGP-GSEfficAtt-Cmp-IntPctYdsTDLngAvg/G
          
          
TEAM         
          
Total         
Opponents         

Receiving

NameGP-GSNo.YdsAvgTDLongAvg/G
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
Total         
Opponents         

Defense

NameGPTacklesSacksPass defenseInterceptionsFumblesBlkd
kick
SoloAstTotalTFL-ydsNo-ydsBrUpQBHNo.-ydsAvgTDLongRcv-ydsFF
Total

Special teams

NamePuntingKickoffs
No.YdsAvgLongTBFCI20BlkdNo.YdsAvgTBOB
Total
NamePunt returnsKick returns
No.YdsAvgTDLongNo.YdsAvgTDLong
Total

References

  1. ESPN
  2. "2008 Schedule". Archived from the original on March 6, 2008. Retrieved February 21, 2008.