Arizona State Sun Devils football

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Arizona State Sun Devils Football

First season

1897

Staff

Head coach

Dennis Erickson

1st year, 10–3

Stadium

Home stadium

Sun Devil Stadium

Stadium capacity

73,379

Stadium surface

Grass

Location

Tempe, Arizona

League/Conference

Conference

Pac-10

Team records

All-time record

527–329–24

Postseason bowl record

12–10–1

Awards

Conference titles

Pageantry

Colors

Maroon and Gold

Fight song

Maroon and Gold

Mascot

Sparky

Marching band

Arizona State University Sun Devil Marching Band

Rivals

Arizona Wildcats

Website

Arizona State Sun Devils Official Site

The Arizona State Sun Devils are a major college football program that competes in NCAA Division I-A and the Pacific Ten Conference.

The Sun Devils had their greatest success in the 1960's and 1970's under head coach Frank Kush. In that 21-year stretch, they compiled a 176-54-1 record, putting Arizona State on the college football map. From 1969 to 1971, the team put together a school-record 21-game winning streak. In 1996, however, the Sun Devils came within a matter of seconds of pulling out a win in the Rose Bowl against Ohio State that would have given them an undefeated season, and possibly a national championship.^{[citation needed]}

The team plays its home games at Sun Devil Stadium, which currently has a capacity of 73,656.

The Sun Devils just finished their first year under head coach Dennis Erickson. Erickson led ASU to a 10-3 record in the 2007 season after an 8-0 start. ASU earned a trip to the Holiday Bowl, where it lost 52-34 to Texas.

1 Head Coaches
2 Championships
- 2.1 Conference Championships
3 Records
- 3.1 All-time bowl record
4 Stadiums
5 Rivalry
6 Individual award winners
7 Current NFL Players
8 Other Famous Players
9 References
10 See also

[edit] Head Coaches

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1897-1906	Fred Irish	8	12-8	.600
1914-16	George Schaeffer	3	7-8	.467
1919	George Cooper	1	0-2	.000
1922	Ernest Wills	1	0-3-1	.125
1923-29	Aaron McReary	7	25-17-4	.587
1930-32	Ted Shipkey	3	12-10-2	.542
1933-37	Rudy Lavik	5	13-26-3	.345
1938-41	Dixie Howell	4	23-15-4	.595
1942	Hilman Walker	1	2-8	.200
1946	Steve Coutchie	1	2-7-2	.273
1947-50	Ed Doherty	4	25-17	.595
1951	Larry Siemering	1	6-3-1	.650
1952-54	Clyde Smith	3	15-13-1	.534
1955-57	Dan Devine	3	27-3-1	.887
1958-78	Frank Kush	21	176-54-1	.764
1979	Bob Owens	1	6-6	.500
1980-84	Darryl Rogers	5	37-18-1	.670
1985-87	John Cooper	3	25-9-2	.722
1988-91	Larry Marmie	4	22-21-1	.511
1992-2000	Bruce Snyder	9	58-45	.563
2001-06	Dirk Koetter	6	41-33	.554
2007-	Dennis Erickson	1	10-3	.769
1897-2007	22 coaches	108	544-329-24	.606

[edit] Championships

[edit] Conference Championships

Year	Conference	Overall Record	Conference Record
1969	WAC	8-2	6-1
1970	WAC	11-0	7-0
1971	WAC	11-1	7-0
1972	WAC	10-2	5-1
1973	WAC	11-1	6-1
1975	WAC	12-0	7-0
1977	WAC	9-3	6-1
1986	Pac Ten	10-1-1	5-1-1
1996	Pac Ten	11-1	8-0
2007	Pac Ten	10-3	7-2
Total conference championships		9

[edit] Records

[edit] All-time bowl record

Arizona State has played in 24 bowls in its history and owns a 12-11-1 record in those games. Among the most common bowls its played in are the Fiesta Bowl (six times) and the Sun Bowls (four times). The team has currently gone to four consecutive bowl games, and nine in the last 12 seasons.

Date	Bowl	W/L	Opponent	PF	PA
January 1, 1939	Sun Bowl	T	Catholic	0	0
January 1, 1940	Sun Bowl	L	Western Reserve	13	26
January 1, 1949	Salad Bowl	L	Xavier	21	33
January 1, 1950	Salad Bowl	L	Miami (OH)	21	34
December 30, 1970	Peach Bowl	W	North Carolina	48	26
December 27, 1971	Fiesta Bowl	W	Florida State	45	38
December 23, 1972	Fiesta Bowl	W	Missouri	49	35
December 21, 1973	Fiesta Bowl	W	Pittsburgh	28	7
December 26, 1975	Fiesta Bowl	W	Nebraska	17	14
December 25, 1977	Fiesta Bowl	L	Penn State	30	42
December 16, 1978	Garden State Bowl	W	Rutgers	34	16
January 1, 1983	Fiesta Bowl	W	Oklahoma	32	21
December 22, 1985	Holiday Bowl	L	Arkansas	17	18
January 1, 1987	Rose Bowl	W	Michigan	22	15
December 30, 1987	Freedom Bowl	W	Air Force	33	28
January 1, 1997	Rose Bowl	L	Ohio State	17	20
December 31, 1997	Sun Bowl	W	Iowa	17	7
December 25, 1999	Aloha Bowl	L	Wake Forest	3	23
December 25,2000	Aloha Bowl	L	Boston College	17	31
December 27, 2002	Holiday Bowl	L	Kansas State	27	34
December 31, 2004	Sun Bowl	W	Purdue	27	23
December 27, 2005	Insight Bowl	W	Rutgers	45	40
December 24, 2006	Hawaii Bowl	L	Hawaii	24	41
December 27, 2007	Holiday Bowl	L	Texas	52	34
Total	24 bowl games	12-11-1

[edit] Stadiums

1897-1926 Normal Field
1927-1935 Irish Field
1936-1957 Goodwin Stadium
1958- present Sun Devil Stadium

[edit] Rivalry

Arizona State's primary rival is Arizona. The football rivalry game between the schools is known as "The Duel in the Desert", and it is arguably one of the most overrated sports rivalry series in college football.^[1] The University of Arizona has the all-time series lead with a record of 44-36-1. This record dates back to 1899 before Arizona State was recognized as a University. However, since becoming an official university in 1958,^[2] Arizona State has the overall lead in the rivalry series with a record of 28 wins, 21 losses, and one tie.^[3] ASU has recently been winning the series, winning the last three meetings and 8 of the last 15.