2004 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

The Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. It played its home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.[1]

2004 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 27–23 vs. Purdue
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 19
2004 record	9–3 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Dirk Koetter (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Brent Guy
Captains	Drew Hodgdon Ishmael Thrower Jimmy Verdon Andrew Walter
Home stadium	Sun Devil Stadium (Capacity: 71,706)
Uniform

2004 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 USC † $		8	–	0					13	–	0
No. 9 California		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 19 Arizona State		5	–	3					9	–	3
Oregon State		5	–	3					7	–	5
UCLA		4	–	4					6	–	6
Oregon		4	–	4					5	–	6
Washington State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Stanford		2	–	6					4	–	7
Arizona		2	–	6					3	–	8
Washington		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion † – USC later vacated 2 wins (1 in conference), as well as the BCS and Pac-10 Championships, due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 pm	UTEP*		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSNAZ	W 49–9	57,528[2]
September 11	9:00 am	at Northwestern*		Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN2	W 30–21	21,939[3]
September 18	7:30 pm	No. 16 Iowa*		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSNAZ	W 44–7	71,706[4]
September 25	7:15 pm	Oregon State	No. 22	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSN	W 27–14	63,312[5]
October 2	7:15 pm	at Oregon	No. 21	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	TBS	W 28–13	58,208[6]
October 16	12:30 pm	at No. 1 USC	No. 15	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	ABC	L 7–45	90,211[7]
October 23	12:30 pm	UCLA	No. 21	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	ABC	W 48–42	63,985[8]
October 30	7:00 pm	at No. 7 California	No. 20	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	TBS	L 0–27	52,652[9]
November 6	4:30 pm	Stanford	No. 23	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSN	W 34–31	59,002[10]
November 13	5:00 pm	Washington State	No. 20	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	TBS	W 45–28	60,319[11]
November 26	1:00 pm	at Arizona	No. 18	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ (Duel in the Desert)	FSN	L 27–34	55,095[12]
December 31	12:00 pm	vs. Purdue*	No. 21	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 27–23	51,288[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Season summary

Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total • Arizona State 3 14 7 6 30 Northwestern 0 7 14 0 21 Date: September 11 Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, IL Game start: 9:00 a.m. MST Television network: ESPN2

Scoring summary 1 3:36 ASU Jesse Ainsworth 20-yard field goal Arizona St 3–0 2 14:32 NW Noah Herron 9-yard run (Brian Huffman kick) Northwestern 7–3 2 7:09 ASU Derek Hagan 47-yard pass from Andrew Walter (Jesse Ainsworth kick) Arizona St 10–7 2 1:41 ASU Derek Hagan 41-yard pass from Andrew Walter (Jesse Ainsworth kick) Arizona St 17–7 3 8:56 ASU Trent Richardson 30-yard pass from Andrew Walter (Jesse Ainsworth kick) Arizona St 24–7 3 4:29 NW Terrell Jordan 25-yard run (Brian Huffman kick) Arizona St 24–14 3 2:14 NW Brett Basanez 13-yard run (Brian Huffman kick) Arizona St 24–21 4 13:35 ASU Jesse Ainsworth 41-yard field goal Arizona St 27–21 4 1:19 ASU Jesse Ainsworth 18-yard field goal Arizona St 30–21

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Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total • Arizona State 0 14 7 7 28 Oregon 0 6 7 0 13 Date: October 2 Location: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR Game start: 7:15 p.m. MST

Scoring summary 2 12:38 ORE Jared Siegel 22-yard field goal Oregon 3-0 2 10:35 ASU Jamaal Lewis 22-yard pass from Andrew Walter (Jesse Ainsworth kick) Arizona St 7-3 2 5:25 ORE Jared Siegel 34-yard field goal Arizona St 7-6 2 2:27 ASU Terry Richardson 24-yard pass from Andrew Walter (Jesse Ainsworth kick) Arizona St 14-6 3 10:58 ASU Hakim Hill 1-yard run (Jesse Ainsworth kick) Arizona St 21-6 3 2:13 ORE Terrence Whitehead 9-yard pass from Kellen Clemens (Jared Siegel kick) Arizona St 21-13 4 3:07 ASU Rudy Burgess 1-yard pass from Andrew Walter (Jesse Ainsworth kick) Arizona St 28-13

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References

1. ESPN
2. "UTEP vs Arizona State". Arizona State University Department of Athletics. September 2, 2004. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
3. "Arizona State vs Northwestern". Arizona State University Department of Athletics. September 11, 2004. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
4. "Iowa vs Arizona State". Arizona State University Department of Athletics. September 18, 2004. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
5. "Oregon State vs Arizona State". Arizona State University Department of Athletics. September 25, 2004. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
6. "Arizona State vs Oregon". Arizona State University Department of Athletics. October 2, 2004. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
7. "Arizona State vs USC". Arizona State University Department of Athletics. October 16, 2004. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
8. "UCLA vs Arizona State". Arizona State University Department of Athletics. October 23, 2004. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
9. "Arizona State vs California". Arizona State University Department of Athletics. October 30, 2004. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
10. "Stanford vs Arizona State". Arizona State University Department of Athletics. November 6, 2004. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
11. "Washington State vs Arizona State". Arizona State University Department of Athletics. November 13, 2004. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
12. "Arizona State vs Arizona". Arizona State University Department of Athletics. November 26, 2004. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
13. "Arizona State vs Purdue". Arizona State University Department of Athletics. December 31, 2004. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
14. "Arizona State 30, Northwestern 21". ESPN. September 11, 2004. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
15. "Walter Throws Three Touchdown Passes". ESPN. October 2, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2013.