2007 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

2007 Arizona State Sun Devils football

Pac 10 Co-Champion

Holiday Bowl, L 52-34 to Texas

Conference

Pacific-10 Conference

Ranking

Coaches

#13

#16

2007 record

10-3 (7-2 Pac-10)

Head coach

Dennis Erickson

Offensive coordinator

Rich Olson

Defensive coordinator

Craig Bray

Captain

Josh Barrett

Captain

Michael Marquardt

Captain

Mike Pollak

Captain

Ryan Torain

Home stadium

Sun Devil Stadium
(Capacity: 71,706)

Uniform

Seasons

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2007 Pacific-10 football standings
Team	W		L	W		L
#3 USC §	7	–	2	11	–	2
#16 Arizona State §	7	–	2	10	–	3
#25 Oregon State	6	–	3	9	–	4
#23 Oregon	5	–	4	9	–	4
UCLA	5	–	4	6	–	7
Arizona	4	–	5	5	–	7
California	3	–	6	7	–	6
Washington State	3	–	6	5	–	7
Stanford	3	–	6	4	–	8
Washington	2	–	7	4	–	9

§ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the college football season of 2007-2008. The team played its home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 PM	San Jose State*		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ		W 45–3	54,405^[2]
September 8	7:15 PM	Colorado*		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FSN	W 33–14	58,417^[2]
September 15	7:00 PM	San Diego State*		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FSN AZ	W 34–13	54,617^[2]
September 22	7:00 PM	Oregon State		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ		W 44–32	56,099^[2]
September 29	7:00 PM	at Stanford	#23	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	FSN AZ	W 41–3	32,125^[2]
October 6	1:00 PM	at Washington State	#18	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	FSN	W 23–20	35,117^[2]
October 13	7:15 PM	Washington	#14	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FSN	W 44–20	64,347^[2]
October 27	7:00 PM	#21 California	#7	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FSN	W 31–20	71,706^[2]
November 3	3:30 PM	at #5 Oregon	#4	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	FSN	L 35–23	59,379^[2]
November 10	1:30 PM	at UCLA	#10	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 24–20	78,690^[2]
November 22	6:00 PM	#12 USC	#6	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	ESPN	L 44–24	71,706^[2]
December 1	6:00 PM	Arizona	#13	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Duel in the Desert)	ESPN2	W 20–17	71,706^[2]
December 27	7:00 PM	vs. #17 Texas*	#10	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	L 52–34	64,020^[2]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

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Game notes

San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
San Jose St	3	0	0	3	6
• Arizona St	10	21	7	7	45

Date: Saturday, September 1
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colorado	14	0	0	0	14
• Arizona St	0	19	14	0	33

Date: Saturday, September 8
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
San Diego St	3	7	3	0	13
• Arizona St	14	10	7	3	34

Date: Saturday, September 15
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oregon St	19	0	7	6	32
• Arizona St	0	13	14	17	44

Date: Saturday, September 22
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Arizona St	6	15	6	14	41
Stanford	0	3	0	0	3

Date: Saturday, September 29
Location: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Arizona St	0	7	13	3	23
Washington St	0	10	7	3	20

Date: Saturday, October 6
Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington

Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington	7	10	0	3	20
• Arizona St	3	10	21	10	44

Date: Saturday, October 13
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

California

	1	2	3	4	Total
California	13	7	0	0	20
• Arizona St	0	14	10	7	31

Date: October 27
Location: Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona
Game start: 10:15 p.m. EST

Scoring summary

1	9:54	CAL	Cameron Jordan 13 yard fumble return (Jordan Kay kick)	California 7-0

1	7:02	CAL	Jordan Kay 41 yard field goal	California 10-0

1	1:13	CAL	Jordan Kay 22 yard field goal	California 13-0

2	13:48	ASU	Dimitri Nance 11 yard run (Thomas Weber kick)	California 13-7

2	9:32	CAL	DeSean Jackson 21 yard pass from Nate Longshore (Jordan Kay kick)	California 20-7

2	3:42	ASU	Dimitri Nance 2 yard run (Thomas Weber kick)	California 20-14

3	10:03	ASU	Dimitri Nance 8 yard run (Thomas Weber kick)	Arizona St 21-20

3	1:16	ASU	Thomas Weber 47 yard field goal	Arizona St 24-20

4	7:07	ASU	Kyle Williams 12 yard pass from Rudy Carpenter (Thomas Weber kick)	Arizona St 31-20

Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arizona St	3	10	3	7	23
• Oregon	14	7	14	0	35

Date: Saturday, November 3
Location: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon

UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Arizona St	0	10	14	0	24
UCLA	10	3	7	0	20

Date: Saturday, November 10
Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
• USC	17	10	17	0	44
Arizona St	14	3	0	7	24

Date: Thursday, November 22
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arizona	7	0	0	10	17
• Arizona St	0	10	3	7	20

Date: Saturday, December 1
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST

Scoring summary

1	7:35	Arizona	Rob Gronkowski 1 yard pass from Willie Tuitama (Jason Bondzio kick)	Arizona 7-0

2	10:06	Arizona St	Tyrice Thompson 3 yard pass from Rudy Carpenter (Thomas Weber kick)	Tie 7-7

2	3:06	Arizona St	Thomas Weber 19 yard field goal	Arizona St 10-7

3	11:41	Arizona St	Thomas Weber 21 yard field goal	Arizona St 13-7

4	8:47	Arizona	Jason Bondzio 31 yard field goal	Arizona St 13-10

4	4:27	Arizona St	Michael Jones 20 yard pass from Rudy Carpenter (Thomas Weber kick)	Arizona St 20-10

4	0:26	Arizona	Nic Grigsby 4 yard pass from Willie Tuitama (Jason Bondzio kick)	Arizona St 20-17

Texas

Main article: 2007 Holiday Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arizona St	0	10	10	14	34
• Texas	21	7	7	17	52

Date: Thursday, December 27
Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California

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Team

Roster

Wide Receiver

1 Michael Jones - Jr.
3 Rudy Burgess - Sr.
5 Kerry Taylor - Fr.
6 Kyle Williams - So.
9 Brandon Smith - So.
10 Jeff Gray - Sr.
13 Chris McGaha - So.
16 Nate Kimbrough - Jr.
21 Rodney Glass - Fr.
81 Tyrice Thompson - Grad.
86 T.J. Simpson - Fr.

Tight End

80 Dane Guthrie - Jr.
82 Lance Evbuomwan - Fr.
83 Brady Conrad - Sr.
84 Jovon Williams - So.
87 Brent Miller - Sr.
88 Andrew Pettes - Jr.
89 Dan Knapp - Fr.

Offensive Line

52 Garth Gerhart - Fr.
56 Thomas Altieri - So.
62 Brandon Rodd - Grad.
63 Paul Fanaika - Jr.
65 Ian Scheuring - Fr.
66 Matt Hustad - Fr.
67 Shawn Lauvao - So.
70 Mike Marcisz - Fr.
72 Po'u Palelei - Fr.
73 Robert Gustavis - Grad.
75 Richard Tuitu'u - So.
76 Mike Pollak - Grad.
77 Adam Tello - Fr.
78 Zach Krula - Grad.
79 Julius Orieukwu - Grad.

Quarterback

7 Samson Szakacsy - Fr.
8 Chasen Stangel - Fr.
12 Rudy Carpenter - Jr.

Running Back

20 Jarrell Woods - So.
21 Preston Jones - Sr.
24 Keegan Herring - Jr.
26 Ryan Torain - Sr.
31 Dimitri Nance - So.
36 Shaun DeWitty - Jr.

Defensive Line

34 James Brooks - Fr.
54 Paul Unga - Jr.
55 Wes Evans - Jr.
57 Tranell Morant - Sr.
58 Dexter Davis - So.
59 Jon Hargis - Fr.
61 Bo Moos - Fr.
71 Saia Falahola - Fr.
77 Michael Marquardt - Sr.
85 Kellen Mills - Sr.
90 David Smith - Jr.
93 Tashaka Merriweather - Sr.
94 Alex Asi - Jr.
95 Eric Tanner - Jr.
96 Zach Niusulu - Fr.
97 Luis Vasquez - Jr.
99 Jonathan English - Fr.

Defensive Back

4 Justin Tryon - Sr.
5 Chad Green - Sr.
6 Grant Crunkleton - So.
7 Jeremy Payton - Jr.
8 Jarrell Holman - Jr.
9 Littrele Jones - Grad.
14 Troy Nolan - Jr.
15 Angelo Fobbs-Valentino - Jr.
17 Travis Smith - So.
18 Oliver Aaron - Fr.
19 Josh Barrett - Grad.
20 Jonathan Clark - Fr.
21 Colin Parker - Fr.
22 Rodney Cox - Jr.
23 Chris Baloney - Sr.
32 Omar Bolden - Fr.
37 Mike Callaghan - Fr.
39 Brett Nenaber - Sr.

Linebacker

25 Mike Nixon - So.
29 Robert James - Sr.
30 Derrall Anderson - Fr.
41 Antone Saulsberry - Jr.
43 Anthony Reyes - Jr.
44 Travis Goethel - So.
45 Jamarr Robinson - Fr.
46 Jeff Bereuter - Fr.
47 Gerald Munns - So.
48 Chad Lindsey - So.
49 Garrett Juday - Jr.
52 Morris Wooten - Jr.

Long snapper

51 Clay Davie - Fr.
53 Jason Perkins - Jr.

Kicker / Punter

28 Thomas Weber - Fr.
35 Jonathan Johnson - Sr.

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References

^ ESPN
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Cumulative Season Statistics". Arizona State University.

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