2006 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

2006 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, L 24–41 vs. Hawaii
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
2006 record	7–6 (4–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Dirk Koetter
Offensive coordinator	Roy Wittke
Defensive coordinator	Bill Miller
Captain	Josh Barrett Kyle Caldwell Jordan Hill Zach Miller
Home stadium	Sun Devil Stadium (Capacity: 71,706)
Uniform

2006 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#4 USC +		7	–	2		11	–	2
#14 California +		7	–	2		10	–	3
#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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 pm	Northern Arizona*		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FSNAZ	W 35-14	53,540^[1]
September 9	7:00 pm	Nevada*		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FSNAZ	W 52-21	54,232^[2]
September 16	5:00 pm	at Colorado*	No. 23	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	TBS	W 21-3	47,723^[3]
September 23	12:30 pm	at No. 20 California	No. 18	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	FSN	L 21-49	58,024^[4]
September 30	12:30 pm	No. 12 Oregon		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	ABC	L 13-48	58,526^[5]
October 14	5:00 pm	at No. 2 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	L 21-28	91,126^[6]
October 21	12:30 pm	Stanford		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ		W 38-3	53,323^[7]
October 28	5:00 pm	at Washington		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	FSNAZ	W 26-23 ^OT	58,822^[8]
November 4	2:05 pm	at Oregon State		Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR		L 10-44	38,274^[9]
November 11	7:00 pm	Washington State		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ		W 47-14	53,289^[10]
November 18	8:15 pm	UCLA		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FSN	L 12-24	54,459^[11]
November 25	4:00 pm	Arizona		Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ (Duel in the Desert)	FSN	W 28-14	57,895^[12]
December 24	6:00 pm	at Hawaii		Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI (Hawaii Bowl)	ESPN	L 24-41	43,435^[13]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Standard Time.

Game notes

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Northern Arizona	7	7	0	0	14
Arizona St					0

Date: August 31
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Television network: FSN Arizona

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

Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nevada	0	14	0	7	21
• Arizona St	7	24	14	7	52

Date: September 9
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Television network: FSN Arizona

ASU had 575 total yards, as Rudy Carpenter threw for 333 yards and 5 TDs (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

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Arizona St	7	7	0	7	21
Colorado	3	0	0	0	3

Date: September 16
Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado
Television network: FSN Arizona

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

California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arizona St	7	7	7	0	21
• California	14	28	0	7	49

Date: September 23
Location: Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California
Television network: FSN Arizona

Ryan Torain rushed for 185 yards and 1 TD, 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

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Oregon	14	10	7	17	48
Arizona St	0	3	10	0	13

Date: September 30
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Television network: FSN Arizona

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arizona St	0	7	14	0	21
• USC	14	7	0	7	28

Date: October 14
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Stanford	0	0	3	0	3
• Arizona St	10	7	14	7	38

Date: October 21
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

Scoring summary

1	10:48	ASU	Ryan Torain 27 yard pass from Rudy Carpenter (Jesse Ainsworth kick)	Arizona St 7–0

1	1:46	ASU	Jesse Ainsworth 19 yard field goal	Arizona St 10–0

2	7:32	ASU	Ryan Torain 2 yard run (Jesse Ainsworth kick)	Arizona St 17–0

3	8:49	ASU	Keegan Herring 8 yard run (Jesse Ainsworth kick)	Arizona St 24–0

3	6:20	ASU	Keegan Herring 6 yard run (Jesse Ainsworth kick)	Arizona St 31–0

3	3:53	STAN	Aaron Zagory 35 yard field goal	Arizona St 31–3

4	6:56	ASU	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 TDs. The Cardinal offense was held to only 190 yards.

Washington

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
• Arizona St	0	14	6	0	6	26
Washington	0	3	3	14	3	23

Date: October 28
Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle, Washington

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

Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arizona St	0	10	0	0	10
• Oregon St	17	14	3	10	44

Date: November 4
Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington St	7	0	0	7	14
• Arizona St	17	13	7	10	47

Date: November 11
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
• UCLA	7	7	3	7	24
Arizona St	3	6	3	0	12

Date: November 18
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Arizona St	21	0	7	0	28
Arizona	0	14	0	0	14

Date: November 25
Location: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

Hawaii Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arizona St	3	7	0	14	24
• Hawaii	0	3	21	17	41

Date: December 24
Location: Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii
Television network: ESPN

Previous meeting: Hawaii 29, Arizona State 17 (1979)

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 TD 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 TDs 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.

Game MVPs: Jason Rivers, WR & Colt Brennan, QB: Hawaii. Ryan Torain, RB: Arizona State^[14]

References

Arizona State Sun Devils football

Venues	Normal Field (1897–1926) Irish Field (1927–1935) Goodwin Stadium (1936–1957) Sun Devil Stadium (1958–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arizona (Territorial Cup)

Culture & lore	Sparky the Sun Devil "Maroon & Gold" Marching band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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