Arizona State Sun Devils football

Arizona State Sun Devils
	Current season
First season	1897
Head coach	Dennis Erickson
Home stadium	Sun Devil Stadium
Stadium capacity	73,379
Stadium surface	Grass
Location	Tempe, Arizona
Conference	Pac-12
All-time record	551–344–22
Postseason bowl record	12–11–1
Conference titles	17
Consensus All-Americans	16
	Current uniform
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' football program competes in NCAA Division I FBS as part of the Pacific-10 Conference.

The Sun Devils had their greatest success in the 1960s and 1970s under head coach Frank Kush. In that 22-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, 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 (potentially) a share of the national championship.

The team plays its home games at Sun Devil Stadium, which currently has a capacity of 72,955.

Head coaches[]

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1897–1906	Frederick M. Irish	8	12–8	.600
1914–1916	George Schaeffer	3	7–8	.467
1919	George E. Cooper	1	0–2	.000
1922	Ernest C. Wills	1	0–3–1	.125
1923–1929	Aaron McCreary	7	25–17–4	.587
1930–1932	Ted Shipkey	3	12–10–2	.542
1933–1937	Rudy Lavik	5	13–26–3	.345
1938–1941	Dixie Howell	4	23–15–4	.595
1942	Hilman Walker	1	2–8	.200
1946	Steve Coutchie	1	2–7–2	.273
1947–1950	Ed Doherty	4	25–17	.595
1951	Larry Siemering	1	6–3–1	.650
1952–1954	Clyde Smith	3	15–13–1	.534
1955–1957	Dan Devine	3	27–3–1	.887
1958–1978	Frank Kush	22	176–54–1	.764
1979	Bob Owens	1	3–4	.429
1980–1984	Darryl Rogers	5	37–18–1	.670
1985–1987	John Cooper	3	25–9–2	.722
1988–1991	Larry Marmie	4	22–21–1	.511
1992–2000	Bruce Snyder	9	58–47	.563
2001–2006	Dirk Koetter	6	40–34	.541
2007–	Dennis Erickson	4	25–24	.510
Total	22 coaches	97	554–347–22	.600

Championships[]

Conference championships[]

Year	Conference	Record	Conference Record
1931*	Border	6–2	2–2
1939*	Border	8–2–1	4–1
1940*	Border	7–2–2	4–1–1
1952*	Border	6–3	4–0
1957*	Border	10–0	3–0
1959*	Border	10–1	5–0
1961*	Border	7–3	3–1
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	7–0
1975*	WAC	12–0	7–0
1977*	WAC	9–3	6–1
1986*	Pac-10	10–1–1	5–1–1
1996*	Pac-10	11–1	8–0
2007*	Pac-10	10–3	7–2
Total Conference Champions 17

Co-champ(s)

Records[]

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 Bowl (four times). The team had gone to four consecutive bowl games, and nine in the last 12 seasons.

Date	Bowl	W/L	Opponent	PF	PA
January 1, 1940	Sun Bowl	T	Catholic	0	0
January 2, 1941	Sun Bowl	L	Western Reserve	13	26
January 2, 1950	Salad Bowl	L	Xavier	21	33
January 1, 1951	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	18
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	34	52
Total	24 bowl games	12-11-1

Stadiums[]

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

Practice facilities[]

Bill Kajikawa Practice Fields[]

Bill Kajikawa Practice Fields located on Sixth Street and Rural Road is normally where Sun Devil football team practices when weather permits.

Camp Tontozona[]

An Arizona State University property, is a 36-acre (145,687 m²) camp just outside of Payson, Arizona created by former legendary coach Frank Kush was used as a bonding place for his players. Tontozona has marked the unofficial start of the Sun Devils’ seasons from 1960-2008. Due to the knack of losing practices to rainouts, short and torn up fields leading to excessive injuries, and travel costs, the team decided to move camp back to Tempe campus with the arrival of the Devil Dome.^[1]

Verde Dickey Center[]

Formerly opened as Devil Dome and nicknamed,"The Bubble", $8.4 million practice facility broke ground on May 15, 2008^[2] to provide a climate controlled space for the Sun Devil football team, Sun Devil Marching Band, ASU Intramurals and for other athletic department events. Before its full completion and turn over from the contractor to the university on the night of August 28, 2008 a powerful storm brought it down.^[3] The Bubble was re-inflated early October and was fully repaired for use in July 2009. During the 2009 season the facility was renamed and dedicated to generous donor Dr. Verde Dickey as the Verde Dickey Center, to not only commemorate his donation for the facility but also his donations to Sun Devil Marching Band and projects such as renovation of locker rooms in Wells Fargo Arena and Sun Devil Stadium, Weatherup Basketball Center, The Athletes Performance Center, John Spini Gymnastics Center, and wrestling practice facility.^[4]

Rivalry[]

Arizona State's primary rival is Arizona. The football rivalry game between the schools is known as "The Duel in the Desert" and is played for the Territorial Cup. The University of Arizona has the all-time series lead with a record of 46-37-1. This record dates back to 1899 before Arizona State was recognized as a University; however ASU was an NCAA participating university/college as an independent member and member of the Border Conference prior to 1958. All games played prior to the establishment of ASU as a university in 1958 are officially counted by the NCAA and are official games against all opponents in every NCAA recognized sport. Tempe Normal (ASU) won the first matchup in 1899, 11-2.

Since becoming an official university in 1958,^[5] Arizona State has the overall lead in the rivalry series with a record of 29 wins, 21 losses, and one tie, though they went 0–8–1 during a nine-year stretch from 1982-90. Since ASU and Arizona have become major conference members of the Pacific 10 Conference in 1978, the University of Arizona leads the series 18-14-1. ASU has recently enjoyed more success in the series, winning three out of the past five meetings and six of the last ten. They won the most recent contest on December 2, 2010, 30-29 (double overtime) in Tucson.