ASU vs. No. 24 Oregon Game Notes

Arizona State vs. #24 Oregon Game Notes
Sep. 23, 2017 | Game 4

With The Victory

Arizona State snaps a 10-game losing streak to the Ducks in the series, ending the longest winning streak for between two Pac-12 schools.
Head Coach Todd Graham earns his 90^th career victory overall.
Represents the Sun Devils first win over a nationally ranked team since defeating #7 UCLA on the road (Oct. 3, 2015) and the first home win over a ranked team since the victory over #8 Notre Dame (Nov. 8, 2014).
Moves the Sun Devils to 28-9 since the 2012 season in games played at Sun Devil Stadium.
ASU Improves to 9-8 in its last 17 games against ranked opponents.
The Sun Devils are now 25-15-1 all-time in Pac-12 home openers.

Gold Zone

ASU has converted on all 14 of its visits to the red zone this season. With tonight’s 34 points scored on red zone trips ASU has now scored 90 points on possessions in the red zone.

He’s The Manny…

With 39 attempts on the outing, Manny Wilkins set a new school record for consecutive attempts without an interception at 188. Rudy Carpenter previously held the record at 149.
Wilkins threw for 347 yards, his fifth 300-yard passing effort in ASU’s last seven games (going back to last season.
Wilkins’ eight-yard touchdown rush at 11:56 mark in the first quarter marked his first rushing touchdown of the season. Recording two rushing touchdowns on the evening Wilkins has now posted two or more rushing scores in a game, twice in his career (last, three vs. Cal 9/24/16).

Dirty Harry

Hauling in seven receptions for a career-best 170 yards (24.3 YPR, career-best) and a touchdown, N’Keal Harry has now eclipsed the 100-yard mark in two consecutive games, and four times on his career.
Harry has 33 receptions on 42 targets on the season. His 42 targets mark the second most in the Pac-12 this season.

Taking Down The Top

Getting ‘Em Off The Field

Firsts

Tyler Whiley’s blocked punt in the game’s first quarter at the 13:30 mark constituted the Sun Devils’ first since Dasmond Tautalatasi’s versus Weber start on Aug. 28, 2014.

Strike First

Arizona State has scored first in 46-of-69 games under head coach Todd Graham.
269 OF ASU’s 388 offensive scoring drives under Todd Graham have come in three minutes or less.
The Sun Devils are 2-1 on the season when scoring first (other win vs. NMSU)

Strike Fast

In the three previous outings coming into the tonight’s game, the Arizona State offense had three scoring drives under two minutes. Tonight, the Sun Devils had four scoring drives in under two minutes.

Getting Started On The Right Foot

Outscoring the Ducks 17-7 in the first quarter, the Sun Devils have now outscored opponents 595-367 in first quarter under Todd Graham.
The Sun Devils are now 33-3 under Graham when leading at half.

Hold On To Your Seats

ASU has now gone 11-7 in games decided by a touchdown or less since the comeback against Arizona in 2012.

CRUIZing To Victory

Connecting on 3-of-3 field goal attempts including a game winner, Brandon Ruiz is now 5-for-7 on field goals on the season.
Ruiz successfully converted a surprise onside kick after the Sun Devils second touchdown of the game.

Protect This House

ASU is now 27-9 at Sun Devil Stadium since Todd Graham took over in the 2012 season.
The Sun Devils are now 284-103-3 all-time at Sun Devil Stadium.

Harry Situation

Harry caught 7-of-10 targets on the outing, for a career-best 170 yards, while hauling in a 30-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter and a 52-yard reception in the third quarter.
Becomes ASU’s first receiver with eight or more receptions since Fred Gammage recorded 12 at Arizona on Nov. 25, 2016.
He also becomes the first receiver to tally over 150 yards in a game since Devin Lucien in Nov. 28, 2015.

Harvey Finds His Groove

After a first half in which he recorded only two receptions for 25 yards, Jalen Harvey broke out in a big way in the second half leading to career highs with eight receptions and 133 yards.

Twitter-Friendly Notes

33 of 41 Jalen Harvey career catches have been for 1^st down and 14 of 16 receptions this year have moved the chains.
The Sun Devils have had 5 different receivers with 100+ yards in a four-game stretch for the first time in school history.
ASU now has six passing plays of 50+ yards this season after having just one in all of last year.

Explosive Plays

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