GAME NOTES
- Cam Skattebo is the first Sun Devil running back with 100+ rushing AND receiving yards in a single game since Demario Richard put up 151 receiving and 104 rushing against New Mexico in 2015.
- He is one of just 15 FBS running backs since 1996 to rush for over 150 yards and receive for 100 yards. He is one of just six Big 12 running backs since 1996 to rush and receive for over 100 yards in a game.
- Skattebo's 50-yard touchdown reception was his first touchdown reception since Sept. 23 against USC last season, which was also a 52-yard catch and run.
- The Sun Devils have not punted on an opening drive this season and have scored in six of eight games. They have touchdowns in five of those (a field goal against Wyoming) and threw interceptions on the opening drives against Utah and Texas Tech.
- ASU had given up opening drive scores (two touchdowns, one field goal) in three straight games before blanking Cincinnati and Oklahoma State on their opening drives the last two games).
- It was the first time ASU had held an opponent scoreless in the first quarter since Week 2 against Mississippi State. The Sun Devils had entered the contest 86th in the country in allowing 6.3 points per first quarter this season.
- Chamon Metayer set a career high with just under three minutes left in the first half with his fifth reception of the game.
- With Skattebo's touchdown with 16 seconds left in the first half, ASU is now outscoring opponents 49-13 in the "middle eight" of games - the last four minutes of the first half and first four minutes of the second half.
- It was the ninth time this season that ASU has scored a touchdown in the final five minutes of the first or second half of a game - 13th in the nation in the category.
- ASU's 278 first half yards were the most it has had in a single half this season.
- In three career games against Arizona State, 2023 Doak Walker Award winner Ollie Gordon has rushed for just 62 + today yards
- Kyson Brown's third quarter rushing touchdown was the first rushing score of his collegiate career.
- The contest marked the second straight game ASU shut out a team in the third quarter after having given up 31 points in the five games prior in the frame.