Oct. 16, 1999
By JIM COUR
AP Sports Writer
SEATTLE (AP) - Ryan Kealy passed for two touchdowns in the second half and Arizona State took advantage of five lost fumbles by Washington for a 28-7 victory in a Pac-10 game on Saturday.
Kealy, who hadn't finished a game this season because of injuries, had scoring passes of 3 yards to tight end Kendrick Bates and 24 yards to Tariq McDonald to break open a tight game.
The Sun Devils (3-3 overall, 2-1 Pac-10) ended a three-game winning streak for the Huskies (3-3, 2-1). Arizona State had lost four games in a row in Seattle.
Arizona State bounced back after losing 48-17 at Notre Dame last week.
Arizona State's defense stymied quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo and Washington's option attack after the Huskies took the game's opening kickoff and drove 87 yards for their only touchdown.
The Sun Devils stopped the Huskies at their 1 on a fourth-down run attempt by Willie Hurst with 5:02 left in the third quarter.
Kealy completed 15 of 28 passes for 194 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions. Tuiasosopo was 19-for-26 for 206 yards and no interceptions but did lose a fumble.
Arizona State turned Washington's fifth lost fumble into a touchdown in the first minute of the fourth quarter for a 28-7 lead. Hurst lost his second fumble of the day on a vicious hit by Alfred Williams and the ball was recovered by Kareem Clark at the Washington 24. Hurst was knocked out of the game with a concussion.
On the next play, Kealy passed to McDonald at the goal line for a touchdown with 47 seconds gone in the fourth quarter.
The Sun Devils turned a fumble by punt returner Joe Jarzynka into a 22-yard field goal by Stephen Baker with 3:14 gone in the second half for a 13-7 lead. Jarzynka's fumble gave Arizona State the ball on the Washington 20.
Arizona State then took a 21-7 lead with its second touchdown of the game with eight seconds to go in the third quarter.
After Quincy Yancy blocked John Anderson's 46-yard field goal attempt, the Sun Devils drove 47 yards in seven plays before Kealy's 3-yard touchdown pass to Bates on the next-to-last play of the third quarter. Kealy passed to Todd Heap for a 2-point conversion.
Arizona State led 10-7 at halftime as the Huskies lost three fumbles in the second quarter.
Washington took a 7-0 lead with 4:32 gone on Tuiasosopo's 23-yard scramble.
The Sun Devils tied it on the first play of the second period on a 10-yard run by fullback Terrelle Smith.
Arizona State linebacker Solomon Bates' hit on Hurst caused a fumble that Jawell Samilton recovered at the Sun Devils 40. Arizona State drove 51 yards for Baker's 27-yard field goal at 8:36 of the second quarter.