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Post-Game Notes

Recap| Final Stats

California (6-4, 3-3) 55, Arizona State (7-4, 4-2) 38
Official Start Time: 4:43 p.m. Game Time Temp: 81? Attendance: 40,769
Sun Devil Stadium (Frank Kush Field); Tempe, Ariz.

  • The All-Time Series: With the win tonight the Cal Bears improved to 6-4 overall in 2002 and evened their Pac-10 record at 3-3. ASU had won five of the last six in the series and had a five-game home winning streak snapped against Cal. The last time Cal won at Sun Devil Stadium before tonight was a 31-24 victory in 1990. ASU still holds a 13-10 advantage in the all-time series.

  • Suggs Breaks Pac-10 and ASU Single-Season Sack Record: With his sack of Cal quarterback Kyle Boller late in the second quarter, ASU junior defensive end Terrell Suggs broke the Pac-10 and ASU single-season record (19) with his 19.5 sack of 2002. The former school record of 19 sacks were set by Al Harris in 1979 and the Pac-10 mark was shared by Arizona's Tedy Bruschi (1993) and USC's Tim Ryan (1989). Suggs, who already broke the NCAA mark (an official statistic since 2001) of 17.5, is now eying the ASU career sack record of 41 set by Shante Carver (1990-93). Suggs has 39.5 sacks in his career with two remaining regular-season games in 2002.

    • ASU Single-Season Sacks:

    1.19.5Terrell Suggs, 2002
    2.19Al Harris, 1978
    3.14Bob Kohrs, 1978
    4.12Derrick Rodgers, 1996
    12Vernon Maxwell, 1982

  • Walter Breaks ASU Single-Season Passing Record: With his 477 yards and five touchdowns passing (29-for-50), sophomore QB Andrew Walter notched his fourth 400+ yard passing game of the year. The 477 yards ranks as the fifth most in ASU single-game history and is the second most by Walter this year (and career). Walter has three of the top six single-game passing performances in school history this year. With his performance tonight, Walter broke the ASU single-season record with 2,992 yards. He entered the game at fourth, but passed the single-season school record of 2,878 set by former Sun Devil and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Danny White in 1973. Tonight also marked the fourth time this season he has thrown for four or more TD's and now has 25 in 2002 to rank second in ASU's single-season history. The school record is 29 set by Mike Pagel in 1981.

    • ASU Single-Season Touchdown Passes:
    1.29Mike Pagel, 1981
    2.25Andrew Walter, 2002
    3.24Jake Plummer, 1996
    24Danny White, 1973
    5.23Danny White, 1972

    ASU Single-Season Passing Yards:
    1.2,992Andrew Walter, 2002
    2.2,878Danny White, 1973
    3.2,776Jake Plummer, 1996
    4.2,591Paul Justin, 1989
    5.2,484Mike Pagel, 1981

    ASU Single-Game Passing Yards:
    1.536Andrew Walter at Oregon, 2002**
    2.534Paul Justin vs. Washington State, 1989
    3.532Jeff Van Raaphorst vs. Florida State, 1984
    4.511Ryan Kealy vs. Arizona, 1998
    5.477Andrew Walter vs. California, 2002
    6.474Andrew Walter vs. North Carolina, 2002
    474Paul Justin vs. Houston, 1990
    ** also the Pac-10 single-game record

  • Fulton Has Another Good Game: After a string of good games in which he caught six passes last weekend vs. Washington State, junior wide receiver Skyler Fulton (Olympia, Wash.) had another good game tonight vs. Cal. Fulton caught three passes for 66 yards and one TD. He hauled in a 16-yard TD catch from Andrew Walter in the third quarter to cut Cal's lead to 28-24. On the 80-yard scoring drive, Fulton caught two passes for two passes for 62 yards. The TD was his third of the year and fourth of his career. He also added a two-point conversion to give ASU a 38-35 lead.

  • Walter To Lightfoot 85-Yarder is Seventh Longest in ASU History: The 85-yard TD catch by sophomore Daryl Lightfoot from Andrew Walter is tied for the seventh longest passing play from scrimmage in ASU football history. The school record is a 95-yarder from Jeff Van Raaphorst to Aaron Cox vs. USC in 1985 for a TD. The catch was Lightfoot's second career and season TD, having also caught a 44-yard TD in the 65-24 win over Stanford (9/28).

  • McDonald Continues Record Breaking Season: With six catches for 138 yards and two touchdown's tonight vs. Cal, junior wide receiver Shaun McDonald set the ASU single-season receiving yards mark at 1,207. He is also now third in career receiving yards with 2,669 and tied for fifth with 140 career receptions. With two more TD's he now has to rank third in ASU career history. He added to his single-season record for receptions and now has 71 in 2002. His 12 TD's this year are tied for second most in a season. McDonald now has at least one reception in 24 straight games and a TD catch in 14 of his 34 career games. He notched his 11th career 100+ yard receiving game and for the fourth time had a multi-TD game. With his two TD's he also moved up to tied for 12th in Pac-10 history with 23 career TD's and is tied for the most among active Pac-10 players with Oregon's Keenan Howry.

    • ASU Career Receiving Yards:
    1.2,993John Jefferson, 1974-77
    2.2,694Aaron Cox, 1984-87
    3.2,669Shaun McDonald, 2000-present
    4.2,691Keith Poole, 1993-96

    ASU Career Touchdown Catches:
    1.25Keith Poole (1993-96)
    25Doug Allen (1981-84)
    3.23Shaun McDonald (2000-present)
    4.22Steve Holden (1970-72)

    ASU Single-Season Receiving Yards (Catches):
    1.1,207Shaun McDonald (71), 2002
    2.1,144Morris Owens (52), 1973
    3.1,104Shaun McDonald (47), 2001
    4.1,082Ron Fair (64), 1989
    5.1,036Keith Poole (55), 1995

    ASU Single-Season Touchdown Catches:
    1.14Doug Allen, 1984
    2.12Steve Holden, 1972
    12Shaun McDonald, 2002
    4.11Keith Poole, 1996
    5.11J.D. Hill, 1970
    6.10Shaun McDonald, 2001
    7.9Morris Owens, 1973

  • Lightfoot Has Career Night: In addition to his 85-yard touchdown in the third quarter, sophomore wide receiver Daryl Lightfoot continues to put up impressive numbers in the last few games. Leading the Devils with eight catches for 64 yards last weekend against Washington State, Lightfoot recorded a career-high 163 yards tonight on six (6) catches. For the season the sophomore speedster has caught 35 passes for 489 yards and two touchdowns.

  • Barth Hits the Bullseye: Senior place kicker Mike Barth connected on a 22-yarder late in the second quarter for his eighth straight converted field goal... a failed 51-yarder to end the first half ended his streak... playing in his last game at Sun Devil Stadium, Barth's updated career statistics are 42-for-64 (.656).

  • Senior Day For 19 Sun Devils: Saturday afternoon was Senior Day for the Sun Devils as 19 seniors played in the final home game of their Sun Devil careers. ASU's seniors include LB Josh Amobi, PK Mike Barth, LB Solomon Bates, DT James Beal, P Brian Biang, SN Jay Breckenridge, TE Matt Cooper, CB O.J. Hackett, DT Dustin Hollins, DT Phil Howard, DT Khoa Nguyen, K Greg Pieratt, TE Mike Pinkard, WR Justin Taplin, CB Adrian Thomas, FB Darrel Turner, LB Mason Unck, S Alfred Williams and S Patrick Wilson.

  • Arizona State Notes: The interception in the second quarter by junior Brett Hudson tied him for the team lead with his fourth of the year (R.J. Oliver also has four) and was ASU's Pac-10 leading 19th INT of 2002... for the first time this year 10 players caught at least one pass... ASU previously had nine different Sun Devils catch at least one pass in Pac-10 contests against Stanford (9/28) and Oregon (10/19)... the two-yard TD run by redshirt freshman Hakim Hill in the third quarter was his fifth rushing TD of the year (8th overall)... ASU quarterbacks have now been sacked 14 times in the last two games... Walter has been sacked six times each vs. Washington State and Cal.

  • Cal Game Notes: With the 11-yard TD reception by Tom Swoboda late in the first quarter, Cal maintained its streak of scoring first in all 10 of its games this year... the 85-yard interception return for a TD by Nnamdi Asomugha in the third quarter is tied for the fourth longest in Cal football history and is the second longest this year... linebacker Matt Nixon had a 100-yard INT return for a TD earlier this year vs. Baylor... senior kicker Mark Jensen moved into sixth place for career scoring with 226 points scored... Jensen surpassed Chuck Muncie (1973-75)... Cal has now scored 34 or more points in a game six times this season after not scoring more than 34 points in any game last year... with a 21-17 lead at halftime, the Golden Bears have led at the break in nine of its 10 games this year... three of Cal's six wins this year have come against top 25 teams, with all three coming on the road (at Michigan State, #15, at Washington #12, at Arizona State, #25).

  • Boller No. 2 in Career Passing: California senior QB Kyle Boller moved into the No. 2 spot on Cal's career passing list and also No. 2 on the all-time TD pass list with his career-high tying five TD passes vs. the Sun Devils. Boller passed for 213 yards (16-for-35) and now has 7,494 career yards passing to move past Pat Barnes in the Cal Record books. His 60 career TD passes are already a school record.

  • Igber Likes Sun Devil Stadium: Cal senior tailback Joe Igber likes playing at Sun Devil Stadium as is evident after rattling off his second 100+ yard game in his last two games in Tempe. Iggber had 181 rushing yards on 15 carries when the Golden Bears lost 30-10 in 2000 vs. the Sun Devils. He added a season-high 144 yards tonight on 30 carries.

  • NFL In Attendance: Scouts from 11 NFL teams were in attendance at the game in the press box to scout player from both teams. The Indianapolis Colts, Buffalo Bills, New York Jets, Kansas City Chiefs, Baltimore Ravens, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans, Arizona Cardinals and Oakland Raiders all had scouts present in the press box for the game.