Nov. 19, 2011
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Territorial Cup History Update
Arizona State trails the Wildcats, 47-37-1, in the all-time series after the 85th Duel in the Desert.
Most receiving yards in Territorial Cup Series (both teams):
Gerell Robinson, ASU 199 in 2011
Larry Todd, ASU 194 in 1964
Aaron Cox, ASU 191 in 1986
Ron Fair, ASU 175 in 1989
Bobby Wade, UA 157 in 2001
Most passing yards in Territorial Cup Series (both teams):
Ryan Kealy, ASU 511 in 1998
Brock Osweiler, ASU 487 in 2011
Jeff Van Raaphorst, ASU 437 in 1986
John Torok, ASU 394 in 1964
Nick Foles, UA 370 in 2011
Bruce Hill, UA 298 in 1973
Bob Moran Territorial Cup Series Player of the Game
Arizona Quarterback Nick Foles - 35-of-51 for 370 yards and two touchdowns.
A Packed House
ASU has sold out Sun Devil Stadium 23 times (in its current configuration/capacity of 71,706), and six of the those sellouts at Sun Devil Stadium have been against Arizona (2011, 2007, 1993, 1991, 1989, and 1985). The most recent ASU/UA sellout at Sun Devil Stadium was Dec. 1, 2007 (71,706) and the largest ASU/UA crowd ever at Sun Devil Stadium was Nov. 25, 1989 (74,926). The last sellout of any game at Sun Devil Stadium was Sept 20, 2008 versus Georgia (72,955) and the largest home attendance to date this year (2011) was versus Missouri (70,236).
Airing It Out
Quarterback Brock Osweiler finished with a career-high 487 passing yards.
Osweiler's top passing games:
487 yards vs. Arizona on Nov. 19, 2011
380 yards at UCLA on Nov. 26, 2010
353 yards vs. Missouri on Sept. 9, 2011
325 yards at Utah on Oct. 8, 2011
307 yards vs. Colorado on Oct. 29, 2011
Mr. 3000
Osweiler crossed the 3,000-yard mark for career passing yards in the first quarter and now has 3,377 passing yards on the season. He is just the fifth quarterback in Sun Devil history to throw for more than 3,000 yards in a season.
Passing yards (Season)
3,877 Andrew Walter, 2002
3, 377 Brock Osweiler, 2011
3,202 Rudy Carpenter, 2007
3,150 Andrew Walter, 2004
3,044 Andrew Walter, 2000
King Of Completions
Osweiler recorded a career-high 36 completions against the Wildcats to move into first place on ASU's season-completions list.
Completions (Season)
275 Brock Osweiler, 2011
274 Andrew Walter, 2002
246 Rudy Carpenter, 2007
244 Andrew Walter, 2004
221 Andrew Walter, 2003
213 Rudy Carpenter 2000
Talk About A Sore Arm
Osweiler became the second ASU quarterback to have more than 400 pass attempts in a season after throwing a career-high 65 passes against the Wildcats. His 434 attempts are the second highest in ASU history. His previous career high for pass attempts was 46 against Oregon on Oct. 15.
Passing Attempts (Season)
483 Andrew Walter, 2002
434 Brock Osweiler, 2011
426 Andrew Walter, 2004
421 Andrew Walter, 2003
A Grand For G-Rob
Wide receiver Gerell Robinson passed the 1,000-yard mark for receiving yards this season, becoming the first Sun Devil to accomplish this feat since Derek Hagan in 2005 and the 10th all-time, and is sixth on the school's all-time list for receiving yards in a season. He finished the game with a career-high 199 yards on 11 catches and now has 61 catches for 1100 yards and six touchdowns through 11 games this season. This is Robinson's fifth 100-yard receiving game this season, all in the past six games, and his third consecutive game passing the century mark. He had 158 yards vs. Washington St. on Nov. 12 and 131 yards against UCLA on Nov. 5. He also had 120 yards vs. Oregon on Oct. 15 and 101 vs. Utah on Oct. 8.
Receiving yards (Season)
1,405 Shaun McDonald (87 rec.), 2002
1,248 Derek Hagan (83), 2004
1,210 Derek Hagan (77), 2005
1,144 Morris Owens (52), 1973
1,104 Shaun McDonald (47), 2001
1,100 Gerell Robinson (61), 2011
1,082 Ron Fair (64), 1989
1,076 Derek Hagan (66), 2003
1,036 Keith Poole (55), 1995
1,009 J.D. Hill (61), 1970
Rushing Up The Record Books
Running back Cameron Marshall ran for two touchdowns, including a 2-yarder near the end of the first quarter and a 22-yarder with less than five minutes to play in the second quarter, and now has 27 career rushing touchdowns. He is fifth on ASU's career rushing touchdowns list, one behind Art Malone for fourth. He has 16 rushing touchdowns this season, which is fourth most in school history, and trails Woody Green (18, 1972), Terry Battle (18, 1996) and Wilford White (17, 1950).
Noel Huddle Offense
ASU put together two scoring drives under 3 minutes, including a 42-second drive and a 2:46. On the season now, the Sun Devils have 19 scoring drives under two minutes and 35 under three minutes on a total of 52 scoring drives.
First Career Starts
Offensive lineman Adam Tello started at left guard in place of Mike Marcisz, and defensive back Alden Darby started at nickel back.
Ring of Honor
Sun Devil Football inducted Curley Culp, Woody Green, John Henry Johnson and Charley Taylor into its Ring of Honor at halftime.