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Postgame Notes: Oregon

Postgame Notes: OregonPostgame Notes: Oregon
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QUICK HITS

--The Sun Devils finished with 742 yards of total offense on Thursday night, the highest total since ASU recorded 773 total yards against Northwestern on Sept. 17, 2005. It is the third-highest total in school history.

--Thursday was the first game ASU has had two 100-yard rushers since Taylor Kelly and D.J. Foster in the 2013 Holiday Bowl.

--Prior to Thursday, the highest combined scoring game in ASU history was 111 points, which occurred in a 56-55 double-overtime loss to Oregon in 2000.

--ASU rushed for 344 yards, the first time the Devils have rushed for more than 300 yards since rushing for 423 against New Mexico last season. It was also the fifth-highest total since 1996.

FOSTER THE PEOPLE 

--With six receptions on Thursday, D.J. Foster tied Kareem Kelly’s Pac-12 record of 48 consecutive games with a reception.

SUPER DEMARIO

--Demario Richard rushed for 135 yards, the fourth time this season that Richard has rushed for more than 100 yards. It was also his first game this season with both a rushing and receiving touchdown.

--Richard now has 12 touchdowns in the last eight games dating back to the 2014 Sun Bowl. 

BALLAGE’S BIG NIGHT

--Kalen Ballage played his best game as a Sun Devil on Thursday, finishing with a career best 127 yards rushing. His previous career high was 59 yards (vs. UCLA on 10/3/15). Ballage also ripped off a 34-yard run, the longest of his career.

NOT BAD FOR A ROOKIE

--Kareem Orr recorded his third interception of the season, tied for second in the Pac-12 and good for first place among Pac-12 true freshmen.

ALL-PURPOSE TIM

--Tim White recorded 150 all-purpose yards and has notched 100-plus all-purpose yards in five consecutive games.

STOP RIGHT THERE

--ASU held the Ducks to 186 yards on the ground. Oregon came into Thursday averaging 297.4 rushing yards per game, the sixth-highest mark in the country.

SPECIAL TEAMS 

--Zane Gonzalez kicked two field goals and seven PATs on Thursday. He now has 323 career points, the third-highest mark by a kicker in school history.

FIRST DOWNS A PLENTY 

--ASU finished with 37 first downs on Thursday, one shy of the school record (38, vs. UCLA on Sept. 25, 2014).

EXPLOSIVE PLAYS

ASU finished with nine plays of 20 or more yards. Entering the contest the Sun Devils had just 32 such plays all season (4.6 per game).

--Devin Lucien 30-yard reception

--Gary Chambers 18-yard reception

--Kalen Ballage 18-yard run

--Demario Richard 31-yard run

--Tim White 16-yard reception

--Mike Bercovici 13-yard run

--Kalen Ballage 16-yard reception

--Gary Chambers 39-yard TD reception

--Devin Lucien 22-yard reception

--Demario Richard 16-yard run

--Tim White 17-yard reception

--Demario Richard 22-yard TD run

--Kalen Ballage 34-yard rush

--D.J. Foster 25-yard reception

--Kalen Ballage 33-yard rush

--Tim White 29-yard reception

--Mike Bercovici 18-yard run

--Tim White 22-yard reception