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THE GAME - Sun Devil Football will wrap up the 2018 home slate this weekend at Sun Devil Stadium, taking on the UCLA Bruins on Saturday, Nov. 10. The game is scheduled for a 12 p.m. kickoff Arizona time and will be broadcast live on the Pac-12 Networks. On the call will be J.B. Long, Anthony Herron and Lewis Johnson. The game will be broadcast over the airwaves on ESPN 620 AM with the Voice of the Sun Devils, Tim Healey, on the call alongside analyst Jeff Van Raaphorst and sideline reporter Jordan Simone
ASU VS. UCLA - UCLA owns the all-time lead in the series, leading 20-13-1. However, 9 of those wins came before 1992 and ASU was just 1-9-1 against the Bruins in the first 11 games of the series history. Things have evened out dramatically since then, with the series sitting at 12-11 in ASU's favor since then. ASU has won 3 of the last 5 games in the series and 2 of the last 3. The Sun Devils will be looking to earn a win over both Los Angeles schools in the same season for just the 5th time in program history (1986, 1996, 1999 and 2013).
SENIOR DAY - The Sun Devils will celebrate Senior Day in Tempe this weekend, and honor the team's outgoing seniors in their final games at Sun Devil Stadium. ASU has been largely successful in recent years in the final home game of the season, posting an 11-4 record overall in the last 15 years.
ASU will honor the following group of 16 Seniors prior to kickoff: OL Quinn Bailey, LB Koron Crump, LB Ochuko Duke, DB Cody French, DB Jalen Harvey, LB Jordan Hoyt, WR Ryan Jenkins, DB Demonte King, PK John O'Brien, H Josh Pokraka, OL Tyson Rising, DL Doug Subtyl, DB Dasmond Tautalatasi, OL Casey Tucker, QB Manny Wilkins and DL Renell Wren.
AN ASU VICTORY WOULD...
1. .@NkealHarry15 notes: First Sun Devil WR to catch 3 TD passes in a game since Devin Lucien vs. Cal in 2015; 22 TD receptions in career - tied for 5th in program history; 195 career receptions - 3rd in history; 2,629 receiving yards - 6th in history
2. Only 2 Pac-12 programs have a QB/RB/WR combination ranked in the Top-50 overall highest-graded @PFF_College Pac-12 Offensive Players: ASU (WR Harry/3rd; RB Benjamin/15th; QB Wilkins/16th) and WSU (QB Minshew/2nd; RB Williams/18th; WRs Winston/19th and Patman/23rd)
3. 1,119 carries | 40 games | 3+ years. That's how long it's been since a Sun Devil running back has lost a fumble on a conventional running play (not including Sparky formation or passing plays).
4. Among all freshmen (true or redshirt) playing in the Power Five this season, none have made more defensive stops this seasons than @_Merlin_2 (27) - a total that's also good for 15th overall in the Pac-12.
5. Following the non-conference slate, ASU's run game efficiency from PFF was ranked 85th nationally (8th in Pac-12) with a play success rate of 32.9. During the Pac-12 slate, ASU is ranked 26th nationally (3rd in Pac-12) with a success rate of 38.0 (4 points above national avg).
6. Quinn Bailey is one of just 24 offensive tackles on a Power-5 team to not allow a QB sack this season. His 8 pressures allowed are 17th-fewest among Power-5 tackles and he's PFF's 45th-highest graded pass-blocking tackle among ALL tackles in the FBS this season (82.2).
7. ASU hasn't finished in Top 100 in fewest sacks allowed per game since '11 (74th). In fact, since '03 (as far back as easily accessible team rankings go), ASU finished in the top-100 just 3 times, never better than 70th. Currently t-14th in FBS with 1.11 allowed per game
8.The Devils have 5 games this year (UTSA, UW, OSU, USC and Utah) without allowing a sack. Since at least 2000, ASU had never had more than two games in a SEASON where it didn't allow a sack.
9. .@eno_benjamin5 has 6 games over 100 yards this season. Only 4 Sun Devils have had 7 or more in a season: Freddie Williams and Art Malone (8), Woody Green (7, twice), Demario Richard (7).
10. .@NkealHarry15 and @eno_benjamin5 combined All-Purpose yards/TDs in the last 2 weekends: 674 total yards (365 rushing/256 receiving/103 return) with 9 total touchdowns.
#BYTHENUMBERS
780: No ASU running back has lost a fumble (or even put the ball on the ground) in 780 consecutive carries, dating back to the 2016 season - a streak of 28 consecutive games. That includes 205 running back carries this season (NOTE: this stat includes only RBs on rushing plays and does not include receptions). The fumble that ended the streak occured on a direct snap play to a running back. If only conventional running plays were included, the streak of carries without losing a fumble is 1,119 carries over 40 games (since 2015).
130: Arizona State holds the FBS active streak for consecutive games scoring more than 7 points, currently doing so in 130 straight games. The Sun Devils last scored a touchdown or less when they were shutout, 28-0, against eighth-ranked USC in the 2008 season. They have scored 30 or more points in 73 of those games (56.2 percent).The Sun Devils are 30-8 at home since 2013 and are one of just 17 teams in the FBS to win 30 home games in that time frame.
1,000: At 1,113 rushing yards this year, Eno Benjamin is well on pace to have the best single season during the Pac-12 era for a Sun Devil running back, already within 116 yards of Ryan Torain's Pac-12-era school record of 1,229 yards for a season (2006). The Sun Devil school record is 1,565 yards - set by Woody Green in 1972. In the Pac-12 era, no ASU running back has finished in the Top-10 nationally in single-season rushing yards. Benjamin is currently 5th nationally at 1,113 yards. Darryl Clack (1984) and Mario Bates (1993) both finished 18th nationally - the highest for a Sun Devil Running back in the Pac-12 era
34: N'Keal Harry has a reception in all 34 games of his career at Arizona State, tied for the 10th-longest active streak among all current FBS players. Harry is now in 3rd place in program history with 195 receptions. Harry is currently 6th in school history with 2,629 career receiving yards, within 100 yards of the top four all-time. With 22 career receiving touchdowns, Harry is tied for 5th in ASU school history in that category as well and needs just two more to move into fourth.Harry has at least one touchdown reception in 10 of last 14 games. He has 14 touchdown receptions in those 14 games after he had just 8 in the first 20 games of his career.
5: The Devils have 5 games this year without allowing a sack (UTSA, UW, OSU and USC). Since AT LEAST 2000, ASU had never had more than 2 games in a SEASON where it didn't allow a sack. ASU hasn't finished in Top-100 in fewest sacks allowed per game since 2011 (74th). In fact, since 2003 (as far back as easily accessible team rankings go), ASU has finished in the top-100 just 3 times, and never better than 70th. ASU is currently t-14th in FBS with 1.11 allowed per game.ASU's 10 sacks allowed this season are 15th nationally. A year ago, ASU finished 124th in the nation with 41 sacks allowed and 119th in 2016 with 41 sacks allowed as well.
0: Cohl Cabral is one of just 22 Power Five centers to not allow a sack on the year and is the 24th-highest graded center as a pass blocker in all of the FBS according to Pro Football Focus (81.7) and 33rd-highest graded center overall (70.0). Quinn Bailey is one of just 24 offensive tackles (that's played at least 50 percent of a team's snaps) on a Power Five team to not allow a quarterback sack this season and one of just 8 tackles in the Pac-12 to lay claim to such a feat.
THE GAME - Sun Devil Football will wrap up the 2018 home slate this weekend at Sun Devil Stadium, taking on the UCLA Bruins on Saturday, Nov. 10. The game is scheduled for a 12 p.m. kickoff Arizona time and will be broadcast live on the Pac-12 Networks. On the call will be J.B. Long, Anthony Herron and Lewis Johnson. The game will be broadcast over the airwaves on ESPN 620 AM with the Voice of the Sun Devils, Tim Healey, on the call alongside analyst Jeff Van Raaphorst and sideline reporter Jordan Simone
ASU VS. UCLA - UCLA owns the all-time lead in the series, leading 20-13-1. However, 9 of those wins came before 1992 and ASU was just 1-9-1 against the Bruins in the first 11 games of the series history. Things have evened out dramatically since then, with the series sitting at 12-11 in ASU's favor since then. ASU has won 3 of the last 5 games in the series and 2 of the last 3. The Sun Devils will be looking to earn a win over both Los Angeles schools in the same season for just the 5th time in program history (1986, 1996, 1999 and 2013).
SENIOR DAY - The Sun Devils will celebrate Senior Day in Tempe this weekend, and honor the team's outgoing seniors in their final games at Sun Devil Stadium. ASU has been largely successful in recent years in the final home game of the season, posting an 11-4 record overall in the last 15 years.
ASU will honor the following group of 16 Seniors prior to kickoff: OL Quinn Bailey, LB Koron Crump, LB Ochuko Duke, DB Cody French, DB Jalen Harvey, LB Jordan Hoyt, WR Ryan Jenkins, DB Demonte King, PK John O'Brien, H Josh Pokraka, OL Tyson Rising, DL Doug Subtyl, DB Dasmond Tautalatasi, OL Casey Tucker, QB Manny Wilkins and DL Renell Wren.
AN ASU VICTORY WOULD...
- Give ASU 3 straight wins for the first time this season and the first time since opening the season 4-0 in 2016.
- Give ASU its third win over USC in the last four seasons and 4th win in the last 6.
- Be just the 5th time in program history that ASU beat both USC and UCLA in the same season.
- 1 passing touchdown needed for Manny Wilkins to move into 6th in program history (48, currently at 47).
- 978 passing yards needed for Manny Wilkins to move into 3rd in program history (8,827, currently at 7,849).
- 151 passing yards needed for Manny Wilkins to reach 8,000 in his career (currently at 7,849)
- 62 receiving yards needed for N'Keal Harry to move into 5th in ASU history (2,691, currently at 2,629).
- 65 receiving yards needed for Harry to move into 4th in ASU history (2,694, currently at 2,629).
- 2 receiving touchdowns needed for Harry to move into 4th in ASU history (24, currently at 22).
- 3 receiving touchdowns needed for Harry to move into 3rd in ASU history (25, currently at 22).
- 116 rushing yards needed for Eno Benjamin to set the school Pac-12 era record for rushing yards (1,229, currently at 1,113).
- 248 rushing yards needed for Benjamin to move into the Top-10 in single-season history (1,186, currently at 938).
- 3 rushing touchdowns needed for Benjamin to move into the Top-7 in single-season history (14, currently at 11).
- 4 rushing touchdowns needed for Benjamin to move into the Top-6 in single-season history (15, currently at 11).
- 1 100-yard rushing performance needed for Benjamin to become one of just 5 running backs in history to reach the century mark 7 times in a single season. (Freddie Williams and Art Malone reached 8, Woody Green reached 7 twice and Demario Richard reached 7 most recently in 2015.)
1. .@NkealHarry15 notes: First Sun Devil WR to catch 3 TD passes in a game since Devin Lucien vs. Cal in 2015; 22 TD receptions in career - tied for 5th in program history; 195 career receptions - 3rd in history; 2,629 receiving yards - 6th in history
2. Only 2 Pac-12 programs have a QB/RB/WR combination ranked in the Top-50 overall highest-graded @PFF_College Pac-12 Offensive Players: ASU (WR Harry/3rd; RB Benjamin/15th; QB Wilkins/16th) and WSU (QB Minshew/2nd; RB Williams/18th; WRs Winston/19th and Patman/23rd)
3. 1,119 carries | 40 games | 3+ years. That's how long it's been since a Sun Devil running back has lost a fumble on a conventional running play (not including Sparky formation or passing plays).
4. Among all freshmen (true or redshirt) playing in the Power Five this season, none have made more defensive stops this seasons than @_Merlin_2 (27) - a total that's also good for 15th overall in the Pac-12.
5. Following the non-conference slate, ASU's run game efficiency from PFF was ranked 85th nationally (8th in Pac-12) with a play success rate of 32.9. During the Pac-12 slate, ASU is ranked 26th nationally (3rd in Pac-12) with a success rate of 38.0 (4 points above national avg).
6. Quinn Bailey is one of just 24 offensive tackles on a Power-5 team to not allow a QB sack this season. His 8 pressures allowed are 17th-fewest among Power-5 tackles and he's PFF's 45th-highest graded pass-blocking tackle among ALL tackles in the FBS this season (82.2).
7. ASU hasn't finished in Top 100 in fewest sacks allowed per game since '11 (74th). In fact, since '03 (as far back as easily accessible team rankings go), ASU finished in the top-100 just 3 times, never better than 70th. Currently t-14th in FBS with 1.11 allowed per game
8.The Devils have 5 games this year (UTSA, UW, OSU, USC and Utah) without allowing a sack. Since at least 2000, ASU had never had more than two games in a SEASON where it didn't allow a sack.
9. .@eno_benjamin5 has 6 games over 100 yards this season. Only 4 Sun Devils have had 7 or more in a season: Freddie Williams and Art Malone (8), Woody Green (7, twice), Demario Richard (7).
10. .@NkealHarry15 and @eno_benjamin5 combined All-Purpose yards/TDs in the last 2 weekends: 674 total yards (365 rushing/256 receiving/103 return) with 9 total touchdowns.
#BYTHENUMBERS
780: No ASU running back has lost a fumble (or even put the ball on the ground) in 780 consecutive carries, dating back to the 2016 season - a streak of 28 consecutive games. That includes 205 running back carries this season (NOTE: this stat includes only RBs on rushing plays and does not include receptions). The fumble that ended the streak occured on a direct snap play to a running back. If only conventional running plays were included, the streak of carries without losing a fumble is 1,119 carries over 40 games (since 2015).
130: Arizona State holds the FBS active streak for consecutive games scoring more than 7 points, currently doing so in 130 straight games. The Sun Devils last scored a touchdown or less when they were shutout, 28-0, against eighth-ranked USC in the 2008 season. They have scored 30 or more points in 73 of those games (56.2 percent).The Sun Devils are 30-8 at home since 2013 and are one of just 17 teams in the FBS to win 30 home games in that time frame.
1,000: At 1,113 rushing yards this year, Eno Benjamin is well on pace to have the best single season during the Pac-12 era for a Sun Devil running back, already within 116 yards of Ryan Torain's Pac-12-era school record of 1,229 yards for a season (2006). The Sun Devil school record is 1,565 yards - set by Woody Green in 1972. In the Pac-12 era, no ASU running back has finished in the Top-10 nationally in single-season rushing yards. Benjamin is currently 5th nationally at 1,113 yards. Darryl Clack (1984) and Mario Bates (1993) both finished 18th nationally - the highest for a Sun Devil Running back in the Pac-12 era
34: N'Keal Harry has a reception in all 34 games of his career at Arizona State, tied for the 10th-longest active streak among all current FBS players. Harry is now in 3rd place in program history with 195 receptions. Harry is currently 6th in school history with 2,629 career receiving yards, within 100 yards of the top four all-time. With 22 career receiving touchdowns, Harry is tied for 5th in ASU school history in that category as well and needs just two more to move into fourth.Harry has at least one touchdown reception in 10 of last 14 games. He has 14 touchdown receptions in those 14 games after he had just 8 in the first 20 games of his career.
5: The Devils have 5 games this year without allowing a sack (UTSA, UW, OSU and USC). Since AT LEAST 2000, ASU had never had more than 2 games in a SEASON where it didn't allow a sack. ASU hasn't finished in Top-100 in fewest sacks allowed per game since 2011 (74th). In fact, since 2003 (as far back as easily accessible team rankings go), ASU has finished in the top-100 just 3 times, and never better than 70th. ASU is currently t-14th in FBS with 1.11 allowed per game.ASU's 10 sacks allowed this season are 15th nationally. A year ago, ASU finished 124th in the nation with 41 sacks allowed and 119th in 2016 with 41 sacks allowed as well.
0: Cohl Cabral is one of just 22 Power Five centers to not allow a sack on the year and is the 24th-highest graded center as a pass blocker in all of the FBS according to Pro Football Focus (81.7) and 33rd-highest graded center overall (70.0). Quinn Bailey is one of just 24 offensive tackles (that's played at least 50 percent of a team's snaps) on a Power Five team to not allow a quarterback sack this season and one of just 8 tackles in the Pac-12 to lay claim to such a feat.