KEEPING THE CUP
- ASU claims their fifth-straight victory over their rival, the longest streak in the series since Arizona won five in a row from 1982-86 and the most for ASU against the Wildcats since winning nine straight from 1965-73
- This is only the fifth five-game winning streak in the history of the series.
- Arizona State now has 9 wins in the last 12 games of the series
- The Sun Devils improve to 17-9 in the series since 1996
- Herm Edwards becomes the first Sun Devil head coach to win his first four games against Arizona (Frank Kush won nine games in a row in the middle of his tenure)
- Arizona State has outscored Arizona 215-106 during the five-game winning streak.
- Over the last three Territorial Cups, Arizona is averaging 12.0 points per game. In the previous five, it averaged 36.8.
- The Sun Devils earned their best record to end the regular season (8-4) since 2014 (9-3)
- Ricky Pearsall caught a pair of touchdown passes for the second time this season, also doing so in the win over UCLA.
- Arizona State had four sacks that cost the Wildcats 55 total yards.
- ASU avoided turning the ball over while forcing two Wildcat turnovers.
- Arizona State now has four pick-sixes against Arizona since 2013, with four of their 14 total interception returns for a touchdown coming against their rival.
- Tyler Johnson recovered a fumble at the one-yard line, his sixth fumble recovery of his career.
- Rachaad White reached 1,000 rushing yards for the season with his 98 yards on the afternoon on 21 carries. ASU went to its workhorse on its final drive of the game with White needing 26 yards to join the 1,000-yard club at ASU. He ended up with 32 on seven carries on the final drive to hit the tally.
- It was the 26th instance of a Sun Devil running back reaching 1,000 yards in a single season and just the 9th one to do it in 11 games or less.
- White now has 22 touchdowns in his career (20 rushing, two receiving) in just 15 games played (1.5 per game).
- White has at least one touchdown in 12 of his 15 games with the Devils.
- With 15 rushing touchdowns this year, White is now tied for sixth in ASU single-season history.
- ASU’s 47 rushing touchdowns over its last 15 games are among the Top-5 in the country for a 15-game span pending other weekend results.
- With 228 rushing yards today, ASU has rushed for at least 100 yards as a team in 16 straight games. It is the longest streak of rushing for over 100 yards as a team since the last 10 games of 1995 and the first 11 of 1996 - a 21-game stretch over two seasons.
- ASU has gone over the 200-yard mark on the ground in 10 of its last 18 games and 15 times in the Herm Edwards era.
- ASU has held opponents to 400 yards or less in 10 of 12 games this season. That surpasses the total for the 2020 season (7 in 13 games). Under Herm Edwards, ASU has held opponents to the 400 or less mark for total offensive yards on 24 occasions over 42 games (57.1 percent of the time). For comparison, ASU accomplished the feat just 24 times in the 65 previous games (36.9 percent) from 2013-2017.
- Holding Arizona to just 50 rushes on 34 carries tonight, ASU now has nine occurrences this season in which it has held an opponent to less than 100 yards rushing AND/OR less than 100 yards passing (6 games under 100 yards rushing/3 games under 100 yards passing). The nine total sub-100 stat lines in one category or the other are the most since 1996 (also 9 - 5 games under 100 yards rushing, 4 under 100 yard passing).
- ASU extended its streak to 14 games without allowing a 50-yard play, the longest active streak in the FBS. It has been 16 games since ASU has given up a 50-yard passing play. It is the only team in the FBS to not allow a 50-yard play this year.
- ASU has held opponents to less than 30 points in 29 of 42 games under Herm Edwards, notable as it DID allow 30+ in 32 of 43 previous games dating back to a span from 2013-17.
- ASU outscored opponents 24-6 in the second half of the game. ASU entered the weekend sixth in the FBS in allowing just 7.9 second half points per game against FBS teams. ASU has outscored teams 110-42 in the fourth quarter of games this year.
- Jack Jones’ pick-six in the fourth quarter was ASU’s 21st interception return for a touchdown since 2012, tied for fourth in the FBS in that span.
- Jayden Daniels dominated the Wildcat defense on the ground and in the air, putting together an excellent all-around performance
- He ran for 86 yards and a touchdown on only 10 carries, giving him 670 rushing yards on the season
- A crucial 48-yard touchdown run by Daniels changed the momentum of the game, his 13th-career score on the ground
- It is his seventh-career game eclipsing 75 yards rushing and also his seventh-career game both rushing and throwing for a touchdown
- Jack Jones did a little bit of everything in the victory and was named the Bob Moran Player of the Game for his efforts.
- Not only did he force a fumble that gave Arizona State the ball at the Arizona one-yard line, he read a Will Plummer pass and secured an interception, proceeding to take it back 87-yards to the house.
- Jones finished with six tackles, one tackle for loss, and two turnovers directly leading to 14 points.
- He now has six career interceptions as a Sun Devil, three of which have come against the Wildcats.
- Jones also has three forced fumbles this year.