2007 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
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The 2007 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Dennis Erickson, the Sun Devils compiled an overall record of 10–3 with a mark of 7–2 in conference play, sharing the Pac-10 title with USC.[citation needed] Arizona State was invited to the Holiday Bowl, where the Sun Devils lost 52–34 to Texas.[1][2] The team played home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.
| 2007 Arizona State Sun Devils football | |
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Pac-10 co-champion | |
Holiday Bowl, L 34–52 vs. Texas | |
| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 13 |
| AP | No. 16 |
| Record | 10–3 (7–2 Pac-10) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Rich Olson (1st season) |
| Offensive scheme | Spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Craig Bray (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Captains |
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| Home stadium | Sun Devil Stadium |
Uniform | |
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 USC + | 7 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Arizona State + | 7 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Oregon State | 6 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23 Oregon | 5 | – | 4 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 5 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 3 | – | 6 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 3 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 3 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 2 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 1 | 7:00 pm | San Jose State* | W 45–3 | 54,405 | |||
| September 8 | 7:15 pm | Colorado* |
| FSN | W 33–14 | 58,417 | |
| September 15 | 7:00 pm | San Diego State* |
| FSNAZ | W 34–13 | 54,617 | |
| September 22 | 7:00 pm | Oregon State |
| W 44–32 | 56,099 | ||
| September 29 | 7:00 pm | at Stanford | No. 23 | FSNAZ | W 41–3 | 32,125 | |
| October 6 | 1:00 pm | at Washington State | No. 18 | FSN | W 23–20 | 35,117 | |
| October 13 | 7:15 pm | Washington | No. 14 |
| FSN | W 44–20 | 64,347 |
| October 27 | 7:00 pm | No. 18 California | No. 7 |
| FSN | W 31–20 | 71,706 |
| November 3 | 3:30 pm | at No. 4 Oregon | No. 6 | ESPN | L 23–35 | 59,379 | |
| November 10 | 1:30 pm | at UCLA | No. 9 | ABC | W 24–20 | 78,690 | |
| November 22 | 6:00 pm | No. 11 USC | No. 7 |
| ESPN | L 24–44 | 71,706 |
| December 1 | 6:00 pm | Arizona | No. 13 |
| ESPN2 | W 20–17 | 71,706 |
| December 27 | 7:00 pm | vs. No. 17 Texas* | No. 12 | ESPN | L 34–52 | 64,020 | |
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Rankings
Game summaries
San Jose State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| San Jose State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| • Arizona St | 10 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
- Date: Saturday, September 1
- Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Colorado
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Colorado | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| • Arizona St | 0 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 33 |
- Date: Saturday, September 8
- Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
San Diego State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| San Diego St | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| • Arizona St | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
- Date: Saturday, September 15
- Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Oregon State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Oregon St | 19 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 32 |
| • Arizona St | 0 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 44 |
- Date: Saturday, September 22
- Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Stanford
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Arizona St | 6 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 41 |
| Stanford | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
- Date: Saturday, September 29
- Location: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California
Washington State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Arizona St | 0 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 23 |
| Washington St | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
- Date: Saturday, October 6
- Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington
Washington
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Washington | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| • Arizona St | 3 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 44 |
- Date: Saturday, October 13
- Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
California
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| California | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| • Arizona St | 0 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
- Date: October 27
- Location: Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona
- Game start: 10:15 p.m. EST
| 1 | 9:54 | CAL | Cameron Jordan 13-yard fumble return (Jordan Kay kick) | California 7–0 |
| 1 | 7:02 | CAL | Jordan Kay 41-yard field goal | California 10–0 |
| 1 | 1:13 | CAL | Jordan Kay 22-yard field goal | California 13–0 |
| 2 | 13:48 | ASU | Dimitri Nance 11-yard run (Thomas Weber kick) | California 13–7 |
| 2 | 9:32 | CAL | DeSean Jackson 21-yard pass from Nate Longshore (Jordan Kay kick) | California 20–7 |
| 2 | 3:42 | ASU | Dimitri Nance 2-yard run (Thomas Weber kick) | California 20–14 |
| 3 | 10:03 | ASU | Dimitri Nance 8-yard run (Thomas Weber kick) | Arizona St 21–20 |
| 3 | 1:16 | ASU | Thomas Weber 47-yard field goal | Arizona St 24–20 |
| 4 | 7:07 | ASU | Kyle Williams 12-yard pass from Rudy Carpenter (Thomas Weber kick) | Arizona St 31–20 |
Oregon
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Arizona St | 3 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| • Oregon | 14 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
- Date: Saturday, November 3
- Location: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon
UCLA
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Arizona St | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| UCLA | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
- Date: Saturday, November 10
- Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
USC
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • USC | 17 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 44 |
| Arizona St | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
- Date: Thursday, November 22
- Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Arizona
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Arizona | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| • Arizona St | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
- Date: Saturday, December 1
- Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
- Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST
| 1 | 7:35 | Arizona | Rob Gronkowski 1-yard pass from Willie Tuitama (Jason Bondzio kick) | Arizona 7–0 |
| 2 | 10:06 | Arizona St | Tyrice Thompson 3-yard pass from Rudy Carpenter (Thomas Weber kick) | Tie 7–7 |
| 2 | 3:06 | Arizona St | Thomas Weber 19-yard field goal | Arizona St 10–7 |
| 3 | 11:41 | Arizona St | Thomas Weber 21-yard field goal | Arizona St 13–7 |
| 4 | 8:47 | Arizona | Jason Bondzio 31-yard field goal | Arizona St 13–10 |
| 4 | 4:27 | Arizona St | Michael Jones 20-yard pass from Rudy Carpenter (Thomas Weber kick) | Arizona St 20–10 |
| 4 | 0:26 | Arizona | Nic Grigsby 4-yard pass from Willie Tuitama (Jason Bondzio kick) | Arizona St 20–17 |
Texas
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Arizona St | 0 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 34 |
| • Texas | 21 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 52 |
- Date: Thursday, December 27
- Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
Roster
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