2007 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

2007 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Pac-10 Co-Champions
Holiday Bowl, L 34-52 vs. Texas
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#13
AP	#16
2007 record	10-3 (7-2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Dennis Erickson
Offensive coordinator	Rich Olson
Defensive coordinator	Craig Bray
Captain	Josh Barrett
Captain	Michael Marquardt
Captain	Mike Pollak
Captain	Ryan Torain
Home stadium	Sun Devil Stadium (Capacity: 71,706)
Uniform
File:Pac-10-Uniform-ASU-2004-2007.png

2007 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#3 USC +		7	–	2					11	–	2
#16 Arizona State +		7	–	2					10	–	3
#25 Oregon State		6	–	3					9	–	4
#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
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the college football season of 2007-2008. The team played its home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 PM	San Jose State*		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ		W 45–3	54,405
September 8	7:15 PM	Colorado*		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FSN	W 33–14	58,417
September 15	7:00 PM	San Diego State*		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FSNAZ	W 34–13	54,617
September 22	7:00 PM	Oregon State		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ		W 44–32	56,099
September 29	7:00 PM	at Stanford	#23	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	FSNAZ	W 41–3	32,125
October 6	1:00 PM	at Washington State	#18	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	FSN	W 23–20	35,117
October 13	7:15 PM	Washington	#14	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FSN	W 44–20	64,347
October 27	7:00 PM	#18 California	#7	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FSN	W 31–20	71,706
November 3	3:30 PM	at #4 Oregon	#6	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ESPN	L 23–35	59,379
November 10	1:30 PM	at UCLA	#9	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 24–20	78,690
November 22	6:00 PM	#11 USC	#7	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	ESPN	L 24–44	71,706
December 1	6:00 PM	Arizona	#13	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Duel in the Desert)	ESPN2	W 20–17	71,706
December 27	7:00 PM	vs. #17 Texas*	#12	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	L 34–52	64,020
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Standard Time.

Game notes

San Jose State

See also: 2007 San Jose State Spartans football team

1 2 3 4 Total San Jose St 3 0 0 3 6 • Arizona St 10 21 7 7 45 Date: Saturday, September 1 Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total 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

1 2 3 4 Total 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

1 2 3 4 Total 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

1 2 3 4 Total • Arizona St 6 15 6 14 41 Stanford 0 3 0 0 3 Date: Saturday, September 29 Location: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California

Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total • Arizona St 0 7 13 3 23 Washington St 0 10 7 3 20 Date: Saturday, October 6 Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington

Washington

1 2 3 4 Total Washington 7 10 0 3 20 • Arizona St 3 10 21 10 44 Date: Saturday, October 13 Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

California

1 2 3 4 Total 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

Scoring summary 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

1 2 3 4 Total Arizona St 3 10 3 7 23 • Oregon 14 7 14 0 35 Date: Saturday, November 3 Location: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon

UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total • Arizona St 0 10 14 0 24 UCLA 10 3 7 0 20 Date: Saturday, November 10 Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

USC

1 2 3 4 Total • USC 17 10 17 0 44 Arizona St 14 3 0 7 24 Date: Thursday, November 22 Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total 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

Scoring summary 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

Main article: 2007 Holiday Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total Arizona St 0 10 10 14 34 • Texas 21 7 7 17 52 Date: Thursday, December 27 Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California

Team

Roster

Wide Receiver 1 Michael Jones - Jr. 3 Rudy Burgess - Sr. 5 Kerry Taylor - Fr. 6 Kyle Williams - So. 9 Brandon Smith - So. 10 Jeff Gray - Sr. 11 D.J. Tatum - Jr. 13 Chris McGaha - So. 16 Nate Kimbrough - Jr. 21 Rodney Glass - Fr. 81 Tyrice Thompson - Grad. 86 T.J. Simpson - Fr. Tight End 80 Dane Guthrie - Jr. 82 Lance Evbuomwan - Fr. 83 Brady Conrad - Sr. 84 Jovon Williams - So. 87 Brent Miller - Sr. 88 Andrew Pettes - Jr. 89 Dan Knapp - Fr. Offensive Line 52 Garth Gerhart - Fr. 56 Thomas Altieri - So. 62 Brandon Rodd - Grad. 63 Paul Fanaika - Jr. 65 Ian Scheuring - Fr. 66 Matt Hustad - Fr. 67 Shawn Lauvao - So. 70 Mike Marcisz - Fr. 72 Po'u Palelei - Fr. 73 Robert Gustavis - Grad. 75 Richard Tuitu'u - So. 76 Mike Pollak - Grad. 77 Adam Tello - Fr. 78 Zach Krula - Grad. 79 Julius Orieukwu - Grad. Quarterback 7 Samson Szakacsy - Fr. 8 Chasen Stangel - Fr. 12 Rudy Carpenter - Jr. Running Back 20 Jarrell Woods - So. 21 Preston Jones - Sr. 24 Keegan Herring - Jr. 26 Ryan Torain - Sr. 31 Dimitri Nance - So. 36 Shaun DeWitty - Jr. Defensive Line 34 James Brooks - Fr. 54 Paul Unga - Jr. 55 Wes Evans - Jr. 57 Tranell Morant - Sr. 58 Dexter Davis - So. 59 Jon Hargis - Fr. 61 Bo Moos - Fr. 71 Saia Falahola - Fr. 77 Michael Marquardt - Sr. 85 Kellen Mills - Sr. 90 David Smith - Jr. 93 Tashaka Merriweather - Sr. 94 Alex Asi - Jr. 95 Eric Tanner - Jr. 96 Zach Niusulu - Fr. 97 Luis Vasquez - Jr. 99 Jonathan English - Fr. Defensive Back 4 Justin Tryon - Sr. 5 Chad Green - Sr. 6 Grant Crunkleton - So. 7 Jeremy Payton - Jr. 8 Jarrell Holman - Jr. 9 Littrele Jones - Grad. 14 Troy Nolan - Jr. 15 Angelo Fobbs-Valentino - Jr. 17 Travis Smith - So. 18 Oliver Aaron - Fr. 19 Josh Barrett - Grad. 20 Jonathan Clark - Fr. 21 Colin Parker - Fr. 22 Rodney Cox - Jr. 23 Chris Baloney - Sr. 32 Omar Bolden - Fr. 37 Mike Callaghan - Fr. 39 Brett Nenaber - Sr. Linebacker 25 Mike Nixon - So. 29 Robert James - Sr. 30 Derrall Anderson - Fr. 41 Antone Saulsberry - Jr. 43 Anthony Reyes - Jr. 44 Travis Goethel - So. 45 Jamarr Robinson - Fr. 46 Jeff Bereuter - Fr. 47 Gerald Munns - So. 48 Chad Lindsey - So. 49 Garrett Juday - Jr. 52 Morris Wooten - Jr. Long snapper 51 Clay Davie - Fr. 53 Jason Perkins - Jr. Kicker / Punter 28 Thomas Weber - Fr. 35 Jonathan Johnson - Sr.