2004 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

The 2004 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Dirk Koetter, the Sun Devils compiled an overall record of 9–3 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the Pac-10. Arizona State was invited to the Sun Bowl, where the Sun Devils defeated Purdue. The team played home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

2004 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 27–23 vs. Purdue
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 19
Record	9–3 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Dirk Koetter (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Brent Guy (4th season)
Captains	Drew Hodgdon Ishmael Thrower Jimmy Verdon Andrew Walter
Home stadium	Sun Devil Stadium
Uniform
Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 USC † $		8	–	0					13	–	0
No. 9 California		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 19 Arizona State		5	–	3					9	–	3
Oregon State		5	–	3					7	–	5
UCLA		4	–	4					6	–	6
Oregon		4	–	4					5	–	6
Washington State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Stanford		2	–	6					4	–	7
Arizona		2	–	6					3	–	8
Washington		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion † – USC later vacated 2 wins (1 in conference), as well as the BCS and Pac-10 championships, due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	7:00 pm	UTEP*		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSNAZ	W 49–9	57,528	[1]
September 11	9:00 am	at Northwestern*		Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN2	W 30–21	21,939	[2]
September 18	7:30 pm	No. 16 Iowa*		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSNAZ	W 44–7	71,706	[3]
September 25	7:15 pm	Oregon State	No. 22	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSN	W 27–14	63,312	[4]
October 2	7:15 pm	at Oregon	No. 21	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	TBS	W 28–13	58,208	[5]
October 16	12:30 pm	at No. 1 USC	No. 15	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	ABC	L 7–45	90,211	[6]
October 23	12:30 pm	UCLA	No. 21	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	ABC	W 48–42	63,985	[7]
October 30	7:00 pm	at No. 7 California	No. 20	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	TBS	L 0–27	52,652	[8]
November 6	4:30 pm	Stanford	No. 23	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSN	W 34–31	59,002	[9]
November 13	5:00 pm	Washington State	No. 20	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	TBS	W 45–28	60,319	[10]
November 26	1:00 pm	at Arizona	No. 18	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ (rivalry)	FSN	L 27–34	55,095	[11]
December 31	12:00 pm	vs. Purdue*	No. 21	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 27–23	51,288	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Game summaries

Northwestern

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Arizona State	3	14	7	6	30
Northwestern	0	7	14	0	21

• Date: September 11
• Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, IL
• Game start: 9:00 a.m. MST
• Television network: ESPN2

Scoring summary

1	3:36	ASU	Jesse Ainsworth 20-yard field goal	Arizona St 3–0
2	14:32	NW	Noah Herron 9-yard run (Brian Huffman kick)	Northwestern 7–3
2	7:09	ASU	Derek Hagan 47-yard pass from Andrew Walter (Jesse Ainsworth kick)	Arizona St 10–7
2	1:41	ASU	Derek Hagan 41-yard pass from Andrew Walter (Jesse Ainsworth kick)	Arizona St 17–7
3	8:56	ASU	Trent Richardson 30-yard pass from Andrew Walter (Jesse Ainsworth kick)	Arizona St 24–7
3	4:29	NW	Terrell Jordan 25-yard run (Brian Huffman kick)	Arizona St 24–14
3	2:14	NW	Brett Basanez 13-yard run (Brian Huffman kick)	Arizona St 24–21
4	13:35	ASU	Jesse Ainsworth 41-yard field goal	Arizona St 27–21
4	1:19	ASU	Jesse Ainsworth 18-yard field goal	Arizona St 30–21

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Oregon

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Arizona State	0	14	7	7	28
Oregon	0	6	7	0	13

• Date: October 2
• Location: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR
• Game start: 7:15 p.m. MST

Scoring summary

2	12:38	ORE	Jared Siegel 22-yard field goal	Oregon 3-0
2	10:35	ASU	Jamaal Lewis 22-yard pass from Andrew Walter (Jesse Ainsworth kick)	Arizona St 7-3
2	5:25	ORE	Jared Siegel 34-yard field goal	Arizona St 7-6
2	2:27	ASU	Terry Richardson 24-yard pass from Andrew Walter (Jesse Ainsworth kick)	Arizona St 14-6
3	10:58	ASU	Hakim Hill 1-yard run (Jesse Ainsworth kick)	Arizona St 21-6
3	2:13	ORE	Terrence Whitehead 9-yard pass from Kellen Clemens (Jared Siegel kick)	Arizona St 21-13
4	3:07	ASU	Rudy Burgess 1-yard pass from Andrew Walter (Jesse Ainsworth kick)	Arizona St 28-13

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