2008 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

The 2008 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.^[1]

2008 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	5–7 (4–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Dennis Erickson (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Rich Olson (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Craig Bray (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Rudy Carpenter Troy Nolan
Home stadium	Sun Devil Stadium
Uniform
Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

2008 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 USC $		8	–	1					12	–	1
No. 10 Oregon		7	–	2					10	–	3
No. 18 Oregon State		7	–	2					9	–	4
California		6	–	3					9	–	4
Arizona		5	–	4					8	–	5
Arizona State		4	–	5					5	–	7
Stanford		4	–	5					5	–	7
UCLA		3	–	6					4	–	8
Washington State		1	–	8					2	–	11
Washington		0	–	9					0	–	12
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

After the loss to Arizona in the Territorial Cup Arizona State didn’t qualify for a bowl game for the first time since the 2003 season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	7:00 pm	Northern Arizona*	No. 15	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSNAZ	W 30–13	62,707	[2]
September 6	7:00 pm	Stanford	No. 15	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSNAZ	W 41–17	59,441
September 13	7:00 pm	UNLV*	No. 15	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSNAZ	L 20–23	59,852
September 20	5:00 pm	No. 3 Georgia*		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	ABC	L 10–27	71,706
October 4	12:30 pm	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	ABC	L 14–24	58,302
October 11	12:30 pm	at No. 8 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	ABC	L 0–28	84,956
October 25	7:00 pm	Oregon		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ		L 20–54	69,406
November 1	7:15 pm	at Oregon State		Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	L 25–27	44,109
November 8	5:00 pm	at Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FSNAZ	W 39–19	57,013
November 15	3:30 pm	Washington State		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ		W 31–0	61,490
November 28	7:30 pm	UCLA		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	ESPN2	W 34–9	61,005
December 6	6:00 pm	at Arizona		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ (rivalry)	ESPN	L 10–31	58,704
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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Roster

Wide receiver 1 Michael Jones - Sr. 2 Brandon Smith - Jr. 4 Gerell Robinson - Fr. 5 Kerry Taylor - So. 6 Kyle Williams - Jr. 9 A.J. Pickens - Fr 13 Chris McGaha - Jr. 16 Nate Kimbrough - Sr. 17 Dustin Driscoll - So. 19 Kemonte Bateman - Fr. 23 Tony Simmons - So. 32 Allante Battle - Fr. 32o Bryant Piva - Jr. 81 Gerald Montgomery - Fr. 85 Brian Matsumoto - Jr. 86 T.J. Simpson - Fr. Tight end 81 Wes Evans - Sr. 82 Lance Evbuomwan - So. 83 Stanley Malamala - Jr. 84 Jovon Williams - Jr. 87 Steven Figueroa Fr. 88 Andrew Pettes - Sr. 89 Dan Knapp - Fr. 96 Toa Tuitea - Fr. Offensive line 51o Clay Davie - Fr. 52 Garth Gerhart - Fr. 56 Thomas Altieri - Jr. 59 Jon Hargis - So. 60 Chris Scott - Fr. 63 Paul Fanaika - Sr. 64 Isaiah Williams - So. 66 Matt Hustad - Fr. 67 Shawn Lauvao - Jr. 68 Trent Marsh Fr. 70 Mike Marcisz - Fr. 72 Andrew Sampson - Fr. 73 Zach Schlink - Fr. 74 Tom Njunge - Jr. 76 Patrick Jamison - Fr. 77 Adam Tello - Fr. 78 Kyle Johnson - Fr. 79 Brent Good- Jr. Quarterback 7 Jack Elway - Fr. 8 Chasen Stangel - Fr. 10 Samson Szakacsy - Fr. 12 Rudy Carpenter - Sr. 15 Danny Sullivan - Jr. Running back 20 Jarrell Woods - So. 21 Ryan Bass - Fr. 24 Keegan Herring - Sr. 29 Avory Battle - Fr. 30 Cole Ptacek - So. 31 Dimitri Nance - Jr. 36 Shaun DeWitty - Jr. Defensive line 34 James Brooks - . Fr. 49 Luis Vasquez - Sr. 50 Lawrence Guy - Fr. 51 Otis Jones - Fr. 54 Paul Unga - Sr. 55 Jamarr Robinson - So. 58 Dexter Davis - Jr. 61 Bo Moos - Fr. 65 David Bertrand - Jr. 77 Saia Falahola - So. 90 David Smith - Sr. 91 Leo Montt - Jr. 92 Jamarr Jarrett - Fr. 93 Zeb Togiai - Fr. 94 Alex Asi - Sr. 95 Eric Tanner - Jr. 96 Toa Tuitea - Fr. 97 Michael Jewell - Fr. 98 Zach Brown - So. 99 Jonathan English - So. 45. Spencer Gasu. - "Jr." Defensive back 1 Deveron Carr - Fr. 3 Omar Bolden - So. 5 Terell Carr - Jr. 8 Jarrell Holman - Jr. 13 Cameron Harkey - Jr. 14 Troy Nolan - Sr. 15 Angelo Fobbs-Valentino - Sr. 16 Kamron Brown - So. 17 Travis Smith - Jr. 19 Max Tabach - So. 20 Jonathan Clark - Fr. 22 Rodney Cox - Sr. 23 Josh Jordan - Fr. 26 Larry Kelly - Fr. 28 Taylor Ashton - Fr. 31 Pierre Singfield - Jr. 36 Corey Henderson - Sr. 37 Mike Callaghan - So. 38 Greg Cole - Jr. Linebacker 2 Ryan McFoy - Jr. 4 Chad Lindsey - Jr. 18 Oliver Aaron - Fr. 21 Colin Parker - Fr. 25 Mike Nixon - Jr. 30 Derrall Anderson - Fr. 39 Ryan Skorupka - Jr. 41 Shelly Lyons - Fr. 43 Anthony Reyes - Sr. 44 Travis Goethel - Jr. 46 Jeff Bereuter - So. 47 Gerald Munns - Jr. 48 Brandon Magee - Fr. 52 Morris Wooten - Sr. 55 Tom DeMichele - Fr. Long snapper 51 Mr. America Clay Davie - Fr. 57 Thomas Ohmart- Fr. Kicker / Punter 28 Thomas Weber - So. 43 Zach Richards - Fr. 91 Kevin Ivkovich - So.

Game summaries

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northern Arizona	0	0	3	10	13
ASU	10	17	3	0	30

Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Stanford	7	3	7	0	17
ASU	3	17	7	14	41

See also: 2008 Stanford Cardinal football team

UNLV

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
UNLV	0	10	0	10	3	23
ASU	3	10	7	0	0	20

Georgia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia	0	21	3	3	27
ASU	0	3	7	0	10

See also: 2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team

California

See also: 2008 California Golden Bears football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
ASU	0	7	7	0	14
California	10	7	7	0	24

USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
ASU	0	0	0	0	0
USC	7	14	0	7	28

Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oregon	13	10	21	10	54
ASU	0	6	7	7	20

Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
ASU	3	3	10	9	25
Oregon State	7	0	10	10	27

Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
ASU	3	13	7	16	39
Washington	3	10	6	0	19

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington State	0	0	0	0	0
ASU	0	10	14	7	31

UCLA

See also: 2008 UCLA Bruins football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	3	3	3	0	9
ASU	0	14	3	17	34

Arizona

See also: 2008 Arizona Wildcats football team and Arizona–Arizona State football rivalry

Territorial Cup: Arizona State Sun Devils (5–5) at Arizona Wildcats (5–5)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Arizona St	0	10	0	0	10
Arizona	7	0	21	3	31

at Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona

• Date: December 6
• Game time: 6:00 p.m.
• Game weather: Mostly clear • 65 °F (18 °C) • Wind 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h; 4.3 kn) N
• Game attendance: 58,704
• Referee: Jack Wood
• TV: ESPN
• Box Score

Game information
Arizona St Rudy Carpenter 13/31, 124 yds, TD, int Keegan Herring 14 rush, 31 yds Kyle Williams 3 rec, 40 yds Arizona Willie Tuitama 25/37, 284 yds, 2 TD, int Nic Grigsby 22 rush, 114 yds, TD Mike Thomas 9 rec, 75 yds

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP ASU ARIZ 1 0:31 12 98 5:44 Arizona Rob Gronkowski 17-yard touchdown reception from Willie Tuitama, Jason Bondzio kick good 0 7 2 10:58 9 29 4:25 Arizona State 40-yard field goal by Thomas Weber 3 7 2 5:53 5 19 2:09 Arizona State Andrew Pettes 2-yard touchdown reception from Rudy Carpenter, Thomas Weber kick good 10 7 3 7:23 11 70 5:52 Arizona Delashaun Dean 10-yard touchdown reception from Willie Tuitama, Jason Bondzio kick good 10 14 3 4:24 4 34 1:29 Arizona Nic Grigsby 12-yard touchdown run, Jason Bondzio kick good 10 21 3 2:22 Arizona Punt returned 52 yards for touchdown by Mike Thomas, Jason Bondzio kick good 10 28 4 12:34 6 48 2:13 Arizona 49-yard field goal by Jason Bondzio 10 31 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 10 31

Rankings

See also: 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	15	15	15	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	16	14	13	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Harris	Not released				—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released
BCS	Not released							—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released