1986 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

1986 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Rose Bowl champion
Pac-10 champion
Rose Bowl, W 2215 vs. Michigan
Conference Pacific-10
Ranking
Coaches No. 5
AP No. 4
1986 record 1011 (511 Pac-10)
Head coach John Cooper
Home stadium Sun Devil Stadium
(Capacity: 70,021)
1986 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Arizona State $ 5 1 1     10 1 1
#14 UCLA 5 2 1     8 3 1
#18 Washington 5 2 1     8 3 1
#11 Arizona 5 3 0     9 3 0
Stanford 5 3 0     8 4 0
USC 5 3 0     7 5 0
Oregon 3 5 0     5 6 0
Washington State 2 6 1     3 7 1
California 2 7 0     2 9 0
Oregon State 1 6 0     3 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Season summary

Arizona State quarterback Jeff Van Raaphorst looked uncomfortable in the first two games of the season, wins over Michigan State and SMU. He threw five interceptions in the third game of year against Washington State, which ended in a 2121 tie.[1] A 169 win for Arizona State over UCLA in Pasadena on October 4 later proved to be the deciding game in the race for the Pac-10 Conference title. The Sun Devils then defeated Oregon in Eugene and returned to Southern California to defeat USC at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, becoming the first Pac-10 team to beat both Los Angeles area conference members on their home turf.

With three straight wins at home over former WAC nemesis, Utah, Washington, and Cal, combined with a UCLA loss to Stanford, Arizona State clinched the Pac-10 title and a Rose Bowl berth on November 8.[1] The Sun Devils dropped their final game of the regular season to in-state rival Arizona, 34-17, in the annual battle for the Territorial Cup. The Sun Devils then defeated Michigan 22-15 on January 1, 1987 for their first Rose Bowl Game.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 13 7:30 PM No. 20 Michigan State* Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ WTBS W 2017   70,689
September 20 7:30 PM SMU* No. 18 Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 300   70,511
September 27 7:30 PM Washington State No. 11 Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ T 2121   70,543
October 4 11:30 AM at No. 15 UCLA No. 16 Rose BowlPasadena, CA CBS W 169   51,533
October 11 1:00 PM at Oregon No. 15 Autzen StadiumEugene, OR W 3717   28,552
October 18 1:30 PM at No. 15 USC No. 10 Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA W 2920   65,874
October 25 7:30 PM Utah* No. 9 Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 527   67,130
November 1 7:30 PM No. 6 Washington No. 7 Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ KTVK W 3421   71,589
November 8 5:00 PM California No. 5 Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ WTBS W 490   70,239
November 15 7:30 PM Wichita State* No. 5 Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 526   65,333
November 22 1:30 PM at No. 14 Arizona No. 4 Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ (Territorial Cup) CBS L 1734   58,267
January 1 3:00 PM vs. No. 4 Michigan* No. 7 Rose BowlPasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) NBC W 2215   103,168
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Standard Time.

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References

  1. 1 2 Reilly, Rick (November 17, 1986). "Coming Out Of The Desert Darkness With The Sun Devils". Sports Illustrated.
  2. 1986 Arizona State Sun Devils Schedule and Results
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