1979 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
The 1979 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season, and competed as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10). The team was led by head coach Frank Kush through the first five games and by Bob Owens for the final seven games.[2] They finished with a record of six wins and six losses (6–6, 3–4 Pac-10). The offense scored 306 points while the defense allowed 208 points. The team later vacated five victories.[3]
| 1979 Arizona State Sun Devils football | |
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| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| 1979 record | 1–6, 5 wins forfeited (0–4 Pac-10, 3 wins forfeited) |
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| Home stadium | Sun Devil Stadium (Capacity: 70,311) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 USC $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Washington | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State † | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 8 | 7:00 pm | California | No. 18 | L 9–17 | 71,005 | ||
| September 15 | 3:30 pm | at No. 18 Florida State* | L 3–31 | 33,484 | |||
| September 22 | 7:00 pm | Toledo* |
| W 49–0 | 68,756 | ||
| September 29 | 6:00 pm | at Oregon State | W 45–0 (vacated) | 20,000 | |||
| October 13 | 7:00 pm | Washington |
| W 12–7 (vacated) | 70,512 | ||
| October 20 | 7:00 pm | Washington State |
| W 28–17 (vacated) | 70,729 | ||
| October 27 | 2:00 pm | Utah State* |
| KTVK | W 28–14 (vacated) | 67,219 | |
| November 3 | 2:00 pm | at Stanford | ABC | L 21–28 | 30,885 | ||
| November 10 | 2:30 pm | at UCLA | L 28–31 | 34,763 | |||
| November 17 | 7:00 pm | West Virginia* |
| W 42–7 | 68,573 | ||
| November 24 | 7:00 pm | Arizona |
| L 24–27 | 70,947 | ||
| December 1 | 8:00 pm | at Hawaii* | L 17–29 | 42,040 | |||
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Personnel
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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1979 team players in the NFL
The following players were claimed in the 1980 NFL Draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| Mark Malone | Quarterback | 1 | 28 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Bob Kohrs | Linebacker | 2 | 35 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Ben Apuna | Linebacker | 7 | 171 | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Joel Peters | Defensive tackle | 9 | 234 | New York Jets |
| Gary Padjen | Linebacker | 11 | 300 | Dallas Cowboys |
- Reference:[5]
References
- "2017 Media Guide" (PDF). thesundevils.com. ASU Athletics. p. 127. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
- Reid, Ron (October 29, 1979). "There's the Devil to Pay". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
- "2017 Media Guide" (PDF). thesundevils.com. ASU Athletics. p. 127. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
- "Arizona State University – 1979". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
- "1980 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
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