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THE ASU VICTORY...

• Moves the Sun Devils to 18-24-1 all-time in the team’s first Pac-12 ROAD game of a season
• Gives ASU their first 2-0 start in Pac-12 play since 2012 and first time under Herm Edwards.
• Push the Maroon & Gold to 4-1 for the second time under Herm Edwards through five games. First time ASU would be 2-0 in Pac-12 play under Coach Edwards.
• Evens ASU at 6-6 in games against ranked opponents under Herm Edwards.
  • He is now 4-3 against Ranked Pac-12 opponents since 2018.
• Arizona State this season 4-0 this season when scoring more than thirty points
• Is the first time since Sept. 27, 2019 that the Sun Devils have defeated a ranked Pac-12 team on the road. (ASU Defeated No. 15 California 24-17)

LARGEST SUN DEVIL WINS AT AP RANKED TEAMS
21--Oct. 29, 1994: ASU 36, @#20 Brigham Young 15
19 -- Oct. 2, 2021: ASU 42, @#20 UCLA 23
19 -- Oct. 3, 1981: ASU 26, @#12 Washington 7
17 -- Oct. 18, 1997: ASU 31, @# 25 Stanford 14
15 -- Oct. 3, 2015: ASU 38, @#7 UCLA 23

SUN DEVIL MOST RECEIVING YARDS VS. UCLA
167 (9 catches)- Kieth Pool, Oct. 12, 1995
146 (12) - Jaelen Strong, Sept. 25, 2014
139 (8) - Melvin Hoover, Nov. 10, 1979
134 (9) - Eric Guliford, Oct. 7, 1989
132 (4) - Ricky Pearsall, Oct. 2, 2021

MILESTONE WATCH

• 262 passing by Jayden Daniels to reach 5,000 in his career (Currently at 4,738)
• 2.0 tackles for loss by Tyler Johnson to reach 25 in his career (Currently at 23.0)
• 5 starts by Chase Lucas to become ASU’s all-time leader in career starts (needs 48, currently at 42)
• Chase Lucas reached the 200-tackle in his career.

STREAKIN’

• ASU has forced 41 turnovers in its last 16 games dating back to 2019, good for the second-most in the nation over that span (Iowa, 42)
• The Sun Devils have 32 rushing touchdowns in its last 8 games - the most of any FBS team over their most recent seven-game stretch.
• The Maroon & Gold have rushed for 150 or more yards in ten straight games dating back to 2019. It is the longest such streak since a 12-game span between 1975-76.
• ASU has held eight straight opponents under 250 passing yards - its longest streak since an 11-game stretch across the 1991-92 seasons.
• Arizona State has held opponents to less than 30 points in 25 of 35 games under Herm Edwards, notable as it DID allow 30+ in 32 of 43 previous games dating back in a span from 2013-17.

QUICK HITS

• With his 25-yard field goal in the first quarter, Cristian Zendejas has now made 28 career field goals.
• The 65-yard touchdown pass from Jayden Daniels to Ricky Pearsall was the longest pass of the season and a career-long reception for Pearsall.
• The 24 first half points scored by the Sun Devils were the most UCLA had given up in a half all season.
• Entering the game, ASU was tied for sixth-worst in the county with only one play of over 40 yards.
  • The Sun Devils had five 40+ yard plays in this game alone, including four through the air.
• For the first time since defeating USC on the road in 2018, Arizona State had three 40+ yard touchdowns.
• Arizona State shut out the Bruins in the second half, the first time UCLA had been shutout since the second half of the Utah game on Nov. 16, 2019. It was also UCLA’s largest margin of loss since that 52-3 loss to the Utes.
  • ASU outscored UCLA 18-0 in the second half to seal the victory.
  • With a second-half shutout over UNLV as well, this is the first time ASU has held two opponents without a second-half point in a season since 2012 (Utah/Colorado).
• ASU is outscoring opponents 85-23 in the second half of games this season and 47-9 in the fourth quarter of games.
• Anthonie Cooper got his third career start and registered his first multi-sack game of his career.

SECOND QUARTER SURGE

• The Sun Devil offense exploded in the second quarter, scoring 21 points to take the lead into halftime.
• ASU had 233 total yards of offense, while Jayden Daniels was an amazing 6-for-7 for 184 yards and two touchdowns in the period.
• The Maroon & Gold averaged 16.6 yards/play and was 3-for-3 on third downs.

PEARSING THE DEFENSE

• Junior wide receiver Ricky Pearsall had a career day receiving, dominating the Bruins’ secondary.
• He came into the game with 26 catches for 321 yards and a touchdown in 21 career games.
• In this game alone, he had 4 catches for 132 yards and 2 touchdowns, breaking out when the Sun Devils needed him the most.
• It is his first career multi-touchdown game and 100+ yard performance.
• Pearsall became the 16th Pac-12 player since 1996 to have two 50+ yard receiving touchdowns in the same game.
  • He is only the fourth one to do it in the same quarter, with both his 65-yard and 54-yard scores coming in the second quarter.

DAMMMMMNNNNN DANIELS

• Jayden Daniels threw a pair of touchdown passes, his ninth game with 2+ scores through the air.
• It is Daniels’ 12th career performance accounting for two or more touchdowns.
• He finished with 286 yards passing, the ninth time he eclipsed 250 yards through the air.
• Daniels accounted for 331 yards of offense, going over the 300-yard mark for the eighth time.
• He averaged 22 yards/completion, which set a new career high.

GROUND AND POUND

• Arizona State’s offense was extremely balanced thanks to an excellent effort from both Rachaad White and DeaMonte Trayanum
• They each rushed for at least touchdown for the fourth time in the six career games the two have played in together.
• Rachaad White rushed for two touchdowns for the fifth time in his career, all coming in his last seven games.
• He has multiple touchdowns (rushing/receiving) in six of his nine games at ASU and has at least one touchdown in eight of those nine career games.
• UCLA had entered the game fifth in the nation in allowing just 64 rushing yards per game prior to ASU’s 172 tonight.

BATTLING THE BRUINS

• First win against UCLA since the 2018 season.
• Arizona State averages 33.0 in victories against UCLA.
• ASU’s first victory at the Rose Bowl since 2015.
• Keeps UCLA from winning its first two Pac-12 games of a season for the first time since 2013.

 

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