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2006 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

2006 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, L 24–41 vs. Hawaii
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
2006 record 7–6 (4–5 Pac-10)
Head coach Dirk Koetter
Offensive coordinator Roy Wittke
Defensive coordinator Bill Miller
Captain Josh Barrett
Kyle Caldwell
Jordan Hill
Zach Miller
Home stadium Sun Devil Stadium
(Capacity: 71,706)
Uniform
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Seasons
← 2005
2007 →
2006 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#4 USC +   7 2         11 2  
#14 California +   7 2         10 3  
#21 Oregon State   6 3         10 4  
UCLA   5 4         7 6  
Oregon   4 5         7 6  
Arizona State   4 5         7 6  
Arizona   4 5         6 6  
Washington State   4 5         6 6  
Washington   3 6         5 7  
Stanford   1 8         1 11  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
• Northern Arizona 7 7 0 0 14
Arizona St 0
1 2 3 4 Total
Nevada 0 14 0 7 21
• Arizona St 7 24 14 7 52
1 2 3 4 Total
• Arizona St 7 7 0 7 21
Colorado 3 0 0 0 3
1 2 3 4 Total
Arizona St 7 7 7 0 21
• California 14 28 0 7 49
1 2 3 4 Total
• Oregon 14 10 7 17 48
Arizona St 0 3 10 0 13
1 2 3 4 Total
Arizona St 0 7 14 0 21
• USC 14 7 0 7 28
1 2 3 4 Total
Stanford 0 0 3 0 3
• Arizona St 10 7 14 7 38

The 2006 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's coach was Dirk Koetter who was fired after the season. It played its home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

Rudy Carpenter threw for 261 yards and 2 TDs and an interception as The Sun Devils needed a strong fourth quarter to beat I-AA Northern Arizona at home.

ASU had 575 total yards, as Rudy Carpenter threw for 333 yards and 5 TDs (to 5 different receivers) and an interception and the Sun Devils rolled over the Wolf Pack. RB Ryan Torain led ASU with 70 yards and a touchdown on 8 carries.

ASU had 440 total yards, as Rudy Carpenter threw for 248 yards, 2 TDs, and 2 INTs and the Sun Devils defeated the Buffaloes. ASU RBs Keegan Herring and Ryan Torain combined for 162 yards and 1 TD on 27 carries. The ASU defense held Colorado QB Bernard Jackson to 86 passing yards.

Ryan Torain rushed for 185 yards and 1 TD, but Rudy Carpenter threw 4 INTs as the Sun Devils struggled all afternoon against the Golden Bears. The ASU defense, who had only given up 38 points all year, gave up 396 yards on defense.

Ryan Torain rushed for 113 yards, but Rudy Carpenter completed only 6 passes for 33 yards as the Sun Devils never led against the Ducks. The Sun Devil offense only went 1-13 on 3rd down conversions, and could only muster 213 total yards. The ASU defense coughed up 584 yards, a season high.

The ASU defense caused 4 USC turnovers, but they could only manage 266 total yards as the Sun Devils lost a close one to USC, 28-21. Rudy Carpenter went 12-21 with 124 yards. Ryan Torain collected 96 total yards and a touchdown.

Homecoming weekend proved to be nice to the Devils, who punished a struggling Stanford squad, 38-3. Rudy Carpenter went 14-15 with 160 yards and a touchdown. Keegan Herring rushed for 2 TDs. The Cardinal offense was held to only 190 yards.

Homecoming weekend in Seattle was ruined by a walk-off Carpenter to Brent Miller TD pass in Overtime.

Colt Brennan broke the NCAA single-season record for touchdown passes with 58, throwing five in the second half to lead Hawaii to a 41-24 victory over Arizona State in the Hawaii Bowl.

Brennan, 33-of-42 for 559 yards, threw a 7-yard scoring pass to Ryan Grice-Mullen on the Warriors' second series of the second half to break the previous mark of 54 set by Houston's David Klingler in 1990, also against the Sun Devils.


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