2006 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

2006 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Hawaii Bowl, L 24–41 vs. Hawaii
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record7–6 (4–5 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRoy Wittke (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBill Miller (2nd season)
Captains
Home stadiumSun Devil Stadium
Uniform
2006 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 USC + 7–2  11–2 
No. 14 California + 7–2  10–3 
No. 21 Oregon State 6–3  10–4 
UCLA 5–4  7–6 
Arizona State 4–5  7–6 
Oregon 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

The 2006 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by Dirk Koetter in his sixth and final season as head coach, the Sun Devils compiled an overall record of 7–6 with a mark of 4–5 in conference play, placing in a four-way tie for fifth place in the Pac-10. Arizona State was invited to the Hawaii Bowl, where the Sun Devils lost to Hawaii. The team played home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 317:00 pmNorthern Arizona*No. 24
FSNAZW 35–1453,540[1]
September 97:00 pmNevada*No. 25
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
FSNAZW 52–2154,232
September 165:00 pmat Colorado*No. 22
TBSW 21–347,723
September 2312:30 pmat No. 21 CaliforniaNo. 22
FSNL 21–4958,024
September 3012:30 pmNo. 14 Oregon
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
ABCL 13–4858,526
October 145:00 pmat No. 3 USC
ABCL 21–2891,126
October 2112:30 pmStanforddagger
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 38–353,323
October 285:00 pmat Washington
FSNAZW 26–23 OT58,822
November 42:05 pmat Oregon State
L 10–4438,274
November 117:00 pmWashington State
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 47–1453,289
November 188:15 pmUCLA
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
FSNL 12–2454,459
November 254:00 pmat Arizona
FSNW 28–1457,895
December 246:00 pmat Hawaii
ESPNL 24–4143,435
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

Rankings

Ranking movements
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— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
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Game summaries

Northern Arizona

Team 1 234Total
• Northern Arizona 7 700 14
Arizona St 0

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

Nevada

Team 1 234Total
Nevada 0 1407 21
• Arizona St 7 24147 52

ASU had 575 total yards, as Rudy Carpenter threw for 333 yards and 5 touchdowns (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.

Colorado

#22 Arizona State Sun Devils (2–0) at Colorado Buffaloes (0–2)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Arizona St 7 7 0721
Colorado 3 0 003

at Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado

  • Date: September 16
  • Game time: 5:00 p.m. MDT
  • Game weather: Partly cloudy • 58 °F (14 °C) • Wind W 12 miles per hour (19 km/h; 10 kn)
  • Game attendance: 47,723
  • Referee: Randy Christal
  • TV: FSN Arizona
Game information

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

California

Team 1 234Total
Arizona St 7 770 21
• California 14 2807 49

Ryan Torain rushed for 185 yards and 1 touchdown, 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.

Oregon

Team 1 234Total
• Oregon 14 10717 48
Arizona St 0 3100 13

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.

USC

Team 1 234Total
Arizona St 0 7140 21
• USC 14 707 28

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.

Stanford

Team 1 234Total
Stanford 0 030 3
• Arizona St 10 7147 38
Scoring summary
110:48ASURyan Torain 27 yard pass from Rudy Carpenter (Jesse Ainsworth kick)Arizona St 7–0
11:46ASUJesse Ainsworth 19 yard field goalArizona St 10–0
27:32ASURyan Torain 2 yard run (Jesse Ainsworth kick)Arizona St 17–0
38:49ASUKeegan Herring 8 yard run (Jesse Ainsworth kick)Arizona St 24–0
36:20ASUKeegan Herring 6 yard run (Jesse Ainsworth kick)Arizona St 31–0
33:53STANAaron Zagory 35 yard field goalArizona St 31–3
46:56ASUDimitri Nance 13 yard run (Jesse Ainsworth kick)Arizona St 38–3

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 touchdowns. The Cardinal offense was held to only 190 yards.

Washington

Team 1 234OTTotal
• Arizona St 0 14606 26
Washington 0 33143 23

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

Oregon State

Team 1 234Total
Arizona St 0 1000 10
• Oregon St 17 14310 44

Washington State

Team 1 234Total
Washington St 7 007 14
• Arizona St 17 13710 47

UCLA

Team 1 234Total
• UCLA 7 737 24
Arizona St 3 630 12

Arizona

Team 1 234Total
• Arizona St 21 070 28
Arizona 0 1400 14

Hawaii Bowl

Team 1 234Total
Arizona St 3 7014 24
• Hawaii 0 32117 41

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.

Brennan tied the record with his 54th touchdown pass on the previous series, throwing a 38-yard scoring pass to Jason Rivers.

Brennan and Rivers, selected the co-MVPs for Hawaii, also teamed on the final touchdown pass, a 79-yarder late in the fourth quarter. Rivers finished the game with 308 yards on 14 catches, the most in a college bowl game since 1937, which is as far as the record books go back.

Brennan also set the WAC single-season record for most passing yards (5,549), which was previously held by BYU's Ty Detmer in 1990.

The Warrior offense racked up a season high 680 total yards, while the defense held Arizona State to 391 yards, sacked Sun Devil quarterback Rudy Carpenter four times, and forced two fumbles, one in the red zone halting an ASU drive, and another which led to a field goal.

Brennan finished the season with 5,549 yards to become just the third quarterback in college history with 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns in a season, joining Klingler and Texas Tech's B. J. Symons. Tarryl Gano Finished the season leading the Sun Devil's in interceptions with 6.

Hawaii (11-3) matched the school mark for most wins in a season, set in 1992 when the team went 11-2. The Sun Devils (7-6) concluded their disappointing season, unable to send coach Dirk Koetter out with a win. He coached his final game after being fired the previous month. Dennis Erickson has been hired to take over the team.

  • Game MVPs: Jason Rivers, WR & Colt Brennan, QB: Hawaii. Ryan Torain, RB: Arizona State[2]

Roster

2006 Arizona State Sun Devils football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR Rudy Burgess
QB Rudy Carpenter
WR Jamaal Lewis
WR Chris McGaha
TE Zach Miller (C)
RB Ryan Torain
Defense {{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Kyle|last=Caldwell|pos=DL|note=C}}
Pos.#NameClass
DB Tarryl Gano (4 * recruit)
DL Jordan Hill (C)
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Jesse Ainsworth
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Bill Miller
  • Roy Wittke
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ↑ "Slow start, big finish for Arizona State in victory". The Desert Sun. September 1, 2006. Retrieved August 4, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Hawaiʻi vs Arizona State (Dec 24, 2006)". sheratonhawaiibowl.com. December 24, 2006. Archived from the original on January 1, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
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