1996 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
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| Coaches | No. 4 |
| AP | No. 4 |
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| No. 4 Arizona State $ | 8 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Washington | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1996 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented the Arizona State University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A college football season. The team's head coach was Bruce Snyder, who was coaching his fifth season with the Sun Devils and 17th season overall. Home games were played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. They participated as members of the Pacific-10 Conference.
Regular season
In 1996, the Sun Devils went a surprising 11–1, highlighted by a 19–0 shutout of the number-one-ranked, two-time defending national champion, Nebraska Cornhuskers in Tempe, ending Nebraska's 26-game win streak. The upset win also gained a measure of revenge from the previous season, when they went into Lincoln and were not only defeated by a 77–28 margin, but enraged after the eventual national champions threw a long touchdown pass in the game's final minutes. ASU quarterback Jake Plummer led the Sun Devils, propelling Arizona State into the Rose Bowl against the Ohio State Buckeyes. Had the Sun Devils won, they would have had a very good chance of winning at least a share of the national championship, as they would have been the only undefeated major-college team in the nation. The Sun Devils led 17–14 with 1:47 left in the fourth quarter, but surrendered a late touchdown to Ohio State, falling by a final score of 20–17. As it turned out, Florida State lost in the Sugar Bowl to the Florida Gators; had the Sun Devils won a few days earlier, ASU would have had a perfect 12–0 record while the Gators would have finished with one regular season loss (ironically, to the Seminoles).
Schedule
The Sun Devils finished the season with an 11–1 record.
September 77:00 PMWashingtonNo. 20
FSNW 45–42 73,379 September 147:00 PMNorth Texas*No. 18
- Sun Devil Stadium
- Tempe, AZ
W 52–7 46,173 September 217:15 PMNo. 1 Nebraska*No. 17
- Sun Devil Stadium
- Tempe, AZ
FSNW 19–0 74,089 September 283:30 PMOregonNo. 6
- Sun Devil Stadium
- Tempe, AZ
FSNW 48–27 54,618 October 57:00 PMBoise State*No. 5
- Sun Devil Stadium
- Tempe, AZ
W 56–7 49,018 October 1212:30 PMat UCLANo. 4
ABCW 42–34 66,107 October 1912:30 PMUSCNo. 4
- Sun Devil Stadium
- Tempe, AZ
ABCW 48–35 2OT74,947 October 2612:30 PMat StanfordNo. 4
ABCW 41–9 32,550 November 22:00 PMat Oregon StateNo. 4
W 29–14 21,946
November 94:30 PMCalifornia
No. 4
- Sun Devil Stadium
- Tempe, AZ
FSNW 35–7 74,963 November 234:30 PMat ArizonaNo. 4
FSNW 56–14 59,920 January 11:30 PMvs. No. 4 Ohio State*No. 2
ABCL 17–20 100,635
1996 Team Players in the NFL
The following players were claimed in the 1997 NFL Draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| Juan Roque | Tackle | 2 | 35 | Detroit Lions |
| Jake Plummer | Quarterback | 2 | 42 | Arizona Cardinals |
| Derek M. Smith | Outside Linebacker | 3 | 80 | Washington Redskins |
| Derrick Rodgers | Outside Linebacker | 3 | 92 | Miami Dolphins |
| Keith Poole | Wide Receiver | 4 | 116 | New Orleans Saints |
| Scott Von der Ahe | Linebacker | 6 | 182 | Indianapolis Colts |
| Shawn Swayda | Defensive Tackle | 6 | 196 | Chicago Bears |
| Terry Battle | Running Back | 7 | 206 | Detroit Lions |
Awards and honors
- Jake Plummer, Third in Heisman Trophy balloting
- Bruce Snyder - Paul "Bear" Bryant Award[2]
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
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