2012 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

2012 Pac-12 Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 7 Stanford xy$	8	–	1	12	–	2
No. 2 Oregon x%	8	–	1	12	–	1
No. 20 Oregon State	6	–	3	9	–	4
Washington	5	–	4	7	–	6
California	2	–	7	3	–	9
Washington State	1	–	8	3	–	9
South Division
UCLA x	6	–	3	9	–	5
Arizona State	5	–	4	8	–	5
USC	5	–	4	7	–	6
Arizona	4	–	5	8	–	5
Utah	3	–	6	5	–	7
Colorado	1	–	8	1	–	11
Championship: Stanford 27, UCLA 24
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Sun Devils football team represents Arizona State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They are led by first year coach Todd Graham and play their home games at Sun Devil Stadium. They are a member of the South Division of the Pacific-12 Conference.

Schedule

August 307:30 PMNorthern Arizona*

Pac-12 NetworkW 63–6 48,658 September 87:30 PMIllinois*

Sun Devil Stadium
Tempe, AZ

ESPNW 45–14 54,128 September 154:00 PMat Missouri*

ESPN2L 20–24 71,004 September 227:00 PMUtah

Sun Devil Stadium
Tempe, AZ

Pac-12 NetworkW 37–7 58,107 September 291:00 PMat California

FX October 117:00 PMat Colorado

ESPN October 186:00 PMOregon

Sun Devil Stadium
Tempe, AZ

ESPN October 27UCLA

Sun Devil Stadium
Tempe, AZ

November 3at Oregon State

November 10at USC

November 17Washington State

Sun Devil Stadium
Tempe, AZ

November 238:00 PMat Arizona

ESPN

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Game notes

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	0	0	6	0	6
Sun Devils	14	28	7	14	63

Marion Grice ran for 3 touchdowns and Taylor Kelly was efficient in his first start as Arizona State opened the Todd Graham era with a 63-6 rout over Northern Arizona on a Thursday night. The Sun Devils dominated NAU from the opening kickoff, forcing three turnovers and rushing for 5 touchdowns while building a 42-0 halftime lead. Cameron Marshall had 2 of ASU's 7 rushing touchdowns, both came in the first quarter. The Sun Devils had over 550 yards of offense while scoring the most points since 2005 by an ASU team.^[1]

Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Illini	0	7	7	0	14
Sun Devils	14	14	7	10	45

"Taylor Kelly completed 18 of 24 passes for 249 yards and a touchdown, and Arizona State rolled past Illinois 45-14 on Saturday night to improve to 2-0 under new coach Todd Graham."^[2] True Freshman Carlos Mendoza had 2 INTs for ASU starting in place of injured linebacker Brandon Magee who was out with a concussion. Arizona State also completed their first 14 passes, 10 by Taylor Kelly and 4 by Michael Eubank. Chris Coyle finished with a career high 10 receptions for 131 yards and 2 TDs. ILL was without starting QB Nathan Scheelhaase because of an ankle injury suffered a week earlier.

Missouri

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils	0	7	0	13	20
Tigers	10	7	7	0	24

For the second week in a row the Sun Devils faced a backup QB as Jonathan Franklin was ruled out after being announced in the starting lineup. Instead redshirt Freshman Corbin Berkstresser took the field. Missouri jumped out to a 17-point lead that they held until the fourth quarter in front of a sellout crowd of 71,004, the school's first for a non-conference game since Notre Dame in 1984.^[3] After a horrible start ASU QB Taylor Kelly rallied the team in the second half going 9 of 11 and passing for 116 yards. The sophomore also rushed for 59 net yards. The game ended with an interception by Kelly as he tried to hit an open Jamal Miles for what would have been the go ahead touchdown. “We beat ourselves with turnovers tonight,” Kelly said. “We have to protect the football a lot better next week.” Josh Hubner had a career-best 62-yard punt in the game. ^[4]