1986 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
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| Coaches | No. 5 |
| AP | No. 4 |
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| No. 4 Arizona State $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 UCLA | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Washington | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Arizona | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1986 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.
Season summary
Arizona State quarterback Jeff Van Raaphorst looked uncomfortable in the first two games of the season, wins over Michigan State and SMU. He threw five interceptions in the third game of year against Washington State, which ended in a 21–21 tie.[1] A 16–9 win for Arizona State over UCLA in Pasadena on October 4 later proved to be the deciding game in the race for the Pac-10 Conference title. The Sun Devils then defeated Oregon in Eugene and returned to Southern California to defeat USC at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, becoming the first Pac-10 team to beat both Los Angeles area conference members on their home turf.
With three straight wins at home over former WAC nemesis, Utah, Washington, and Cal, combined with a UCLA loss to Stanford, Arizona State clinched the Pac-10 title and a Rose Bowl berth on November 8.[1] The Sun Devils dropped their final game of the regular season to in-state rival Arizona, 34-17, in the annual battle for the Territorial Cup. The Sun Devils then defeated Michigan 22-15 on January 1, 1987 for their first Rose Bowl Game.
Schedule
September 137:30 PMNo. 20 Michigan State*
WTBSW 20–17 70,689 September 207:30 PMSMU*No. 18
- Sun Devil Stadium
- Tempe, AZ
W 30–0 70,511 September 277:30 PMWashington StateNo. 11
- Sun Devil Stadium
- Tempe, AZ
T 21–21 70,543 October 411:30 AMat No. 15 UCLANo. 16
CBSW 16–9 51,533 October 111:00 PMat OregonNo. 15
W 37–17 28,552 October 181:30 PMat No. 15 USCNo. 10
W 29–20 65,874 October 257:30 PMUtah*No. 9
- Sun Devil Stadium
- Tempe, AZ
W 52–7 67,130 November 17:30 PMNo. 6 WashingtonNo. 7
- Sun Devil Stadium
- Tempe, AZ
KTVKW 34–21 71,589 November 85:00 PMCaliforniaNo. 5
- Sun Devil Stadium
- Tempe, AZ
WTBSW 49–0 70,239 November 157:30 PMWichita State*No. 5
- Sun Devil Stadium
- Tempe, AZ
W 52–6 65,333 November 221:30 PMat No. 14 ArizonaNo. 4
CBSL 17–34 58,267 January 13:00 PMvs. No. 4 Michigan*No. 7
NBCW 22–15 103,168
References
- ^ a b Reilly, Rick (November 17, 1986). "Coming Out Of The Desert Darkness With The Sun Devils". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ 1986 Arizona State Sun Devils Schedule and Results
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