1975 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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1975 Arizona State Sun Devils football
WAC champion
Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl, W 17–14 vs. Nebraska
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
Record12–0 (7–0 WAC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorLarry Kentera (5th season)
Captains
Home stadium
Sun Devil Stadium
Seasons
1975 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Arizona State $ 7 – 0 – 0 12 – 0 – 0
No. 18 Arizona 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Colorado State 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
BYU 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
New Mexico 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Utah 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
Wyoming 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
UTEP 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented

Sporting News Ranked ASU as the #1 team in College Football for the 1975 season. This was the only poll that recognized ASU as the National Champions.[1]
This remains the highest ranked finish in Arizona State football history in both the AP and Coaches Poll.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13
Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
    		• W 35–1250,194
    September 13at TCU*No. 18
    		W 33–10
    September 27BYUNo. 13
    • Sun Devil Stadium
    • Tempe, AZ
    		W 20–050,944
    October 4Idaho*No. 14
    • Sun Devil Stadium
    • Tempe, AZ
    		W 29–344,262
    October 11at New MexicoNo. 11
    		W 16–10
    October 18at Colorado StateNo. 11
    		W 33–328,191
    October 25UTEPNo. 11
    • Sun Devil Stadium
    • Tempe, AZ
    		W 24–6
    November 1at UtahNo. 10
    		W 40–1415,833
    November 8WyomingNo. 10
    • Sun Devil Stadium
    • Tempe, AZ
    		W 21–2043,038[2]
    November 15Pacific (CA)*No. 8
    • Sun Devil Stadium
    • Tempe, AZ
    		W 55–14
    November 29No. 12 ArizonaNo. 8
    		W 24–21
    December 26vs. No. 6 Nebraska*No. 7
    		W 17–1451,396
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from
      Coaches' Poll
      released prior to the game

    Roster

    1975 Arizona State Sun Devils football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    WR 81 Glenn Crawford So
    TE 15 Bruce Hardy So
    WR 84 John Jefferson So
    QB 12 Fred Mortensen So
    TE 89 Dan Smith So
    QB 10 Dennis Sproul So
    RB 36
    Fred Williams
         		Jr
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    LB 53 Larry Gordon Sr
    DE 82 Al Harris Fr
    CB 40 Michael Haynes Sr
    S 30 Dan Paschke So
    S 43 Alex Stencel Sr
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Game summaries

    Arizona

    1 234Total
    Arizona 0 1470 21
    • Arizona State 3 777 24
    • Date: November 29
    • Location:
      Tempe, AZ
    Scoring summary
    1ASUMortensen 32-yard field goalASU 3-0
    2ARIZPiper 10-yard pass from Hill (Pistor kick)ARIZ 7-3
    2ARIZHill 10-yard run (Pistor kick)ARIZ 14-3
    2ASUJefferson 8-yard pass from Sproul (Mortensen kick)ARIZ 14-10
    3ASUJefferson 7-yard pass from Sproul (Mortensen kick)ASU 17-14
    3ARIZRandolph 53-yard pass from Hill (Pistor kick)ARIZ 21-17
    4ASUSproul 1-yard run (Mortensen kick)ASU 24-21

    [3]

    1975 team players in the NFL

    The following players were claimed in the 1976 NFL draft.

    Player Position Round Pick NFL club
    Mike Haynes Defensive back 1 5 New England Patriots
    Larry Gordon Linebacker 1 17 Miami Dolphins
    Randy Moore Defensive tackle 12 334 Denver Broncos
    Chris Lorenzen Defensive tackle 16 438 Cleveland Browns

    [4]

    References

    1. ^ "azcentral.com – ASU's undefeated 1975 team: No. 2 ranking still stings after 40 years". azcentral.com. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
    2. Newspapers.com
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    3. ^ "Sun Devils go unbeaten, make Fiesta." Eugene Register-Guard. 1975 Nov 30.
    4. ^ "1976 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.


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