1979 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

The 1979 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season, and competed as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10). The team was led by head coach Frank Kush through the first five games and by Bob Owens for the final seven games.[2] They finished with a record of six wins and six losses (6–6, 3–4 Pac-10). The offense scored 306 points while the defense allowed 208 points. The team later vacated five victories.[3]

1979 Arizona State Sun Devils football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
1979 record1–6, 5 wins forfeited (0–4 Pac-10, 3 wins forfeited)
Head coach
Home stadiumSun Devil Stadium
(Capacity: 70,311)
1979 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 USC $ 6 0 1  11 0 1
No. 11 Washington 5 2 0  9 3 0
Arizona 4 3 0  6 5 1
Oregon 4 3 0  6 5 0
California 5 4 0  6 6 0
Stanford 3 3 1  5 5 1
Arizona State 3 4 0  6 6 0
UCLA 3 4 0  5 6 0
Washington State 2 6 0  3 8 0
Oregon State 1 7 0  1 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • † – Arizona State later forfeited 5 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 87:00 pmCaliforniaNo. 18L 9–1771,005
September 153:30 pmat No. 18 Florida State*L 3–3133,484
September 227:00 pmToledo*
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
W 49–068,756
September 296:00 pmat Oregon StateW 45–0 (vacated)20,000
October 137:00 pmWashington
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
W 12–7 (vacated)70,512
October 207:00 pmWashington State
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
W 28–17 (vacated)70,729
October 272:00 pmUtah State*
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
KTVKW 28–14 (vacated)67,219
November 32:00 pmat StanfordABCL 21–2830,885
November 102:30 pmat UCLAL 28–3134,763
November 177:00 pmWest Virginia*
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
W 42–768,573
November 247:00 pmArizona
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
L 24–2770,947
December 18:00 pmat Hawaii*L 17–2942,040

Personnel

1979 Arizona State Sun Devils football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 95 Bob Kohrs (C) Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

1979 team players in the NFL

The following players were claimed in the 1980 NFL Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Mark MaloneQuarterback128Pittsburgh Steelers
Bob KohrsLinebacker235Pittsburgh Steelers
Ben ApunaLinebacker7171St. Louis Cardinals
Joel PetersDefensive tackle9234New York Jets
Gary PadjenLinebacker11300Dallas Cowboys

References

  1. "2017 Media Guide" (PDF). thesundevils.com. ASU Athletics. p. 127. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  2. Reid, Ron (October 29, 1979). "There's the Devil to Pay". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
  3. "2017 Media Guide" (PDF). thesundevils.com. ASU Athletics. p. 127. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  4. "Arizona State University – 1979". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
  5. "1980 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 21, 2012.


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