Sun Devil Football Headed to The Farm to Take on Stanford

THE GAME –  Sun Devil Football returns to action following the bye week with a pair of road contests over the next two weekends, starting at Stanford this Saturday, Oct. 22 at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto. The game is scheduled for a 1 p.m. AZT kickoff on the Pac-12 Network (JB Long and Yogi Roth on the call) and will be carried over the airwaves on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM (Tim Healey, Jeff Van Raaphorst, Kevin Turner).

ON THE CARDINAL –  Arizona State leads the all-time series over the Cardinal, 18-15, but has struggled in the recent history in winning just two of the last eight contests (including in Tempe last season). ASU has not defeated Stanford in Palo Alto since 2007, having lost three straight. This will be the first time the teams have played at Stanford since 2017.

KICKING OFF

• ASU has held opponents to less than 30 points in 31 of 49 games since 2018 (63.3 percent), notable as it DID allow 30+ in 32 of 43 previous games (74.4 percent) in a span from 2013-17.
• ASU is 8th in the nation in only allowed seven plays over 30 yards this season.
• Since 2018, ASU has held opponents to 400 total yards of offense or less on 26 occasions over 49 games (53.1 percent of the time). For comparison, ASU accomplished the feat just 24 times in the 65 previous games (36.9 percent) from 2013-2017.
• The Sun Devils have an interception in eight straight games dating back to last season and 13 of the last 14 games.
• ASU is the only team in the country ranked in the Top-25 nationally in kickoff returns (10th, 26.00 ypr) net punting (25th, 40.83 ypp), and field goal percentage (21st, 90.0).
• Over the last two games, ASU has 16 third down conversions total. In the first four games of the season, they only converted 12 total. To take it a step further, ASU is 16-25 (64%) in the past two games on third down, compared to 12-44 (27.3 %) in the first four games.
• Elijhah Badger’s 29.1 percent target share this season when he is on the field  is second among all Pac-12 receivers (27th in the FBS) and his 127.0 NFL QB rating when targeted is fourth among Pac-12 receivers with at least 35 targets (19th in the FBS).
• ASU has allowed just seven plays over 30 yards this season, good for 8th in the FBS. The team has allowed just one 50+ yard play, tied for seventh-fewest in the nation.
• Since 2018, ASU has rushed for 100+ yards in 38 of 49 games (77.6 percent).
• Khoury Bethley is currently the second-highest graded safety in the Pac-12 and 11th-highest…