Football Back on the Road to Take on Cincinnati

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THE GAME –  Sun Devil Football is back on the road this week, headed to Ohio to take on Cincinnati on Saturday, Oct. 19 at Nippert Stadium. Scheduled for a 9 a.m. AZT kickoff (Noon locally), the contest will be broadcast on ESPN+ (Shawn Kenney, Max Starks, Shane Sparks) and available over the local airwaves in Arizona on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM (Tim Healey, Jeff Van Raaphorst, Kevin Turner, Jeff Munn).

ON THE BEARCATS – Cincinnati leads the all-time series, 2-0, though the two teams have not faced each other since 1976. This will mark the first time the Sun Devils have played the Bearcats in Cincinnati. The contest features a pair of early season overachievers with both programs finishing with just three wins a year ago under first year head coaches and picked to finish 14th (UC) and 16th (ASU) in the Big 12 Preseason Media Poll. It will be Homecoming for the Bearcats, who are 19-5 this century in the contest. The two team’s three combined losses have come by  a combined total of 12 points and the team’s have played a combined eight games decided by one score. UC has produced 13 plays of at least 40 yards and 19 plays of at least 30 yards, ranking fourth and 12th in the nation, respectively, whereas the ASU defense ranks ninth in allowing just two plays over 40 yards this year and 14th with just six plays over 30 yards.

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A LOOK BACK – UTAH

• The ASU win improved ASU to 5-1 for the first time – officially – since 2019 (ASU’s eight wins and 5-1 record in 2021 were vacated). 
• The victory also snapped Utah’s four-game winning streak in the series dating back to 2019 and gave ASU just its third win in the series since the 2015 campaign and ended Utah’s five-game winning streak when the Utes were coming off a bye week.
• The win Gave ASU consecutive wins in conference games for the first time since 2020 (accounting for ASU’s eight vacated wins in 2021) it was ASU’s first win over a ranked opponent since defeating No. 6 Oregon on Nov. 23, 2019 (ASU’s 2022 victory over Washington and 2021 victory over UCLA were vacated).
• The Sun Devils struggled to stop Utah on third down all night as the Utes were 7-for-12 through…