Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Top Ten Wins in Sun Devil History

On the eve of a new season for ASU football, here's a list of the program's ten biggest wins, which includes last year's victory over UCLA.

In chronological order:
  • November 30, 1968 beat Arizona 30-7 - the "Ultimatum Bowl", leading to the formation of the Fiesta Bowl
  • December 30, 1970 beat North Carolina 48-26 in the Peach Bowl - ASU's first major bowl, its first game in the Eastern time zone, and one of its first nationally televised games
  • December 26, 1975 beat Nebraska 17-14 in the Fiesta Bowl – ASU finishes the season unbeaten, ranked #2 in the nation
  • October 14, 1978 beat USC 20-7 - ASU's inaugural season in Pac-10; Trojans came in ranked #2 and finished the season as national champions
  • January 1, 1983 beat Oklahoma 32-21 in the Fiesta Bowl - arguably ASU's greatest ever defensive unit
  • November 8, 1986 beat Cal 49-0 - clinched ASU's first ever Rose Bowl appearance
  • January 1, 1987 beat Michigan 22-15 in the Rose Bowl - ASU victory in the granddaddy of them all
  • September 21, 1996 beat Nebraska 19-0 - Cornhuskers came in as two-time defending national champions and ranked #1
  • November 23, 1996 beat Arizona 56-14 - a total destruction of the Wildcats in Tucson to cap an undefeated regular season
  • November 23, 2013 beat UCLA 38-33 - ASU clinches the Pac-12 South division title