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. 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.
| 1979 Arizona State Sun Devils football | |
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| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| Record | 1–6, 5 wins forfeited (0–4 Pac-10, 3 wins forfeited) |
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| Home stadium | Sun Devil Stadium (Capacity: 70,311) |
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| Team | W | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 8 | 7:00 pm | California | No. 18 | L 9–17 | 71,005 | |||
| September 15 | 3:30 pm | vs. No. 18 Florida State* | L 3–31 | 33,484 | ||||
| September 22 | 7:00 pm | Toledo* |
| W 49–0 | 68,756 | |||
| September 29 | 6:00 pm | at Oregon State | W 45–0 (vacated) | 20,000 | ||||
| October 13 | 7:00 pm | Washington |
| W 12–7 (vacated) | 70,512 | |||
| October 20 | 7:00 pm | Washington State |
| W 28–17 (vacated) | 70,729 | |||
| October 27 | 2:00 pm | Utah State* |
| KTVK | W 28–14 (vacated) | 67,219 | ||
| November 3 | 2:00 pm | at Stanford | ABC | L 21–28 | 30,885 | |||
| November 10 | 2:30 pm | at UCLA | L 28–31 | 34,763 | ||||
| November 17 | 7:00 pm | West Virginia* |
| W 42–7 | 68,573 | |||
| November 24 | 7:00 pm | Arizona |
| L 24–27 | 70,947 | |||
| December 1 | 8:00 pm | at Hawaii* | L 17–29 | 42,040 | ||||
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Game summaries
Washington
Frank Kush, who was coaching in his final collegiate game, was carried onto the field before the game and then off of the field following Arizona State's upset.
Personnel
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Offense
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1979 team players in the NFL
The following players were claimed in the 1980 NFL Draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Mark Malone | Quarterback | 1 | 28 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Bob Kohrs | Linebacker | 2 | 35 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Ben Apuna | Linebacker | 7 | 171 | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Joel Peters | Defensive tackle | 9 | 234 | New York Jets |
| Gary Padjen | Linebacker | 11 | 300 | Dallas Cowboys |
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