Oct. 11, 2012

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Offensive show
ASU racked up a season-high 593 total yards of offense, including 261 rushing yards and 332 passing yards. ASU's 593 yards is the most in a conference road game since it had 651 yards at Arizona on Nov. 23, 1996 in a 56-14 win that clinched an 11-0 regular seaon.

MOST TOTAL YARDS, PAC-10/12 GAME (1996-PRESENT)
667, #7 Oregon (Oct. 28, 2000)
651, @Arizona (Nov. 23, 1996)
623, Oregon (Nov. 15, 1997)
597, #5 Oregon (Sept. 25, 2010)
595, UCLA (Nov. 26, 2010)
593, @Colorado (Oct. 11, 2012)
591, Oregon (Sept. 28, 1996)

Explosive, high octane Sun Devil Nation
The Devils had 17 explosive plays in the game, including four in the first quarter, five in the second quarter, three in the third quarter and five in the fourth. Check out a full rundown of Foster's 14 this season.

TAKE IT BACK!!!
Rashad Ross took the second-half kickoff back 100 yards for a score vs. Colorado on Oct. 11, the second kick return for a touchdown in his short career. He also took one 98 yards vs. Boise State in the 2011 Las Vegas Bowl. ASU has had seven kickoff returns for a touchdown in the past 29 games, a span that started with Omar Bolden's 97-yard jaunt at No. 11 Wisconsin on Sept. 18, 2010.

ASU KICKOFF RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWNS (2010-PRESENT)
Oct. 11, 2012-Rashad Ross, 100 yards at Colorado
Dec. 22, 2011-Rashad Ross, 98 yards vs. Boise State (Las Vegas Bowl)
Nov. 12, 2011-Jamal Miles, 95 yards at Washington State
Sept. 1, 2011-Jamal Miles, 98 yards vs. UC Davis
Nov. 26, 2010-Jamal Miles, 99 yards vs. UCLA
Nov. 6, 2010-LeQuan Lewis, 100 yards at USC
Sept. 18, 2010-Omar Bolden, 97 yards at #11 Wisconsin

BACK-TO-BACK ROAD WINS IN THE LOOP
The win over Colorado gives ASU back-to-back road wins in conference play for just the second time in 15 seasons. In its 2007 Pac-10 Co-Championship season ASU beat Stanford 41-3 on Sept. 29, 2007, and then won at Washington State 23-20 the next weekend (Oct. 6) en route to sharing conference title honors. Back-to-back road wins also have included 2004 (beat Northwestern 30-21 on Sept. 11 and then won at Oregon 28-13 on Oct. 2 en route to a 9-3 mark) and 2002 (won at San Diego State 39-28 on Sept. 14 and then had one of the best wins in school history with a 45-42 win at No. 6 Oregon on Oct. 19 as it went 8-6).

New career high
Taylor Kelly set a new career high with five passing touchdowns. Four of them went to running backs and one went to wide receiver Richard Smith. He found Grice three times and DJ Foster once. His five touchdowns are tied for fourth all-time for touchdown passes in a single game.

Taking care of the ball
Kelly hasn't thrown an interception in 99 attempts since throwing a pick on the final play of the Missouri game (26 attempts vs. Utah, 45 attempts at Cal, 28 attempts at Colorado)

Stopping the run
ASU held Colorado to a season-low 75 net rushing yards. They had 32 attempts and averaged 2.3 yards per carry. The previous season low was 88 yards against NAU.

Thrice for Grice
Marion Grice had three receiving touchdowns and five receptions for 101 yards. Grice has touched the ball 50 times this season and has nine touchdowns. That means that 18 percent of the time Grice touches the ball, he finds the endzone.

Ross goes 100 yards...in high altitude
Rashad Ross took the opening kick of the second half back for a 100-yard touchdown. Ross is just the fifth player in school history to record a 100-yard kickoff return. He also returned the opening kick of the second half against Boise State back 98 yards for a touchdown.

The other four are:
LeQuan Lewis in 2010 against USC
Terry Richardson in 2006 against Oregon
Tom Pace in 2001 against UCLA
Wilford White in 1948 against Pepperdine

Marshall of the touchdown
Cameron Marshall scored his 34th career touchdown to move into a tie for second place on the school's all-time career rushing touchdowns list.

Most Career Rushing TDs in ASU History TDs -- Player, Years
39 -- Woody Green, 1971-73
34 -- Leon Burton, 1955-58
34 -- Cameron Marshall, 2009-Present
32 -- J.R. Redmond, 1996-99
28 -- Art Malone, 1967-69
25 -- Ben Malone, 1971-73
23 -- Nolan Jones, 1958-61

Good as guaranteed
With his five made PATs tonight, Alex Garoutte has now made 75 consecutive PATs dating back to last season.

Getting it done on ground and in air
ASU running backs have accounted for 32 percent of all the team's passing yards this. Of the 1,723 receiving yards, running backs have collected 555 of those yards.

Demolition Darby
Alden Darby collected his first career sack midway through the first quarter. He dropped Colorado quarterback Jordan Webb for a five-yard loss. He also set a career high with two tackles for loss.

Starting strong
With a touchdown in the opening frame, the Devils have now outscored opponents 62-10 in first quarter this season.

And finishing strong
The Devils did not give up any fourth quarter points for the fifth game this season and are outscoring opponents 64-7 in the fourth quarter.

Season-longs
-Marion Grice's 37-yard catch and run was the longest scoring play of the season for ASU. It was also Grice's longest catch of the year.
-Taylor Kelly had his longest run of the season with a 23-yard scamper in the first quarter.
-Cameron Marshall had his longest run of the season with a 19-yard run in the first quarter.

Against the Buffaloes
Arizona State holds the 4-0 series lead over Colorado and defeated the Buffaloes in the teams' last matchup in Boulder, a 21-3 decision in 2006

Uniform note
It was the teams second time wearing the Maroon helmets, White jerseys and Maroon pants - last time at Oregon in 2011.

Where to watch a replay
ESPN - all times Pacific
Friday, Oct. 12 (12 a.m.) - (condensed to two hours)
Pac-12 Networks' "Football in 60" series - air dates and times (all times Pacific)
Sunday, Oct. 14 (6 and 10 p.m.)
Monday, Oct. 15 (8:30 p.m.)
Tuesday, Oct. 16 (7 p.m.)
Thursday, Oct. 18 (8 a.m.)
Friday, Oct. 19 (2 a.m.)

Sutton Impact
Will Sutton had two sacks and a tackle-for-loss, resulting in a total loss of 17 yards. He now has 8.5 sacks and 13 TFL.

Freshmen! Freshmen!
Freshmen Richard Smith and DJ Foster each recorded a touchdown and accounted for 128 of the teams' 593 yards of total offense.

Firsts
-Kicker Jon Mora made first career field goal
-Cornerback Robert Nelson collected his first career interception

Quick hits
-The Sun Devils improved to 5-0 when scoring first.
-Marshall's 98 yards were a season high.