2016 Arizona State Sun Devils football team


The 2016 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Todd Graham and played their home games at Sun Devil Stadium. They were a member of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They started the season 5–1, and needed to win one more game to become bowl eligible. However, they lost each of their last six games and did not qualify to play in a bowl game. The low point came in their season finale against in-state rival Arizona. With bowl eligibility on the line, the Sun Devils gave up 511 rushing yards in their 56–35 loss. They finished the season 5–7, 2–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the South Division.

Game summaries

vs Northern Arizona

StatisticsNAUASU
First downs1627
Total yards425456
Rushing yards34–5646–276
Passing yards369180
Passing: Comp–Att–Int23–33–020–27–1
Time of possession33:3426:26

vs Texas Tech

StatisticsTTUASU
First downs2834
Total yards612652
Rushing yards22–7253–301
Passing yards540351
Passing: Comp–Att–Int38–53–228–37–0
Time of possession23:4636:14

at UTSA

StatisticsASUUTSA
First downs2516
Total yards469322
Rushing yards48–20530–93
Passing yards264229
Passing: Comp–Att–Int15–31–119–37–0
Time of possession30:0729:53

vs California

StatisticsCALASU
First downs2923
Total yards637454
Rushing yards37–15950–164
Passing yards478290
Passing: Comp–Att–Int32–56–221–30–1
Time of possession29:1630:44

at USC

StatisticsASUUSC
First downs1623
Total yards303523
Rushing yards33–7533–157
Passing yards228366
Passing: Comp–Att–Int19–37–124–36–0
Time of possession30:2729:33

vs UCLA

StatisticsUCLAASU
First downs1815
Total yards443275
Rushing yards23– -134–79
Passing yards444196
Passing: Comp–Att–Int27–54–320–39–2
Time of possession30:4029:20

at Colorado

StatisticsASUCOLO
First downs727
Total yards199580
Rushing yards28–5052–315
Passing yards149265
Passing: Comp–Att–Int13–35–123–32–0
Time of possession26:2433:36

vs Washington State

StatisticsWSUASU
First downs2412
Total yards346280
Rushing yards19– -5235–113
Passing yards398167
Passing: Comp–Att–Int42–53–014–24–0
Time of possession34:2825:32

at Oregon

StatisticsASUORE
First downs2230
Total yards468734
Rushing yards36–13946–245
Passing yards329489
Passing: Comp–Att–Int23–40–331–42–0
Time of possession27:0832:52

vs No. 13 Utah

StatisticsUTAHASU
First downs2218
Total yards497396
Rushing yards22–20147–41
Passing yards296355
Passing: Comp–Att–Int21–37–020–32–2
Time of possession23:5436:06

at No. 7 Washington

StatisticsASUWASH
First downs1426
Total yards245539
Rushing yards27–1533–201
Passing yards167269
Passing: Comp–Att–Int21–33–127–44–2
Time of possession27:5032:10

at Arizona

StatisticsASUARIZ
First downs3119
Total yards492588
Rushing yards38–12048–511
Passing yards37277
Passing: Comp–Att–Int43–60–13–8–0
Time of possession35:5624:04