2019 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

The 2019 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Herm Edwards and played their home games at Sun Devil Stadium. Quarterback Jayden Daniels set the school's freshman passing yards record with 2,943.

Preseason

Pac-12 Media Days

Pac-12 media poll

In the 2019 Pac-12 preseason media poll, Arizona State was voted to finish tied for third place with [2019 2019 UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA] in the South Division.

Offseason

Transfers

Outgoing

Name	No.	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	New school
Jay Jay Wilson	#9	TE	6'3"	250	Graduate Transfer	Valencia, CA	Auburn Tigers
Terrell Chatman	#19	WR	6'3"	190	Senior	Baton Rouge, LA	Virginia Cavaliers
Reggie Hughes	#52	LB	6'2"	208	Sophomore	Calabasas, CA	N/A
Dominique Harrison	#7	CB	6'0"	185	Senior	Humble, TX	North Texas Mean Green
Jalen Bates	#96	DE	6'4"	245	RS-Junior	Kaplan, LA	Colorado State Rams
Trelon Smith	#20	RB	5'8"	181	Freshman	Houston, TX	Arkansas Razorbacks
Malik Lawal	#39	LB	6'1"	220	RS-Senior	Temecula, CA	Tulane Green Wave
Ceejhay French-Love	#88	TE	6'5"	255	Graduate Transfer	Monterey Park, CA	NAU Lumberjacks
Darius Slade	#2	DL	6'4"	255	RS-Senior	Montclair, NJ	South Florida Bulls
Nick Ralston	#22	FB	6'1"	240	RS-Senior	Argyle, TX	Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Michael Sleep-Dalton	#36	P	6'2"	210	RS-Senior	San Francisco, CA	Iowa Hawkeyes
Joey Bryant	#37	CB	6'1"	180	Graduate Transfer	Honolulu, HI	Memphis Tigers

Incoming

Name	No.	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Prev. school
Timarcus Davis	#6	DB	6'0"	177	2019	College Station, TX	Baylor
Jack Jones	#21	DB	5'11"	170	2020	Long Beach, CA	USC
Devin Neal	#35	WR	6'0"	171	2019	Eloy, AZ	Scottsdale CC
T. J. Pesefea	#44	DL	6'5"	313	2019	Sacramento, CA	American River
Vincenzo Granatelli	#48	DB	6'4"	184	2019	Moorpark, CA	Southern Nazarene
Cody Shear	#56	OG	6'4"	285	2020	Eugene, OR	Oregon Ducks
Grant Miles	#80	TE	6'4"	245	2020	Scottsdale, AZ	New Mexico State Aggies
Brandon Pierce	#85	WR	5'11"	175	2019	Mission Hills, CA	Canyons
Roe Wilkins	#95	DL	6'3"	260	2019	Sour Lake, TX	Rice Owls

Schedule

Arizona State opened its 2019 schedule with three non-conference games against [2019 2019 Kent State Golden Flashes football team|Kent State Golden Flashes football team|Kent State] of the Mid-American Conference, [2019 2019 Sacramento State Hornets football team|Sacramento State Hornets football team|Sacramento State] of the Big Sky Conference, and [2019 2019 Michigan State Spartans football team|Michigan State Spartans football team|Michigan State] of the Big Ten Conference. In Pac-12 Conference play, the Sun Devils will play the other members of the South Division and draws [2019 2019 California Golden Bears football team|California Golden Bears football team|California], [2019 2019 Oregon Ducks football team|Oregon Ducks football team|Oregon], [2019 2019 Oregon State Beavers football team|Oregon State Beavers football team|Oregon State], and [2019 2019 Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State] from the North Division.
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Game summaries

vs Kent State

Statistics	KENT	ASU
First downs	11	18
Total yards	200	455
Rushing yards	40–120	46–171
Passing yards	80	284
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	12–24–0	15–24–0
Time of possession	25:37	34:23

vs Sacramento State

Statistics	SAC	ASU
First downs	16	15
Total yards	305	395
Rushing yards	23–42	39–91
Passing yards	263	304
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	32–50–1	17–27–0
Time of possession	30:53	29:07

at No. 18 Michigan State

Statistics	ASU	MSU
First downs	14	23
Total yards	216	404
Rushing yards	26–76	35–113
Passing yards	140	291
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	15–26–0	24–39–0
Time of possession	26:17	33:43

vs Colorado

Statistics	COLO	ASU
First downs	20	21
Total yards	475	453
Rushing yards	40–138	28–108
Passing yards	337	345
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	23–30–0	24–39–1
Time of possession	31:56	28:04

at No. 15 California

Statistics	ASU	CAL
First downs	19	13
Total yards	365	245
Rushing yards	48–191	37–105
Passing yards	174	140
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	14–24–0	14–26–1
Time of possession	32:55	27:05

vs Washington State

Statistics	WSU	ASU
First downs	29	25
Total yards	498	532
Rushing yards	10–32	32–169
Passing yards	466	363
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	44–66–0	26–36–0
Time of possession	30:59	29:01

at No. 13 Utah

Statistics	ASU	UTAH
First downs	8	20
Total yards	136	342
Rushing yards	33–111	43–151
Passing yards	25	191
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	4–18–1	14–24–1
Time of possession	24:42	35:18

at UCLA

Statistics	ASU	UCLA
First downs	18	27
Total yards	383	393
Rushing yards	28–116	57–217
Passing yards	267	176
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	20–29–0	16–23–0
Time of possession	21:30	38:30

vs USC

Statistics	USC	ASU
First downs	23	18
Total yards	547	339
Rushing yards	28–70	21–47
Passing yards	477	292
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	33–45–1	28–44–2
Time of possession	31:34	28:26

at Oregon State

Statistics	ASU	OSU
First downs	19	26
Total yards	408	393
Rushing yards	25–74	39–105
Passing yards	334	288
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	24–36–0	26–35–0
Time of possession	25:14	34:46

vs Oregon

Statistics	ORE	ASU
First downs	25	22
Total yards	458	535
Rushing yards	28–154	41–127
Passing yards	304	408
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	20–36–2	22–33–0
Time of possession	23:07	36:53

vs Arizona

Statistics	ARIZ	ASU
First downs	19	23
Total yards	383	338
Rushing yards	32–155	55–234
Passing yards	228	104
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	22–38–3	12–19–0
Time of possession	25:31	34:29

vs Florida State (Sun Bowl">2019 Sun Bowl">Sun Bowl)

Statistics	ASU	FSU
First downs	13	21
Total yards	282	470
Rushing yards	37–87	51–224
Passing yards	195	246
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	12–28–0	16–29–4
Time of possession	28:56	31:04

Quarterback Jayden Daniels was named MVP.