2006 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

American college football season February 2026 June 2022 2006 Arizona State Sun Devils football Pacific-10 Conference Pac-10 7–6 4–5 Dirk Koetter 6th Roy Wittke 1st Bill Miller 2nd Josh Barrett Kyle Caldwell Jordan Hill Zach Miller Sun Devil Stadium Hawaii Bowl L 24–41 vs. Hawaii Pac-10-Uniform-ASU-2004-2007.png The 2006 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by Dirk Koetter in his sixth and final season as head coach, the Sun Devils compiled an overall record of 7–6 with a mark of 4–5 in conference play, placing in a four-way tie for fifth place in the Pac-10. Arizona State was invited to the Hawaii Bowl, where the Sun Devils lost to Hawaii. The team played home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. Schedule 2006 AP Mountain August 31 7:00 pm w y 24 Northern Arizona Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ FSNAZ 35–14 53,540 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-desert-sun-slow-start-big-finish-fo/178183219/ The Desert Sun Slow start, big finish for Arizona State in victory September 1, 2006 August 4, 2025 Newspapers.com September 9 7:00 pm w y 25 Nevada Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ FSNAZ 52–21 54,232 September 16 5:00 pm w y y 22 Colorado Folsom Field Boulder, CO TBS 21–3 47,723 September 23 12:30 pm l y 22 California 21 California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA FSN 21–49 58,024 September 30 12:30 pm l Oregon 14 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ ABC 13–48 58,526 October 14 5:00 pm l y USC 3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA ABC 21–28 91,126 October 21 12:30 pm w y Stanford Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ 38–3 53,323 October 28 5:00 pm w y Washington Husky Stadium Seattle, WWA FSNAZ 26–23 OT 58,822 November 4 2:05 pm l y Oregon State Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR 10–44 38,274 November 11 7:00 pm w Washington State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ 47–14 53,289 November 18 8:15 pm l UCLA Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ FSN 12–24 54,459 November 25 4:00 pm w y Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ rivalry FSN 28–14 57,895 December 24 6:00 pm l y Hawaii Aloha Stadium Hālawa, HI Hawaii Bowl ESPN 24–41 43,435 Rankings 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings AP 0 15 24 25 22 22 RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Coaches 0 15 RV RV 23 18 RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Harris 4 14 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR BCS 7 14 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Game summaries Northern Arizona Northern Arizona 7 7 0 0 Arizona St August 31 Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona FSN Arizona Rudy Carpenter threw for 261 yards and 2 touchdowns and an interception as The Sun Devils needed a strong fourth quarter to beat I-AA Northern Arizona at home. Nevada Nevada 0 14 0 7 Arizona St 7 24 14 7 September 9 Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona FSN Arizona ASU had 575 total yards, as Rudy Carpenter threw for 333 yards and 5 touchdowns (to 5 different receivers) and an interception and the Sun Devils rolled over the Wolf Pack. RB Ryan Torain led ASU with 70 yards and a touchdown on 8 carries. Colorado 2006 Colorado Buffaloes football team Arizona State Sun Devils 2; text-align:center collapsed #22 Arizona State Sun Devils (2–0) at Colorado Buffaloes (0–2) September 16 5:00 p.m. MDT Arizona St 7 7 0 7 Colorado 3 0 0 0 Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado 47,723 Partly cloudy • 58 F C • Wind W 12 mph km/h knot Randy Christal FSN Arizona Arizona St Rudy Carpenter21/37, 248 Yds, 2 TD, 2 INT Keegan Herring9 Rush, 82 Yds Jamaal Lewis3 Rec, 48 Yds Colorado Bernard Jackson8/18, 86 Yds, INT Hugh Charles20 Rush, 109 Yds2 Rec, 30 Yds ASU had 440 total yards, as Rudy Carpenter threw for 248 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 2 interceptions and the Sun Devils defeated the Buffaloes. ASU RBs Keegan Herring and Ryan Torain combined for 162 yards and 1 touchdown on 27 carries. The ASU defense held Colorado QB Bernard Jackson to 86 passing yards. ASU COL collapsed 1 12:57 Colorado 4 5 1:20 FG 29 Mason Crosby 0 3 1 0:04 Arizona St 10 71 4:29 RushTD Ryan Torain 8 good Jesse Ainsworth run/pass good/failed/incomplete 7 3 2 10:44 Arizona St 6 40 2:06 RecTD Chris McGaha Rudy Carpenter 18 good Jesse Ainsworth run/pass good/failed/incomplete 14 3 4 1:33 Arizona St 6 20 2:22 RecTD Zach Miller Rudy Carpenter 5 good Jesse Ainsworth run/pass good/failed/incomplete 21 3 21 3 California Arizona St 7 7 7 0 California 14 28 0 7 September 23 Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California FSN Arizona Ryan Torain rushed for 185 yards and 1 touchdown, but Rudy Carpenter threw 4 INTs as the Sun Devils struggled all afternoon against the Golden Bears. The ASU defense, who had only given up 38 points all year, gave up 396 yards on defense. Oregon Oregon 14 10 7 17 Arizona St 0 3 10 0 September 30 Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona FSN Arizona Ryan Torain rushed for 113 yards, but Rudy Carpenter completed only 6 passes for 33 yards as the Sun Devils never led against the Ducks. The Sun Devil offense only went 1-13 on 3rd down conversions, and could only muster 213 total yards. The ASU defense coughed up 584 yards, a season high. USC Arizona St 0 7 14 0 USC 14 7 0 7 October 14 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California The ASU defense caused 4 USC turnovers, but they could only manage 266 total yards as the Sun Devils lost a close one to USC, 28-21. Rudy Carpenter went 12-21 with 124 yards. Ryan Torain collected 96 total yards and a touchdown. Stanford Stanford 0 0 3 0 Arizona St 10 7 14 7 October 21 Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona yes 1 10:48 ASU Ryan Torain 27 yard pass from Rudy Carpenter (Jesse Ainsworth kick) Arizona St 7–0 1 1:46 ASU Jesse Ainsworth 19 yard field goal Arizona St 10–0 2 7:32 ASU Ryan Torain 2 yard run (Jesse Ainsworth kick) Arizona St 17–0 3 8:49 ASU Keegan Herring 8 yard run (Jesse Ainsworth kick) Arizona St 24–0 3 6:20 ASU Keegan Herring 6 yard run (Jesse Ainsworth kick) Arizona St 31–0 3 3:53 STAN Aaron Zagory 35 yard field goal Arizona St 31–3 4 6:56 ASU Dimitri Nance 13 yard run (Jesse Ainsworth kick) Arizona St 38–3 yes Homecoming weekend proved to be nice to the Devils, who punished a struggling Stanford squad, 38-3. Rudy Carpenter went 14-15 with 160 yards and a touchdown. Keegan Herring rushed for 2 touchdowns. The Cardinal offense was held to only 190 yards. Washington Arizona St 0 14 6 0 6 Washington 0 3 3 14 3 October 28 Husky Stadium, Seattle, Washington Homecoming weekend in Seattle was ruined by a walk-off Carpenter to Brent Miller touchdown pass in Overtime. Oregon State Arizona St 0 10 0 0 Oregon St 17 14 3 10 November 4 Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon Washington State Washington St 7 0 0 7 Arizona St 17 13 7 10 November 11 Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona UCLA UCLA 7 7 3 7 Arizona St 3 6 3 0 November 18 Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Arizona Arizona St 21 0 7 0 Arizona 0 14 0 0 November 25 Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona Hawaii Bowl Arizona St 3 7 0 14 Hawaii 0 3 21 17 December 24 Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii ESPN Colt Brennan broke the NCAA single-season record for touchdown passes with 58, throwing five in the second half to lead Hawaii to a 41-24 victory over Arizona State in the Hawaii Bowl. Brennan, 33-of-42 for 559 yards, threw a 7-yard scoring pass to Ryan Grice-Mullen on the Warriors' second series of the second half to break the previous mark of 54 set by Houston's David Klingler in 1990, also against the Sun Devils. Brennan tied the record with his 54th touchdown pass on the previous series, throwing a 38-yard scoring pass to Jason Rivers. Brennan and Rivers, selected the co-MVPs for Hawaii, also teamed on the final touchdown pass, a 79-yarder late in the fourth quarter. Rivers finished the game with 308 yards on 14 catches, the most in a college bowl game since 1937, which is as far as the record books go back. Brennan also set the WAC single-season record for most passing yards (5,549), which was previously held by BYU's Ty Detmer in 1990. The Warrior offense racked up a season high 680 total yards, while the defense held Arizona State to 391 yards, sacked Sun Devil quarterback Rudy Carpenter four times, and forced two fumbles, one in the red zone halting an ASU drive, and another which led to a field goal. Brennan finished the season with 5,549 yards to become just the third quarterback in college history with 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns in a season, joining Klingler and Texas Tech's B. J. Symons. Tarryl Gano Finished the season leading the Sun Devil's in interceptions with 6. Hawaii (11-3) matched the school mark for most wins in a season, set in 1992 when the team went 11-2. The Sun Devils (7-6) concluded their disappointing season, unable to send coach Dirk Koetter out with a win. He coached his final game after being fired the previous month. Dennis Erickson has been hired to take over the team. Game MVPs: Jason Rivers, WR & Colt Brennan, QB: Hawaii. Ryan Torain, RB: Arizona Statehttp://www.sheratonhawaiibowl.com/Archive/Stats/2006.html Hawaiʻi vs Arizona State (Dec 24, 2006) sheratonhawaiibowl.com December 24, 2006 2007-01-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20070101230017/http://www.sheratonhawaiibowl.com/Archive/Stats/2006.html January 1, 2007 dead mdy-all Roster 2006 Arizona State Sun Devils y Rudy Burgess WR Rudy Carpenter QB y Jamaal Lewis WR Chris McGaha WR Zach Miller TE y Zach Miller (tight end, born 1985) C Ryan Torain RB y Tarryl Gano DB y Josh Barrett (American football) 4 * recruit {{American football roster/Player Kyle Caldwell DL C Jordan Hill DL C |special_teams_players= Jesse Ainsworth K }} Dirk Koetter Bill Miller Roy Wittke References Arizona State Category:Arizona State Sun Devils football seasons Arizona State Sun Devils football