Washington Huskies vs Arizona State Sun Devils Match Player Stats On Oct 14, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Oct 15, 2017

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Arizona State's defense sacked Washington quarterback Jake Browning five times and shocked the fifth-ranked Huskies with a 13-7 upset win at Sun Devil Stadium on Saturday.

Running back Kalen Ballage scored on a 1-yard touchdown run and Brandon Ruiz kicked two field goals as the Sun Devils (3-3 overall, 2-1 Pac-12) built a 13-0 lead in the first half and held on from there.

It was Arizona State's first win over a top-5 team since Pat Tillman and the Sun Devils shut out top-ranked Nebraska 19-0 in 1996.

Quarterback Manny Wilkins threw for 245 yards for ASU, who has now beaten Washington in 11 of the last 12 meetings, including seven in a row at home. His biggest pass came with 1:56 left on fourth-and-3 at the Washington 37, when he feathered a pass through traffic to Ceejhay French-Love for 30 yards to seal the win.

Washington was out of timeouts and the Sun Devils ran out the clock.

Browning threw for 139 yards and scored the only Washington touchdown on a 1-yard run with 5:32 left to play. The Huskies (6-1, 3-1) had gone 21-2 since losing to Arizona State 27-17 here in 2015.

Washington dominated the third quarter with its two best drives to that point. But redshirt freshman kicker Van Soderberg missed field goals of 27 and 21 yards. The first kick sailed just outside the left goal post, the second hit the right upright.

Washington hadn't allowed more than 16 points in a game this season, but found themselves down 13-0 after one half and completely outplayed by the Sun Devils, who held the Huskies to 42 yards of total offense while scoring on three of their five possessions.

Arizona State marched 63 yards in 16 plays to score on its first drive. Ballage capped the eight-minute possession with a 1-yard touchdown run for a 7-0 lead.

The Huskies managed only one first down and 17 net yards on their three first-quarter possessions. The third ended with Joel Whitford's punt being blocked by ASU's Curtis Hodges. It set up a 52-yard field goal by Brandon Ruiz and a 10-0 Sun Devils' lead.

Arizona State pushed the lead to 13 with 5:44 left in the first half when a 36-yard pass from Wilkins to Jalen Harvey set up a Ruiz field goal from 25 yards out.

Browning completed 6 of 9 passes for 41 yards and was sacked three times. Washington's deepest penetration in the first half was the ASU 49-yard line.

NOTES: Washington junior LT Trey Adams, a first-team All-Pac-12 selection in 2016, was helped off the field late in the first quarter with an apparent leg injury. ... Washington lost starting CB Jordan Miller to what appeared to be a serious left leg injury late in the fourth quarter. Miller was put in an air cast and carried off the field. ... Washington had a 20-yard run and a 24-yard reception by RB Lavon Coleman in the first half. Their other 18 plays combined to produce minus-2 yards. ... There was only one penalty called in the first half -- an offside infraction on the Husky defense at its own 1-yard line on ASU's first drive. ... Washington had beaten its first six opponents by an average of 32.8 points. ... ASU ran 42 plays in the first half to 20 for Washington, holding the ball for 19:31. ... Washington beat Arizona State 44-18 in Seattle last year, but hasn't won at Sun Devil Stadium since 2001.