Arizona 31, Arizona State 27
When: 9:30 PM ET, Saturday, November 19, 2011
Where: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Temperature:
68°
Head Official:
Mike Batlan
Attendance:
72694
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Bryson Beirne replaced an injured Nick Foles and threw a go-ahead touchdown pass to Juron Criner with 5:18 left as visiting Arizona stunned Arizona State 31-27 on Saturday.
The Wildcats (3-8, 2-7 Pac-12 South) rallied from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to hand the disappointing Sun Devils (6-5, 4-4) their third straight loss.
Amazingly, though, Arizona State can still win the Pac-12 South if it beats California next week, while UCLA loses to USC and Utah beats Colorado.
Arizona State reached the Arizona 15-yard line with nine seconds to play, but Brock Osweiler’s final two passes were incomplete.
Foles left the contest with an apparent back injury on Arizona’s go-ahead drive. Beirne entered and tossed a middle screen to Criner, who broke a tackle and meandered his way to a 23-yard scoring play.
The touchdown was the 30th of Criner’s career, matching the school record held by Theopolis Bell. Criner caught nine passes for 134 yards.
Arizona State led 27-17 after Alex Garoutte kicked a 27-yard field goal with 12:33 to play. Foles tossed a 33-yard scoring pass to Gino Crump with 10:25 remaining to cut the Sun Devils’ lead to three.
Cameron Marshall scored two touchdowns for Arizona State, which overcame an early 14-point deficit by scoring 21 consecutive points. Marshall’s second touchdown run – a 22-yarder – gave the Sun Devils a seven-point lead with 4:29 left in the first half.
Osweiler was 36-of-65 for 487 yards, including an 11-yard touchdown pass to Gerrell Robinson, who caught 11 passes for 199 yards.
Foles passed for 370 yards to set Arizona’s single-season mark with 3,982 passing yards.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Arizona
|
494 |
101 |
393 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1.0 |
3 |
| Arizona State
|
548 |
61 |
487 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1.0 |
0 |