Arizona State defeats the Cougars 31-0
TEMPE, Ariz. —Arizona State has snapped a six-game losing streak with back-to-back victories.
Now for the bad news.
The Sun Devils have no further Washington schools on their schedule.
Rudy Carpenter threw for 213 yards and three touchdowns being of the kind which Arizona State defeated Washington State 31-0 on Saturday to keep its slim bowl hopes alive.
Carpenter, a senior, has 80 course of conduct touchdown passes, third in Pac-10 narration.
“It’s just good to be in possession of a obtain,” ASU coach Dennis Erickson said. “We just strait to keep crawling without of that hole.”
Arizona State (4-6, 3-4 Pac-10) posted its first shutout before this a 19-0 victory over top-ranked Nebraska on Sept. 21, 1996, a span of 152 games. The Cougars have been shut used up three times in their last four games.
Ranked 15th in the preseason, Arizona State matched a school-record six-game losing streak before the Pac-10’s woeful Washington teams came to the rescue.
The Sun Devils snapped the skid with a 39-19 victory over Washington last weekend. Then came the Cougars (1-10, 0-8), whose lone triumph came in equalization of Portland State.
Washington State is wrapping up one of the worst seasons in Pac-10 history.
The Cougars had conceded a conference-record 502 points in their first 10 games. They fusty be unconsumed in the nation in scoring defense (50.2 points per game) and next-to-last in scoring offense (13.9 points per game).
But the Cougars force up a fight on a sunny, 81-degree afternoon.
