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| 1996 Arizona State Sun Devils football | |
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Pac-10 champion | |
Rose Bowl, L 17–20 vs. Ohio State | |
| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 4 |
| AP | No. 4 |
| Record | 11–1 (8–0 Pac-10) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Dan Cozzetto (5th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Phil Snow (2nd as DC, 5th overall season) |
| Home stadium | Sun Devil Stadium (Capacity: 73,379) |
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| No. 4 Arizona State $ | 8 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Washington | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1996 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented the Arizona State University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A college football season. The team's head coach was Bruce Snyder, who was coaching his fifth season with the Sun Devils and 17th season overall. Home games were played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. They participated as members of the Pacific-10 Conference.
Regular season
In 1996, the Sun Devils went a surprising 11–1, highlighted by a 19–0 shutout of the number-one-ranked, two-time defending national champion, Nebraska Cornhuskers in Tempe, ending Nebraska's 26-game win streak. The upset win also gained a measure of revenge from the previous season, when they went into Lincoln and were not only defeated by a 77–28 margin, but were enraged after the eventual national champions threw a long touchdown pass in the game's final minutes. ASU quarterback Jake Plummer led the Sun Devils, propelling Arizona State into the Rose Bowl against the Ohio State Buckeyes. Had the Sun Devils won, they would have had a very good chance of winning at least a share of the national championship, as they would have been the only undefeated major-college team in the nation. The Sun Devils led 17–14 with 1:47 left in the fourth quarter, but surrendered a late touchdown to Ohio State, falling by a final score of 20–17. As it turned out, Florida State lost in the Sugar Bowl to the Florida Gators; had the Sun Devils won, they would have had a perfect 12–0 record while the Gators would have finished with one regular season loss (to the Seminoles).
Schedule
The Sun Devils finished the regular season with an 11–0 record.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 7 | 7:00 pm | Washington | No. 20 | FSN | W 45–42 | 73,379 | |
| September 14 | 7:00 pm | North Texas* | No. 18 |
| W 52–7 | 46,173 | |
| September 21 | 7:15 pm | No. 1 Nebraska* | No. 17 |
| FSN | W 19–0 | 74,089 |
| September 28 | 3:30 pm | Oregon | No. 6 |
| FSN | W 48–27 | 54,618 |
| October 5 | 7:00 pm | Boise State* | No. 5 |
| W 56–7 | 49,018 | |
| October 12 | 12:30 pm | at UCLA | No. 4 | ABC | W 42–34 | 66,107 | |
| October 19 | 12:30 pm | USC | No. 4 |
| ABC | W 48–35 2OT | 74,947 |
| October 26 | 12:30 pm | at Stanford | No. 4 | ABC | W 41–9 | 32,550 | |
| November 2 | 2:00 pm | at Oregon State | No. 4 | W 29–14 | 21,946 | ||
| November 9 | 4:30 pm | California | No. 4 |
| FSN | W 35–7 | 74,963 |
| November 23 | 4:30 pm | at Arizona | No. 4 | FSN | W 56–14 | 59,920 | |
| January 1, 1997 | 1:30 pm | vs. No. 4 Ohio State* | No. 2 | ABC | L 17–20 | 100,635 | |
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Conference opponent not played this season: Washington State
Roster
| 1996 Arizona State Sun Devils football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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