Saturday, October 20, 2018

Devils Fall to the Cardinal in Pac-12 Matchup 20-13

Mike Stockman

TEMPE, AZ - The Arizona State University Sun Devils hosted the Stanford Cardinal on a Thursday night, October 18, 2018 Pac-12 match-up at Sun Devil Stadium.

In the first quarter, the Devils scored first on a 30 yard field goal.  Half way through the second quarter, the Devils defense held the Cardinal offense to a total of 64 yards and forced 4 punts while producing 138 yards offense and punting only twice.

With a couple of questionable pass interference calls, the Cardinal drove to the 3 yard line but were forced to attempt a 21 yard field goal which was successful, tying the game 3-3 with 3:43 left in the half.

With 2:05 left in the half, the Devils were driving into field goal range but were shut down when an attempted trick play ended in an interception.


After the interception, the Cardinal drove down to the 13 yard line with :02 left and kicked a field goal, putting the Cardinal up 6-3 at the half.

After receiving the second half kick-off, the Devils drove down the field, but were forced to kick a 24 yard field goal to tie the game up 6-6.

The Cardinal answer by scoring a touchdown on a 28 yard pass with 7:55 left in the third quarter, giving them the lead 13-6.

The Cardinal adds another touchdown in the third quarter on a one yard touchdown dive, extending the lead to 20-6.

In the fourth quarter, the Devils add another touchdown making the final score 20-13.

The Cardinal (5-2, 3-1 Pac-12) host Washington on October 27.

The Devils (3-4, 1-3 Pac-12) travel to Los Angeles to take on USC October 27.



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