TEMPE, AZ - The Arizona State University Sun Devils hosted the Sacramento Hornets for the second game of the season. This was the second meeting between the Devils and the Hornets. In the first meeting in 2013, the temperature was 107 degrees at kickoff. The Devils won that game 55-0. At game time this year, the temperature was 104 degrees and the humidity was 21%. The Devils were able to fight through the heat and defeat the Hornets for the second win of the season by a score of 19-7 at Sun Devil Stadium on Friday, September 6, 2019.
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| Zendejas scored 13 of 19 points for the Devils |
After Jayden Daniels' first pass of the game goes for 24 yards, the Hornets defense stop the Devils, forcing a punt. Michael Turk's first punt goes for 44 yards, putting the Hornets inside their 8 yard line.
Turk's second punt puts Hornets inside the eight yard line for second time in the game.
The third punt goes out at the 12 yard line. Turk finished the first half with a total of four punts averaging over 45 yards per punt. Turk's final punt of the night was 57 yards, bumping his average for the game to 47.6 yards.
After a scoreless first quarter, the Devils threatened to score when Brandon Aiyuk took a punt 38 yards to the Hornets' 10 yard line. After a couple of downs, the Devils fumbled the ball into the end zone giving the Hornets the ball back at their 20 keeping the score 0-0.
With less than 2 minutes left in the half, the Devils Christian Zendejas hit a 36 yard field goal giving the Devils a 3-0 lead.
At the half, the Devils had 78 total yards offense to the Hornets 131 total yards.
With 9:16 left in the third quarter, Zendejas kicked a 26 yard field goal putting the Devils up 6-0 over the Hornets.
After the Devils got a 68 yard touchdown reception called back for a blindside block, they settled for a Zendejas 35 yard field goal, giving the Devils a 9-0 lead with less than five minutes left in the third quarter.
On the first play of the fourth quarter, Zendejas kicked his fourth field goal of the night, making the score 12-0.
With less than seven minutes left in the game, the Hornets get on the scoreboard from nine yards out when quarterback Kevin Thomson hit Tao McClinton over the middle. The score was set up by a previous play in which a blown coverage gave the Hornets a 40 yard reception to the Devils 9 yard line.
On the next series, Eno Benjamin scored on a 72 yard reception from Daniels bumping the score to 19-7 with 4:42 left on the clock. The extra point was good, giving Zendejas 13 points on the night.
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| Eno Benjamin scores on 72 yard reception |
The Devils finished the game with 395 total yards offense to the Hornets' 305 total yards.
The Hornets (1-1) travel home to host Northern Colorado on September 14 at 6 p.m.
The Devils (2-0) travel to East Lansing to take on Michigan State Saturday, September 14 at 1 p.m. The game will be televised on Fox.
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