FINAL SCORE
Arizona State Sun Devils at Northwestern Wildcats game details
Saturday, September 11, 2004 at 12:00 PM ET
Ryan Field (1926)
Put the final score in perspective.
Arizona State finished 9 points ahead. The teams combined for 51 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Arizona State 17, Northwestern 7. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Northwestern outscored its opponent in 1 and Arizona State in 3. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Arizona State | 3 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 30 |
 Northwestern | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 23 | 25 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 6-16 | 4-14 |
| 4th down efficiency | 1-1 | 0-2 |
| Total Yards | 431 | 463 |
| Passing | 307 | 248 |
| Comp/Att | 19/36 | 21/38 |
| Yards per pass | 8.1 | 6.0 |
| Rushing | 139 | 235 |
| Rushing Attempts | 41 | 42 |
| Yards per rush | 3.4 | 5.6 |
| Penalties | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 18:50 | 17:50 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Arizona State Sun Devils
passing
| Andrew Walter | 19/36 | 292 | 8.1 | 3 | 0 | 53.7 |
rushing
| Loren Wade | 24 | 108 | 4.5 | 0 | 16 |
| Randy Hill | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 0 | 17 |
| Hakim Hill | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Walter | 5 | -18 | -3.6 | 0 | 2 |
receiving
| Derek Hagan | 8 | 154 | 19.3 | 2 | 47 |
| Terry Richardson | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 1 | 30 |
| Moey Mutz | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | 19 |
| Hakim Hill | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Zach Miller | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
puntReturns
| Rudy Burgess | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 34 | 0 |
kicking
| Jesse Ainsworth | 3/4 | 75.0 | 41 | 3/3 | 12 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Northwestern Wildcats
passing
| Brett Basanez | 21/38 | 228 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 63.5 |
rushing
| Noah Herron | 17 | 105 | 6.2 | 1 | 22 |
| Terrell Jordan | 14 | 85 | 6.1 | 1 | 31 |
| Brett Basanez | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 1 | 34 |
| Jonathan Fields | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 16 |
receiving
| Mark Philmore | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 0 | 29 |
| Shaun Herbert | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 34 |
| Brandon Horn | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 17 |
| Jonathan Fields | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 0 | 15 |
| Ashton Aikens | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 |
| Terrell Jordan | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Noah Herron | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
puntReturns
| Mark Philmore | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
kicking
| Brian Huffman | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3/3 | 3 |
punting
| Brian Huffman | 7 | 257 | 36.7 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 3:40 | ASU field goal is good | 3 – 0 |
| 2 | 14:40 | 9 yard rushing touchdown | 3 – 6 |
| 2 | 14:40 | NU extra point is good | 3 – 7 |
| 2 | 7:38 | ASU 47 yard passing touchdown | 9 – 7 |
| 2 | 7:38 | ASU extra point is good | 10 – 7 |
| 2 | 1:38 | ASU 41 yard passing touchdown | 16 – 7 |
| 2 | 1:38 | ASU extra point is good | 17 – 7 |
| 3 | 9:02 | ASU 30 yard passing touchdown | 23 – 7 |
| 3 | 9:02 | ASU extra point is good | 24 – 7 |
| 3 | 4:36 | 25 yard rushing touchdown | 24 – 13 |
| 3 | 4:36 | NU extra point is good | 24 – 14 |
| 3 | 2:40 | 13 yard rushing touchdown | 24 – 20 |
| 3 | 2:40 | NU extra point is good | 24 – 21 |
| 4 | 13:40 | ASU field goal is good | 27 – 21 |
| 4 | 1:24 | ASU field goal is good | 30 – 21 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 6:40 AM UTCData methodology