(San Francisco, CA) The Pac-12 Conference has announced the 2023 football schedule and ASU will have an eight-game home slate for the first time since 2013. This features league home games with Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, USC and Washington State in addition to non-conference home matchups with Southern Utah, Oklahoma State and Mountain West champion Fresno State.
2023 SUN DEVIL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Aug. 31- Southern Utah (Thursday)
Sept. 9- Oklahoma State
Sept. 16- Fresno State
Sept. 23–USC
Sept. 30–at California
Oct. 7–Colorado
(open weekend Oct. 14)
Oct. 21–at Washington
Oct. 28–Washington State
Nov. 4–at Utah
Nov. 11–at UCLA
Nov. 18–Oregon
Nov. 25- Arizona
EIGHT-GAME HOME SCHEDULE
The Sun Devils will have an eight game home schedule for just the sixth time since joining the Pac-12 and for just the third time this century (also in 2013 and 2007). ASU also had eight-game home schedules from 1982-84 and in 1989.
THE OPENER ON THURSDAY, AUG. 31
The Sun Devils will open the Kenny Dillingham era at home in Sun Devil Stadium/Frank Kush Field on Thursday, Aug. 31 against Southern Utah. Arizona State won its only matchup with Southern Utah during the 2021 campaign, 41-14 at Sun Devil Stadium.
HOW ABOUT THEM COWBOYS ON SEPT. 9
After the home opener, the Sun Devils will remain at home the following two weeks to take on Oklahoma State for the second straight year on Sept. 9. It marks the returning end of a home-and-home after ASU visited Oklahoma State last season.
NO. 24 AND MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMP FRESNO STATE COMES TO TOWN SEPT. 16
The Sun Devils host the 2023 Mountain West champions Fresno State on Sept. 16, which marks the fifth meeting all time between the Bulldogs and the Sun Devils. The squads met three times before 1941, with ASU winning all of them before the Bulldogs won the 2018 Las Vegas Bowl. Fresno State finished the 2022 season No. 24 in Associated Press poll.
WELCOME BACK CALIFORNIA AND OREGON
It will be the first time since 2019 that ASU will face California and Oregon in conference play. The Sun Devils have won the last two matchups with the Golden Bears, and the last time Arizona State played Oregon was a upset win over the No. 6 Ducks in Tempe.
COUGS AND HUSKIES
ASU will play both Washington and Washington State for the third straight year, with the Sun Devils having won seven of the last ten games against the Cougars and ASU winning three of the last four games against the Huskies. Last season ASU topped then-#21 Washington at Sun Devil Stadium.
PAC-12 SOUTH OPPONENTS
The Sun Devils will take on Pac-12 South opponents USC, UCLA, Colorado and Utah to round out conference competition. ASU has found success against the Buffaloes as it has won six of the last seven games in Tempe. The last time the Sun Devils traveled to UCLA they took down the then-No. 20 Bruins at the Rose Bowl. ASU defeated the Trojans during the 2021 campaign 31-16 at Sun Devil Stadium which was the last time USC came to the Valley. Finally the schedule features a showdown at Utah who has participated in the Rose Bowl in back-to-back years.
TERRITORIAL CUP® SHOWDOWN
To cap off the regular season will be the annual battle for the Territorial Cup®, where ASU will attempt to take back the Cup. The Sun Devils have won five of the last six meetings against the Wildcats.
Press Release courtesy of Sun Devil Athletics – Doug Tammaro
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