College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Arizona State 52, Washington State 31
When: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 22, 2014
Where: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Temperature: 61°
Head Official: Land Clark
Attendance: 51428

No. 14 Arizona State 52, Washington State 31: Taylor Kelly passed for four touchdowns and D.J. Foster rushed for three as the Sun Devils slipped past the Cougars in Pac-12 play.

Cameron Smith caught two touchdown passes and had six receptions for a career-high 131 yards for Arizona State (9-2, 6-2). The Sun Devils forced five turnovers and remained in the hunt for a spot in the Pac-12 title game.

Luke Falk was 45-of-74 for a career-best 601 yards and three touchdown passes for Washington State (3-8, 2-6) but also was intercepted four times. Vince Mayle caught a school-record 15 passes for 252 yards and Isiah Myers had seven receptions for 111 yards and one touchdown.

Arizona State battled from a 14-point deficit and took a 28-24 lead on Foster’s 1-yard run with 6:04 left in the third quarter and Zane Gonzalez kicked a 47-yard field goal in the opening minute of a 24-point final quarter. Foster added an 18-yard scoring run with 11:45 left, and Kelly hit Smith on a 5-yarder and Kody Kohl from 6 yards out to make it 52-24 with 3:19 to go.

Washington State jumped out to a 21-7 lead over the first 25-plus minutes as Falk scored from a yard out and threw scoring passes of 1 yard to Ricky Galvin and 20 to Myers. The Sun Devils tied it up as Kelly threw a 42-yard scoring pass to Smith and a 10-yarder to Frederick Gammage before Cougars took a 24-21 lead at the break on Quintin Breshears’ 27-yard field goal as time expired.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Sun Devils WR Jaelen Strong (concussion) sat out. … The 200-yard game is Mayle’s second of the season and he has topped 100 six times. … Arizona State’s interceptions were by CB Kweishi Brown, OLB Salamo Fiso, DE Marcus Hardison and SS Damarious Randall.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Washington State   Arizona State
Jamal Morrow Player D.J. Foster
10 Attempts 15
37 Yards 96
3.7 Avg Yards 6.4
0 Touchdowns 3
0 Long 0
Receiving
Washington State   Arizona State
Vince Mayle Player Cameron Smith
15 Receptions 6
252 Yards 131
16.8 Avg Yards 21.8
0 Touchdowns 2
0 Long 0
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Washington State 622 21 601 4 1 0 5.0 1
Arizona State 330 98 232 7 1 4 6.0 2