Arizona State gained the primary recreation of the Kenny Dillingham generation, defeating Southern Utah 24-21 on Thursday night time at Tempe, Ariz., in a season opener that was once not on time 2 hours, 36 mins after halftime because of lightning within the space.
Dillingham, the youngest head trainer within the country at 33, is guiding a group that has 78 new avid gamers since closing season, 40 of them transfers.
The long prolong led to the sport to finish at 1:01 a.m. native time.
The Solar Devils led 21-7 at halftime, and the primary 5 possessions of the second one part (3 of them for Arizona State) led to punts sooner than Southern Utah produced a 70-yard scoring force.
The Thunderbirds, propelled by means of a 52-yard go from Justin Miller to Isaiah Wood, lower the deficit to seven with 49 seconds left within the 3rd quarter on a 17-yard go from Miller to Zach Mitchell.
Arizona State spoke back with Dario Longhetto’s 38-yard box with 13:41 last.
Southern Utah’s George Ramirez returned a blocked punt 47 yards for a ranking with 7:50 left, pulling the guests inside 24-21.
Arizona State ran out the clock in its closing ownership that began with 5:19 left at its 13 and ended on the Southern Utah 31.
The Solar Devils jumped in entrance within the first part in the back of the play of freshman quarterback Jaden Rashada, who finished 12 of 16 go makes an attempt for 182 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions within the part.
He completed with 236 yards on 18-of-31 passing.
Rashada engineered a scoring force within the Solar Devils’ first ownership that culminated with Cameron Skattebo’s 6-yard run with 9:00 left within the first quarter.
Southern Utah tied the sport when Targhee Lambson ended an 11-play, 62-yard force with a 1-yard scoring run with 11:05 last sooner than halftime.
Rashada’s landing passes to Xavier Guillory and Troy Omeire took place on Arizona State’s closing two possessions of the primary part.
Guillory’s 47-yard ranking got here on a fourth-and-8 play with 5:32 left.
Omeire’s 3-yard landing catch came about with two seconds appearing at the clock after Southern Utah known as timeout with 5 seconds last to get its protection set.
Guillory ended the night time with 5 catches for 73 yards. Skattebo received 71 yards on 17 carries, and teammate DeCarlos Brooks ran for 63 yards on 12 makes an attempt.
Miller wound up 8 of 17 for 123 yards and one landing. Braedon Wissler paced the Thunderbirds’ flooring recreation with 45 yards on 15 carries.
—Box Degree Media
