PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TICKETS

Tickets to Saturday’s Pac-12 Championship Game at Sun Devil Stadium are available 24 hours a day at thesun devils.com. Fans also may call 480-7270000 or visit the Sun Devil Athletic Ticket Office.

CHERYL EVANS/AZCENTRAL SPORTS He knows Stanford (10-2) has improved as well.

The Cardinal win by controlling the line of scrimmage. They rank 26th nationally in rushing yards (208.5 per game) and third in rushing defense (87.3). After the Sun Devils clinched the Pac-12 South on Nov. 23, Graham assigned staff members to start preparing for Stanford. He also kept up with the Cardinal during the regular season, watching their games every week.

A key: limiting distractions. ASU this season is 7-0 at Sun Devil Stadium, outscoring opponents by four touchdowns, but to take advantage of its home field, Graham knows first the Sun Devils (10-2) must be in the right frame of mind. That may prove difficult.

“We’re going to stick to our routine,” Graham said. “I’m going to do all the things I normally do. Everything else is a distraction. When you haven’t been there it’s important to control that. We’re going to have extra (media events)

Late Saturday No. 12 Arizona St. 58, Arizona 21

First quarter ASU—FG Gonzalez 38, 10:23. ASU—FG Gonzalez 21, 7:06. ASU—Rogers 38 pass from T.Kelly (Gonzalez kick), 2:38.

Second quarter ASU—Foster 14 run (Gonzalez kick), 12:58. ASU—D.Nelson 1 run (Gonzalez kick), 8:04. Ari—Denker 1 run (J.Smith kick), 4:14. ASU—FG Gonzalez 23, :11.

Third quarter Ari—Carey 8 run (J.Smith kick), 12:17. ASU—Randall 64 interception return (Gonzalez kick), 7:24. Ari—Wharton 4 run (J.Smith kick), 2:27. ASU—Strong 61 pass from T.Kelly (Gonzalez kick), 1:17.

Fourth quarter ASU—Foster 7 run (Gonzalez kick), 13:17. ASU—D.Nelson 1 run (Gonzalez kick), 5:57. A—72,542.

Ari First downs 20 Rushes-yards 49-249 Passing 175 Comp-Att-Int 15-30-3 Return Yards 1 Punts-Avg. 4-41.3 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 Penalties-Yards 2-15 Time of Possession 27:41

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Arizona, Carey 32-157, Denker 15-87, Wharton 0-4, J.Allen 2-1. Arizona St., Foster 23-124, D.Nelson 8-35, T.Kelly 13-26, Robinson 5-16, R.Smith 1-3, D.Lewis 1-2, Team 1-(minus 2). PASSING—Arizona, Denker 15-30-3-175. Arizona St., T.Kelly 13-25-1-274. RECEIVING—Arizona, Wharton 4-76, Griffey 4-59, T.Miller 3-21, Phillips 3-17, Grant 1-2. Arizona St., Strong 4-142, Coyle 2-28, Foster 2-26, Rogers 1-38, D.Nelson 1-21, Ozier 1-15, Gammage 1-6, R.Smith 1-(minus 2). ASU

22 52-204

274 13-25-1

81 4-45.5 0-0 4-20 32:19 associated with the game that we can’t do anything about, but outside of that, we’re going to try to have as close to a normal week as we can.”