A glimpse of Sun Devil Country from around 1966, looking north on College Avenue from ASU's campus, up towards Old St. Mary’s Church and “A” Mountain. @ASU @TempeAZ #SunDevilVault

1956 | Downtown Tempe’s E. Fifth Street, when ASU was still Arizona State College. The Memorial Union had just opened, and the current concrete-and-steel “A” on A Mountain had been rebuilt the year before, after vandals dynamited its predecessor in 1952. Tempe Mission Palms has stood on this site since 1985. #SunDevilVault

Rose Bowl - Pasadena, CA - January 1, 1987 #7 Arizona State 22, #4 Michigan 15 ASU head coach: John Cooper Michigan head coach: Bo Schembechler Attendance: 103,168 Rose Bowl MVP: ASU QB Jeff Van Raaphorst John Cooper was quoted after the game, “I’m on cloud nine. I don’t even want to sit down. It’s the greatest win I’ve ever been associated with, my greatest thrill as a head coach.” @ASUFootball #SunDevilVault

In 1965, @ASU_Baseball won its first of five national championships, defeating Ohio State 2-1 in the College World Series title game. Pictured: Sun Devil No. 18 Sal Bando, the 1965 College World Series Most Outstanding Player. Bando would go on to win three consecutive World Series championships with the @Athletics from 1972–74. #SunDevilVault

September 8, 1990: Arizona State and Baylor met for the first time. Before 69,617 fans at Sun Devil Stadium, @ASUFootball opened its season with a commanding 34–13 victory. The programs wouldn’t meet again for 35 years—when the Sun Devils won again, 27–24, in 2025.

For 40 years, Goodwin Stadium stood on Apache Boulevard—a concrete monument to @ASUFootball. Built by WPA workers in 1936, it grew from 5,000 seats to 15,000. Its final roar came in 1958, when ASU routed Hawaiʻi 47–6 before an overflow crowd of 19,000. Then the Sun Devils moved to Sun Devil Stadium, and Goodwin sat silent for nearly 18 years—vines climbing its walls, windows going dark. Where Sun Devil Saturdays once lived, the final notice read, "LOT CLOSED. DEMOLITION OF GOODWIN STADIUM TO BEGIN AUG 16, 1976" #SunDevilVault

The Catch, 1975 📆

Oct. 19, 1974: No. 15 Arizona State shut out Utah, 32–0, before 48,260 at Sun Devil Stadium. Five games in, the Sun Devil defense had allowed just 35 total points: Houston 9 TCU 7 Missouri 9 Wyoming 10 Utah 0 Pictured: Sophomore RB Freddie Williams (#36), who averaged 108.3 rushing yards per game en route to 1974 First-Team All-WAC honors. #SunDevilVault

Sun Devil Gym, 1961 📸 ASU head coach Ned Wulk at midcourt — check out the small circular “A” logo that predates Arizona State’s modern visual branding. Just three years earlier, in 1958, Wulk inherited a struggling program from Mr. Sun Devil Bill Kajikawa. He’s still the winningest head coach in @SunDevilHoops history. #NedWulk #SunDevilVault

In 1958, ASU lured Ned Wulk away from Xavier, where he’d spent a decade — the last six as head coach. He wouldn’t leave Tempe for 25 years. 406 wins. 272 losses. 17 winning seasons. 39–15 against the school down south. Three Elite Eight runs (1961, 1963, 1975). Ned Wulk. Sun Devil legend. 🔱

The 1974–75 Sun Devils stood among college basketball's elite. Under head coach Ned Wulk (pictured with Lionel Hollins), @SunDevilHoops finished 25–4 and No. 8 in the final AP Poll. ASU then defeated Alabama, 97–94, and UNLV, 84–81, in the NCAA Tournament before falling to eventual national champion UCLA, 89–75. #SunDevilVault @TheSunDevils

Arizona State's University Activity Center broke ground in 1972 and opened on April 29, 1974, at a cost of $8 million. It replaced Sun Devil Gym as ASU's primary indoor venue. The first game played at the new UAC? Dec. 6, 1974, when @SunDevilHoops defeated Montana, 93–66. #SunDevilVault

#SunDevilVaultTrivia - The historic W.A. Moeur House in Tempe was built in 1910. In 1973 the property was converted into a restaurant under the literal name "9th and Ash,” as shown on the wooden signage with the Porsche Speedster out front. The 9th and Ash restaurant would later become a popular Tempe haunt ’til this day… Casey Moore's Oyster House. Q: What year did 9th & Ash become Casey Moore’s?

Younger fans, this is why “The Catch” holds such a special place in Sun Devil lore. ASU entered this game 10-0. Arizona was 9-1. Beyond the Territorial Cup trophy, the winner would claim the Western Athletic Conference championship, earn a Fiesta Bowl berth, and position themselves as one of the nation’s elite teams. Jefferson’s catch completely flipped the momentum of what many consider the biggest Territorial Cup game ever played, and players from that team often say it was the emotional turning point that changed everything.

Tempe, November 1975 | Arguably the most iconic play in Arizona State football history 🔱 No 8 @ASUFootball trailed No 12 Arizona 14–3 late in the first half. With 0:30 on the clock Sun Devil QB Dennis Sproul threw an 8-yard pass toward the back of the end zone, where a fully-extended John Jefferson made a spectacular catch for a score. Kush’s @TheSunDevils then fought back in the second half to secure a 24–21 #TerritorialCup win | #SunDevilVault