Rivalry leaderboard
Duel in the Desert Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 64/100
- Overtime
- 1
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 88
- Series record
- Arizona 42-45-1 Arizona State
- Tracked years
- 1899-2024
- Trophy
- Territorial Cup
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
11 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1975Week 13
Arizona at Arizona State
Arizona 21, Arizona State 24
Winner: Arizona State
No. 12 Arizona vs. No. 8 Arizona State · 3-point margin
Ranking 32/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
64
Game score
- 1986Week 13
Arizona State at Arizona
Arizona State 17, Arizona 34
Winner: Arizona
No. 8 Arizona State vs. No. 12 Arizona · 17-point margin
Ranking 32/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15
50
Game score
- 1998Week 14
Arizona State at Arizona
Arizona State 42, Arizona 50
Winner: Arizona
Unranked Arizona State vs. No. 6 Arizona · 8-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
47
Game score
- 1982Week 13
Arizona State at Arizona
Arizona State 18, Arizona 28
Winner: Arizona
No. 6 Arizona State vs. Unranked Arizona · 10-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
45
Game score
- 1994Week 14
Arizona State at Arizona
Arizona State 27, Arizona 28
Winner: Arizona
Unranked Arizona State vs. No. 16 Arizona · 1-point margin
Ranking 10/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 1992Week 13
Arizona State at Arizona
Arizona State 7, Arizona 6
Winner: Arizona State
Unranked Arizona State vs. No. 16 Arizona · 1-point margin
Ranking 10/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 1997Week 15
Arizona at Arizona State
Arizona 28, Arizona State 16
Winner: Arizona
Unranked Arizona vs. No. 12 Arizona State · 12-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
37
Game score
- 2004Week 14
Arizona State at Arizona
Arizona State 27, Arizona 34
Winner: Arizona
No. 18 Arizona State vs. Unranked Arizona · 7-point margin
Ranking 8/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1987Week 14
Arizona State at Arizona
Arizona State 24, Arizona 24
Result: Tie
Unranked Arizona State vs. Unranked Arizona · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1978Week 13
Arizona State at Arizona
Arizona State 18, Arizona 17
Winner: Arizona State
Unranked Arizona State vs. Unranked Arizona · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1955Week 11
Arizona at Arizona State
Arizona 7, Arizona State 6
Winner: Arizona
Unranked Arizona vs. Unranked Arizona State · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1983Week 14
Arizona at Arizona State
Arizona 17, Arizona State 15
Winner: Arizona
Unranked Arizona vs. Unranked Arizona State · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1952Week 9
Arizona State at Arizona
Arizona State 20, Arizona 18
Winner: Arizona State
Unranked Arizona State vs. Unranked Arizona · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1981Week 13
Arizona at Arizona State
Arizona 13, Arizona State 24
Winner: Arizona State
Unranked Arizona vs. No. 18 Arizona State · 11-point margin
Ranking 8/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1995Week 14
Arizona at Arizona State
Arizona 31, Arizona State 28
Winner: Arizona
Unranked Arizona vs. Unranked Arizona State · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1985Week 13
Arizona at Arizona State
Arizona 16, Arizona State 13
Winner: Arizona
Unranked Arizona vs. Unranked Arizona State · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1979Week 13
Arizona at Arizona State
Arizona 27, Arizona State 24
Winner: Arizona
Unranked Arizona vs. Unranked Arizona State · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1966Week 12
Arizona State at Arizona
Arizona State 20, Arizona 17
Winner: Arizona State
Unranked Arizona State vs. Unranked Arizona · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.