Arizona State won in a Black Out. Brock Osweiler hit Jamal Miles on an 11-yard touchdown pass in overtime and Arizona State held on defense to make a big early season statement with a wild 37-30 victory over No. 21 Missouri Friday night. “My heart's fluttered,” Arizona State coach Dennis Erickson said. Playing in front of a “Black Out” crowd at Sun Devil Stadium, Arizona State (2-0) built a 30-16 lead behind Osweiler on his way to 353 yards and three touchdowns passing, another score rushing. The Sun Devils had trouble closing out games last season and appeared to be headed toward another disheartening loss when Missouri (1-1) charged back behind James Franklin. He opened the fourth quarter with a 25-yard touchdown pass to L'Damian Washington, then tied it on 3-yard TD pass to Michael Egnew with 2:50 left. Franklin moved the Tigers quickly at the end of regulation to set up a field goal, but Grant Ressel's attempt from 48 yards missed wide left with 12 seconds left. The Sun Devils opened overtime with the 11-yard touchdown from Osweiler to Miles on a swing pass, then swarmed the field after Franklin's fourth-down pass fell harmlessly into the end zone, ending a back-and-forth game that included 23 penalties for 224 yards. Aaron Pflugrad caught eight passes for a career-high 180 yards and a pair of touchdowns — the second on a trick-play pass by Miles — and Arizona State finished with 492 yards to beat a ranked opponent for the first time in its last 11 tries. “That's the kind of game we couldn't win last season,” Pflugrad said. Franklin almost single-handedly kept the Tigers in it. A week after a nervous first start, the sophomore threw for 319 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for 84 yards and another score. It just wasn't enough on a night in which Missouri had 501 total yards, but converted just three of 15 third-down chances to see its 22-game winning streak in regular-season nonconference games come to an end.
