The Arizona Wildcats college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Arizona in the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). Since the establishment of the team in 1893, Arizona has appeared in 21 bowl games and had 9 wins, 11 losses, and 1 tie for a .452 winning percentage.[1] The Wildcats played in two Bowl Coalition Era Bowls. The 1992 John Handcock Bowl (Sun Bowl) was a Tier 2 Bowl Coalition game. The 1993 Fiesta Bowl was a Tier 1 Bowl Coalition game. The December 2014 Fiesta Bowl was part of the CFP\New Year's Six system.
Key
General † | Bowl game record attendance | ‡ | Former bowl game record attendance | * | Denotes BC/BA/BCS/CFP Game | | | |
Post-season games
List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach[A 1] # | Bowl | Score[A 2] | Date | Season[A 3] | Opponent[A 4] | Stadium | Location | Attendance[2] | Head coach |
1 | San Diego East-West Christmas Classic | L 0–38 | December 26, 1921 | 1921 | Centre Praying Colonels | Balboa Stadium | San Diego | 35,000‡ | Pop McKale |
2 | Salad Bowl | L 13–14 | January 1, 1949 | 1948 | Drake | Montgomery Stadium | Phoenix | 43,000 | Miles W. Casteel |
3 | Sun Bowl | L 10–34 | December 28, 1968 | 1968 | Auburn Tigers | Sun Bowl Stadium | El Paso | 27,062 | Darrell Mudra |
4 | Fiesta Bowl | L 10–16 | December 25, 1979 | 1979 | Pittsburgh Panthers | Sun Devil Stadium | Tempe | 30,333 | Tony Mason |
5 | Sun Bowl | T 13–13 | December 16, 1985 | 1985 | Georgia Bulldogs | Sun Bowl Stadium | El Paso | 30,333 | Larry Smith |
6 | Aloha Bowl | W 30–21 | December 28, 1986 | 1986 | North Carolina Tar Heels | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu | 30,333 | Larry Smith |
7 | Copper Bowl | W 17–10 | December 31, 1989 | 1989 | North Carolina State Wolfpack | Arizona Stadium | Tucson | 37,237 | Dick Tomey |
8 | Aloha Bowl | L 0–28 | December 25, 1990 | 1990 | Syracuse Orangemen | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu | 41,450 | Dick Tomey |
Bowl Coalition Era |
9 | Sun Bowl* (John Handcock Bowl) Tier 2 BC Game | L 15–20 | December 31, 1992 | 1992 | Baylor Bears | Sun Bowl Stadium | El Paso | 31,337 | Dick Tomey |
10 | Fiesta Bowl* Tier 1 BC Game | W 29–0 | January 1, 1994 | 1993 | Miami Hurricanes | Sun Devil Stadium | Tempe | 31,337 | Dick Tomey |
11 | Freedom Bowl | L 13–16 | December 27, 1994 | 1994 | Utah Utes | Anaheim Stadium | Anaheim | 31,377 | Dick Tomey |
Bowl Alliance Era |
12 | Insight.com Bowl | W 20–14 | December 20, 1997 | 1997 | New Mexico Lobos | Arizona Stadium | Tucson | 49,385‡ | Dick Tomey |
Bowl Championship Series Era |
13" | Holiday Bowl | W 23–20 | December 30, 1998 | 1998 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Qualcomm Stadium | San Diego | 65,354 | Dick Tomey |
14 | Las Vegas Bowl | W 31–21 | December 20, 2008 | 2008 | BYU Cougars | Sam Boyd Stadium | Las Vegas | 40,047 | Mike Stoops |
15 | Holiday Bowl | L 0–33 | December 30, 2009 | 2009 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Qualcomm Stadium | San Diego | 64,607 | Mike Stoops |
16 | Alamo Bowl | L 10–36 | December 29, 2010 | 2010 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | Alamodome | San Antonio | 57,593 | Mike Stoops |
17 | New Mexico Bowl | W 49–48 | December 15, 2012 | 2012 | Nevada Wolf Pack | University Stadium | Albuquerque | 24,610 | Rich Rodriguez |
18 | Independence Bowl | W 42–19 | December 31, 2013 | 2013 | Boston College Eagles | Independence Stadium | Shreveport | 36,917 | Rich Rodriguez |
College Football Playoff Era |
19 | Fiesta Bowl* (CFP New Year's Six) | L 30–38 | December 31, 2014 | 2014 | Boise State Broncos | University of Phoenix Stadium | Glendale | 66,896 | Rich Rodriguez |
20 | New Mexico Bowl | W 45–37 | December 19, 2015 | 2015 | New Mexico Lobos | University Stadium (Albuquerque) | Albuquerque | 30,289 | Rich Rodriguez |
21 | Foster Farms Bowl | L 35–38 | December 27, 2017 | 2017 | Purdue Boilermakers | Levi's Stadium | Santa Clara | 28,436 | Rich Rodriguez |
22 | Alamo Bowl | W 38–24 | December 28, 2023 | 2023 | Oklahoma Sooners | Alamodome | San Antonio | 55,853 | Jedd Fisch |
Record by bowl game and opponents
Notes
- ^ Statistics correct as of 2014–15 NCAA football bowl games.
- ^ Results are sortable first by whether the result was an Arizona win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory.
- ^ Links to the season article for the Arizona team that competed in the bowl for that year.
- ^ Links to the season article for the opponent that Arizona competed against in the bowl for that year when available or to their general page when unavailable.
References
- General
- National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
- "Wildcats history". University of Arizona. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
- Specific
- ^ Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 14
- ^ Bowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38
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