2007 Arizona Wildcats football team

The 2007 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

2007 Arizona Wildcats football
Conference	Pacific-10
2007 record	5–7 (4–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Stoops (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Sonny Dykes (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Mark Stoops (4th season)
Captain	Eben Britton Antoine Cason Anthony Johnson Spencer Larsen Willie Tuitama
Home stadium	Arizona Stadium (Capacity: 57,400)

2007 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 USC +		7	–	2					11	–	2
No. 16 Arizona State +		7	–	2					10	–	3
No. 25 Oregon State		6	–	3					9	–	4
No. 23 Oregon		5	–	4					9	–	4
UCLA		5	–	4					6	–	7
Arizona		4	–	5					5	–	7
California		3	–	6					7	–	6
Washington State		3	–	6					5	–	7
Stanford		3	–	6					4	–	8
Washington		2	–	7					4	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	3:30 p.m.	at BYU*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, Utah	Versus	L 7–20	64,525
September 8	7:00 p.m.	Northern Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona		W 45–24	52,638
September 16	7:00 p.m.	New Mexico*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona (Kit Carson Rifle)	FSNAZ	L 27–29	51,996
September 22	3:00 p.m.	at No. 8 California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California	Versus	L 27–45	56,021
September 29	7:00 p.m.	Washington State	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona	FSNAZ	W 48–20	50,945
October 6	1:05 p.m.	at Oregon State	Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		L 16–31	40,489
October 13	12:30 p.m.	at No. 10 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	ABC	L 13–20	84,671
October 20	4:00 p.m.	Stanford	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona		L 20–21	55,270
October 27	Noon	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle	FSNAZ	W 48–41	61,124
November 3	12:30 p.m.	UCLA	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona	ABC	W 34–27	51,727
November 15	7:00 p.m.	No. 2 Oregon	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona	ESPN	W 34–24	50,387
December 1	6:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona (Territorial Cup)	ESPN2	L 17–20	71,706
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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Game summaries

Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total Oregon 11 3 3 7 24 • Arizona 10 21 0 3 34 Date: November 15 Location: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona Game start: 9:00 p.m. EST Source:

Scoring summary 1 12:24 ORE Dennis Dixon 39-yard run (Ed Dickson run) ORE 8-0 1 8:13 ARIZ Mike Thomas 34-yard pass from Willie Tuitama (Jason Bondzio kick) ORE 8-7 1 5:00 ORE Matt Evensen 34-yard field goal ORE 11-7 1 1:22 ARIZ Jason Bondzio 32-yard field goal ORE 11-10 2 14:45 ARIZ Antoine Cason 42-yard interception return (Jason Bondzio kick) ARIZ 17-11 2 11:34 ARIZ Mike Thomas 46-yard pass from Willie Tuitama (Jason Bondzio kick) ARIZ 24-11 2 5:30 ARIZ Antoine Cason 56-yard punt return (Jason Bondzio kick) ARIZ 31-11 2 0:09 ORE Matt Evensen 32-yard field goal ARIZ 31-14 3 9:10 ORE Matt Evensen 34-yard field goal ARIZ 31-17 4 7:53 ORE Andre Crenshaw 2-yard run (Matt Evensen kick) ARIZ 31-24 4 3:20 ARIZ Jason Bondzio 46-yard field goal ARIZ 34-24

Awards

K Jason Bondzio

• All-Pacific-10 (Honorable Mention)

OT Eben Britton

• All-Pacific-10 (2nd team)

CB Antoine Cason

• All-American (consensus 1st team: Walter Camp, AP, TSN, CBS Sports, ESPN.com, Rivals.com, SI.com, CollegeFootballNews)
• All-Pacific-10 (1st team)
• Jim Thorpe Award
• Chuck Bednarik Award semifinalist
• Ronnie Lott Award semifinalist

P Keenyn Crier

• All-Pacific-10 (1st team)

DT Lionel Dotson

• All-Pacific-10 (2nd team)

OT Peter Graniello

• All-Pacific-10 (Honorable Mention)

TE Rob Gronkowski

• All-Pacific-10 (Honorable Mention)

LB Spencer Larsen

• All-Pacific-10 (1st team)

WR Mike Thomas

• All-Pacific-10 (1st team)

QB Willie Tuitama

• All-Pacific-10 (Honorable Mention)

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References

1. 2011 Arizona football guide
2. 2011 Arizona football guide