List of Arizona Wildcats bowl games
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] One of their losses was to Boise State in one of the New Year's Six bowl games, the Fiesta Bowl.
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Post-season games
| # | Bowl | Score[A 2] | Date | Season[A 3] | Opponent[A 4] | Stadium | Location | Attendance[2] | Head coach | |||||||||
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| 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 | 26,500 |
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 | 30,333 | Dick Tomey | |||||||||
| 8 | Aloha Bowl | L 0–28 | December 25, 1990 | 1990 | Syracuse Orangemen | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu | 41,450 | Dick Tomey | |||||||||
| 9 | Sun Bowl | L 15–20 | December 31, 1992 | 1992 | Baylor Bears | Sun Bowl Stadium | El Paso | 31,337 | Dick Tomey | |||||||||
| 10 | Fiesta Bowl | 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 | Angel Stadium of Anaheim | Anaheim | 31,377 | Dick Tomey | |||||||||
| 12 | Insight.com Bowl | W 20–14 | December 20, 1997 | 1997 | New Mexico Lobos | Arizona Stadium | Tucson | 21,514 |
Dick Tomey | |||||||||
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| 13" | Holiday Bowl | W 23–20 | December 30, 1998 | 1998 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Qualcomm Stadium | San Diego | 46,451 | Dick Tomey | |||||||||
| 14 | Las Vegas Bowl | W 31–21 | December 20, 2008 | 2008 | BYU Cougars | Sam Boyd Stadium | Las Vegas | 59,106 | Mike Stoops | |||||||||
| 15 | Holiday Bowl | L 0–33 | December 30, 2009 | 2009 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Qualcomm Stadium | San Diego | 46,451 | Mike Stoops | |||||||||
| 16 | Alamo Bowl | L 10–36 | December 29, 2010 | 2010 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | Alamodome | San Antonio | 93,963 | Mike Stoops | |||||||||
| 17 | New Mexico Bowl | W 49–48 | December 15, 2012 | 2012 | Nevada Wolf Pack | University Stadium | Albuquerque | 91,245 | Rich Rodriguez | |||||||||
| 18 | Independence Bowl | W 42–19 | December 31, 2013 | 2013 | Boston College Eagles | Independence Stadium | Shreveport | 70,242 | Rich Rodriguez | |||||||||
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| 19 | Fiesta Bowl (CFP New Year Six)* | L 30–38 | December 31, 2014 | 2014 | Boise State Broncos | University of Phoenix Stadium | Glendale | 85,689 | Rich Rodriguez | |||||||||
| 20 | New Mexico Bowl | W 45–37 | December 19, 2015 | 2015 | New Mexico Lobos | University Stadium (Albuquerque) | Albuquerque | 91,245 | Rich Rodriguez | |||||||||
| 21 | Foster Farms Bowl | L 35–38 | December 27, 2017 | 2017 | Purdue Boilermakers | Levi's Stadium | Santa Clara | 28,436 | Rich Rodriguez | |||||||||
Record by bowl game and opponents
| Bowl Name | # | Appearances | Record |
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| Advocare V100 | 1 | 2013 | 1–0 |
| Alamo Bowl | 1 | 2010 | 0–1 |
| Aloha Bowl | 2 | 1986, 1990 | 1–1 |
| Christmas Classic | 1 | 1921 | 0–1 |
| Insight.com Bowl/Copper Bowl/Catcus Bowl | 2 | 1989, 1997 | 2–0 |
| Fiesta Bowl | 3 | 1979, 1993, 2014 | 1–2 |
| Foster Farms Bowl | 1 | 2017 | 0-1 |
| Freedom Bowl | 1 | 1994 | 0–1 |
| Holiday Bowl | 2 | 1998, 2009 | 1–1 |
| Las Vegas Bowl | 1 | 2008 | 1–0 |
| New Mexico Bowl | 2 | 2012, 2015 | 2–0 |
| Salad Bowl | 1 | 1949 | 0–1 |
| Sun Bowl | 3 | 1968, 1985, 1992 | 0–2–1 |
| Opponents | # | Win | Loss | Tied | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Baylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Boise State | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| BYU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Centre (D-III) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Drake (FCS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Miami | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Nevada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| North Carolina State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Purdue | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Syracuse | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Utah | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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 Oregon 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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