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Arizona Football Team History

Arizona Wildcats

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Founded: 1885
Stadium: Arizona Stadium
Capacity: 57,803
Colors: Cardinal Red & Navy Blue
Coach: Brent Brennan
Conference: Big 12-

Arizona

Team Timeline
First Team: 1899
1918 - Did not field a team.
2003 - After starting the year 1-4, Mackovic was fired and defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz coached the team on an interim basis for the rest of the season.
2011 - The team was coached by interim head coach Tim Kish for the last six games of the season after Mike Stoops was fired as head coach on October 10 after starting the season 1-5.

Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
1935, 1936, 1941, 1964, 1973, 1993
Division Championships
2014

Team Records
Overall Record	637-507-33
Winning Pct.	56%
Vacated Wins	0
Forfeit Games	0
Adjusted Record	637-507-33
Winning Pct.	56%
National Championships	0
Conference Titles	6
Division Titles	1
Conference Record	230-252-6
All American Players
NFL Players (#2)
Home Record	429-231-20
Away Record	198-262-11

By The Numbers
Seasons	121
Winning Seasons (#1)	76
Losing Seasons (#1)	39
Most Wins in A Season	12 (1998)
Most Loses in A Season	11 (2021)
10 Win Seasons	4
Most Points Scored in a Game	167 (10/16/1920)
Most Points Scored in a Season	537 (2017)
Most Points Allowed in a Game	78 (11/10/1928)
Most Points Allowed in a Season	465 (2015)
Largest Margin of Victory	167 (10/16/1920)
Largest Margin of Defeat	75 (11/19/1949)
Most Points Both Teams in a Game	167 (10/16/1920)
Last Shutout	8/30/2013
Last Time Shutout	10/16/2021
Shutouts All-Time	157
Been Shutout All-Time	75

Streaks
Longest Win	9 (10/14/2023-9/7/2024)
Longest Losing	20 (10/12/2019-10/30/2021)

Bowl Records
Overall Record	9-11-1
Rose	0-0-0
Cotton	0-0-0
Orange	0-0-0
Fiesta	1-2-0
Sugar	0-0-0

By the Decade
2020-29	20-34
2010-19	63-64
2000-09	49-69
1990-99	71-46
1980-89	67-40-6
1970-79	60-50-1
1960-69	51-47-3
1950-59	44-54-3
1940-49	42-29-4
1930-39	54-32-6
1920-29	50-21-5

Next Game

2024 Season

Sat., Aug. 31	vs. New Mexico	61-39 W
Sat., Sep. 7	vs. Northern Arizona	22-10 W
Fri., Sep. 13	@ Kansas State	7-31 L
Sat., Sep. 21	OPEN
Sat., Sep. 28	@ Utah	23-10 W
Sat., Oct. 5	vs. Texas Tech	22-28 L
Sat., Oct. 12	@ Brigham Young	19-41 L
Sat., Oct. 19	vs. Colorado	7-34 L
Sat., Oct. 26	vs. West Virginia	26-31 L
Sat., Nov. 2	@ Central Florida	12-56 L
Sat., Nov. 9	OPEN
Sat., Nov. 16	vs. Houston	27-3 W
Sat., Nov. 23	@ Texas Christian	28-49 L
Sat., Nov. 30	vs. Arizona State	7-49 L

2024 Season Totals
Record	4-8
Scoring	261-381
Conference Record	2-7
Home Record	3-4
Away Record	1-4

2024 Big 12 Standings
Season		Conference
Arizona State	11-2	7-2
Brigham Young	10-2	7-2
Colorado	8-4	7-2
Iowa State	10-3	7-2
Baylor	8-4	6-3
Texas Christian	8-4	6-3
Texas Tech	8-4	6-3
Kansas State	8-4	5-4
West Virginia	6-6	5-4
Kansas	5-7	4-5
Cincinnati	5-7	3-6
Houston	4-8	3-6
Arizona	4-8	2-7
Central Florida	4-8	2-7
Utah	5-7	2-7
Oklahoma State	3-9	0-9

Longest Running Rivalry
Arizona & Arizona State have played 93 games.
Arizona has won 47 games.
Arizona State has won 45 games.
with 1 tie games.

Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
Scoring	Record
less than 10	0-30
10 or more	132-137
20 or more	125-80
30 or more	97-32
40 or more	57-7

Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
Points Allowed	Record
less than 10	22-1
10 or more	110-166
20 or more	69-157
30 or more	29-118
40 or more	8-65

Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

The oldest college football bowl game is the Rose Bowl, which was first played in 1902.