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1 OFFICIAL GAME NOTES // /ArizonaFootball /ArizonaFBall /ArizonaAthletics Arizona Athletics Communication Services // National Championship Drive McKale Center Room 106 Tucson, AZ Contacts: Blair Willis (bmw23@arizona.edu) (o) (c) // Derrick Fazendin (derrickf@arizona.edu) (o) (c) 2015 Schedule/Results Overall: 6-6 Pac-12: 3-6 Home: 4-2 Road: 2-4 Sept. 3 UTSA W, (Pac-12 Net) Sept. 12 at Nevada W, (CBSSN) Sept. 19 NAU W, (Pac-12 Net) Sept. 26 #9 UCLA L, (ABC) Oct. 3 at #18 Stanford L, (Pac-12 Net) Oct. 10 Oregon State % W, 44-7 (FOX Sports 1) Oct. 17 at Colorado W, (FOX Sports 1) Oct. 24 Washington State ^ L, (Pac-12 Net) Oct. 31 at Washington L, 49-3 (FOX Sports 1) Nov. 7 at USC L, (ESPN) Nov. 14 #10 Utah W, OT (FOX Sports 1) Nov. 21 at Arizona State L, (FOX Sports 1)» Dec. 19 at New Mexico $ Noon (ESPN) Times listed are local to site % Family Weekend ^ Homecoming $ Gildan New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque, N.M.) Television & Radio Information Live Stats: arizonalivestats.com Television FOX Sports 1 Play-by-Play...Eamon McAnaney Analyst...Rocky Boiman Sideline... Laura Rutledge Radio Arizona IMG Sports Network Play-by-Play...Brian Jeffries Analyst...Lamont Lovett Sideline...Dana Cooper Flagship Stations AM, FM Statewide Affiliates... See Page 7 Listen on TuneIn... Satellite Radio...Sirius 126; XM 204 ESPN Radio Play-by-Play...TBA Analyst...TBA The Matchup Statistical Comparison Category Total Offense Rushing Offense Passing Offense Team Passing Efficiency Scoring Offense Total Defense Rushing Defense Passing Yards Allowed Team Passing Efficiency Defense Scoring Defense Turnover Margin 3rd Down Conversion Pct 4th Down Conversion Pct 3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense 4th Down Conversion Pct Defense Red Zone Offense Red Zone Defense Net Punting Punt Returns Kickoff Returns First Downs Offense First Downs Defense Penalties Per Game Penalty Yards Per Game Time of Possession ARIZ UNM % 35.8% 36.0% 78.9% 44.7% 43.0% 60.0% 33.3% 83.3% 76.3% 94.3% 68.2% :54 30:19 Cats Return to Gildan New Mexico Bowl, Face Historic Rival #AZvsNM» Arizona (6-6, 3-6 Pac-12) at New Mexico (7-5, 5-3 MW) Date...Saturday, Dec. 19 Time... Noon (MST) Location...Albuquerque, N.M. Stadium...University Stadium (39,224) Surface...Field Turf Television...ESPN All-Time Series...Arizona leads, at Albuquerque...Arizona leads, Last Meeting... UNM 36, Arizona 28...Sept. 13, 2008 Streak... UNM has won last two games Hard Edge Notes & Numbers» Arizona makes its fourth-consecutive bowl appearance for the first time in school history (all under Rich Rodriguez).» Head coach Rich Rodriguez has led the Wildcats to four bowl games (2-1), which is the second-most all-time for UA coaches.» The Wildcats are making their 20th bowl appearance with a record of in the previous 19 games.» Arizona is one of three Pac-12 teams to play in at least seven bowl games since 2008 (also Oregon & Stanford).» The Wildcats rallied to defeat Nevada, 49-48, in their only previous Gildan New Mexico Bowl played on Dec. 15, 2012.» Arizona defeated a top-10 team (Utah) for the fourth-straight year.» The Cats have a trio of 500-yard rushers (Nick Wilson, Jared Baker & Jerrard Randall) for the first time since 1991.» Arizona was one of five FBS teams that played 12 consecutive weeks in the regular season (bye came over Thanksgiving).» The Cats average 5.48 yards per carry, the 11th-best clip among FBS teams.» Of UA s 53 offensive TD drives, 28 have lasted two minutes or less (53 percent).» The Wildcats are 14-1 against non-conference opponents under Rodriguez.» Arizona seeks its fourth-consecutive winning season for the first time since » UA is 26-2 under when leading at that half under Rich Rodriguez. Head Coach Rich Rodriguez Arizona Record (4th Year) Career Record (22nd Year) vs. UNM 0-0 Top Cats Category Player Total Touchdowns Nick Wilson 8 Scoring Casey Skowron 104 Rush Yards Nick Wilson 725 Pass Yards Anu Solomon 2,338 Pass Touchdowns Anu Solomon 18 Receptions Cayleb Jones 51 Rec. Yards Cayleb Jones 722 Tackles Will Parks 72 Tackles For Loss Reggie Gilbert 7.5 Sacks Reggie Gilbert 3.5 Interceptions Allah/Denson 2 Punting Avg. Drew Riggleman 44.8 Field Goals Casey Skowron 17-of-20 5, Head Coach Bob Davie UNM Record (4th Year) Career Record (9th Year) vs. Arizona 0-0 Combined career receiving yardage for Samajie Grant, Cayleb Jones, Nate Phillips and David Richards. UA s average total offense currently ranks 2nd-best in program history. The Wildcats passing yards per game is 6th-highest in school history. Senior PK Casey Skowron has scored 201 points, 7th-most in UA history and 5th-most among kickers. Since 2012, the Cats have produced a 100-yard rusher 45 times under Rich Rodriguez. UA has 37 offensive plays of 30+ yards, which ranks tied for 13th among all FBS teams. Arizona s 2015 season captains: Cayman Bundage, Will Parks, Reggie Gilbert and Casey Skowron. Quick Reads» Last Meeting page 10 Depth Chart page 14 Bowl History page 28 Stats page 37 Roster page 40

2 Covering the Cats (Week of Dec. 13) SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Practice (evening)» No media availability Practice (aftermoon)» Closed to media» Post-practice interviews with Coach Rodriguez, assistants and players upon request. Practice (aftermoon)» Closed to media» Post-practice interviews with Coach Rodriguez, assistants and players upon request. Travel to Albuquerque» Afternoon Team Welcome Dinner» 5 p.m. (IT Z USA: Family, Food, Fun); select players available to media. Practice (approx. Noon)» First 15 minutes open.» No post-practice interviews Team Dinner» Albuquerque Convention Center» Select players available to media. Press Conference (10:15 a.m.)» Isleta Resort & Casino» Coach Rodriguez & two players Kickoff Luncheon (11:30 a.m.)» Isleta Resort & Casino Pep Rally (4 p.m.)» Old Town Plaza Game Day» Kickoff at Noon (MST)» Postgame interviews with Coach Rodriguez and select players Arizona Quick Facts Communication Services Staff Director: Jeremy Sharpe Associate Director (FB): Blair Willis (FB, WGYM) O: (520) C: (520) E: bmw23@arizona.edu Assistant Director (FB): Derrick Fazendin (FB, BA) O: (520) C: (949) E: derrickf@arizona.edu Associate Director: Matt Ensor (MBB) Assistant Director: Daniel Berk (WBB, W/W Golf) Assistant: Danny Martinez (VB, S&D, SVB, SB) Office Phone: (520) Office Fax: (520) Arizona Stadium Press Box: (520) Mailing Address: McKale Center, Room 106 University of Arizona 1 National Championship Dr. Tucson AZ The University of Arizona Location: Tucson, Ariz. Nickname: Wildcats Colors: Cardinal and Navy (PMS 200 and 281) President: Ann Weaver Hart Director of Athletics: Greg Byrne Deputy Director of Athletics: Erika Barnes Faculty Representative: Jory Hancock Enrollment: 42,236 Athletic Ticket Office: ; Athletics Web Site: ArizonaWildcats.com University Web Site: Arizona.edu 2015 Arizona Football Head Coach: Rich Rodriguez, Fourth year (32-19) Career Record: , 22nd year Offensive Formation: Multiple Spread Defensive Formation: Conference: Pac-12 (joined Pac-10 in 1978) Returning Lettermen: 43 Stadium (Capacity): Arizona Stadium (56,029) Surface: FieldTurf Press Box Phone: (520) Football History First Season: 1899 Years Played: 111 (entering 2014) Games Played: 1,073 Head Coaches: 30 All-Time Record: Pac-10/12 Record: Bowl Games (Record): 19 (8-10-1, last in 2014) The Bear Down Tradition Arizona s most memorable athletic tradition is the slogan Bear Down, given to Wildcat teams by John Button Salmon, student body president and varsity athlete, shortly before he died in 1926 following an auto accident. Button Salmon s last message to his teammates, spoken to J.F. Pop McKale, coach and athletic director, was, Tell them... tell the team to bear down. The rally cry predates Win One for the Gipper by two years. Media Information Blair Willis and Derrick Fazendin of Arizona Athletics Communication Services will assist media throughout the season in its coverage of Arizona football including issuing a weekly news release, daily news items, home game statistical packages, administering news conferences, practice and press box operations, credentialing and roadgame access, among other services. Any questions about media policies should be directed to Associate Director of Communication Services Blair Willis at bmw23@arizona.edu or (520) Interview Requests The Arizona Athletics Communication Services office will make every attempt to fulfill phone interview requests for media members. Interview requests for head coach Rich Rodriguez, his staff and UA players should be directed to Blair Willis (bmw23@arizona. edu) and Derrick Fazendin (derrickf@arizona.edu). To make a request by phone, call Please submit requests well in advance to allow time for an interview to be scheduled. However, some requests may not be granted based on academic schedules and other team responsibilities. Practices Arizona football practices are generally closed to the media, unless otherwise noted. In-season practice schedule provides a 20-minute photo opportunity, typically on Tuesdays at the beginning of practice. Interviews are conducted after practice and must be arranged through the Communication Services staff. The daily practice schedule can change, so it is asked that media inform the Communication Services staff in advance for requested players/coaches. Coverage of football practice stipulates consent with restrictions on reporting formations, strategies, special personnel shifts or injuries without prior questions directed to and answered by head coach Rich Rodriguez. Postgame Interviews Arizona has a closed locker room policy after games. There is no player availability on the field immediately after the game. Head coach Rich Rodriguez will address the assembled media only after his postgame radio show responsibilities have been completed both at home and on the road Coach Rodriguez will address the media prior to any player comments. At home games, Coach Rodriguez will hold a postgame press conference in Room 370 of the Lowell-Stevens Football Facility. Selected offensive and defensive players will follow. For road games, each locker room situation will dictate postgame protocol. Please direct any specific requests for players to Blair Willis and Derrick Fazendin with the UA Communication Services staff. Weekly Press Conference Head Coach Rich Rodriguez and select players are available each Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the Lowell-Stevens Football Facility (Room 370) for an approximate half-hour press conference. There is no weekly press conference during bye weeks. A live web stream is available at: videos/university-arizona. Pac-12 Weekly Teleconference Head Coach Rich Rodriguez is available at 11:05 a.m. (PT) each week during the season on the Pac-12 Football Coaches Weekly Teleconference. For information in regards to obtaining the phone number to take part in the weekly teleconference, please call the Pac-12 Conference office ( ), or the UA Communication Services Office ( ). Facilities Access for Media The team locker room, sports medicine center and strength and conditioning center are off limits to media unless special arrangements have been made through Blair Willis and/or Derrick Fazendin. Photo/Video Usage Usage of imagery, audio and video taken at Arizona Athletics events is restricted to editorial purposes; these guidelines are covered in materials issued to reporters, editors and photographers upon receipt of credentials and/or access. They include guidelines on live Internet reporting, notably live description of statistical and/or playby-play and uses of visual imagery, rules strengthened for televised games. Credentials Credentials will be issued to professional members of media outlets that regularly cover Arizona Athletics and to regional, national or visiting professional journalists. Internet entities may or may not qualify for credentials and will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please send all credential requests via to Associate Director of Communication Services Blair Willis at bmw23@arizona.edu or call (520) Visit Article.dbml?ATCLID= to review the Arizona credential policies before submitting a request. 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3 2015 Arizona Snapshot (6-6, 3-6 Pac-12): The Wildcats entered the season riding high expectations following a 10-win season in 2014 that included a Fiesta Bowl appearance. Arizona opened the new season 3-0 in non-conference action despite accumulating injuries that would become a season-long storyline. The Wildcats lost All-American linebacker Scooby Wright to a knee injury in the opener, and he would play in only one more game (UCLA) the rest of the season as a separate foot injury sidelined the reigning national defensive player of the year. Wright was one of five major injuries at the linebacker position, where the Wildcats played as many as six different middle linebackers, including several current or former walkons. Elsewhere, the Wildcats lost starting quarterback Anu Solomon for two full games and he was forced from action in two others. Sophomore running back Nick Wilson was also slowed with injuries, missing two games and significant parts of the final half of the season. And, of course, the regular bumps, bruise and other injuries were suffered throughout the year at other spots, including receiver and offensive line. Compounding the injury madness, UA was forced to play 12-consecutive weeks due to a Pac-12 scheduling quirk that left Thanksgiving as the only bye week. Still, the Wildcats adopted a next-man-up philosophy and refused to make excuses. At its best, Arizona is a fast-paced, explosive offense that can score points in bunches, while leaning on an attacking defense that thrived when forcing turnovers. The kicking game is sound with seniors Casey Skowron (kicker) and Drew Riggleman (punter), and returners Nate Phillips and Tyrell Johnson have had some notable returns. There s no doubt Arizona is a scrappy squad that will give you a 60-minute battle regardless of score. Because of that, the Cats toppled a top-10 team (Utah) for the fourth straight season under Coach Rodriguez, and in the process became bowl eligible in mid-november. The Gildan New Mexico Bowl is an opportunity to cap a fourth-straight winning season, something not done since Some Game Themes: Regional rivals Arizona and New Mexico renew a historic series in the 10th Annual Gildan New Mexico Bowl Both of these programs have history in the game, with the Wildcats most recently winning a comeback thriller against Nevada in 2012 The Lobos make their first postseason appearance since 2007, while the Wildcats are bowling for the fourth-straight year Consider this a postseason return game from Arizona s bowl victory over the Lobos in 1997 that was played on UA s campus The schematic matchup is quite intriguing for football purists: on one side, Bob Davie s club runs a triple option attack reminiscent of offensive play from decades past. His counterpart, Rich Rodriguez, is credited as being the innovator of the spread read-option that has become widely used within the last decade Regardless, blocking, tackling and protecting the football remain paramount, and each squad will be prepared and well-rested by the time game day arrives That thought seems foreign to Arizona, which played 12-consecutive weeks without a bye but has not played since Nov. 21. Indeed, 27 days of rest should provide an opportunity for two key cogs to return to the lineup: quarterback Anu Solomon and linebacker Scooby Wright Against the Lobos, UA needs the passing threat of Solomon on offense and the tenacity of Wright on defense When the offenses are clicking, both are big-play threats, so defensive staffs will have their hands full working to corral the playmakers A key aspect to focus on will be red zone success. The Cats have settled for more field goals than desired down the stretch, while the Lobos are one of the stingiest teams in the country for allowing red zone touchdowns A win for Arizona would mean a fourth-straight winning season for a 20-man senior class, some of whom played roles in the New Mexico Bowl heroics a few seasons ago Undoubtedly, capping a season with a bowl victory leaves a good feeling that carries over into spring practices and summer workouts. The winner also gets to see its victorious score scroll across tickers throughout the remainder of the bowl season Indeed, it s the most wonderful time of the year. Happy holidays and enjoy the football! Cats Are Bowling, Again: Arizona will make its fourth-straight bowl appearance under head coach Rich Rodriguez, who took over the program in Rodriguez guided UA to New Mexico Bowl (2012) and AdvoCare V100 Bowl victories, while losing for the first time in last year s Fiesta Bowl The Wildcats are appearing in their 20th bowl game, which includes bowls in seven of the last eight seasons Arizona enters this year s Gildan New Mexico Bowl with an record in its 19 previous appearances The Wildcats are 1-0 in the New Mexico Bowl, having previously defeated Nevada (49-48) in 2012 The Wildcats have won five of their last eight bowls dating to 1997 when a victory over New Mexico started the successful run in the Insight.com Bowl Arizona is 2-1 against current Mountain West Conference teams, with wins over Nevada (2012 New Mexico Bowl) and New Mexico (1997 Insight.com bowl), and a loss to Boise State last December. Leaders of the Pac: This season s Gildan New Mexico bowl appearance will mark Arizona s seventh bowl game in the last eight seasons. That s an unpresented stretch for a program that has 20 all-time postseason appearances. It s an even more impressive streak when you consider this: since 2008, only two other Pac-12 schools have appeared in at least seven bowls. Oregon has made eight bowl trips in those eight years, while Stanford has gone bowling seven times. USC has been bowl eligible each year, but was unable to participate for two seasons due to NCAA sanctions. Arizona in the NCAA Rankings Category Rk. Value Rushing Offense Passing Offense Passing Eff Total Offense Scoring Offense Rushing Defense Pass Defense Pass Eff. Defense Total Defense Scoring Defense Net Punting Punt Return Avg Kickoff Return Avg Turnover Margin Sacks Sacks Allowed Tackles for Loss Arizona in the Pac-12 Rankings Category Rk. Value Rushing Offense Passing Offense Passing Eff Total Offense Scoring Offense Rushing Defense Pass Defense Pass Eff. Defense Total Defense Scoring Defense Net Punting Punt Return Avg Kickoff Return Avg Turnover Margin Sacks Sacks Allowed Tackles for Loss Pronunciations Players Jamar Allah...Ah-lah Jacob Alsadek... al-seh-deck Brion Anduze...Ann-dooz Christian Boettcher... Beh-cher (as in catcher) Dane Cruikshank... crook-shank Aiulua Fanene...eye-ah-loo-ah FAH-nay-nay Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles... fouls Layth Friekh... lay-th freck Anthony Fotu... Pho-too Sani Fuimaono... foo-ee-mah-oh-no Samajie Grant...sah-mah-jay Carter Hehr... hair Zach Hemmila... hem-i-luh Lene Maiava... leh-nay my-ah-vah Anthony Mariscal...mar-ee-SKAL Kwesi Mashack...qway-see may-shack Abraham Mendivil... men-dih-vil Matt Morin... moore-in Josh Pollack... PAHL-ihk Anu Solomon... AH-new Freddie Tagaloa... tag-uh-loh-ah Derrick Turituri... tur-ee-tur-ee Marquis Ware...mar-keese Sharif Williams...sha-REEF Coaches Bill Kirelawich...Kerr-LAV-itch (lav as in have) Jim Michalczik... muh-hall-check Charlie Ragle...RAY-gull Tell them... tell the team to bear down. John Byrd Button Salmon,

4 How the Cats Fare Arizona s Record In... September October November Arizona s Conference Record... At home On the road Neutral Arizona s Non-Conference Record... At home On the road Neutral Arizona vs. Ranked Opponents... At home On the road Neutral Arizona s Record in Games... Decided by 1-3 points points points points points points Arizona s Record When Scoring or fewer points points points points Arizona s Record When Allowing or fewer points points points points Arizona s Record in Games... During the day At night Scoring first Opponent scores first Leading after 1st quarter Trailing after 1st quarter Tied after the 1st quarter Leading at halftime Trailing at halftime Tied at halftime Leading after 3rd quarter Trailing after 3rd quarter Tied after the 3rd quarter In overtime Arizona s Record With yard rusher yard receiver yard passer Less than 300-yards total off yards total offense yards total offense yards total offense Committing fewer turnovers Committing more turnovers Turnovers are equal Not committing a turnover Arizona s Record When Allowing yard rusher yard receiver yard passer Less than 300-yards total off yards total offense yards total offense yards total offense The Kit Carson Rifle: Until the end of the 1997 season, Arizona and New Mexico shared a tradition of the Kit Carson Rifle, a weapon named for the famous Territorial scout, which was the trophy retained by the winning team in the UA-UNM series. The trophy is now in Arizona s Jim Click Hall of Champions in McKale Memorial Center after its retirement prior to the Insight.com Bowl game, pitting the two teams in December Officials at both schools joined in deeming the emblematic spirit of the rival (which began in 1908), more important than a weapon of the sort used in the Southwest against Native Americans. Arizona won the rifle 21 times and New Mexico 10 times in the years since the gun was offered as a game prize in A Quick History Lesson: Ever wonder what Bear Down, Arizona means? In 1926, Arizona quarterback and student body president John Button Salmon was critically injured in an automobile accident. Then coach J.F. Pop McKale visited Salmon in the days after the accident. When asked by McKale for some final words to pass along to the team, Salmon said Tell them tell the team to Bear Down. Salmon tragically passed away, but McKale relayed the message. It s unknown whether the message was delivered before the New Mexico State or New Mexico games in the coming weeks, but either way, the Wildcats won both, including a 21-0 victory over New Mexico. The Bear Down rally cry became the school motto thereafter, and supersedes the famous win on the Gipper delivered at Notre Dame n Another History Lesson: In the second-ever meeting, New Mexico visited Arizona in Albuquerque Journal staff writer Rick Wright wrote in December 2005: UNM took a 2-2 record into its first-ever game at Arizona on Nov. 25. At stake was a silver cup, to be presented the winning team by former United States presidential candidate and future secretary of state William Jennings Bryan. Interest in Tucson, the Albuquerque Morning Journal reported, was at fever heat. The host Wildcats, 10-6 victors over UNM in Albuquerque the previous year, struck first that Saturday and led the fumble-prone University Boys 5-0 at halftime. In the second half, New Mexico quarterback Gilette Cornish tied the score with a touchdown run. After Arizona went back in front, Herbert Galles Sr. s touchdown and Cornish s extra point tied it at 11. From that point on, it was all New Mexico. Two more Cornish touchdowns and points-after gave the University Boys a resounding victory and that silver cup. Arizona vs. New Mexico: The Wildcats are all-time against Lobos, who have won the last two meetings (home-and-home series in ). Arizona is vs. UNM when playing in Albuquerque, while it is 5-3 in its last eight contests at New Mexico. Each of the last three contests between the two sides have been decided by just a single possession. Outta This League: Now in his fourth season at Arizona, Rich Rodriguez is 14-1 against non-conference opponents, including 3-0 in The only loss came to Boise State, 38-30, in last year s VIZIO Fiesta Bowl. Otherwise, Rodriguez is 5-0 in matchups against Mountain West foes, including 3-0 against Nevada (including a 2012 Gildan New Mexico Bowl victory) and 2-0 vs. UNLV. Against the Mountain West: Arizona will be playing its second school from the Mountain West this season, as the Wildcats defeated Nevada up in Reno earlier this year. UA is all-time against MW schools, while it has won five of the last six contests vs. then affiliated MW schools and four of its last five against current MW competition. This will mark the second straight season the Wildcats have taken on a Mountain West opponent in a bowl game, while UA is 2-1 all-time against MW schools in bowl games Fiesta Bowl vs. Boise State (L, 38-30), 2012 New Mexico Bowl vs. Nevada (W, 49-48), and 2008 Las Vegas Bowl vs. BYU (W, 31-21). BYU is now independent, making Arizona 1-1 against current MW members. Arizona earned a victory over New Mexico then a member of the WAC in the 1997 Insight.com Bowl (Dec. 27), two years before the Mountain West Conference was formed. New Mexico is one of six schools remaining from the original Mountain West Conference. On the Offensive: At the conclusion of the regular season, Arizona s offense remains one of the most potent in the nation. Here are some notable ranks among FBS teams and where it ranks in the Pac-12. Category Stat Pac-12 NCAA Scoring rd 20th Total Offense rd 15th Rushing Offense nd 18th Total First Downs 301 4th 20th What s At Stake: A win on Dec. 19 will give the Wildcats their fourth-consecutive winning season, something not done since In the Pac-10/12 era, Arizona posted four straight winnings seasons just one other time, that coming over a six-year stretch from under coach Larry Smith Arizona Football Gildan New Mexico Bowl Guide

5 Four in a Row: For the first time in program history, Arizona is participating in a bowl game in a fourth consecutive season. That s quite an accomplishment for fourth-year head coach Rich Rodriguez, who is now second in school history for most bowl appearances (Dick Tomey, 7). The Wildcats are 2-1 in their previous three bowls under Rodriguez. Here s a look at the other UA coaches that have led the program to at least one bowl: Dick Tomey 7; Mike Stoops 3; Larry Smith 2; Tony Mason 1; Darrell Mudra 1; Miles Casteel 1; J.F. McKale 1 Offensive Numbers of Note: Arizona has a chance to post single-season top-10 averages in rushing offense, passing offense, total offense and scoring offense Entering the bowl game, the Wildcats are averaging rushing yards per game, which is just outside the No. 10 spot (227.8 in 2012) Arizona s passing yards per game stand No. 6 on the single-season charts and that figure ranking is likely to remain The yards of total offense also figures to finish second-highest in program history behind the clip set in 2012 The Wildcats are scoring 36.8 points per game, which if it stands is No. 3 in program history narrowly ahead of the 36.6 average turned in during the 2008 campaign New Mexico Bowl Review: Arizona capped Rich Rodriguez s first season in thrilling fashion behind a furious late rally to win the Gildan New Mexico Bowl, 49-48, in Albuquerque on Dec. 15, Arizona dug itself a 21-0 hole early, rallied to the tie the game and yet still found itself down by 17 in the fourth quarter. Even bleaker, only 1:48 remained when Nevada kicked a field goal and gave the Wildcats the ball back, down 13. Matt Scott led a 7-play, 75-yard drive that ate up only 1:02 of clock to get UA within a score. A successful onside kick recovery set up a quick 3-play, 51-yard drive which required just 21 seconds as the Wildcats tied the game. The ensuing extra point gave Arizona its only lead of the game, and Marquis Flowers interception sealed the win in the waning seconds to give the Wildcats their first bowl victory since Scott finished a remarkable season and career with 382 yards passing and three fourth quarter touchdowns. Running back Ka Deem Carey rushed for 172 yards and three-first half touchdowns to win the nation s rushing title, an exclamation point on a consensus All-American season. Nevada signal caller Cody Fajardo was sensational keeping the UA defense off balance as he passed for 256 yards and ran for 140. In fact, the Wolf Pack tallied 659 yards of offense to Arizona s 578, but in the end it was a resilient, refuse-to-lose Wildcat squad that had the fire power to polish off an eightwin campaign. Novembers to Remember: Arizona Stadium has become the scene of some notable upsets in November, and last Nov. 14th s double-overtime win over then-ranked No. 10 Utah was no exception. The victory gave the Wildcats a win over a ranked team for the 11th time in the last 12 seasons, with a handful of those games being memorable home victories late in the season. Since 2004, Arizona is 7-3 when hosting an AP Top 25 team in November at Arizona Stadium. The seven wins have come against No. 10 Utah (2015), No. 13 Arizona State (2014), No. 5 Oregon (2013), No. 2 Oregon (2007), No. 8 California (2006), No. 7 UCLA (2005) and No. 18 Arizona State (2004). The three losses have been decided by 10 total points to No. 16 UCLA (2013), No. 11 Oregon (2009) and No. 22 Oregon State (2008). Feel the Rush: The first 12 weeks of the season have seen the Wildcats lean quite heavily on an explosive rushing attack that is 20th in the nation with 2,712 yards. They have netted over 100 yards in 11 of 12 contests this season and in 17 of 18 games going back to last year. More impressive, Arizona has run for at least 100 yards in 48 of 52 games under Rich Rodriguez. Here are some of the notable rushing notes for this year s rushing attack:\ UA ranks No. 11 in FBS with 5.49 yards per carry UA ranks tied for No. 28 in FBS with 27 rushing TD UA ranks 18th in FBS with 226 rushing yards per game UA ranks tied for No. 27 in FBS with 132 first downs by rushing UA ranks tied for No. 17 in FBS with 86 rush plays of 10+ yards UA ranks tied for No. 6 in FBS with 16 rushing plays of 30+ yards Fresh Faces: As we turn the calendar to December, 42 Wildcats have started a game this season, including 25 on the defensive side of the ball. That s a remarkable number necessitated by a rash of injuries at the linebacker and defensive back positions throughout the season. Of the 42 that have started on either side, 18 have been firsttime starters, a figure that good for third-most in the Pac-12. Cats on Preseason Watch Lists Cayleb Jones, Redshirt Junior, WR» Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award» Biletnikoff Award Will Parks, Senior, S» Bednarik Award» Jim Thorpe Award Drew Riggleman, Redshirt Senior, P» Ray Guy Award (nominee) Rich Rodriguez, Head Coach» Dodd Trophy Casey Skowron, Redshirt Senior, K» AFCA Good Works Team» Wuerffel Trophy» William V. Campbell Trophy (semifinalist)» Lou Groza Award Anu Soloman, Redshirt Sophomore, QB» Manning Award» Maxwell Award» Davey O Brien Award» Walter Camp POY Freddie Tagaloa, Redshirt Junior, OL» Outland Trophy Nick Wilson, Sophomore, RB» Doak Walker Award» Maxwell Award Scooby Wright III, Junior, LB» Bednarik Award» Nagurski Award» Butkus Award» Lombardi Award» Walter Camp POY 2015 Weekly Honors/Awards QB Anu Solomon vs. UTSA (Sept. 3) ( yards, 4 TDs)» SEVEN Magazine Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl Pac-12 Player of the Week RB Nick Wilson at Nevada (Oct.12) ( yds rush/ 2-30 yds rec, 3 tot. TDs)» SEVEN Magazine Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl Pac-12 Player of the Week RB Jared Baker vs. Colorado (Oct.17) rush/ 3-40 yards rec, 3 tot. TDs)» SEVEN Magazine Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl Pac-12 Player of the Week Staying Grounded: Arizona s rushing numbers as a team are mighty impressive, but individually the Cats are getting it done as well. The Wildcats have boasted a 100-plus yard rusher 45 times under head coach Rich Rodriguez. UA has sported eight 100-yard rushers through 12 games so far this season, while Arizona has recorded a 100-yard rusher in 10 of the last 16 regular season games going back to last year. Tell them... tell the team to bear down. John Byrd Button Salmon,

6 Players of the Week Selected by UA Coaching Staff Game 1 vs. UTSA Offense: Cayman Bundage Defense: None Spec. Teams: DaVonte Neal Game 2 at Nevada Offense: Nick Wilson Defense: Jamar Allah/ Will Parks/ Reggie Gilbert Spec. Teams: None Game 3 vs. Northern Arizona Offense: Anu Solomon Defense: Sani Fuimaono Spec. Teams: Casey Skowron Game 4 vs. UCLA Offense: None Defense: None Spec. Teams: None Game 5 at Stanford Offense: none Defense: none Spec. Teams: none Game 6 vs. Oregon State Offense: Layth Friekh Defense: Will Parks Spec. Teams: Drew Riggleman Game 7 at Colorado Offense: Jared Baker Defense: Reggie Gilbert Spec. Teams: none Game 8 vs. Washington State Offense: none Defense: none Spec. Teams: none Game 9 at Washington Offense: none Defense: none Spec. Teams: none Game 10 at USC Offense: Nate Phillips Defense: Reggie Gilbert Spec. Teams: Casey Skowron Game 11 vs. Utah Offense: Cayleb Jones Defense: Reggie Gilbert/ Tellas Jones Spec. Teams: Casey Skowron/ Drew Riggleman Game 12 at Arizona State Offense: none Defense: none Spec. Teams: none Game-by-Game Captains 2015 Season Team Captains: Cayman Bundage, Will Parks, Reggie Gilbert, Casey Skowron UTSA: Casey Skowron, Will Parks, David Richards, Reggie Gilbert at Nevada: Jared Baker, Lene Maiava, Jamar Allah, Drew Riggleman Northern Arizona: Anthony Lopez, Kaige Lawrence, Jeff Worthy, Johnny Jackson UCLA: Jerrard Randall, Reggie Gilbert, Will Parks, Cayman Bundage at Stanford: David Richards, Jamar Allah, Antonio Smothers, Sir Thomas Jackson Oregon State: Lene Maiava, Casey Skowron, Will Parks, Jose Romero at Colorado: Jared Baker, Drew Riggleman, Anthony Lopez, Haden Gregoy Washington State: Reggie Gilbert, Lene Maiava, Jerrard Randall, David Catalano at Washington: Reggie Gilbert, David Richards at USC: Jamar Allah, Cayman Bundage, Jeff Worthy, Will Parks Utah: All 21 Seniors at Arizona State: Drew Riggleman, Johnny Jackson, Anthony Lopez, Reggie Gilbert Season: Cayman Bundage, Reggie Gilbert, Will Parks, Casey Skowron Glass Half Full: In four seasons at Arizona, Rich Rodriguez s teams have been tough to beat when they hold the halftime lead. In fact, the Wildcats are 26-2 in games they lead at the break, while posting a 4-17 mark when they trail. The Wildcats are 2-1 when tied, losing for the first time Nov. 7 to USC. Turnovers Turn into Wins: Arizona has struggled to create turnovers throughout the Pac-12 season, but it s come up with four over the final two games of the regular season (two each vs. Utah and at Arizona State). When forcing multiple turnovers, the Wildcats are 21-4 under Rich Rodriguez. Solomon s Stats: Here are some numbers of note on sophomore quarterback Anu Solomon His 352 passing yards on Nov. 7 at USC were a season high as he topped 300 yards for the first time this year. As a redshirt freshman, Solomon tossed for 300-plus yards on four occasions, including a school single-game record 520 against California on Sept. 20, 2014 From the final game of the 2014 season through the Oct. 31 game at Washington, Solomon set a new school record with 232 consecutive pass attempts without an interception. The previous record was held by Nick Foles, who went 208 attempts without a pick during the seasons Despite throwing four interceptions in the last three contests, Solomon has thrown only 13 picks over 846 career pass attempts. That averages out to an interception on only 1.5 percent of his total attempts. By comparison, the career school record is held by Nick Foles at 2.36 percent (33 interceptions on 1,396 career attempts) Solomon s 18 touchdown passes this season gives him 46 in his brief two-year career, moving him into a tie for third all-time at Arizona (Tom Tunnicliffe, ) Solomon also ranks fourth on Arizona s all-time passing list with 6,053 career yards. 4x100 and 4x1,000: Arizona s offense features a quartet of receivers that have produced some staggering numbers, as David Richards, Samajie Grant, Nate Phillips, and Cayleb Jones have all eclipsed the 1000-yard receiving mark for their careers, while three of the four have 10 receiving touchdowns or more. Grant is just one away from 10 touchdowns, as he has nine for his career. When added up, the four veterans have 481 receptions for 5,803 yards and 45 touchdowns. Receiver Receptions Yards TD Grant 122 1,377 9 Jones 124 1, Phillips 127 1, Richards 108 1, Totals 481 5, Skowron on Point: Senior place-kicker Casey Skowron leads the Wildcats with 104 points scored this season, following up on a 123-point campaign a year ago that was the most-ever for a UA kicker. The former walk-on has now racked up 227 career points, which ranks No. 7 in program history. He currently stands No. 5 among the school s place-kickers, behind Max Zendejas (360, ), Steve McLaughlin (283, ), Gary Coston (262, ), and Lee Pistor (246, ). This season, Skowron is 17- for-20 on field goals, improving his career total to 37-for-48 (77.1 percent). His career long is 49 yards and his season-long is 48 yards. No Riggle Room: Senior punter Drew Riggleman, who was one of 79 nominees for the 2015 Ray Guy Award, has emerged as one of the nation s best punters for a second straight season, as he s kicked the ball 49 times for 2,197 yards going 44.8 yards on average. The Tucson, Ariz. native has recorded only six touchbacks, 11 punts of 50-plus yards, while 19 have landed inside the 20-yard line. His longest punt of the season checks in at 66 yards, which is just four yards shy of his career high of 70 yards set last year at UCLA. Riggleman s average yards per punt (44.8) ranks 11th nationally, while the mark is second best in the Pac-12. Riggleman has been named to the All-Pac-12 Second Team in back-to-back seasons now. Shake And Bake(r): Senior running Jared Baker, who has seen his role significantly increased with Nick Wilson sidelined much of the season, has put together his best season at Arizona. Baker has rushed for 691 yards and six touchdowns on 119 carries this year, averaging out to a steady 5.81 yards per attempt. This season s effort have improved his career totals to 1,003 yards and nine touchdowns. Gilbert Gets It: Senior defensive end Reggie Gilbert has turned in his best season over a consistently five-year career. Granted a fifth season for missing a number of games due to injury early in his career, Gilbert has racked up a team-high 46 starts, including all 12 this season. The Laveen, Ariz., native has totaled 138 tackles, including 26.0 for loss and 14 sacks, in his career, which includes 36 tackles and 7.5 for loss despite facing more double teams than in previous seasons. His durability and reliability to stick to his assignments can easily get overlooked, but coaches have noticed throughout his career Arizona Football Gildan New Mexico Bowl Guide

7 Cayleb Tops 1,500 Yards: Junior receiver Cayleb Jones leads the Wildcats in both receptions (51) and receiving yards (722) this season. Those 12-game totals has pushed his career tallies to 124 catches for 1,741 yards along with 13 touchdowns. The yardage total is now 12th-best in school history, trailing Brad Anderson 1,789 ( ) for the No. 11 position (needs 48 yards). Meanwhile, Jones needs four more receptions to catch David Roberts, who stands at No. 10 in program history with 128 ( ). Jones 13 touchdown grabs are good for 12th-most all-time, while he s just two touchdown catches away from equaling Derek Hill (15, ) for 11th on the all-time list. Willy From Philly: Senior Will Parks remains one of the leaders of a Wildcat defense that has battled injuries as much as frustration throughout the season. The Philadelphia, Pa., native is leading the club with 72 tackles in 12 starts this season. A 30-game starter in 52 contests to date, Parks has racked up 193 career tackles, including 20.0 for loss, while hauling in four interceptions, defending 24 total passes, forcing two fumbles and recovering one. Three-Headed Rushing Attack: Arizona sports three 600-yard rushers in the same season for the first time in school history. Sophomore running back Nick Wilson leads the squad with 725 yards despite missing games this season due to a foot injury. Senior quarterback Jerrard Randall is second with 702 rushing yards despite playing in just 11 games. Then it s senior running back Jared Baker who ranks third with 691 rushing yards, despite playing only 11 of 12 games this season with just one start. The last time UA had three players net 500 rushing yards in a season was 1991, when Billy Johnson (682), Ontiwaun Carter (606) and Chuck Levy (505) accomplished the feat. Baker is just nine yards short of 700, which would give Arizona its first 700-yard trio in program history. Scoring in Perspective: In 12 games, the Wildcats have scored 441 points, which is tied for 21st-most among FBS teams. It gives this year s squad a 36.8, which will end up just short of the school record. The 1954 club posted 38.5 points per game, which is currently the top mark in school history. Rich Rodriguez s first UA team challenged the mark, scoring 38.2 per game in Charting Mr. Wilson: Nick Wilson s 24 career ground scores are good for seventh on UA s all-time career rushing TD list. He needs just one rushing touchdown for 25, which would match Trung Canidate ( ) for sixth on the all-time list. Wilson currently has 2,100 rushing yards for his career. He s now ranked No. 12 on UA s all-time career rushing list. A Good First Impression: Jerrard Randall and Anu Solomon have each been sharing significant time at the quarterback position as of late, while Randall has only made one start thus far, he s made an immediate impact whenever he s been inserted into the offense. Randall s first play from scrimmage has gone for 39 yards or more three times this season (72 yard run vs NAU, 39 yard run vs. UCLA, 59 yard run vs. Washington State). Additionally, Randall has helped lead the Wildcats in game-winning drives in the fourth quarter at Colorado and against Utah. A Play for the Ages: Brandon Dawkins 95-yard touchdown pass to Trey Griffey in the third quarter on Nov. 21 at Arizona State goes down as the second-longest passing play in Arizona history. Jason Johnson s 99-yard pass to Brandon Marshall against Idaho on Sept. 8, 2001 is the only pass play longer. The reception went down as the third longest overall offensive play in school history. Trung Canidate s 96- yard run against San Diego State on Oct. 4, 1997 along with the Johnson/Brandon connection are only the only plays longer. Randall Racing Toward UA Records: In only 11 games played, Jerrard Randall has racked up 702 yards and five touchdowns on only 78 carries. He s the latest quarterback under Rich Rodriguez to pose a threat in the ground game. Two years ago, B.J. Denker established a new school records for rushing yards (949) and rushing touchdowns (13) by a quarterback. The year prior, in 2012, Matt Scott tallied 506 yards and six rushing scores, which was good enough for No. 5 in the modern day era for quarterback rushing. Now Randall is second in single-season rushing by quarterbacks with fewer than half the attempts of any other player on the list. Here s a look: Quarterback Year Att-Yards, TD B.J. Denker , 13 TD Jerrard Randall , 5 TD Ronnie Veal , 9 TD Keith Smith , 8 TD Matt Scott , 6 TD Arizona s 100-Yard Rushers Under Rich Rodriguez Date Opponent Player (Att-Yds-TD) 10/24/15 Washington St. Jerrard Randall ( ) 10/17/15 at Colorado Jared Baker ( ) 10/10/15 Oregon St. Jared Baker ( ) 9/26/15 UCLA Nick Wilson ( ) 9/26/15 UCLA Jerrard Randall ( ) 9/19/15 NAU Jerrard Randall ( ) 9/19/15 NAU Nick Wilson ( ) 9/12/15 at Nevada Nick Wilson ( ) 11/28/14 Arizona State Nick Wilson ( ) 11/22/14 at Utah Nick Wilson ( ) 11/15/14 Washington Nick Wilson ( ) 11/8/14 Colorado Nick Wilson ( ) Anu Solomon ( ) 10/25/14 at Wash. St. T. Jones-Grigsby ( ) 10/2/14 at Oregon T. Jones-Grigsby ( ) 9/13/14 Nevada Nick Wilson ( ) 9/4/14 at UTSA Nick Wilson ( ) 8/29/14 UNLV T. Jones-Grigsby ( ) Nick Wilson ( ) 12/31/13 B. College Ka'Deem Carey ( ) 11/30/13 at Arizona St. Ka'Deem Carey ( ) 11/23/13 Oregon Ka'Deem Carey ( ) B.J. Denker ( ) 11/16/13 Wash. St. Ka'Deem Carey ( ) 11/9/13 UCLA Ka'Deem Carey ( ) 11/2/13 at Cal Ka'Deem Carey ( ) 10/26/13 at Colorado Ka'Deem Carey ( ) B.J. Denker ( ) 10/19/13 Utah Ka'Deem Carey ( ) 10/10/13 at USC Ka'Deem Carey ( ) 9/28/13 at Washington Ka'Deem Carey ( ) 9/14/13 UTSA Ka'Deem Carey ( ) 9/7/13 at UNLV Ka'Deem Carey ( ) 9/30/13 NAU Daniel Jenkins ( ) 12/15/12 Nevada Ka'Deem Carey ( ) 11/23/12 Arizona St. Ka'Deem Carey ( ) 11/17/12 at Utah Ka'Deem Carey ( ) 11/10/12 Colorado Ka'Deem Carey ( ) 10/27/12 USC Ka'Deem Carey ( ) Matt Scott ( ) 10/20/12 Washington Ka'Deem Carey ( ) 10/6/12 at Stanford Ka'Deem Carey ( ) 9/29/12 Oregon State Ka'Deem Carey ( ) 9/8/12 Oklahoma St. Ka'Deem Carey ( ) 9/1/12 Toledo Ka'Deem Carey ( ) Arizona Uniform Combinations B = Blue R = Red W = White C = Copper Game Helmet Jersey Pants vs. UTSA R B R at Nevada B B B vs. NAU W R W vs. UCLA R (Chrome) R R at Stanford B W W vs. Oregon State W B B at Colorado R R B vs. Washington St. R B B at Washington W W W at USC B W B Utah B B B at Arizona State R (Chrome) W W Tell them... tell the team to bear down. John Byrd Button Salmon,

8 Arizona-New Mexico Series History Arizona Leads: Date Location Winner Score 1900s 11/26/08 ABQ Arizona /13/09 Tucson New Mexico /24/10 Tucson Arizona /30/11 ABQ Arizona /30/12 Tucson Arizona /21/13 ABQ Arizona /20/20 Tucson Arizona /19/21 ABQ Arizona /18/22 Tucson Arizona /3/23 ABQ Arizona /11/24 Tucson New Mexico /7/25 ABQ Arizona /6/26 Tucson Arizona /5/27 ABQ New Mexico /3/28 Tucson Tie /23/29 ABQ Arizona /15/30 Tucson Arizona /14/31 ABQ Tie /11/32 Tucson Arizona /11/33 ABQ New Mexico /3/34 Tucson Arizona /23/35 ABQ Arizona /7/36 TUC Arizona /13/37 ABQ Arizona /29/38 TUC New Mexico /25/39 ABQ New Mexico /23/40 TUC New Mexico /18/41 ABQ Arizona /7/42 TUC Arizona /16/46 ABQ Tie /25/47 TUC Arizona /6/48 ABQ Arizona /5/49 TUC Arizona /4/50 ABQ Arizona /3/51 TUC Arizona /1/52 ABQ Arizona /10/53 TUC Arizona /23/54 ABQ Arizona /19/55 TUC Arizona /20/56 ABQ Arizona /19/57 TUC New Mexico /18/58 ABQ New Mexico /17/59 TUC New Mexico /22/60 ABQ Arizona /21/61 TUC Arizona /29/62 ABQ New Mexico /7/63 TUC New Mexico /10/64 ABQ New Mexico /9/65 TUC New Mexico /8/66 ABQ Arizona /4/67 TUC Arizona /28/68 ABQ Arizona /25/69 TUC Arizona /7/70 ABQ New Mexico /30/71 TUC New Mexico /14/72 ABQ Arizona /13/73 TUC Arizona /28/74 ABQ Arizona /25/75 TUC New Mexico /20/76 ABQ New Mexico /12/77 TUC Arizona /19/87 TUC Arizona /15/90 ABQ Arizona /27/97 TUC Arizona s 9/15/07 TUC New Mexico /13/08 ABQ New Mexico MLB and CB Shuffle: The middle linebacker and cornerback positions have been a revolving door for starters, mostly due to injury this season. In 12 games, Arizona has started five players at middle linebacker: Scooby Wright, Haden Gregory, Tre Tyler, Sir Thomas Jackson, and Jake Matthews (UA utilized a modified scheme vs. WSU without a true MLB). At corner, five players have started: DaVonte Neal, Sammy Morrison, Cam Denson, Jarvis McCall and Jace Whittaker. Quick Strikes: Arizona s up-tempo offense has churned out some explosive touchdown drives that you might have missed if you took a restroom break. Of the 53 touchdown drives for the UA offense, 28 have lasted two minutes or less. It s not always big plays that set up the quick strikes, though. Earlier this year against NAU, the Wildcats efficiently moved the ball 61 yards in 11 plays for a two-minute drill touchdown that consumed only 1:39 on the clock. Not to be Offensive: Now in Rich Rodriguez s fourth season at Arizona, the Wildcats have scored 17 non-offensive touchdowns, including six last season and three so far this year. The defense has accounted for 13 of the touchdowns, including four in the final five regular season contests a year ago. When Arizona s defense scores a touchdown, the Cats are 9-1 under Rodriguez. Adding in three additional games with kick/ punt return touchdowns, and Arizona is 11-2 when scoring a non-offensive touchdown. Pay Special Attention: Coverage in the kicking game is often an overlooked skill, but the Wildcats have several excelling on the punt and kickoff teams. The return of Trey Griffey last month was not only a welcomed addition to the receiving corps, but the junior already has collected eight tackles as a key contributor on specials teams. Jonathan Haden has also emerged the last few weeks, totaling six tackles in punt/kickoff coverage. He s easy to confuse with starting free safety Jamar Allah, so note that it s the No. 7 from the offensive side of the ball you see on special teams, whether he s returning a kick or tackling an opposing returner. RR Did it Again: In its entire football history, Arizona has produced 600 or more yards of total offense on 13 occasions. However, it s become a much more frequent occurrence since Rich Rodriguez arrived for the start of the 2012 season. Since then, the Wildcats have topped the 600-yard barrier nine times, including a school-record 792 yards on Sept. 19 against NAU. The effort topped the previous program high (787 yards) which was turned in by Rodriguez s squad in the 2014 season opener against UNLV. Arizona has actually eclipsed the 600-yard mark in total offense in three games this season. Pac-12 All-Conference Honorees: Punter Drew Riggleman was named to the Pac-12 Football All-Conference Second Team, as voted on by the league s head coaches and announced in early December. Riggleman was joined by kicker Casey Skowron along with defenders Will Parks and Reggie Gilbert as honorable mention selections. Riggleman, also a second-team honoree last season, turned in a strong senior campaign finishing the regular season second in the conference with a 44.8-yard punting average, which would rank fourth-best in school single-season history if it holds up. Skowron, who handled kickoffs and place kicks, turned in a stellar senior season as he drilled 17-of-20 field goal attempts while making 53-of-55 extra point tries this season. Parks, a 12-game starter at safety, finished the regular season with a team-high 72 tackles, including 6.5 for loss, along with seven pass breakups and two forced fumbles. Gilbert, also a 12-game starter at defensive end, collected 36 tackles, including 7.5 for loss and 3/5 sacks, while forcing one fumble. Pac-12 All-Academic: The University of Arizona football program placed eight student-athletes on the Pac-12 All-Academic teams. Headlining the selections for the Wildcats was sophomore defensive back Carter Hehr, who was a first team honoree. Senior running back Jared Baker and junior linebacker Jake Matthews garnered second team recognition, while Cam Denson, Tony Ellison, Alex King, Abraham Mendivil and Casey Skowron collected honorable mention accolades. The Spring Calendar: The University of Arizona will begin its spring semester on Wednesday, Jan. 13 National Signing Day is slated for Wednesday, Feb. 3 The weekend after signing day, the Wildcats will begin spring practices a month earlier than previous seasons The Spring Football Game is scheduled for Friday, March 4, at Arizona Stadium The spring semester draws to a close on May 4 with commencement slated for May 13 Arizona will open its 2016 season against BYU in a neutral site game in Glendale, Ariz., to be played Saturday, Sept. 3. The complete 2016 schedule is expected to be released by the Pac-12 Conference in January Arizona Football Gildan New Mexico Bowl Guide

9 2015 College Football Bowl Schedule BOWL SCHEDULE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF DATE GAME LOCATION TIME (TV) MATCHUP Jan. 11 Championship Game Glendale, Ariz. 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Semifinal Winner vs. Semifinal Winner Dec. 31 Orange (Semifinal) Miami, Fla. 4 p.m. (ESPN) No. 1 Clemson (13 0) vs. No. 4 Oklahoma (11 1) Dec. 31 Cotton (Semifinal) Arlington, Texas 8 p.m. (ESPN) No. 2 Alabama (12 1) vs. No. 3 Michigan State (12 1) SELECTION COMMITTEE BOWL GAMES Jan. 1 Sugar New Orleans, La. 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Oklahoma State (10 2) vs. Ole Miss (9 3) Jan. 1 Rose Pasadena, Calif. 5 p.m. (ESPN) Iowa (12 1) vs. Stanford (11 2) Jan. 1 Fiesta Glendale, Ariz. 1 p.m. (ESPN) Notre Dame (10 2) vs. Ohio State (11 1) Dec. 31 Peach Atlanta, Ga. Noon (ESPN) Houston (12 1) vs. Florida State (10 2) OTHER BOWL GAMES Jan. 2 TaxSlayer Jacksonville, Fla. Noon (ESPN) Georgia (9 3) vs. Penn State (7 5) Jan. 2 Liberty Memphis, Tenn. 3:20 p.m. (ESPN) Kansas State (6 6) vs. Arkansas (7 5) Jan. 2 Alamo San Antonio, Texas 6:45 p.m. (ESPN) Oregon (9 3) vs. TCU (10 2) Jan. 2 Cactus Phoenix, Ariz. 10:15 p.m. (ESPN) West Virginia (7 5) vs. Arizona State (6 6) Jan. 1 Outback Tampa, Fla. Noon (ESPN) Northwestern (10 2) vs. Tennessee (8 4) Jan. 1 Citrus Orlando, Fla. 1 p.m. (ABC) Michigan (9 3) vs. Florida (10 3) Dec. 30 Birmingham Birmingham, Ala. Noon (ESPN) Auburn (6 6) vs. Memphis (9 3) Dec. 30 Belk Charlotte, N.C. 3:30 p.m. (EPSN) NC State (7 5) vs. Miss. State (8 4) Dec. 30 Music City Nashville, Tenn. 7 p.m. (ESPN) Texas A&M (8 4) vs. Louisville (7 5) Dec. 30 Holiday San Diego, Calif. 10:30 p.m. (ESPN) USC (8 5) vs. Wisconsin (9 3) Dec. 29 Armed Forces Fort Worth, Texas 2 p.m. (ESPN) California (7 5) vs. Air Force (8 5) Dec. 29 Russell Athletic Bowl Orlando, Fla. 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) North Carolina (11 2) vs. Baylor (9 3) Dec. 29 Arizona Tucson, Ariz. 7:30 p.m. Nevada (6 6) vs. Colorado State (7 5) Dec. 29 Texas Houston, Texas 9 p.m. (ESPN) LSU (8 3) vs. Texas Tech (7 5) Dec. 28 Military Annapolis, Md. 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Pittsburgh (8 4) vs. Navy (9 2) Dec. 28 Quick Lane Detroit, Mich. 5 p.m. (ESPN2) Central Michigan (7 5) vs. Minnesota (5 7) Dec. 26 St. Pete St. Petersburg, Fla. 11 a.m. (ESPN) Connecticut (6 6) vs. Marshall (9 3) Dec. 26 Sun El Paso, Texas 2 p.m. Miami (Fla.) (8 4) vs. Washington State (8 4) Dec. 26 Heart of Dallas Dallas, Texas 2:20 p.m. (ESPN) Washington (6 6) vs. Southern Miss (9 4) Dec. 26 Pinstripe Bronx, N.Y. 3:30 p.m. (ABC) Indiana (6 6) vs. Duke (7 5) Dec. 26 Independence Shreveport, La. 5:45 p.m. (ESPN) Tulsa (6 6) vs. Virginia Tech (6 6) Dec. 26 Foster Farms Santa Clara, Calif. 9:15 p.m. (ESPN) UCLA (8 4) vs. Nebraska (5 7) Dec. 24 Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas Noon (ESPN) Middle Tenn. (7 5) vs. Western Michigan (7 5) Dec. 24 Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii 8 p.m. (ESPN) San Diego State (10 3) vs. Cincinnati (7 5) Dec. 23 Poinsettia San Diego, Calif. 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Boise State (8 4) vs. Northern Illinois (8 5) Dec. 23 GoDaddy Mobile, Ala. 8 p.m. (ESPN) Bowling Green (10 3) vs. Georgia Southern (8 4) Dec. 22 Famous Idaho Potato Boise, Idaho 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Akron (7 5) vs. Utah State (6 6) Dec. 22 Boca Raton Boca Raton, Fla. 7 p.m. (ESPN) Temple (10 3) vs. Toledo (9 2) Dec. 21 Miami Beach Miami, Fla. 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Western Kentucky (11 2) vs. South Florida (8 4) Dec. 19 New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. 2 p.m. (ESPN) Arizona (6 6) vs. New Mexico (7 5) Dec. 19 Royal Purple Las Vegas, Nev. 3:30 p.m. (ABC) BYU (9 3) vs. Utah (9 3) Dec. 19 Camellia Montgomery, Ala. 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Ohio (8 4) vs. Appalachian State (10 2) Dec. 19 Cure Orlando, Fla. 7 p.m. San Jose State (5 7) vs. Georgia State (6 6) Dec. 19 New Orleans New Orleans, La. 9 p.m. (ESPN) Arkansas State (9 3) vs. Louisiana Tech (8 4) Note: All times Eastern. Tell them... tell the team to bear down. John Byrd Button Salmon,

10 The Last Meeting: 2008 at New Mexico Wildcats Fall to Lobos, Game 3» Arizona (2-1) at New Mexico (1-2) Date... Saturday, Sept. 13 Time... 6:04 p.m. (MST) Location...Albuquerque, NM Stadium...University Stadium (32,337) Surface... FieldTurf Television...CBSC All-Time Series...UA now leads, In Albuquerque...UA now leads, Previous Meeting...New Mexico 29, UA Sept. 15, 2007 (in Tucson) Streak... New Mexico has now won 2 straight Scoring Summary Score by Quarters F Arizona New Mexico First Quarter ARIZ (7-0) Thomas, M. 43-yd pass from Tuitama, W. (Bondzio kick) 6 plays, 69 yards, 2:37 TOP, 10:43 left UNM (7-3) Aho, J. 24-yd field goal 4 plays, 5 yards, 1:55 TOP, 5:24 left UNM (7-10) Porterie, D. 25-yd pass from Ferguson, R. (Aho kick) 8 plays, 77 yards, 3:06 TOP, 0:20 left Second Quarter UNM (7-13) Aho, J. 43-yd field goal 4plays, -2 yards, 1:30 TOP, 13:00 left ARIZ (14-13) Dean, D. 15-yd pass from Tuitama, W. (Bondzio kick) 10 plays, 72 yards, 4:26 TOP, 8:23 left UNM (14-20) Ferguson, R. 25-yd run (Aho kick) 3 plays, 39 yards, 1:09 TOP, 1:35 left UNM (14-27) Ferguson, R. 10-yd run (Aho kick) 1 plays, 10 yards, 0:06 TOP, 14:36 left Third Quarter UNM (14-27) Ferguson, R. 10-yd run (Aho kick) 1 plays, 10 yards, 0:06 TOP, 14:36 left ARIZ (21-27) Grigsby, N. 4-yd run (Bondzio kick) 11 plays, 69 yards, 4:34 TOP, 9:54 left UNM (21-30) Aho, J. 48-yd field goal 10 plays, 46 yards, 3:38 TOP, 2:16 left Fourth Quarter UNM (21-33) Aho, J. 42-yd field goal 4 plays, -2 yards, 1:58 TOP, 14:55 left UNM (21-36) Aho, J. 46-yd field goal 5 plays, 32 yards, 1:55 TOP, 5:58 left ARIZ (28-36) Criner, J. 28-yd pass from Tuitama, W. (Bondzio kick) 5 plays, 66 yards, 1:13 TOP, 4:38 left ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Rodney Ferguson ran for 158 yards and two touchdowns and freshman James Aho tied a school record with five field goals to help New Mexico beat Arizona on Saturday night. Ferguson, a bruising tailback, also tossed a 25-yard trick play scoring pass to quarterback Donovan Porterie. Willie Tuitama, who was 27-of-50 for 321 yards and three TDs, got the Wildcats to 36-28, throwing a 28-yard TD strike to Juron Criner with 4:38 to play. Arizona used its timeouts to slow the clock on New Mexico s ensuing possession and got the ball back with 1:27 to go. Team Stats Category ARIZ UNM First Downs Rushes-Yds (NET) Passing Yds (NET) Comp-Pass Attempts-Int Total Offense Plays-Yds Fumble Returns-Yds Punt Returns-Yds Kickoff Returns-Yds Interception Returns-Yds Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yds Possession Time 26:42 33:18 3rd-Down Conversions 5 of 14 3 of 13 4th-Down Conversions 1 of 3 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yds Individual Stats RUSHING: ARIZONA- Grigsby, N ; Palmer, R. 1-7; Tuitama, W UNM- Ferguson, R ; Baker, P ; Porterie, D. 7-6; McQueen, J. 1-6; Bruno, R. 2-2, TEAM 1-0. PASSING: ARIZONA- Tuitama, W UNM- Porterie, D ; Ferguson, R RECEIVING: ARIZONA- Thomas, M ; Dean, D ; Turner, T. 6-52; Criner, J. 1-28; Smith, X. 1-0; Grigsby, N UNM- Hernandez, C. 4-39; Williams, B. 4-19; McQueen, J. 2-6; Porterie, D. 1-25; Jones, D. 1-13; Bruno, R. 1-9; Ferguson, R INTERCEPTIONS: ARIZONA- Hundley, M UNM- Quin, G. 1-11; Kennedy, B FUMBLES: ARIZONA- none. UNM- Quin, G. 1-29; Briscoe, K. 1-0; Latchison, J SACKS (UA-A): ARIZONA- Elmore, R UNM- Clark, I. 1-0; Arnett, Z. 1-0; Harrison, P Tuitama s fourth-down attempt to Mike Thomas was incomplete with 40 seconds left, setting off a celebration on New Mexico s sideline. The series is one of the oldest for both schools, dating to 1908, but the Wildcats haven t visited Albuquerque since New Mexico scored 19 points off five Arizona turnovers - four field goals by Aho and a huge TD only 18 seconds into the second half. The Lobos got an emotional lift when Clint McPeek forced a fumble by Arizona s Nic Grigsby on the first play from scrimmage in the third quarter, and Quin returned it 29 yards to the Arizona 10. Ferguson ran to the end zone on the next snap, stretching to move the ball across the goal line. The TD was upheld after a replay review, and the Lobos led after just two second-half plays from scrimmage. Arizona Notebook» Arizona has now lost two straight to New Mexico» Both Mike Thomas and Delashaun Dean eclipised the 100-plus yard receiving mark. New Mexico s defense set the tone midway through the first quarter, forcing their first turnover when lineman Brett Kennedy caught Tuitama s screen pass and returned it 22 yards to set up Aho s first field goal, a 24-yard effort. Grigsby s 4-yard TD run in the third quarter pulled Arizona to but Aho, who kicked a 43-yard field goal in the second period, was good from 48 and 42 yards as the Lobos made it early in the fourth. His fourth field goal came after New Mexico s Ian Clark sacked Tuitama, forcing another fumble, and Kendall Briscoe recovered. Arizona scored 111 points in wins over Idaho and Toledo in Tucson, but New Mexico s defense offered a tougher test. The Lobos, who struggled early in homefield losses to TCU and Texas A&M, ended a skid of 11 straight losses when their opponent scores first. The Wildcats led 7-0 when Tuitama connected with Thomas on a 43-yard scoring pass. New Mexico rallied to lead at halftime, aided by a first-quarter trick play where Ferguson tossed a 25-yard TD pass to Porterie. Aho kicked field goals of 24 and 43 yards and Ferguson broke a 25-yard run just before the break Arizona Football Gildan New Mexico Bowl Guide

11 Last Time in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl: 2012 vs. Nevada Arizona Completes Furious Comeback, Stuns Wolf Pack Game 13» Nevada (7-6) vs. Arizona (8-5) Date...Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 Time... 11:01 a.m. (MST) Location...Albuquerque, N.M. Stadium...University Stadium (37,457) Surface... FieldTurf Television...ESPN All-Time Record in Bowls.. Arizona is Record in New Mexico Bowl...UA is 1-0 Previous Meeting...UA 49, Nevada Dec. 15, 2012 (Albuquerque, N.M.) Streak.. UA has won 2 of last 3 bowl games Scoring Summary Score by Quarters F Nevada Arizona First Quarter NEV (7-0) Jefferson, S. 16-yd run (Hardison, A. kick) Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 2:48 TOP, 12:12 left NEV (14-0) Sudfeld, Z. 17-yd pass from Fajardo, C. (Hardison kick) Drive: 8 plays, 48 yards, 3:13 TOP, 4:43 left NEV (21-0) Sudfeld, Z. 28-yd pass from Fajardo, C. (Hardison kick) Drive: 1 play, 28 yards, 0:06 TOP, 4:29 left ARIZ (7-21) Carey, K. 21-yd run (Bonano, J. kick) Drive: 11 plays, 72 yards, 2:31 TOP, 1:52 left Second Quarter ARIZ (14-21) Scott, M. 1-yd run (Bonano, J. kick) Drive: 9 plays, 71 yards, 2:20 TOP, 12:46 left ARIZ (21-21) Carey, K. 1-yd run (Bonano, J. kick) Drive: 8 plays, 59 yards, 1:21 TOP, 10:23 left NEV (28-21) Jefferson, S. 14-yd run (Hardison, A. kick) Drive: 11 plays, 76 yards, 4:20 TOP, 5:57 left ARIZ (28-28) Carey, K. 9-yd run (Bonano, J. kick) Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 1:35 TOP, 4:22 left NEV (31-28) Hardison, A. 27-yd field goal Drive: 16 plays, 66 yards, 4:22 TOP, 0:02 left Third Quarter NEV (38-28) Turner, R. 33-yd pass from Fajardo, C. (Hardison kick) Drive: 11 plays, 89 yards, 4:13 TOP, 9:19 left NEV (45-28) Fajardo, C. 1-yd run (Hardison, A. kick) Drive: 15 plays, 83 yards, 6:26 TOP, 1:33 left Fourth Quarter ARIZ (35-45) Hill, A. 63-yd pass from Scott, M. (Bonano, J. kick) Drive: 7 plays, 89 yards, 1:41 TOP, 14:44 left NEV (48-35) Hardison, A. 25-yd field goal Drive: 10 plays, 30 yards, 4:27 TOP, 1:48 left ARIZ (42-48) Hill, A. 2-yd pass from Scott, M. (Bonano, J. kick) Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 1:02 TOP, 0:46 left ARIZ (49-48) Slavin, T. 2-yd pass from Scott, M. (Bonano, J. kick) Drive: 3 plays, 51 yards, 0:21 TOP, 0:19 left ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-- With a last-minute touchdown and a successful onside kick recovery, Arizona football pulled out a victory over Nevada, 49-48, at the Gildan New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M. Saturday s game ties the largest comeback in UA history (21 points). Senior quarterback Matt Scott was named Offensive MVP and junior linebacker Marquis Flowers was named Defensive MVP. Nevada took a lead with 1:48 to play. Arizona answered back with a two-yard Scott touchdown pass to sophomore Austin Hill with a good point after attempt to cut the score to with 0:46 to play. Senior John Bonano converted a perfect onside kick attempt with the recovery from Flowers. The Wildcats went on to score the winning touchdown on a two-yard pass to sophomore Tyler Slavin from Scott with 0:19 to play. Flowers then immediately secured the victory with an interception on Nevada s final offensive possession. Sophomore Ka Deem Carey ran for 172 yards on 28 carries and three touchdowns. He now tallies 1,929 yards on the season, to continue to lead the nation in rushing. Carey is now UA s school record holder for rushing TDs in season with 23, including his three against Nevada on Saturday. He also set the Arizona bowl game record of rushing yards in a game (172). The previous bowl game record was 142 yards by Chuck Levy against Miami in the 1994 Fiesta Bowl. In his final game as a Wildcat, Scott threw for 382 yards and three TDs on 28-of-47 pass attempts with two interceptions. He also rushed for 21 yards on six carries and one touchdown. Hill led the UA receivers with eight catches for 175 yards and two touchdowns. Saturday s game marks his fifth 100-yard performance of the season and the sixth of his career. True freshman linebacker C.J. Dozier paced the defense with 15 tackles, nine solo and six assisted. Junior Shaquille Richardson collected his first pick of the season and the seventh of his career. Junior Jake Fischer recovered his fourth fumble of the season against the Wolf Pack. Flowers also recorded 10 tackles. UA had five true freshmen playing on defense during various points of the game: Keoni Bush-Loo, Dozier, Vince Miles, William Parks and Wayne Capers Jr. Today s game marked the final in the careers of 20 Arizona seniors including team captains Trace Biskin, Kyle Quinn and Scott. Arizona ends the season with a 8-5 record and a bowl trip in head coach Rich Rodriguez s first season at the helm of the Wildcat program. Team Stats Category NEV ARIZ First Downs Rushes-Yds (NET) Passing Yds (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int Total Offense Plays-Yds Fumble Returns-Yds Punt Returns-Yds Kickoff Returns-Yds Interception Returns-Yds Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yds Possession Time 39:10 20:50 3rd-Down Conversions 8 of 16 4 of 11 4th-Down Conversions 3 of 3 2 of 3 Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yds Individual Stats RUSHING: Nevada-JEFFERSON, S ; FAJARDO, Cody ; HALE, Nick 14-73; BRADLEY, Aaron 1-11; WIMBERLY, B. 2-minus 1. Arizona-Carey, K ; Scott, M. 6-21; Jenkins, D. 1-6; Team 1-minus 3. PASSING: Nevada-FAJARDO, Cody ; COMBS, Devin Arizona-Scott, M RECEIVING: Nevada-WIMBERLY, B. 7-57; TURN- ER,R.6-96; BRADLEY, A. 3-34; SUDFELD, Z.2-45; BROCK, K. 2-7; HUBER, J. 1-13; HALE, N.1-4 Arizona-Hill, A ; Wharton, G. 6-70; Richards, D. 5-53; Slavin, T. 4-37; Carey, K. 3-15; Buckner, D INTERCEPTIONS: Nevada-WILLIAMS, D. 1-27; KEETON, B Arizona-Richardson, S. 1-24; Flowers, M FUMBLES: Nevada-JEFFERSON, S. 3-1; TEAM 1-1. Arizona-Baker, J. 1-1; Carey, K SACKS (UA-A): SACKS (UA-A): Nevada-none. Arizona- none. Arizona Notebook» Arizona overcame deficits of 21 points (first quarter) and 17 points (fourth quarter). The 21-point comeback ties the school record for largest deficit overcome in a game. The last such occurrence was also a 21-point deficit in the second quarter against San Diego State in 1997 before UA rallied to win » Arizona led for all of 19 seconds on Saturday» Both teams matched the New Mexico Bowl record for points scored in a quarter. The Wolf Pack posted 21 points in the first quarter, while Arizona equaled that mark with 21 in the second and fourth quarters, respectively.» Arizona made its 17th all-time bowl appearence (7-9-1) and its first-ever appearance in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl. The Wildcats were the first Pac-12 team to participate in the seven-year history of the New Mexico Bowl. Tell them... tell the team to bear down. John Byrd Button Salmon,

12 The 2014 Pac-12 Coach of the Year, Rich Rodriguez returns for his fourth season at the helm of the Arizona football program. He was introduced as the Wildcats 30th head coach on Nov. 22, Rodriguez currently carries a career record of in his 22nd season, marked by Division I records of at West Virginia, at Michigan and with the Wildcats. He began his head coaching career at Salem (W.Va.) University in 1988 and then coached at Glenville State (W.Va.) from Rodriguez s third season with the Wildcats was highlighted by a 10-4 record, a Pac-12 South Championship, a Fiesta Bowl berth and winning the Territorial Cup game against ASU. Arizona finished the regular season with 10 wins for only the third time in program history as Rodriguez was named the 2014 Pac-12 Coach of the Year. The streak continued as Rodriguez and the squad defeated a top-10 ranked program for the third-straight campaign with a road victory over No. 2 Oregon on Oct. 2. Offensively, quarterback Anu Solomon became the first freshman ever to start a season opener for the school and went on to throw for 3,793 yards with 28 passing touchdowns and only nine interceptions. He owns the UA freshman records for passing yards, passing touchdowns, pass attempts (540) and pass completions (313). Freshman Nick Wilson collected seven games with 100+ yards and with his 1,375 markers on the season, he set the school freshman rushing record. Linebacker Scooby Wright III was easily the nation s most prolific defender. Based on a vote of head coaches, media and college athletics personnel, he won the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, the Rotary Lombardi Award and the Chuck Bednarik Award, all given annually to the nation s top defender. Also the Pat Tillman Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, he ranked in the top five among FBS players for total tackles (163), tackles for loss (29.0), sacks (14.0) and forced fumbles (6). Wright is UA s sixth all-time unanimous All-American. In 2013, the Wildcats posted an 8-5 record with a bowl victory over the Boston College Eagles in the AdvoCare V100 Bowl in Shreveport, La. Arizona knocked off a top-10 ranked team with a win over No. 5 Oregon on Nov. 23. Running back Ka Deem Carey earned consensus All-America honors for the second-straight season, was named the 2013 Pac-12 offensive Player of the Year and a Doak Walker Award finalist. He ended his three seasons in Tucson as Arizona s all-time career rushing leader (4,239 yards) and all-time all-purpose yardage leader (5,483). Carey recorded 16-straight games in which he eclipsed the century mark rushing, the longest streak in Pac-12 history and the longest for any FBS player in the last 10 seasons. Head Coach Rich Rodriguez Hometown:... Grant Town, W. Va. High School:... North Marion College:... West Virginia, 1986 Master s:... Salem Univ., 1987 Playing Career:... West Virginia , defensive back Family:...Wife, Rita;...Children, Raquel and Rhett Overall head coaching career: Division I-A head coaching career: Year-by-Year as Head Coach Year W-L Conf. (Place) School (5thS) Arizona (1stS) Arizona (4thS) Arizona (T4thS) Arizona (T7th) Michigan (10th) Michigan (9th) Michigan (T2nd) West Virginia (T2nd) West Virginia (1st) West Virginia (T1st) West Virginia (T1st) West Virginia (2nd) West Virginia (7th) West Virgini (T1st) Glenville State (T1st) Glenville State (T1st) Glenville State (T1st) Glenville State (3rd) Glenville State (T5th) Glenville State (T6th) Glenville State (5th) Salem University Coaching History Years...Position/Title 2012-Present...Arizona, head coach (32-20) Michigan, head coach (15-22) West Virginia, head coach (60-26) Clemson, Off. Coord./QB s Tulane, Off. Coord./quarterbacks Glenville State, head coach ( ) West Virginia, volunteer assistant Salem University, head coach (2-8) Salem University, Asst. HC/Def. Coord Salem University, DBs/special teams West Virginia, student assistant Milestone Wins Win Opponent Date 1 Salem 21, WV Tech West Virginia 35, Cincinnati 32 9/14/ West Virginia 55, Syracuse 14 10/6/ Arizona 39, USC 36 10/27/ Arizona 44, Oregon State 7 10/10/15 Rodriguez vs. Opponents Opponent Record Arizona State 1-3 Boise State 0-1 Boston College 3-2 Bowling Green 1-0 California (UC Berkeley) 2-0 California (Pa.) 2-0 Carrroll (Mt.) 1-0 Central Connecticut State 0-1 Central Florida 2-0 Central State (Ohio) 1-0 Cincinnati 4-1 Clarion 0-1 Colorado 4-0 Concord 4-4 Connecticut 5-0 Cumberland (Ky.) Delaware State 1-0 East Carolina 6-0 East Central (Okla.) 0-1 Eastern Michigan 1-0 East Tennessee State 0-1 Eastern Washington 1-0 Fairmont State 6-2 Florida State 0-1 Geneva Georgia 1-0 Georgia Southern 0-1 Georgia Tech 1-0 Glenville State 0-1 Illinois 1-2 Indiana 2-0 Indiana (Pa.) 0-3 Iowa 0-2 James Madison 1-0 Johnson C. Smith 1-1 Kent State 1-0 Livingstone 1-1 Louisville 2-1 Marshall 2-1 Maryland 4-4 Massachusetts 1-0 Miami (Fla.) 0-3 Miami (Ohio) 1-0 Michigan State 0-3 Minnesota 1-0 Mississippi 1-0 Mississippi State 2-1 Nevada 3-0 Newport News 2-0 Northern Arizona 2-0 Northwestern 0-1 Notre Dame 2-2 Ohio 1-0 Ohio State 0-3 Oklahoma State 1-0 Oregon 2-2 Oregon State 1-1 Penn State 0-3 Pittsburgh 4-3 Purdue 1-2 Rutgers 7-0 Samford 0-1 Shepherd 4-4 South Carolina State 1-0 South Florida 1-2 Southern California (USC) 1-3 Stanford 0-2 Syracuse 6-1 Temple 3-1 Tennessee-Chattanooga 1-0 Toledo 1-1 UCLA 0-4 UNLV 2-0 Utah 4-1 UTSA 3-0 Virginia 0-1 Virginia Tech 2-3 Washington 2-2 Washington State 1-2 West Liberty State 6-2 West Virginia State 6-2 West Virginia Weslyan 3-4 Western Michigan 2-0 Western Montana 0-1 Wingate 0-2 Wisconsin 1-4 Wofford 1-1 WVU Tech Arizona Football Gildan New Mexico Bowl Guide

13 Final Pac-12 Conference Standings NORTH DIVISION School Overall Pct. PF PA Home Road Neutral Pac-12 Pct. PF PA Overall Streak Stanford Won 3 Oregon Won 6 Washington State Lost 1 California Won 1 Washington Won 2 Oregon State Lost 9 SOUTH DIVISION School Overall Pct. PF PA Home Road Neutral Pac-12 Pct. PF PA Overall Streak USC Lost 1 Utah Won 1 UCLA Lost 1 Arizona State Lost 1 Arizona Lost 1 Colorado Lost 5 Pac-12 Football Bowl Schedule Saturday, Dec. 19 NM Bowl: New Mexico vs. Arizona (12 pm MST/ESPN) LV Bowl: BYU vs. No. 22 Utah (1:30 pm MST/ABC) Saturday, Dec. 26 Sun Bowl: Miami vs. Washington State (12 pm MST/CBS) Heart of Dallas: Southern Miss vs. Washington (12:20 pm MST/ESPN) Foster Farms Bowl: Nebraska vs. UCLA (7:15 pm MST/ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 29 Armed Forces Bowl: Air Force vs. California (12 pm MST/ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 30 Holiday Bowl: Wisconsin vs. No. 25 USC (8:30 pm MST/ESPN) 2014 Pac-12 Preseason Media Poll NORTH SOUTH 1. Oregon (37) USC (32) Stanford (8) Arizona State (7) California UCLA (6) Washington Arizona Washington State Utah Oregon State Colorado 46 PAC-12 TITLE GAME CHAMPION: USC (21 votes) Others receiving votes: Oregon (17), Arizona State (3), UCLA (2), Stanford (1) The 2015 Pac-12 Championship Football Game will take place Saturday, Dec. 5 at 4:45/5 p.m. PT and will be telecast to a national audience on Friday, Jan. 1 Rose Bowl: No. 5 Iowa vs. No. 6 Stanford (3 pm MST/ESPN) Sat, Jan. 2 Alamo Bowl: No. 11 TCU vs. No. 15 Oregon (4:45 pm MST/ESPN) Cactus Bowl: West Virgina vs. Arizona State (8:15 pm MST/ESPN) 2015 Arizona Football Schedule Date Opponent Result/Time TV Series Series and Game Notes Sept. 3 UTSA W, Pac-12 Net. UA leads, 3-0 Cats score two defensive TDs, as they improve to 14-2 in last 16 openers Sept. 12 at Nevada W, CBSSN UA leads, Wilson runs for 194 yards and a career-high tying 3 TDs to lead Cats to win Sept. 19 Northern Arizona W, Pac-12 Net. UA leads, 13-1 Arizona scored a school-record 77 points, gained program-best 792 yards Sept. 26 #9 UCLA L, ABC UCLA leads, Nick Wilson recorded his 10th 100-plus yard rushing game of his career Oct. 3 at #18 Stanford L, Pac-12 Net. Stanford, Jerrard Randall made his first-ever start at quarterback for Arizona Oct. 10 Oregon State W, 44-7 Fox Sports 1 UA leads, Least amount of points given up to league opponent since 2010 Oct. 17 at Colorado W, Fox Sports 1 CU leads, 5-13 Jared Baker leads the way, running for a career-high 207 yards Oct. 24 Washington State L, Pac-12 Net. UA leads, Cayleb Jones recorded a game-high 131 receiving yards on eight catches Oct. 31 at Washington L, 49-3 Fox Sports 1 UW leads, The home team has won each of the last eight meetings in the series Nov. 7 at USC L, ESPN USC leads, 31-8 Arizona led the Trojans after the third quarter Nov. 14 #10 Utah W, (2OT) Fox Sports 1 Utah leads, UA has defeated at least one AP Top-10 team in 11 of the last 12 seasons Nov. 21 at Arizona State L, Fox Sports 1 UA leads, Trey Griffey s 95-yd TD reception marked 3rd longest play in UA history Tell them... tell the team to bear down. John Byrd Button Salmon,

14 Arizona Depth Chart» Game 13 vs. New Mexico (as of Dec. 9) Offense (Multiple Spread) POS. # PLAYER HT. WT. YR. WR 1 Cayleb Jones RS Jr. 9 Tony Ellison RS Fr. SLOT 10 Samajie Grant Jr. 30 Johnny Jackson RS Sr. TE/FB 17 Josh Kern RS Jr. 25 Jamardre Cobb (FB) RS Fr. 15 Matt Morin RS Jr. LT 58 Layth Friekh So. 70 T.D. Gross RS Jr. LG 72 Freddie Tagaloa RS Jr. or 67 Gerhard de Beer RS So. 75 Kaige Lawrence RS Sr. C 61 Cayman Bundage Sr. 65 Zach Hemmila RS Jr. 55 Levi Walton RS Fr. RG 78 Jacob Alsadek RS So. 69 Chrstian Boettcher RS Fr. RT 77 Lene Maiava RS Sr. 67 Gerhard de Beer RS So. SLOT 6 Nate Phillips Jr. 2 Tyrell Johnson So. 16 Shun Brown Fr. WR 4 David Richards RS Sr. 5 Trey Griffey RS Jr. 8 Jerrard Randall RS Sr. RB 23 Jared Baker RS Sr. or 28 Nick Wilson So. 21 Orlando Bradford Fr. 2 Tyrell Johnson So. 34 Zach Green RS So. QB 12 Anu Solomon RS So. 8 Jerrard Randall RS Sr. 13 Brandon Dawkins RS Fr. Defense (3-3-5) POS. # PLAYER HT. WT. YR. END 8 Reggie Gilbert RS Sr. 92 Jack Banda RS So. 94 Calvin Allen RS-So. NOSE 99 Sani Fuimaono Jr. 93 Parker Zellers RS So. TACKLE 60 Luca Bruno RS So. 55 Jeff Worthy Sr. SLB 32 DeAndre Miller RS So. 49 Haden Gregory RS Sr. MLB 33 Scooby Wright III Jr. 53 Sir Thomas Jackson RS Sr. WLB 14 Paul Magloire Jr RS Jr. 4 Antonio Smothers Jr Sr. 24 RJ Morgan RS So. SPUR 11 Will Parks Sr. 28 Anthony Lopez Sr. BANDIT 1 Tellas Jones RS Jr. 28 Anthony Lopez Sr. LC 29 Jarvis McCall Jr RS. So. or 17 Jace Whittaker Fr. 15 Kwesi Mashack So. RC 19 DaVonte Neal RS Jr. 3 Cam Denson So. 27 Sammy Morrison Fr. FS 7 Jamar Allah Sr. 12 Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles Fr. Special Teams POS. # PLAYER HT. WT. YR. PK 41 Casey Skowron RS Sr. 9 Josh Pollack RS Fr. P 39 Drew Riggleman RS Sr. 9 Josh Pollack RS Fr. LS 56 Nick Reinhardt RS Fr. 54 Jose Romero RS Sr. HOLD 39 Drew Riggleman RS Sr. 14 Zach Werlinger RS Fr. PR 6 Nate Phillips Jr. 19 DaVonte Neal RS Jr. KOR 2 Tyrell Johnson So. 7 Jonathan Haden So. 6 Nate Phillips Jr. 16 Shun Brown Fr Arizona Football Gildan New Mexico Bowl Guide

15 2015 Offensive Game-by-Game Starters WR WR/SLOT LT LG C RG RT TE/SLOT WR RB QB UTSA Richards Jackson Friekh Hemmila Bundage Alsadek Maiava Phillips (SL) Jones Wilson Solomon at Nevada Jones Jackson Tagaloa Hemmila Bundage Alsadek Maiava Phillips (SL) Richards Wilson Solomon NAU Jones Grant Tagaloa Hemmila Bundage Alsadek Maiava Phillips (SL)Richards Wilson Solomon UCLA Jones Grant Tagaloa Hemmila Bundage Alsadek Maiava Phillips (SL) Jones Wilson Solomon at Stanford Richards Phillips Tagaloa Hemmila Bundage Alsadek Maiava Grant (SL) Jones Wilson Randall Oregon St. Jones Phillips Friekh Tagaloa Bundage Alsadek Maiava Grant (SL) Richards Wilson Solomon at. Colorado Jones Phillips Friekh Tagaloa Bundage Alsadek Maiava Grant (SL) Richards Baker Solomon Wash. St. Jones Phillips Friekh Tagaloa Bundage Alsadek Maiava Grant (SL) Richards Wilson Solomon at Washington Jones Phillips Friekh Tagaloa Bundage Alsadek Maiava Grant (SL) Richards Baker Solomon at USC Jones Phillips Friekh Hemmila Bundage de Beer Maiava Grant (SL) Richards Baker Solomon Utah Jones Phillips Friekh de Beer Bundage Alsadek Maiava Kern (TE) Richards Wilson Solomon Arizona St. Jones Phillips Friekh de Beer Bundage Alsadek Maiava Kern (TE) Richards Wilson Randall UTSA at Nevada NAU UCLA at Stanford Oregon St. at Colorado Wash. St. at Washington at USC Utah Arizona St Defensive Game-by-Game Starters DE NG DT LB LB LB CB SPUR BANDIT FS CB Gilbert Fuimaono Bruno Turituri Wright Miller Morrison Parks Lopez Allah Neal Gilbert Fuimaono Bruno Turituri Gregory Matthews Morrison Parks Jones Allah Neal Gilbert Fuimaono Worthy Turituri Tyler Matthews Denson Parks Jones Allah Neal Gilbert Fuimaono Bruno Turituri Wright Matthews Denson Parks Jones Allah Neal Gilbert Fuimaono Bruno Morgan Jackson Matthews Denson Parks Jones Allah Neal Gilbert Fuimaono Bruno Miller Matthews Magloire Denson Parks Jones Allah McCall Gilbert Fuimaono Bruno Miller Matthews Magloire Denson Parks Jones Allah Whittaker Banda Bruno Gilbert Parks Magloire Miller Neal Allah Mashack Flannigan-Fowles Whittaker Gilbert Fuimaono Bruno Magloire Jackson Miller Whittaker Parks Jones Allah Neal Gilbert Fuimaono Bruno Magloire Matthews Miller McCall Parks Jones Allah Neal Gilbert Fuimaono Bruno Magloire Matthews Miller McCall Parks Jones Allah Neal Gilbert Fuimaono Bruno Magloire Jackson Miller McCall Parks Jones Allah Neal UTSA at Nevada NAU UCLA at Stanford Oregon St. at Colorado Wash. St. at Wash. at USC Utah Arizona St Special Teams Game-by-Game Starters KR PR PK P LS HOLD Baker/Phillips Neal Skowron Riggleman Romero Riggleman Baker/Grant Neal Skowron Riggleman Romero Riggleman Baker/Grant Neal Skowron Riggleman Romero Riggleman Baker/Phillips Neal Skowron Riggleman Romero Riggleman Haden/Phillips Neal Skowron Riggleman Reinhardt Riggleman Brown/Baker Neal Skowron Riggleman Reinhardt Riggleman Baker/Johnson Phillips Skowron Riggleman Reinhardt Riggleman Baker/Brown Phillips Skowron Riggleman Reinhardt Riggleman Haden/Phillips Phillips Skowron Riggleman Reinhardt Riggleman Haden/Johnson Phillips Skowron Riggleman Reinhardt Riggleman Haden/Johnson Phillips/Neal Skowron Riggleman Reinhardt Riggleman Haden/Johnson Phillips Skowron Riggleman Reinhardt Riggleman Career Starts by Season OFFENSE CAREER J. Alsadek J. Baker C. Bundage G. de Beer S. Grant T. Griffey L. Friekh Z. Hemmila J. Jackson C. Jones J. Kern L. Maiva D. Neal N. Phillips J. Randall D. Richards A. Solomon F. Tagaloa N. Wilson DEFENSE CAREER J. Allah J. Banda L. Bruno C. Denson D. Flannigan-Fowles S. Fuimaono 2 ( 11) R. Gilbert H. Gregory C. Ippolito A. Lopez S. Jackson T. Jones J. McCall Jr P. Magloire Jr K. Mashack J. Matthews D. Miller RJ Morgan S. Morrison D. Neal W. Parks D. Turituri T. Tyler J. Whittaker S. Wright J. Worthy P. Zellers Tell them... tell the team to bear down. John Byrd Button Salmon,

16 Game 1: Recap vs. UTSA Cats Down Roadrunners in Season-Opener, Game 1» UTSA (0-1, 0-0 C-USA) at Arizona (1-0, 0-0 Pac-12) Date... Thursday, Sept. 3 Time... 7:07 p.m. (MST) Location...Tucson, Ariz. Stadium... Arizona Stadium (51,111) Surface... FieldTurf Television...Pac-12 Network All-Time Series...Arizona leads, 3-0 In San Antonio...Arizona leads, 2-0 Previous Meeting... UA 38, UTSA Sept. 14, 2013 (Tucson, Ariz.) Streak...UA won all three meetings Scoring Summary Score by Quarters F UTSA Arizona First Quarter ARIZ (7-0) Lopez, A. 23 yd interception return (Skowron, C. kick) Drive: N/A, 14:25 left ARIZ (14-0) Richards, D. 6 yd pass from Solomon, A. (Skowron, C. kick) Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 3:07 TOP, 2:07 left Second Quarter UTSA (14-3) Portillo, D. 19 yd field goal Drive: 13 plays, 77 yards, 4:21 TOP, 12:39 left UTSA (14-10) Morgan II, D. 6 yd pass from Bogenschutz, B. (Portillo, D. kick) Drive: 7 plays, 30 yards, 2:23 TOP, 10:09 left ARIZ(21-10) Jackson, J. 21 yd pass from Solomon, A. (Skowron, C. kick) Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 1:04 TOP, 9:05 left UTSA (21-13) Portillo, D. 33 yd field goal Drive: 8 plays, 46 yards, 2:28 TOP, 4:35 left UTSA (21-20) Bogenschutz, B. 2 yd run Drive: 7 plays, 70 yards, 1:47 TOP, 0:39 left Third Quarter ARIZ (28-20) Phillips, N. 4 yd pass from Solomon, A. (Skowron, C. kick) Drive: 16 plays, 81 yards, 4:55 TOP, 7:14 left ARIZ (35-20) Allah, J. 22 yd fumble recovery (Skowron, C. kick) Drive: N/A, 5:57 left UTSA (35-26) Taylor, A. 32 yd pass from Bogenschultz, B. (Portillo, D. kick failed) Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:21 TOP, 2:36 left Fourth Quarter ARIZ (42-26) Jones, C. 4 yd pass from Solomon, A. (Skowron, C. kick) Drive: 4 plays, 55 yards, 1:50 TOP, 11:46 left UTSA (42-32) Rhodes, J. 16 yd run (Bogenschutz, B. pass failed) Drive: 9 plays, 79 yards, 4:27 TOP, 7:13 left TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Anu Solomon threw four touchdown passes to help No. 22 Arizona beat UTSA Thursday night. Arizona sputtered on offense most of the night and allowed UTSA, a team returning two offensive starters, to rack up 525 total yards. Those areas can be fixed. Losing Wright could hurt a lot worse. The junior, who swept the major defensive player of the year awards last season, went down in the first quarter and spent the second half in street clothes, walking with a cane. Arizona scored two defensive touchdowns, but had numerous breakdowns, even before Wright went down. UTSA s Blake Bogenschutz had 332 yards and two touchdowns on 25-of-43 passing after throwing an interception for a touchdown on the game s first pass. Solomon threw for 229 yards on 22-of-26 passing, and Nick Wilson ran for 97 yards. The Roadrunners have given Arizona a bit of trouble over the past couple of seasons, playing two close games. This year, the Wildcats have most of their skill players back on offense and UTSA returned six starters overall, fewest in the FBS. No surprise then that the Roadrunners got off to a shaky start. Bogenschutz had his first pass intercepted by Anthony Lopez and returned for 23 yards for a touchdown. UTSA s Brett Winnegan took the ensuing kickoff 102 yards for a touchdown, but that was called back for a block in the back. The Roadrunners also had a 17-play drive lead to no points when Danny Portillo missed a 33-yard field goal and were behind 14-0 after Solomon hit David Richards on a 6-yard touchdown pass. Yet they kept churning out yards, particularly after Wright went out. He went down in the first quarter, tried to return the next series, but lasted one play before heading to the bench to wrap ice around his knee. Bogenschutz set up Portillo for a 19-yard field goal, then threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to David Morgan II. Even after Solomon ducked and dodged his way through UTSA s defense to set up a 21-yard touchdown pass to Johnny Jackson, the Roadrunners still fought back. Portillo hit a 33-yard field goal and Bogenschutz followed with a 2-yard touchdown run just before halftime, pulling UTSA to UTSA had a advantage in total yards in the first half. The Wildcats got off to a quick start in the second half, going up after Solomon hit Nate Phillips on a 4-yard touchdown pass and Jamar Allah scooped up Aaron Grubb s fumble for a 22-yard touchdown return. Team Stats Category UTSA ARIZ First Downs Rushes-Yds (NET) Passing Yds (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int Total Offense Plays-Yds Fumble Returns-Yds Punt Returns-Yds Kickoff Returns-Yds Interception Returns-Yds Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yds Possession Time 35:09 24:51 3rd-Down Conversions 8 of 19 7 of 14 4th-Down Conversions 2 of 3 1 of 3 Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yds Individual Stats RUSHING: Arizona-Wilson, N ; Baker, J. 9-35; Solomon, A. 5-35; Team, UTSA Williams, J ; Rhodes, J ; Bogenschutz, B ; Russell, B. 1-15; Clay, I. 1-11; Jones, B. 1-4; Thomas Jr., K , Grubb, A ; Team, PASSING: Arizona-Solomon, A UTSA- Bogenschutz, B ; Bellomy, R RECEIVING: Arizona-Jackson, J ; Jones, C. 3-49; Richards, D. 3-31; Phillips, N. 3-28, Kern, J. 2-12; Brown, S. 2-0; J. Baker, 1-8. UTSA- Morgan II, D ; Thomas Jr., K. 6-80; Bias, K. 3-52; Grubb, A. 3-36; Taylor, A. 1-32; Rhodes, J. 1-12; Taylor, J. 1-6; Jones, B. 1-5 INTERCEPTIONS: Arizona-Lopez, A UTSA- none FUMBLES: Arizona-none. UTSA- Grubb, A SACKS (UA-A): Arizona-none. UTSA- Davenport, M. 1-0 Arizona Notebook» UA has won 17 consecutive season openers played at home going back to Sept. 12, 1987.» DaVonte Neal s blocked field goal in the fourth quarter marked the first time Arizona had blocked a field goal attempt since CarlosWilliams blocked one in 2002 against Washington State.» Rich Rodriguez improves to 11-3 all-time in season openers at West Virginia, Michigan, and Arizona (4-0).» Rodriguez improves to 10-0 all-time in regular season non-conference contests while at Arizona. He s led the Wildcats to wins over the Roadrunners in each of the last three seasons.» Arizona went for two defensive scores on the night, a 23-yard interception touchdown return by Anthony Lopez in the first quarter and a 22- yard fumble recovery for a touchdown by Jamar Allah in third quarter. It marked the first time the Wildcats have had two-plus defensive scores in a game since Nov. 22, 2014 at Utah. Bogenschutz hit Aron Taylor on a 32-yard touchdown pass, but Solomon found Cayleb Jones for a 4-yard score to push the lead to Arizona Football Gildan New Mexico Bowl Guide

17 Game 2: Recap at Nevada Wilson leads No. 22 Arizona to a win over Nevada Game 2» Arizona (2-0, 0-0 Pac-12) at Nevada (1-1, 0-0 MW) Date... Saturday, Sept. 12 Time... 4:09 p.m. (MST) Location...Reno, Nev. Stadium... Mackay Stadium (24,355) Surface... FieldTurf Television... CBS Sports Network All-Time Series... Arizona now leads, In Reno...Series now tied, 1-1 Previous Meeting...UA 35, Nevada Sept. 13, 2014 (Tucson, Ariz.) Streak... UA has won four straight Scoring Summary Score by Quarters F Arizona Nevada First Quarter ARIZ (7-0) Jackson, J. 9 yd pass from Solomon, A. (Skowron, C. kick) Drive: 2 plays, 16 yards, 0:34 TOP, 13:01 left ARIZ (14-0) Wilson, N. 3 yd run (Skowron, C. kick) Drive: 7 plays, 77 yards, 2:02 TOP, 9:33 left NEV (14-3) Zuzo, B. 28 yd field goal Drive: 11 plays, 64 yards, 4:25 TOP, 5:08 left Second Quarter NEV (14-10) Richardson, J. 5 yd pass from Stewart, T. (Zuzo, B. kick) Drive: 14 plays, 81 yards, 5:28 TOP, 9:14 left ARIZ (21-10) Wilson, N. 3 yd run (Skowron, C. kick) Drive: 5 plays, 40 yards, 1:10 TOP, 3:56 left NEV(21-13) Zuzo, B. 41 yd field goal Drive: 8 plays, 25 yards, 0:56 TOP, 0:00 left Third Quarter ARIZ (27-13) Cobb, J. 1 yd pass from Solomon, A. (Skowron, C. kick failed) Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards, 1:59 TOP, 10:41 left ARIZ (34-13) Wilson, N. 6 yd run (Skowron, C kick) Drive: 9 plays, 77 yards, 2:30 TOP, 3:56 left Fourth Quarter ARIZ (41-13) Randall, J. 57 yd run (Skowron, C. kick) Drive: 2 plays, 56 yards, 0:33 TOP, 13:34 left NEV (41-20) Henderson, H. 2 yd pass from Stewart, T. (Zuzo, B. kick) Drive: 9 plays, 66 yards, 3:19 TOP, 10:08 left ARIZ (44-20) Skowron, C. 46 yd field goal Drive: 10 plays, 46 yards, 6:33 TOP, 3:35 left TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Nick Wilson ran for 194 yards and three touchdowns and Anu Solomon passed for 264 yards and two more scores Saturday to lead No. 22 Arizona past Nevada The sophomore duo started fast as the Wildcats (2-0) opened a 14-0 lead less than 6 minutes into the game. Wilson surpassed the 100-yard mark when he scored his second touchdown to make it with 3:56 to go in the half. Solomon, who played at Las Vegas Bishop Gorman High, completed 24 of 33 attempts with no interceptions. He was replaced early in the fourth quarter by backup Jerrad Randall, who ran 57 yards for a touchdown to put the game out of reach, Don Jackson rushed for 91 yards for Nevada (1-1). Wolf Pack quarterback Tyler Stewart completed 18-of-32 pass attempts for 159 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. Nevada was whistled for nine penalties for 105 yards, including two unsportsmanlike calls against thirdyear coach Brian Polian. Arizona, which had 570 yards total offense, had three penalties for 30 yards The closest Nevada got was when Stewart capped an 80-yard drive with a 5-yard TD pass to Jerico Richardson 9:14 before the half. He threw a 2-yard scoring pass to Hasaan Henderson with 10:08 remaining when the game already had been decided. Arizona jumped to a 7-0 lead less than 2 minutes into the game on Solomon s 9-yard TD pass to Johnny Jackson two plays after Nevada punter Alex Boy had to chase down a high snap inside his own 10 and kicked it out of bounds at the 16 for a loss of 13. Solomon completed six consecutive passes to lead Arizona on a 77-yard scoring drive capped by Wilson s 3-yard TD run to make it 14-0 at 9:33 in the first quarter. Brent Zuzo s 28-yard field goal pulled Nevada to within 14-3 by the end of a quarter when the Wolf Pack already had been called for five penalties for 56 yards. The Wildcats were driving again late in the second quarter before Wilson fumbled at midfield and linebacker Bryan Lane Jr. recovered, allowing Zuzo to kick a 41-yard field goal as time ran out to make it at the half. On the opening drive of the second half, Solomon s apparent score on a quarterback sneak was overturned on review, but he lobbed a 1-yard TD to Jamarde Cobb on the next play to make it 27-13, and Casey Skowron missed the extra point. Arizona s Cayleb Jones caught six passes for 103 yards. Wilson averaged 9.2 yards per carry in 21 attempts and had two catches for 30 yards. Team Stats Category ARIZ NEV First Downs Rushes-Yds (NET) Passing Yds (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int Total Offense Plays-Yds Fumble Returns-Yds Punt Returns-Yds Kickoff Returns-Yds Interception Returns-Yds Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yds Possession Time 27:42 32:18 3rd-Down Conversions 2 of 13 6 of 18 4th-Down Conversions 1 of 3 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yds Individual Stats RUSHING: Arizona- Wilson, N ; Randall, J. 3-60; Bradford, O. 5-47; Green, Z. 2-9; Baker, J. 3-5, Team 3- -6; Solomon, A Nevada- Jackson, D ; Stewart, T. 6-38; Butler, J. 9-33; Wright, B PASSING: Arizona-Solomon, A ; Randall, J Nevada- Stewart, T ; Team 0-1-0; Richardson, J RECEIVING: Arizona-Jones, C ; Phillips, N. 5-32; Richards, D. 3-52; Grant, S. 3-18; Wilson, N. 2-30; Jackson, J. 2-14; Brown, S. 1-10; Mendivil, A. 1-5; Kern, J. 1-4; Cobb, J Nevada- Richardson, J. 8-40; Henderson, H. 6-58; Faunce, E. 1-18; Butler, J. 1-17; Jackson, D. 1-15; Demps, W INTERCEPTIONS: Arizona-Allah, J Nevada- none FUMBLES: Arizona-Wilson, 1-1; Solomon, A Nevada- Jackson, D SACKS (UA-A): Arizona- Worthy, J Nevada- Jones, L. 1-0; Seau, I Arizona Notebook» Arizona improves to all-time against Nevada, while the win also marks the Wildcats first-ever win in Reno. UA lost the only other meeting with the Wolf Pack in Reno on Nov. 11, 1924.» Nick Wilson rushed for 194 yards and a career-high equaling three touchdowns on 21 carries Saturday evening. It was the third time he s rushed for three touchdowns in his career (Last: 11/28/14 vs. ASU), while it was the eighth time he s rushed for 100 yards or more. His three-yard touchdown rush in the first quarter also marked Arizona s first rushing touchdown of the season.» Arizona is now 8-0 when Nick Wilson runs for 100 yards or more in his career.» With the win, Rich Rodriguez improves to 11-0 in regular season non-conference contests while at Arizona.» Coming into the game Casey Skowron had converted on 66 consecutive PATs. He missed a PAT after Arizona scored a touchdown with 10:41 remaining in the third quarter to break that streak. The last time thewildcats missed a PAT was on Oct. 19, 2013 vs. Utah. Tell them... tell the team to bear down. John Byrd Button Salmon,

18 Game 3: Recap vs. NAU Arizona Dominates NAU in Record-Breaking Fashion Game 3» NAU (2-1, 0-0 Big Sky) at Arizona (3-0, 0-0 Pac-12) Date... Saturday, Sept. 19 Time... 8:07 p.m. (MST) Location...Tucson, Ariz. Stadium... Arizona Stadium (51,494) Surface...Field Turf Television... Pac-12 Networks All-Time Series...Arizona now leads 13-1 In Tucson...Arizona now leads 12-0 Previous Meeting...UA 35, NAU 0...Aug. 30, 2013 (Tucson, Ariz.) Streak... UA has now won last 12 meetings Score by Quarters F NAU Arizona TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Anu Solomon completed 25 of 35 passes for 285 yards and four touchdowns in a little more than a half of play, and No. 20 Arizona set school records for points and total yards in a rout of Northern Arizona on Saturday night. Arizona (3-0) broke the mark for points set in a 74-0 win 94 years ago over the school now known as UTEP. The Wildcats 792 yards eclipsed the mark of 787 set against UNLV last season. Solomon s backup, Jerrard Randall, scored on runs of 73 and 72 yards. Third-stringer Brandon Dawkins had a 43-yard TD run, and fourth-string quarterbackzach Werlinger ran 11 yards for a score. Solomon also had a 1-yard TD run, meaning all four quarterbacks ran for a score. Arizona scored 63 straight points after the Lumberjacks (2-1) cut the Wildcats lead to in the second quarter. Their 499 yards rushing broke the school record of 492 set against Eastern Michigan in Arizona tied the team mark of 11 touchdowns in game, also set in that 1921 win over UTEP. The Wildcats 35 second-quarter points were one shy of the most in school history. Case Cookus completed 8 of 13 passes for 190 yards and one touchdown for Northern Arizona and didn t play in the second half. Arizona wrapped up its less-than-challenging nonconference schedule that also included wins over UTSA and Nevada. The Wildcats open Pac-12 play next Saturday at home against No. 10 UCLA. Arizona scored touchdowns on six of seven first-half possessions, with drives that took 1:47, 3:03, 1:27, 1:18, 2:41 and 1:44. Randall, on his first play in relief of Solomon, ran 72 yards for a score and added a 73-yarder before Dawkins replaced him. It didn t look like a record-breaking night early. Scoring Summary First Quarter NAU (3-0) Hawkins, R. 39-yd field goal Drive: 9 plays, 49 yards, 4:59 TOP, 10:01 left ARIZ (7-3) Solomon, A. 1-yd run (Skowron kick) Drive: 6 plays, 51 yards, 1:47 TOP, 8:06 left NAU (6-7) Hawkins, R. 21-yd field goal Drive: 5 plays, 72 yards, 1:45 TOP 6:21 left Second Quarter ARIZ (14-6) Grant, S. 8-yd pass from Solomon (Skowron kick) Drive: 10 plays, 72 yards, 3:03 TOP, 14:19 left NAU (13-14) Butler, E. 62-yd pass from Cookus (Hawkins kick) Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:27 TOP, 11:52 left ARIZ (21-13) Richards 27-yd pass from Solomon (Skowron kick) Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 1:27 TOP, 10:25 left ARIZ (28-13) Wilson, N. 1-yd run (Skowron kick) Drive: 3 plays, 37 yards, 1:09 TOP, 8:35 left ARIZ (35-13) Richards 14-yd pass from Solomon (Skowron kick) Drive: 9 plays, 67 yards, 2:34 TOP, 3:33 left ARIZ (42-13) Wilson, N. 1-yd run (Skowron kick) Drive: 11 plays, 61 yards, 1:39 TOP, 0:14 left Third Quarter ARIZ (49-13) Jackson 13-yd pass from Solomon (Skowron kick) Drive: 5 plays, 63 yards, 1:58 TOP, 11:17 left ARIZ (56-13) Randall, J. 72-yd run (Skowron kick) Drive: 1 play, 72 yards, 0:12 TOP, 7:24 left Fourth Quarter ARIZ (63-13) Randall, J. 73-yd run (Skowron kick) ARIZ (70-13) Dawkins, B. 43-yd run (Skowron kick) ARIZ (77-13) Werlinger, Z. 11-yd run (Skowron kick) The Lumberjacks trailed after Emannnuel Butler beat Arizona s Cam Denson and caught a 62-yard touchdown pass from Cookus with 11:52 left in the half. The high-speed Arizona offense took off from there. Solomon completed four of five passes on a six-play, 75-yard drive capped by a 27-yard toss to David Richards and it was Three plays later, Cookus threw his first interception of the season, with Davonte Neal picking it off at the NAU 37. After an offensive pass interference penalty, Nick Wilson ran 43 yards to the 9. He carried it 8 yards to the 1, then punched it in for the score. Solomon s second TD pass to Richards boosted the lead to The Wildcats got one more touchdown before halftime. Solomon ran 16 yards to the NAU 1 and Wilson carried it in from there. Solomon got one more TD pass in the third quarter before calling it a night. The Wildcats improved to 13-1 against the Lumberjacks. Drive: 5 plays, 91 yards, 2:08 TOP, 13:50 left Drive: 4 plays, 91 yards, 1:11 TOP, 9:54 left Drive: 5 plays, 53 yards, 2:11 TOP, 5:45 left Team Stats Category NAU ARIZ First Downs Rushes-Yds (NET) Passing Yds (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int Total Offense Plays-Yds Fumble Returns-Yds Punt Returns-Yds Kickoff Returns-Yds Interception Returns-Yds Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yds Possession Time 35:57 24:03 3rd-Down Conversions 7 of 19 5 of 9 4th-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yds Individual Stats RUSHING: NAU- Butler, N Dorsett, A Jountti, C ARIZ- Randall, J Wilson, N Dawkins, B Baker, J Green, Z Werlinger, Z Solomon, A Haden, J PASSING: NAU- Cookus, C Poe, K ARIZ- Solomon, A Randall, J RECEIVING: NAU- Butler, E Walker, D Rickert, R Holmes, A ARIZ- Richards, D Grant, S Phillips, N Jakcson, J Jones, C Haden INTERCEPTIONS: NAU- none. ARIZ- Neal, D Flanigan-Fowles, D Denson, C FUMBLES: NAU- none. ARIZ- none. SACKS (UA-A): NAU- Murphy, N Smith, J ARIZ- Lopez, A Fuimaono, S Denson, C Zellers, P TM Arizona Notebook» The Wildcats set a new school record scoring 77 points against NAU on Saturday night.the previous record was 74 points (74-0) against UTEP in 1921.» Arizona s 64-point victory tonight goes down as its fourth largest margin of victory in program history.» The Wildcats recorded a school-record 792 yards of total offense on Saturday night. The previous record 787 yards vs. UNLV on Aug. 29, 2014» With the win, Rich Rodriguez is now a perfect 12-0 in regular season non-conference contestswhile at Arizona.» Fifteen of Arizona s 24 scoring drives this season have been under two minutes. Seven of 11 scoring drives tonight were under two minutes Arizona Football Gildan New Mexico Bowl Guide 18

19 Game 4: Recap vs. No. 9 UCLA Arizona Falls to Ninth-Ranked UCLA Game 4» No. 9 UCLA (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) vs. No. 16 Arizona (3-1, 0-1 Pac-12) Date... Saturday, Sept. 26 Time... 5:22 p.m. (MST) Location...Tucson, Ariz. Stadium... Arizona Stadium (56,004) Surface... FieldTurf Television...ABC All-Time Series...UCLA now leads, In Tucson... Arizona now leads, Previous Meeting...UCLA 17, UA 7... Nov. 1, 2014 (Los Angeles, Calif.) Streak...UCLA has now won four straight Score by Quarters F UCLA Arizona TUCSON, Ariz--- Despite pounding out 350 rushing yards and 456 total yards of offense, the Arizona Wildcats dropped their Pac-12 opener Saturday night to UCLA. Sophomore Nick Wilson churned out 136 yards on 24 carries and quarterback Jerrard Randall added 128 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries, but it wasn t enough to overcome a strong offensive performance by the Bruins. Led by freshman quarterback Josh Rosen, UCLA posted 497 yards of total offense and built a lead by halftime. The Wildcats (3-1, 0-1 Pac-12) committed three first-half turnovers and the Bruins scored a touchdown on the ensuing drive each time. There were some unforced errors, certainly, Coach Rich Rodriguez said after the game. You have to give them credit for the way they played. But you could see at times we were pressing a little too much, instead of just playing and not worrying about scenarios. On Arizona s first drive of the game, that didn t seem like an issue. Anu Solomon orchestrated a 10-play, 75-yard drive that resulted in a 34-yard touchdown pass from Solomon to junior Nate Phillips to give Arizona an early 7-0 lead. But Rosen and the Bruins responded right away. The freshman quarterback found Thomas Duarte for a 35-yard touchdown to tie the game up. On Arizona s next drive, Solomon couldn t corral a snap that sailed over his head and UCLA recovered at the Wildcats 16-yard line. One play later, Bruins running back Paul Perkins scored on a 16-yard touchdown to give UCLA (4-0, 1-0) its first lead of the game. The Bruins never gave it back. Scoring Summary First Quarter ARIZ (7-0) Phillips, N. 34-yd pass from Solomon, A. (Skowron kick) Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 2:40 TOP, 12:20 left UCLA (7-7) Duarte 35-yd pass from Rosen (Fairbain kick) Drive: 5 plays, 45 yards, 2:12 TOP, 9:59 left UCLA (7-14) Perkins 16-yd run (Fairbairn kick) Drive: 1 plays, 16 yards, 0:07 TOP, 8:31 left Second Quarter UCLA (7-21) Perkins 1-yd run (Fairbairn kick) Drive: 7 plays, 50 yards, 2:27 TOP, 14:36 left UCLA (7-28) Payton 5-yd pass from Rosen (Fairbarin kick) Drive: 5 plays, 30 yards, 1:32 TOP, 12:20 left ARIZ(14-28) Randall, J. 39-yd run (Skowron kick) Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:46 TOP, 10:34 left UCLA (14-35) Starks 3-yd run (Fairbairn kick) Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 3:53 TOP, 6:41 left UCLA (14-42) Perkins 1-yd run (Fairbairn kick) Drive: 6 plays, 64 yards, 2:25 TOP, 3:08 left Third Quarter ARIZ (20-42) Richards, D. 16-yd pass from Randall (Skowron, C. kick failed) Drive: 8 plays, 44 yards, 2:09 TOP, 11:05 left ARIZ (23-42) Skowron, C. 44-yd field goal Drive: 11 plays, 24 yards, 3:51 TOP, 5:54 left UCLA (23-49) Rosen 8-yd run Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 2:51 TOP, 3:39 left Fourth Quarter UCLA (56-23) Jamabo 10-yd run (Fairbairn kick) Drive: 11 plays, 88 yards, 5:55 TOP, 3:37 left ARIZ (56-28) Baker, J. 2-yd run (Skowron, C. kick) Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 2:25 TOP, 1:12 left UCLA extended its lead to 21-7 early in the second quarter when Perkins scored from one yard out. The Wildcats again ran into turnover trouble on their next drive and fumbled on their third play. UCLA s Deon Hollins pounced on the ball, setting the Bruins up at Arizona s 30-yard line. Rosen and the Bruins worked it down to the 5-yard line before the quarterback hit Jordan Payton for a touchdown and a 28-7 lead. Following the Rosen to Payton touchdown, Arizona worked the ball into UCLA territory on a 12-yard run by Solomon. But on the play, the quarterback took a hit above the shoulders and exited. At halftime, Rodriguez told ABC Sports that Solomon likely wouldn t return. Randall entered for Solomon and scored on a 39-yard rush on his first play from scrimmage. He showed off his speed that helped him gain 149 yards on just three carries last week against Northern Arizona. Randall s touchdown dash infused some energy into the 56,004 fans at Arizona Stadium, but it didn t seemto bother Rosen. He led the Bruins on a 75-yard drive midway through the second to answer Randall s touchdown and make the score One drive later, Perkins scored his third touchdown of the half when he plunged in from a yard out to make it Arizona had a chance to cut into the lead one last time before half, but missed a field goal as time expired. The Wildcats scored the first nine points of the second half to put a scare into the Bruins. Randall found David Richards for a 16-yard touchdown on Arizona s first drive. Casey Skowron then hit a 44-yard field goal to make it But again Rosen responded with a 75-yard drive, this time needing eight plays and scored on an 8-yard rush. The two teams then traded touchdowns in the fourth quarter for the final result. Team Stats Category UCLA ARIZ First Downs Rushes-Yds (NET) Passing Yds (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int Total Offense Plays-Yds Fumble Returns-Yds Punt Returns-Yds Kickoff Returns-Yds Interception Returns-Yds Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yds Possession Time 31:55 28:05 3rd-Down Conversions 11 of 15 8 of 16 4th-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yds Individual Stats RUSHING: Arizona- Wilson, N ; Randall, J ; Baker, J ; Solomon, A. 7-47; Dawkins, B. 1-4 ; Team UCLA- Jamabo 9-96; Perkins 24-85; Starks 5-28; Rosen 4-7; Johnson, M. 1-1; Olorunfunmi 2- -1; Team PASSING: Arizona- Randall, J ; Solomon, A ; Dawkins, B UCLA- Rosen RECEIVING: Arizona-Jones, C. 4-44; Phillips, N. 2-37; Richards, D. 1-16; Jackson, J. 1-9; Wilson, N. 1-0; Cobb, J ; Dawkins, B UCLA- Payton 7-136; Duarte 4-65; Andrews 3-40; Perkins 1-17; Walker 1-11; Scott 1-7; Starks 1-5; Lese 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS: Arizona-none. UCLA- Adams FUMBLES: Arizona- none. UCLA- Hollins 2-0. SACKS (UA-A): Arizona- Jones, T. 1-0; Bruno, L UCLA- Goodman, 1-0. Arizona Notebook» The Wildcats are now 3-2 against APTop-10 opponents at home under head coach Rich Rodriguez.» UA s offense turned the ball over three times Saturday night (two fumbles, one interception). It marked the first time Arizona recorded three-plus turnovers since Nov. 17, 2014 vs. Washington (3).» Arizona is now 8-0 when Nick Wilson runs for 100 yards or more in his career.» With Nate Phillips 34-yard touchdown reception with 12:20 remaining in the opening quarter, Arizona or its opponents have scored a touchdown within the first three minutes of the game in 10 of the last 17 contests.» Jerrard Randall recorded his first career touchdown pass with a 16-yard strike to David Richards with 11:05 remaining in the third quarter. He had rushed for four touchdowns before recording his first passing score. The Wildcats did get some good news in the setback. Scooby Wright played his first game since suffering a knee injury in the first game of the season against UTSA. The junior finished with seven tackles and was active for all four quarters. Tell them... tell the team to bear down. John Byrd Button Salmon,

20 Game 5: Recap at No. 18 Stanford Wildcats Drop Second Straight at Stanford Game 5» Arizona (3-2, 0-2 Pac-12) at No. 18 Stanford (4-1, 3-0 Pac-12) Date...Saturday, Oct. 3 Time... 5:37 p.m. (PDT) Location...Stanford, Calif. Stadium... Arizona Stadium (46,628) Surface... Grass Television... Pac-12 Networks All-Time Series... Stanford now leads, In Palo Alto...Stanford now leads, 8-7 Previous Meeting...Stanford 54, UA 48...Oct. 6, 2012 (Stanford, Calif.) Streak..Stanford has now won four straight Scoring Summary Score by Quarters F Arizona Stanford First Quarter STAN (0-3) Ukropina 38-yd field goal Drive: 9 plays, 43 yards, 4:10 TOP, 10:50 left STAN (0-6) Ukropina 41-yd field goal Drive: 7 plays, 65 yards, 3:42 TOP, 5:31 left STAN (0-13) McCaffrey, C. 4-yd run (Ukropina kick) Drive: 7 plays, 63 yards, 3:31 TOP, 0:48 left Second Quarter ARIZ (3-13) Skowron, C. 26-yd field goal Drive: 20 plays, 73 yards, 7:04 TOP, 8:44 left STAN (3-20) Wright, R. 1-yd run (Ukropina kick) Drive: 10 plays, 69 yards, 4:59 TOP, 3:45 left STAN (3-27) Wright, R. 16-yd pass from Hogan, K. (Ukropina kick) Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards, 1:15 TOP, 1:19 left Third Quarter ARIZ (10-27) Jackson, J. 15-yd pass from Randall, J. (Skowron kick) Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 2:43 TOP, 12:17 left STAN (10-34) Wright, R. 1-yd run (Ukropina kick) Drive: 7 plays, 29 yards, 4:21 TOP, 7:56 left STAN (10-41) Rector, M. 18-yd pass from Hogan, K. (Ukropina kick) Drive: 5 plays, 77 yards, 2:28 TOP, 4:39 left ARIZ (17-41) Wilson, N. 1-yd run (Skowron kick) Drive: 11 plays, 73 yards, 2:56 TOP, 1:43 left STAN (17-48) Sanders, B. 65-yd run (Ukropina kick) Drive: 1 play, 65 yards, 0:18 TOP, 1:25 left Fourth Quarter STAN (17-55) Stallworth, R. 6-yd pass from Chryst, K. (Ukropina kick) Drive: 11 plays, 57 yards, 6:44 TOP, 4:03 left STANFORD, Calif. -- Quarterback Jerrard Randall accounted for 245 yards of total offense in his first career start Saturday night, but the Arizona Wildcats dropped their second straight game, losing at Stanford. Randall, a senior from Hollywood, Florida, was 15 for 28 for 178 yards and one touchdown to senior Johnny Jackson. He added 67 rushing yards on nine carries. The quarterback started in place of sophomore Anu Solomon, who missed the game with a concussion. We have to evaulate everything, Coach Rich Rodriguez said. We have to be better. We have to control what we can control and that s playing better football. Nick Wilson added his sixth rushing touchdown of the season and 22nd of his career, which is the seventh-most in Arizona history. Senior free safety Jamar Allah led the team with 11 tackles. Stanford (4-1, 3-0 Pac-12) won its fourth straight game, using a strong effort from senior quarterback Kevin Hogan. Hogan completed 17 of 19 passes for 217 yards and two touchdowns. He was aided in the backfield by running back Christian McCaffrey, who had 156 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries. Arizona, playing without several key defensive players, including All-American linebacker Scooby Wright and starter Derrick Turituri, had trouble stopping Hogan and the Cardinal early in the game. Stanford went 43 yards on nine plays on the opening drive of the game and got a 38-yard field goal from Conrad Ukropina to open the scoring. After an Arizona punt, Stanford went right back to work, driving 65 yards on seven plays. Again, the Wildcats (3-2, 0-2) were able to hold the Cardinal to a field goal, and Ukropina knocked in one from 41 yards out. The Wildcats went three-and-out on their second offensive series, giving the ball back to Hogan and Stanford. This time, the Cardinal didn t settle for a field goal. Hogan drove the team 63 yards on seven plays and McCaffrey finished off the drive with a 4-yard touchdown to make it The drive seemed to wake up Arizona s offense and Randall started to get comfortable in his first start. He directed a 20-play drive that went 73 yards and spanned 7 minutes and 34 seconds. But the Wildcats had to settle for a 26-yard field goal after not being able to convert a third down. Stanford kept rolling offensively and added two more touchdowns before halftime. Senior Remound Wright scored on a 1-yard run with 3:45 left in the half and then caught a 16-yard pass from Hogan with 1:19 left to make it 27-3 at halftime. Randall hooked up with Jackson on a 15-yard score early in the third quarter to cut the deficit to 17, but the Wildcats never got any closer. Wright again scored from one yard out and Hogan threw his second touchdown pass to senior Michael Rector to make the score All total, Stanford scored points on eight straight possessions, including six straight touchdowns after the two early field goals. The Cardinal s first punt didn t come until the 11:44 mark of the fourth quarter. The Wildcats also gave freshman quarterback Brandon Dawkins a look in the loss with Solomon sidelined. Dawkins was 2 for 5 for 17 yards. Jackson led the Wildcats with five catches for 84 yards and the touchdown. Samajie Grant had three grabs for 35 yards. Team Stats Category Arizona Stanford First Downs Rushes-Yds (NET) Passing Yds (NET) Comp-Pass Attempts-Int Total Offense Plays-Yds Fumble Returns-Yds Punt Returns-Yds Kickoff Returns-Yds Interception Returns-Yds Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yds Possession Time 22:41 37:19 3rd-Down Conversions 8 of 17 7 of 11 4th-Down Conversions 1 of 2 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yds Individual Stats RUSHING: ARIZONA- Randall, J. 9-67; Wilson, N ; Dawkins, B. 6-6; Bradford, O STANFORD- McCaffrey, C ; Sanders, B. 4-76; Love, B. 5-40; Wright, R ; McFadden, P. 3-10; Chryst, K. 3-2; Burns, R. 1-2; Hogan, K. 2-1; TEAM PASSING: ARIZONA- Randall, J ; Dawkins, B STANFORD- Hogan, K ; Chryst, K RECEIVING: ARIZONA- Jackson, J. 5-84; Grant, S. 3-35; Jones, C. 3-28; Richards, D. 3-23; Ellison, T. 1-13; Phillips, N. 1-8; Haden, J STANFORD- Rector, M. 4-72; Irwin, T. 4-53; Cajuste, D. 3-49; Owusu, F. 3-31; McCaffrey, C. 2-11; Love, B. 2-5; Wright, R. 1-16; Taboada, G. 1-13; Stallworth, R INTERCEPTIONS: ARIZONA- none. STANFORD- none FUMBLES: ARIZONA- none. STANFORD- none. SACKS (UA-A): ARIZONA- Gilbert, R. 1-0; Jones, T. 0-1; Matthews, J STANFORD- Shittu, A. 1-0; Kalambayi 0-1; Tyler, M Arizona Notebook» Coming into Saturday night s game the Wildcats had won six straight games as an unranked team going back to That streak was snapped with the loss tonight.» UA has lost back-to-back contests for just the first time since 2013 (UCLA and Washington State).» The Wildcats drop just their second true road contest over their last seven going back to last season.» Senior safety Jamar Allah recorded a new career-high 11 tackles on Sat- urday. His previous best was nine tackles in the opener vs. UTSA.» Before Saturday night s contest, Arizona had scored in 22 consecutive quarters going back to last season, which was the longest such streak until at least That streak was snapped after Arizona was blanked in the first period Arizona Football Gildan New Mexico Bowl Guide

21 Game 6 Recap: vs. Oregon State Arizona Runs Past Oregon State, 44-7 Game 6» Oregon State (2-3, 0-2 Pac-12) at Arizona (4-2, 1-2 Pac-12) Date... Saturday, Oct. 10 Time... 1:00 p.m. (PDT) Location...Tucson, Ariz. Stadium... Arizona Stadium (52,987) Surface... FieldTurf Television...Fox Sports 1 All-Time Series... UA now leads, in Tucson... UA now leads, 12-6 Previous Meeting... Oregon State 38 UA 35...Sept. 29, 2012 (Tucson, Ariz.) Streak... Arizona, Won 1 Scoring Summary 7 44 Score by Quarters F Oregon St Arizona First Quarter ARIZ (0-7) Wilson, N. 3-yd run (Skowron kick) Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 1:58 TOP, 13:02 left ARIZ (0-10) Skowron, C. 37-yd field goal Drive: 6 plays, 74 yards, 1:58 TOP, 5:19 left ARIZ (0-13) Skowron, C. 27-yd field goal Drive: 9 plays, 61 yards, 2:48 TOP, 0:52 left Second Quarter OSU (7-13) Collins, S. 17-yd run (Owens kick) Drive: 12 plays, 88 yards, 4:46 TOP, 10:59 left ARIZ (7-20) Wilson, N. 7-yd run (Skowron kick) Drive: 2 plays, 77 yards, 0:35 TOP, 10:17 left ARIZ (7-27) Bradford, O. 1-yd run (Skowron kick) Drive: 1 plays, 1 yard, 0:04 TOP, 9:06 left ARIZ (7-34) Bradford, O. 2-yd run (Skowron kick) Drive: 15 plays, 65 yards, 4:36 TOP, 3:44 left Third Quarter ARIZ (7-37) Skowron, C. 20-yd field goal Drive: 10 plays, 76 yards, 3:23 TOP, 9:25 left ARIZ (7-44) Bradford, O. 6-yd run (Skowron kick) Drive: 6 plays, 45 yards, 2:32 TOP, 4:37 left Team Stats Category Oregon St. Arizona First Downs Rushes-Yds (NET) Passing Yds (NET) Comp-Pass Attempts-Int Total Offense Plays-Yds Fumble Returns-Yds Punt Returns-Yds Kickoff Returns-Yds Interception Returns-Yds Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yds Possession Time 24:14 35:46 3rd-Down Conversions 5 of of 19 4th-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yds Individual Stats RUSHING: OREGON STATE- Woods, S. 9-61; Collins, S ; Nall, R. 8-30; Lucas, P. 3-13; McMaryion, M ARIZONA- Baker, J ; Bradford, O ; Wilson, N ; Randall, J. 6-49; Haden, J. 5-31; Dawkins, B. 2-17; Johnson, T. 1-8; Solomon, A ; TEAM PASSING: OREGON STATE- Collins, S ; McMaryion, M ; VanderVeen, B ARIZONA- Solomon, A TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Anu Solomon returned from a one-game absence and re-ignited the Arizona offense in the Wildcats 44-7 rout of Oregon State on Saturday. The redshirt sophomore and second-year starter, who sat out last week s loss at Stanford because of a concussion, completed 17 of 30 passes for 276 yards, before sitting out the fourth quarter. The Wildcats (4-2, 1-2 Pac-12) amassed 645 yards to 249 for the Beavers (2-3, 0-2). Arizona rushed for 368 yards. Jared Baker led the way with 123, 70 on one play. Orlando Bradford gained 83 yards and scored three touchdowns. Nick Wilson, the Pac-12 s leading rusher entering the weekend, ran for 78 and scored twice. Beavers freshman Seth Collins was 8 for 24 for 56 yards with one interception, ran for 56 yards and scored the Oregon State touchdown. Collins and his top receiver Jordan Villamin left the game with injuries in the first half, Collins limping into the locker room before the second quarter ended. But both of them returned to start the second half. The Wildcats took the opening kickoff and needed just 2:06 to go 75 yards in nine plays, the big one a 50-yard pass from Solomon to wide open David Richards. Wilson capped the drive with a three-yard run. Arizona s next two drives stalled, and the Wildcats settled for a pair of field goals by Casey Skowron. Oregon State was down only 13-7 after Collins burst up the middle 17 yards for a touchdown with 10:59 left in the first half, and it looked like the Beavers might make it competitive in their bid to give first-year coach Gary Andersen his first Pac-12 win. But the Wildcats, the defending Pac-12 South champions who were outscored in losses to UCLA and Stanford, scored the next 31 points. The first 14 of them came on three plays from scrimmage. After Oregon State s kickoff, Baker ran through a big opening up the middle for 70 yards, setting up Wilson s 7-yard touchdown run. On the Beavers next possession, defensive lineman Anthony Fotu tipped Collins pass into the air, then gathered the ball in and rumbled six yards to the Oregon State 1. Bradford scored from there, making it Arizona got one more touchdown before halftime, converting on third down four times in a 15-play, 65-yard drive. Solomon threw 11 yards to Richards on third-and-10, then threw 18 yards to Cayleb Jones to the Beavers 3. Bradford scored two plays later from the 1 and the Wildcats led 34-7 at the half. RECEIVING: OREGON STATE- Bolden, V. 3-34; Villamin, J. 3-21; Jarmon, H. 2-17; VanderVeen, B. 1-14; Guyton, D. 1-6; Hawkins, X. 1-5; Woods, S ARIZONA- Jones, C. 4-29; Phillips, N. 4-26; Jackson, J. 3-92; Grant, S. 3-42; Richards, D. 2-61; Wilson, N. 1-22; Solomon, A INTERCEPTIONS: OREGON STATE- None. ARIZONA- Fotu, A FUMBLES: OREGON STATE- none ARIZONA- none SACKS (UA-A): OREGON STATE- Barnett, L.1-0. ARIZONA- Matthews, J. 0-1 Arizona Notebook» Saturday s win marked Rich Rodriguez s 150th ( ) of his ca- reer and his 30th at Arizona (30-16). He becomes the second fastest Arizona coach to reach the 30-win plateau in the modern era.» The victory snapped what was three-game overall losing streak to Oregon State and a six-game losing skid in Tucson. Arizona s last win over Oregon State came on Sept. 26, 2009, while its last home win over the Beavers came on Nov. 8, 1997.» Arizona s 34 first half points were the most first half points the Cats had scored in the first half against a conference opponent since putting up 42 first half points on UCLA on Oct. 20, 2011.» The seven points allowed on Saturday was the least amount of points an Arizona defense has surrendered to a league opponent since giving up seven at Washington State on Nov. 7, (W, 48-7). Tell them... tell the team to bear down. John Byrd Button Salmon,

22 Game 7: Recap at Colorado Baker, Randall Lead Arizona Past Colorado Game 7» Arizona (5-2, 2-2 Pac-12) at Colorado (3-4, 0-3 Pac-12) Date...Saturday, Oct. 3 Time... 5:37 p.m. (PDT) Location...Stanford, Calif. Stadium... Arizona Stadium (46,628) Surface... Grass Television... Pac-12 Networks All-Time Series... Stanford now leads, In Palo Alto...Stanford now leads, 8-7 Previous Meeting...Stanford 54, UA 48...Oct. 6, 2012 (Stanford, Calif.) Streak..Stanford has now won four straight Scoring Summary Score by Quarters F Arizona Colorado First Quarter ARIZ (3-0) Skowron, C. 48-yd field goal Drive: 6 plays, 44 yards, 0:59 TOP, 14:01 left ARIZ (10-0) Baker, J. 79-yd run (Skowron kick) Drive: 2 plays, 82 yards, 0:32 TOP, 10:15 left COLO (10-7) Fields, S. 72-yd pass from Liufau, S. (Gonzales kick) Drive: 2 plays, 74 yards, 0:37 TOP, 9:31 left ARIZ (17-7) Kern, J. 5-yd pass from Solomon, A. (Skowron kick) Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 1:38 TOP, 7:53 left Second Quarter COLO (17-10) Gonzales, D. 20-yd field goal COLO (17-17) Liufau, S. 2-yd run (Gonzales kick) Third Quarter COLO (17-24) Liufau, S. 4-yd run (Gonzales kick) Drive: 12 plays, 48 yards, 5:10 TOP, 13:30 left Drive: 5 plays, 24 yards, 1:55 TOP, 2:26 left Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 3:04 TOP, 11:51 left Team Stats Category Arizona Colorado First Downs Rushes-Yds (NET) Passing Yds (NET) Comp-Pass Attempts-Int Total Offense Plays-Yds Fumble Returns-Yds Punt Returns-Yds Kickoff Returns-Yds Interception Returns-Yds Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yds Possession Time 26:58 33:02 3rd-Down Conversions 8 of 17 6 of 18 4th-Down Conversions 0 of 0 2 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yds Individual Stats RUSHING: ARIZONA- Baker, J ; Randall, J ; Johnson, T. 3-16; Solomon, A ; TEAM COLO- RADO- Lindasy, P ; Carr, P. 7-28; Liufau, S ; Donovan, L. 1-4; Powell, C. 1-1; Fields, S PASSING: ARIZONA- Solomon, A ; Randall, J COLORADO- Liufau, S Fourth Quarter ARIZ (24-24) Baker, J. 45-yd run (Skowron kick) ARIZ (31-24) Baker, J. 25-yd pass from Solomon, A. (Skowron kick) ARIZ (38-24) Randall, J. 1-yd run (Skowron kick) COLO (38-31) Fields, S. 30-yd pass from Liufau, S. (Gonzalez kick) BOULDER, Colo. - Back when he was attending Loyola High School in Los Angeles, Jared Baker was a bona fide track star, shining in the premier sprinting events. So on Saturday, when quarterback Jerrard Randall and the Arizona Wildcats turned their road game at Colorado into a fourth-quarter track meet, Baker felt right at home. The redshirt senior running back rushed for 207 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries and Randall added 81 yards on 11 carries as the visiting Wildcats ran past the Buffaloes in a victory. Baker and Randall combined for 148 yards and three touchdowns in the final quarter to lock up the win for the Wildcats, now winners of two straight. Randall, a senior from Hollywood, Florida, entered the game near the end of the third quarter with the Wildcats trailing and instantly brought momentum to Arizona s side. Sophomore Anu Solomon started for the Wildcats and was effective, throwing for 283 yards. But with Colorado showing a defensive alignment that allowed some room to run, coach Rich Rodriguez opted to bring Randall in and show a change of pace. Number eight came in and gave us a little lift, Rodriguez said of Randall in his postgame radio interview. The way they were playing us, we thought Jerrard would have some opportunities to get some runs and open our run game up. The coach was spot-on. On his first drive, Randall moved the Wildcats 97 yards in just 90 seconds. Baker scored on a 45-yard rush on Arizona s sixth play of the drive to tie the game at 24. Randall had rushes of 15, 18 and 12 on that drive before Baker s touchdown. The Arizona defense then forced Colorado to punt, giving the ball right back to Randall and the Wildcats. Randall again found chunks of yards on the ground and hooked up with Cayleb Jones for a 31-yard pass, getting Arizona down to the 25-yard line. But after gaining seven yards, Randall was taken down hard and was forced to head to the sideline. Solomon came back in and immediately threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Baker on a wheel route to give the Wildcats the lead. Twelve came back in and didn t hang his head, Rodriguez said of Solomon, who completed 22 of 37 passes and threw touchdown passes to Baker and tight end Josh Kern. Leading 31-24, Arizona s defense again stopped Colorado, setting up the Wildcats at the Buffaloes 35-yard line. Randall re-entered and he and Baker touched the ball the next seven plays with the quarterback pounding it in from one yard out to give Arizona a 14-point lead with just less than five minutes to play. The O-line was blocking so well tonight, things were just opening up, Baker said. Drive: 6 plays, 97 yards, 1:30 TOP, 14:24 left Drive: 8 plays, 94 yards, 2:44 TOP, 9:17 left Drive: 7 plays, 35 yards, 2:40 TOP, 4:40 left Drive: 11 plays, 73 yards, 2:14 TOP, 2:19 left Baker s 207 yards, a new career high, came one week after the senior ran for 123 yards on 10 carries against Oregon State. He s averaging 10 yards per carry over the past two games and filled in admirably for starter Nick Wilson, who missed the game with an injury. Jared ran well, Rodriguez said. Jared is a fast guy. When you give him a little bit of crease, he s able to take advantage of it. Randall has played in each of the last six games for the Wildcats and now has 534 rushing yards and five touchdowns on the season, showcasing his speed Arizona Football Gildan New Mexico Bowl Guide RECEIVING: ARIZONA- Phillips, N ; Jones, C. 6-94; Richards, D. 3-49; Baker, J. 3-40; Grant, S. 3-8; Kern, J. 2-15; Griffey, T. 1-7; Jackson, J COLORADO- Fields. S ; Spruce, N. 8-63; Bobo, B. 6-51; Irwin, S. 2-52; Lee, D. 2-5; Lindsay, P ; Ross, D INTERCEPTIONS: ARIZONA- none. COLORADO- none. FUMBLES: ARIZONA- Baker, J. 1-0; Solomon, A. 1-0; TEAM, 1-1; Griffey, T. 1-1; Randall, J. 1-0 COLORADO- Lee, D. 1-0; Ross, D. 1-0; Liufau, S. 1-0; Fields, S SACKS (UA-A): ARIZONA- Banda, J COLORADO- Watanabe, G. 1-0; Awuzie, C. 1-0; McCartney, D. 1-0; Solis, J Arizona Notebook» Arizona trailed entering the fourth quarter on Saturday night. The comeback win marked the first time the Wildcats have come back to win a game when trailing entering the fourth quarter since last year s epic comeback over California on Sept. 20, Arizona trailed entering that fourth quarter in that contest.» The comeback win also marked the first time the Wildcats had won a road contest when trailing at the end of three quarters since Nov. 17, 2012 at Utah. The Cats also trailed through three quarters in that contest (Won 34-24)» Arizona recorded over 600 yards of total offense for the second straight game (616). The Wildcats have accumulated 600-plus yards of total offense 13 times in program history. Nine of those times have come under head coach Rich Rodriguez.» Jack Banda collected his first two career sacks on Saturday.The last UA players to record two sacks in a game were Scooby Wright and Dan Pettinato last years vs. Arizona State (11/28/14)

23 Game 8 Recap: vs. Washington State Arizona s Comeback Bid Falls Short vs. Washington State Game 8» Washington State (5-2, 3-1 Pac-12) at Arizona (5-3, 2-3 Pac-12) Date...Saturday, Oct. 24 Time... 1:07 p.m. (PDT) Location...Tucson, Ariz. Stadium... Arizona Stadium (47,847) Surface... FieldTurf Television...Pac-12 Network All-Time Series... UA now leads, In Tucson... Arizona leads, 13-9 Previous Meeting... UA 59, WSU Oct. 25, 2014 (Pullman, Wash) Streak...UA has now won 6 of last 8 Scoring Summary Score by Quarters F WSU Arizona First Quarter WSU (7-0) Marks, G. 6 yd pass from Falk, L. (Powell kick) 10 plays, 78 yards, 4:32 TOP, 10:28 left WSU (14-0) Marks, G. 43 yd pass from Falk, L. (Powell kick) 4 plays, 80 yards, 1:09 TOP, 2:46 left Second Quarter ARIZ (14-7) Baker, J. 1 yd run (Skowron kick) 13 plays, 75 yards, 3:16 TOP, 14:30 left ARIZ (14-14) Phillips, N. 69 yd punt return (Skowron kick) 12:02 left WSU (14-21) Marks, G. 2 yd pass from Falk, L. (Powell kick) 9 plays, 78 yards, 3:45 TOP, 8:19 left WSU (14-28) Priester, K. 6 yd pass from Falk, L. (Powell kick) 4 plays, 23 yards, 1:21 TOP, 6:51 left ARIZ (21-28) Baker, J. 7 yd run (Skowron kick) 8 plays, 81 yards, 2:21 TOP, 4:22 left WSU (31-21) Powell, E. 25 yd field goal 13 plays, 67 yards, 3:58 TOP, 0:24 left Third Quarter WSU (38-21) Wicks, G. 1 yd run (Powell kick) 11 plays, 84 yards, 5:18 TOP, 8:34 left ARIZ (38-28) Jones, C. 3 yd pass from Randall, J. (Skowron kick) 11 plays, 80 yards, 3:48 TOP, 0:22 left Fourth Quarter ARIZ (38-35) Baker, J. 6 yd run (Skowron kick) 12 plays, 67 yards, 4:11 TOP, 8:07 left WSU (45-35) Marks, G. 9 yd pass from Falk, L. (Powell kick) 11 plays, 76 yards, 5:58 TOP, 2:03 left ARIZ (45-42) Jackson, J. 20 yd pass from Randall, J. (Skowron kick) 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:19 TOP, 0:44 left TUCSON, Ariz. Senior quarterback Jerrard Randall accounted for 242 yards of total offense and added two touchdowns, but the Arizona Wildcats dropped their Homecoming game to Washington State Saturday afternoon at Arizona Stadium. Randall threw two second half touchdowns, one to Cayleb Jones and another to Johnny Jackson, but the Wildcats couldn t overcome a Cougar offense that accounted for 631 yards of total offense and six touchdowns. Washington State quarterback Luke Falk completed 47 of 62 passes for 514 yards and five touchdowns. By halftime, Falk had 335 yards and four scores. Falk and the Cougars scored on their first drive of the game, marching 78 yards on 10 plays over 4 minutes and 32 seconds. The quarterback found Gabe Marks for a 6-yard score to give Washington State an early 7-0 lead. The Wildcats (5-3, 2-3 Pac-12) punted on their first two drives and the Cougars took over with 3:55 left in the opening quarter. This time, Falk and the Cougars (5-2, 3-1) needed just four plays to march 80 yards with the quarterback again hooking up with Marks for a touchdown. This time, Falk found Marks for a 43-yard score to make it 14-0 late in the first quarter. Arizona got on the scoreboard on its third possession of the game when the Wildcats went 75 yards on 13 plays and scored on a 1-yard run from senior running back Jared Baker. The Wildcats defense forced another Washington State punt with just more than 12 minutes left in the half. Cougars punter Zach Charme punted to Arizona junior receiver Nate Phillips, who busted through the Washington State punt team to return it 69 yards for a touchdown to tie the game But the Cougars scored on their next four drives with three touchdowns and a field goal. The first score of the bunch again came from Falk and Marks. The two finished off a nine-play, 78-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown pass to make it Arizona fumbled the ensuing kickoff, giving Washington State the ball at the 23-yard line. Washington State needed just four plays to reach the end zone when Falk found Kyrin Priester for a 6-yard touchdown to make it with 6:51 to play in the half. Baker cut it to a seven-point game when he scored from seven yards out with 4:22 to play in the first. But Washington State s Erik Powell connected on a 25-yard field goal with 24 seconds left in the half to extend the lead to 10 points. After a Homecoming halftime that honored former Arizona greats Ka Deem Carey and Bobby Wade, the Cougars again stretched their lead to 17 on their first possession of the second half. Gerard Wicks capped an 84-yard drive with a 1-yard score to make it Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez then opted to bring Randall into the game for starter Anu Solomon. For the second straight week, Solomon was productive, passing for 145 yards and rushing for 24 on three carries. But looking for a spark, the Arizona coach turned to Randall. The senior from Hollywood, Florida provided it, coming through with a 59-yard rush on his first possession. On his second, after a Washington State punt, he drove Arizona 80 yards on 11 plays and found Cayleb Jones for a 3-yard touchdown to make it The Wildcats got the ball back with the score the same and Randall again drove Arizona deep into Washington State territory. Baker scored from six yards out to cut it to It was Baker s third rushing touchdown of the game. But Falk and Marks connected one final time to put the game out of reach when Marks hauled in a 9-yard touchdown from Falk with 2:03 left in the game. Randall found Johnny Jackson for a 20-yard touchdown with 44 seconds left, but Arizona was unable to pounce on an onside kick, giving the ball back to Washington State. Randall finished 11 for 16 for 137 yards and two touchdowns and added 105 rushing yards on just 10 carries. He played the remainder of the game after taking over for Solomon. Jones finished with a season-high 131 yards on eight catches for his sixth career 100-yard game. The junior also threw a 25-yard pass to Trey Griffey on a trick play. Defensively for Arizona, Paul Magloire led the way with 11 tackles, including one for a loss. Jeff Worthy also had a strong game, compiling five tackles, 2.5 tackles-for-loss and 1.5 sacks. Team Stats Category WSU ARIZ First Downs Rushes-Yds (NET) Passing Yds (NET) Comp-Passes Att-Int Total Offense Plays-Yds Fumble Returns-Yds Punt Returns-Yds Kickoff Returns-Yds Interception Returns-Yds Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yds Possession Time 37:53 22:07 3rd-Down Conversions 10 of 16 9 of 14 4th-Down Conversions 1 of 2 1 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yds Individual Stats RUSHING: WSU- Morrow, J. 5-59; Wicks, G ; Harrington, K. 4-19; Falk, L. 9-16, TEAM ARIZONA- Randall, J ; Solomon, A. 3-24; Baker, J ; Grant, S. 1-21; Wilson, N. 6-8, TEAM PASSING: WSU- Falk, L ARIZONA- Solomon, A ; Randall, J ; Jones, C RECEIVING: WSU- Cracraft, R ; Marks, G. 8-97; Priester, K. 6-64; Lewis, R. 5-76; Williams, D. 5-36; Harrington, K. 5-35; Thompson, J. 4-32; Morrow, J. 3-25; Sweet, K. 2-39; Wicks, G ARIZONA- Jones, C ; Jackson, J. 5-64; Grant, S. 5-31; Griffey, T. 3-48; Phillips, N. 2-27; Richards, D INTERCEPTIONS: WSU- none. ARIZONA- none. FUMBLES: Arizona-Baker, Jared 1-1. Washington State-Halliday,Connor 3-0. SACKS (UA-A): WSU- none. ARIZONA- Worthy, J. 1-1; Gilbert, R Arizona Notebook» Nate Phillips 69-yard punt return for a touchdown in the sec- ond quarter was Arizona s first punt return for a touchdown since the since DaVonte Neal took a punt all the way back for six (81 yards) last year at Washington State on Oct. 25, 2014.» Cayleb Jones recorded a season-high 131 receiving yards on eight receptions on Saturday.The performance marks his sec- ond 100- plus yard receiving game of the year and his fifth of his career.» Jerrard Randall entered the game at quarterback in the third quarter. He busted off a 59- yard run during his first play from scrimmage. The run marks the third time this season that Ran- dall s first snap from scrimmage to start a game went for 39 yards or more (72-yd run vs. NAU, 39-yd run vs. UCLA, 59-yd run vs. Washington State).» Arizona falls to all-time on Homecoming Tell them... tell the team to bear down. John Byrd Button Salmon,

24 Game 9 Recap: at Washington Washington Shuts Down Arizona Game 9» Arizona (5-4, 2-4) at Washington (4-4, 2-3) Date...Saturday, Oct. 31 Time... 8:05 p.m. Location... Seattle, Wash. Stadium...Husky Stadium (56,749) Surface...Field Turf Television...Fox Sports 1 All-Time Series...UW now leads In Seattle... UW now leads 13-4 Previous Meeting... Arizona 27, UW 26...Nov. 15, 2014 (in Tucson) Streak... Home team has won last eight Scoring Summary 3 49 Score by Quarters F Arizona Washington First Quarter ARIZ (3-0) Skowron, C. 27-yd field goal 15 plays 65 yards, 5:21 TOP, 9:39 left WASH (3-7) Washington, D. 13-yd pass from Browning, J.(Van Winkle, C. kick) 6 plays, 80 yards, 2:43 TOP, 1:14 left Second Quarter WASH (3-14) Perkins, J. 13-yd pass from Browning, J. (Van Winkle, C. kick) 7 plays, 53 yards, 3:23 TOP, 9:29 left WASH (3-21) Brayden, L. 5-yd pass from Browning, J (Van Winkle, C. kick) 6 plays, 63 yards, 1:31 TOP, 0:54 left Third Quarter WASH (3-28) Pettis, D. 31-yd pass from Browning, J. (Van Winkle, C. kick) 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:54 TOP, 13:06 left WASH (3-35) Browning, J. 12-yd run (Van Winkle, C. kick) 3 plays, 21 yards, 1:14 TOP, 5:40 left WASH (3-42) Washington, D. 69-yd run (Van Winkle, C. kick) 3 plays, 80 yards, 1:17 TOP, 0:43 left Fourth Quarter WASH (3-49) Lindquist, J. 8-yd run (Van Winkle, C. kick) SEATTLE (AP) -- Jake Browning returned and ignited Washington s struggling offense. 11 plays, 82 yards, 6:17 TOP, 5:50 left Browning became the fifth Washington quarterback in the last 20 seasons to pass for four touchdowns in a game, added a fifth touchdown on a 12-yard run, and led the Huskies to a 49-3 rout of Arizona on Saturday night. After sitting out last week against Stanford with a shoulder injury, Browning was nearly flawless in leading the Huskies to their most lopsided conference victory since a 59-7 win over Colorado in Browning threw three first-half touchdowns as the Huskies (4-4, 2/3 Pac-12) built a 21-3 lead and added a 31-yard TD strike to Dante Pettis on the opening possession of the second half. Browning capped his night with his first career touchdown rushing to give the Huskies a 35-3 lead. Browning finished 16 of 24 passing for 263 yards. He joined Jake Locker, Keith Price, Brock Huard and Cody Pickett as the only Washington QBs with at least four touchdown passes in a game since Browning threw a pair of 13-yard touchdowns in the first half, first to Dwayne Washington out of the backfield and later to tight end Joshua Perkins. Browning added a 5-yard TD pass to Brayden Lenius with 54 seconds left in the first half that capped one of the Huskies most efficient drives of the season going 63 yards in just 91 seconds for a 21-3 lead. Dwayne Washington added a 69-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter and backup quarterback Jeff Lindquist provided the capper with an 8-yard TD run midway through the fourth quarter. The 49 points by Washington were the most against a conference opponent since putting up 63 on Oregon State late in the 2013 season. Arizona (5-4, 2-4) suffered its second straight loss, but unlike last week against Washington State when a comeback attempt fell short late, there was no fight from the Wildcats on a wet and blustery night. Arizona still needs one more victory to reach bowl eligibility but that won t be easy with games remaining against USC, Utah and Arizona State. Arizona was held to its lowest point output since getting shut out at Oregon in Washington sacked Arizona quarterbacks three times and forced four turnovers. Anu Solomon got the majority of the playing time at quarterback after it was expected that Jerrod Randall would get the call. Randall played sparingly in the first half before taking over late in the third quarter when the game was out of hand. After going 209 pass attempts this season without throwing an interception, Solomon threw two picks in his final 18 pass attempts of the first half. Solomon s 210th pass attempt of the season was intercepted by Sidney Jones late in the first quarter. Randall was later intercepted by Jojo McIntosh and Solomon was intercepted by Budda Baker on the final play of the first half on a desperation throw to the end zone. Solomon finished 18 of 31 passing for 160 yards. Arizona s 330 total yards were its second-fewest of the season. Team Stats Category ARIZ WASH First Downs Rushes-Yds (NET) Passing Yds (NET) Comp-Passes Att-Int Total Offense Plays-Yds Fumble Returns-Yds Punt Returns-Yds Kickoff Returns-Yds Interception Returns-Yds Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yds Possession Time 32:06 27:54 3rd-Down Conversions 6 of 18 5 of 11 4th-Down Conversions 1 of 4 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yds Individual Stats RUSHING: ARIZONA- Baker, J ; Randall, J ; Bradford, O. 4-11; Grant, S. 2-6; Solomon, A UW-Washington, D. 4-77; Gaskin, M ; McCatcher, C. 3-32; Cooper, D. 4-25; Lindquist, J. 4-18; Browning, J. 5-7; Dotson, J. 2-3, Team PASSING: ARIZONA- Solomon, A ; Randall, J UW- Browning, J ; Cooper, D RECEIVING: ARIZONA- Jackson, J. 6-29; Jones, C. 5-40; Richards, D. 5-37; Phillips, N. 3-56; Grant, S. 2-21; Kern, J. 1-8; Griffey, T. 1-7; Baker, J. 1-4; Johnson, T UW- Perkins, J. 4-58; Mickens, J. 3-56; Washington, D. 2-49; Renfro, I. 2-30; Pettis, D. 1-31; McClatcher, C. 1-12; Daniels, D. 1-11; Hall, M. 1-11; Lenius, B. 1-5; Browning, J INTERCEPTIONS: ARIZONA- none. UW- Littleton, C. 1-8; Jones, S. 1-17; Baker, B FUMBLES: ARIZONA- none. UW- Wooching, P SACKS (UA-A): ARIZONA- Miller, D. 1-0; Banda, J UW- Freeney, T. 2-0; Littleton 1-0; O Brien, C Arizona Notebook» Jared Baker ran for 67 yards on 19 carries on Saturday night, giving him 559 rushing yards for the season. He s the third UA rusher to accumulate 500-plus yards this season (Randall,Wilson). It s the first time thewildcats have boasted three or more 500-plus yard rushers in a season since 1991.» Before Anu Solomon s first quarter interception he had thrown 232 straight passes without an interception.that s now a new school record. The previous record was held by Nick Foles ( ), as he threw 208 straight passes without an interception.» With the loss, Arizona falls to all-time vs. Washington, while the Cats are now 4-13 all-time vs. the Dawgs up in Seattle.The home team in the series has won each of the last eight meetings now Arizona Football Gildan New Mexico Bowl Guide

25 Game 10: Recap at Southern California Trojans Rally Past Arizona Game 10» Arizona (5-5, 2-5 Pac-12) at USC (6-3, 4-2 Pac-12) Date... Saturday, Nov. 7 Time... 7:36 p.m. (PST) Location... Los Angeles, Calif. Stadium... LA Memorial Coliseum (76,309) Surface... Grass Television...ESPN All-Time Series... USC now leads, 31-8 In Los Angeles... USC now leads, 18-4 Previous Meeting...USC 28, Arizona Oct. 11, 2014 (Tucson, Ariz) Streak... USC has now won three straight Scoring Summary Score by Quarters F Arizona USC First Quarter ARIZ (7-0) Phillips, N. 9-yd pass from Solomon, A. (Skowron kick) 6 plays, 55 yards, 2:13 TOP, 5:46 left Second Quarter ARIZ (14-0) Richards, D. 3-yd pass from from Solomon, A. (Skowron kick) 7 plays, 60 yards, 1:37 TOP, 14:56 left USC (14-3) Wood, A. 25-yd field goal 8 plays, 65 yards, 3:18 TOP, 11:35 left USC (14-10) Smith-Schuster, J. 72-yd pass from Kessler, C. (Wood kick) 1 plays, 72 yards, 0:11 TOP, 9:15 left ARIZ (17-10) Skowron, C. 37-yd field goal 5 plays, 38 yards, 0:57 TOP, 8:12 left ARIZ (17-17) Jones II, R. 5-yd pass from Kessler, C. (Wood kick) 13 plays, 82 yards, 5:11 TOP, 2:56 left Third Quarter ARIZ (20-17) Skowron, C. 38-yd field goal 6 plays, 9 yards, 2:42 TOP, 10:51 left Fourth Quarter USC (20-24) Davis, J. 9-yd run (Wood kick) 7 plays, 50 yards, 2:31 TOP, 14:55 left ARIZ (23-24) Skowron, C. 44-yd field goal 7 plays, 54 yards, 2:21 TOP, 10:05 left USC (23-31) Jones II, R. 74-yd run (Wood kick) 2 plays, 80 yards, 0:37 TOP, 9:24 left USC (23-38) Davis, J. 16-yd run (Wood kick) 11 plays, 85 yards, 5:05 TOP, 2:36 left ARIZ (30-38) Jones, C. 4-yd pass from Solomon, A. (Skowron kick) 12 plays, 65 yards, 2:26 TOP, 00:10 left LOS ANGELES (AP)-- Ronald Jones II caught a touchdown pass and rushed for 177 yards, including a 74-yard scoring run late in Southern California s third straight victory, over Arizona on Saturday night. Cody Kessler passed for 243 yards and two touchdowns as the Trojans (6-3, 4-2 Pac-12) improved to 3-1 under interim coach Clay Helton and stayed in the race for the Pac-12 South title. Justin Davis rushed for 85 yards and two touchdowns during USC s 472-yard offensive performance. JuJu Smith-Schuster caught a 72-yard touchdown pass among his eight catches for 138 yards just five days after surgery on his broken right hand. Nate Phillips, David Richards and Cayleb Jones caught touchdown passes from Anu Solomon for the Wildcats (5-5, 2-5), who have lost three straight and five of seven. The defending Pac-12 South champions were officially eliminated from contention for a repeat. Solomon passed for 352 yards, and Johnny Jackson joined Phillips and Richards with at least 86 yards receiving apiece. Arizona still couldn t keep up with USC largely because its defense foundered again. After giving up 1,099 yards and 94 points in the previous two games, the Wildcats yielded 462 yards and all 38 points to USC during the final three quarters. USC erased an early 14-point deficit and took its first lead on Davis TD run on the opening snap of the fourth quarter. After Casey Skowron s third field goal trimmed USC s lead to with 10:05 to play, Jones burst through Arizona s defense for the longest TD run of the freshman s career. Jones broke LenDale White s 2003 single-game record for yards rushing by a USC freshman. While Jones and Davis both had big performances on the ground, Smith-Schuster produced a standout game in the same week he got a plate and a screw inserted in his hand. After two weeks of miserable performances and off-the-field uncertainty about coach Rich Rodriguez s future, Arizona improbably got off to an excellent start on the first chilly autumn night of the season at the Coliseum. Phillips caught a 9-yard TD pass in the first quarter, and Richards had a 3-yard scoring grab on the opening snap of the second. Arizona s defense held USC to 12 first-quarter yards and even recovered a fumble. A two-play sequence in the second quarter changed everything. John Plattenburg picked off a poorly thrown pass by Solomon at the Trojans 6 to kill another likely scoring drive, and Kessler then hit Smith-Schuster down the middle for an untouched score on the next snap. The Trojans mounted a tying 82-yard drive that ended with Jones 5-yard scoring grab shortly before halftime. After Arizona turned the ball over on downs at midfield in the third quarter, Davis scoring run put the Trojans ahead. Davis rushed for his second score with 2:36 to play. Cayleb Jones caught a TD pass with 10 seconds left, but Arizona s onside kick went out of bounds. Team Stats Category ARIZ USC First Downs Rushes-Yds (NET) Passing Yds (NET) Comp-Pass Attempts-Int Total Offense Plays-Yds Fumble Returns-Yds Punt Returns-Yds Kickoff Returns-Yds Interception Returns-Yds Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yds Possession Time 28:22 31:38 3rd-Down Conversions 4 of of 18 4th-Down Conversions 1 of 3 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yds Individual Stats RUSHING: ARIZONA- Baker, J ; Bradford, O. 6-7; Randall, J ; Solomon, A ; Grant, S USC- Jones II, R ; Davis, J ; Team 1- -2; Kessler, C PASSING: ARIZONA- Solomon, A USC- Kessler, C RECEIVING: ARIZONA- Richards, D. 9-86; Jackson, J. 8-89; Phillips, N. 6-94; Baker, J. 4-39; Grant, S. 2-19; Johnson, T. 1-21; Jones, C USC- Smith-Schuster, J ; Jackson, A. 4-45; Mitchell Jr., S. 4-22; Hampton, De-Quan 2-15; Petite, T. 1-18; McNamara, T. 1-6; Jones II, R. 1-5; Burnett, D INTERCEPTIONS: ARIZONA- none. USC- Plattenburg, J FUMBLES: ARIZONA- Matthews, J USCnone SACKS (UA-A): ARIZONA- Jones, T. 1-0; Lopez, A USC- Cravens, S. 1-0; Woods, A. 2-0; Pelon, C. 1-0; Gustin, P. 1-0; Green, R 0-1; Felix, S Arizona Notebook» Jake Matthews fumble recovery in the first quarter marked the Wildcats first forced turnover since Oct. 17 at Colorado.» Anu Solomon went competed 31 of 46 passes for 352 yards and three touchdowns. With the three touchdown tosses, Solomon moves into fifth place on UA s all-time career touchdown passes list with 44 (Dan White, ). He s now one away from matching Bruce Hill for fourth on the list (45). His 352 passing yards tonight gives him 5,776 for his career, which moves him up two spots to No. 6 on UA s all-time passing list. Keith Smith is fifth on the list with 5,972 career passing yards.» Casey Skowron s 12 points accounted for tonight gives him 78 points for the season and 201 for his career. Tonight s per- formance jumps him up three spots to No. 7 on UA s alltime scoring list.the 201 career points now ranks fifth best among all UA place-kickers. Tell them... tell the team to bear down. John Byrd Button Salmon,

26 Game 11 Recap: vs. #10 Utah Arizona Upsets 10th-Ranked Utah in Double Overtime, Game 11» No. 10 Utah (8-2, 5-2) at Arizona (6-5, 3-5) Date... Saturday, Nov. 14 Time... 8:05 p.m. (MST) Location...Tucson, Ariz Stadium... Arizona Stadium (48,912) Surface... FieldTurf Television...Fox Sports 1 All-Time Series... Utah now leads, In Tucson... Arizona now leads, Previous Meeting...Arizona 38, Utah 20...Nov. 22, 2014 Streak...UA has now won four straight Score by Quarters (2OT) F 10) Utah (3) 30 Arizona (10) 37 TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Backup quarterback Jerrard Randall completed one pass Saturday night. And, boy, was it a big one. Randall, playing in place of injured Anu Solomon, threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Nate Phillips on the first play of the second overtime and Arizona stunned Utah (No. 10 CFP, No. 10 AP) The loss knocked the Utes (8-2, 5-2 Pac-12) into a first-place tie in the Pac-12 with USC, and the Trojans hold the tiebreaker by beating Utah. Solomon passed for 277 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a season-high 86 yards for Arizona (6-5, 3-5) before leaving the game after a helmet-to-helmet hit with 9:25 left in regulation. No penalty was called. Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez said the victory has to be one of the best since I ve been here. Utah s Devontae Booker carried 34 times for 145 yards. The Utes star running back, who left the game in the third quarter and returned after a ride on the stationary bike, didn t have a run longer than 13 yards. Arizona s Caleb Jones caught five passes for 126 yards and a touchdown. The win snapped the Wildcats three-game losing streak and made them bowl eligible. Both of the Pac-12 one-loss teams went down to a second defeat. Oregon beat Stanford (No. 7 CFP, No. 7 AP) earlier Saturday. Arizona beat a Top 10 team for the fourth consecutive year under Rodriguez. It also was the Wildcats fourth straight win over Utah. Each team kicked a field goal in the first overtime. On the next play, Randall threw deep to Phillips, who gathered the pass in with his left hand and pulled it to his chest as he fell to the turf. I couldn t get nothing all night throwing the ball, Randall said, but I got that one touchdown. I think it was amazing. Utah drove to the 8-yard line in the second overtime but on second down Travis Wilson was sacked by Sani Fuimaono and Sir Thomas Jackson. On third-and-16 and fourth-and-16, Wilson s passes fell incomplete and the students rushed the field. The Utes trailed until the second play of the second half, when Wilson connected with Harrison Handley for a 59-yard touchdown. Andy Phillips 38-yard field goal increased the lead to Scoring Summary First Quarter ARIZ (0-3) Skowron, C. 47-yd field goal 6 plays, 50 yards, 2:06 TOP, 12:54 left ARIZ (0-10) Grant, S. 7-yd pass from Solomon, A. (Skowron kick) 7 plays, 68 yards, 1:54 TOP, 9:10 left UTAH (7-10) Booker, D. 1-yd run (Phillips kick) 13 plays, 75 yards, 6:28 TOP, 2:42 left ARIZ (7-17) Jones, C. 17-yd pass from Solomon, A. (Skowron kick) 4 plays, 73 yards, 1:20 TOP, 1:16 left Second Quarter UTAH (10-17) Phillips, A 34-yd field goal 13 plays, 51 yards, 6:08 TOP, 5:39 left ARIZ (10-20) Skowron, C. 40-yd field goal 9 plays, 52 yards, 3:14 TOP, 2:25 left UTAH (17-20) Scott, K. 2-yd pass from Wilson, T. (Phillips kick) 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:40 TOP, 0:45 left Third Quarter UTAH (24-20) Handley, H. 59-yd pass from Wilson, T. (Phillips kick) 2 plays, 62 yards, 0:43 TOP, 14:10 left UTAH (27-20) Phillips, A 38-yd field goal 12 plays, 60 yards, 5:49 TOP, 5:19 left ARIZ (27-27) Solomon, A. 6-yd run (Skowron kick) 3 plays, 72 yards, 1:10 TOP, 4:01 TOP Overtime UTAH (30-27) Phillips, A. 40-yd field goal 4 plays, 3 yards ARIZ (30-30) Skowron, C. 35-yd field goal 4 plays, 7 yards Double Overtime ARIZ (30-37) Phillips, N. 25-yd pass from Randall, J. (Skowron kick) 1 plays, 25 yards After the kickoff, Solomon threw short to Jones and the Arizona receiver reversed field. The 50-yard play moved the ball to the Utah 22. Solomon threw 16 yards to Johnny Jackson, then ran 6 yards for the touchdown to tie at 27 with 4:01 left in the third quarter. Solomon was injured at the end of a 9-yard run when he slid to the ground and was hit hard by Jason Fanaika. Replays showed it was a helmet-to-helmet hit, despite the absence of a penalty flag. Obviously he got hit in the head either by the turf or somebody else, Rodriguez said. Maybe the turf bounced up and hit him in his head. Arizona had leads of 10-0 and 17-7 in the first half. Utah cut the lead to three before halftime. Wilson connected with freshman Britain Covey on a 46-yard play to the Arizona 29. Two pass interference penalties moved the ball to the Wildcats 2 andkenneth Scott s leaping catch of Wilson s pass made it seconds before halftime. I felt like our biggest struggle was just containing Solomon, Utah cornerbackbrian Allen said. We made a couple of good plays but just couldn t contain him. Team Stats Category UTAH ARIZ First Downs Rushes-Yds (NET) Passing Yds (NET) Comp-Passes Att-Int Total Offense Plays-Yds Fumble Returns-Yds Punt Returns-Yds Kickoff Returns-Yds Interception Returns-Yds Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yds Possession Time 37:24 22:36 3rd-Down Conversions 8 of 17 3 of 11 4th-Down Conversions 1 of 2 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yds Individual Stats RUSHING: UTAH- Booker, D ; Williams, J. 7-37; Wilson, T ; Covey, B. 1-10; TEAM ARIZONA- Solomon, A ; Baker, J ; Wilson, N. 6-27; Randall, J ; TEAM PASSING: UTAH- Wilson, T ARIZONA- Solomon, A ; Randall, J RECEIVING: UTAH- Covey, B. 4-68; Poole, B. 4-34; Scott, K. 3-18; Booker, D. 3-15; Williams, J. 3-13; Handley, H. 2-69; Smith, T ARIZONA- Jones, C ; Grant, S. 3-65; Phillips, N. 3-46; Griffey, T. 2-20; Johnson, T. 2-2; Richards, D. 1-23; Jackson, J. 1-16; Baker, J INTERCEPTIONS: UTAH- Thomas, J. 1-0; Allen, B ARIZONA- Allah, J FUMBLES: UTAH- Booker, D ARIZONA- none. SACKS (UA-A): UTAH- none. ARIZONA- Gilbert, R. 1-0; Lopez, A. 1-0; Jones, T. 0-1; Fuimaono, S. 0-1; Worthy, J. 0-1; Jackson, S Arizona Notebook» The win is Arizona s highest ranked victory since taking down No. 2 Oregon on Oct. 2, 2015 (31-24), while it s the highest ranked home victory since defeating No. 5 Oregon on Nov. 23, 2013 (also senior day) inside Arizona Stadium (42-16).» The win gives Arizona its sixth victory of the season, making UA bowl eligible for the fourth straight season under Rich Rodriguez and the seventh time over the last eight seasons.» Tonight marked UA s first double overtime contest since Nov. 21, 2009 vs. Oregon intucson (L, 44-41).The game marked Arizona s first double overtime win since defeating California on Nov. 15, 1997 intucson.the Cats won in triple overtime on Oct. 14, 2000 vs.washington State intucson (53-47).» Arizona now has at least one win vs. an AP Top-10 team in 11 of the last 12 season. UA is now 4-3 against AP Top-10 ranked teams under Rich Rodriguez Arizona Football Gildan New Mexico Bowl Guide

27 Game 12 Recap: at Arizona State Arizona s Rally Falls Short at Arizona State Game 12» Arizona (6-6, 3-6 Pac-12) at Arizona State (6-5, 4-4 Pac-12) Date... Saturday, Nov. 21 Time... 1:40 p.m. (MST) Location... Tempe, Ariz. Stadium... Arizona Stadium (64,885) Surface... Grass Television...Fox Sports 1 All-Time Series.. Arizona now leads, At ASU... ASU leads, Previous Meeting...Arizona 42, ASU 35...Nov. 28, 2014 (at Tucson) Streak...Home team has won last 3 games Score by Quarters F Arizona Arizona St TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- Redshirt freshman quarterback Brandon Dawkins threw for 305 yards and ran for 78 more, nearly leading Arizona to a stunning comeback over rival Arizona State. The Sun Devils scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns to stop the Arizona rally and win the game Dawkins was elevated to backup duties with the injury to Anu Solomon and was inserted in the game in the second quarter due to starter Jerrard Randall s ineffectiveness. Dawkins rushed for a score in addition to a pair of passing TDs, including a 95-yard strike to Trey Griffey, the third longest play in Arizona history. Mike Bercovici threw for 315 yards and two touchdowns in his final home game and Arizona State returned two interceptions for touchdowns in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach. Arizona State (6-5, 4-4 Pac-12) sputtered offensively early before reeling off a string of big plays to build a 21-point halftime lead. Arizona (6-6, 3-6) managed to claw its way back within a touchdown, butkareem Orr returned an interception 21 yards for a touchdown and Lloyd Carrington returned another 38 yards for a score on the next series. Devin Lucien had nine catches for 190 yards for Arizona State, which had 565 yards of total offense to become bowl eligible for the fifth straight season. Last year s Territorial Cup was the de facto Pac-12 South championship. Unfulfilled expectations surrounded this game. Arizona and Arizona State both beat Top-10 teams, but also had three-game losing streaks. The Wildcats locked up a bowl berth last week; the Sun Devils need one more victory to become bowl eligible. A big problem for both teams all season has been defensive breakdowns -- they re among the two worst in the Pac but the defenses dominated early. Arizona State finally broke through with a big play, when Bercovici hit Lucien on a 58-yard pass to set up Demario Richard s bulldozing 8-yard touchdown run. Next possession, Bercovici and Lucien hooked up again, this time for a 59-yard touchdown. Bercovici followed with a mistake, throwing an interception to Cam Denson, who jumped the screen pass and raced in for a 21-yard touchdown. It did nothing to slow the Sun Devils down. Scoring Summary First Quarter ASU (0-7) Richard, D. 8-yd run (Gonzalez kick) plays, 66 yards, 0:55 TOP, 3:01 left ASU (0-7) Lucien, D. 59-yd pass from Bercovivi, M. (Gonzalez kick) 3 plays, 78 yards, 0:57 TOP, 1:07 left Second Quarter ARIZ (7-14) Denson, C. 21-yd interception return (Skowron kick) 14:27 left ASU (7-21) Bercovivi, M. 1-yd run (Gonzalez kick) 10 plays, 78 yards, 3:47 TOP, 10:33 left ARIZ (10-21) Skowron, C. 22-yd field goal 9 plays, 70 yards, 4:39 TOP, 5:47 left ASU (10-28) Harvey, J. 41-yd pass from Bercovici, M. (Gonzalez kick) 5 plays, 70 yards, 1:38 TOP, 4:00 left ASU (10-31) Gonzalez, Z. 29-yd field goal 6 plays, 67 yards, 2:22 TOP, 0:00 left Third Quarter ARIZ (13-31) Skowron, C. 37-yd field goal 6 plays, 21 yards, 2:11 TOP, 11:32 left ARIZ (16-31) Skowron, C. 46-yd field goal 9 plays, 63 yards, 3:17 TOP, 3:35 left ARIZ (23-31) Griffey, T. 95-yd pass from Dawkins, B. (Skowron kick) 2 plays, 97 yards, 0:54 TOP, 0:46 left Fourth Quarter ASU (23-38) Foster, D. 1-yd run (Gonzalez kick) 11 plays, 74 yards, 5:24 TOP, 10:14 left ARIZ (30-38) Johnson, T. 17-yd pass from Dawkins, B. (Skowron kick) 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:24 TOP, 6:50 left ASU (30-45) Orr, K. 21-yd interception return (Gonzalez kick) 3:33 left ASU (30-52) Carrington, L. 38-yd interception return (Gonzalez kick) 2:30 left ARIZ (37-52) Dawkins, B. 24-yd run (Skowron kick) 11 plays, 75 yards, 1:58 TOP, 0:33 left Bercovici scored on a 1-yard run on the next drive, then hit Jalen Harvey for his first career reception, a 41-yard touchdown. A 65-yard, multiple-tackle-breaking run by Kalen Ballage set up Zane Gonzalez s 29-yard field goal as the half ended. Arizona s offense stagnated without starting quarterback Anu Solomon, out with a concussion. Randall, as he has much of the season, repeatedly overthrew receivers on deep routes or threw too hard on short passes. He was 4 for 13 for 35 yards and lost a fumble before being replaced by Dawkins. The switch did little to change Arizona s fortunes in the first half. The Wildcats had 141 total yards -- six fewer than Lucien had receiving -- to trail Arizona s first two scoring drives stalled out and led to field goals by Casey Skowron, but Trey Griffey made sure he got to the end zone, zigzagging his way across the field for a 95-yard reception that pulled the Wildcats within But after laboring through the third quarter, Arizona State s offense work up just in time. The Sun Devils moved 74 yards in 11 plays to set up D.J. Foster s 1-yard touchdown run and push the lead back to 15. Dawkins found Tyrell Johnson for a 17-yard touchdown pass, but his two interceptions helped seal the Territorial Cup for the Sun Devils. Team Stats Category ARIZ ASU First Downs Rushes-Yds (NET) Passing Yds (NET) Comp-Passes Att-Int Total Offense Plays-Yds Fumble Returns-Yds Punt Returns-Yds Kickoff Returns-Yds Interception Returns-Yds Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yds Possession Time 27:36 32:24 3rd-Down Conversions 4 of 17 2 of 12 4th-Down Conversions 1 of 2 1 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yds Individual Stats RUSHING: ARIZONA- Dawkins, B ; J, Randall 4-22; Wilson, N. 6-7; Baker, J ASU- Ballage, K ; Richard, D ; Foster, D. 8-33; Bercovivi, M. 7-3; Team PASSING: ARIZONA- Dawkins, B ; Randall, J ASU- Bercovici, M RECEIVING: ARIZONA- Jackson, J. 7-80; Jones, C. 5-57; Griffey, T ; Phillips, N. 2-27; Johnson, T. 1-17; Richards, D. 1-9; Cloy Jr., D. 1-6; Baker, J ASU- Lucien, D ; White, T. 8-67; Harvey, J. 1-41; Foster, D. 1-14; Chambers, G. 1-5; Richard, D INTERCEPTIONS: ARIZONA- Denson, C ASU- Carrington, L. 1-38; Orr, K FUMBLES: ARIZONA- Neal, D. 1-0; ASU- Moeakiola, L SACKS (UA-A): ARIZONA- Miller, D. 1-0; Gilbert, R ASU- Fisco, S. 2-1; Longino, A. 1-1; Cherry, D. 1-0; Latu, V. 1-0; Wicker, J. 1-0; Calhoun, D Arizona Notebook Tell them... tell the team to bear down. John Byrd Button Salmon,