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The Arizona Wildcats college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Arizona in the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). Since the establishment of the team in 1893, Arizona has appeared in 21 bowl games and had 9 wins, 11 losses, and 1 tie for a .452 winning percentage.[1] The Wildcats played in two Bowl Coalition Era Bowls. The 1992 John Handcock Bowl (Sun Bowl) was a Tier 2 Bowl Coalition game. The 1993 Fiesta Bowl was a Tier 1 Bowl Coalition game. The December 2014 Fiesta Bowl was part of the CFP\New Year's Six system.

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Post-season games[edit]

List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach[A 1]
# Bowl Score[A 2] Date Season[A 3] Opponent[A 4] Stadium Location Attendance[2] Head coach
1 San Diego East-West Christmas Classic L 0–38 December 26, 1921 1921 Centre Praying Colonels Balboa Stadium San Diego 35,000‡ Pop McKale
2 Salad Bowl L 13–14 January 1, 1949 1948 Drake Montgomery Stadium Phoenix 43,000 Miles W. Casteel
3 Sun Bowl L 10–34 December 28, 1968 1968 Auburn Tigers Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso 27,062 Darrell Mudra
4 Fiesta Bowl L 10–16 December 25, 1979 1979 Pittsburgh Panthers Sun Devil Stadium Tempe 30,333 Tony Mason
5 Sun Bowl T 13–13 December 16, 1985 1985 Georgia Bulldogs Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso 30,333 Larry Smith
6 Aloha Bowl W 30–21 December 28, 1986 1986 North Carolina Tar Heels Aloha Stadium Honolulu 30,333 Larry Smith
7 Copper Bowl W 17–10 December 31, 1989 1989 North Carolina State Wolfpack Arizona Stadium Tucson 37,237 Dick Tomey
8 Aloha Bowl L 0–28 December 25, 1990 1990 Syracuse Orangemen Aloha Stadium Honolulu 41,450 Dick Tomey
Bowl Coalition Era
9 Sun Bowl*

(John Handcock Bowl) Tier 2 BC Game

L 15–20 December 31, 1992 1992 Baylor Bears Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso 31,337 Dick Tomey
10 Fiesta Bowl*

Tier 1 BC Game

W 29–0 January 1, 1994 1993 Miami Hurricanes Sun Devil Stadium Tempe 31,337 Dick Tomey
11 Freedom Bowl L 13–16 December 27, 1994 1994 Utah Utes Anaheim Stadium Anaheim 31,377 Dick Tomey
Bowl Alliance Era
12 Insight.com Bowl W 20–14 December 20, 1997 1997 New Mexico Lobos Arizona Stadium Tucson 49,385‡ Dick Tomey
Bowl Championship Series Era
13" Holiday Bowl W 23–20 December 30, 1998 1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers Qualcomm Stadium San Diego 65,354 Dick Tomey
14 Las Vegas Bowl W 31–21 December 20, 2008 2008 BYU Cougars Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas 40,047 Mike Stoops
15 Holiday Bowl L 0–33 December 30, 2009 2009 Nebraska Cornhuskers Qualcomm Stadium San Diego 64,607 Mike Stoops
16 Alamo Bowl L 10–36 December 29, 2010 2010 Oklahoma State Cowboys Alamodome San Antonio 57,593 Mike Stoops
17 New Mexico Bowl W 49–48 December 15, 2012 2012 Nevada Wolf Pack University Stadium Albuquerque 24,610 Rich Rodriguez
18 Independence Bowl W 42–19 December 31, 2013 2013 Boston College Eagles Independence Stadium Shreveport 36,917 Rich Rodriguez
College Football Playoff Era
19 Fiesta Bowl* (CFP New Year's Six) L 30–38 December 31, 2014 2014 Boise State Broncos University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale 66,896 Rich Rodriguez
20 New Mexico Bowl W 45–37 December 19, 2015 2015 New Mexico Lobos University Stadium (Albuquerque) Albuquerque 30,289 Rich Rodriguez
21 Foster Farms Bowl L 35–38 December 27, 2017 2017 Purdue Boilermakers Levi's Stadium Santa Clara 28,436 Rich Rodriguez
22 Alamo Bowl W 38–24 December 28, 2023 2023 Oklahoma Sooners Alamodome San Antonio 55,853 Jedd Fisch

Record by bowl game and opponents[edit]

Bowl Name # Appearances Record
Advocare V100 1 2013 1–0
Alamo Bowl 2 2010, 2023 1-1
Aloha Bowl 2 1986, 1990 1–1
Christmas Classic 1 1921 0–1
Insight.com Bowl/Copper Bowl/Cactus Bowl 2 1989, 1997 2–0
Fiesta Bowl 3 1979, 1993, 2014 1–2
Foster Farms Bowl 1 2017 0-1
Freedom Bowl 1 1994 0–1
Holiday Bowl 2 1998, 2009 1–1
Las Vegas Bowl 1 2008 1–0
New Mexico Bowl 2 2012, 2015 2–0
Salad Bowl 1 1949 0–1
Sun Bowl 3 1968, 1985, 1992 0–2–1
Opponents # Win Loss Tied %
Auburn 1 0 1 0 .000
Baylor 1 0 1 0 .000
Boise State 1 0 1 0 .000
Boston College 1 1 0 0 1.000
BYU 1 1 0 0 1.000
Centre (D-III) 1 0 1 0 .000
Drake (FCS) 1 0 1 0 .000
Georgia 1 0 0 1 .500
Miami 1 1 0 0 1.000
Nebraska 2 1 1 0 .500
Nevada 1 1 0 0 1.000
New Mexico 2 2 0 0 1.000
North Carolina 1 1 0 0 1.000
North Carolina State 1 1 0 0 1.000
Oklahoma State 1 0 1 0 .000
Pittsburgh 1 0 1 0 .000
Purdue 1 0 1 0 .000
Syracuse 1 0 1 0 .000
Utah 1 0 1 0 .000
Oklahoma 1 1 0 0 1.000

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Statistics correct as of 2014–15 NCAA football bowl games.
  2. ^ Results are sortable first by whether the result was an Arizona win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory.
  3. ^ Links to the season article for the Oregon team that competed in the bowl for that year.
  4. ^ Links to the season article for the opponent that Arizona competed against in the bowl for that year when available or to their general page when unavailable.

References[edit]

General
  • National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
  • "Wildcats history". University of Arizona. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
Specific
  1. ^ Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 14
  2. ^ Bowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38
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