2010 Arizona Wildcats football team

2010 Arizona Wildcats football
Alamo Bowl vs. Oklahoma State, L 10–36
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
2010 record 7–6 (4–5 Pac-10)
Head coach Mike Stoops
Offensive coordinator Bill Bedenbaugh
Seth Littrell
Defensive coordinator Tim Kish
Greg Brown
Home stadium Arizona Stadium
(Capacity: 57,400)
Uniform
2010 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#3 Oregon $   9 – 0         12 – 1  
#4 Stanford %   8 – 1         12 – 1  
USC *   5 – 4         8 – 5  
Washington   5 – 4         7 – 6  
Arizona   4 – 5         7 – 6  
Arizona State   4 – 5         6 – 6  
Oregon State   4 – 5         5 – 7  
California   3 – 6         5 – 7  
UCLA   2 – 7         4 – 8  
Washington State   1 – 8         2 – 10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • * – USC ineligible for championship and post-season due to NCAA sanctions
As of January 11, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 2010 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the college football season of 2010. The team's head coach was Mike Stoops. The Wildcats played their home games at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. They finished with a record of 7–6 (4–5 Pac-10) and a loss to Oklahoma State in the Alamo Bowl.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
Non-Conference Schedule
September 3 7:00 PM at Toledo* Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH ESPN W 41–2   25,907[2]
September 11 7:00 PM The Citadel* Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ FCS W 52–6   54,814[3]
September 18 7:30 PM #9 Iowa* #24 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ ESPN W 34–27   57,864[4]
Conference Schedule
September 25 7:00 PM California #14 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ FSNAZ W 10–9   51,906[5]
October 9 4:00 PM Oregon State #9 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ Versus L 27–29   56,054[6]
October 16 4:30 PM at Washington State #17 Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA Versus W 24–7   23,955[7]
October 23 7:15 PM Washingtondagger #15 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ ESPN W 44–14   56,244[8]
October 30 12:30 PM at UCLA #15 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA FSN W 29–21   53,408[9]
November 6 5:00 PM at #10 Stanford #13 Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA ABC L 17–42   43,506[10]
November 13 6:00 PM USC #18 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ ABC L 21–24   54,722[11]
November 26 5:00 PM at #1 Oregon #20 Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR ESPN L 29–48   59,990[12]
December 2 6:00 PM Arizona State Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ (Territorial Cup) ESPN L 29–30 2OT  56,253[13]
Bowl Schedule
December 29 6:15 PM vs. #16 Oklahoma State* Alamodome • San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl) ESPN L 10–36   57,593[14]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Standard Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP RV RV 24 14 14 9 17 15 15 13 18 23 20 RV RV RV 
Coaches' RV 23 18 16 14 11 20 18 16 13 19 23 20 RV RV RV 
Harris Not released 21 18 15 13 19 23 21 25 RV Not released 
BCS Not released 18 15 15 18 22 21 23 NR Not released

Game notes

Toledo

1 2 3 4 Total
Arizona 7 14 7 13 41
Toledo 0 2 0 0 2

The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
The Citadel 0 0 3 3 6
#23 Arizona 7 17 21 7 52

Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
#10 Iowa 0 7 7 13 27
#18 Arizona 14 13 0 7 34

California

1 2 3 4 Total
California 0 6 0 3 9
#16 Arizona 0 0 3 7 10

Oregon State

1 2 3 4 Total
Oregon State 10 7 6 6 29
#11 Arizona 7 0 13 7 27

Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Arizona 7 7 7 3 24
Washington State 0 0 7 0 7

Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
Washington 7 7 0 0 14
#18 Arizona 10 20 7 7 44

Matt Scott, the junior QB from Corona, Calif., led the 15th-ranked Wildcats to an offensive bonanza and 44-14 win over the visiting Washington Huskies at Arizona Stadium. Scott had help, of course. Arizona tailbacks Nicolas Grigsby and Keola Antolin scored two touchdowns apiece in the first three quarters, before a sellout crowd of 56,244 on Arizona's homecoming night. Scott had no trouble replacing the injured starting QB, Nick Foles, and Arizona easily handled up-and-down Washington. Arizona (6-1, 3-1 Pac-10) overcame occasionally poor tackling with a balanced offense and by harassing Jake Locker into an ineffective game. Washington (3-4, 2-2) continued its season-long, win-one, lose-one pattern, following last week's thrilling double-overtime victory over then-No. 24 Oregon State with a defensive clunker. The inexperienced Scott outplayed Locker, widely viewed as one of the top quarterbacks in the country. Washington’s senior quarterback completed just 11 of 19 first-half passes for 139 yards and a score. Known for his game-changing speed, Locker was held without a rush in the first half; he lost 24 yards on six carries before being replaced by Keith Price early in the fourth quarter.[15] [16] In the AP Top 25 poll released October 24, Arizona retained its No. 15 ranking despite the victory.[17]

UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Arizona 7 12 7 3 29
UCLA 7 0 7 7 21

Arizona held off UCLA 29-21; the Wildcats rolled up a season-high 583 yards and 32 first downs and held the Bruins to 299 yards and 15 first downs. Matt Scott had another big game in the absence of Nick Foles, completing 24 of 36 passes for a career-high 319 yards with one touchdown and one interception and rushing for another 71 yards on 12 carries. RB Keola Antolin rushed for 111 yards on 23 carries for the Wildcats (7-1, 4-1 Pac-10), off to their best start since winning seven of their first eight games en route to a 12-1 finish in 1998. Coach Mike Stoops shocked the Bruins by calling a fake punt on fourth-and-3 from the Arizona 27 with 6:23 remaining and the Wildcats leading 26-21. Jake Fischer ran for 29 yards to give the Wildcats a big first down. The play enabled the Wildcats to eat up some time before having to punt. The Bruins turned the ball over on downs, putting the Wildcats in position for Alex Zendejas' third field goal of the game, a 30-yarder. UCLA's final chance ended when Brooks Reed sacked UCLA QB Richard Brehaut and caused a fumble, which Sione Tuihalamaka recovered with 48 seconds left. Brehaut passed for a career-best 228 yards and two touchdowns for the Bruins (3-5, 1-4), who lost their third straight game but performed much better than in their last two, when they were outscored 95-20 at California and Oregon. But Arizona did enough for its fourth straight road victory dating to last season, keeping them alive for their first-ever berth in the Rose Bowl. With the win, the 'Cats improved to No. 13 in the AP Top 25 poll released October 31.[18][19]

Stanford

1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Arizona 0 3 7 7 17
#12 Stanford 7 14 14 7 42

USC

1 2 3 4 Total
USC 14 7 3 0 24
#19 Arizona 0 14 0 7 21

Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Arizona 14 5 3 7 29
#1 Oregon 7 7 20 14 48

Arizona State

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Arizona State 3 3 0 1437 30
Arizona 0 0 14 636 29

Alamo Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total
Oklahoma State 17 6 10 3 36
Arizona 7 0 3 0 10

References

  1. ↑ 2010 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 Week 14
  2. ↑ "Arizona Wildcats vs. Toledo Rockets Box Score". ESPN. September 3, 2010. Archived from the original on September 7, 2010. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Citadel Bulldogs vs. Arizona Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. September 11, 2010. Archived from the original on September 15, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Arizona Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. September 18, 2010. Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
  5. ↑ "California Golden Bears vs. Arizona Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. September 25, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Oregon State Beavers vs. Arizona Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. October 9, 2010. Archived from the original on October 12, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Arizona Wildcats vs. Washington State Cougars Box Score". ESPN. October 16, 2010. Archived from the original on October 18, 2010. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Washington Huskies vs. Arizona Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. October 23, 2010. Archived from the original on October 26, 2010. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Arizona Wildcats vs. UCLA Bruins Box Score". ESPN. October 30, 2010. Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Arizona Wildcats vs. Stanford Cardinal Box Score". ESPN. November 6, 2010. Archived from the original on November 9, 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  11. ↑ "USC Trojans vs. Arizona Wildcats - Box Score". ESPN.com. November 13, 2010. Archived from the original on November 17, 2010. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  12. ↑ "Arizona Wildcats vs. Oregon Ducks Box Score". ESPN. November 26, 2010. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  13. ↑ "Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Arizona Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. December 2, 2010. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
  14. ↑ "Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Arizona Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. December 29, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  15. ↑ http://sports.myway.com/news/10242010/v7040.html
  16. ↑ http://azstarnet.com/article_1bcf5404-df0b-11df-97bd-001cc4c03286.html
  17. ↑ http://azstarnet.com/sports/football/college/wildcats/article_c99a717a-df9e-11df-a0ea-001cc4c002e0.html
  18. ↑ http://sports.ap.org/college-football/story?id=834f7e0ac37c4d0f84eff085578fca5b
  19. ↑ http://azstarnet.com/college/ua/article_494039d2-e530-11df-a395-001cc4c03286.html
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