List of Arizona Wildcats bowl games

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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 23 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

List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach [A 1]
#BowlScore [A 2] DateSeason [A 3] Opponent [A 4] StadiumLocationAttendance [2] Head coach
1 San Diego East-West Christmas Classic L 0–38December 26, 1921 1921 Centre Praying Colonels Balboa Stadium San Diego 35,000‡ Pop McKale
2 Salad Bowl L 13–14January 1, 1949 1948 Drake Montgomery Stadium Phoenix 43,000 Miles W. Casteel
3 Sun Bowl L 10–34December 28, 1968 1968 Auburn Tigers Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso 27,062 Darrell Mudra
4 Fiesta Bowl L 10–16December 25, 1979 1979 Pittsburgh Panthers Sun Devil Stadium Tempe 30,333 Tony Mason
5 Sun Bowl T 13–13December 16, 1985 1985 Georgia Bulldogs Sun Bowl StadiumEl Paso30,333 Larry Smith
6 Aloha Bowl W 30–21December 28, 1986 1986 North Carolina Tar Heels Aloha Stadium Honolulu 30,333Larry Smith
7 Copper Bowl W 17–10December 31, 1989 1989 North Carolina State Wolfpack Arizona Stadium Tucson 37,237 Dick Tomey
8 Aloha Bowl L 0–28December 25, 1990 1990 Syracuse Orangemen Aloha StadiumHonolulu41,450Dick Tomey
Bowl Coalition Era
9 Sun Bowl*

(John Handcock Bowl) Tier 2 BC Game

L 15–20December 31, 1992 1992 Baylor Bears Sun Bowl StadiumEl Paso31,337Dick Tomey
10 Fiesta Bowl*

Tier 1 BC Game

W 29–0January 1, 1994 1993 Miami Hurricanes Sun Devil StadiumTempe31,337Dick Tomey
11 Freedom Bowl L 13–16December 27, 1994 1994 Utah Utes Anaheim Stadium Anaheim 31,377Dick Tomey
Bowl Alliance Era
12 Insight.com Bowl W 20–14December 20, 1997 1997 New Mexico Lobos Arizona StadiumTucson49,385‡Dick Tomey
Bowl Championship Series Era
13" Holiday Bowl W 23–20December 30, 1998 1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers Qualcomm Stadium San Diego65,354Dick Tomey
14 Las Vegas Bowl W 31–21December 20, 2008 2008 BYU Cougars Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas 40,047 Mike Stoops
15 Holiday Bowl L 0–33December 30, 2009 2009 Nebraska Cornhuskers Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego64,607Mike Stoops
16 Alamo Bowl L 10–36December 29, 2010 2010 Oklahoma State Cowboys Alamodome San Antonio 57,593Mike Stoops
17 New Mexico Bowl W 49–48December 15, 2012 2012 Nevada Wolf Pack University Stadium Albuquerque 24,610 Rich Rodriguez
18 Independence Bowl W 42–19December 31, 2013 2013 Boston College Eagles Independence Stadium Shreveport 36,917Rich Rodriguez
College Football Playoff Era
19 Fiesta Bowl* (CFP New Year's Six) L 30–38December 31, 2014 2014 Boise State Broncos University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale 66,896Rich Rodriguez
20 New Mexico Bowl W 45–37December 19, 2015 2015 New Mexico Lobos University Stadium (Albuquerque)Albuquerque30,289Rich Rodriguez
21 Foster Farms Bowl L 35–38December 27, 2017 2017 Purdue Boilermakers Levi's Stadium Santa Clara 28,436Rich Rodriguez
22 Alamo Bowl W 38–24December 28, 2023 2023 Oklahoma Sooners Alamodome San Antonio 55,853 Jedd Fisch

Record by bowl game and opponents

Bowl Name#AppearancesRecord
Advocare V100 120131–0
Alamo Bowl 22010, 20231-1
Aloha Bowl 21986, 19901–1
Christmas Classic119210–1
Insight.com Bowl/Copper Bowl/Cactus Bowl 21989, 19972–0
Fiesta Bowl 31979, 1993, 20141–2
Foster Farms Bowl 120170-1
Freedom Bowl 119940–1
Holiday Bowl 21998, 20091–1
Las Vegas Bowl 120081–0
New Mexico Bowl 22012, 20152–0
Salad Bowl 119490–1
Sun Bowl 31968, 1985, 19920–2–1
Opponents#WinLossTied%
Auburn 1010.000
Baylor 1010.000
Boise State 1010.000
Boston College 11001.000
BYU 11001.000
Centre (D-III)1010.000
Drake (FCS)1010.000
Georgia 1001.500
Miami 11001.000
Nebraska 2110.500
Nevada 11001.000
New Mexico 22001.000
North Carolina 11001.000
North Carolina State 11001.000
Oklahoma State 1010.000
Pittsburgh 1010.000
Purdue 1010.000
Syracuse 1010.000
Utah 1010.000
Oklahoma 11001.000

Notes

  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 Arizona 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

General
Specific
  1. ↑ Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 14
  2. ↑ Bowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38
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