List of Arizona Wildcats football seasons

Last updated

The Arizona Wildcats football team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Arizona. This is a list of completed seasons. [1] [2]

Contents

Seasons

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs Coaches#AP°
Stuart Forbes (Independent)(1899)
1899 Stuart Forbes 1–1–1
William W. Skinner (Independent)(1900–1901)
1900 William W. Skinner 3–1
1901 William W. Skinner4–1
Leslie Gillette (Independent)(1902)
1902 Leslie Gillette 5–0
Orin A. Kates (Independent)(1903–1904)
1903 Orin A. Kates 2–0
1904 Orin A. Kates3–1–2
William M. Ruthrauff (Independent)(1905)
1905 William M. Ruthrauff 5–2
1906 No team
1907 No team
H. B. Galbraith (Independent)(1908–1909)
1908 H. B. Galbraith 5–0
1909 H. B. Galbraith3–1
Frank Shipp (Independent)(1910–1911)
1910 Frank Shipp 5–0
1911 Frank Shipp3–1–1
Raymond L. Quigley (Independent)(1912)
1912 Raymond L. Quigley 2–1
Frank A. King (Independent)(1913)
1913 Frank A. King 2–2
Pop McKale (Independent)(1914–1930)
1914 Pop McKale 4–1
1915 Pop McKale5–3
1916 Pop McKale5–3
1917 Pop McKale3–2
1918 No team
1919 Pop McKale7–1
1920 Pop McKale6–1
1921 Pop McKale7–2
1922 Pop McKale6–3
1923 Pop McKale5–3
1924 Pop McKale2–4
1925 Pop McKale3–3–1
1926 Pop McKale5–1–1
1927 Pop McKale4–2–1
1928 Pop McKale5–1–2
1929 Pop McKale7–1
1930 Pop McKale6–1–1
Fred Enke (Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1931)
1931 Fred Enke 3–5–11–1–1T–2nd
August W. Farwick (Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1932)
1932 August W. Farwick 4–53–22nd
Tex Oliver (Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1933–1937)
1933 Tex Oliver 5–33–2T–3rd
1934 Tex Oliver7–2–12–1–13rd
1935 Tex Oliver7–24–01st
1936 Tex Oliver5–2–33–0–11st
1937 Tex Oliver8–23–13rd
Orian Landreth (Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1938)
1938 Orian Landreth 3–60–36th
Miles W. Casteel (Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1939–1948)
1939 Miles W. Casteel 6–41–25th
1940 Miles W. Casteel7–23–12nd
1941 Miles W. Casteel7–35–01st
1942 Miles W. Casteel6–44–24th
1943 No team
1944 No team
1945 Miles W. Casteel5–00–0N/A
1946 Miles W. Casteel4–4–22–2–14th
1947 Miles W. Casteel5–4–13–24th
1948 Miles W. Casteel6–53–2T–3rdL Salad
Robert Winslow (Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1949–1951)
1949 Robert Winslow 2–7–12–46th
1950 Robert Winslow4–62–46th
1951 Robert Winslow6–54–35th
Warren B. Woodson (Border Conference)(1952–1956)
1952 Warren B. Woodson 6–43–23rd
1953 Warren B. Woodson4–5–13–24th
1954 Warren B. Woodson7–33–24th
1955 Warren B. Woodson5–4–11–2–15th
1956 Warren B. Woodson4–61–24th
Ed Doherty (Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1957–1958)
1957 Ed Doherty 1–8–10–4T–5th
1958 Ed Doherty3–72–13rd
Jim LaRue (Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1959–1960)
1959 Jim LaRue 4–62–12nd
1960 Jim LaRue7–33–02nd
Jim LaRue(Independent)(1961)
1961 Jim LaRue8–1–117
Jim LaRue(Western Athletic Conference)(1962–1966)
1962 Jim LaRue5–52–2T–2nd
1963 Jim LaRue5–52–2T–3rd
1964 Jim LaRue6–3–13–1T–1st
1965 Jim LaRue3–71–46th
1966 Jim LaRue3–71–45th
Darrell Mudra (Western Athletic Conference)(1967–1968)
1967 Darrell Mudra 3–6–11–45th
1968 Darrell Mudra8–35–1T–2ndL Sun
Bob Weber (Western Athletic Conference)(1969–1972)
1969 Bob Weber 3–73–35th
1970 Bob Weber4–62–45th
1971 Bob Weber5–63–33rd
1972 Bob Weber4–74–34th
Jim Young (Western Athletic Conference)(1973–1976)
1973 Jim Young 8–36–1T–1st
1974 Jim Young9–26–12nd
1975 Jim Young9–25–22nd1318
1976 Jim Young5–63–4T–5th
Tony Mason (Western Athletic Conference)(1977)
1977 Tony Mason 5–73–45th
Tony Mason (Pacific-10 Conference)(1978–1979)
1978 Tony Mason5–63–4T–6th
1979 Tony Mason6–5–14–3T–3rdL Fiesta
Larry Smith (Pacific-10 Conference)(1980–1986)
1980 Larry Smith 5–63–4T–6th
1981 Larry Smith6–54–4T–6th
1982 Larry Smith6–4–14–3–15th
1983 Larry Smith7–3–14–3–15th
1984 Larry Smith7–45–2T–3rd
1985 Larry Smith8–3–15–2T–2ndT Sun
1986 Larry Smith9–35–3T–4thW Aloha 1011
Dick Tomey (Pacific-10 Conference)(1987–2000)
1987 Dick Tomey 4–4–32–3–37th
1988 Dick Tomey7–45–3T–3rd
1989 Dick Tomey8–45–3T–2ndW Copper 25
1990 Dick Tomey7–55–45thL Aloha
1991 Dick Tomey4–73–5T–6th
1992 Dick Tomey6–5–14–3–15thL John Hancock
1993 Dick Tomey10–26–2T–1stW Fiesta 910
1994 Dick Tomey8–46–2T–2ndL Freedom 20
1995 Dick Tomey6–54–4T–5th
1996 Dick Tomey5–63–5T–5th
1997 Dick Tomey7–54–4T–5thW Insight.com
1998 Dick Tomey12–17–12ndW Holiday 44
1999 Dick Tomey6–63–5T–6th
2000 Dick Tomey5–63–5T–5th
John Mackovic (Pacific-10 Conference)(2001–2003)
2001 John Mackovic 5–62–68th
2002 John Mackovic4–81–7T–9th
2003 John Mackovic [n 1] 2–10 [n 1] 1–7 [n 1] 10th
Mike Stoops (Pacific-10 / Pac-12 Conference)(2004–2011)
2004 Mike Stoops 3–82–6T–8th
2005 Mike Stoops3–82–68th
2006 Mike Stoops6–64–5T–5th
2007 Mike Stoops5–74–56th
2008 Mike Stoops8–55–45thW Las Vegas
2009 Mike Stoops8–56–3T–2ndL Holiday
2010 Mike Stoops7–64–5T–5thL Alamo
2011 Mike Stoops [n 2] 4–8 [n 2] 2–7 [n 2] T–5th (South)
Rich Rodriguez (Pac-12 Conference)(2012–2017)
2012 Rich Rodriguez 8–54–54th (South)W New Mexico
2013 Rich Rodriguez8–54–54th (South)W AdvoCare V100
2014 Rich Rodriguez10–47–21st (South)L Fiesta 1719
2015 Rich Rodriguez7–63–65th (South)W New Mexico
2016 Rich Rodriguez3–91–86th (South)
2017 Rich Rodriguez7–65–43rd (South)L Foster Farms
Kevin Sumlin (Pac-12 Conference)(2018–2020)
2018 Kevin Sumlin 5–74–5T–3rd (South)
2019 Kevin Sumlin4–82–76th (South)
2020 Kevin Sumlin0–50–56th (South)
Jedd Fisch (Pac-12 Conference)(2021–2023)
2021 Jedd Fisch 1–111–86th (South)
2022 Jedd Fisch5–73–68th
2023 Jedd Fisch10–37–23rdW Alamo 1111
Brent Brennan (Big 12 Conference)(2024–present)
2024 Brent Brennan 0–00–0
Total:625–496–33
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

Totals

1891–2023 totals through December 31, 2023
WinsLossesTiesWin percentage
Regular season games000
Conference Championship games610.857
Bowl games10111.477
All games62549633.556
Reference:[ citation needed ]
Records above take into account an additional 0 victories vacated and 0 victories and 0 tie forfeited.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 After starting the year 1–4, Mackovic was fired and defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz coached the team on an interim basis for the rest of the season.
  2. 1 2 3 The team was coached by interim head coach Tim Kish for the last six games of the season after eighth-year head coach Mike Stoops was fired as head coach on October 10 after starting the season 1–5.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tom Osborne</span> American football player and coach, college athletics administrator, politician (born 1937)

Thomas William Osborne is an American former football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and politician from Nebraska. He served as head football coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1973 to 1997. After being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999, Osborne was elected to Congress in 2000 from Nebraska's third district as a Republican. He served three terms (2001–2007), returned to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as athletic director in 2007, and retired in 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bob Davie (American football)</span> American football player and coach (born 1954)

Robert Edwin Davie Jr. is an American former college football coach and player. He served as the head football coach at the University of Notre Dame from 1997 to 2001 and the University of New Mexico from 2012 to 2019. Davie worked for ESPN as a college football color commentator from 2002 to 2011.

Karl James Dorrell is an American football coach. He has been the head coach for the UCLA Bruins and Colorado Buffaloes, being named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year for both. Dorrell led the UCLA Bruins to five bowl appearances and was the first African American head football coach in their history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rick Neuheisel</span> American football analyst, coach, player, and attorney (born 1961)

Richard Gerald Neuheisel Jr. is an American football analyst, coach, former player, and attorney. He served as the head football coach at the University of Colorado Boulder from 1995 to 1999, at the University of Washington from 1999 to 2002, and at his alma mater, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), from 2008 to 2011, compiling a career college football coaching record of 87–59. From 2005 to 2007, Neuheisel was an assistant coach with the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL), as quarterbacks coach for two seasons and offensive coordinator for one. He formerly served as head coach for the Arizona Hotshots of the Alliance of American Football (AAF) before the collapse of the league. Before coaching, Neuheisel played quarterback for the UCLA Bruins from 1980 to 1983, then spent two seasons with the San Antonio Gunslingers of the United States Football League (USFL) before splitting the 1987 NFL season between the San Diego Chargers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Michael Joseph Stoops is an American football coach and former player, who is the inside linebackers coach at the University of Kentucky. Stoops also served as the head football coach at the University of Arizona from 2003 until his firing during the 2011 season. He previously served as an assistant football coach at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University, and University of Oklahoma. He is the younger brother of Bob Stoops, the former head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football program, and the older brother of Mark Stoops, head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats football program. He returned to Oklahoma as the defensive coordinator in 2012. He served in the position until he was fired on October 7, 2018. After spending time at the University of Alabama as an analyst, he spent one season as the defensive coordinator of the Florida Atlantic Owls in 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Steve Sarkisian</span> American football player and coach (born 1974)

Stephen Sarkisian is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at the University of Texas at Austin, a position he has held since January 2021. Sarkisian served as the head football coach at the University of Washington from 2009 to 2013, then at the University of Southern California (USC) from 2014 to 2015. He played college football as a quarterback at Brigham Young University (BYU) and professionally with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Sarkisian served as the offensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL) from 2017 to 2018 and at the University of Alabama from 2019 to 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rich Rodriguez</span> American football player and coach (born 1963)

Richard Alan Rodriguez, also known as Rich Rod, is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Jacksonville State University, a position he has held since the 2022 season. Rodriguez previously was the head football coach at Salem University (1988), Glenville State College (1990–1996), West Virginia University (2001–2007), the University of Michigan (2008–2010), and the University of Arizona (2012–2017). His career college football coaching record stands at 172–121–2. In 2011, Rodriguez worked as an analyst for CBS Sports.

The South Florida Bulls football team represents the University of South Florida. The Bulls began playing in 1997 and compete in the American Athletic Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) within the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The team plays its home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arizona State Sun Devils football</span> Football team of Arizona State University

The Arizona State Sun Devils football team represents Arizona State University in the sport of American football. The Sun Devils team competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). Arizona State University has fielded a football team since 1897. The Sun Devils are led by head coach Kenny Dillingham and play their home games at Mountain America Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The Sun Devils have won seventeen conference titles, including three Pac-12 titles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arizona Wildcats football</span> University of Arizona football team

The Arizona Wildcats football program represents the University of Arizona (UA) in the sport of American college football. Arizona competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). They play their home games at Arizona Stadium, which opened in 1929 on the university's campus in Tucson, Arizona, and has a capacity of 50,782. The Wildcats head coach is Brent Brennan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robb Akey</span> American football player and coach (born 1966)

Robb Alan Akey is an American football coach. He is the defensive coordinator at Central Michigan University, a position he had held since 2019. Akey servedd as the head football coach at the University of Idaho from 2007 to 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kevin Sumlin</span> American football player and coach (born 1964)

Kevin Warren Sumlin is an American football coach who is the associate head coach, co-offensive coordinator, and tight ends coach for the University of Maryland. Sumlin served as the head football coach at the University of Houston from 2008 to 2011, Texas A&M University from 2012 to 2017, and at the University of Arizona from 2018 to 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mel Tucker</span> American football player and coach (born 1972)

Melvin Gene Tucker II is an American football coach and former player. He was the head football coach at Michigan State University from 2020 to 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mike Locksley</span> American football player and coach (born 1969)

Michael Anthony Locksley is an American football coach. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Maryland, a position he has held since 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sonny Dykes</span> American football coach (born 1969)

Daniel "Sonny" Dykes is an American football coach, and a former college baseball player. He is currently the head football coach at Texas Christian University (TCU), and previously served in the same role at Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 2018 to 2021, the University of California, Berkeley from 2013 to 2016, and Louisiana Tech University from 2010 to 2012. In his first season at TCU, he led the Horned Frogs to a win in the semifinal and an appearance in the National Championship game.

Trenton James Bray is an American football coach who is the head football coach at Oregon State University. He previously served as the defensive coordinator and safeties coach at Oregon State University from 2022 to 2023.

Michael Sid Canales is an American college football coach and former player. He is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Southeastern University, positions he has held since 2023. He previously was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the University of North Texas, a position he held from 2010 to 2015. He became the interim head coach of the Mean Green twice, after the firing of Todd Dodge in 2010 and Dan McCarney in 2015. After a brief stint with Utah State in 2016, he was named the quarterbacks coach at the University of Tennessee in January 2017, reuniting with offensive coordinator Larry Scott, with whom he worked while at the University of South Florida. From 2018 until 2020, Canales was the offensive coordinator at the University of Texas at El Paso.

The 2011 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Lobos were led by third-year head coach Mike Locksley for the first four games and by interim head coach George Barlow for the remainder of the season. They played their home games at University Stadium and are members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 1–11, 1–6 in Mountain West play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mike Norvell</span> American football coach (born 1981)

Michael Kelly Norvell is an American college football coach who is currently the head coach at Florida State. He has coached at Memphis, Arizona State, Pittsburgh, Tulsa, and Central Arkansas. He played wide receiver at the University of Central Arkansas from 2001 to 2005 and is the school's all-time receptions leader.

References

  1. "2016 Arizona Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletic Department. pp. 104–110. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  2. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Apr-12.