2010 Arizona Wildcats football team

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.

2010 Arizona Wildcats football
Alamo Bowl vs. Oklahoma State, L 10–36
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record7–6 (4–5 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBill Bedenbaugh
Seth Littrell
Defensive coordinatorTim Kish
Greg Brown
Home stadiumArizona Stadium
(Capacity: 57,400)
Uniform
2010 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Oregon $  9 0   12 1  
No. 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
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:00 p.m.at Toledo*ESPNW 41–225,907[1]
September 117:00 p.m.The Citadel*FCSW 52–654,814[2]
September 187:30 p.m.No. 9 Iowa*No. 24
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, Arizona
ESPNW 34–2757,864[3]
September 257:00 p.m.CaliforniaNo. 14
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, Arizona
FSNAZW 10–951,906[4]
October 94:00 p.m.Oregon StateNo. 9
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, Arizona
VersusL 27–2956,054[5]
October 164:30 p.m.at Washington StateNo. 17VersusW 24–723,955[6]
October 237:15 p.m.WashingtondaggerNo. 15
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, Arizona
ESPNW 44–1456,244[7]
October 3012:30 p.m.at UCLANo. 15FSNW 29–2153,408[8]
November 65:00 p.m.at No. 10 StanfordNo. 13ABCL 17–4243,506[9]
November 136:00 p.m.USCNo. 18
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, Arizona
ABCL 21–2454,722[10]
November 265:00 p.m.at No. 1 OregonNo. 20ESPNL 29–4859,990[11]
December 26:00 p.m.Arizona State
ESPNL 29–30 2OT56,253[12]
December 296:15 p.m.vs. No. 16 Oklahoma State*ESPNL 10–3657,593[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
APRVRV241414917151513182320RVRVRV
CoachesRV231816141120181613192320RVRVRV
HarrisNot released2118151319232125RVNot released
BCSNot released18151518222123Not released

Game summaries

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 quarterback from Corona, California, 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 quarterback, 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.[14] [15] In the AP Top 25 poll released October 24, Arizona retained its No. 15 ranking despite the victory.[16]

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 quarterback 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.[17][18]

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

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  2. "Citadel Bulldogs vs. Arizona Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. September 11, 2010. Archived from the original on September 15, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  3. "Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Arizona Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. September 18, 2010. Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
  4. "California Golden Bears vs. Arizona Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. September 25, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
  5. "Oregon State Beavers vs. Arizona Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. October 9, 2010. Archived from the original on October 12, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
  6. "Arizona Wildcats vs. Washington State Cougars Box Score". ESPN. October 16, 2010. Archived from the original on October 18, 2010. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
  7. "Washington Huskies vs. Arizona Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. October 23, 2010. Archived from the original on October 26, 2010. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  8. "Arizona Wildcats vs. UCLA Bruins Box Score". ESPN. October 30, 2010. Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  9. "Arizona Wildcats vs. Stanford Cardinal Box Score". ESPN. November 6, 2010. Archived from the original on November 9, 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  10. "USC Trojans vs. Arizona Wildcats – Box Score". ESPN.com. November 13, 2010. Archived from the original on November 17, 2010. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  11. "Arizona Wildcats vs. Oregon Ducks Box Score". ESPN. November 26, 2010. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  12. "Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Arizona Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. December 2, 2010. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
  13. "Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Arizona Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. December 29, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  14. "MyWay".
  15. "Arizona Wildcats football: Scott shines in Arizona victory".
  16. "Wildcats unchanged in AP football poll despite big win".
  17. "Scott leads No. 15 Arizona to 29-21 win over UCLA". Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
  18. "Arizona Wildcats football: UA moves up to No. 13, game time announced".
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