Arizona Wildcats football
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The Arizona Wildcats football team is the football
team of the University of Arizona
, located in Tucson, Arizona
, United States. The team competes in the Pacific-12 Conference at the NCAA
Football Bowl Subdivision level.
In 1921, Drop-kicker/receiver Harold "Nosey" McClellan led the nation in scoring with 124 points. Wildcats finished the regular season 7-1, and were invited to UA's first bowl game, the East-West Christmas Classic in San Diego, to play powerhouse Centre College of Kentucky; Arizona lost the game 38-0. On October 18, 1926 UA quarterback and student body president John "Button" Salmon died from injuries sustained in a car wreck. His final words, spoken to coach "Pop" McKale, were: "Tell them.....tell the team to Bear Down." Soon thereafter, the UA student body adopted "Bear Down" as the school's athletic motto. On October 18, 1929, Arizona opened up Arizona Stadium for college football play. They won their first game against Caltech with a shutout score of 25-0.
Coach Gerald "Tex" Oliver's "Blue Brigade" played an expanded, more nationwide schedule, Arizona produced their first All-Americans under coach Gerald Tex. The team's 1938 record of 8-2 was a school best to date.
In 1954, under coach Warren B. Woodson, Arizona was led by starting halfback Art Luppino. He went on to lead the nation in rushing, scoring, all-purpose running, and kickoff returns. Art Luppino became the first player in NCAA history to lead the nation in rushing twice. He also tied for the national title in all-purpose running and was third in scoring.
During their time in the WAC conference the Wildcats compiled back-to-back 9-2 seasons under Coach Jim Young, UA's first nine-win campaigns. Receiver Theopolis "T" Bell was named All-American and fullback Jim Upchurch became the second Wildcat to rush for 1,000 yards for two consecutive seasons.
's "Desert Swarm" defense was characterized by tough, hard-nosed tactics. UA lead the nation in scoring defense and nose guard Rob Waldrop
is a consensus All-American. In 1993, the team
had its first 10-win season and beat the Miami Hurricanes
in the Fiesta Bowl
by a score of 29–0. It was the bowl game's only shutout in its then 23-year history. In 1994, Arizona was ranked #1 and had been picked by Sports Illustrated
and several other publications to win the National Championship. However, Arizona was stunned by Colorado State
and the rest of the season went down along with it, continuing a streak of not being selected for the Rose Bowl
. Arizona to this day, is the only team in the original Pac-10 that has never played in the Rose Bowl Game.
In 1998, the team posted a school-record 12–1 season and made the Holiday Bowl
in which it defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers
. Arizona ended that season ranked fourth nationally in the coaches and Associated Press
poll. The 1998 Holiday Bowl was televised on ESPN
and set the now-surpassed record of being the most watched of any bowl game in that network's history. In 2000, Tomey was fired just after a season-ending 30-17 loss to Arizona State
, the Wildcats' primary arch-rival. After Dick Tomey was fired, Wildcat football declined in wins and went on a bowl game drought (former Texas
head coach and ESPN football analyst John Mackovic
served a disastrous tenure as head coach during this period).
defensive coordinator Mike Stoops
to take over the Wildcat program. Under Stoops, Arizona started 6-18; his job was in critical danger and his margin for error was very thin. However in his third season in 2006, Stoops led the Wildcats to an improved 6-6 record, the first non-losing season for the school since 1998 when the Wildcats went 12-1 under Tomey. In 2008, the Wildcats
earned their first bowl berth
in a decade, defeating BYU
by a score of 31-21.
In 2009, the Wildcats
earned their second straight bowl berth and a second straight eight-win season. On November 21, 2009, the Oregon Ducks
came to Arizona Stadium in a game that would decide which team went to the Rose Bowl. ESPN's College GameDay crew dubbed it as the game of the week and ventured down to Tucson to cover it. After a back and forth battle, the Oregon Ducks won in double overtime 44-41 to clinch the Rose Bowl bid. Arizona was defeated 33-0 by Nebraska
in a rematch
of the 1998 Holiday Bowl.
Following the Holiday Bowl, offensive coordinator Sonny Dykes
left the Wildcat program to become the head coach at Louisiana Tech
, and Mark Stoops
became the defensive coordinator at Florida State
. To replace them, Mike Stoops promoted Bill Bedenbaugh and Seth Littrell to co-offensive coordinators, while promoting Tim Kish
to be co-defensive coordinators with Greg Brown
, who was hired from Colorado
.
Midway through his eighth season, Stoops was fired as head coach on October 10, 2011, after starting the season 1–5 (the sole victory was against FCS Northern Arizona
). Including the prior season
, the Wildcats under Stoops had lost 10 consecutive games against FBS opponents, with their last victory over a FBS team taking place nearly a year earlier on October 30, 2010, against UCLA
. Tim Kish, the team's defensive coordinator, was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.
to replace Stoops. Rodriguez previously served as the head football coach at Salem University (1988), Glenville State College (1990–1996), West Virginia
(2001–2007), and the University of Michigan
(2008–2010); he was also assistant coach, offensive coordinator
, and quarterback coach for Tulane University
(1997–1998) and Clemson University
(1999–2000) (both under head coach Tommy Bowden
). Rodriguez was an analyst for CBS Sports
during the 2011 football season.
Rodriguez is considered a pioneer of a no huddle
, run-oriented version of the spread offense, although a pass-first version was already being implemented by others. He first developed this offensive approach at Glenville State and refined it during his stops at Tulane with Shaun King
, at Clemson with Woodrow Dantzler
, and at West Virginia most notably with dual-threat quarterback Pat White. This strategy features frequent use of the shotgun formation
. Rodriguez is also credited for inventing the zone read play run out of the shotgun formation.
At West Virginia, Rodriguez guided the Mountaineers to two consecutive bowl games, going to the Nokia Sugar Bowl
in 2005 as the Big East champion and its Bowl Championship Series
(BCS) representative, defeating Georgia
and a gaining a final Associated Press
ranking of fifth; the next season the Mountaineers won eleven games, defeated Georgia Tech
, 38-35, in the Gator Bowl
and finished 10th in the final polls. The 2007 Mountaineers eventually achieved #2 in the BCS standings and #1 in the Coaches' poll
, both the highest position ever for a Mountaineer football team; Rodriguez was hired by Michigan at the end of the regular season in a highly controversial (and legally contested) move, but the Mountaineer team went on to defeat Oklahoma
in the Fiesta Bowl
under interim head coach Bill Stewart.
Rodriguez' tenure at Michigan was far less successful, as it was plagued by player discontent, NCAA rule violations, lack of major bowl appearances, and a lack of success against Michigan's major traditional rivals such as Ohio State
and Michigan State
; Rodriguez was relieved of his duties in January 2011, and joined CBS Sports as an analyst soon thereafter, but stated that he might return to coaching if the right opportunity presented itself.
Rodriguez was hired as the 30th head coach of the Arizona football program on November 21, 2011. The hiring was first announced by Arizona athletic director Greg Byrne
on Twitter
while a press conference officially announcing him as the head coach was held a day later at McKale Center
in Tucson. Rodriguez will earn $1.45 million in his first year, $1.5 million in his second, $1.6 million in his third, $1.7 million in his fourth and $1.8 million in his fifth season. He will receive an extra $300,000 per year from Nike
, as well as bonuses for academic achievement, BCS rankings, season ticket totals and bowl appearances. He will get extra bonuses for milestones such as playing in the BCS title game, playing in any other bowl, and for winning the Pac-12. The contract is subject to UA Board of Regents approval. Rodriguez' hiring ended a 41-day search for a head coach which started after Mike Stoops was dismissed after eight seasons as Wildcat head coach. Former University of Florida
head coach Urban Meyer
and former Texas Tech
head coach Mike Leach
were reportedly also considered for the position.
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*Fired after 5 games
**Fired after 6 games
!bgcolor="#000060"| Year
!bgcolor="#000060"| Conference
!bgcolor="#000060"| Coach
!bgcolor="#000060"| Record
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|1935||Border||Tex Oliver
||7-2-0
|- align="center"
|1936||Border||Tex Oliver||5-2-3
|- align="center"
|1941||Border||Miles W. Casteel
||7-3-0
|- align="center"
|1964||WAC
||Jim LaRue
||6-3-1
|- align="center"
|1973
||WAC||Jim Young
||8-3-0
|- align="center"
|1993
||Pac-10||Dick Tomey
||10-2-0
|- align="center"
| colspan=3 bgcolor="#C41E3A"| Conference Titles
| colspan=1 bgcolor="#C41E3A"| 6
|}
Note: bold years indicate outright conference titles
|-style="background: #000060" align=center
| Date || Bowl || W/L || Opponent || PF || PA
|-align=center
| December 26, 1921 || San Diego E-W Christmas Classic || L || Centre
|| 0 || 38
|-align=center
| January 1, 1949 || Salad
|| L || Drake
|| 13 || 14
|-align=center
| December 28, 1968 || Sun
|| L || Auburn
|| 10 || 34
|-align=center
| December 25, 1979 || Fiesta
|| L || Pittsburgh
|| 10 || 16
|-align=center
| December 28, 1985 || Sun
|| T || Georgia
|| 13 || 13
|-align=center
| December 27, 1986 || Aloha || W || North Carolina
|| 30 || 21
|-align=center
| December 31, 1989 || Copper || W || NC State
|| 17 || 10
|-align=center
| December 25, 1990 || Aloha
|| L || Syracuse
|| 0 || 28
|-align=center
| December 31, 1992 || Sun
|| L || Baylor
|| 15 || 20
|-align=center
| January 1, 1994 || Fiesta
|| W || Miami
|| 29 || 0
|-align=center
| December 27, 1994 || Freedom
|| L || Utah
|| 13 || 16
|-align=center
| December 27, 1997 || Insight.com
|| W || New Mexico || 20 || 14
|-align=center
| December 30, 1998 || Holiday
|| W || Nebraska
|| 23 || 20
|-align=center
| December 20, 2008 || Las Vegas
|| W || BYU
|| 31 || 21
|-align=center
| December 30, 2009 || Holiday
||L || Nebraska
||0 || 33
|-align=center
| December 29, 2010 || Alamo
||L || Oklahoma State
||10 ||36
|-align=center
|-style="background: #C41E3A" align=center
| Total || 17 Bowl Games || 6–10–1 || || 234 || 389
|}
! colspan="15" style="text-align: center; background:#000080" | Retired Football Jerseys
|-
{| class="wikitable" style="font-style:Bold; font-size:100%; border:4px" cellpadding="4"
|-align="center" bgcolor="#C41E3A"
|
Art
Luppino
22
1952-1956
|
John
"Button"
Salmon
1923-1926
|}
!Inductee
!Position(s)
!Class
!Year(s)
|-
|Chuck Cecil
|Defensive back
|2009
|1984–1987
|-
|Ricky Hunley
|Linebacker
|1997
|1980–1983
|-
|Darrell Mudra
|Head Coach
|2000
|1967–1968
|-
|Warren B. Woodson
|Head Coach
|1989
|1952–1956
|-
|Jim Young
|Head Coach
|1999
|1973–1976
|-
|Rob Waldrop
|defensive lineman
|2011
|1990-1993
|-
|}
All-Pro
(1996, 1997, 1998 1999, 2000) NFL 1990s All-Decade Team
College football
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team of the University of Arizona
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
, located in Tucson, Arizona
Arizona
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, United States. The team competes in the Pacific-12 Conference at the NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Football Bowl Subdivision level.
Early years
The football team began at the University of Arizona in 1899 under the nickname "Varsity". James "Pop" McKale became the first coach of Arizona football history. On Nov. 7, 1914, the team traveled to the west coast to play Occidental, then one of the reigning gridiron powers in California. Occidental won 14-0. Arizona later received the name "Wildcats" after a Los Angeles Times correspondent, Bill Henry, wrote that "The Arizona men showed the fight of wildcats".In 1921, Drop-kicker/receiver Harold "Nosey" McClellan led the nation in scoring with 124 points. Wildcats finished the regular season 7-1, and were invited to UA's first bowl game, the East-West Christmas Classic in San Diego, to play powerhouse Centre College of Kentucky; Arizona lost the game 38-0. On October 18, 1926 UA quarterback and student body president John "Button" Salmon died from injuries sustained in a car wreck. His final words, spoken to coach "Pop" McKale, were: "Tell them.....tell the team to Bear Down." Soon thereafter, the UA student body adopted "Bear Down" as the school's athletic motto. On October 18, 1929, Arizona opened up Arizona Stadium for college football play. They won their first game against Caltech with a shutout score of 25-0.
Coach Gerald "Tex" Oliver's "Blue Brigade" played an expanded, more nationwide schedule, Arizona produced their first All-Americans under coach Gerald Tex. The team's 1938 record of 8-2 was a school best to date.
In 1954, under coach Warren B. Woodson, Arizona was led by starting halfback Art Luppino. He went on to lead the nation in rushing, scoring, all-purpose running, and kickoff returns. Art Luppino became the first player in NCAA history to lead the nation in rushing twice. He also tied for the national title in all-purpose running and was third in scoring.
During their time in the WAC conference the Wildcats compiled back-to-back 9-2 seasons under Coach Jim Young, UA's first nine-win campaigns. Receiver Theopolis "T" Bell was named All-American and fullback Jim Upchurch became the second Wildcat to rush for 1,000 yards for two consecutive seasons.
Desert Swarm and Dick Tomey era
In 1992, Coach Dick TomeyDick Tomey
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's "Desert Swarm" defense was characterized by tough, hard-nosed tactics. UA lead the nation in scoring defense and nose guard Rob Waldrop
Rob Waldrop
Robert F. Waldrop is a former professional gridiron football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League. He played college football with the Arizona Wildcats....
is a consensus All-American. In 1993, the team
1993 Arizona Wildcats football team
The 1993 Arizona Wildcats football team represented University of Arizona during the 1993 NCAA college football season. The offense scored 294 points while the defense allowed 161 points...
had its first 10-win season and beat the Miami Hurricanes
1993 Miami Hurricanes football team
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in the Fiesta Bowl
Fiesta Bowl
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by a score of 29–0. It was the bowl game's only shutout in its then 23-year history. In 1994, Arizona was ranked #1 and had been picked by Sports Illustrated
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and several other publications to win the National Championship. However, Arizona was stunned by Colorado State
Colorado State Rams football
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and the rest of the season went down along with it, continuing a streak of not being selected for the Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl
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. Arizona to this day, is the only team in the original Pac-10 that has never played in the Rose Bowl Game.
In 1998, the team posted a school-record 12–1 season and made the Holiday Bowl
1998 Holiday Bowl
The 1998 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 30, 1998 in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the Arizona Wildcats, and the Nebraska Cornhuskers....
in which it defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers
1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.-Schedule:...
. Arizona ended that season ranked fourth nationally in the coaches and Associated Press
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poll. The 1998 Holiday Bowl was televised on ESPN
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and set the now-surpassed record of being the most watched of any bowl game in that network's history. In 2000, Tomey was fired just after a season-ending 30-17 loss to Arizona State
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, the Wildcats' primary arch-rival. After Dick Tomey was fired, Wildcat football declined in wins and went on a bowl game drought (former Texas
Texas Longhorns football
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head coach and ESPN football analyst John Mackovic
John Mackovic
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served a disastrous tenure as head coach during this period).
Mike Stoops
In 2004, four years after Tomey's firing, Arizona hired OklahomaOklahoma Sooners football
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defensive coordinator Mike Stoops
Mike Stoops
Michael J. Stoops is a former American football coach and former player. He was the head football coach at the University of Arizona, a position he held from 2003 until his firing in 2011. Stoops previously served as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University, and the...
to take over the Wildcat program. Under Stoops, Arizona started 6-18; his job was in critical danger and his margin for error was very thin. However in his third season in 2006, Stoops led the Wildcats to an improved 6-6 record, the first non-losing season for the school since 1998 when the Wildcats went 12-1 under Tomey. In 2008, the Wildcats
2008 Arizona Wildcats football team
The 2008 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the college football season of 2008–2009. The team's head coach is Mike Stoops, in his fifth year at Arizona. They play their home games at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona and compete in the Pacific-10 Conference...
earned their first bowl berth
2008 Las Vegas Bowl
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in a decade, defeating BYU
2008 BYU Cougars football team
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by a score of 31-21.
In 2009, the Wildcats
2009 Arizona Wildcats football team
The 2009 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Wildcats, led by sixth-year head coach Mike Stoops, played their home games at Arizona Stadium....
earned their second straight bowl berth and a second straight eight-win season. On November 21, 2009, the Oregon Ducks
2009 Oregon Ducks football team
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came to Arizona Stadium in a game that would decide which team went to the Rose Bowl. ESPN's College GameDay crew dubbed it as the game of the week and ventured down to Tucson to cover it. After a back and forth battle, the Oregon Ducks won in double overtime 44-41 to clinch the Rose Bowl bid. Arizona was defeated 33-0 by Nebraska
2009 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 2009 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cornhuskers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska and were led by head coach Bo Pelini...
in a rematch
2009 Holiday Bowl
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of the 1998 Holiday Bowl.
Following the Holiday Bowl, offensive coordinator Sonny Dykes
Sonny Dykes
Sonny Dykes is an American football coach and former college baseball player. He is currently the head football coach at the Louisiana Tech University, a position he has held since 2010. Dykes has served as offensive coordinator under Mike Stoops, Mike Leach and Hal Mumme...
left the Wildcat program to become the head coach at Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
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, and Mark Stoops
Mark Stoops
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became the defensive coordinator at Florida State
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. To replace them, Mike Stoops promoted Bill Bedenbaugh and Seth Littrell to co-offensive coordinators, while promoting Tim Kish
Tim Kish
-External links:*...
to be co-defensive coordinators with Greg Brown
Greg Brown (American football coach)
Greg Brown is currently the defensive coordinator for Colorado. In 2010 he was co-defensive coordinator for the Wildcats of the University of Arizona. Before becoming co-defensive coordinator with Tim Kish, he previously served as secondary coach for the Colorado Buffaloes. Brown joining the...
, who was hired from Colorado
Colorado Buffaloes football
The Colorado Buffaloes football program represents the University of Colorado at Boulder in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The team is currently a member of the Pacific-12 Conference, having previously been a charter member of the Big 12 Conference. Before joining the Big 12,...
.
Midway through his eighth season, Stoops was fired as head coach on October 10, 2011, after starting the season 1–5 (the sole victory was against FCS Northern Arizona
2011 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
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). Including the prior season
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...
, the Wildcats under Stoops had lost 10 consecutive games against FBS opponents, with their last victory over a FBS team taking place nearly a year earlier on October 30, 2010, against UCLA
2010 UCLA Bruins football team
The 2010 UCLA Bruins football team, coached by third year head coach Rick Neuheisel, opened the season on the road against the Kansas State Wildcats on September 4, 2010. The next three games would be against ranked opponents, and after a road win at #7 Texas, expectations for the Bruins dampened...
. Tim Kish, the team's defensive coordinator, was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.
Rich Rodriguez
On November 21, 2011, Arizona announced the hiring of Rich RodriguezRich Rodriguez
Richard A. "Rich" Rodriguez is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Arizona. Rodriguez previously served as the head football coach at Salem University , Glenville State College , West Virginia University , and the University...
to replace Stoops. Rodriguez previously served as the head football coach at Salem University (1988), Glenville State College (1990–1996), West Virginia
West Virginia Mountaineers football
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(2001–2007), and the University of Michigan
Michigan Wolverines football
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(2008–2010); he was also assistant coach, offensive coordinator
Offensive coordinator
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, and quarterback coach for Tulane University
Tulane Green Wave football
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(1997–1998) and Clemson University
Clemson Tigers football
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(1999–2000) (both under head coach Tommy Bowden
Tommy Bowden
Tommy Bowden is an American football coach who served as the head coach at Clemson University from 1999 until October 13, 2008...
). Rodriguez was an analyst for CBS Sports
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during the 2011 football season.
Rodriguez is considered a pioneer of a no huddle
Hurry-up offense
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, run-oriented version of the spread offense, although a pass-first version was already being implemented by others. He first developed this offensive approach at Glenville State and refined it during his stops at Tulane with Shaun King
Shaun King
Shaun Earl King is a former Tulane University and National Football League quarterback.-High School:King is a 1995 graduate of Gibbs High School .-College:...
, at Clemson with Woodrow Dantzler
Woodrow Dantzler
Woodrow "Woody" Dantzler III is an American Football player who is currently a free agent. He attended Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School, in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Dantzler played College Football at Clemson University, where he played Quarterback...
, and at West Virginia most notably with dual-threat quarterback Pat White. This strategy features frequent use of the shotgun formation
Shotgun formation
The shotgun formation is a formation used by the offensive team in American and Canadian football. This formation is used mainly for passing plays, although some teams use it as their base formation. In the shotgun, instead of the quarterback receiving the snap from center at the line of scrimmage,...
. Rodriguez is also credited for inventing the zone read play run out of the shotgun formation.
At West Virginia, Rodriguez guided the Mountaineers to two consecutive bowl games, going to the Nokia Sugar Bowl
2006 Sugar Bowl
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in 2005 as the Big East champion and its Bowl Championship Series
Bowl Championship Series
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(BCS) representative, defeating Georgia
2005 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 2005 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 10-3 record. Winning 10 games for the fourth year in a row, Georgia tied its own record for consecutive 10 win seasons. The Bulldogs, with a regular season SEC record of 6-2, won the SEC East and advanced to the 2005 SEC...
and a gaining a final Associated Press
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ranking of fifth; the next season the Mountaineers won eleven games, defeated Georgia Tech
2006 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
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, 38-35, in the Gator Bowl
2007 Gator Bowl
The 2007 Gator Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on January 1, 2007, at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida...
and finished 10th in the final polls. The 2007 Mountaineers eventually achieved #2 in the BCS standings and #1 in the Coaches' poll
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
, both the highest position ever for a Mountaineer football team; Rodriguez was hired by Michigan at the end of the regular season in a highly controversial (and legally contested) move, but the Mountaineer team went on to defeat Oklahoma
Oklahoma Sooners football
The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma . The team is currently a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
in the Fiesta Bowl
2008 Fiesta Bowl
The 2008 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl was a college football bowl game sponsored by Tostitos. It was part of the 2007–2008 Bowl Championship Series of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Played annually since 1971, first at Sun Devil Stadium on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe,...
under interim head coach Bill Stewart.
Rodriguez' tenure at Michigan was far less successful, as it was plagued by player discontent, NCAA rule violations, lack of major bowl appearances, and a lack of success against Michigan's major traditional rivals such as Ohio State
Ohio State Buckeyes football
The Ohio State Buckeyes football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of The Ohio State University. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA, playing at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly Division I-A, level. The team nickname is derived from the state...
and Michigan State
Michigan State Spartans football
The Michigan State Spartans football program represents Michigan State University in college football as members of the Big Ten Conference at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level...
; Rodriguez was relieved of his duties in January 2011, and joined CBS Sports as an analyst soon thereafter, but stated that he might return to coaching if the right opportunity presented itself.
Rodriguez was hired as the 30th head coach of the Arizona football program on November 21, 2011. The hiring was first announced by Arizona athletic director Greg Byrne
Gregory Byrne
Greg Byrne is the athletic director at the University of Arizona. Prior to this appointment, Byrne was the athletic director at Mississippi State University from 2008-2010 after serving as associate athletic director for the preceding two years...
on Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
while a press conference officially announcing him as the head coach was held a day later at McKale Center
McKale Center
McKale Memorial Center is an athletic arena located at 1756 E University Blvd on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. It is primarily used for basketball, but also features state-of-the-art physical training and therapy facilities. Its construction is marked with a large...
in Tucson. Rodriguez will earn $1.45 million in his first year, $1.5 million in his second, $1.6 million in his third, $1.7 million in his fourth and $1.8 million in his fifth season. He will receive an extra $300,000 per year from Nike
Nike
Nike may refer to:* Nike , Greek goddess who personifies victory**The Nike of Samothrace, an ancient statue of the goddess Nike* Nike, Inc., major U.S. manufacturer of athletic shoes, apparel, and sports equipment...
, as well as bonuses for academic achievement, BCS rankings, season ticket totals and bowl appearances. He will get extra bonuses for milestones such as playing in the BCS title game, playing in any other bowl, and for winning the Pac-12. The contract is subject to UA Board of Regents approval. Rodriguez' hiring ended a 41-day search for a head coach which started after Mike Stoops was dismissed after eight seasons as Wildcat head coach. Former University of Florida
Florida Gators football
The Florida Gators football team represents the University of Florida in the sport of American football. The Florida Gators compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletics Association and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference...
head coach Urban Meyer
Urban Meyer
Urban Frank Meyer, III is an American football coach and former player. He is head football coach at Ohio State University, having been hired for the position in November 2011...
and former Texas Tech
Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Texas Tech Red Raiders football program is a college football team that represents Texas Tech University . The team competes, as a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
head coach Mike Leach
Mike Leach
Michael C. "Mike" Leach is head coach of the Washington State Cougars football team. For 10 years he was head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team. Leach had a winning season every year during his tenure at Texas Tech....
were reportedly also considered for the position.
Yearly Records
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*Fired after 5 games
**Fired after 6 games
Conference titles
{| cellpadding="1" border="1" cellspacing="0" width="60%"!bgcolor="#000060"| Year
!bgcolor="#000060"| Conference
!bgcolor="#000060"| Coach
!bgcolor="#000060"| Record
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|1935||Border||Tex Oliver
Tex Oliver
-External links:...
||7-2-0
|- align="center"
|1936||Border||Tex Oliver||5-2-3
|- align="center"
|1941||Border||Miles W. Casteel
Miles W. Casteel
-External links:...
||7-3-0
|- align="center"
|1964||WAC
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...
||Jim LaRue
Jim LaRue
-External links:...
||6-3-1
|- align="center"
|1973
1973 college football season
The 1973 college football season was the first for the NCAA's current three-division structure. Effective with the 1973–74 academic year, schools formerly in the NCAA "University Division" were classified as Division I...
||WAC||Jim Young
Jim Young (American football coach)
-External links:...
||8-3-0
|- align="center"
|1993
1993 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Florida State crowned national champions, but not without controversy.Under the Bowl Coalition, undefeated Big 8 champ and #2 ranked Nebraska hosted ACC champ and #1 ranked Florida State in the Orange Bowl...
||Pac-10||Dick Tomey
Dick Tomey
-External links:* *...
||10-2-0
|- align="center"
| colspan=3 bgcolor="#C41E3A"| Conference Titles
| colspan=1 bgcolor="#C41E3A"| 6
|}
Note: bold years indicate outright conference titles
Bowl games
{| class="wikitable"|-style="background: #000060" align=center
| Date || Bowl || W/L || Opponent || PF || PA
|-align=center
| December 26, 1921 || San Diego E-W Christmas Classic || L || Centre
Centre College
Centre College is a private liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky, USA, a community of approximately 16,000 in Boyle County south of Lexington, KY. Centre is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution. Centre was founded by Presbyterian leaders, with whom it maintains a loose...
|| 0 || 38
|-align=center
| January 1, 1949 || Salad
Salad Bowl (American College Football)
The Salad Bowl was an annual post-season American college football bowl game played at Montgomery Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona, from 1948 to 1952. Despite the clever name, the bowl folded in 1952 and is unlikely to return, although it was a precursor to the current Fiesta Bowl.-Game results:...
|| L || Drake
Drake Bulldogs football
The Drake Bulldogs football program represents Drake University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level. Drake began competing in intercollegiate football in 1893.-Historic 1922 season:...
|| 13 || 14
|-align=center
| December 28, 1968 || Sun
Sun Bowl
The Sun Bowl is an annual U.S. college football bowl game that is usually played at the end of December in El Paso, Texas. The Sun Bowl, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl are the second-oldest bowl games in the country, behind the Rose Bowl...
|| L || Auburn
Auburn Tigers football
Only Mohamed Amin Abughadir set the record with 1,890 yards in 1 season. He was the QB for Auburn in 1998.The Auburn Tigers football team represents Auburn University in college football as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing in the Western Division of the...
|| 10 || 34
|-align=center
| December 25, 1979 || Fiesta
Fiesta Bowl
The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Frito-Lay and named with their Tostitos brand, is a United States college football bowl game played annually at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Between its origination in 1971 and 2006, the game was hosted in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil...
|| L || Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Panthers football
Pittsburgh Panthers football is the intercollegiate football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Traditionally the most popular sport at the university, Pitt football has played at the highest level of American college football...
|| 10 || 16
|-align=center
| December 28, 1985 || Sun
Sun Bowl
The Sun Bowl is an annual U.S. college football bowl game that is usually played at the end of December in El Paso, Texas. The Sun Bowl, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl are the second-oldest bowl games in the country, behind the Rose Bowl...
|| T || Georgia
Georgia Bulldogs football
The Georgia Bulldogs football team represents the University of Georgia in football. The Bulldogs are a member of the Southeastern Conference and are frequently a top-25 team. The University of Georgia has had a football team since 1892 and has an all-time record of 738–398–54...
|| 13 || 13
|-align=center
| December 27, 1986 || Aloha || W || North Carolina
North Carolina Tar Heels football
The North Carolina Tar Heels football team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in collegiate level football. In Carolina’s first 121 seasons of football competition, the Tar Heels have compiled a record of 646–488–54, a winning percentage of .566...
|| 30 || 21
|-align=center
| December 31, 1989 || Copper || W || NC State
NC State Wolfpack football
The NC State Wolfpack football team represents North Carolina State University in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision competition. The Wolfpack currently compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference....
|| 17 || 10
|-align=center
| December 25, 1990 || Aloha
Aloha Bowl
The Aloha Bowl was a National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game played in Honolulu, Hawaii at Aloha Stadium. With the exception of the 1983-86 playings, the Aloha Bowl was traditionally played on Christmas morning in Honolulu. For most of its...
|| L || Syracuse
Syracuse Orange football
The Syracuse Orange football program is a college football team that represents Syracuse University. The team is a member of the Big East Conference, which is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I conference that is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision...
|| 0 || 28
|-align=center
| December 31, 1992 || Sun
Sun Bowl
The Sun Bowl is an annual U.S. college football bowl game that is usually played at the end of December in El Paso, Texas. The Sun Bowl, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl are the second-oldest bowl games in the country, behind the Rose Bowl...
|| L || Baylor
Baylor Bears football
The Baylor Bears football team represents Baylor University in Division I FBS college football. They are a member of the Big 12 Conference. The team plays its home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas.-History:...
|| 15 || 20
|-align=center
| January 1, 1994 || Fiesta
1994 Fiesta Bowl
The 1994 IBM OS/2 Fiesta Bowl, played on January 1, 1994, was the 23rd edition of the Fiesta Bowl. The game featured the Arizona Wildcats, and the Miami Hurricanes. The game featured the only shutout in Fiesta Bowl history, as Arizona shut-out Miami...
|| W || Miami
Miami Hurricanes football
The Miami Hurricanes football program competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference of the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision for the University of Miami. The program began in 1926 and has won five AP national championships...
|| 29 || 0
|-align=center
| December 27, 1994 || Freedom
Freedom Bowl
The Freedom Bowl was an annual post-season college football bowl game played at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California, from 1984 to 1994. Beginning with the 1995 season, the Freedom Bowl's WAC tie-ins were merged with that of the Holiday Bowl and the game was dissolved...
|| L || Utah
Utah Utes football
The Utah Utes football program is a college football team that currently competes in the Pacific-12 Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I and represents the University of Utah. The Utah college football program began in 1892 and has played home games at Rice–Eccles...
|| 13 || 16
|-align=center
| December 27, 1997 || Insight.com
1997 Insight.com Bowl
The 1997 Insight.com Bowl was the 9th edition to the bowl game. It featured the Arizona Wildcats and the . It was a meeting of old Western Athletic Conference and Border Conference rivals....
|| W || New Mexico || 20 || 14
|-align=center
| December 30, 1998 || Holiday
1998 Holiday Bowl
The 1998 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 30, 1998 in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the Arizona Wildcats, and the Nebraska Cornhuskers....
|| W || Nebraska
1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.-Schedule:...
|| 23 || 20
|-align=center
| December 20, 2008 || Las Vegas
2008 Las Vegas Bowl
The 2008 Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl was an NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS post-season college football bowl game between the Arizona Wildcats, the fifth pick from the Pacific 10 Conference and the BYU Cougars, third place overall in the Mountain West Conference. This bowl game was played on December...
|| W || BYU
2009 BYU Cougars football team
The 2009 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 2009 football season. The Cougars were led by head coach Bronco Mendenhall and played their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium....
|| 31 || 21
|-align=center
| December 30, 2009 || Holiday
2009 Holiday Bowl
The 2009 Holiday Bowl was the thirty-second edition of the college football bowl game and was played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The game started at 5:00 PM US PST on Wednesday, December 30, 2009. The game was telecast on ESPN. The Nebraska Cornhuskers defeated the Arizona...
||L || Nebraska
2009 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 2009 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cornhuskers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska and were led by head coach Bo Pelini...
||0 || 33
|-align=center
| December 29, 2010 || Alamo
2010 Alamo Bowl (December)
The 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl game was the 18th edition of the annual college football bowl game known previously as the Alamo Bowl. It was played on December 29, 2010 between the Arizona Wildcats and the Oklahoma State Cowboys. ESPN television broadcasted the game with Valero as the title sponsor...
||L || Oklahoma State
2010 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
The 2010 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by 6th year head coach Mike Gundy and played their homes game at Boone Pickens Stadium. They played in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division...
||10 ||36
|-align=center
|-style="background: #C41E3A" align=center
| Total || 17 Bowl Games || 6–10–1 || || 234 || 389
|}
Trophy games
- Kit Carson Rifle - New Mexico Lobos
- Territorial CupTerritorial CupThe Territorial Cup is a trophy that is awarded to the winner of an American college football rivalry game, commonly referred to as "The Duel in the Desert," played annually between the Arizona State Sun Devils football team of Arizona State University and the Arizona Wildcats football team of the...
- Arizona State Sun DevilsArizona State Sun Devils footballThe Arizona State Sun Devils' football program represents Arizona State University in college football, and competes in NCAA Division I FBS as a member of the Pacific-12 Conference....
Logos and uniforms
Starting in the 2010 season, Arizona wore new uniforms. They are simplified versions of the uniforms worn from 2005–2009, with the addition of a white helmet with a red-white-blue stripe. The team may use any combination of its two helmets, three jerseys and three pants. In the 2010 season, white-red-red was the most common home combination and white-white-red was the most common away combination.Game day traditions
- The Wildcat Walk, first done in 2010, is one of Arizona's newest traditions. Before every home game, the team's buses take them from their hotel and drop them off several blocks north of the stadium. The fans and the marching band line Cherry Avenue as the team walks to the stadium.
- During pre-game warmups, the team performs a hakaHakaHaka is a traditional ancestral war cry, dance or challenge from the Māori people of New Zealand. It is a posture dance performed by a group, with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet with rhythmically shouted accompaniment...
. - At the beginnings of the second and fourth quarters, the cheerleaders lead the crowd in a synchronized U of A chant. The east side of the stadium yells "U!", the north and south sides yell "of!" and the west side yells "A!"
- At the beginning of the second half, for the duration of the kickoff, a large block A banner is unfurled and held up by the center of the Zona Zoo.
- At the end of the third quarter, the team and many members of the crowd hold up four fingers, signifying the beginning of the fourth quarter.
- In a similar tradition to other schools' mascots, after every Arizona score, Wilbur the Wildcat does as many pushups as the Wildcats have points while the crowd counts his pushups. However, unlike other mascots, Wilbur does his pushups one-handed.
- At the end of every home game (and every Arizona athletics event the band is present at) the band plays Arizona's alma mater, "All Hail, Arizona!" Students and fans link arms, sway as they sing and jump up and down while singing the last part of the song.
- After every home game, fans and the band march to the administration building where the band performs a concert for the gathered fans. At the conclusion of the concert, the bell in the student union clock tower (one of the bells recovered from the USS ArizonaUSS Arizona (BB-39)USS Arizona, a , was built for the United States Navy in the mid-1910s. Named in honor of the 48th state's recent admission into the union, the ship was the second and last of the Pennsylvania class of "super-dreadnought" battleships. Although commissioned in 1916, the ship remained stateside...
) is rung, and the band responds by yelling "Bear DownBear Down"Bear Down" is the official motto of the University of Arizona , located in Tucson, Arizona. It is the inspiration for "Bear Down, Arizona!," the unofficial fight song of the school's Arizona Wildcats...
!"
Individual award winners
- Pac-10 Coach of the Year
- Dick TomeyDick Tomey-External links:* *...
- 1992- Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year
- Ricky HunleyRicky HunleyRicky Hunley is an American football coach and former linebacker. He is currently the assistant linebackers coach for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League.-College career:...
- 1983 - Byron EvansByron EvansByron Nelson Evans is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles defense of the late 1980s and early 1990s...
- 1986 - Chuck CecilChuck CecilCharles Douglas "Chuck" Cecil , was the defensive coordinator of the NFL's Tennessee Titans. He is also a former NFL Pro Bowl safety.-Early years:Cecil is a native of Red Bluff, California...
- 1987 - Dana Wells - 1988
- Darryl Lewis - 1990
- Rob WaldropRob WaldropRobert F. Waldrop is a former professional gridiron football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League. He played college football with the Arizona Wildcats....
- 1993 - Tedy BruschiTedy BruschiTedy Lacap Bruschi is a former professional American football linebacker. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft...
- 1995- Pac-10 Rookie of the Year
- Mike ThomasMike Thomas (wide receiver)-Jacksonville Jaguars:Thomas was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. As a rookie he started four of the 14 games in which he played, and had 48 receptions for 453 yards and a touchdown. His 48 receptions were tied with Michael Crabtree for fourth among all...
- 2005- Bronko Nagurski TrophyBronko Nagurski TrophyThe Bronko Nagurski Trophy has been awarded annually since 1993 to the collegiate American football player adjudged by the membership of the Football Writers Association of America to be the best defensively in the National Collegiate Athletic Association; the award is presented by the Charlotte...
- Bronko Nagurski Trophy
- Rob WaldropRob WaldropRobert F. Waldrop is a former professional gridiron football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League. He played college football with the Arizona Wildcats....
- 19931993 NCAA Division I-A football seasonThe 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Florida State crowned national champions, but not without controversy.Under the Bowl Coalition, undefeated Big 8 champ and #2 ranked Nebraska hosted ACC champ and #1 ranked Florida State in the Orange Bowl...
- Chuck Bednarik AwardChuck Bednarik AwardThe Chuck Bednarik Award is presented annually to the defensive collegiate football player adjudged by the Maxwell Football Club to be the best in the United States...
- Chuck Bednarik Award
- Rob WaldropRob WaldropRobert F. Waldrop is a former professional gridiron football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League. He played college football with the Arizona Wildcats....
- 19931993 NCAA Division I-A football seasonThe 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Florida State crowned national champions, but not without controversy.Under the Bowl Coalition, undefeated Big 8 champ and #2 ranked Nebraska hosted ACC champ and #1 ranked Florida State in the Orange Bowl...
- Jim Thorpe AwardJim Thorpe AwardThe Jim Thorpe Award, named in memory of multi-sport legend Jim Thorpe, has been awarded to the top defensive back in college football since 1986...
- Jim Thorpe Award
- Darryll LewisDarryll LewisDarryll Lamont Lewis is an American retired NFL player, who played as corner back.After going to high school at Nogales High School in La Puente, California, he graduated in 1991 from the University of Arizona and was then drafted by the Houston Oilers in the second round of that years NFL Draft...
- 19901990 NCAA Division I-A football seasonThe 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with a split championship and the ensuing controversy led to the creation of the Bowl Coalition, a precursor to the Bowl Championship Series. The title was split between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets... - Antoine CasonAntoine Cason-San Diego Chargers:2008 seasonCason played in all 16 regular season games and both playoff games at cornerback and on special teams as a rookie for the 2008 AFC Western Division champion San Diego Chargers. His first NFL interception came on September 14, 2008, against the Denver Broncos, picking...
- 20072007 NCAA Division I FBS football seasonThe 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on August 30, 2007, progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 7, 2008, where the top...
- Lou Groza AwardLou Groza AwardThe Lou Groza Award is presented annually to the top college football placekicker in the United States by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. The award is named after former Ohio State Buckeyes and Cleveland Browns player Lou Groza.-Winners:...
- Lou Groza Award
- Steve McLaughlinSteve McLaughlinSteve McLaughlin is a former American football player.-References:...
- 19941994 NCAA Division I-A football seasonThe 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season saw yet another controversial finish as both Nebraska and Penn State finished undefeated, and yet Penn State finished a distant second in the final AP and UPI polls. The controversial finish, however, could have been an even worse morass if not for some...
- Mosi Tatupu AwardMosi Tatupu AwardThe Mosi Tatupu Award was given annually to the College Football Special Teams Player of the Year by the Maui Quarterback Club and the Hula Bowl, from 1997 to 2006....
- Mosi Tatupu Award
- Chris McAlisterChris McAlisterChristopher James McAlister is an American football cornerback who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arizona....
- 19981998 NCAA Division I-A football seasonThe 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first of the Bowl Championship Series, which saw Tennessee win the national championship, one year after star quarterback Peyton Manning left for the NFL...
- Outland TrophyOutland TrophyThe Outland Trophy is awarded to the best United States college football interior lineman by the Football Writers Association of America. It is named after John H. Outland. One of only a few players ever to be named All-America at two positions, Outland garnered consensus All-America honors in...
- Outland Trophy
- Rob WaldropRob WaldropRobert F. Waldrop is a former professional gridiron football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League. He played college football with the Arizona Wildcats....
- 19931993 NCAA Division I-A football seasonThe 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Florida State crowned national champions, but not without controversy.Under the Bowl Coalition, undefeated Big 8 champ and #2 ranked Nebraska hosted ACC champ and #1 ranked Florida State in the Orange Bowl...
All-Americans
- 2008- Rob GronkowskiRob GronkowskiRob Gronkowski is an American football tight end for the New England Patriots of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Patriots in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft...
, Arizona (Associated Press) - 2007- Antoine CasonAntoine Cason-San Diego Chargers:2008 seasonCason played in all 16 regular season games and both playoff games at cornerback and on special teams as a rookie for the 2008 AFC Western Division champion San Diego Chargers. His first NFL interception came on September 14, 2008, against the Denver Broncos, picking...
, Arizona (Associated Press, Walter Camp, Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, CBS Sports, College Football News, Rivals.com, Scout.com) - 2005- Danny Baugher, Arizona (Pro Football Weekly)
- 1999- Dennis NorthcuttDennis NorthcuttDennis LaMont Northcutt is an American football wide receiver and punt returner who last played for the Detroit Lions...
, Arizona (AFCA) - 1999- Dennis NorthcuttDennis NorthcuttDennis LaMont Northcutt is an American football wide receiver and punt returner who last played for the Detroit Lions...
, Arizona (AP, FWAA, CNNSI-AP) - 1998- Chris McAlisterChris McAlisterChristopher James McAlister is an American football cornerback who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arizona....
, Arizona (AFCA, AP, FWAA, TSN, Walter Camp, FN) - 1995- Tedy BruschiTedy BruschiTedy Lacap Bruschi is a former professional American football linebacker. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft...
, Arizona (AP, UPI, Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, TSN) - 1994- Tedy BruschiTedy BruschiTedy Lacap Bruschi is a former professional American football linebacker. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft...
, Arizona (Associated Press, Walter Camp, FWAA-Writers, AFCA-Coaches, Scripps-Howard, Sporting News) - 1994- Tony BouieTony BouieTony Vanderson Bouie is a former professional American football safety in the National Football League...
, Arizona (Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, Sporting News) - 1994- Steve McLaughlinSteve McLaughlinSteve McLaughlin is a former American football player.-References:...
, Arizona (Walter Camp, FWAA-Writers, Scripps-Howard, Sporting News) - 1993- Rob WaldropRob WaldropRobert F. Waldrop is a former professional gridiron football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League. He played college football with the Arizona Wildcats....
, Arizona (AP, UPI, WC, FWAA, AFCA, SH, TSN, FN) - 1993- Sean HarrisSean Harris (American football)Sean Harris is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 1995 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arizona....
, Arizona (SH) - 1992- Rob WaldropRob WaldropRobert F. Waldrop is a former professional gridiron football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League. He played college football with the Arizona Wildcats....
, Arizona (AP, UPI, NEA, FWAA) - 1992- Josh MillerJosh MillerJosh Miller is a former American football punter and current football analyst.He was signed by the Baltimore Stallions of the Canadian Football League as an undrafted free agent in 1994...
, Arizona (FWAA, TSN) - 1990- Darryl Lewis, Arizona (AP, UPI, WC, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, FN)
- 1987- Chuck CecilChuck CecilCharles Douglas "Chuck" Cecil , was the defensive coordinator of the NFL's Tennessee Titans. He is also a former NFL Pro Bowl safety.-Early years:Cecil is a native of Red Bluff, California...
, Arizona (UPI, WC, AFCA) - 1985- Allen Durden, Arizona (UPI, WC)
- 1983- Ricky HunleyRicky HunleyRicky Hunley is an American football coach and former linebacker. He is currently the assistant linebackers coach for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League.-College career:...
, Arizona (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA) - 1982- Ricky HunleyRicky HunleyRicky Hunley is an American football coach and former linebacker. He is currently the assistant linebackers coach for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League.-College career:...
, Arizona (AP, UPI, AFCA) - 1976- Mike DawsonMike Dawson (American football)Michael Daniel Dawson was an American football defensive lineman in the National Football League who was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round of the 1976 NFL Draft. A 6'4", 256 lb...
, Arizona - 1975- Theo BellTheo BellTheopolis Bell, Jr. was an American football wide receiver who played nine seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers....
, Arizona (NEA) - 1971- Mark Arneson, Arizona (TSN)
- 1941- Hank Stanton, Arizona
- 1938- Tom GreenfieldTom GreenfieldThomas Guy Greenfield was a professional American football center/linebacker in the National Football League. Greenfield, who was born in Glendale, Arizona, played for the Green Bay Packers from 1939–1941. He was named to the Pro Bowl after the Packers won the championship in 1939. He played...
, Arizona - 1937- Walt Nielson, Arizona
- 1935- Ted Bland, Arizona
Retired jerseys
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Art
Luppino
22
1952-1956
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John
"Button"
Salmon
1923-1926
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College Football Hall of Famers
{|class="wikitable sortable"!Inductee
!Position(s)
!Class
!Year(s)
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|Chuck Cecil
Chuck Cecil
Charles Douglas "Chuck" Cecil , was the defensive coordinator of the NFL's Tennessee Titans. He is also a former NFL Pro Bowl safety.-Early years:Cecil is a native of Red Bluff, California...
|Defensive back
Defensive back
In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...
|2009
|1984–1987
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|Ricky Hunley
Ricky Hunley
Ricky Hunley is an American football coach and former linebacker. He is currently the assistant linebackers coach for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League.-College career:...
|Linebacker
Linebacker
A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
|1997
|1980–1983
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|Darrell Mudra
Darrell Mudra
Darrell "Dr. Victory" Mudra is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Adams State College , North Dakota State University , the University of Arizona , Western Illinois University , Florida State University , Eastern Illinois University...
|Head Coach
Head coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches...
|2000
|1967–1968
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|Warren B. Woodson
Warren B. Woodson
Warren Brooks Woodson was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Arkansas State Teachers College, now the University of Central Arkansas, , Hardin–Simmons University , the University of Arizona , New Mexico State University , and...
|Head Coach
Head coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches...
|1989
|1952–1956
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|Jim Young
Jim Young (American football coach)
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|Head Coach
Head coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches...
|1999
|1973–1976
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|Rob Waldrop
Rob Waldrop
Robert F. Waldrop is a former professional gridiron football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League. He played college football with the Arizona Wildcats....
|defensive lineman
|2011
|1990-1993
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All-Star alumni in NFL and CFL
NFL- Brad AndersonBrad Anderson (American football)Bradley Stewart Anderson is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. Anderson was an 8th round selection in the 1984 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears....
- Super BowlSuper BowlThe Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
Champion - Super BowlSuper BowlThe Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
XX - Michael Bates - Pro BowlPro BowlIn professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League . Since the merger with the rival American Football League in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference against those...
(x5) (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
All-Pro
All-Pro
All-Pro is a term mostly used in the NFL for the best players of each position during that season. It began as polls of sportswriters in the early 1920s...
(1996, 1997, 1998 1999, 2000) NFL 1990s All-Decade Team
NFL 1990s All-Decade Team
The NFL 1990s All-Decade Team was chosen by voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The team was composed of outstanding performers in the National Football League in the 1990s....
- Chris McAlisterChris McAlisterChristopher James McAlister is an American football cornerback who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arizona....
- CornerbackCornerbackA cornerback is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in American and Canadian football. Cornerbacks cover receivers, to defend against pass offenses and make tackles. Other members of the defensive backfield include the safeties and occasionally linebackers. The cornerback position...
, New Orleans SaintsNew Orleans SaintsThe New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....
- 2x All-ProAll-ProAll-Pro is a term mostly used in the NFL for the best players of each position during that season. It began as polls of sportswriters in the early 1920s...
selection (2003, 2004), 3x Pro BowlPro BowlIn professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League . Since the merger with the rival American Football League in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference against those...
selection (2003, 2004, 2006), Super Bowl champion (XXXV) - Mike Bell - Running BackRunning backA running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...
, New Orleans SaintsNew Orleans SaintsThe New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....
- Super BowlSuper BowlThe Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
Champion - Super BowlSuper BowlThe Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
XLIV - Lance BriggsLance BriggsLance Marell Briggs is an American football linebacker for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Bears in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arizona.-Early years:A Sacramento native, Briggs attended Elk Grove High...
- LinebackerLinebackerA linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
, Chicago BearsChicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
- 2x All-ProAll-ProAll-Pro is a term mostly used in the NFL for the best players of each position during that season. It began as polls of sportswriters in the early 1920s...
- Pro BowlPro BowlIn professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League . Since the merger with the rival American Football League in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference against those...
selection (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) - Tedy BruschiTedy BruschiTedy Lacap Bruschi is a former professional American football linebacker. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft...
- 1x Second-team All-ProAll-ProAll-Pro is a term mostly used in the NFL for the best players of each position during that season. It began as polls of sportswriters in the early 1920s...
(2004), 2x Pro BowlPro BowlIn professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League . Since the merger with the rival American Football League in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference against those...
selection (2004, 2005), 3x Super BowlSuper BowlThe Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
champion (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX), NFL Comeback Player of the Year (2005), New England PatriotsNew England PatriotsThe New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...
50th Anniversary Team (Defensive Captain) - Antoine CasonAntoine Cason-San Diego Chargers:2008 seasonCason played in all 16 regular season games and both playoff games at cornerback and on special teams as a rookie for the 2008 AFC Western Division champion San Diego Chargers. His first NFL interception came on September 14, 2008, against the Denver Broncos, picking...
- CornerbackCornerbackA cornerback is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in American and Canadian football. Cornerbacks cover receivers, to defend against pass offenses and make tackles. Other members of the defensive backfield include the safeties and occasionally linebackers. The cornerback position...
, San Diego ChargersSan Diego ChargersThe San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... - Chuck CecilChuck CecilCharles Douglas "Chuck" Cecil , was the defensive coordinator of the NFL's Tennessee Titans. He is also a former NFL Pro Bowl safety.-Early years:Cecil is a native of Red Bluff, California...
- 1x Pro BowlPro BowlIn professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League . Since the merger with the rival American Football League in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference against those...
Selection - Nick FolkNick FolkNicholas "Nick" Alexander Folk is an American football kicker who currently plays for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft...
- PlacekickerPlacekickerPlacekicker, or simply kicker , is the title of the player in American and Canadian football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals, extra points...
, Dallas CowboysDallas CowboysThe Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
- 1x Pro BowlPro BowlIn professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League . Since the merger with the rival American Football League in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference against those...
selection (2007), 1x All-ProAll-ProAll-Pro is a term mostly used in the NFL for the best players of each position during that season. It began as polls of sportswriters in the early 1920s...
selection (2007) - Chris GronkowskiChris GronkowskiChris Gronkowski is an American football fullback for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at Arizona.-Early years:...
- FullbackFullback (American football)A fullback is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback...
, Dallas CowboysDallas CowboysThe Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas... - Rob GronkowskiRob GronkowskiRob Gronkowski is an American football tight end for the New England Patriots of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Patriots in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft...
- Tight EndTight endThe tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...
, New England PatriotsNew England PatriotsThe New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National... - Chris JenningsChris JenningsChris Jennings is a gridiron football running back who is currently a free agent. He was signed as a undrafted free agent by the Montreal Alouettes in 2008...
- Running BackRunning backA running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...
, Cleveland BrownsCleveland BrownsThe Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... - Michael Johnson - SafetyDefensive backIn American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...
- New York GiantsNew York GiantsThe New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
- Super BowlSuper BowlThe Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
champion (XLII) - Spencer LarsenSpencer LarsenSpencer Larsen is an American football fullback and linebacker for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Broncos in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft...
- LinebackerLinebackerA linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
, Denver BroncosDenver BroncosThe Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
- 2008 Diet Pepsi NFL ROW (Week 11) - Brandon ManumaleunaBrandon Manumaleuna-St. Louis Rams:Manumaleuna was selected in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams. He signed with the team on June 21, 2001. He agreed to a three-year $1.15 million contract including a $255,000 signing bonus. In 2001, Manumaleuna only had one reception on the season...
- Tight EndTight endThe tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...
, Chicago BearsChicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... - Dennis NorthcuttDennis NorthcuttDennis LaMont Northcutt is an American football wide receiver and punt returner who last played for the Detroit Lions...
- Wide ReceiverWide receiverA wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
, Jacksonville JaguarsJacksonville JaguarsThe Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... - Antonio PierceAntonio PierceAntonio Durran Pierce is a former American football linebacker. He was signed by the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent in 2001. He played college football at Arizona....
- LinebackerLinebackerA linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
, New York GiantsNew York GiantsThe New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
- 1x Pro BowlPro BowlIn professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League . Since the merger with the rival American Football League in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference against those...
selection (2006), Super BowlSuper BowlThe Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
champion (XLII) - Syndric SteptoeSyndric SteptoeSyndric Marquis Steptoe is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft...
- Wide ReceiverWide receiverA wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
, Cleveland BrownsCleveland BrownsThe Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... - Bobby WadeBobby WadeRobert Louis Wade, Jr. is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fifth round of the 2003 NFL Draft...
- Wide ReceiverWide receiverA wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
, Washington RedskinsWashington RedskinsThe Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
- Fred Enke - first ArizonaArizonaArizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
player to start as a quarterbackQuarterbackQuarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
in the NFL. - Vance JohnsonVance JohnsonVance Edward Johnson , is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 1985 NFL Draft. A 5'11", 174 lb...
- played his entire NFL career for the Broncos from 1985–1995, 3x Super Bowl appearances - Darryll LewisDarryll LewisDarryll Lamont Lewis is an American retired NFL player, who played as corner back.After going to high school at Nogales High School in La Puente, California, he graduated in 1991 from the University of Arizona and was then drafted by the Houston Oilers in the second round of that years NFL Draft...
- 1x Pro BowlPro BowlIn professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League . Since the merger with the rival American Football League in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference against those...
(1995) - Glenn ParkerGlenn ParkerGlenn Andrew Parker is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League who played for the Buffalo Bills, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the New York Giants...
- 5x Super Bowl appearances, played in NFL for 11 years - Randy Robbins - played for the Denver Broncos for nine seasons (1984–1992).
- Paul RobinsonPaul Robinson (American football player)Paul Harvey Robinson is a former professional American football running back for two seasons in the American Football League and five seasons in the National Football League. Paul Robinson played only one year at the University of Arizona, but in his first year as a professional, he gained 1,023...
- AFL All-Star (1968,1969), 1968 AFL Rookie of the Year. - Eddie WilsonEddie Wilson (American football)Edward Adair Wilson is a former American football quarterback and punter in the American Football League. He played collegiately at Arizona and professionally for the Dallas Texans, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Boston Patriots.-See also:*Other American Football League players...
- AFL champion (1962) - Brad HubbertBrad HubbertBrad Hubbert is an American former collegiate and professional football player.-See also:*Other American Football League players...
- 1967 AFL All-Star - Tom GreenfieldTom GreenfieldThomas Guy Greenfield was a professional American football center/linebacker in the National Football League. Greenfield, who was born in Glendale, Arizona, played for the Green Bay Packers from 1939–1941. He was named to the Pro Bowl after the Packers won the championship in 1939. He played...
- Theo BellTheo BellTheopolis Bell, Jr. was an American football wide receiver who played nine seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers....
- Mike ThomasMike Thomas (wide receiver)-Jacksonville Jaguars:Thomas was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. As a rookie he started four of the 14 games in which he played, and had 48 receptions for 453 yards and a touchdown. His 48 receptions were tied with Michael Crabtree for fourth among all...
- Wide ReceiverWide receiverA wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
, Jacksonville JaguarsJacksonville JaguarsThe Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... - Eben BrittonEben Britton-Jacksonville Jaguars:In an effort to rebuild their offensive line, the Jaguars selected Eugene Monroe and Britton with their first two picks. While Monroe is ought to occupy the left tackle spot, Britton was expected to compete with Tony Pashos for the starting nod at right tackle...
- Offensive Tackle Jacksonville JaguarsJacksonville JaguarsThe Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... - Jeff FairholmJeff FairholmJeff Fairholm is a retired professional Canadian football player. He played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League as a slotback and wide receiver. He was a member of Saskatchewan's Grey Cup winning team of 1989...
- Dr. Beattie Martin TrophyDr. Beattie Martin TrophyThe Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy is a Canadian Football League award, given to the most outstanding Canadian player in the West Division. Each team nominates a player for this award, from which the winner is chosen...
, Jackie Parker TrophyJackie Parker TrophyThe Jackie Parker Trophy is a Canadian Football League trophy is awarded annually to the Most Outstanding Rookie in the West Division, since 1974. Each team in the West Division nominates a candidate from which a winner is chosen, and either this winner or the winner of the Frank M. Gibson Trophy...
, 2x Grey CupGrey CupThe Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...
champion - Harry HoltHarry HoltHarry Holt was a football player in the CFL for five years and in the NFL for five years. Holt played tight end for the British Columbia Lions from 1978–1982, the Cleveland Browns from 1983–1986 and the San Diego Chargers in 1987. He played college football at the University of Arizona...
- selected to the Lions' 2004 50th Anniversary Dream Team. - Josh MillerJosh MillerJosh Miller is a former American football punter and current football analyst.He was signed by the Baltimore Stallions of the Canadian Football League as an undrafted free agent in 1994...
- 2x CFL All-StarAll-starAll-star is a term designating an individual as having a high level of performance in their field. Originating in sports, it has since drifted into vernacular and been borrowed heavily by the entertainment industry...
, Grey CupGrey CupThe Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...
champion, 1x Pro BowlPro BowlIn professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League . Since the merger with the rival American Football League in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference against those...
, Super BowlSuper BowlThe Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
Champion (XXXIX) - Vince PhasonVince PhasonVince Phason is a former defensive back who played from 1975-1985 in the Canadian Football League. He was a CFL All-Star in 1982. Phason was drafted by the NFL out of the University of Arizona and, in 1974, he joined the San Diego Chargers...
- CFL All-StarAll-starAll-star is a term designating an individual as having a high level of performance in their field. Originating in sports, it has since drifted into vernacular and been borrowed heavily by the entertainment industry...
1982, played 10 years in CFL. - Gerald RoperGerald RoperGerald Roper is a former professional Canadian football offensive lineman who played eleven seasons in the Canadian Football League for two different teams. He was a part of the BC Lions Grey Cup victory in 1985.-External links:...
- CFL All-StarAll-starAll-star is a term designating an individual as having a high level of performance in their field. Originating in sports, it has since drifted into vernacular and been borrowed heavily by the entertainment industry...
: 1988, 1x Grey Cup Champion. - Chris SchultzChris SchultzChristopher "Chris" Schultz is a retired National Football League and Canadian Football League player who played the offensive tackle position primarily with the CFL Toronto Argonauts...
- CFL All-StarAll-starAll-star is a term designating an individual as having a high level of performance in their field. Originating in sports, it has since drifted into vernacular and been borrowed heavily by the entertainment industry...
: (1987,1988), 1x Grey CupGrey CupThe Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...
Champion. - Ted UrnessTed UrnessHarold Edward "Ted" Urness is a former offensive lineman for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1961-1970.-CFL career:...
- CFL All-StarAll-starAll-star is a term designating an individual as having a high level of performance in their field. Originating in sports, it has since drifted into vernacular and been borrowed heavily by the entertainment industry...
: (1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970), 1x Grey CupGrey CupThe Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...
Champion, Canadian Football Hall of FameCanadian Football Hall of FameThe Canadian Football Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit corporation, located in Hamilton, Ontario, that celebrates great achievements in Canadian football. It is an open to the public institution. It includes displays about the Canadian Football League, Canadian university football and Canadian... - Terry VaughnTerry VaughnTerry Vaughn is a former Canadian Football League receiver most recently with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. On July 14, 2006 he became the all-time leader in receptions in the Canadian Football League, surpassing Darren Flutie's previous record of 973 receptions...
- all-time leader in receptions in the Canadian Football LeagueCanadian Football LeagueThe Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
, 3x CFL all-starAll-starAll-star is a term designating an individual as having a high level of performance in their field. Originating in sports, it has since drifted into vernacular and been borrowed heavily by the entertainment industry...
, 2x Grey CupGrey CupThe Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...
Champion. - Rob WaldropRob WaldropRobert F. Waldrop is a former professional gridiron football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League. He played college football with the Arizona Wildcats....
- CFL All-StarAll-starAll-star is a term designating an individual as having a high level of performance in their field. Originating in sports, it has since drifted into vernacular and been borrowed heavily by the entertainment industry...
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