List of Arizona Wildcats bowl games explained

The Arizona Wildcats college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Arizona in the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). Since the establishment of the team in 1893, Arizona has appeared in 21 bowl games and had 9 wins, 11 losses, and 1 tie for a .452 winning percentage.^[1] The Wildcats played in two Bowl Coalition Era Bowls. The 1992 John Handcock Bowl (Sun Bowl) was a Tier 2 Bowl Coalition game. The 1993 Fiesta Bowl was a Tier 1 Bowl Coalition game. The December 2014 Fiesta Bowl was part of the CFP\New Year's Six system.

Key

General

	Bowl game record attendance
	Former bowl game record attendance
	Denotes BC/BA/BCS/CFP Game

Results

W	Win
L	Loss

Post-season games

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Bowl	Score	Date	Season	Opponent	Stadium	Location	Attendance^[2]	Head coach
1	San Diego East-West Christmas Classic			1921	Centre Praying Colonels	Balboa Stadium	San Diego	35,000
2	Salad Bowl			1948	Drake	Montgomery Stadium	Phoenix	43,000
3	Sun Bowl			1968	Auburn Tigers	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso	27,062
4	Fiesta Bowl			1979	Pittsburgh Panthers	Sun Devil Stadium	Tempe	30,333
5	Sun Bowl			1985	Georgia Bulldogs	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso	30,333
6	Aloha Bowl			1986	North Carolina Tar Heels	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu	30,333	Larry Smith
7	Copper Bowl			1989	North Carolina State Wolfpack	Arizona Stadium	Tucson	37,237
8	Aloha Bowl			1990	Syracuse Orangemen	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu	41,450	Dick Tomey
Bowl Coalition Era
9	Sun Bowl (John Handcock Bowl) Tier 2 BC Game			1992	Baylor Bears	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso	31,337	Dick Tomey
10	Fiesta Bowl Tier 1 BC Game			1993	Miami Hurricanes	Sun Devil Stadium	Tempe	31,337	Dick Tomey
11	Freedom Bowl			1994	Utah Utes	Anaheim Stadium	Anaheim	31,377	Dick Tomey
Bowl Alliance Era
12	Insight.com Bowl			1997	New Mexico Lobos	Arizona Stadium	Tucson	49,385	Dick Tomey
Bowl Championship Series Era
13"	Holiday Bowl			1998	Nebraska Cornhuskers	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego	65,354	Dick Tomey
14	Las Vegas Bowl			2008	BYU Cougars	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas	40,047
15	Holiday Bowl			2009	Nebraska Cornhuskers	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego	64,607	Mike Stoops
16	Alamo Bowl			2010	Oklahoma State Cowboys	Alamodome	San Antonio	57,593	Mike Stoops
17	New Mexico Bowl			2012	Nevada Wolf Pack	University Stadium	Albuquerque	24,610
18	Independence Bowl			2013	Boston College Eagles	Independence Stadium	Shreveport	36,917	Rich Rodriguez
College Football Playoff Era
19	Fiesta Bowl (CFP New Year's Six)			2014	Boise State Broncos	University of Phoenix Stadium	Glendale	66,896	Rich Rodriguez
20	New Mexico Bowl			2015	New Mexico Lobos	University Stadium (Albuquerque)	Albuquerque	30,289	Rich Rodriguez
21	Foster Farms Bowl			2017	Purdue Boilermakers	Levi's Stadium	Santa Clara	28,436	Rich Rodriguez
22	Alamo Bowl	W 38–24		2023	Oklahoma Sooners	Alamodome	San Antonio	55,853	Jedd Fisch

Record by bowl game and opponents

Bowl Name		Appearances	Record
	1	2013	1–0
	2	2010, 2023	1-1
	2	1986, 1990	1–1
Christmas Classic	1	1921	0–1
	2	1989, 1997	2–0
	3	1979, 1993, 2014	1–2
	1	2017	0-1
	1	1994	0–1
	2	1998, 2009	1–1
	1	2008	1–0
	2	2012, 2015	2–0
	1	1949	0–1
	3	1968, 1985, 1992	0–2–1

Opponents		Win	Loss	Tied	%
	1	0	1	0
	1	0	1	0
	1	0	1	0
	1	1	0	0
	1	1	0	0
Centre (D-III)	1	0	1	0
Drake (FCS)	1	0	1	0
	1	0	0	1
	1	1	0	0
	2	1	1	0
	1	1	0	0
	2	2	0	0
	1	1	0	0
	1	1	0	0
	1	0	1	0
	1	0	1	0
	1	0	1	0
	1	0	1	0
	1	0	1	0
	1	1	0	0

Notes

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

References

General

• Web site: Bowl/All-Star Game Records . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) . 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records . NCAA.org . November 27, 2011 . PDF.
• Web site: Wildcats history . University of Arizona . November 27, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923173609/http://www.arizonaathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=31643 . September 23, 2015 .

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