2014 Arizona Wildcats football
Pac-12 South Division champion
Pac-12 Championship Game, L 13–51 vs. Oregon
Fiesta Bowl, L 30–38 vs. Boise State
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 19
Record	10–4 (7–2 Pac-12)
Head coach	Rich Rodriguez (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Calvin Magee (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Rod Smith (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Defensive coordinator	Jeff Casteel (3rd season)
Base defense	3–3–5
MVP	Scooby Wright III
Captain	13 Dan Pettinato (DL) Terris Jones-Grigsby (RB) Hank Hobson (LB) Fabbians Ebbele (OL) Jonathan McKnight (CB) Jared Tevis (S)
Home stadium	Arizona Stadium
Uniform
Seasons ←  2013 2015 →

2014 Pac-12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 2 Oregon x$^		8	–	1					13	–	2
Stanford		5	–	4					8	–	5
Washington		4	–	5					8	–	6
California		3	–	6					5	–	7
Oregon State		2	–	7					5	–	7
Washington State		2	–	7					3	–	9
South Division
No. 19 Arizona x		7	–	2					10	–	4
No. 10 UCLA		6	–	3					10	–	3
No. 12 Arizona State		6	–	3					10	–	3
No. 20 USC		6	–	3					9	–	4
No. 21 Utah		5	–	4					9	–	4
Colorado		0	–	9					2	–	10
Championship: Oregon 51, Arizona 13
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season was the Wildcats's 115th overall, 37th as a member of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12) and its fourth within the Pac-12 South Division. The team was led by head coach Rich Rodriguez, in his third year, and played its home games at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona for the 86th straight year.

They ultimately finished 10–4, achieving the third 10-win regular season in program history. The Wildcats won the Pac-12 South Division for the first time, advancing to the Pac-12 Football Championship Game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, where they faced the Oregon Ducks. The Wildcats played in the first year of the New Year's Six bowls, netting a berth in the 2014 Fiesta Bowl, the school's third major-bowl appearance, where they faced the Boise State Broncos. Arizona lost the game to Boise State, 38–30.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Javelle Allen	9	Quarterback	6'2"	223	RS freshman	Prosper, TX	dismissed from team.
Eric Bender-Ramsay	69	Offensive guard	6'6"	331	Senior	Carson, CA	Graduated.
Kylan Butler	2	Running back	5'7"	187	Senior	Antioch, CA	Graduated.
Ka'Deem Carey	25	Running back	5'10"	207	Junior	Tucson, AZ	Forwent Senior season to enter in the 2014 NFL draft. [1]
Wayne Capers Jr.	12	Safety	6'1"	201	Sophomore	Pittsburgh, PA	left team due to injuries.
Brian Chacon	63	Long snapper	6'3"	251	Senior	Cypress, CA	Graduated.
B.J. Denker	7	Quarterback	6'3"	184	Senior	Torrance, CA	Graduated.
Jake Fischer	33	Linebacker	6'0"	222	Senior	Tucson, AZ	Graduated.
Marquis Flowers	2	Linebacker	6'3"	229	Senior	Phoenix, AZ	Graduated.
Tevin Hood	98	Defensive Tackle	6'0"	302	Senior	Chandler, AZ	Graduated.
Nick Isham	14	Quarterback	5'10"	185	Junior	Hidden Hills, CA	Transferred.
Daniel Jenkins	3	Running back	5'9"	195	Senior	Moreno Valley, CA	Graduated.
Terrence Miller	18	Receiver	6'4"	233	Senior	Moreno Valley, CA	Graduated.
Richard Morrison	8	Cornerback	5'11"	184	Senior	Royse City, TX	Graduated.
Chris Putton	62	Offensive guard	6'4"	284	Senior	Glendale, AZ	Graduated.
Derrick Rainey	17	Cornerback	6'1"	185	Senior	Houston, TX	Graduated.
Shaquille Richardson	5	Cornerback	6'1"	188	Senior	Carson, CA	Graduated.
Justin Samuels	29	Cornerback	5'10"	171	Senior	Camas, WA	Graduated.
Jake Smith	86	Kicker	6'2"	201	Senior	Philadelphia, PA	Graduated.
Sione Tuihalamaka	91	Defensive end	6'2"	269	Senior	Hawthorne, CA	Graduated.
Justin Washington	43	Defensive end	6'2"	244	Senior	Cypress, TX	Graduated.
Shane Wilson	42	Cornerback	5'10"	171	Senior	Woodland Hills, CA	Graduated.

Before the season

Top returning players

Arrivals

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Jerrard Randall	8	Quarterback	6'1"	186	Junior (Junior College)	Hollywood, FL	transferred from Northeast Mississippi Community College. Randall also played at LSU along with Jordan Allen, before Junior College.
Jordan Allen	18	Defensive end	6'6"	254	Senior	West Monroe, LA	transfer from LSU. Previously played with Jerrard Randall at LSU. Will have eligibility to play in the 2014 season under NCAA transfer rules at Arizona.
Adonis Smith	26	Running back	5'11"	200	Senior	Oakland, CA	transfer from UNLV in last season and Northwestern in last two seasons, will be able to play in the 2014 season.
Ethan Kerysling	34	Placekicker/punter	6'8"	330	Senior	Chapel Hill, N.C.	transfer from Virginia Tech
Freddie Tagaloa	72	Offensive lineman	6'8"	330	Junior (Transfer)	Richmond, CA	transfer from Cal. Will sit out 2014 season under NCAA transfer rules. Will have 2 years eligibility at Arizona.
Niko Kittrell	86	Defensive lineman	6'1"	186	Sophomore	Tucson, AZ	transferred from San Jose State.
Blair Tushaus	87	Tight end	6'1"	186	Senior	Scottsdale, AZ	transferred from BYU.
Aiulua Fanene	98	Defensive lineman	6'4"	295	RS sophomore	Nuʻuuli, AS	rejoins the team after returning from his mission.

Spring football

On April 12, 2014, Arizona capped off its spring football camp with a scrimmage at Arizona Stadium which was open to the public.

Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2014 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	40‡	Commit date
Marquis Ware ATH	Los Angeles, CA	Salesian High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.6	Aug 21, 2013
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Cameron Denson ATH	Tucson, AZ	Salpointe Catholic High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	-	Jan 12, 2013
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Jamardre Cobb OLB	Los Angeles, CA	Salesian High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	229 lb (104 kg)	4.7	Aug 21, 2013
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Jordan Poland OT	La Jolla, CA	La Jolla Country Day School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	333 lb (151 kg)	–	Jan 2, 2014
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Nick Wilson RB	Fresno, CA	Central High School (Fresno, California)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	–	Mar 12, 2013
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Jonathan Haden RB	Washington, D.C.	Friendship Collegiate Academy Public Charter School	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	-	May 24, 2013
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Brandon Dawkins QB	Westlake Village, CA	Oaks Christian High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	199 lb (90 kg)	-	Jul 27, 2013
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T.J. Johnson ATH	Cape Coral, Florida	Island Coast High School	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	–	Jan 1, 2013
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Trevor Wood TE	Scottsdale, AZ	Chaparral High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	-	Jul 27, 2013
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Jerrard Randall QB	Hollywood, FL	Northeast Mississippi Community College/ LSU (JC)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	-	Dec 15, 2013
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Tony Ellison ATH	Granite Bay, CA	Granite Bay High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	162 lb (73 kg)	-	Jun 23, 2013
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Rodney Carr ATH	Los Angeles, CA	Salesian High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	–	Jun 23, 2013
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Kaelin Deboskie WR	Tucson, AZ	Salpointe Catholic High School	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	4.45	Oct 20, 2013
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Josh Pollack P/ K	Highland Park, IL	Highland Park High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	-	Jun 25, 2013
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Marcus Griffin DT	Bellevue, WA	Bellevue High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	299 lb (136 kg)	4.6	Feb 5, 2014
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Levi Walton OT	Cape Coral, FL	Ida S. Baker High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	260 lb (120 kg)	-	Oct 20, 2013
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Kwesi Mashack CB	Norco, CA	Norco High School	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	–	Jul 27, 2013
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Layth Friekh OT	Peoria, AZ	Centennial High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	251 lb (114 kg)	4.98	Oct 21, 2013
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Antonio Smothers ILB	Scottsdale, AZ	Scottsdale Community College	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	4.7	Aug 1, 2013
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Jeff Worthy DT	Santa Ana, CA	Santa Ana College	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	290 lb (130 kg)	-	Aug 3, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:     ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 15    Rivals: 21   247Sports: 31   ESPN: 15
‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Arizona Signee List 2014". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 10, 2013. "Scout.com Football Recruiting: Arizona". Scout.com. Retrieved January 10, 2013. "2014 Player Signees- Arizona". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 10, 2013. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved January 10, 2013. "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 10, 2013.

Preseason awards watchlists

Regular season

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	7:30 p.m.	UNLV*		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	ESPN	W 58–13	50,103
September 4	5:00 p.m.	at UTSA*		Alamodome San Antonio,TX	FS1	W 26–23	33,472
September 13	8:04 p.m.	Nevada*		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	P12N	W 35–28	48,504
September 20	7:00 p.m.	California		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	P12N	W 49–45	45,595
October 2	7:30 p.m.	at No. 2 Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	ESPN	W 31–24	56,032
October 11	7:30 p.m.	USC	No. 10	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	ESPN2	L 26–28	56,754
October 25	3:00 p.m.	at Washington State	No. 15	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 59–37	32,952
November 1	7:30 p.m.	at No. 22 UCLA	No. 12	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ESPN	L 7–17	80,246
November 8	6:00 p.m.	Colorado	No. 19	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	P12N	W 38–20	50,177
November 15	1:30 p.m.	Washington	No. 14	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FOX	W 27–26	47,757
November 22	1:30 p.m.	at No. 17 Utah	No. 15	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN	W 42–10	45,824
November 28	1:30 p.m.	No. 13 Arizona State	No. 11	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ ( Territorial Cup)	FOX	W 42–35	56,083
December 5	7:00 p.m.	vs. No. 2 Oregon*	No. 7	Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, CA ( Pac-12 Championship Game)	FOX	L 13–51	45,618
December 31	2:00 p.m.	vs. No. 20 Boise State*	No. 10	University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, AZ ( Fiesta Bowl)	ESPN	L 30–38	66,896
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after October 28 released prior to game All times are in Mountain time

Personnel

Roster

2014 Arizona Wildcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Cayleb Jones  So WR 2 Tyrell Johnson Fr WR 4 David Richards  Jr WR 5 Trey Griffey  So WR 6 Nate Phillips So RB 7 Jonathan Haden Fr QB 8 Jerrard Randall  Jr WR 9 Kaelin DeBoskie Fr WR/KR 10 Samajie Grant So QB 11 Conner Brewer  So QB 12 Anu Solomon (C)  Fr QB 13 Brandon Dawkins Fr QB 14 Zach Werlinger Fr QB 15 Jesse Scroggins  Sr TE 17 Josh Kern  So WR/PR 19 DaVonte' Neal  So RB 21 Ty Cruz Fr RB/KR 23 Jared Baker  Jr RB 24 Terris Jones-Grigsby (C)  Sr WR 25 Spencer Marciniak Fr RB 26 Adonis Smith  Sr RB 28 Nick Wilson Fr WR 29 Austin Hill (C)  Sr WR/PR 30 Johnny Jackson Jr WR 31 Darius Aguirre Fr RB 34 Zach Green  Fr RB 35 Omar Boyd Fr RB 36 Jocquez Kalili Fr WR 39 Tony Ellison Fr TE 42 Alexi Oro Fr RB 43 Jonah Huff Fr OL 55 Levi Walton Fr OL 56 Steven Gurrola (C) Sr OL 58 Layth Friekh Fr OL 61 Cayman Bundage Jr OL 62 Aiulua Fanene  So OL 64 Faitele Faafoi  Jr OL 65 Zach Hemmila  So OL 66 Carter Wood  Jr OL 67 Gerhard de Beer  Fr OL 68 Mickey Baucus (C)  Sr OL 69 Christian Boettcher Fr OL 70 T.D. Gross  So OL 71 Jordan Poland Fr OL 73 Fabbians Ebbele  Sr OL 75 Kaige Lawrence  Jr OL 77 Lene Maiava  Jr OL 78 Jacob Alsadek  Fr WR 84 Abraham Mendivil  Fr WR 85 Drake Pierre  Fr TE 86 Hunter Layton  Fr TE 87 Blair Tushaus  Sr TE 88 Trevor Wood Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 1 Tellas Jones  So LB 2 Marquis Ware Fr CB 3 Cam Denson Fr LB 4 Antonio Smothers Jr LB 5 Jamardre Cobb Fr CB 6 Jonathan McKnight  Sr FS 7 David Price  Fr S 11 William Parks Jr S 12 Rodney Carr Jr. Fr CB 13 Devin Holiday So S 14 Yamen Sanders  So CB 15 Kwesi Mashack Fr CB 17 Demetric Woodard Jr Fr S 20 Trevor Ermisch Sr S 21 Tra'Mayne Bondurant Sr FS 26 Jourdon Grandon  Sr FS 27 Jamar Allah Jr S 28 Anthony Lopez Jr CB 29 Jarvis McCall Jr.  Fr LB 30 Brandon Rutt Fr LB 32 DeAndre' Miller So LB 33 Scooby Wright III So S 37 Carter Hehr  Fr S 38 Jared Tevis  Sr CB 40 Brendan Murphy  Sr LB 45 Derrick Turituri So S 46 Blake Brady (C)  Sr LB 47 Jake Matthews So LB 48 Elijah Marshall Fr LB 49 Haden Gregory  Jr LB 51 Jason Sweet  So LB 52 Alex King  So LB 53 Sir Thomas Jackson  Jr DL 55 Jeff Worthy Jr LB 57 Cody Ippolito  So LB 58 Tre Taylor Fr LB 59 Hank Hobson (C) Sr DL 60 Luca Bruno  Fr DL 84 Reggie Gilbert Sr LB 88 R.J. Morgan  Fr DL 89 Hunter Long Jr DL 90 Dan Pettinato (C)  Sr DL 92 Jack Banda  Fr DL 93 Parker Zellers  Fr DL 94 Calvin Allen  Fr DL 96 Marcus Griffin Fr DL 97 Dwight Melvin  So DL 99 Sani Fuimaono So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K/P 9 Josh Pollack Fr P 16 Jake Glatting Fr K/P 34 Ethan Keyserling  Sr P/H 39 Drew Riggleman Jr K 41 Casey Skowron Jr LS 50 Chase Gorham (C)  Sr LS 54 Jose Romero  Jr P 56 Nick Reinhardt  Fr	Head coach Rich Rodriguez (3rd season) Coordinators/assistant coaches Offense Rod Smith – Co-offensive coordinator & quarterbacks (3rd season) Jim Michalczik – Running game coordinator & offensive line (2nd season) Calvin Magee – Associate head coach, co-offensive coordinator & running backs (3rd season) Tony Dews – Associate coach, passing game coordinator & wide receivers (3rd season) Charlie Ragle – Special teams coordinator & tight ends (3rd season) Kylan Butler – Offensive graduate assistant (1st season) Cory Zirbel – Offensive graduate assistant (3rd season) Miguel Reveles – Offensive & defensive intern (2nd season) Defense Jeff Casteel – Defensive coordinator & linebackers (3rd season) Matt Caponi – Associate coach & safeties (3rd season) Bill Kirelawich – Associate coach & defensive line (3rd season) Vincent Amey – Assistant strength & conditioning (3rd season) Brett Gerch – Assistant strength & conditioning (1st season) Ovid Goulbourne – Assistant strength & conditioning (3rd season) Chris Allen – Associate athletic director, director of strength & conditioning (3rd season) Miek DiAngelo – Defensive graduate assistant (2nd season) Casey Vance – Defensive graduate assistant (1st season) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt 2014 Arizona Wildcats roster Roster Last update: 11:12, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Depth chart

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On April 12, 2014, the Wildcats will play the White and Navy Blue game, the program's annual spring game. Arizona plays seven of twelve regular season games at home: two of three non-conference games and five of nine in Pac-12 play. For the second-straight year the Cats face neither Stanford nor Oregon State.

Game summaries

vs UNLV

Statistics	UNLV	ARIZ
First downs	20	32
Total yards	371	787
Rushing yards	31–119	48–353
Passing yards	252	434
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	22–41–1	26–46–0
Time of possession	28:24	31:36

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UNLV	Passing	Blake Decker	22/41, 252 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Blake Decker	10 carries, 56 yards
	Receiving	Devonte Boyd	6 receptions, 102 yards
Arizona	Passing	Anu Solomon	25/44, 425 yards, 4 TD
	Rushing	Terris Jones-Grigsby	13 carries, 124 yards, TD
	Receiving	Austin Hill	3 receptions, 110 yards, TD

at UTSA

Statistics	ARIZ	UTSA
First downs	22	23
Total yards	454	349
Rushing yards	44–223	39–121
Passing yards	231	228
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	17–32–0	22–33–1
Time of possession	26:56	33:04

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Arizona	Passing	Anu Solomon	17/32, 231 yards, TD
	Rushing	Nick Wilson	30 carries, 174 yards, TD
	Receiving	Cayleb Jones	4 receptions, 143 yards, TD
UTSA	Passing	Tucker Carter	22/33, 228 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	David Glasco II	12 carries, 35 yards, TD
	Receiving	David Morgan II	5 receptions, 76 yards, TD

vs Nevada

Statistics	NEV	ARIZ
First downs	25	26
Total yards	429	507
Rushing yards	40–108	38–229
Passing yards	321	278
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	29–39–0	22–26–1
Time of possession	35:48	24:12

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Nevada	Passing	Cody Fajardo	29/39, 321 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	James Butler	13 carries, 50 yards
	Receiving	Richy Turner	7 receptions, 99 yards
Arizona	Passing	Anu Solomon	22/26, 278 yards, 3 TD, INT
	Rushing	Nick Wilson	29 carries, 171 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Cayleb Jones	9 receptions, 116 yards, 2 TD

vs California

Statistics	CAL	ARIZ
First downs	24	36
Total yards	573	627
Rushing yards	42–193	32–107
Passing yards	380	520
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	18–30–1	47–74–2
Time of possession	28:52	31:08

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
California	Passing	Jared Goff	18/30, 380 yards, 3 TD, INT
	Rushing	Daniel Lasco	20 carries, 123 yards, TD
	Receiving	Bryce Treggs	5 receptions, 119 yards, TD
Arizona	Passing	Anu Solomon	47/73, 520 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Anu Solomon	16 carries, 46 yards
	Receiving	Cayleb Jones	13 receptions, 186 yards, 3 TD

at No. 2 Oregon

Statistics	ARIZ	ORE
First downs	29	25
Total yards	495	446
Rushing yards	55–208	41–144
Passing yards	287	302
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	20–31–1	21–33–0
Time of possession	33:32	26:28

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Arizona	Passing	Anu Solomon	20/31, 287 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Terris Jones-Grigsby	27 carries, 115 yards, TD
	Receiving	Terris Jones-Grigsby	4 receptions, 95 yards
Oregon	Passing	Marcus Mariota	20/32, 276 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Royce Freeman	19 carries, 85 yards
	Receiving	Devon Allen	5 receptions, 78 yards, TD

vs USC

Statistics	USC	ARIZ
First downs	22	34
Total yards	424	472
Rushing yards	39–239	29–77
Passing yards	185	395
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	20–30–1	43–72–0
Time of possession	31:10	28:50

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
USC	Passing	Cody Kessler	20/30, 185 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Javorius Allen	26 carries, 205 yards, 3 TD
	Receiving	Nelson Agholor	7 receptions, 81 yards, TD
Arizona	Passing	Anu Solomon	43/72, 395 yards, TD
	Rushing	Jared Baker	12 carries, 43 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Austin Hill	7 receptions, 70 yards

at Washington State

Statistics	ARIZ	WSU
First downs	25	33
Total yards	451	543
Rushing yards	36–157	20–54
Passing yards	294	489
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	26–38–0	56–79–2
Time of possession	25:36	34:24

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Arizona	Passing	Anu Solomon	26/38, 294 yards, 5 TD
	Rushing	Terris Jones-Grigsby	13 carries, 107 yards
	Receiving	Cayleb Jones	7 receptions, 78 yards, TD
Washington State	Passing	Connor Halliday	56/79, 489 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Jamal Morrow	6 carries, 48 yards
	Receiving	Vince Mayle	14 receptions, 145 yards, TD

at No. 22 UCLA

Statistics	ARIZ	UCLA
First downs	19	21
Total yards	255	460
Rushing yards	31–80	59–271
Passing yards	175	189
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	18–48–1	19–26–0
Time of possession	21:51	38:09

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Arizona	Passing	Anu Solomon	18/48, 175 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Terris Jones-Grigsby	11 carries, 50 yards
	Receiving	Trey Griffey	4 receptions, 48 yards
UCLA	Passing	Brett Hundley	19/26, 189 yards, TD
	Rushing	Brett Hundley	24 carries, 131 yards
	Receiving	Jordan Payton	6 receptions, 119 yards, TD

vs Colorado

Statistics	COLO	ARIZ
First downs	19	28
Total yards	353	499
Rushing yards	36–94	47–288
Passing yards	259	211
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	25–39–2	21–38–0
Time of possession	30:05	29:55

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Colorado	Passing	Sefo Liufau	24/33, 252 yards, TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Phillip Lindsay	17 carries, 114 yards
	Receiving	Shay Fields	5 receptions, 94 yards, TD
Arizona	Passing	Anu Solomon	21/38, 211 yards, 4 TD
	Rushing	Nick Wilson	21 carries, 153 yards
	Receiving	Samajie Grant	6 receptions, 83 yards, 2 TD

vs Washington

Statistics	WASH	ARIZ
First downs	25	22
Total yards	504	375
Rushing yards	60–245	40–133
Passing yards	259	242
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	21–30–0	17–40–2
Time of possession	36:05	23:55

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Washington	Passing	Cyler Miles	20/29, 223 yards
	Rushing	Dwayne Washington	19 carries, 148 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Jaydon Mickens	4 receptions, 69 yards
Arizona	Passing	Anu Solomon	17/39, 242 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	Nick Wilson	30 carries, 104 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Samajie Grant	4 receptions, 85 yards

at No. 17 Utah

Statistics	ARIZ	UTAH
First downs	21	20
Total yards	520	384
Rushing yards	47–298	43–213
Passing yards	222	171
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	11–22–0	18–35–3
Time of possession	27:32	32:28

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Arizona	Passing	Anu Solomon	8/17, 158 yards
	Rushing	Nick Wilson	20 carries, 218 yards, 3 TD
	Receiving	Samajie Grant	4 receptions, 88 yards
Utah	Passing	Travis Wilson	16/29, 143 yards, TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Devontae Booker	23 carries, 142 yards
	Receiving	Westlee Tonga	4 receptions, 68 yards, TD

vs No. 13 Arizona State

Statistics	ASU	ARIZ
First downs	27	13
Total yards	380	333
Rushing yards	43–113	37–125
Passing yards	267	208
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	27–44–1	15–21–0
Time of possession	35:54	24:06

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Arizona State	Passing	Taylor Kelly	13/22, 144 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Demario Richard	13 carries, 68 yards
	Receiving	Jaelen Strong	4 receptions, 80 yards, TD
Arizona	Passing	Anu Solomon	15/21, 208 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Nick Wilson	24 carries, 178 yards, 3 TD
	Receiving	Samajie Grant	4 receptions, 91 yards, 2 TD

vs No. 2 Oregon ( Pac-12 Championship Game)

Statistics	ARIZ	ORE
First downs	10	31
Total yards	224	627
Rushing yards	35–111	54–301
Passing yards	113	326
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	9–26–1	27–40–0
Time of possession	21:05	38:55

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Arizona	Passing	Jesse Scroggins	3/11, 79 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Jerrard Randall	10 carries, 81 yards, TD
	Receiving	Cayleb Jones	2 receptions, 71 yards, TD
Oregon	Passing	Marcus Mariota	26/45, 361 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT
	Rushing	Royce Freeman	21 carries, 114 yards
	Receiving	Darren Carrington	7 receptions, 126 yards, TD

Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota was named MVP.

vs No. 20 Boise State ( Fiesta Bowl)

Statistics	BSU	ARIZ
First downs	22	29
Total yards	471	492
Rushing yards	34–162	56–157
Passing yards	309	335
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	24–35–1	28–50–2
Time of possession	29:01	30:59

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Boise State	Passing	Grant Hedrick	24/34, 309 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Jay Ajayi	22 carries, 134 yards, 3 TD
	Receiving	Thomas Sperbeck	12 receptions, 199 yards
Arizona	Passing	Anu Solomon	28/49, 335 yards, TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Nick Wilson	19 carries, 86 yards, TD
	Receiving	Cayleb Jones	8 receptions, 117 yards

Boise State wide receiver Thomas Sperbeck was named Offensive MVP.

Boise State linebacker Tanner Vallejo was named Defensive MVP.

Statistics

Team

Team Statistics
	Arizona	Opponents
Points	440	306
First Downs	307	284
Rushing	110	101
Passing	156	159
Penalty	41	24
Rushing Yards	2,278	1,914
Rushing Attempts	484	493
Average Per Rush	4.7	3.9
Long	85	66
Rushing TDs	23	12
Passing Yards	3,497	3,302
Comp–Att	283/488	298/459
Comp %	58.0	64.9
Average Per Game	291.4	275.2
Average per Attempt	7.2	7.2
Passing TDs	27	25
INT's	7	12
Rating	133.6	138.1
Touchdowns	56	38
Passing	25	21
Rushing	20	12
Defensive	2	0
Interceptions	12	7
Yards	107	40
Long	39	22
Total Offense	5,775	5,216
Total Plays	972	952
Average Per Yards/Game	481.3	434.7
Kick Returns: # – Yards	25/499	33/615
TDs	1	0
Long	44	34
Punts	63	71
Yards	2,904	2,985
Average	46.1	42.0
Punt Returns: # – Yards	16/172	23/192
TDs	1	0
Long	81	34
Fumbles – Fumbles Lost	13/7	28/12
Opposing TD's	3	1
Penalties – Yards	78/759	105/930'
3rd–Down Conversions	79/197 - .401	80/200 - .400
4th–Down Conversions	14/21 - .667	7/17 - .412
Takeaways	24	14
Field Goals	17/25	13/19
Extra Point	53/53	35/36
Sacks	38	28
Sack Against	28	38
Yards	-166	-221

Offense

Passing Statistics
#	NAME	POS	RAT	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	TD	INT
12	Anu Solomon	QB	134.0	285	491	3,458	58.2	27	7
15	Jesse Scroggins	QB	144.7	7	16	152	43.7	1	1
8	Jerrard Randall	QB	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS		131.2	292	512	3,610	57.8	28	8

Rushing Statistics
#	NAME	POS	CAR	YDS	LONG	TD
28	Nick Wilson	RB	204	1,289	85 (TD)	15
12	Anu Solomon	QB	114	259	38	1
24	Terris Jones-Grigsby	RB	107	528	41	3
23	Jared Baker	RB	25	99	17	2
8	Jerrard Randall	QB	16	97	25	1
15	Jesse Scroggins	QB	9	48	18	0
34	Zach Green	RB	7	19	7	0
2	Tyrell Johnson	WR	3	19	9	0
26	Adonis Smith	RB	3	7	3	0
10	Samajie Grant	WR	2	9	5	0
41	Casey Skowron	K	1	18	18	1
6	Nate Phillips	WR	1	8	8	0
19	Davonte' Neal	WR	1	6	6	0
11	Connor Brewer	QB	1	3	3 (TD)	1
	TOTALS		472	2,298	269	23

Receiving Statistics
#	NAME	POS	REC	YDS	LONG	TD
1	Cayleb Jones	WR	65	902	85 (TD)	9
29	Austin Hill	WR	45	605	92 (TD)	4
10	Samajie Grant	WR	41	649	63 (TD)	5
19	Davonte' Neal	WR	26	207	27	2
5	Trey Griffey	WR	25	339	63	1
6	Nate Phillips	WR	25	272	39 (TD)	2
4	David Richards	WR	23	211	31	1
2	Tyrell Johnson	WR	13	114	35 (TD)	2
28	Nick Wilson	RB	12	92	34	1
24	Terris Jones-Grigsby	RB	11	147	54	0
23	Jared Baker	RB	4	50	41	1
12	Anu Solomon	QB	1	21	21	0
7	Jonathan Haden	RB	1	3	3	0
	TOTALS		283	3,499	575	27

Defense

Defensive Statistics

Interceptions Statistics
#	NAME	POS	RTNS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
26	Jourdon Grandon	S	3	5	1	0	5
21	Tra'Mayne Bondurant	S	2	63	31	1	63
11	William Parks	S	2	14	7	0	14
38	Jared Tevis	S	2	9	4	0	0
13	Devin Holiday	CB	1	16	16	0	16
3	Cam Denson	CB	1	0	0	0	0
6	Jonathan McKnight	CB	1	0	0.0	0	0
	TOTALS		12	107	59	1	98

Special teams

Kicking Statistics
#	NAME	POS	XPM	XPA	XP%	FGM	FGA	FG%	1–19	20–29	30–39	40–49	50+	LNG	PTS
41	Casey Skowron	PK	53	53	100	17	25	68.0	0/0	6/8	8/13	3/4	0/0	49	104
	TOTALS		53	53	100	17	25	68.0	0/0	6/8	8/13	3/4	0/0	49	104

Kick Return Statistics
#	NAME	POS	RTNS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
2	Tyrell Johnson	WR	17	374	22.0	0	38
10	Samajie Grant	WR	3	52	17.3	0	21
23	Jared Baker	WR	2	29	14.0	0	15
1	Cayleb Jones	WR	1	44	44.0	1	44
19	Davonte' Neal	WR	1	0	0.0	0	0
10	Yamen Sanders	S	1	0	0.0	0	0
	TOTALS		25	499	19.4	1	118

Punting Statistics
#	NAME	POS	PUNTS	YDS	AVG	LONG	TB	FC	I–20	50+	BLK
39	Drew Riggleman	P	60	0	46.5	70	0	0	0	0	0
12	Anu Solomon	QB	3	0	37.7	48	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS		63	0	41.0	118	0	0	0	0	0

Punt Return Statistics
#	NAME	POS	RTNS	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
19	Davonte' Neal	WR	11	131	21.7	1	81
6	Nate Phillips	WR	3	32	10.7	0	18
10	Samajie Grant	WR	2	9	4.5	0	5
	TOTALS		16	171	9.2	1	104

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Scores by quarter (all opponents)

1 2 3 4 Total Non-conference opponents 10 25 7 7 49 Arizona 31 34 37 17 119

Scores by quarter (Pac-12 opponents)

1 2 3 4 Total Pac-12 opponents 46 105 74 59 284 Arizona 75 62 70 117 324

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	10	16	15	14	21	17	15	12	8	12	19
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	13	17	15	15	21	18	13	12	8	11	17
CFP	Not released									12	19	14	15	11	7	10	Not released

Postseason

Awards

Pac-12 Conference awards

• Defensive Player of the Year

Scooby Wright III

• Coach of the Year

Rich Rodriguez

Reference: ^[8]

Team awards

Reference: ^[9]

All-American Teams

All-Americans

Scooby Wright III

• SI.com 2014 Midseason All-American Team
• 2014 College Football All American (Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), USA Today (USAT) ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), College Football News (CFN), Scout.com, and Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo!))

Pac-12 All-Conference Team

The Wildcats saw 10 of its players honored as members of the 2014 Pac-12 All-Conference team. The first team had one such honoree, while the second team had two. Seven other Cats would land Honorable Mention status.

• First team

Scooby Wright III, LB, So.

• Second team

Steven Gurrola, OL, Sr.

Drew Riggleman, P, Jr.

• Honorable mention

Austin Hill, WR, Sr.

Cayleb Jones, WR, So.

Jonathan McKnight, CB, Sr.

Dan Pettinato, DE, Sr.

Anu Solomon, QB, Fr.

Jared Tevis, S, Sr.

Nick Wilson, RB, Fr.

All-Academic Teams

NCAA Academic All-Americans

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Pac-12 Conference All-Academic players

The Wildcats had six players selected to the Pac-12 Conference All-Academic Team. One player garnered first team honors, while two players landed on the second team, the Wildcats had 3 players granted honorable mention. In order to be eligible for the academic team a player must maintain a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and play in at least 50 percent of their team's games.

• First team

Jared Tevis, S, Sr., 3.28 GPA

• Second team

Jared Baker, RB, Jr., 3.30 GPA

Jake Matthews, LB, So., 3.55 GPA

• Honorable mention

Calvin Allen, DE, Fr., 3.23 GPA

Abraham Mendivil, WR, Fr., 3.29 GPA

Casey Skowron, PK, Jr., 3.37 GPA

Reference: ^[10]

Records broken

Player of the Week

Anu Solomon

• 2x Coaches Offensive Player of the Week
• Manning Award of the Week, Sept. 2nd
• Athlon Sports' National Freshman of the Week
• Davey O'Brien QB of the Week, Sept. 23rd
• Athlon Sports' Pac12 Player of the Week
• Manning Award Star of the Week
• Vegas Seven- Las Vegas Bowl Pac-12 Player of the Week, Sept. 24th
• Maxwell Award Watchlist
• Hard Edge Player of the Week

Cayleb Jones

• Pac-12 Player of the Week, Sept. 22nd
• Coaches Offensive Player of the Week
• Co-CFPA Wide Receivers of the Week
• Earl Campbell Award Week 4 Honorable mention
• Biletnikoff Award Watch List

Terris Jones-Grigsby

• Coaches Offensive Player of the Week

Austin Hill

• Co-CFPA Wide Receivers of the Week

Samajie Grant

• Coaches Offensive Player of the Week

Nate Phillips

• Hard Edge Player of the Week

Nick Wilson

• 4x Coaches Offensive Player of the Week
• Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week

Steven Gurrola

• Coaches Co-Hard Edge Player of the Week

Parker Zellers

• Coaches Co-Hard Edge Player of the Week

Dan Pettinato

• Coaches Defensive Player of the Week

Jared Tevis

• 2x Coaches Defensive Player of the Week
• 2x Hard Edge Player of the Week

Scooby Wright III

• 3x Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week
• 5x Coaches Defensive Player of the Week
• Hard Edge Player of the Week
• Athlon Sports' National Defensive Player of the Week
• National Defensive Performer of the Week
• National Linebacker of the Week
• 2x Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week
• Bednarik Award watchlist

Davonte' Neal

• Coaches Special Teams Player of the Week

Tyrell Johnson

• Coaches Special Teams Player of the Week

Jourdon Grandon

• Coaches Defensive Player of the Week

Drew Riggleman

• 2x Coaches Special Teams Player of the Week
• Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week

Casey Skowron

• 3x Coaches Special Teams Player of the Week
• Lou Groza Award Stars of the Week
• National Specialist of the Week by CFPA, Sept. 8th

Notes

• February 5, 2014 – National Signing Day, first day when high school students can sign a NLI with Arizona.
• November 11, 2014 – All American WR Nate Phillips is done for remainder of the season with broken foot injury.

Media affiliates

Radio

• ESPN Radio – (ESPN Tucson 1490 AM & 104.09 FM) – Nationwide (Dish Network, Sirius XM, TuneIn radio and iHeartRadio)
• KCUB 1290 AM – Football Radio Show – ( Tucson, AZ)
• KHYT – 107.5 FM (Tucson, AZ)
• KTKT 990 AM – La Hora de Los Gatos (Spanish) – (Tucson, AZ)
• KGME 910 AM – ( IMG Sports Network) – ( Phoenix, AZ)
• KTAN 1420 AM – ( Sierra Vista, AZ)
• KDAP 96.5 FM ( Douglas, Arizona)
• KWRQ 102.3 FM – ( Safford, AZ/ Thatcher, AZ)
• KIKO 1340 AM – ( Globe, AZ)
• KVWM 970 AM – ( Show Low, AZ/ Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ)
• XENY 760 – ( Nogales, Sonora) (Spanish)

TV

• KOLD ( CBS)
• KGUN ( ESPN College Football on ABC/ ABC)
• FOX ( Fox Sports Media Group)
• FS1 (Fox Sports Media Group)
• ESPN ( ESPN Family)
• ESPN2 (ESPN Family)
• ESPNU (ESPN Family)
• CBS Sports Network
• Pac-12 Network (Pac-12 Arizona)

References