1986 Arizona Wildcats football team

The 1986 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1986 Arizona Wildcats football
Aloha Bowl champion
ConferencePacific-10
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 11
1986 record9–3 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coachLarry Smith (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorChuck Stobart (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorChris Allen
CaptainByron Evans
Home stadiumArizona Stadium
1986 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Arizona State $ 5 1 1  10 1 1
No. 14 UCLA 5 2 1  8 3 1
No. 18 Washington 5 2 1  8 3 1
No. 11 Arizona 5 3 0  9 3 0
Stanford 5 3 0  8 4 0
USC 5 3 0  7 5 0
Oregon 3 5 0  5 6 0
Washington State 2 6 1  3 7 1
California 2 7 0  2 9 0
Oregon State 1 6 0  3 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 6Houston*
W 37–352,433
September 13Colorado State*
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
W 37–1049,003
September 20at OregonNo. 17
W 41–1728,773
September 27Colorado*No. 10
RaycomW 24–2141,024
October 11at UCLANo. 11
CBSL 25–3251,279
October 18Oregon StateNo. 16
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
W 23–1252,669
October 25CaliforniaNo. 15
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
W 33–1649,016
November 1No. 18 USCNo. 14
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
L 13–2055,046
November 8at Washington StateNo. 17
W 31–617,000
November 22No. 4 Arizona StateNo. 14
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ (Territorial Cup)
CBSW 34–1758,267
November 30vs. StanfordNo. 12
ESPNL 24–2955,000
December 27vs. North Carolina*No. 16ABCW 30–2126,743
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1986 Arizona Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 2 David Adams Sr
RB 40 Art Greathouse Fr
WR 82 Derek Hill So
QB 1 Alfred Jenkins Sr
RB 20 Chris McLemore Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
S 6 Chuck Cecil Jr
DB 38 James DeBow So
DT 97 George Hinkle Jr
CB 27 Martin Rudolph Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 11 Gary Coston Fr
P 8 Ruben Rodriguez Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured
    • Redshirt
    • Not listed (missing number/class/position): #50 Bichekas, #35 Wood

    Rankings

    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
    NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
    Week
    Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
    AP NR NR 17 10 10 11 16 15 14 17 14 14 12 16 11 
    Coaches NR 16 15 10 10 9 14 15 14 17 13 15 11 13 10

    Game summaries

    Arizona State

    #4 Arizona State Sun Devils (9–0–1) at #14 Arizona Wildcats (7–2)
    1 2 34Total
    Arizona St 0 10 0717
    Arizona 7 7 71334

    at Arizona StadiumTucson, Arizona

    References

    1. 2011 Arizona football media guide.
    2. "Arizona claims state supremacy." Eugene Register-Guard. 1986 Nov 23. Retrieved 2019-Jan-08.


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