2010 Arizona Wildcats football team

The 2010 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the college football season of 2010. The team's head coach was Mike Stoops. The Wildcats played their home games at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. They finished with a record of 7–6 (4–5 Pac-10) and a loss to Oklahoma State in the Alamo Bowl.

2010 Arizona Wildcats football
Alamo Bowl vs. Oklahoma State, L 10–36
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	7–6 (4–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Stoops (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Bedenbaugh (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Seth Littrell (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Greg Brown (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Tim Kish (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Arizona Stadium
Uniform
Seasons ← 2009 2011 →

2010 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Oregon $		9	–	0					12	–	1
No. 4 Stanford %		8	–	1					12	–	1
USC †		5	–	4					8	–	5
Washington		5	–	4					7	–	6
Arizona		4	–	5					7	–	6
Arizona State		4	–	5					6	–	6
Oregon State		4	–	5					5	–	7
California		3	–	6					5	–	7
UCLA		2	–	7					4	–	8
Washington State		1	–	8					2	–	10
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative † – USC ineligible for championship and post-season due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 p.m.	at Toledo*		Glass Bowl Toledo, Ohio	ESPN	W 41–2	25,907[1]
September 11	7:00 p.m.	The Citadel*		Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona	FCS	W 52–6	54,814[2]
September 18	7:30 p.m.	No. 9 Iowa*	No. 24	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona	ESPN	W 34–27	57,864[3]
September 25	7:00 p.m.	California	No. 14	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona	FSNAZ	W 10–9	51,906[4]
October 9	4:00 p.m.	Oregon State	No. 9	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona	Versus	L 27–29	56,054[5]
October 16	4:30 p.m.	at Washington State	No. 17	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington	Versus	W 24–7	23,955[6]
October 23	7:15 p.m.	Washington	No. 15	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona	ESPN	W 44–14	56,244[7]
October 30	12:30 p.m.	at UCLA	No. 15	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California	FSN	W 29–21	53,408[8]
November 6	5:00 p.m.	at No. 10 Stanford	No. 13	Stanford Stadium Stanford, California	ABC	L 17–42	43,506[9]
November 13	6:00 p.m.	USC	No. 18	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona	ABC	L 21–24	54,722[10]
November 26	5:00 p.m.	at No. 1 Oregon	No. 20	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon	ESPN	L 29–48	59,990[11]
December 2	6:00 p.m.	Arizona State		Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona (Territorial Cup)	ESPN	L 29–30 2OT	56,253[12]
December 29	6:15 p.m.	vs. No. 16 Oklahoma State*		Alamodome San Antonio, Texas (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 10–36	57,593[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Rankings

See also: 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	RV	RV	24	14	14	9	17	15	15	13	18	23	20	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	RV	23	18	16	14	11	20	18	16	13	19	23	20	RV	RV	RV
Harris	Not released						21	18	15	13	19	23	21	25	RV	Not released
BCS	Not released							18	15	15	18	22	21	23	—	Not released

Game summaries

Toledo

See also: 2010 Toledo Rockets football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arizona	7	14	7	13	41
Toledo	0	2	0	0	2

The Citadel

See also: 2010 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
The Citadel	0	0	3	3	6
#23 Arizona	7	17	21	7	52

Iowa

See also: 2010 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Iowa	0	7	7	13	27
#18 Arizona	14	13	0	7	34

California

See also: 2010 California Golden Bears football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
California	0	6	0	3	9
#16 Arizona	0	0	3	7	10

Oregon State

See also: 2010 Oregon State Beavers football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oregon State	10	7	6	6	29
#11 Arizona	7	0	13	7	27

Washington State

See also: 2010 Washington State Cougars football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Arizona	7	7	7	3	24
Washington State	0	0	7	0	7

Washington

See also: 2010 Washington Huskies football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington	7	7	0	0	14
#18 Arizona	10	20	7	7	44

Matt Scott, the junior quarterback from Corona, California, led the 15th-ranked Wildcats to an offensive bonanza and 44-14 win over the visiting Washington Huskies at Arizona Stadium. Scott had help, of course. Arizona tailbacks Nicolas Grigsby and Keola Antolin scored two touchdowns apiece in the first three quarters, before a sellout crowd of 56,244 on Arizona's homecoming night. Scott had no trouble replacing the injured starting quarterback, Nick Foles, and Arizona easily handled up-and-down Washington. Arizona (6-1, 3-1 Pac-10) overcame occasionally poor tackling with a balanced offense and by harassing Jake Locker into an ineffective game. Washington (3-4, 2-2) continued its season-long, win-one, lose-one pattern, following last week's thrilling double-overtime victory over then-No. 24 Oregon State with a defensive clunker. The inexperienced Scott outplayed Locker, widely viewed as one of the top quarterbacks in the country. Washington's senior quarterback completed just 11 of 19 first-half passes for 139 yards and a score. Known for his game-changing speed, Locker was held without a rush in the first half; he lost 24 yards on six carries before being replaced by Keith Price early in the fourth quarter.^{[14] [15]} In the AP Top 25 poll released October 24, Arizona retained its No. 15 ranking despite the victory.^[16]

UCLA

See also: 2010 UCLA Bruins football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Arizona	7	12	7	3	29
UCLA	7	0	7	7	21

Arizona held off UCLA 29-21; the Wildcats rolled up a season-high 583 yards and 32 first downs and held the Bruins to 299 yards and 15 first downs. Matt Scott had another big game in the absence of Nick Foles, completing 24 of 36 passes for a career-high 319 yards with one touchdown and one interception and rushing for another 71 yards on 12 carries. RB Keola Antolin rushed for 111 yards on 23 carries for the Wildcats (7-1, 4-1 Pac-10), off to their best start since winning seven of their first eight games en route to a 12-1 finish in 1998. Coach Mike Stoops shocked the Bruins by calling a fake punt on fourth-and-3 from the Arizona 27 with 6:23 remaining and the Wildcats leading 26-21. Jake Fischer ran for 29 yards to give the Wildcats a big first down. The play enabled the Wildcats to eat up some time before having to punt. The Bruins turned the ball over on downs, putting the Wildcats in position for Alex Zendejas' third field goal of the game, a 30-yarder. UCLA's final chance ended when Brooks Reed sacked UCLA quarterback Richard Brehaut and caused a fumble, which Sione Tuihalamaka recovered with 48 seconds left. Brehaut passed for a career-best 228 yards and two touchdowns for the Bruins (3-5, 1-4), who lost their third straight game but performed much better than in their last two, when they were outscored 95-20 at California and Oregon. But Arizona did enough for its fourth straight road victory dating to last season, keeping them alive for their first-ever berth in the Rose Bowl. With the win, the 'Cats improved to No. 13 in the AP Top 25 poll released October 31.^[17][18]

Stanford

See also: 2010 Stanford Cardinal football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Arizona	0	3	7	7	17
#12 Stanford	7	14	14	7	42

USC

See also: 2010 USC Trojans football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
USC	14	7	3	0	24
#19 Arizona	0	14	0	7	21

Oregon

See also: 2010 Oregon Ducks football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Arizona	14	5	3	7	29
#1 Oregon	7	7	20	14	48

Arizona State

See also: 2010 Arizona State Sun Devils football team and Territorial Cup

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Arizona State	3	3	0	14	3	7	30
Arizona	0	0	14	6	3	6	29

Alamo Bowl

See also: 2010 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma State	17	6	10	3	36
Arizona	7	0	3	0	10