The 2013 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the

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in the

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. The Wildcats played their home games at

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for the 85th straight year. The 2013 season was Arizona's third in the South Division of the

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and the second for head coach

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Before the season

Previous season

In the 2012 season, head coach Rich Rodriguez's first at Arizona, the Wildcats went 8–5 overall and 4–5 in Pac-12 play. The team defeated

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49–48 in the 2012 New Mexico Bowl after trailing 48–35 with 1:48 remaining in the game. No Arizona player was taken in the

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for the first time since 2005, although three signed with teams as free agents. Quarterback Matt Scott signed with the

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, center Kyle Quinn signed with the

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, and wide receiver Dan Bucker signed with the

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Spring practice

Arizona held fifteen spring practices from March 12 through April 13 including an hour-long scrimmage at

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on March 29. The team's defense won the scrimmage by one point after stopping the offense on its final drive. Quarterback B.J. Denker threw for four touchdowns and 176 yards. Javelle Allen had 57 yards passing and 50 through the air. Coach Rodriguez rested all-American running back

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, who appeared for only one series. Several key defensive players were held out entirely, including Jake Fischer, Marquis Flowers, Jonathan McKnight, Shaquille Richardson, C.J. Dozier, Jourdon Grandon and Dan Pettinato. Arizona's offense won the 2013 spring game, held on April 13 in front of 4,095 at the program's practice facility, Kindall/Sancet Stadium, and televised on Pac-12 Arizona. Carey and Fischer again sat out, among others. Denker went 13–20, 246 yards, 4 touchdowns, and 1 interception; Jesse Scroggins went 6–14, 44 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 1 interception; and Jack Nykaza went 8–12, 89 yards, and 2 touchdowns. Dakota Conwell and Shane Wilson led the defense with 5 tackles apiece. Dame Ndiaye had 4 tackles, 1 sack (−10 yards), 1 tackle-for-loss (−1), a pass-broken-up, and a forced-fumble. William Parks and Tra'mayne Bondurant each made an interception.

Recruiting class

Schedule

Arizona played six of twelve regular season games at home: two of three non-conference games and four of nine Pac-12 games. The Cats played neither

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nor

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in both 2013 and 2014. They played the

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in the

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to conclude the season, which they won 42–19.

Roster

Top returners

Offense Defense Special teams

Depth chart

Departures

Arrivals

Coaching staff

Game summaries

vs Northern Arizona

at UNLV

Junior RB Ka’Deem Carey, the nation's leading rusher and a consensus All-American in 2012, saw his first action of the season after serving a one-game suspension related to offseason off-the-field issues. In their previous meeting in 2001, Arizona defeated the Rebels 38–21 and Arizona leads the all-time series 2–0.

vs UTSA

at No. 16 Washington

at USC

vs Utah

at Colorado

at California

vs No. 16 UCLA

vs Washington State

vs No. 5 Oregon

Ka'Deem Carey ran for 206 yards and four touchdowns, becoming Arizona's all-time leading rusher, and the Wildcats pulled off a monumental upset by taking advantage of numerous miscues, shocking the fifth-ranked

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42–16 in Tucson. The Wildcats achieved their first win over a top-five team since knocking off #2 Oregon in 2007. Carey carried a school-record 48 times while scoring on runs of 6, 1, 9 and 2 yards to break Art Luppino's career record of 48 total touchdowns set from 1953 to 1956. Carey also reached 3,913 career yards rushing, breaking the mark of 3,824 set by Trung Canidate from 1996 to 1999.

at Arizona State

vs Boston College (AdvoCare V100 Bowl)

Quarterback B.J. Denker was named Offensive MVP. Safety Will Parks was named Defensive MVP.

Statistics

Scores by quarter (non-conference opponents)

Scores by quarter (Pac-12 opponents)

After the season

Notes

*January 13, 2014, Ka'Deem Carey will declare going to the

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Awards

Tra’Mayne Bondurant *Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (September 2, 2013)

*Consensus NCAA All-American ( AFCA,

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First-Team All-American * CBSSports.com First-Team All-American *

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All-America Team *Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year *Pac-12 First-Team All-Conference (unanimous) *Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (October 21, 2013; November 25, 2013) B.J. Denker *Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (October 28, 2013) Jake Smith *Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week (September 9, 2013) Nate Phillips *FWAA Freshman All American (January 6, 2014)

Team records broken

Team total offense Rushing yards – career

Players drafted

The following Arizona players were selected in the

Rankings

Media affiliates

Radio

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102.3 FM – ( Safford, AZ/

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TV

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References

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