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The 2015 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the
University of Arizona The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it ...
in the
2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The regular season began on September 3, 2015, and ended on ...
. It marked the Wildcats's 116th overall season, 38th as a member of the
Pac-12 Conference The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the Western United States. It participates at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I level for all sports, and its Co ...
and its 5th within the Pac-12 South Division. The team was led by head coach
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, in his fourth year, and played its home games at
Arizona Stadium Arizona Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium in the southwestern United States, located on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. It is the home field of the Arizona Wildcats of the Big 12 Conference. Origin ...
in
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for the 87th straight year. They finished the season 7–6, 3–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place in the South Division. They were invited to the
New Mexico Bowl The New Mexico Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually since 2006 at University Stadium (Albuquerque), University Stadium, on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New M ...
where they defeated
New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...
.


Before the season


Recruiting class

The Wildcats would go on to land another top 10 recruiting class in 2015 (#41 by Scout, #41 by Rivals, #39 by ESPN, and #41 by 247). The Wildcats would also add two transfer players: graduate student David Catalano (OL) from San José State who is able to play immediately, as well as John Kenny (LB) from Iowa who sit out two years to satisfy the NCAA's transfer rule. *Grayshirt Early Enrollees


Returning starters

Returning players that started all or a significant number of games in the 2014 season. Arizona returns 30 starters (including fifteen on offense, twelve on defense, and three on special teams). Offense Defense Special teams † Indicates player was a starter in 2014 but missed all of 2015 due to injury and Carter Wood will end of his career of the season due to injury.


Departures

The Wildcats would lose 20 seniors to graduation as well as no juniors who would choose to forgo their senior season in pursuit of an earlier NFL career. The Wildcats would lose five more players from the 2014 team due to various reasons.


Transfers

*David Catalano (from San José State) *John Kenny (from Iowa) *Jarek Hilgers (from Arizona State) *Jack Kness-Knezinskis (from Scottsdale CC)


Offense

*Connor Brewer (to Virginia) *Jordan Poland (to Arizona Western CC) *Kaelin DeBoskie


Defense

* Yamen Sanders (to Montana) * Timmy Hamilton (to Kansas)


Spring football

Winter/Spring 2015 "way-too-early" pre-season rankings from most major sports news outlets, issued after the end of the 2014 season tabbed the 2015 Arizona Wildcats at No. 13 (ESPN-''Martin Rickman''), #14 (Sports Illustrated), #17 (CBSSports), and #13 (ESPN-''Mark Schlabach'').


Fall Camp

In July, the defending Pac-12 South champions Arizona Wildcats were picked to finish at fourth place in the Pac-12 preseason polls. Arizona was ranked No. 22 in both the preseason Amway (USA Today) Coaches Poll and the preseason AP Poll., with the first practice scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 5. Camp practices are generally closed to the media and public, unless otherwise announced.


Depth chart

Depth Chart Source: 2015 Arizona Wildcats Football Fact Book


Personnel


Coaching staff

Coaching Staff Sources: ArizonaWildcats.com


Roster


Regular season


Schedule

The 2015 Pac-12 schedule was officially released on September 16, 2014. On April 10, 2015, the Wildcats will play the White and Navy Blue game, the program's annual spring game. Arizona Wildcats will play four of nine games, against all four North Division schools: Oregon State,
Stanford Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth governor of and th ...
,
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and
Washington State Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is often referred to as Washington State to distinguish it from the national capital, both named after George Washington ...
. They will also play against five South Division opponents:
Arizona State Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal School by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, the university is one of the largest ...
,
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,
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,
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and
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. For their non-conference slate the Wildcats will play two of three games against UTSA of the
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,
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of the
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and
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of the FCS'
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. For the first year, the Cats face neither
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and
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. The Wildcats will play all twelve games without a bye week for first time ever. The Wildcats opened the 2015 season with a non-conference trip to Reno, Nevada, to face Nevada, its first since 1921, and is the return game in a home-and-home series that brought the Wolf Pack to Tucson in 2014. In other non-conference action, Arizona hosted in-state foe: Northern Arizona. :Schedule Source: FBschedules.com


Game summaries


vs UTSA


at Nevada


vs Northern Arizona


vs No. 9 UCLA


at No. 18 Stanford


vs Oregon State


at Colorado


vs Washington State


at Washington


at USC


vs No. 10 Utah


at Arizona State


vs New Mexico (

New Mexico Bowl The New Mexico Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually since 2006 at University Stadium (Albuquerque), University Stadium, on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New M ...
)

Quarterback Anu Solomon was named Offensive MVP. Linebacker Scooby Wright III was named Defensive MVP.


Rankings


Statistics


Team

As of 09/04/2015. Non-conference opponents Pac-12 opponents Score total by Quarters


Offense


Defense

Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FF: Forced Fumbles, FR: Fumbles Recovered, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties


Special teams


Awards and honors


Preseason awards


Preseason All-Americans

Arizona had nine players selected as Preseason All-Americans going into the season. Anu Solomon was largely recognized on the second team of those organizations which published preseason lists. Cayleb Jones and Scooby Wright III were recognized as unanimous Preseason All-Americans, with Jones being selected to the first team of every publication.


Award watch lists


Conference awards


Award semifinalists

Players * Casey Skowron - Campbell Trophy


Player of the Week honors

; Week 1 *Cayman bundage – Offensive Player of the Week *DaVonte’ Neal – Special Teams Player of the Week *Branden leon – Scout Offensive Player of the Week *Kevin Hamlett Jr./Malcolm Holland – Co-Scout Defensive Player of the Week *De’Andre Miller – Hard Edge Player of the Week *Reggie gilbert – Student Player of the Week ; Week 2 *Nick wilson – Offensive Player of the Week *Reggie gilbert – Defensive Player of the Week *Will parks/jamar allah – Co-Special Teams Player of the Week *Zach werlinger – Scout Offensive Player of the Week *Isaiah strong/carrington vaughn – Co-Scout Defensive Player of the Week *Cayman bundage – Hard Edge Player of the Week *Shun brown – Student of the Week *Anthony Lopez– Community Service Award ; Week 3 *Anu Solomon - Offensive Player of the Week *Sani Fuimaono - Defensive Player the Week *Casey Skowron - Special Teams Player of the Week *Cedric Peterson - Scout Offensive Player of the Week *John Kenny - Scout Defensive Player of the Week *Albert Green - Scout Special Teams Player of the Week *Jerrard Randall - Hard Edge Player of the Week *RJ Morgan - Student of the Week *Jake Matthews - Community Service Award ; Week 6 *Layth Freikh - Offensive Player of the Week *Will Parks - Defensive Player the Week *Drew Riggleman - Special Teams Player of the Week *Nathan Eldridge - Scout Offensive Player of the Week *Malik Moody - Scout Defensive Player of the Week *Nick Fadelli - Scout Special Teams Player of the Week *Jamardre Cobb - Hard Edge Player of the Week *Shariff Williams - Student of the Week *David Catalano - Community Service Award ; Week 7 *Jared Baker - Offensive Player of the Week *Reggie Gilbert (2x) - Defensive Player the Week *Cody Creason - Scout Offensive Player of the Week *Samir Hinn - Scout Defensive Player of the Week *Anthony Mariscal - Scout Special Teams Player of the Week *Nate Phillips/Jerrard Randall - Co-Hard Edge Player of the Week *Jacob Alsadek - Student of the Week ; Week 11 ; Week 12 ; * Week 13 N/A ; * Week 14 N/A * Bye


All-Americans

Each year several publications release lists of their ideal "team". The athletes on these lists are referred to as All-Americans. The NCAA recognizes five All-American lists. They are the Associated Press (AP), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News (SN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF). If a player is selected to the first team of three publications he is considered a ''consensus'' All-American, if a player is selected to the first team of all five publications he is considered a ''unanimous'' All-American. Key:
First team
''Consensus All-American''
''Unanimous All-American''


Pac-12 All-Conference team

The Wildcats had TBA players honored as members of the 2015 Pac-12 All-Conference team, with TBA each on the first and second teams, respectively. TBA other Wildcats earned honorable mention honors. *First team *Second team *Honorable mention


All-Academic teams


NCAA Academic All-Americans


Pac-12 Conference All-Academic players

The Wildcats had TBA players selected to the Pac-12 Conference All-Academic Second Team, TBA players granted honorable mention and no players selected to the First Team. 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 *Second team *Honorable mention


Postseason


NFL draft

The following members of 2015 Arizona Wildcats football team were selected in the
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.


NFL Scouting Combine

TBA members of the 2015 team were invited to participate in drills at the 2016
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. † Top performer


Media affiliates


Radio

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– (ESPN Tucson 1490 AM & 104.09 FM) – Nationwide (Dish Network, Sirius XM,
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) * KCUB 1290 AM – ''Football Radio Show'' – (
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) * KHYT – 107.5 FM (Tucson, AZ) *
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910 AM – (
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) * KTAN 1420 AM – ( Sierra Vista, AZ) * KDAP 96.5 FM (
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) * KWRQ 102.3 FM – ( Safford, AZ/
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) (Spanish)


TV

* KOLD (
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) *
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) * FS1 (Fox Sports Media Group) *
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( ESPN Family) *
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(ESPN Family) *
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(Pac-12 Arizona)


References

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