The Arizona Wildcats college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Arizona in the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). Since the establishment of the team in 1893, Arizona has appeared in 23 bowl games and had 9 wins, 11 losses, and 1 tie for a .452 winning percentage.Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 14 The Wildcats played in two Bowl Coalition Era Bowls. The 1992 John Handcock Bowl (Sun Bowl) was a Tier 2 Bowl Coalition game. The 1993 Fiesta Bowl was a Tier 1 Bowl Coalition game. The December 2014 Fiesta Bowl was part of the CFP/New Year's Six system.
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+General Bowl game record attendance Former bowl game record attendance * Denotes BC/BA/BCS/CFP Game
+ Results W Win L Loss
Post-season games + List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach#BowlScoreDateSeasonOpponentStadiumLocationAttendanceBowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38Head coach1San Diego East-West Christmas Classic1921Centre Praying ColonelsBalboa StadiumSan Diego35,0002Salad Bowl1948DrakeMontgomery StadiumPhoenix43,0003Sun Bowl1968Auburn TigersSun Bowl StadiumEl Paso27,0624Fiesta Bowl1979Pittsburgh PanthersSun Devil StadiumTempe30,3335Sun Bowl1985Georgia Bulldogs Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso30,3336Aloha Bowl1986North Carolina Tar HeelsAloha StadiumHonolulu30,333Larry Smith7Copper Bowl1989North Carolina State WolfpackArizona StadiumTucson37,2378Aloha Bowl1990Syracuse OrangemenAloha StadiumHonolulu41,450Dick Tomey Bowl Coalition Era9Sun Bowl* (John Handcock Bowl) Tier 2 BC Game1992Baylor BearsSun Bowl StadiumEl Paso31,337Dick Tomey10Fiesta Bowl* Tier 1 BC Game1993Miami HurricanesSun Devil StadiumTempe31,337Dick Tomey11Freedom Bowl1994Utah UtesAnaheim StadiumAnaheim31,377Dick Tomey Bowl Alliance Era12Insight.com Bowl1997New Mexico LobosArizona StadiumTucson49,385Dick Tomey Bowl Championship Series Era13"Holiday Bowl1998Nebraska CornhuskersQualcomm StadiumSan Diego65,354Dick Tomey14Las Vegas Bowl2008BYU CougarsSam Boyd StadiumLas Vegas40,04715Holiday Bowl2009Nebraska CornhuskersQualcomm StadiumSan Diego64,607Mike Stoops16Alamo Bowl2010Oklahoma State CowboysAlamodomeSan Antonio57,593 Mike Stoops17New Mexico Bowl2012Nevada Wolf PackUniversity StadiumAlbuquerque24,61018Independence Bowl2013Boston College EaglesIndependence StadiumShreveport36,917Rich Rodriguez College Football Playoff Era19Fiesta Bowl* (CFP New Year's Six)2014Boise State BroncosUniversity of Phoenix StadiumGlendale66,896Rich Rodriguez20New Mexico Bowl2015New Mexico LobosUniversity Stadium (Albuquerque)Albuquerque30,289Rich Rodriguez21Foster Farms Bowl2017Purdue BoilermakersLevi's StadiumSanta Clara28,436Rich Rodriguez22Alamo Bowl W 38–242023Oklahoma SoonersAlamodomeSan Antonio55,853 Jedd Fisch23Holiday Bowl2025SMU MustangsSnapdragon StadiumSan Diego30,602 Brent Brennan
Record by bowl game and opponents Bowl Name # Appearances Record Advocare V100 1 2013 1–0 Alamo Bowl 2 2010, 2023 1-1 Aloha Bowl 2 1986, 1990 1–1 Christmas Classic 1 1921 0–1 Insight.com Bowl/Copper Bowl/Cactus Bowl 2 1989, 1997 2–0 Fiesta Bowl 3 1979, 1993, 2014 1–2 Foster Farms Bowl 1 2017 0-1 Freedom Bowl 1 1994 0–1 Holiday Bowl 3 1998, 2009, 2025 1–1 Las Vegas Bowl 1 2008 1–0 New Mexico Bowl 2 2012, 2015 2–0 Salad Bowl 1 1949 0–1 Sun Bowl 3 1968, 1985, 1992 0–2–1
Opponents # Win Loss Tied % Auburn 1 0 1 0 Baylor 1 0 1 0 Boise State 1 0 1 0 Boston College 1 1 0 0 BYU 1 1 0 0 Centre (D-III) 1 0 1 0 Drake (FCS) 1 0 1 0 Georgia 1 0 0 1 Miami 1 1 0 0 Nebraska 2 1 1 0 Nevada 1 1 0 0 New Mexico 2 2 0 0 North Carolina 1 1 0 0 North Carolina State 1 1 0 0 Oklahoma State 1 0 1 0 Pittsburgh 1 0 1 0 Purdue 1 0 1 0 SMU 1 0 0 0 Syracuse 1 0 1 0 Utah 1 0 1 0 Oklahoma 1 1 0 0
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