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The 2014 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season was the Wildcats's 115th overall, 37th as a member of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12) and its fourth within the Pac-12 South Division. The team was led by head coach Rich Rodriguez, in his third year, and played its home games at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona for the 86th straight year.
They ultimately finished 10–4, achieving the third 10-win regular season in program history. The Wildcats won the Pac-12 South Division for the first time, advancing to the Pac-12 Football Championship Game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, where they faced the Oregon Ducks. The Wildcats played in the first year of the New Year's Six bowls, netting a berth in the 2014 Fiesta Bowl, the school's third major-bowl appearance, where they faced the Boise State Broncos. Arizona lost the game to Boise State, 38–30.
Departures
Before the season
= Top returning players
== Arrivals
== Spring football
=On April 12, 2014, Arizona capped off its spring football camp with a scrimmage at Arizona Stadium which was open to the public.
= Recruiting class
== Preseason awards watchlists
=Regular season
= Schedule
== Personnel
=Roster
Depth chart
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On April 12, 2014, the Wildcats will play the White and Navy Blue game, the program's annual spring game. Arizona plays seven of twelve regular season games at home: two of three non-conference games and five of nine in Pac-12 play. For the second-straight year the Cats face neither Stanford nor Oregon State.
Game summaries
= vs UNLV
== at UTSA
== vs Nevada
== vs California
== at No. 2 Oregon
== vs USC
== at Washington State
== at No. 22 UCLA
== vs Colorado
== vs Washington
== at No. 17 Utah
== vs No. 13 Arizona State
== vs No. 2 Oregon (Pac-12 Championship Game)
=Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota was named MVP.
= vs No. 20 Boise State (Fiesta Bowl)
=Boise State wide receiver Thomas Sperbeck was named Offensive MVP.
Boise State linebacker Tanner Vallejo was named Defensive MVP.
= Statistics
=Team
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Scores by quarter (all opponents)
Scores by quarter (Pac-12 opponents)
Rankings
Postseason
= Awards
=Pac-12 Conference awards
Defensive Player of the Year
Scooby Wright III
Coach of the Year
Rich Rodriguez
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Team awards
Reference:
= All-American Teams
=All-Americans
Scooby Wright III
SI.com 2014 Midseason All-American Team
2014 College Football All American (Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), USA Today (USAT) ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), College Football News (CFN), Scout.com, and Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo!))
Pac-12 All-Conference Team
The Wildcats saw 10 of its players honored as members of the 2014 Pac-12 All-Conference team. The first team had one such honoree, while the second team had two. Seven other Cats would land Honorable Mention status.
First team
Scooby Wright III, LB, So.
Second team
Steven Gurrola, OL, Sr.
Drew Riggleman, P, Jr.
Honorable mention
Austin Hill, WR, Sr.
Cayleb Jones, WR, So.
Jonathan McKnight, CB, Sr.
Dan Pettinato, DE, Sr.
Anu Solomon, QB, Fr.
Jared Tevis, S, Sr.
Nick Wilson, RB, Fr.
= All-Academic Teams
=NCAA Academic All-Americans
Pac-12 Conference All-Academic players
The Wildcats had six players selected to the Pac-12 Conference All-Academic Team. One player garnered first team honors, while two players landed on the second team, the Wildcats had 3 players granted honorable mention. 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
Jared Tevis, S, Sr., 3.28 GPA
Second team
Jared Baker, RB, Jr., 3.30 GPA
Jake Matthews, LB, So., 3.55 GPA
Honorable mention
Calvin Allen, DE, Fr., 3.23 GPA
Abraham Mendivil, WR, Fr., 3.29 GPA
Casey Skowron, PK, Jr., 3.37 GPA
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= Records broken
== Player of the Week
=Anu Solomon
2x Coaches Offensive Player of the Week
Manning Award of the Week, Sept. 2nd
Athlon Sports' National Freshman of the Week
Davey O'Brien QB of the Week, Sept. 23rd
Athlon Sports' Pac12 Player of the Week
Manning Award Star of the Week
Vegas Seven- Las Vegas Bowl Pac-12 Player of the Week, Sept. 24th
Maxwell Award Watchlist
Hard Edge Player of the Week
Cayleb Jones
Pac-12 Player of the Week, Sept. 22nd
Coaches Offensive Player of the Week
Co-CFPA Wide Receivers of the Week
Earl Campbell Award Week 4 Honorable mention
Biletnikoff Award Watch List
Terris Jones-Grigsby
Coaches Offensive Player of the Week
Austin Hill
Co-CFPA Wide Receivers of the Week
Samajie Grant
Coaches Offensive Player of the Week
Nate Phillips
Hard Edge Player of the Week
Nick Wilson
4x Coaches Offensive Player of the Week
Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week
Steven Gurrola
Coaches Co-Hard Edge Player of the Week
Parker Zellers
Coaches Co-Hard Edge Player of the Week
Dan Pettinato
Coaches Defensive Player of the Week
Jared Tevis
2x Coaches Defensive Player of the Week
2x Hard Edge Player of the Week
Scooby Wright III
3x Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week
5x Coaches Defensive Player of the Week
Hard Edge Player of the Week
Athlon Sports' National Defensive Player of the Week
National Defensive Performer of the Week
National Linebacker of the Week
2x Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week
Bednarik Award watchlist
Davonte' Neal
Coaches Special Teams Player of the Week
Tyrell Johnson
Coaches Special Teams Player of the Week
Jourdon Grandon
Coaches Defensive Player of the Week
Drew Riggleman
2x Coaches Special Teams Player of the Week
Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week
Casey Skowron
3x Coaches Special Teams Player of the Week
Lou Groza Award Stars of the Week
National Specialist of the Week by CFPA, Sept. 8th
Notes
February 5, 2014 – National Signing Day, first day when high school students can sign a NLI with Arizona.
November 11, 2014 – All American WR Nate Phillips is done for remainder of the season with broken foot injury.
Media affiliates
= Radio
=ESPN Radio – (ESPN Tucson 1490 AM & 104.09 FM) – Nationwide (Dish Network, Sirius XM, TuneIn radio and iHeartRadio)
KCUB 1290 AM – Football Radio Show – (Tucson, AZ)
KHYT – 107.5 FM (Tucson, AZ)
KTKT 990 AM – La Hora de Los Gatos (Spanish) – (Tucson, AZ)
KGME 910 AM – (IMG Sports Network) – (Phoenix, AZ)
KTAN 1420 AM – (Sierra Vista, AZ)
KDAP 96.5 FM (Douglas, Arizona)
KWRQ 102.3 FM – (Safford, AZ/Thatcher, AZ)
KIKO 1340 AM – (Globe, AZ)
KVWM 970 AM – (Show Low, AZ/Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ)
XENY 760 – (Nogales, Sonora) (Spanish)
= TV
=KOLD (CBS)
KGUN (ESPN College Football on ABC/ABC)
FOX (Fox Sports Media Group)
FS1 (Fox Sports Media Group)
ESPN (ESPN Family)
ESPN2 (ESPN Family)
ESPNU (ESPN Family)
CBS Sports Network
Pac-12 Network (Pac-12 Arizona)