1986 Arizona Wildcats football team

The 1986 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1986 Arizona Wildcats football
Aloha Bowl champion
ConferencePacific-10
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 11
1986 record9–3 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorChuck Stobart (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorChris Allen
CaptainByron Evans
Home stadiumArizona Stadium
1986 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Arizona State $ 5 1 1  10 1 1
No. 14 UCLA 5 2 1  8 3 1
No. 18 Washington 5 2 1  8 3 1
No. 11 Arizona 5 3 0  9 3 0
Stanford 5 3 0  8 4 0
USC 5 3 0  7 5 0
Oregon 3 5 0  5 6 0
Washington State 2 6 1  3 7 1
California 2 7 0  2 9 0
Oregon State 1 6 0  3 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 6Houston*W 37–352,433
September 13Colorado State*
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
W 37–1049,003
September 20at OregonNo. 17W 41–1728,773
September 27Colorado*No. 10RaycomW 24–2141,024
October 11at UCLANo. 11CBSL 25–3251,279
October 18Oregon StateNo. 16
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
W 23–1252,669
October 25CaliforniaNo. 15
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
W 33–1649,016
November 1No. 18 USCNo. 14
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
L 13–2055,046
November 8at Washington StateNo. 17W 31–617,000
November 22No. 4 Arizona StateNo. 14
CBSW 34–1758,267
November 30vs. StanfordNo. 12ESPNL 24–2955,000
December 27vs. North Carolina*No. 16ABCW 30–2126,743
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

1986 Arizona Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 2 David Adams Sr
OL Frank Arriola
QB Craig Bergman
OL 50 Val Bichekas
QB Andy Crouch
OL Brian Denton
WR Jeff Fairholm
RB 40 Art Greathouse Fr
TE Jim Hanawalt
WR 82 Derek Hill So
WR Jon Horton
QB 1 Alfred Jenkins Sr
RB Chuck Knox
TE Kip Lewis
TE Vince Lotti
RB 20 Chris McLemore Sr
WR Branch McNeal
RB Joe Prior
OL Jeff Rinehart
OL Joe Tofflemire
OL Hugh Verbalatis
WR Jeff Vickers
RB Chuck Webb
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB Jerry Beasley
DL Jim Birmingham
S 6 Chuck Cecil Jr
DB Troy Cephers
DB 38 James DeBow So
LB Byron Evans (C)
DL Reggie Gaddis
LB Francis Gibson
DB Eugene Hardy
DT 97 George Hinkle Jr
DB Durrell Jones
DB Randy Kindred
LB Dan Lockett
DL Stan Mataele
CB 27 Martin Rudolph Sr
LB Chris Singleton
LB Kevin Singleton
DL Dana Wells
LB 35 Brent Wood
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 11 Gary Coston Fr
P 8 Ruben Rodriguez Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
AP NR NR 17 10 10 11 16 15 14 17 14 14 12 16 11 
Coaches NR 16 15 10 10 9 14 15 14 17 13 15 11 13 10

Game summaries

Arizona State

#4 Arizona State Sun Devils (9–0–1) at #14 Arizona Wildcats (7–2)
1 2 34Total
Arizona St 0 10 0717
Arizona 7 7 71334

at Arizona StadiumTucson, Arizona

References

  1. 2011 Arizona football media guide.
  2. "Arizona claims state supremacy." Eugene Register-Guard. 1986 Nov 23. Retrieved 2019-Jan-08.
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