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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 21 bowl games and had 9 wins, 11 losses, and 1 tie for a .452 winning percentage.[1] One of their losses was to Boise State in one of the New Year's Six bowl games, the Fiesta Bowl . They are still currently the only team out of all 20 original teams in the original Pac-10 and Big Ten conferences to not have played in the Rose Bowl .
Key
General
†
Bowl game record attendance
‡
Former bowl game record attendance
*
Denotes National Championship Game
Post-season games
List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach[A 1]
#
Bowl
Score[A 2]
Date
Season[A 3]
Opponent[A 4]
Stadium
Location
Attendance[2]
Head coach
1
San Diego East-West Christmas Classic
L 0–38
December 26, 1921
1921
Centre Praying Colonels
Balboa Stadium
San Diego
35,000‡
Pop McKale
2
Salad Bowl
L 13–14
January 1, 1949
1948
Drake
Montgomery Stadium
Phoenix
43,000
Miles W. Casteel
3
Sun Bowl
L 10–34
December 28, 1968
1968
Auburn Tigers
Sun Bowl Stadium
El Paso
26,500‡
Darrell Mudra
4
Fiesta Bowl
L 10–16
December 25, 1979
1979
Pittsburgh Panthers
Sun Devil Stadium
Tempe
30,333
Tony Mason
5
Sun Bowl
T 13–13
December 16, 1985
1985
Georgia Bulldogs
Sun Bowl Stadium
El Paso
30,333
Larry Smith
6
Aloha Bowl
W 30–21
December 28, 1986
1986
North Carolina Tar Heels
Aloha Stadium
Honolulu
30,333
Larry Smith
7
Copper Bowl
W 17–10
December 31, 1989
1989
North Carolina State Wolfpack
Arizona Stadium
Tucson
30,333
Dick Tomey
8
Aloha Bowl
L 0–28
December 25, 1990
1990
Syracuse Orangemen
Aloha Stadium
Honolulu
41,450
Dick Tomey
9
Sun Bowl
L 15–20
December 31, 1992
1992
Baylor Bears
Sun Bowl Stadium
El Paso
31,337
Dick Tomey
10
Fiesta Bowl
W 29–0
January 1, 1994
1993
Miami Hurricanes
Sun Devil Stadium
Tempe
31,337
Dick Tomey
11
Freedom Bowl
L 13–16
December 27, 1994
1994
Utah Utes
Angel Stadium of Anaheim
Anaheim
31,377
Dick Tomey
12
Insight.com Bowl
W 20–14
December 20, 1997
1997
New Mexico Lobos
Arizona Stadium
Tucson
21,514‡
Dick Tomey
BCS Era
13"
Holiday Bowl
W 23–20
December 30, 1998
1998
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Qualcomm Stadium
San Diego
46,451
Dick Tomey
14
Las Vegas Bowl
W 31–21
December 20, 2008
2008
BYU Cougars
Sam Boyd Stadium
Las Vegas
59,106
Mike Stoops
15
Holiday Bowl
L 0–33
December 30, 2009
2009
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Qualcomm Stadium
San Diego
46,451
Mike Stoops
16
Alamo Bowl
L 10–36
December 29, 2010
2010
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Alamodome
San Antonio
93,963
Mike Stoops
17
New Mexico Bowl
W 49–48
December 15, 2012
2012
Nevada Wolf Pack
University Stadium
Albuquerque
91,245
Rich Rodriguez
18
Independence Bowl
W 42–19
December 31, 2013
2013
Boston College Eagles
Independence Stadium
Shreveport
70,242
Rich Rodriguez
College Football Playoff Era
19
Fiesta Bowl (CFP New Year Six) *
L 30–38
December 31, 2014
2014
Boise State Broncos
University of Phoenix Stadium
Glendale
85,689
Rich Rodriguez
20
New Mexico Bowl
W 45–37
December 19, 2015
2015
New Mexico Lobos
University Stadium (Albuquerque)
Albuquerque
91,245
Rich Rodriguez
21
Foster Farms Bowl
L 35–38
December 27, 2017
2017
Purdue Boilermakers
Levi's Stadium
Santa Clara
28,436
Rich Rodriguez
Record by bowl game and opponents
Notes
^ Statistics correct as of 2014–15 NCAA football bowl games .
^ Results are sortable first by whether the result was an Arizona win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory .
^ Links to the season article for the Oregon team that competed in the bowl for that year.
^ Links to the season article for the opponent that Arizona competed against in the bowl for that year when available or to their general page when unavailable.
References
General
Specific
^ Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 14
^ Bowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38
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