2020 Arizona Wildcats football team
The 2020 Arizona Wildcats football team will represent the University of Arizona in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This season will mark the Wildcats 121st season. The Wildcats play in the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference and play their home games at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. Arizona is coached by Kevin Sumlin, who will be in his third season.
Previous season
The Wildcats finished the 2019 season 4–8, 2–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place in the South Division.Offseason
The Wildcats have 12 senior graduates only graduated players noted until spring practice. As well as 2 junior players would choose to forgo their senior season in pursuit of an early NFL career.| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Khalil Tate | 14 | QB | 6'0 | 195 | Senior | Inglewood, California | Graduated |
| J.J. Taylor | 21 | RB | 5'6 | 180 | Junior | Corona, California | Declared for the 2020 NFL Draft |
| Cedric Peterson | 18 | WR | 5'11 | 188 | RS Senior | Moreno Valley, California | Graduated |
| Daniel Egbo | 41 | WR | 6'2 | 192 | Senior | Gilbert, Arizona | Graduated |
| Lee Anderson | 51 | LB | 6'1 | 246 | Senior | Moreno Valley, California | Graduated |
| Matt Aargon | 26 | P | 6'5 | 211 | Senior | Tucson, Arizona | Graduated |
| Finton Connolly | 91 | DT | 6'5 | 300 | RS Senior | Gilbert, Arizona | Graduated |
| Tristan Cooper | 31 | S | 6'2 | 198 | Senior | El Paso, Texas | Graduated |
| Cody Creason | 76 | OL | 6'4 | 295 | RS Senior | Folsom, California | Graduated |
| Malcolm Holland | 12 | WR | 5'11 | 189 | RS Senior | Chandler, Arizona | Graduated |
| Terrance Johnson | 83 | WR | 6'2 | 211 | RS Senior | Tucson, Arizona | Graduated |
| Jace Whittaker | 17 | CB | 5'11 | 185 | RS Senior | Oceanside, California | Graduated |
Recruiting
Transfers
The Wildcats lose eight players due to various reasons.Outgoing
| Name | No. | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | New school |
| Dayven Coleman | 9 | LB | 6'2 | 216 | Sophomore | Dallas, Texas | Stephen F. Austin |
| Chaco Ulloa | 13 | S | 5'11 | 200 | Senior | Corona, California | Montana State |
| Jake Peters | 80 | TE | 6'4 | 222 | Freshman | Coto de Caza, California | Colorado |
| Thomas Marcus | 84 | WR | 6'2 | 203 | Freshman | San Diego, California | Montana State |
| Justin Belknap | 86 | DL | 6'3 | 245 | RS Senior | Henderson, Nevada | Montana |
| Troy Young | 11 | S | 6'0 | 205 | Junior | Prichard, Alabama | UAB |
| Scottie Young Jr. | 6 | S | 5'11 | 201 | Junior | San Diego, California | West Virginia |
| Xavier Bell | 37 | S | 6'2 | 196 | RS Junior | Long Beach, California | TBA |
| Tony Fields | 1 | LB | 6'1 | 220 | Senior | Las Vegas, Nevada | TBA |
Incoming
| Name | No. | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Prev. school |
| Brenden Schooler | 8 | WR | 6'2 | 193 | Senior | Dana Point, California | Oregon |
| Aaron Blackwell | 52 | DL | 6'3 | 298 | Senior | Peoria, Arizona | New Mexico |
| Roy Lopez | 51 | DL | 6'2 | 310 | Senior | Tempe, Arizona | New Mexico State |
| Matthew Stefanski | -- | OL | 6'4 | 314 | Freshman | Frankfort, Michigan | Grand Valley State |
Position key
Returning starters
OffenseDefense
Special Teams
† Indicates player was a starter in 2019 but missed all of 2020 due to injury.
Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released| Doak Walker Award | Gary Brightwell | RB | Sr. |
Pac-12 Media Day
The Pac-12 Media Day was held in July 2020 in Hollywood, California.| Media poll |
Preseason All Pac-12 teams
Personnel
Coaching staff
Roster
Depth chart
Starters and backups.Depth Chart Source: 2020 Arizona Wildcats Football Fact Book
True Freshman
Double Position : *
Schedule
Spring game
The 2020 Wildcats began spring practice on March 2, 2020 and finish with the 2020 Arizona spring game. The remainder of spring practice and the spring game were canceled on March 18, 2020, due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.Regular season
Arizona announced its 2020 football schedule on December 4, 2018. The 2020 Wildcats' schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games for the regular season. Arizona will host 5 Pac-12 opponents: California, Colorado, Oregon, USC and arch-rival Arizona State for the 93rd annual Territorial Cup to close out the regular season. Arizona will face the following Pac-12 opponents on the road: Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, Utah, and Washington. Arizona is not scheduled to play Pac-12 North opponent Washington State for the 2020 Pac-12 regular season.Arizona's out of conference opponents represent the Big Sky, Big 12 and Mountain West conferences. The Wildcats will host two non–conference games which are against Hawaii from the and Northern Arizona from the and travel to Texas Tech. On July 10, 2020 the Pac-12 announced it would cancel all fall sporting event non-conference games including Hawaii, Portland State, and Texas Tech to the decision, to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On July 31, 2020, the Pac-12 Conference announced revisions to the schedule.
Game summaries
Arizona State
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Arizona is facing their arch-rivals, the Arizona State Sun Devils, in the 93rd playing of "Territorial Cup" in the Pac-12 opener. Last season, Arizona lost to Arizona State 24–14.
at Washington
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After playing against Arizona State in the Pac-12 opener, Arizona will travel to Seattle, WA to face the Washington. Last season, Arizona lost to Washington 28–13.
Colorado
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After playing against Washington, Arizona will host the Colorado. Last season, Arizona defeated Colorado 35–30.
USC
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After playing against Colorado and a bye week, Arizona will host the USC. Last season, Arizona lost to USC 41–14.
at Utah
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After playing against USC, Arizona will travel to Salt Lake City, UT to face the Utah. Last season, Arizona lost to Utah 28–13.
at Oregon State
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After playing against Utah, Arizona will travel to Corvallis, OR to face the Oregon State in the final Pac-12 road game. Last season, Arizona lost to Oregon State 56–38.
California
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After playing against Washington, Arizona will host the California. In the 2018 season, Arizona won the previous meeting over California 24–17.
Oregon
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After playing against California, Arizona will host the Oregon in the homecoming game. Last season, Arizona lost to Oregon 34–6.
at UCLA
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After playing against Oregon, Arizona will travel to Pasadena, CA to face the UCLA. Last season, Arizona defeated UCLA 20–17.
at Stanford
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After playing against UCLA, Arizona will travel to Stanford facing the Stanford in the Pac-12 finale. Last season, Arizona lost to Stanford 41–31.
Statistics
Scores by quarter (Pac-12 opponents)
Scores by quarter (All opponents)
Rankings
Awards and honors
| Player | Position | Date | Ref. |
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Postseason
Bowl game
Media affiliates
Radio
- ESPN Radio – – Nationwide
- KCUB 1290 AM – Football Radio Show –
- KHYT – 107.5 FM
- KTKT 990 AM – La Hora de Los Gatos –
- KGME 910 AM – –
- KTAN 1420 AM –
- KDAP 96.5 FM
- KWRQ 102.3 FM –
- KIKO 1340 AM –
- KVWM 970 AM –
- XENY 760 –
TV
- CBS Family - KOLD, CBSN
- ABC/ESPN Family - KGUN, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+,
- FOX Family - KMSB, FOX/FS1, FSN
- Pac-12 Network
- NBC - KVOA, NBC Sports, NBCSN