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2015 Arizona Wildcats football team

2015 Arizona Wildcats football
University of Arizona Block A.svg
New Mexico Bowl champion
New Mexico Bowl, W 45–37 vs. New Mexico
Conference Pac-12 Conference
Division South Division
2015 record 7–6 (3–6 Pac-12)
Head coach Rich Rodriguez (4th year)
Co-offensive coordinator Calvin Magee (4th year)
Co-offensive coordinator Rod Smith (4th year)
Offensive scheme No-huddle spread option
Defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel (4th year)
Base defense 3–3–5
Captain
Home stadium Arizona Stadium
(Capacity: 56,029)
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Pac-12 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
North Division
#3 Stanford x$   8 1         12 2  
#19 Oregon   7 2         9 4  
Washington State   6 3         9 4  
California   4 5         8 5  
Washington   4 5         7 6  
Oregon State   0 9         2 10  
South Division
USC xy   6 3         8 6  
#17 Utah x   6 3         10 3  
UCLA   5 4         8 5  
Arizona State   4 5         6 7  
Arizona   3 6         7 6  
Colorado   1 8         4 9  
Championship: Stanford 41, USC 22
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
As of January 12, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It marked the Wildcats's 116th overall season, 38th as a member of the Pac-12 Conference and its 5th within the Pac-12 South Division. The team was led by head coach Rich Rodriguez, in his fourth year, and played its home games at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, AZ. They finished the season 7–6, 3–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place in the South Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they defeated New Mexico.

Led by Rich Rodriguez in his third year as head coach, the Arizona Wildcats finished the 2014 regular season with a 10–4 record (7–2 in Pac-12 play), marking the second time the program had ten wins in a season. They won the Pac-12 South Division for the first time in school history, thereby advancing to the Wildcats' first Pac-12 Football Championship Game, where they faced the Oregon Ducks at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California before losing 51–13. The Wildcats played in one of the New Year's Six bowls in the first year of the College Football Playoff with a berth in the 2014 Fiesta Bowl, the school's third major bowl appearance, where they faced the Boise State Broncos, losing 38–30.

The Wildcats would go on to land another top 10 recruiting class in 2015 (#41 by Scout, #41 by Rivals, #39 by ESPN, and #41 by 247).

The Wildcats would also add two transfer players: graduate student David Catalano (OL) from San José State who is able to play immediately, as well as John Kenny (LB) from Iowa who sit out two years to satisfy the NCAA's transfer rule.


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