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OFFICIAL GAME NOTES · ArizonaWildcats.com Arizona Athletics Communication Services · 520-621-4163 · 1 National Championship Drive · McKale Center Room 106 · Tucson, AZ · 85721-0096 Primary Contact: Daniel Berk · [email protected] · (O) 520-621-1814 · (C) 314-363-5842 // Secondary Contact: Brett Gleason · [email protected] · (O) 520-621-0917 · (C) 509-339-5979 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Streaking Wildcats Hit the Road to Play Colorado Overall: 3-1 Pac-12: 1-0 Game 5 · Arizona (3-1, 1-0 Pac-12) at Colorado (3-1, 1-0 Pac-12) Home: 3-0 Road: 0-1 @ArizonaFBall /ArizonaFootball @ArizonaFootball /ArizonaAthletics Date Opponent Time (TV)/Result Date ...........................................................Oct. 5, 2019 Aug. 24 @ Hawai’i L, 38-45 Time ....................................................... 1:30 PM MST Sept. 7 vs. Northern Arizona W, 65-41 at Sept. 14 vs. Texas Tech W, 28-14 Location .............................................. Boulder, Colo. Sept. 28 vs. UCLA* W, 20-17 Stadium .................................. Folsom Field (50,183) Oct. 5 @ Colorado* 1:30 PM (P12N) Surface .................................................Natural Grass Oct. 12 vs. #15 Washington*% 8:00 PM (FS1) Head Coach Head Coach Oct. 19 @ USC* TBA Television ....................................... Pac-12 Networks Kevin Sumlin Mel Tucker Oct. 26 @ Stanford* TBA Arizona Record Colorado Record Nov. 2 vs. Oregon State*^ TBA All-Time Series ......................... Colorado leads 14-7 Nov. 16 @ #13 Oregon* TBA 8-8 (2nd Year) 3-1 (1st Year) Nov. 23 vs. #17 Utah* TBA at Colorado ................................ Colorado leads 4-6 Nov. 30 @ #20 Arizona State* TBA (ABC or ESPN or ESPN2) Last Meeting ....................Arizona 42, Colorado 34 Career Record Career Record 94-51 (12th Year) 3-1 (1st Year) All game times are MST and subject to change ..............................................Nov. 2, 2018 (in Tucson) TBA games are subject to 12- or 6-day selections Streak ...........................Arizona has won 2 in a row vs. Colorado vs. Arizona *Pac-12 Conference Games %Family Weekend ^Homecoming Last UA road win .................................. 45-42 (2017) 1-0 0-0 # Rankings from AP Top 25 TV & RADIO INFORMATION ARIZONA NOTES & NUMBERS TOP CATS Live Stats: www.Arizona.StatBroadcast.com » The Arizona Wildcats will travel to Boulder for their Category Player Total first Pac-12 Conference road game of the season. The Television Pac-12 Networks Wildcats have won their last two Pac-12 road openers, Touchdowns Gary Brightwell 4 Scoring Lucas Havrisik 27 Play-by-Play .................................................... Ted Robinson topping Oregon State last year in Corvallis and Colorado in 2017 in Boulder. Rushing Yards Gary Brightwell 259 Analyst ........................................................................Yogi Roth Passing Yards Khalil Tate 684 » The Wildcats are riding a three-game winning streak and Sideline ..................................................................Sam Peszek Receiving Yards Stanley Berryhill III 187 Watch Online ............................................Pac-12 Now App topped visiting UCLA 20-17 on Saturday to improve to 3-1 on the season. Arizona was trailing 17-13 heading into the Rushing Touchdowns Gary Brightwell 4 fourth, but came back for the win. It marked the second Passing Touchdowns Khalil Tate 6 Radio Arizona IMG Sports Network straight game Arizona has erased a deficit at the end of Receiving Touchdowns Cunningham/Berryhill/Smith 2 the third quarter to win. The Wildcats had lost 25 straight Play-by-Play ......................................................Brian Jeffries Receptions Tayvian Cunningham 16 contests when trailing after three quarters dating back to Analyst ............................................................. Lamont Lovett 2015. Tackles Colin Schooler 32 Sideline ...............................................................Dana Cooper Tackles for Loss Jalen Harris 4.5 » True freshman quarterback Grant Gunnell made his first Sacks Jalen Harris 2.5 Flagship Stations .................................1290 AM, 107.5 FM career start Saturday against UCLA. He completed 29 Interceptions Whittaker/Burns 3 Statewide Affiliates ............................................See Page 5 of 44 passes for 352 yards and one touchdown. He was Kick Return Avg. Tayvian Cunningham 23.0 Listen on TuneIn ........................... ArizonaWildcats.com turnover-free. Gunnell has appeared in two games this season and has thrown a 75-yard touchdown pass in both Punt Return Avg. Brian Casteel 42.0 Satelite Radio (UA Call) ......................XM 198, Sirius 78 games. Arizona leads the country with 9 interceptions » Following a 28-14 win over Texas Tech, Arizona allowed 9 THE MATCHUP just 17 points to UCLA. It marked the first time since 2010 in just four games this season. The Wildcats had that Arizona held back-to-back Power 5 opponents to just seven interceptions the entire season in 2018. fewer than 20 points. Coach Marcel Yates’ defense has ARIZONA Category COLORADO 22-0 Arizona has outscored its opponents 22-0 in 552.3 .....................................Total Offense .................................... 434.8 not allowed a fourth-quarter point in either of the past two games. fourth quarter of the two most recent games 255.5 .................................Rushing Offense ................................. 143.8 against Texas Tech and UCLA. 296.8 ................................. Passing Offense ...................................291.0 » Junior linebackers Colin Schooler and Tony Fields II both 158.74........................Team Passing Efficiency ........................159.31 recorded double-digit tackle totals against UCLA on 255.5 Arizona leads the Pac-12 Conference in rushing 37.8 .....................................Scoring Offense ....................................35.8 Saturday. It’s the sixth time both players have had 10 or at 255.5 yards per game. The Wildcats rushed 473.3 .................................... Total Defense.................................... 466.5 more tackles in the same game and the first this season. for just 99 yards Saturday against UCLA. It 137.3...................................Rushing Defense ..................................175.5 The duo combined for 23 tackles, two tackles-for-loss snapped a 13-game conference losing streak 336.0 .................................Passing Defense ..................................291.0 and two pass breakups against the Bruins. 123.62 ............. Team Passing Efficiency Defense .............. 157.64 when rushing for fewer than 100 yards in a game. 29.3 ....................................Scoring Defense ................................... 30.8 » Redshirt junior cornerback Lorenzo Burns intercepted 7 The Wildcats have 7 different receivers with 1.50 .................................... Turnover Margin..................................... 1.75 his third pass of the season against UCLA. He’s tied with 100 or more yards on the season through four 52.4% .....................3rd Down Conversion Pct. .....................48.4% teammate Jace Whittaker and others for the national games this season. Stanley Berryhill III, Tayvian 100.0% ...................4th Down Conversion Pct. .....................85.7% lead. Both cornerbacks are also in the top 10 nationally in 49.2% ...........3rd Down Conversion Pct. Defense.............48.1% passed defended at 1.8 per game. Cunningham, Bam Smith, Jamarye Joiner, Cedric 40.0% ........... 4th Down Conversion Pct. Defense ..............57.1% Peterson, Brian Casteel and Drew Dixon have all 86.7% ............................. Red Zone Offense ...............................87.5% » Redshirt junior running back J.J. Taylor has rushed for 2,750 hit the century mark already this season. 92.3% .............................Red Zone Defense .............................83.3% career yards, which ranks ninth all-time in school history. He needs 208 yards to pass Nic Grigsby for eighth. Quarterback Khalil Tate has 49 career touchdown 35.71 .......................................Net Punting ......................................40.47 49 passes, and is tied with Anu Solomon for third all- 20.50 .....................................Punt Returns .......................................6.33 » Arizona is fifth in the country in total offense at 552.3 16.14 .................................... Kickoff Returns .................................. 33.50 time in program history. With one more, he will be yards per game. The Wildcats are tops in the Pac-12 and behind just Nick Foles and Willie Tuitama, who 98 ...................................First Downs Offense ...................................84 one of only two schools in the conference (Washington 104 ................................ First Downs Defense ...................................89 State) to average more than 500 yards per game so far both threw 67 touchdowns in their respective 9.00 .................................Penalties Per Game ................................5.50 this season. careers. 81.50 ..........................Penalty Yards Per Game ........................ 43.25 29:39 ..............................Time of Possession ............................. 28:53 Notes (Pg. 3) · Depth Chart (Pg. 14) · Statistics (Pg. 17) · Game Recaps (Pg. 30) · Roster (Pg. 41) 2019 Arizona Football · Official Game Notes · Game 5 · Oct. 5 · at Colorado · Boulder, Colo. 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