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
Aloha Bowl, 30–21 vs. North Carolina
Conference	Pacific-10
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 11
1986 record	9–3 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Larry Smith (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Chuck Stobart (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Chris Allen
Captain	Byron Evans
Home stadium	Arizona Stadium

1986 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	Houston*		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		W 37–3	52,433
September 13	Colorado State*		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		W 37–10	49,003
September 20	at Oregon	No. 17	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		W 41–17	28,773
September 27	Colorado*	No. 10	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	Raycom	W 24–21	41,024
October 11	at UCLA	No. 11	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	CBS	L 25–32	51,279
October 18	Oregon State	No. 16	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		W 23–12	52,669
October 25	California	No. 15	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		W 33–16	49,016
November 1	No. 18 USC	No. 14	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		L 13–20	55,046
November 8	at Washington State	No. 17	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		W 31–6	17,000
November 22	No. 4 Arizona State	No. 14	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ (Territorial Cup)	CBS	W 34–17	58,267
November 30	vs. Stanford	No. 12	National Olympic Stadium Tokyo, Japan (Coca-Cola Classic)	ESPN	L 24–29	55,000
December 27	vs. North Carolina*	No. 16	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl)	ABC	W 30–21	26,743
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1986 Arizona Wildcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 2 David Adams Sr RB 40 Art Greathouse Fr WR 82 Derek Hill So QB 1 Alfred Jenkins Sr RB 20 Chris McLemore Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 6 Chuck Cecil Jr DB 38 James DeBow So DT 97 George Hinkle Jr CB 27 Martin Rudolph Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 11 Gary Coston Fr P 8 Ruben Rodriguez Sr	Head coach Larry Smith Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

• Not listed (missing number/class/position): #50 Bichekas, #35 Wood

Rankings

Further information: 1986 NCAA Division I-A football 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

See also: 1986 Arizona State Sun Devils football team and Territorial Cup

#4 Arizona State Sun Devils (9–0–1) at #14 Arizona Wildcats (7–2)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arizona St	0	10	0	7	17
Arizona	7	7	7	13	34

at Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona

• Date: November 22
• Game attendance: 58,267
• TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist
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Game information
Arizona St Jeff Van Raaphorst 38/55, 437 Yds, 2 TD, 3 INT Darryl Harris 16 Rush, 55 Yds Aaron Cox 10 Rec, 191 Yds, TD Arizona Alfred Jenkins 11/17, 165 Yds, TD David Adams 18 Rush, 91 Yds Derek Hill 2 Rec, 67 Yds

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP ASU ARI 1 7:14 6 97 Arizona Adams 18-yard touchdown reception from Jenkins, Coston kick good 0 7 2 13:31 Arizona Greathouse 5-yard touchdown run, Coston kick good 0 14 2 7:59 Arizona St Garrett 7-yard touchdown reception from Van Raaphorst, Bostrom kick good 7 14 2 0:00 Arizona St 21-yard field goal by Bostrom 10 14 3 11:55 Arizona McLemore 6-yard touchdown run, Coston kick good 10 21 4 12:56 Arizona 28-yard field goal by Coston 10 24 4 8:56 Arizona Interception returned 100 yards for touchdown by Cecil, Coston kick good 10 31 4 6:47 Arizona St Cox 20-yard touchdown reception from Van Raaphorst, Bostrom kick good 17 31 4 2:14 Arizona 27-yard field goal by Coston 17 34 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 17 34

References

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