2014 Arizona Wildcats football team

2014 Arizona Wildcats football
Pac-12 South Division champion
Fiesta Bowl, L 30–38 vs. Boise State
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 19
Record10–4 (7–2 Pac-12)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorCalvin Magee (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorRod Smith (3rd season)
Offensive schemeSpread option
Defensive coordinatorJeff Casteel (3rd season)
Base defense3–3–5
MVPScooby Wright III
Captain
13
  • Dan Pettinato (DL)
  • Terris Jones-Grigsby (RB)
  • Hank Hobson (LB)
  • Fabbians Ebbele (OL)
  • Jonathan McKnight (CB)
  • Jared Tevis (S)
Home stadiumArizona Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 2 Oregon x$^   8 1     13 2  
Stanford   5 4     8 5  
Washington   4 5     8 6  
California   3 6     5 7  
Oregon State   2 7     5 7  
Washington State   2 7     3 9  
South Division
No. 19 Arizona x   7 2     10 4  
No. 10 UCLA   6 3     10 3  
No. 12 Arizona State   6 3     10 3  
No. 20 USC   6 3     9 4  
No. 21 Utah   5 4     9 4  
Colorado   0 9     2 10  
Championship: Oregon 51, Arizona 13
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season was the Wildcats's 115th overall, 37th as a member of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12) and its fourth within the Pac-12 South Division. The team was led by head coach Rich Rodriguez, in his third year, and played its home games at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona for the 86th straight year.

They ultimately finished 10–4, achieving the third 10-win regular season in program history. The Wildcats won the Pac-12 South Division for the first time, advancing to the Pac-12 Football Championship Game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, where they faced the Oregon Ducks. The Wildcats played in the first year of the New Year's Six bowls, netting a berth in the 2014 Fiesta Bowl, the school's third major-bowl appearance, where they faced the Boise State Broncos. Arizona lost the game to Boise State, 38–30.