1996 Arizona Wildcats football team

1996 Arizona Wildcats football
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
1996 record 5–6 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach Dick Tomey (10th year)
Home stadium Arizona Stadium
1996 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#4 Arizona State $   8 – 0         11 – 1  
#16 Washington   7 – 1         9 – 3  
Stanford   5 – 3         7 – 5  
UCLA   4 – 4         5 – 6  
Oregon   3 – 5         6 – 5  
California   3 – 5         6 – 6  
USC   3 – 5         6 – 6  
Arizona   3 – 5         5 – 6  
Washington State   3 – 5         5 – 6  
Oregon State   1 – 7         2 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their tenth season under head coach Dick Tomey, the Wildcats compiled a 5–6 record (3–5 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in a tie for fifth place in the Pac-10, and outscored their opponents, 310 to 280.[1][2]

The team played its home games in Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. On November 23, 1996, the team drew a record crowd of 59,920 to Arizona Stadium to watch a 56-14 loss to Arizona State. As of September 2016, this remains the Arizona Stadium attendance record.[3] The Wildcats allowed 450 rushing yards in the loss to the Sun Devils.[4] The highlight of the Arizona State game for the Wildcats was a 98-yard interception return, the second longest in program history, by Mikal Smith.[5]

Team records set during the 1996 season included: three interception returns for touchdown in a game (vs. Illinois); eight touchdowns allowed in a game (vs. California); 16 touchdowns scored in a Pac-10 game (vs. UCLA); 659 yards of total offense allowed in a Pac-10 game (vs. California); and 450 rushing yards allowed in a Pac-10 game (vs. Arizona State).[6]

The team's statistical leaders included Keith Smith with 1,450 passing yards, Gary Taylor with 564 rushing yards, and Jeremy McDaniel with 607 receiving yards.[7] Linebacker Chester Burnett led the team with 124 tackles.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "1996 Arizona Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Arizona Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona. 2016. p. 109. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ 2016 Media Guide, p. 97.
  4. ↑ 2016 Media Guide, p. 89.
  5. ↑ 2016 Media Guide, p. 86.
  6. ↑ 2016 Media Guide, pp. 82-84.
  7. ↑ "1996 Arizona Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  8. ↑ 2016 Media Guide, p. 86.
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