Head coach Rich Rodriguez and the Arizona Wildcats will look to wash away the bad taste from an injury-riddled 3-9 2016 season. The ‘Cats endured an eight-game losing streak but did beat rival ASU to close out their season in late November.
With 2017 brings a new year and optimism in Tucson. Wednesday morning UofA’s official schedule was released. It includes six homes games, starting with NAU on September 2nd. Arizona has a bye week after hosting Utah on Friday, September 22nd and before traveling to Boulder to battle defending Pac-12 South Champion Colorado on October 7th.
The Wildcats once again will have an early “spring” football schedule starting one month from today in Tucson and featuring a fan-friendly open practice on March 2nd. More details of the event will be made available in the coming weeks.
Below is Arizona’s full 2017 football schedule with conference match-ups in bold.
Sept. 2 NAU
Sept. 9 Houston
Sept. 16 at UTEP
Sept. 22 Utah (Friday)
Sept. 30 Bye Week
Oct. 7 at Colorado
Oct. 14 UCLA (Family Weekend)
Oct. 21 at California
Oct. 28 Washington State (Homecoming)
Nov. 4 at USC
Nov. 11 Oregon State
Nov. 18 at Oregon
Nov. 25 at Arizona State
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