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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Eric Sorenson
A Valley native, Eric has had a passion for the Arizona sports scene since an early age. He has covered some of the biggest events including Super Bowls, national championships and the NBA and MLB playoffs in his near 20 years in local media.