2007 Arizona Wildcats football team

2007 Arizona Wildcats football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record5–7 (4–5 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSonny Dykes (1st season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorMark Stoops (4th season)
Base defense4–3
Captains
Home stadiumArizona Stadium
2007 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 USC +   7 – 2     11 – 2  
No. 16 Arizona State +   7 – 2     10 – 3  
No. 25 Oregon State   6 – 3     9 – 4  
No. 23 Oregon   5 – 4     9 – 4  
UCLA   5 – 4     6 – 7  
Arizona   4 – 5     5 – 7  
California   3 – 6     7 – 6  
Washington State   3 – 6     5 – 7  
Stanford   3 – 6     4 – 8  
Washington   2 – 7     4 – 9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Mike Stoops, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 5–7 with a mark of 4–5 in conference play, placing sixth in the Pac-10. The team played home games at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 13:30 p.m.at BYU*
VersusL 7–2064,525
September 87:00 p.m.Northern Arizona*
W 45–2452,638[1]
September 167:00 p.m.New Mexico*
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ (rivalry)
FSNAZL 27–2951,996
September 223:00 p.m.at No. 8 California
VersusL 27–4556,021
September 297:00 p.m.Washington State
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
FSNAZW 48–2050,945
October 61:05 p.m.at Oregon State
L 16–3140,489
October 1312:30 p.m.at No. 10 USC
ABCL 13–2084,671
October 204:00 p.m.Stanford
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
L 20–2155,270
October 27Noonat Washington
FSNAZW 48–4161,124
November 312:30 p.m.UCLA
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
ABCW 34–2751,727
November 157:00 p.m.No. 2 Oregon
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
ESPNW 34–2450,387
December 16:00 p.m.at No. 13 Arizona State
ESPN2L 17–2071,706
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

Game summaries

Oregon

Team 1 234Total
Oregon 11 337 24
• Arizona 10 2103 34
Scoring summary
112:24OREDennis Dixon 39-yard run (Ed Dickson run)ORE 8-0
18:13ARIZMike Thomas 34-yard pass from Willie Tuitama (Jason Bondzio kick)ORE 8-7
15:00OREMatt Evensen 34-yard field goalORE 11-7
11:22ARIZJason Bondzio 32-yard field goalORE 11-10
214:45ARIZAntoine Cason 42-yard interception return (Jason Bondzio kick)ARIZ 17-11
211:34ARIZMike Thomas 46-yard pass from Willie Tuitama (Jason Bondzio kick)ARIZ 24-11
25:30ARIZAntoine Cason 56-yard punt return (Jason Bondzio kick)ARIZ 31-11
20:09OREMatt Evensen 32-yard field goalARIZ 31-14
39:10OREMatt Evensen 34-yard field goalARIZ 31-17
47:53OREAndre Crenshaw 2-yard run (Matt Evensen kick)ARIZ 31-24
43:20ARIZJason Bondzio 46-yard field goalARIZ 34-24

Roster

Player Class Pos Summary
Willie Tuitama* JR QB 327 Cmp, 524 Att, 3683 Yds, 28 TD
Kris Heavner SR QB 5 Cmp, 6 Att, 19 Yds, 0 TD
Tyler Lyon FR QB
Nic Grigsby* FR RB 161 Att, 704 Yds, 4.4 Avg
Brandon Lopez JR RB
Chris Jennings SR RB 53 Att, 156 Yds, 2.9 Avg
Xavier Smith SO RB 26 Att, 107 Yds, 4.1 Avg
Earl Mitchell SO RB 5 Rec, 38 Yds, 7.6 Avg
Mike Thomas* JR WR 83 Rec, 1038 Yds, 12.5 Avg
Terrell Turner* SO WR 50 Rec, 575 Yds, 11.5 Avg
Anthony Johnson SR WR 35 Rec, 410 Yds, 11.7 Avg
Michael Turner FR WR 3 Rec, 10 Yds, 3.3 Avg
Delashaun Dean FR WR 37 Rec, 418 Yds, 11.3 Avg
Terrell Reese FR WR 20 Rec, 202 Yds, 10.1 Avg
B.J. Dennard JR WR 5 Rec, 38 Yds, 7.6 Avg
Derick Barkum WR 2 Rec, 7 Yds, 3.5 Avg
Rob Gronkowski* FR TE 28 Rec, 525 Yds, 18.8 Avg
A.J. Simmons FR TE 1 Rec, 3 Yds, 3.0 Avg
Colin Baxter* FR OL
Eben Britton* SO OL
Peter Graniello* OL
Blake Kerley* OL
Joe Longacre* OL
Garon McHone SR OL
Daniel Borg OL
Justin Jabali SR OL
Jason Bondzio JR K
Yaniv Barnett* SR DL
Lionel Dotson* SR DL
Louis Holmes* SR DL
Jason Parker* SR DL
Ricky Elmore FR DL
Donald Horton Jr. SO DL
Lolomana Mikaele FR DL
Brooks Reed FR DL
D'Aundre Reed FR DL
Kaniela Tuipulotu FR DL
Johnathan Turner SR DL
Dane Krogstad* SR LB
Spencer Larsen* SR LB
Ronnie Palmer* JR LB
James Alford JR LB
Xavier Kelley SO LB
Adrian McCovy JR LB
Cam Nelson* SO DB
Antoine Cason* SR DB
Wilrey Fontenot* SR DB
Corey Hall* JR DB
Trevor Foster FR DB
Marqus Hundley JR DB
Michael Klyce JR DB
Dominic Patrick SR DB
Brandon Tatum SO DB
Nate Ness JR DB
Devin Ross SO DB
Devon Ross DB
Keenyn Crier FR P

Awards

K Jason Bondzio

  • All-Pacific-10 (Honorable Mention)

OT Eben Britton

  • All-Pacific-10 (2nd team)

CB Antoine Cason

P Keenyn Crier

  • All-Pacific-10 (1st team)

DT Lionel Dotson

  • All-Pacific-10 (2nd team)

OT Peter Graniello

  • All-Pacific-10 (Honorable Mention)

TE Rob Gronkowski

  • All-Pacific-10 (Honorable Mention)

LB Spencer Larsen

  • All-Pacific-10 (1st team)

WR Mike Thomas

  • All-Pacific-10 (1st team)

QB Willie Tuitama

  • All-Pacific-10 (Honorable Mention)

WR Anthony Johnson

  • All-Pacific-10 (Honorable Mention)

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References

  1. ^ "Tuitama delivers 5 TD passes". The Arizona Republic. September 9, 2007. Retrieved August 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ 2011 Arizona football guide
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