Wildcats Host Bears for Senior Day at Casino Del Sol Stadium

TUCSON, Ariz. — The Arizona Wildcats (7-3, 4-3) will host the Baylor Bears (5-5, 3-4) this Saturday morning at Casino Del Sol Stadium in Tucson for the final home game of the 2025 season. Kickoff is set for 11:00 a.m. MST.

Saturday's game will be nationally broadcast TNT with a simulcast available on truTV and HBO Max. It will also be broadcast live on Wildcats Radio 1290 AM.

Tickets for the Senior Day matchup are available for purchase HERE. Fans are encouraged to arrive early to help celebrate the Wildcats 28 senior student-athletes who will be recognized pregame.

Arizona has won three straight games, securing a bowl berth and ensuring the program's first winning season since 2023. The Wildcats will look to close out their home slate with a win to improve to 6-1 on the year in Tucson.

For more news and notes on Saturday's game, continue below.

Arizona Notes & Numbers

• The streaking Arizona Wildcats, winners of three straight, host the Baylor Bears this Saturday morning in the final home game of the season at Casino Del Sol Stadium.
• Saturday’s game will be broadcast on TNT with a simulcast available on both truTV and HBO Max. The game will be called by J.B. Long (PxP), Mike Golic Jr. (analyst), and Bridget Howard (reporter).
• The game will also be broadcast live on Wildcats Radio 1290 AM featuring play-by-play from the Voice of the Wildcats, Brian Jeffries.
• This week will serve as the Wildcats annual Senior Day game, in which the program honors the accomplishments of their 28 senior student-athletes.
• The Wildcats and Bears have met only one time previously, a matchup in the 1992 Sun Bowl in which Baylor came away victorious on a final score of 20-15.
• QB Noah Fifita claimed the Wildcats career touchdown passes crown last weekend at Cincinnati. His 68 career TD passes are the most in program history.
• Arizona’s defense is among the top 25 units in the nation in total defense (19th), turnovers gained (8th), team TFL (21st), team pass efficiency defense (3rd), passing yards allowed (7th), and interceptions (7th).
• This season, 12 different Big 12 players have notched a rushing TD and a receiving TD in the same game. Three of them are Wildcats: Tre Spivey at Houston, Javin Whatley at Colorado, and Quincy Craig vs. Kansas. No other team has more than two players to achieve the feat.
• With last week’s win at Cincinnati, the Wildcats have secured a winning record for the year. This marks only the third time in the last 10 seasons that Arizona has reached the 7-win mark.

SOME GAME THEMES: The Arizona Wildcats (7-3, 4-3) host their final home game of the season this Saturday morning with the Baylor Bears (5-5, 3-4) coming to town…Saturday’s game will be nationally televised on TNT with a simulcast available on both truTV and HBO Max…J.B. Long (play-by-play), Mike Golic Jr. (analyst), and Bridget Howard (reporter) will be on the call…The game will also be broadcast live on Wildcats Radio 1290 AM and KHYT 107.5 featuring play-by-play from the Voice of the Wildcats, Brian Jeffries…The Wildcats and Bears have met only one time previously, a matchup in the 1992 Sun Bowl in which Baylor came away victorious on a final score of 20-15…The Wildcats earned their seventh win of the season last weekend, securing a winning record and posting the program’s 33rd seven-plus win season since 1931.

LAST TIME OUT: QB Noah Fifita achieved a monumental feat and helped lead the Wildcats to a signature win on the road over a ranked Cincinnati squad. Additional highlights from the Kansas game includes…

Notable Postgame Notes

• Arizona picked up their second ranked win under Head Coach Brent Brennan with the victory over No. 22/25 Cincinnati.
• The Wildcats two interceptions give them 14 on the year, making it 20 total turnovers for the unit, their most since the 2017 team tallied 25.
• The Arizona defense limited the Bearcats to just 154 passing yards, marking their eighth time holding an opponent under 200 yards through the air this year.
• The Wildcats 99-yard drive in the third quarter was their first since going 99 yards to score against Texas Tech at home in 2019.
• QB Noah Fifita moved into sole possession of first place in program history with 68 career touchdown passes.

RANKED ROAD KILL: Arizona’s win over then No. 22 Cincinnati last weekend was the Wildcats second win over an AP Top 25 team under the direction of head coach Brent Brennan (also: at No. 10 Utah, 2024). Coach Brennan is now one of only seven coaches in program history with multiple road wins over ranked opponents.

CASINO DEL SOL STADIUM: The University of Arizona and Casino Del Sol, an enterprise of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, today announced a landmark 20-year naming rights agreement for Arizona Stadium valued at more than $60 million, the largest such agreement in Big 12 Conference history. Under the partnership, the venue will be known as Casino Del Sol Stadium. Casino Del Sol joins Arizona Athletics' top tier of corporate and community investors as a Pillar Partner, with category exclusivity in casino, gaming and resorts beginning next fiscal year. The naming partnership includes new exterior and interior branding, field logos, and digital platforms, along with expanded integration into national television broadcasts. The collaboration prioritizes the roles the U of A – as Arizona's flagship, land-grant university – and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe have in benefiting students, families, and communities across Southern Arizona. Through new programs and co-created initiatives, the partnership will deepen academic, cultural, and economic links between the university and the tribe.

NOAH'S ARC: Redshirt junior quarterback Noah Fifita, one of the most prolific passers in program history, returns behind center to lead the Wildcats offense in 2025. The California native has logged three-plus seasons and 37 games with the Wildcats since his true freshman campaign in 2022. Over that span he has etched his name into the Arizona record books and looks to cement his legacy even further this season. Fifita currently sports 68 career passing touchdowns and 8,449 career passing yards, marks that rank first and third in program history, respectively. Fifita broke the Wildcats career passing touchdowns record in a ranked road victory at Cincinnati on Nov. 15; his 15-yard pass to WR Gio Richardson rewrote the Arizona record books. The fourth-year signal caller was selected to a trio of watch lists this preseason, earning national recognition from the Maxwell Award, the Polynesian Player of the Year Award, and the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. He was also added to the Manning Award watch list last month and has earned a pair of Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week nods.

ON THE MARK: In the Wildcats week eight contest at Houston, quarterback Noah Fifita completed 24-of-26 passes for a 92.3% completion rate, tying the Arizona single-game program record. Fifita’s ultra-accurate outing was the fourth best in the FBS this season, and the third best by a road quarterback in the last 30 years (minimum 25 attempts). Fifita is one of only two quarterbacks in the nation this season with a 90%-plus completion percentage in a game with 25 or more attempts.

GRAB YOUR BOWLING SADDLE SHOES: With their comeback win over Kansas two weeks ago, the Wildcats are now bowl eligible for the first time under head coach Brent Brennan. This marks the first time that Arizona is bowl eligible since 2023, and just the third time in the last nine seasons (also: 2017). The Wildcats have played in 22 bowl games in program history, with a record 10-11-1 in those games. Arizona’s most recent bowl appearance was in the 2023 Valero Alamo Bowl in a matchup against the No. 12 Oklahoma Sooners; the Wildcats won the game, 38-24. Arizona remains tied to the Pac-12 legacy bowl affiliations: Alamo Bowl, Holiday Bowl, Las Vegas Bowl, Sun Bowl, LA Bowl. After those selections have been exhausted, they are eligible for Big 12 affiliated bowls: Pop-Tarts Bowl, Texas Bowl, Liberty Bowl, Rate Bowl, Independence Bowl.

THE WHOLE 99: The Wildcats retook the lead midway through the third quarter last week at Cincinnati with a 99-yard drive that was capped by a 50-yard rush from RB Kedrick Reescano. The extended march was the Wildcats first 99-yard drive since going the maximum against Texas Tech in September 2019. Prior to that, Arizona’s most recent 99-yard drive came against Northern Arizona in 2009, giving the Wildcats only three 99-yard drives in the last 17 seasons.

I GOT 5 ON IT: Quarterback Noah Fifita’s five passing touchdown performance at the beginning of the month against Oklahoma State was the fourth of his career and his second this season. The only other FBS players with multiple 5+ TD games this season are Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza and Temple’s Evan Simon (via Opta StatsPass). Across all of Arizona Football history there have been only 15 five-plus pass touchdown performances, four of which belong to Fifita, the most by any player (next: Khalil Tate, 3).

UNSHEATH THE SWORD: Arizona’s turnover sword has been busy this season, seeing use in 8-of-10 games so far with multiple uses in six separate games. The Wildcats 20 turnovers forced through 10 games are tied for the 8th most in the nation and the most for the program since creating 25 turnovers across 13 games in 2017. With five turnovers against Colorado and Hawai’i, the Wildcats now boast multiple five-turnover performances for the first time since 2000 (USC & Washington State).

PICK CITY: Arizona’s 14 interceptions this season are Top 10 in the nation. The Wildcats are currently on pace for 18 interceptions this season, which would be the most for the program since pulling in 19 during the 2017 season. The Wildcats defense is spearheaded by Defensive Coordinator Danny Gonzales, who has made led multiple INT-hungry defenses during his career. From 2011–16 while he served as the safeties coach at San Diego State, the Aztecs pulled in 100 interceptions, the third most in the country during that span. Across 12 games last year the Wildcats pulled in just eight interceptions. Seven different players have combined to pull in Arizona’s 14 picks: DBs Jay’Vion Cole (4), Dalton Johnson (3), Treydan Stukes (2), Genesis Smith, Gavin Hunter, and Jack Luttrell, alongside LB Taye Brown.

MAHDI MOTION: Arizona running back Ismail Mahdi has been a key piece of the Wildcats offense over the first nine games, tallying a team-leading 806 all-purpose yards and a quartet of touchdowns. Prior to his time with the Wildcats, Mahdi spent two years at Texas State and one season at FCS Houston Christian. The Murphy, Texas native currently boasts one of the most productive careers in the nation: Mahdi's ranks among the top five active career leaders with 4,358 all-purpose yards (5th) and 124.51 all-purpose yards per game (3rd) during his FBS career.

WILDCATS IN THE NFL: The Arizona Wildcats are once again well represented in the NFL, with 11 players currently sprinkled throughout league rosters. Highlighting the group of former Wildcats are a pair of first round picks in Tetairoa McMillan (2025) and Jordan Morgan (2024). With his selection earlier this year, McMillan became the 12th Arizona player to earn a first round NFL Draft pick. He joined a list that includes Morgan (2024; 25th, Green Bay), Antoine Cason (2008; 27th, San Diego), Trung Canidate (2000; 31st, St. Louis), Chris McAlister (1999; 10th, Baltimore), John Fina (1992; 27th, Buffalo), Chris Singleton (1990; 8th, New England), Anthony Smith (1990; 11th, Oakland), Rickey Hunley (1984; 7th, Cincinnati), Mike Dawson (1976; 22nd, Arizona), Bill Lueck (1968; 26, Green Bay), and Walt Nelson (1939; 10th, New York Giants). McMillan was the first of four Wildcats selected in the 2025 NFL Draft, marking the most Arizona picks since 2008.

Current Wildcats on NFL Rosters (as of 11/16/25)

• Jonah Savaiinaea, OL, Miami Dolphins
• Nick Folk, K, New York Jets
• Jacory Croskey-Merritt, RB, Washington Commanders
• Tyler Loop, K, Baltimore Ravens
• Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles, LB, New York Giants
• Roy Lopez, DT, Detroit Lions
• Jordan Morgan, OT, Green Bay Packers
• Lucas Havrisik, K, Green Bay Packers
• Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Carolina Panthers
• Jacob Cowing^, WR, San Francisco 49ers
• Gary Brightwell*, RB, Cincinnati Bengals

*Practice Squad    ^Reserve/Injured