2026 University of Arizona Football
Saturday, Sept. 19 | Tucson, Ariz. | Casino Del Sol Stadium
Arizona Wildcats (2-1, 0-1 Big 12) vs. Northern Illinois Huskies (0-3, 0-0 MWC)
TEAM NOTES
- The Wildcats improved to 2-1 this season and 2-0 at home with a 42-17 win over Northern Illinois.
- Northern Illinois had 157 total yards in the first quarter and Arizona's defense limited the Huskies to 184 total yards the rest of the game.
- Four different Wildcats caught touchdown passes for the last time since Arizona's 52-17 win at Colorado on Nov. 1, 2025.
- Arizona's defense had 65 tackles against NIU, the most tackles by the Wildcats in a game this season.
- Arizona captains for tonight are: RB Kedrick Reescano, CB Jay'Vion Cole, RB Quincy Craig, and DL Tre Smith.
- Arizona won the toss and deferred to the second half. NIU will receive and Arizona will defend the north goal.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- QB Noah Fifita broke the Arizona career passing yards record and now sits at 10,017 career passing yards. Fifita threw for 325 yards to pass Nick Foles' 15-year record of 10,011 career passing yards.
- QB Noah Fifita went 31-for-34 passing to break the Arizona single-game completion percentage record with a minimum of 30 completions. The record was previously held by Nick Foles who went 32-for-37 against Toledo on Sept. 3, 2010.
- QB Noah Fifita's four passing touchdowns give him 80 for his career.
- QB Noah Fifita passed for 325 yards which is the first time since Arizona's game against Oklahoma State on Oct. 4, 2025 that Fifita has passed for over 300 yards.
- WR Tré Spivey logged 90 receiving yards in six catches to set career high marks in both categories. He also caught his second touchdown pass of the season during the game.
- WR Chris Hunter's 38-yard receiving touchdown in the first quarter was his first touchdown of the season and his first since BYU in 2025 (Oct. 11).
- WR Isaiah Mizell hauled in his first career touchdown catch on a 14 yard strike from Fifita in the second quarter. He also set a career high of 49 receiving yards in the game.
- WR Caleb Smith returned a punt for a touchdown in the second quarter for his first career touchdown. The 69 yard punt return was the first time a Wildcat returned a punt for a TD since 2017 when Shun Brown did it twice that season; once against UTEP (9/15/17) and once against NAU (9/2/17).
- TE Tyler Powell hauled in his first career touchdown catch in the third quarter, a 3-yard strike from Fifita.
- WR R.J. Mosley recorded 32 receiving yards to log a career high.
- LB Cooper Blomstrom set a career high of 10 tackles. He has made five solo tackles in this game.
- S Cam Chapa set a career high of four tackles.
TRACKING (Arizona 42, NIU 17; Final)
- QB Noah Fifita has 80 career touchdown passes, the most in program history and 13 more than second place Nick Foles (67, 2009–11) and Willie Tuitama (67, 2005–08).
Previous Postgame Notes
| Northern Arizona (Sept. 5) | BYU (Sept. 12) | Northern Illinois (Sept. 19) | Washington State (Sept. 26) |
| Cincinnati (Oct. 3) | West Virginia (Oct. 10) | Iowa State (Oct. 24) | Texas Tech (Oct. 31) |
| TCU (Nov. 6) | Utah (Nov. 14) | Kansas State (Nov. 21) | Arizona State (Nov. 28) |
