This Date in Wildcat History: “Button” Salmon says “Tell the team to Bear Down” before passing away
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This Date in Wildcat History: Arizona achieves its greatest win, upsetting No. 1 USC in 1981
Share Tweet >> Greg Hansen columns at Arizona Daily Star >> Steve Rivera blogs at Fox Sports Arizona ARIZONA VS. NO. 1-RANKED TEAMS OCTOBER 10, 1981 Top-ranked …
This Date in Wildcat History: The 14th anniversary of Ortege Jenkins’ “Leap by the Lake”
Share Tweet >> Greg Hansen columns at Arizona Daily Star >> Steve Rivera blogs at Fox Sports Arizona OCTOBER 3, 1998 Fourteen years ago today Ortege Jenkins …
This Date in Wildcat History: Arizona beats Ohio State and Woody Hayes 14-7 in Columbus
Share Tweet >> Greg Hansen columns at Arizona Daily Star >> Steve Rivera blogs at Fox Sports Arizona SEPTEMBER 30, 1967 In case you missed it, Arizona’s …
This Date in Wildcat History: Arizona takes No. 1 Miami to the brink on day Desert Swarm was born
Share Tweet >> Greg Hansen columns at Arizona Daily Star >> Steve Rivera blogs at Fox Sports Arizona SEPTEMBER 26, 1992 Has it really been 20 years ago from …
This Date in Wildcat History: First night game at Arizona Stadium ends in 8-0 loss to San Diego State
Share Tweet >> Greg Hansen columns at Arizona Daily Star >> Steve Rivera blogs at Fox Sports Arizona SEPTEMBER 25, 1931 The first night game at Arizona Stadium …
This Date in Wildcat History: Big day for special teams with longest FG, most punts returned for TDs
Share Tweet SEPTEMBER 21, 1964 Arizona has featured some talented punt returners, including Jackie Wallace, Dennis Northcutt, Antoine Cason and Mike Thomas to …
This Date in Wildcat History: The “Cactus Comet” Art Luppino runs wild against New Mexico State
Share Tweet SEPTEMBER 18, 1954 Nobody in an Arizona uniform will put up the kind of numbers that “Cactus Comet” Art Luppino produced against New …
This Day in Wildcat History: Pfaff’s game-winning field goal topples No. 6 Oklahoma 6-3
Share Tweet SEPTEMBER 16, 1989 The No. 25 game in my recent ranking of the Top 50 games in Arizona football history is the most exciting 6-3 game you will ever …
This Day in Wildcat History: Vance Johnson’s kickoff return memorable way to start magical 1982 season
Share Tweet SEPTEMBER 11, 1982 — Arizona began one of its most memorable seasons in the program’s history — the 1982 season — with a …