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2007 Arizona

5–⁠7 (4–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Mike Stoops.

Schedule and results

Arizona in 2007, game by game: lost at BYU 7–20; won vs. Northern Arizona 45–24; lost vs. New Mexico 27–29; lost at No. 6 California 27–45; won vs. Washington State 48–20; lost at Oregon State 16–31; lost at No. 10 USC 13–20; lost vs. Stanford 20–21; won at Washington 48–41; won vs. UCLA 34–27; won vs. No. 2 Oregon 34–24; lost at No. 13 Arizona State 17–20+28−18Lost 7–20 at BYU-13BYUWon 45–24 vs. Northern Arizona+21Northern ArizonaLost 27–29 vs. New Mexico-2New MexicoLost 27–45 at No. 6 California-18No. 6 CaliforniaWon 48–20 vs. Washington State+28Washington StateLost 16–31 at Oregon State-15Oregon StateLost 13–20 at No. 10 USC-7No. 10 USCLost 20–21 vs. Stanford-1StanfordWon 48–41 at Washington+7WashingtonWon 34–27 vs. UCLA+7UCLAWon 34–24 vs. No. 2 Oregon+10No. 2 OregonLost 17–20 at No. 13 Arizona State-3No. 13 Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1atBYUL 7–⁠2026%
Sep 8vsNorthern ArizonaW 45–⁠2478%
Sep 15vsNew MexicoL 27–⁠2963%
Sep 22at6CaliforniaL 27–⁠4520%
Sep 29vsWashington StateW 48–⁠2053%
Oct 6atOregon StateL 16–⁠3142%
Oct 13at10USCL 13–⁠2014%
Oct 20vsStanfordL 20–⁠2171%
Oct 27atWashingtonW 48–⁠4146%
Nov 3vsUCLAW 34–⁠2749%
Nov 15vs2OregonW 34–⁠2432%
Dec 1at13Arizona StateL 17–⁠2031%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arizona State 20–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

Jim Thorpe AwardAntoine Cason, CB

Consensus All-AmericanAntoine Cason, CB

Record
5–⁠7
Conference
4–⁠5 6th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
336–⁠322
Coach
Mike Stoops
Elo
1547 +38 this season
SP+ rating
7.3 No. 49 of 120; offense No. 70, defense No. 39, special teams No. 5
SRS
7.1 No. 34 of 119 in FBS
Recruiting class
No. 59
Offensive coordinator
Sonny Dykes
Defensive coordinator
Mark Stoops
Captains
Eben Britton, Antoine Cason, Anthony Johnson, Spencer Larsen and Willie Tuitama
Offense
Air raid
Defense
4–⁠3

How good, play by play

  • Offense88th of 119
  • Defense33rd of 119
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense-0.0137%0.9588th of 119
Defense0.0140%0.9033rd of 119
How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season.

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 312% allowed
Defense-0.1own 303% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2007 class

Rob Gronkowski TE★★★★No. 102
Ron Jackson SDE★★★No. 608
Nicolas Grigsby ATH★★★No. 879
Hans Philipp DT★★★No. 879
Trevin Wade CB★★★No. 1167

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2007 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Receivers23.00.856
Defensive line23.00.844
Defensive backs13.00.811
Athletes and specialists23.00.822
Whole class73.00.837

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2008

The 2008 draft
Rd 1Antoine Cason CBSan Diego Chargers
Rd 6Spencer Larsen ILBDenver Broncos
Rd 7Wilrey Fontenot CBAtlanta Falcons
Rd 7Lionel Dotson DTMiami Dolphins

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2007 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2007 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠211–⁠23
Arizona State7–⁠210–⁠316
Oregon State6–⁠39–⁠425
Oregon5–⁠49–⁠423
UCLA5–⁠46–⁠7
Arizona4–⁠55–⁠7
California3–⁠67–⁠6
Washington State3–⁠65–⁠7
Stanford3–⁠64–⁠8
Washington2–⁠74–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.