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2013 Arizona

8–⁠5 (4–⁠5 Pac-12), coached by Rich Rodriguez.

Schedule and results

Arizona in 2013, game by game: won vs. Northern Arizona 35–0; won at UNLV 58–13; won vs. UTSA 38–13; lost at No. 16 Washington 13–31; lost at USC 31–38; won vs. Utah 35–24; won at Colorado 44–20; won at California 33–28; lost vs. No. 16 UCLA 26–31; lost vs. Washington State 17–24; won vs. No. 5 Oregon 42–16; lost at No. 13 Arizona State 21–58; won vs. Boston College 42–19+45−37Won 35–0 vs. Northern Arizona+35Northern ArizonaWon 58–13 at UNLV+45UNLVWon 38–13 vs. UTSA+25UTSALost 13–31 at No. 16 Washington-18No. 16 WashingtonLost 31–38 at USC-7USCWon 35–24 vs. Utah+11UtahWon 44–20 at Colorado+24ColoradoWon 33–28 at California+5CaliforniaLost 26–31 vs. No. 16 UCLA-5No. 16 UCLALost 17–24 vs. Washington State-7Washington StateWon 42–16 vs. No. 5 Oregon+26No. 5 OregonLost 21–58 at No. 13 Arizona State-37No. 13 Arizona StateWon 42–19 vs. Boston College+23Boston College
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30vsNorthern ArizonaW 35–⁠085%
Sep 7atUNLVW 58–⁠1372%
Sep 14vsUTSAW 38–⁠1376%
Sep 28at16WashingtonL 13–⁠3139%
Oct 10atUSCL 31–⁠3841%
Oct 19vsUtahW 35–⁠2456%
Oct 26atColoradoW 44–⁠2065%
Nov 2atCaliforniaW 33–⁠2873%
Nov 9vs16UCLAL 26–⁠3153%
Nov 16vsWashington StateL 17–⁠2477%
Nov 23vs5OregonW 42–⁠1623%
Nov 30at13Arizona StateL 21–⁠5829%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsBoston CollegeAdvoCare V100 BowlW 42–⁠1962%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Boston College 42–⁠19 in the AdvoCare V100 Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Pac-12.

In program history: The tied 18th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

Consensus All-AmericanKa’Deem Carey, RB

Record
8–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠5 tied for 7th in Pac-12
AP final
Unranked
Points
435–⁠315
Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Elo
1596 +62 this season
SP+ rating
14.6 No. 27 of 125; offense No. 24, defense No. 28, special teams No. 103
SRS
12.9 No. 23 of 125 in FBS
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinators
Calvin Magee and Rod Smith
Defensive coordinator
Jeff Casteel
Offense
Spread option
Defense
3–⁠3–⁠5

How good, play by play

  • Offense46th of 125
  • Defense25th of 125
  • Offense, opponent-adjusted38th of 125
  • Defense, opponent-adjusted20th of 125
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense0.1145%0.8746th of 125
Defense0.0440%0.9225th of 125
Opponent-adjusted0.11 off
0.04 def		46% off
39% def		—38th off
20th def
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. The opponent-adjusted row (offense / defense) is CollegeFootballData.com’s WEPA, which accounts for who each team played.

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 293% allowed
Defense-0.3own 291% 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.

Leaders

Passing yardsB.J. Denker QB2,516 yds
Passing touchdownsB.J. Denker QB16 TD
Rushing yardsKa’Deem Carey RB1,885 yds
Rushing touchdownsKa’Deem Carey RB19 TD
Receiving yardsNate Phillips WR696 yds
Receiving touchdownsNate Phillips WR7 TD
InterceptionsTra’Mayne Bondurant DB4 INT

Top recruits in the 2013 class

Pierre Cormier APB★★★★No. 254
Anu Solomon DUAL★★★★No. 339
Derek Babiash CB★★★No. 354
Ronald Lewis WR★★★No. 562
Jarvis McCall CB★★★No. 586

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

The 2013 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks23.00.829
Running backs23.50.874
Receivers52.80.832
Offensive line33.00.843
Defensive line23.00.837
Linebackers42.50.808
Defensive backs43.00.848
Athletes and specialists13.00.833
Whole class232.90.836

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 2014

The 2014 draft
Rd 4Ka’Deem Carey RBChicago Bears
Rd 5Shaquille Richardson CBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 6Marquis Flowers OLBCincinnati Bengals

Roster 118

The 2013 roster

118 players, with numbers, heights, hometowns and each player’s 2013 line; 25 have a stat line. See the roster

All-Pac-12

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 2013 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2013 Pac-12 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona State8–⁠110–⁠421
Oregon7–⁠211–⁠29
Stanford7–⁠211–⁠311
UCLA6–⁠310–⁠316
USC6–⁠310–⁠419
Washington5–⁠49–⁠425
Arizona4–⁠58–⁠5
Oregon State4–⁠57–⁠6
Washington State4–⁠56–⁠7
Utah2–⁠75–⁠7
Colorado1–⁠84–⁠8
California0–⁠91–⁠11

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