2020 Arizona Wildcats football team

The 2020 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Arizona was led by third-year head coach Kevin Sumlin, in the Wildcats' 121st season. The Wildcats played in the South Division (11th season) of the Pac-12 Conference, and played their home games at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona (93rd season).

On August 11, the Pac-12 Conference initially canceled all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 24, the conference announced that a six-game conference-only season would begin on November 6, with the Pac-12 Championship Game to be played December 18. Teams not selected for the championship game would be seeded to play a seventh game.

On December 12, 2020, Sumlin was fired after three seasons following a 70–7 loss to ASU in the Territorial Cup on December 11, 2020. He finished at Arizona with an overall record of 9–20 and 6–17 against the Pac-12. On December 23, 2020, the University of Arizona hired Jedd Fisch as the 32nd head coach.

Transfers
The Wildcats lose multiple players due to various reasons.

Outgoing

Incoming

Returning starters
Offense

Defense

Special teams

† Indicates player was a starter in 2019 but missed all of 2020 due to injury.

Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released

Pac-12 Media Day
The Pac-12 Media Day was held in July 2020 in Hollywood, California.

Depth chart
Starters and backups.

Depth Chart Source: 2020 Arizona Wildcats Football Fact Book

True Freshman

Double Position : *

Spring game
The 2020 Wildcats began spring practice on March 2, 2020 and finish with the 2020 Arizona spring game. The remainder of spring practice and the spring game were canceled on March 18, 2020, due to the  ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.

Regular season
Arizona had scheduled non–conference games against Hawaii, Portland State, and Texas Tech but canceled these games on July 10 due to the Pac-12 Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

vs Arizona State
Arizona committed seven turnovers as Arizona State scored 70 points, the most points scored in the history of the Territorial Cup. The Wildcats used three different quarterbacks in the game, none of which broke 100 yards passing; Will Plummer finished 7-of-13 for 83 yards, Grant Gunnell went 12-of-17 for 78 yards with one interception and one lost fumble, and Rhett Rodriguez finished 7-of-16 for 52 yards with two interceptions. Running back Gary Brightwell lost three fumbles. The defeat was so devastating that head coach Kevin Sumlin was fired the following day.

Radio

 * ESPN Radio – (ESPN Tucson 1490 AM & 104.09 FM) – Nationwide (Dish Network, Sirius XM, TuneIn radio and iHeartRadio)
 * KCUB 1290 AM – Football Radio Show – (Tucson, AZ)
 * KHYT – 107.5 FM (Tucson, AZ)
 * KTKT 990 AM – La Hora de Los Gatos (Spanish) – (Tucson, AZ)
 * KGME 910 AM – (IMG Sports Network) – (Phoenix, AZ)
 * KTAN 1420 AM – (Sierra Vista, AZ)
 * KDAP 96.5 FM (Douglas, Arizona)
 * KWRQ 102.3 FM – (Safford, AZ/Thatcher, AZ)
 * KIKO 1340 AM – (Globe, AZ)
 * KVWM 970 AM – (Show Low, AZ/Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ)
 * XENY 760 – (Nogales, Sonora) (Spanish)

TV

 * CBS Family – KOLD (CBS), CBSN
 * ABC/ESPN Family – KGUN (ABC), ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+,
 * FOX Family – KMSB (FOX), FOX/FS1, FSN
 * Pac-12 Network (Pac-12 Arizona)
 * NBC – KVOA, NBC Sports, NBCSN