Arizona continued its program trend of putting together a poor effort right after a really good one, losing at home to Texas Tech on Saturday night to mark the sixth consecutive loss immediately after beating a top-10 opponent.
Pro Football Focus didn’t think too highly of the performance, either.
Arizona earned an overall grade of 67.2, the second-lowest of the season and just slightly better than the 66.9 it got from the 31-7 loss at Kansas State last month.
The Wildcats’ offensive grade (64.0) was its lowest of the year, understandably considering that they only managed five field goals and a touchdown off 10 trips into Texas Tech territory while turning it over three times. Arizona’s defense (68.6) had its second-best grade of the season, slightly ahead of the mark it earned after the 23-10 win at Utah.
For the season, the UA ranks 50th in FBS with an overall grade of 87.1, which is ninth out of 16 Big 12 schools. Its next opponent, No. 17 BYU, is second-best in the league and 29th nationally at 91.0.
Below are the snap counts and overall grades for every UA player who appeared on offense and defense, as well as some individual superlatives.
Offense
- RG Alexander Doost (82, 76.6)
- RT Jonah Savaiinaea (82, 71.9)
- C Josh Baker (82, 67.4)
- LT Rhino Tapa’atoutai (82, 55.7)
- QB Noah Fifita (82, 51.3)
- WR Tetairoa McMillan (81, 71.9)
- RB Quali Conley (60, 69.0)
- WR Montanta Lemonious-Craig (58, 55.8)
- TE Sam Olson (52, 52.2)
- LG Wendell Moe (43, 81.1)
- WR Jeremiah Patterson (38, 57.2)
- TE Keyan Burnett (35, 75.1)
- LG Ryan Stewart (29, 54.6)
- RB Kedrick Reescano (22, 52.0)
- TE Roberto Miranda (20, 43.4)
- WR Devin Hyatt (19, 52.1)
- WR Chris Hunter (16, 52.7)
- LG Joey Capra (12, 64.6)
- FB Kayden Luke (5, 61.7)
- OL Michael Wooten (3, 60.0)
- WR Reymello Murphy (2, 57.5)
Defense
- S Dalton Johnson (58, 81.0)
- LB Jacob Manu (58, 69.4)
- DB Genesis Smith (58, 67.2)
- CB Tacario Davis (58, 62.1)
- LB Taye Brown (58, 60.1)
- CB Emmanuel Karnley (53, 46.2)
- DB Owen Goss (48, 68.9)
- DE Tre Smith (40, 71.8)
- DT Ta’ita’i Uiagalelei (40, 68.4)
- DT Stanley Ta’ufo’ou (40, 54.3)
- DE Chase Kennedy (39, 63.3)
- DE Dominic Lolesio (18, 65.6)
- DE Sterling Lane II (16, 57.0)
- DT Isaiah Johnson (15, 52.3)
- DT Kevon Darton (15, 52.0)
- S Gunner Maldonado (10, 68.9)
- CB Marquis Groves-Killebrew (5, 45.9)
- DE Lance Keneley (3, 61.5)
- DT Keanu Mailoto (3, 60.7)
- DT Julian Savaiinaea (3, 60.6)
Highest-graded offensive starter: Doost (76.6)
Highest-graded defensive starter: D Johnson (81.0)
Lowest-graded offensive starter: Miranda (43.4)
Lowest-graded defensive starter: Karnley (46.2)
Highest-graded subs: Moe (81.1), Burnett (75.1), Goss (68.9)
Top pass blocker: Moe (88.8)
Top run blocker: Moe (81.9)
Top run defender: Davis (78.2)
Top pass rusher: Uiagalelei (73.6)
Top tackler: Davis (80.4)
Top coverage: D Johnson (80.9)