The Arizona Wildcats waited nearly a year to finally get back on the field. That their first game ended in heartbreak was only fitting for 2020.
Vavae Malepeai scored on an 8-yard run with 25 seconds left, giving the 20th-ranked USC Trojans a 33-30 win on Saturday afternoon before an intimate friends-and-family crowd at Arizona Stadium.
Arizona had taken a 27-23 lead with 1:35 to go on a 6-yard TD catch pass from Grant Gunnell to Stanley Berryhill III, but then its defense—which had played so well for nearly the entire game—couldn’t make a stop when it needed one most.