Arizona had been facing up-tempo spread offenses prior to its bye week, but Oregon State was a test for how physical and resilient the UA defense could be.
The verdict: The Wildcats held their opponent to under its season scoring average for the fourth straight week after limiting the Beavers to 24 points in Saturday night’s victory.
“Bye weeks ... gives you an opportunity to really focus in on a new, a really different style of play,” UA coach Jedd Fisch said. “Our defense had to respond to that, and to hold them to 10 points in the first half, two scores in the second half.