Saturday will mark the 23rd meeting between the BYU Cougars and the Arizona Wildcats with Arizona leading the series a 12-9-1 record. The teams have some history as the Cougars and Wildcats both joined the Western Athletic Conference in 1962, although they met on the gridiron for the first time in 1936. Arizona would only spend 16 years in the WAC before moving on to a new home, the PAC-10.
When the teams met in 1936 the game took place in Tucson with the Wildcats walking out with a win. After playing every year for 16 years while in the WAC the teams finally inked another contract in 2006.