UA Campus Was All Fired Up for Homecoming Weekend
Oct. 30, 2017
![Who were those masked men? These three characters put the "wild" in Wildcats.](https://cdn.uanews.arizona.edu/s3fs-public/styles/uaqs_gallery_thumbnail/public/gallery-media/Home 1.jpeg?itok=rtV0KW-w "Who were those masked men? These three characters put the "wild" in Wildcats.")
![Who were those masked men? These three characters put the "wild" in Wildcats.](https://cdn.uanews.arizona.edu/s3fs-public/styles/uaqs_full_width_lg/public/gallery-media/Home 1.jpeg?itok=PyB9GxUf "Who were those masked men? These three characters put the "wild" in Wildcats.")
Who were those masked men? These three characters put the "wild" in Wildcats.
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The best was yet to come on Saturday for head coach Rich Rodriguez, whose team knocked off 15th-ranked Washington State.
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Wilbur and Wilma Wildcat shared a convertible in the Homecoming parade.
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Members of the Chain Gang Junior Honorary enjoyed hanging out at the parade.
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Parade grand marshal Dr. Robert C. Robbins and a guest joined Wilma and Wilbur.
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The Pride of Arizona marching band had its tuba section ready to go.
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Asian-American faculty, staff and alumni broke out some festive accessories for the parade.
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These guys from Kappa Alpha Psi showed that they had all the right moves.
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The UA Mall was the place to be on Saturday, with the Wildcat for Life tailgate party and other happenings.
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Old Main, lit in red and blue for the occasion, provided a special backdrop for the marching band on Friday night.
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Homecoming 2017 at the University of Arizona had it all: spectacular fall weather, a blazing bonfire, Wilbur and Wilma Wildcat, new UA President Robert C. Robbins as the parade's grand marshal ... and even a 58-37 upset victory by the Wildcats over Washington State that catapulted them into the Top 25 college football rankings.
Behind quarterback Khalil Tate, who has emerged as a national sensation, Arizona went 4-0 in October to raise its record to 6-2 ahead of next Saturday's Pac-12 South showdown at USC. Tate, a sophomore from Inglewood, California, has been the Pac-12's Offensive Player of the Week for four successive weeks, running for 840 yards and passing for 743 in that span.
Above are some of the best takeaways from Homecoming weekend, including a bonfire image by Bob Demers of UANews and photos by Chris Richards of the UA Alumni Association.