 1979 Arizona Wildcats football team

The 1979 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.In their third and final season under head coach Tony Mason, the Wildcats compiled a 6–5–1 record (4–3 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in third place in the Pac-10, lost to Pittsburgh in the 1979 Fiesta Bowl, and outscored their opponents, 244 to 243.