Kickoff time, TV info set for Arizona’s Homecoming game vs. No. 23 UCLA

Homecoming is the perfect time for an afternoon football game. Too bad the TV folks don’t agree.

Arizona’s Homecoming game on Nov. 4 against No. 23 UCLA has been slated for a 7:30 p.m. MST kickoff, with Fox Sports 1 airing the contest. It will be the first time this season the UA is on a Fox network.

UCLA (5-2, 2-2 Pac-12) is coming off a 42-7 win at Stanford, improving to 2-2 on the road this season, and plays this weekend at home against Colorado. The Bruins won their last game in Tucson, in 2021, but Arizona (4-3, 2-2) upset them in Pasadena last November.

Combined with a 7:30 p.m. MST kickoff for this Saturday’s game against No. 11 Oregon State, all five Arizona home games with broadcast info will have been at 7 p.m. or later. The last chance for a day home game is Nov. 18 against No. 13 Utah.

The only time since 2010 there hasn’t been at least one kickoff before 5 p.m. local time was in 2017.