Junior quarterback Noah Fifita and the Arizona Wildcats have seen a lot of success during their road games in the 2025-2026 season. This is where junior quarterback Jayce seemed to flourish, turning in a near-perfect performance against Houston and breaking a record en route to an upset win over Cincinnati.
Fifita has made it a thing: he has some of the biggest games of his career while playing in hostile territory. It was here that he got his first opportunity to handle street crime. He defeated his first ranked opponent as a visitor. It’s safe to say that Fifita has thrived when his team has been against the wall.
“He’s just an ultimate competitor,” offensive coordinator Seth Doege said. “Just watching him move, his mannerisms, his focus, the way the ball is coming out of his hands. I remember thinking about it, watching him practice in Colorado, I thought, ‘It’s going to be a long night for these boys.’
And then watching him against Cincinnati, I thought, ‘Okay, we’ll be OK because we’re here to play.’ He’s just an ultimate competitor. Whatever mess he made, I think that’s the thing about Iowa State, he probably worked really hard and he made sure it never happened again.”
Fifita and the Wildcats are now gearing up to take on the No. 20-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils at Mountain America Stadium in the most important game of the season in the Territorial Cup. With all of Fifta’s stellar performances while playing on visiting turf, let’s take a look at them and what they have done.
Arizona lost a close game to USC at the LA Coliseum, but Fifita still had a great game, throwing for 303 yards, five touchdowns and one interception in the 43–41 triple overtime loss. The Wildcats then dominated and defeated the No. 19 Washington State Cougars
Following a 34–31 win over Colorado, in which Fifita threw for 214 yards and two touchdowns, Fifita got his first experience playing in the Territorial Cup and destroyed the Sun Devils’ defense, throwing for 527 yards on 30 completions, five touchdowns and one interception.
Fifita’s tremendous win and historic performance broke Anu Solomon’s single-game record when he threw for 520 yards against Cal in 2014. Fifita had the most passing yards of any quarterback who played in the Territorial Cup.
At home, Fifita has thrown for a total of 235.4 passing yards, excluding the game against Iowa State, while playing 258.7 passing yards away. While they have thrown more touchdowns with three at the newly renamed Casino del Sol Stadium compared to nine as the visiting team, they also have more interceptions with three compared to two.
Fifita’s best games have come at the home ground of the opposing team. Against Houston at TDECU Stadium, the talented quarterback achieved a season-high 92.3% completion rate, throwing 24-for-26 en route to a 269-yard, two-touchdown day in a 31–28 loss to the Cougars.
Against Colorado at Folsom Field, Fifita threw four touchdowns on only 11 passes in a 52–17 routing of Buffalo. After that, Fifita threw for 294 passing yards and a touchdown in a 30–24 upset win. That lone touchdown moved him into first place in Wildcats program history with most career scores (68).
Breaking Arizona’s all-time passing touchdown record in spectacular style
Noah Fifita Highlights vs. #25 Cincinnati 🎬#Big12FB , @ArizonaFball pic.twitter.com/EdajQ3TWxV– Big 12 Studios (@big12studios) 15 November 2025
It’s unclear whether Fifita will have another stellar performance while playing on the road, as he faces the fifth-ranked defense in the Big 12. The odds are in his favor, as the Sun Devils rank 11th in passing defense, while the Wildcats rank fourth in passing offense.
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