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Arizona football figures: Brooks Reed on sacking Stanzi, switching sides, stomaching Super Bowl sorrow

Editor’s note: Until the postponed Pac-12 football season resumes, the Star will interview the participants in some of the Arizona Wildcats’ most memorable games.

The sacks came in such a furious flurry that the official tally remains fuzzy years later.

Fans and participants remember Sept. 18, 2010, as the night the Arizona defense sacked Iowa quarterback Ricky Stanzi four times in a row to seal a heart-thumping 34-27 victory at Arizona Stadium. Although the Wildcats did send Stanzi to the turf on four consecutive plays, only three of them counted. The snap on third-and-12 was wiped out because of a false start.