Fans, teammates and Wilbur lift Arizona kicker Casey Skowron (41) up after his game-winning field goal as time expired, giving the Wildcats a 27-26 win over Washington in the quarter of the their Pac-12 game at Arizona Stadium, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

 Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Casey Skowron had been vilified by UA fans a month earlier after missing a last-second, 36-yard field goal attempt in a 28-26 loss to USC. This time — in a game in which he ran a fake field goal for a momentum-changing touchdown — Skowron was perfect on a 47-yarder as the clock expired. “This was the game the football gods made it square with Casey,” UA special teams coach Charlie Ragle said. Arizona went on to win the Pac-12 South. 

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