Turituri is a 6-1, 265, Junior linebacker from Central Point, OR. He has played in every game since showing up on campus and after Scooby is our most experienced linebacker with 8 starts last year. Turituri had 44 tackles last season along with 5 TFLs and 3 sacks. The favorite to start at SAM linebacker, Turituri may also get more time on the defensive line this year. The coaches have stated they want to keep Scooby at linebacker whenever possible and Turituri is the most likely candidate to become the 3rd down rush end.
Turituri is Scooby's main lifting partner and he has been tearing it up in the weight room setting multiple records over the summer. If his offseason work transfers over to the field, Turituri will be one of the players to watch for a breakout season.
'45 was the last Wildcat football team to go undefeated. Arizona did not field a team in 1943 or 1944 because of the war and played a limited schedule in 1945 going 5-0 with no conference games .
1945 (5-0)
Coach Miles W. Casteel
Captain Boyd Morse
Northern Arizona 52-6
San Diego State 46-0
Williams Field 30-0 (The Army base in Mesa that became Williams AFB)
Cal Poly-SLO 37-6
San Diego State 28-0
A dominant year for the Wildcats, but it certainly helps when all your opponents are still recovering from grueling victories over Germany and Japan.
