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The Arizona Wildcats opened the 2008 season with their most lopsided victory in 87 years.

In Week 2, they'd be happy to achieve their biggest win in seven days.

The Wildcats will take on Toledo tonight at Arizona Stadium in their first game since dominating Idaho 70-0 in last Saturday's season opener.

This time, a rout is not expected.

Toledo competes in the Mid-American Conference, one of the toughest midmajors in the country. The Rockets are coming off back-to-back 5-7 seasons, though they have been to four bowl games since 1998 — when Arizona last made the postseason.

"Obviously, this week will be much different," UA coach Mike Stoops said. "We face unique challenges. The MAC … it's a lot like the Mountain West (Conference)." He said the Rockets might not perform well against the top one or two teams in the country, but they do against everybody else. "There's enough out there to understand that Toledo will be a much more improved football team than what we saw."

The Wildcats didn't see much in Week 1, setting records for most points scored in a quarter (35) and half (49) on the way to a 10-touchdown victory in a rainy night at Arizona Stadium.

Quarterback Willie Tuitama completed 17 of 21 passes for 179 yards and three touchdowns, and tailback Nicolas Grigsby accounted for 190 total yards — all in a half. Backup quarterback Matt Scott, tailback Keola Antolin and enough wide receivers to fill a stat sheet finished off Arizona's most dominant victory since 1921.

The Wildcats defense hung up its first shutout since 1996.

"Arizona's played a game, 70-0, and we haven't. They're for real," Toledo coach Tom Amstutz said. "I want to learn a little bit about our team and see if we're on the right road or not. This is a big test for us against an outstanding football team."

Toledo enters the 2008 season boasting two of the best wide receivers in its conference, senior Nick Moore and junior Stephen Williams. The duo combined to account for more than 1,900 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns in 2007.

"These guys can play in our league any day," Stoops said. "They're big, they have good hands and they're fast. … (The Rockets) know what they're doing offensively; that's probably their strength."

And defense, clearly, is their weakness.

Toledo allowed 39.2 points per game in 2007. They return eight starters on defense, including four who missed significant time with injuries last year.

"They're a good defense," Tuitama said. "We just need to make sure we focus on what we're supposed to be doing."

A victory would do more for the Wildcats than give them a perfect nonconference record at home and make them 2-0 for the first time in six years. It would put the team one-third of the way to its first bowl game since December 1998.

It's not historic. But it's something.

"Our kids have a different demeanor about them. They want more," Stoops said. "I don't know if we can play better, but we're certainly going to try to prepare the same way."