List of Utah Utes football seasons
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The Utah Utes football
program is a college football
team that represents the University of Utah
. The Utes have completed 117 seasons and played in sixteen certified bowl game
s. In 1910, Utah joined the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
(RMAC), the program's first conference affiliation. The Utes won eight conference championships, including six consecutive titles from 1928 to 1933. In 1938 the Utah, along with six other RMAC schools left the conference to form the Mountain States Conference, more commonly known as the Big Seven. After the Colorado Buffaloes
withdrew from the Big Seven, the conference was known as the Skyline Conference. The Utes won ten conference championships while in the conference. In 1962, Utah became a charter member of the Western Athletic Conference
(WAC). When the charter members of the WAC left at the end of the 1998 season, Utah became a charter member of the Mountain West Conference
(MWC) winning four conference titles. In 2010, the Utes withdrew from the MWC and along with former conference rival Colorado, became the 11th and 12th members of the Pacific-12 Conference (Pac-12) in the newly formed south division.
Utah Utes football
The Utah Utes football program is a college football team that currently competes in the Pacific-12 Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I and represents the University of Utah. The Utah college football program began in 1892 and has played home games at Rice–Eccles...
program is a college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
team that represents the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
. The Utes have completed 117 seasons and played in sixteen certified bowl game
Bowl game
In North America, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating...
s. In 1910, Utah joined the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States, mostly in Colorado with some members in Nebraska and New Mexico...
(RMAC), the program's first conference affiliation. The Utes won eight conference championships, including six consecutive titles from 1928 to 1933. In 1938 the Utah, along with six other RMAC schools left the conference to form the Mountain States Conference, more commonly known as the Big Seven. After the Colorado Buffaloes
Colorado Buffaloes
The University of Colorado Boulder sponsors 16 varsity sports teams. Both men's and women's team are called the Buffaloes or Golden Buffaloes . "Lady Buffs" referred to the women's teams beginning in the 1970s, but was officially dropped in 1993...
withdrew from the Big Seven, the conference was known as the Skyline Conference. The Utes won ten conference championships while in the conference. In 1962, Utah became a charter member of the Western Athletic Conference
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...
(WAC). When the charter members of the WAC left at the end of the 1998 season, Utah became a charter member of the Mountain West Conference
Mountain West Conference
The Mountain West Conference , popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I FBS . The MWC officially began operations in July 1999...
(MWC) winning four conference titles. In 2010, the Utes withdrew from the MWC and along with former conference rival Colorado, became the 11th and 12th members of the Pacific-12 Conference (Pac-12) in the newly formed south division.
Key
| # | Conference Coach of the Year |
| † | Conference championship |
| ‡ | Division championship |
| ^ | Bowl game berth |
| T | Shared standing |
Seasons
| Season | Team | Head coach | Conference | Division | Regular season results | Postseason results | Final Poll | |||||||
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| Conference | Overall | AP AP Poll The Associated Press College Poll refers to weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling sportswriters across the nation... |
Coaches' Coaches Poll The USA Today Coaches' Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football and Division I college basketball teams.... |
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| 1892 1892 college football season The 1892 college football season had a clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Yale as national champions.... |
1892 | Unknown | Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1893 1893 college football season The 1893 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Princeton and Yale as national champions.... |
Utah did not field a football team for the 1893 season | |||||||||||||
| 1894 1894 college football season The 1894 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Penn, Princeton, and Yale as national champions.... |
1894 | Robert Harkness | Independent | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1895 1895 college football season The 1895 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Penn and Yale as national champions.... |
1895 | Walter Shoup | Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1896 1896 college football season The 1896 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Lafayette and Princeton as national champions.-Conference standings:The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:... |
1896 | C.B. Ferris | Independent | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1897 1897 college football season The 1897 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Penn and Yale as national champions.-Conference standings:The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:... |
1897 | Mr. Cummings | Independent | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1898 1898 college football season The 1898 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Harvard and Princeton as national champions.... |
1898 | Benjamin Wilson | Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1899 1899 college football season The 1899 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Harvard and Princeton as national champions.... |
1899 | Charles Gatehouse | Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1900 1900 college football season The 1900 college football season had a clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Yale as national champions.... |
1900 | Harvey Holmes Harvey Holmes Harvey R. Holmes was an American college football coach at the University of Utah , the University of Southern California , and the Academy of Idaho .... |
Independent | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1901 1901 college football season The 1901 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Harvard, Michigan, and Yale as national champions.... |
1901 | Harvey Holmes | Independent | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1902 1902 college football season The 1902 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Michigan and Yale as national champions.... |
1902 | Harvey Holmes | Independent | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | |||||||
| 1903 1903 college football season The 1903 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Michigan and Princeton as national champions.... |
1903 | Harvey Holmes | Independent | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1904 1904 college football season The 1904 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Michigan, Minnesota, and Penn as national champions.... |
1904 | Joe Maddock Joe Maddock (coach) Joseph Herbert Maddock was a college football player and coach. He was an All-Western tackle for the University of Michigan's "Point-a-Minute" football teams from 1902–1903. He also set a Western Conference record in the hammer throw... |
Independent | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1905 1905 college football season The 1905 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Chicago and Yale Bulldogs football as national champions.-Rule experiment:... |
1905 | Joe Maddock | Independent | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1906 1906 college football season The 1906 college football season was the first in which the forward pass was permitted. Although there was no national championship, there were two teams that had won all nine of their games as the 1906 season drew to a close, the Princeton Tigers and the Yale Bulldogs, and on November 17, 1906,... |
1906 | Joe Maddock | Independent | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1907 1907 college football season The 1907 college football season saw the increased use of the forward pass, which had been legalized the year before. Football remained a dangerous game, despite the "debrutalization" reforms, and an unprecedented eleven players were killed , while 98 others were seriously injured. However, there... |
1907 | Joe Maddock | Independent | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1908 1908 college football season The 1908 college football season ran from Saturday, September 19, until November 28 . The Quakers of the University of Pennsylvania and the Crimson of Harvard University finished the season unbeaten, though each had been tied once during the season. The Tigers of Louisiana State University went... |
1908 | Joe Maddock | Independent | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | |||||||
| 1909 1909 college football season The 1909 college football season was the first for the 3-point field goal, which had previously been worth 4 points. The season ran from Saturday, September 25, until Thanksgiving Day, November 25, although a few games were played on the week before.... |
1909 | Joe Maddock | Independent | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1910 1910 college football season The 1910 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Harvard and Pittsburgh as national champions... |
1910 | Fred Bennion Fred Bennion Fred Bennion was a college football coach at Montana State, and Utah. From 1910 to 1913, he coached at Utah, where he compiled a 16–8–3 record. From 1914 to 1917, he coached at Montana State, where he compiled an 11–11–5 record. As a head coach, his overall record stands at 27–15–8... |
RMAC Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States, mostly in Colorado with some members in Nebraska and New Mexico... |
4th | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | |||
| 1911 1911 college football season The 1911 college football season was the last one before major reforms were made to the American game in 1912. In 1911, touchdowns were worth five points, the field was 110 yards in length, and a team had three downs within which to advance the ball ten yards... |
1911 | Fred Bennion | RMAC | T–2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | |||
| 1912 1912 college football season The 1912 college football season was the first of the modern era, as the NCAA implemented changes to increase scoring:*Teams were given 4 downs instead of 3 downs to gain ten yards... |
1912 | Fred Bennion | RMAC | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | |||
| 1913 1913 college football season The 1913 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Auburn, Chicago, and Harvard as national champions. Only Harvard and Chicago claim national championships for the 1913 season.... |
1913 | Fred Bennion | RMAC | 5th | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | |||
| 1914 1914 college football season The 1914 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Army, Illinois, and Texas as national champions. Only Illinois claims a national championship for the 1914 season.... |
1914 | Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson H. Norgren was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. As a coach, he led the University of Utah to a national AAU basketball championship in 1916... |
RMAC | 5th | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | |||
| 1915 1915 college football season The 1915 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Cornell, Oklahoma, and Pittsburgh as national champions. Only Pittsburgh and Cornell claim national championships for the 1915 season.-Conference standings:The following is an... |
1915 | Nelson Norgren | RMAC | T–2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | |||
| 1916 1916 college football season The 1916 college football season had a very clear cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Army and Pittsburgh as national champions. Only Pittsburgh claims a national championship for the 1916 season.... |
1916 | Nelson Norgren | RMAC | 5th | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | |||
| 1917 1917 college football season The 1917 college football season had a clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Georgia Tech as national champions.-Conference standings:The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:... |
1917 | Nelson Norgren | RMAC | 6th | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | |||
| 1918 1918 college football season The 1918 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Michigan and Pittsburgh as national champions.-Conference standings:The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:... |
Utah did not field a football team for the 1918 season due to World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... |
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| 1919 1919 college football season The 1919 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing the Centre, Harvard, Illinois, Notre Dame, and Texas A&M as national champions.. Only Harvard and Illinois claim national championships for the 1919 season.-Conference... |
1919 | Thomas Fitzpatrick Thomas Fitzpatrick (coach) Thomas M. Fitzpatrick was a basketball and football coach for the University of Utah Utes. From 1917 to 1925, he was the coach of the Utah men's basketball team where his teams had a cumulative record of 42–30 . For the Utah football team, he was coach from 1919 to 1924 and had a cumulative record... |
RMAC | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | |||
| 1920 1920 college football season The 1920 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing the California, Notre Dame, and Princeton as national champions. Only California and Princeton claim national championships for the 1920 season.-Conference standings:The... |
1920 | Thomas Fitzpatrick | RMAC | 5th | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | |||
| 1921 1921 college football season The 1921 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing California Golden Bears, Cornell Big Red, Iowa Hawkeyes, Lafayette Leopards, and Washington & Jefferson Presidents as champions... |
1921 | Thomas Fitzpatrick | RMAC | 3rd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | |||
| 1922 1922 college football season The 1922 college football season had a number of unbeaten and untied teams, and no clear-cut champion. Three different "retro polls", taken years later and based on opinions drawn from historical research, reached different conclusions... |
1922 | Thomas Fitzpatrick | RMAC† | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | |||
| 1923 1923 college football season The 1923 college football season saw several teams finish their seasons unbeaten and untied. Illinois and Michigan The 1923 college football season saw several teams finish their seasons unbeaten and untied. Illinois (coached by Bob Zuppke) and Michigan The 1923 college football season saw... |
1923 | Thomas Fitzpatrick | RMAC | 6th | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | |||
| 1924 1924 college football season The 1924 college football season was the year of the Four Horsemen as the Notre Dame team, coached by Knute Rockne, won all of its games, including the Rose Bowl, to be acclaimed as the best team in the nation. Notre Dame and Stanford were both unbeaten at season's end, and the Fighting Irish won... |
1924 | Thomas Fitzpatrick | RMAC | 7th | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | |||
| 1925 1925 college football season The 1925 college football season ended with the University of Alabama's recognition as a football powerhouse. The Rose Bowl was closer to a national championship than had been seen previously, providing an intersectional matchup between two unbeaten teams, the Washington Huskies and the Alabama... |
1925 | Ike Armstrong Ike Armstrong Ike J. Armstrong was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Utah from 1925 to 1949, compiling a record of 141–55–15... |
RMAC | T–2nd | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | |||
| 1926 1926 college football season The 1926 college football season was the first to attempt recognition of a national champion. Stanford University, coached by Glenn "Pop" Warner, was the #1 team in the nation under the Dickinson System, and awarded the Rissman Trophy. Unbeaten Stanford faced unbeaten Alabama in the Rose Bowl... |
1926 | Ike Armstrong | RMAC† | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | |||
| 1927 1927 college football season The 1927 college football season ended with the Illini of the University of Illinois being recognized as champion under the Dickinson system. In the Rose Bowl, the Pittsburgh Panthers were invited to play against the Pacific Coast Conference champion... |
1927 | Ike Armstrong | RMAC | T–3rd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | |||
| 1928 1928 college football season The 1928 college football season had the USC Trojans recognized as champions under the Dickinson System, but the Rose Bowl was contested between the #2 and #3 teams, California and Georgia Tech... |
1928 | Ike Armstrong | RMAC† | 1st | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | — | |||
| 1929 1929 college football season The 1929 college football season saw a number of unbeaten and untied teams. Purdue, Tulane, Notre Dame and Pittsburgh all finished the regular season with wins over all their opponents; Notre Dame was recognized as national champion under the Dickinson system... |
1929 | Ike Armstrong | RMAC† | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | |||
| 1930 1930 college football season The 1930 college football season saw Notre Dame repeat as national champion under the Dickinson system, and a post-season Rose Bowl matchup between two unbeaten teams, Washington State and Alabama, ranked #2 and #3, respectively... |
1930 | Ike Armstrong | RMAC† | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | |||
| 1931 1931 college football season The 1931 college football season saw the USC Trojans win the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the Dickinson system. Rockne, who had coached Notre Dame to a championship in 1930, had been killed in a plane crash on March 31, 1931. For the first time, the champion under the... |
1931 | Ike Armstrong | RMAC† | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | |||
| 1932 1932 college football season The 1932 college football season saw the Michigan Wolverines win the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the Dickinson system. Because the "Big Nine" conference didn't permit its teams to play in the postseason, however, the Wolverines were not able to accept a bid to the Rose... |
1932 | Ike Armstrong | RMAC† | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | |||
| 1933 1933 college football season The 1933 college football season saw the Michigan Wolverines repeat as winners of the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the Dickinson system. Thirteen members of the old Southern Conference split off in 1933 to form the Southeastern Conference . The ten Southern teams that... |
1933 | Ike Armstrong | RMAC† | T–1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | |||
| 1934 1934 college football season The 1934 college football season saw the addition of not one, but two New Year's Day football games to rival the venerable Rose Bowl. On February 15, Warren V. Miller and Joseph M. Cousins had organized the New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports Association and by October, the group had enough funds to... |
1934 | Ike Armstrong | RMAC | 5th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | |||
| 1935 1935 college football season The 1935 college football season was the last one before the Associated Press writers' poll was used in selecting the national champion. The Dickinson System, consisting of the calculations of University of Illinois Professor Frank Dickinson, crowned Southern Methodist University as the best in... |
1935 | Ike Armstrong | RMAC | 3rd | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | |||
| 1936 1936 college football season The 1936 college football season was the first in which the Associated Press writers' poll selected a national champion. The first AP poll, taken of 35 writers, was released on October 20, 1936... |
1936 | Ike Armstrong | RMAC | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | |||
| 1937 1937 college football season The 1937 college football season ended with the Panthers of the University of Pittsburgh being named the nation’s #1 team by 30 of the 33 electors in the Associated Press writers' poll... |
1937 | Ike Armstrong | RMAC | T–2nd | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1938 1938 college football season The 1938 college football season ended with the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University being named the nation’s #1 team by 55 of the 77 electors in the Associated Press writers' poll. The AP poll was in its second year, and seven votes were taken during the final weeks of the 1937 season,... |
1938 | Ike Armstrong | Big Seven† | 1st | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | Won Sun Bowl vs. , 26–0^ | — | ||
| 1939 1939 college football season The 1939 college football season concluded with the Aggies of The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas being named as the national champions by the voters in the Associated Press writers' poll.... |
1939 | Ike Armstrong | Big Seven | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||
| 1940 1940 college football season The 1940 college football season ended with the Gophers of the University of Minnesota being named the nation’s #1 team and national champion, and the Stanford University Indians in second, with the two teams receiving 65 and 44 first place votes respectively... |
1940 | Ike Armstrong | Big Seven† | 1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1941 1941 college football season The 1941 college football regular season ended with the Golden Gophers of the University of Minnesota repeating as the AP Poll national champion. This was Minnesota's fifth national championship in eight years... |
1941 | Ike Armstrong | Big Seven† | 1st | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | — | — | ||
| 1942 1942 college football season The 1942 college football season saw the Buckeyes of Ohio State University named as the nation’s #1 team by a majority of the voters in the AP poll, followed by the Georgia Bulldogs as the runner-up... |
1942 | Ike Armstrong | Big Seven† | T–1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1943 1943 college football season The 1943 college football season concluded with the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame crowned as the nation’s #1 team by a majority of the voters in the AP poll, followed by the Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks as the runner-up... |
1943 | Ike Armstrong | Big Seven | 2nd | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1944 1944 college football season The 1944 college football season was played during the Second World War. The football team of the United States Military Academy, more popularly known as Army, was crowned as the nation’s #1 team by 95 of the 121 writers who participated in the AP poll... |
1944 | Ike Armstrong | Big Seven | 3rd | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||
| 1945 1945 college football season The 1945 college football season finished with the United States Military Academy, more popularly known as “Army”, being the unanimous choice for the nation’s number one team by the 116 voters in the Associated Press writers’ poll... |
1945 | Ike Armstrong | Big Seven | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1946 1946 college football season The 1946 college football season finished with the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame crowned as the national champion in the AP Poll, with the United States Military Academy the runner up... |
1946 | Ike Armstrong | Big Seven | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1947 1947 college football season The 1947 college football season finished with Notre Dame, Michigan and Penn State all unbeaten and untied, but the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame were the first place choice for 107 of the 142 voters in the AP writers poll, and repeated as national champions... |
1947 | Ike Armstrong | Big Seven† | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | Lost vs. , 16–19^ | — | ||
| 1948 1948 college football season The 1948 college football season finished with several unbeaten teams. The Michigan Wolverines and the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame were both unbeaten and untied, as were the California Golden Bears and the Clemson Tigers... |
1948 | Ike Armstrong | Skyline† | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||
| 1949 1949 college football season The 1949 college football season finished with four teams that were unbeaten and untied-- Notre Dame, Oklahoma, #3 California and Army had won all their games at season’s end. Notre Dame, however, was the overwhelming choice for national champion, with 172 of 208 first place votes... |
1949 | Ike Armstrong | Skyline | 4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | — | ||
| 1950 1950 college football season The 1950 college football season finished with the unbeaten and untied Oklahoma Sooners being the overwhelming choice for national champion. On New Year’s Day, the 9-0-0 Sooners were upset by the 10-1-0 Kentucky Wildcats in the Sugar Bowl. The #2 team, the United States Military Academy had been... |
1950 | Jack Curtice Jack Curtice Jack C. "Cactus Jack" Curtice was an American football coach. From 1940 to 1941, he served as the head football coach at West Texas A&M, where he compiled a 15–5 record. From 1946 to 1949, he served as the head football coach at UTEP, where he compiled a 24–13–3 record. From 1950 to 1957, he... |
Skyline | 4th | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | |
| 1951 1951 college football season The 1951 college football season finished with seven unbeaten major college teams, of which five were unbeaten and untied. Ultimately, the Tennessee Volunteers were voted the best team by the Associated Press, followed by the Michigan State Spartans, with the Vols having a plurality of first place... |
1951 | Jack Curtice | Skyline† | 1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1952 1952 college football season The 1952 college football season ended with the unbeaten Michigan State Spartans and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets each claiming the national championship according to different polls. Michigan State finished first according to two of the "wire service" polls which also both placed Georgia Tech... |
1952 | Jack Curtice | Skyline† | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| 1953 1953 college football season The 1953 college football season finished with the Maryland Terrapins capturing the AP, INS, and UPI national championship after Notre Dame held the top spot for the first nine weeks. The #4 Oklahoma Sooners defeated Maryland in the Orange Bowl, but there was no further polling after the November... |
1953 | Jack Curtice | Skyline† | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1954 1954 college football season The 1954 college football season saw three teams finish unbeaten and untied, with Ohio State Buckeyes and the UCLA Bruins sharing the national championship as the #1 picks of the AP Poll and the UPI Poll, respectively. Although the winners of the Big Ten and the Pacific conferences normally met in... |
1954 | Jack Curtice | Skyline | T–4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1955 1955 college football season The 1955 college football season saw the Oklahoma Sooners win the national championship after going 10-0-0. Although the final poll was taken before the postseason bowl games, Oklahoma played against the nation's other unbeaten and untied team, the Maryland Terrapins, at the Orange Bowl in Miami,... |
1955 | Jack Curtice | Skyline | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1956 1956 college football season The 1956 college football season saw the Sooners of the University of Oklahoma finish a third consecutive season unbeaten and untied to again win the national championship.... |
1956 | Jack Curtice | Skyline | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1957 1957 college football season The 1957 college football season saw two different national champions. Auburn University was ranked first in the AP writers' poll taken at season's end, while Ohio State University was first in the UPI coaches' poll... |
1957 | Jack Curtice | Skyline† | 1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1958 1958 college football season The 1958 college football season was the first to feature the two point conversion. On January 13, 1958, the 11-man NCAA Rules Committee unanimously approved a resolution to allow teams to choose between kicking an extra point after a touchdown, or running or passing from the 3 yard line for 2... |
1958 | Ray Nagel Ray Nagel Raymond Robert "Ray" Nagel is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Utah from 1958 to 1965 and at the University of Iowa from 1966 to 1970, compiling a career college football record of... |
Skyline | 5th | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1959 1959 college football season The 1959 college football season saw Syracuse University crowned as the national champion by both the AP and the UPI wire services. Mississippi , which had outscored its opponents 350-21, finished #2 in both polls, and its only loss during the regular season had been to LSU, which ultimately... |
1959 | Ray Nagel | Skyline | 4th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1960 1960 college football season The 1960 college football season marked the last time that the University of Minnesota was a national champion on the gridiron. Murray Warmath's Minnesota Gophers were not in the Top 20 in preseason polling, but received the AP Trophy at the end of the regular season... |
1960 | Ray Nagel | Skyline | 3rd | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1961 1961 college football season During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A". The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of "wire service" polls. The extent of that recognition came in the form of acknowledgment in... |
1961 | Ray Nagel | Skyline | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1962 1962 college football season During the 20th Century, the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A". The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of "wire service" polls. The extent of that recognition came in the form of acknowledgment in... |
1962 | Ray Nagel | WAC Western Athletic Conference The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS... |
6th | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| 1963 1963 college football season During the 20th Century, the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A". The NCAA Football Guide, however, did note an "unofficial national champion" based on the top ranked teams in the "wire service" polls... |
1963 | Ray Nagel | WAC | T–3rd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1964 | 1964 | Ray Nagel# | WAC† | T–1st | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | Won Liberty Bowl 1964 Liberty Bowl The 1964 Liberty Bowl was the first major college football bowl game ever played indoors, the first broadcast nationwide in the United States and the only one ever played in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States... vs. , 32–6^ |
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| 1965 1965 college football season During the 20th Century, the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A". The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of "wire service" polls. The "writers' poll" by Associated Press was the most popular,... |
1965 | Ray Nagel | WAC | 5th | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1966 1966 college football season The 1966 college football season was marked by controversy as the year of "The Tie", a November 19 game between the two top-ranked teams, Michigan State and Notre Dame. Neither team participated in a post-season bowl game. At the same time, 1966 was the first year that the professional football... |
1966 | Mike Giddings Mike Giddings Mike Giddings is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Utah from 1966 to 1967, compiling a record of 9–12. Giddings was later the head coach of The Hawaiians of the short-lived World Football League in 1974 and... |
WAC | T–2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1967 1967 college football season The 1967 college football season was the last one in which college football's champion was crowned before the bowl games. During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as Division I-A and now as Division I FBS... |
1967 | Mike Giddings | WAC | 4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1968 1968 college football season In the 1968 college football season, the system of "polls and bowls" changed. The Associated Press returned to its pre-1961 system of ranking the Top 20 rather than the Top 10, and voted on the national champion after the bowl games, rather than before. During the 20th Century, the NCAA had no... |
1968 | Bill Meek Bill Meek William M. Meek was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Kansas State University , the University of Houston , Southern Methodist University , and the University of Utah , compiling a career college football record of 78–88–7.-Early life:Meek was born in... |
WAC | 5th | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1969 1969 college football season The 1969 college football season was celebrated as the 100th anniversary of college football. During the 20th Century, the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A"... |
1969 | Bill Meek# | WAC | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1970 1970 college football season The 1970 college football season was marked by tragedy, due to two airplane crashes. On October 2, one of the planes carrying the Wichita State football team crashed on the way to a game against Utah State, killing 31 people on board, including 14 players... |
1970 | Bill Meek | WAC | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1971 1971 college football season The 1971 college football season saw Coach Bob Devaney's Nebraska Cornhuskers repeat as national champions. After being ranked 2nd in the preseason poll, Nebraska captured first place the following week and remained there for the rest of 1971 and won the Orange Bowl 38–6 in a #1 vs... |
1971 | Bill Meek | WAC | T–4th | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1972 1972 college football season The 1972 college football season saw the USC Trojans, coached by John McKay, go undefeated and win the national championship as the unanimous choice of the fifty AP panelists... |
1972 | Bill Meek | WAC | T–2nd | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1973 1973 college football season The 1973 college football season was the first for the NCAA's current three-division structure. Effective with the 1973–74 academic year, schools formerly in the NCAA "University Division" were classified as Division I... |
1973 | Bill Meek | WAC | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1974 1974 college football season The 1974 college football season finished with two national champions. The Associated Press writers' poll ranked the University of Oklahoma, which was on probation and barred by the NCAA from postseason play, #1 at season's end... |
1974 | Tom Lovat Tom Lovat Thomas Lovat is a former American football coach in the NCAA, National Football League, and the Canadian Football League.Lovat started coaching at Utah, there he became the defensive line coach in 1967. Next he went to Idaho State University coaching the defensive secondary and offensive line... |
WAC | 7th | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1975 1975 college football season The 1975 college football season saw University of Oklahoma repeat as national champion in the Associated Press writers' poll. With the Sooners having completed two seasons of NCAA probation, they were ranked #1 in the United Press International coaches' poll as well... |
1975 | Tom Lovat | WAC | 6th | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1976 1976 college football season The 1976 college football season ended with a championship for the Panthers of the University of Pittsburgh. Coached by Johnny Majors , the Pitt Panthers brought a college football championship to the home of the defending pro football champions, the Steelers. Pitt also had the Heisman Trophy... |
1976 | Tom Lovat | WAC | 4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1977 1977 college football season The 1977 college football season was one in which the top five teams all finished with records of 11-1-0. Notre Dame, which beat a #1 ranked Texas team in the Cotton Bowl Classic, became the national champion. The year 1977 was the last before NCAA's Division I was divided into I-A and I-AA... |
1977 | Wayne Howard | WAC | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1978 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first season of Division I-A football; Division I-A was created in 1978 from the splitting of Division I for football only. The season came down to a rare #1 vs. #2 post-season meeting as #1 Penn State and #2 Alabama met in the New Year's Day Sugar... |
1978 | Wayne Howard# | WAC | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1979 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season saw the Alabama Crimson Tide bring home a national title with a perfect 12-0 season. The title was Alabama's 11th claimed, though the number is disputed. It was their 6th Associated Press awarded title.... |
1979 | Wayne Howard | WAC | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1980 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Georgia take its first national title since World War II.The Georgia Bulldogs starred freshman running back Herschel Walker, who made his NCAA debut against Tennessee. Down 15-2 at halftime, Georgia sent in Walker, the third string running back at the... |
1980 | Wayne Howard | WAC | 7th | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| 1981 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Clemson Tigers, unbeaten and untied, taking the national championship after a victory over traditional power Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. This was also the first year of the California Bowl, played in Fresno, California; this game fancied... |
1981 | Wayne Howard | WAC | 4th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| 1982 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Paul "Bear" Bryant retire as head coach at Alabama with 323 career victories in 38 seasons.The Penn State Nittany Lions won their first consensus national championship, closing out an 11-1 season by defeating Georgia and Heisman Trophy winner Herschel... |
1982 | Chuck Stobart Chuck Stobart -External links:... |
WAC | 7th | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1983 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the University of Miami winning their first national championship over perennial power Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.... |
1983 | Chuck Stobart | WAC | 5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1984 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Brigham Young University winning their first national championship by beating an unranked Michigan team in the Holiday Bowl... |
1984 | Chuck Stobart | WAC | 4th | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| 1985 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season saw the Oklahoma Sooners, led by head coach Barry Switzer, win the national championship.Oklahoma finished the season 11-1, with their only loss to Miami at home, in a game future NFL star Troy Aikman was lost for the season... |
1985 | Jim Fassel Jim Fassel -Professional:-Personal life:Before the 2003 NFL season, Fassel was reunited with a son, John Mathieson, whom he and his wife Kitty gave up for adoption in 1969. The couple was unmarried when he was born.... |
WAC | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1986 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Penn State winning the national championship. Coached by Joe Paterno, they defeated Miami 14–10 in the Fiesta Bowl. This Fiesta Bowl was the first in the game's history to decide the national championship, launching it into the top tier of... |
1986 | Jim Fassel | WAC | 9th | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1987 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Miami winning its second national championship during the 80s in an Orange Bowl match-up featuring a rare #1 vs... |
1987 | Jim Fassel | WAC | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1988 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Notre Dame winning the national championship. The Fighting Irish won the title via a 34-21 defeat of previously unbeaten West Virginia in the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Arizona.... |
1988 | Jim Fassel | WAC | 5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1989 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Miami winning its third National Championship during the 80s, cementing its claim as the decade's top team, winning more titles than any other program.... |
1989 | Jim Fassel | WAC | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1990 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with a split championship and the ensuing controversy led to the creation of the Bowl Coalition, a precursor to the Bowl Championship Series. The title was split between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets... |
1990 1990 Utah Utes football team The 1990 season was the first season for Ron McBride as head coach of the Utes. The team went 4–7 this year, a slight improvement over last season's 4–8 record. The McBride era started with a shutout of Utah State... |
Ron McBride Ron McBride Ron McBride is the current head coach of Weber State University's football team. Coach "Mac" has over 40 years of coaching experience, including 13 years as head coach at the University of Utah.... |
WAC | 7th | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1991 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with a split champion for the second consecutive season. Both the Miami Hurricanes and the Washington Huskies finished the season undefeated and with the top ranking in a nationally recognized poll... |
1991 1991 Utah Utes football team In Ron McBride's second season with the team, he guided the Utes to their first winning record since the 1988 season, going 7–5, thus becoming bowl-eligible. Unfortunately for the team, they were not selected to play in any bowl games that year.-Schedule:... |
Ron McBride | WAC | 4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1992 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first year of the Bowl Coalition, and ended with Alabama's first national championship in thirteen years—their first since the departure of Bear Bryant... |
1992 1992 Utah Utes football team The 1992 season, Ron McBride's third with the team, saw the Utes return to postseason play for the first time since the 1964 Liberty Bowl with an appearance in the 1992 Copper Bowl.-Schedule:... |
Ron McBride | WAC | T–5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | Lost Copper Bowl 1992 Copper Bowl The 1992 edition to the Copper Bowl featured the Washington State Cougars, and the Utah Utes.Washington State scored first on a 3 yard touchdown run by running back Shaumbe Wright-Fair, to take a 7–0 lead. Quarterback Drew Bledsoe fired an 87 yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Phillip Bobo,... vs. Washington State 1992 Washington State Cougars football team The 1992 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 1992 NCAA college football season.-Regular season:The Cougars non-conference games were against Montana, Fresno State and Temple.... , 28–31^ |
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| 1993 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Florida State crowned national champions, but not without controversy.Under the Bowl Coalition, undefeated Big 8 champ and #2 ranked Nebraska hosted ACC champ and #1 ranked Florida State in the Orange Bowl... |
1993 1993 Utah Utes football team In 1993, the Utes went to a bowl game for the second season in a row. This time it was the where they lost, 28–21, to the USC Trojans. This season also marked a change in the Utah-BYU rivalry, dubbed the Holy War... |
Ron McBride | WAC | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | Lost vs. USC, 21–28^ | — | — | |
| 1994 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season saw yet another controversial finish as both Nebraska and Penn State finished undefeated, and yet Penn State finished a distant second in the final AP and UPI polls. The controversial finish, however, could have been an even worse morass if not for some... |
1994 1994 Utah Utes football team The 1994 season was the most successful under McBride's tenure at Utah, with the team going 10–2, beating three ranked teams including a 16–13 win over 15th ranked at the , finishing the season ranked 10th in the AP Poll and 8th in the Coaches Poll.... |
Ron McBride | WAC | T–2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | Won vs. , 16–13^ | 10 | 8 | |
| 1995 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first year of the Bowl Alliance and was a relatively calm year compared to the early 1990s.Tom Osborne led Nebraska to its second straight national title with a victory over Florida in the Fiesta Bowl.... |
1995 1995 Utah Utes football team During the 1995 season, the Utes went 7–4 and were conference co-champions, along with , , and . Despite this, the team was not invited to play in a bowl game, after playing postseason ball for three consecutive seasons previously... |
Ron McBride | WAC† | T–1st | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 1996 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Florida Gators crowned National Champions, but not as unanimously as the Bowl Alliance would have hoped.... |
1996 1996 Utah Utes football team The 1996 season started with a loss at , but the team quickly turned things around, winning the next 7 games and climbing to a #20 ranking in the AP Poll. This run came to a crashing halt when the Utes suffered their worst loss in six years to the , giving up 496 yards rushing... |
Ron McBride | WAC | Mountain | T–2nd | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | Lost Copper Bowl 1996 Copper Bowl The 1996 edition to the Copper bowl was the 8th edition to the bowl game. It featured the Wisconsin Badgers, and the Utah Utes.-Game summary:Wisconsin scored first on a 38 yard touchdown run from Mike Samuel to open a 7–0 lead. Utah's Daniel Pulsipher answered with a 24 yard field goal to make it... vs. Wisconsin Badgers 1996 Wisconsin Badgers football team The 1996 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season.-Schedule and results:-Season Summary:... , 10–38^ |
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| 1997 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season, play of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-A level, began in late summer 1997 and culminated with the major bowl games in early January 1998. The national championship was... |
1997 1997 Utah Utes football team The Utes were unable to get another bowl bid in the 1997 season, going just 6–5. This was also the last season in the old Rice Stadium. Immediately after the final home game , the stadium was torn down and rebuilt into the new Rice–Eccles Stadium, partly in anticipation of the upcoming 2002 Olympic... |
Ron McBride | WAC | Mountain | T–2nd | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | ||
| 1998 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first of the Bowl Championship Series, which saw Tennessee win the national championship, one year after star quarterback Peyton Manning left for the NFL... |
1998 1998 Utah Utes football team The 1998 season was Utah's last in the Western Athletic Conference - the following year, the newly created Mountain West Conference began play. This was also the first season in the newly rebuilt Rice–Eccles Stadium.-Schedule:-NFL draft:... |
Ron McBride | WAC | Pacific | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | ||
| 1999 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Florida State named national champions, defeating Virginia Tech in the BCS Sugar Bowl.Florida State became the first team in history to start out preseason #1 and remain there through the entire season. Their 12-0 season gave them 109 victories in the... |
1999 1999 Utah Utes football team The 1999 season was the inaugural season for the Mountain West Conference, created by 8 teams from the Western Athletic Conference splitting off. The Utes were conference co-champions this season, sharing the title with and .-Schedule:... |
Ron McBride | MWC Mountain West Conference The Mountain West Conference , popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I FBS . The MWC officially began operations in July 1999... † |
T–1st | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 | Won Las Vegas Bowl 1999 Las Vegas Bowl The 1999 edition to the Las Vegas Bowl was the 8th edition of that annual game. It featured the , and the Utah Utes.-Game summary:Fresno State scored first, when Utah placekicker Cletus Truhe had his field goal attempt blocked. It was recovered by Fresno State cornerback Payton Williams and... vs. , 17–16^ |
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| 2000 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season The 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Oklahoma Sooners claiming their first national championship and their first conference championship since the departure of head coach Barry Switzer.... |
2000 2000 Utah Utes football team The 2000 season saw the Utes sliding back again. They went 4–7, the worst W-L record since Ron McBride's first season in 1990.-Schedule:-NFL draft:Two players went in the 2001 NFL Draft, including future pro bowler Steve Smith.-References:... |
Ron McBride | MWC | T–5th | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | — | — | — | |||
| 2001 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season The 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the University of Miami winning the national title for the fifth time.The Hurricanes were led by Larry Coker, who was in his first year as head coach after five years as Miami's offensive coordinator under Butch Davis... |
2001 2001 Utah Utes football team The Utes went 8–4 in the 2001 season, starting 7–2 before losing the last two conference games. They finished the season with a victory over a Carson Palmer-led USC Trojans team in the 2001 Las Vegas Bowl.-Schedule:-NFL draft:... |
Ron McBride | MWC | T–3rd | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | Won Las Vegas Bowl 2001 Las Vegas Bowl The 2001 edition to the Las Vegas Bowl was the 10th edition of that annual game. It featured the USC Trojans, and the Utah Utes.The game was dominated by defense. Utah opened the scoring on a 3 yard touchdown run by Adam Tate, leading 7–0. They increased their lead to 10–0 in the second quarter,... vs. USC 2001 USC Trojans football team The 2001 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A college football season. It was Pete Carroll's first year as head coach.... , 10–6^ |
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| 2002 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season The 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season ended the season with what most consider an exciting double overtime national championship game. Ohio State and Miami both came into the Fiesta Bowl undefeated. The underdog Buckeyes defeated the Hurricanes 31–24, ending Miami's 34 game winning... |
2002 2002 Utah Utes football team This season was Ron McBride's last at Utah. The team won their first two games, before dropping six straight. At 2–6 with only three games remaining, the team was guaranteed a losing record and would be ineligible for bowl play... |
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| 2003 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season The 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with an abundance of controversy, resulting in a split national championship. This was the first split title since the inception of the BCS, something the BCS intended to eliminate.... |
2003 2003 Utah Utes football team The Utah Utes 2003 football team represented the University of Utah in the college football season of 2003-2004. This was Urban Meyer's first year coaching at the school, after being hired from Bowling Green... |
Urban Meyer Urban Meyer Urban Frank Meyer, III is an American football coach and former player. He is head football coach at Ohio State University, having been hired for the position in November 2011... # |
MWC† | 1st | 6 | 1 | 10 | 2 | Won Liberty Bowl 2003 Liberty Bowl The 2003 AXA Liberty Bowl, played on December 31, 2003, was the 45th edition of the Liberty Bowl. The game was played between the Utah Utes, and the , in front of 55,989 fans.... vs. , 17–0^ |
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| 2004 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season The 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with several undefeated teams vying for a spot in the national title game, triggering controversy. In the 2003 season, no team finished the regular season unbeaten, and five teams finished the season with one loss... |
2004 2004 Utah Utes football team The 2004 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the college football season of 2004–2005. This team was the original 'BCS Buster', meaning, this was the first time that a team from a non-BCS conference was invited to play in one of the BCS bowl games. The team, coached by 2nd... |
Urban Meyer# | MWC† | 1st | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | Won Fiesta Bowl 2005 Fiesta Bowl The 2005 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, played on January 1, 2005, was the 34th edition of the Fiesta Bowl. The game was played between Utah and Pittsburgh, in front of 73,519 fans. It is notable for being the first BCS game to feature a team from a non-BCS conference, and the only BCS bowl to feature a... vs. Pittsburgh 2004 Pittsburgh Panthers football team The 2004 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2004 college football season in which they won a share of The Big East Conference Championship and were awarded with a BCS berth to the 2005 Fiesta Bowl.- Schedule :... , 35–7^ |
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| 2005 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season The 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the least amount of controversy surrounding the Bowl Championship Series title game in many years.To an extent it was a return to classic football... |
2005 2005 Utah Utes football team The 2005 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the college football season of 2005–2006. This was Kyle Whittingham's first year as head coach after having been promoted from defensive coordinator following the departure of Urban Meyer for Florida. Their 4–4 conference record... |
Kyle Whittingham Kyle Whittingham Kyle Whittingham is the head football coach of the University of Utah Utes. Prior to becoming the head coach at Utah, Whittingham served as Utah's defensive coordinator for ten seasons. He was named head coach of Utah after Urban Meyer left for the Florida Gators in 2004... |
MWC | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | Won Emerald Bowl 2005 Emerald Bowl The 2005 Emerald Bowl, part of the 2005-06 NCAA football bowl games season, was played on December 29, 2005, at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California. It featured the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and the Utah Utes.-Game summary:... vs. Georgia Tech 2005 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team The 2005 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the college football season of 2005-2006. The team's coach is former Dallas Cowboys, Samford Bulldogs, and Troy Trojans coach Chan Gailey... , 38–10^ |
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| 2006 | 2006 2006 Utah Utes football team The 2006 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the college football season of 2006–2007. The team was coached by 2nd year head football coach Kyle Whittingham. The Utes played their homes games in Rice–Eccles Stadium.-Schedule:... |
Kyle Whittingham | MWC | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | Won Armed Forces Bowl 2006 Armed Forces Bowl The 2006 edition to the Armed Forces Bowl, the 4th edition , featured the , and the Utah Utes, both former members of the Western Athletic Conference... vs. , 25–13^ |
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| 2007 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on August 30, 2007, progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 7, 2008, where the top... |
2007 2007 Utah Utes football team The 2007 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the college football season of 2007-2008. The team was coached by 3rd year head football coach Kyle Whittingham... |
Kyle Whittingham | MWC | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | Won Poinsettia Bowl 2007 Poinsettia Bowl The 2007 Poinsettia Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the Navy Midshipmen and the Utah Utes on December 20, 2007 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. Utah defeated Navy 35–32 in a game that came down to the final seconds. It was one of 32 games in the... vs. Navy, 35–32^ |
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| 2008 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on August 28, 2008, progressing through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Miami Gardens, Florida on January 8, 2009, where the #2... |
2008 2008 Utah Utes football team The 2008 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the college football season of 2008–2009. The team, coached by 4th year head football coach Kyle Whittingham, plays its home games in Rice–Eccles Stadium... |
Kyle Whittingham# | MWC† | 1st | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | Won Sugar Bowl 2009 Sugar Bowl The 2009 Allstate Sugar Bowl was the 75th annual edition of the annual college football bowl game that is part of the 2008–09 bowl season of the Bowl Championship Series 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season... vs. Alabama 2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team The 2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 76th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference and its 17th within the SEC Western Division... , 31–17^ |
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| 2009 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on September 2, 2009, progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Pasadena, California on January 7, 2010, featuring the... |
2009 2009 Utah Utes football team The 2009 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team, coached by 5th year head football coach Kyle Whittingham, played its home games in Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah.... |
Kyle Whittingham | MWC | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 10 | 3 | Won Poinsettia Bowl 2009 Poinsettia Bowl The 2009 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl was the fifth edition of the college football bowl game and was played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The game started at 5 PM US PST on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 on ESPN. The Utah Utes defeated the California Golden Bears... vs. California 2009 California Golden Bears football team The 2009 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision competition during the 2009 season... , 37–27^ |
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| 2010 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on Thursday, September 2, 2010. The season progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game on Monday, January 10, 2011.-Rule changes for... |
2010 2010 Utah Utes football team The 2010 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by sixth year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their homes game in Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were members of the Mountain West... |
Kyle Whittingham | MWC | 2nd | 7 | 1 | 10 | 3 | Lost Maaco Bowl 2010 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas The 2010 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas was an NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS post-season college football bowl game. The game was played Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 5 p.m. PST at 40,000-seat Sam Boyd Stadium near Las Vegas and the broadcast was on ESPN. The game featured Utah against Boise State. -Utah... vs. Boise State 2010 Boise State Broncos football team The 2010 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Broncos were led by fifth-year head coach Chris Petersen and played their home games at Bronco Stadium. They entered the 2010 season with winning streaks of 14 games... , 3–26^ |
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| 2011 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, play of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level, began on Thursday, September 1, 2011... |
2011 2011 Utah Utes football team The 2011 Utah Utes football team represents the University of Utah in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team is coached by seventh year head coach Kyle Whittingham and plays their home games in Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah.... |
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All-time records
- Statistics correct as of the end of the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season2010 NCAA Division I FBS football seasonThe 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on Thursday, September 2, 2010. The season progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game on Monday, January 10, 2011.-Rule changes for...
Total wins, losses, and ties Statistic Wins Losses Ties Regular season games 603 419 31 Bowl game appearances 12 4 0 All-time regular and postseason record (1892–2010) 615 423 31