2019 Utah Utes football team
2019 Utah Utes football | |
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Pac-12 South Division champion | |
Pac-12 Championship Game, L 15–37 vs Oregon | |
Alamo Bowl, L 10–38 vs. Texas | |
Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
Division | South Division |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 16 |
AP | No. 16 |
Record | 11–3 (8–1 Pac-12) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Andy Ludwig (1st season in stint, 5th overall season) |
Defensive coordinator | Morgan Scalley (4th season) |
Home stadium | Rice–Eccles Stadium[1] |
Uniform | |
Seasons |
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No. 5 Oregon x$ | 8 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 4 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 4 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 3 | – | 6 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 3 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 16 Utah x | 8 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 7 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State | 4 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 4 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 3 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 2 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Oregon 37, Utah 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Utes were led by 15th-year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games at Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. They competed as members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference.
Preseason
Pac-12 media days
Pac-12 media poll
In the 2019 Pac-12 media poll, Utah was voted as the favorite to win both the South Division and the Pac–12 Championship Game.[2]
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Schedule
Utah's 2019 schedule will begin on Thursday, August 29 on the road against rival BYU, a football independent. They will round out their non-conference slate with home games against Northern Illinois of the Mid-American Conference and Idaho State of the Big Sky Conference. In Pac-12 Conference play, the Utes will play the other members of the South Division and draw California, Oregon State, Washington, and Washington State from the North Division. They will not play Oregon or Stanford as part of the regular season.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 29 | 8:15 p.m. | at BYU* | No. 14 |
| ESPN | W 30–12 | 61,626 |
September 7 | 11:00 a.m. | Northern Illinois* | No. 13 | P12N | W 35–17 | 45,919 | |
September 14 | 2:15 p.m. | Idaho State* | No. 11 |
| P12N | W 31–0 | 45,989 |
September 20 | 7:00 p.m. | at USC | No. 10 | FS1 | L 23–30 | 55,719 | |
September 28 | 8:00 p.m. | Washington State | No. 19 |
| FS1 | W 38–13 | 46,115 |
October 12 | 6:00 p.m. | at Oregon State | No. 15 | P12N | W 52–7 | 31,730 | |
October 19 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 17 Arizona State | No. 13 |
| P12N | W 21–3 | 46,402 |
October 26 | 8:00 p.m. | California | No. 12 |
| FS1 | W 35–0 | 46,626 |
November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | at Washington | No. 9 | FOX | W 33–28 | 69,270 | |
November 16 | 6:00 p.m. | UCLA | No. 7 |
| FOX | W 49–3 | 47,307 |
November 23 | 8:00 p.m. | at Arizona | No. 7 | FS1 | W 35–7 | 55,675 | |
November 30 | 5:30 p.m. | Colorado | No. 6 |
| ABC | W 45–15 | 46,879 |
December 6 | 6:00 p.m. | vs. No. 13 Oregon | No. 5 | ABC | L 15–37 | 38,679 | |
December 31 | 5:30 p.m. | vs. Texas* | No. 11 | ESPN | L 10–38 | 60,147 | |
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Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
AP | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 |
Coaches | 15 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
CFP | Not released | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | Not released |
Game summaries
At BYU
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 14 Utes | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 30 |
Cougars | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
Northern Illinois
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Huskies | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
No. 13 Utes | 0 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Idaho State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bengals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. 11 Utes | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
At USC
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 10 Utes | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
Trojans | 14 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
- Date: September 20, 2019
- Game time: 7:00 p.m. MST
- Game attendance: 55,719
- Referee: Michael Mothershed (Pac 12)
- TV announcers (FS1): Joe Davis, Brock Huard, Bruce Feldman
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Washington State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cougars | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
No. 19 Utes | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
At Oregon State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 15 Utes | 21 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 52 |
Beavers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Arizona State
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 17 Sun Devils | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
No. 13 Utes | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
at Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT
- Date: October 19, 2019
- Game time: 3:00 p.m.
- Game weather: Rain, 46 °F (8 °C)
- Game attendance: 46,402
- Referee: Mark Duddy
- TV announcers (Pac-12 Network): Ted Robinson (play-by-play), Yogi Roth (analyst), Lewis Johnson (sideline reporter)
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Statistics | ASU | UTAH |
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First downs | 8 | 20 |
Total yards | 136 | 342 |
Rushing yards | 33–111 | 43–151 |
Passing yards | 25 | 191 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 4–18–1 | 14–24–1 |
Time of possession | 24:42 | 35:18 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Arizona State | Passing | Jayden Daniels | 14/18, 25 yards, INT |
Rushing | Eno Benjamin | 15 carries, 104 yards | |
Receiving | Frank Darby | 1 reception, 12 yards | |
Utah | Passing | Tyler Huntley | 12/19, 171 yards, INT |
Rushing | Zack Moss | 25 carries, 99 yards, 2 TD | |
Receiving | Zack Moss | 3 receptions, 78 yards |
California
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Golden Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. 12 Utes | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
At Washington
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 9 Utes | 0 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 33 |
Huskies | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
- Date: November 2, 2019
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. PDT
- Game attendance: 69,270
- Referee: Mike McCabe
- TV announcers (FOX): Joe Davis, Brock Huard, Bruce Feldman
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UCLA
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bruins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
No. 7 Utes | 7 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 49 |
At Arizona
Pregame line | Over/under |
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Utah –24.0 | 58 |
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Statistics
Statistics | Utah | Arizona |
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First downs | 28 | 11 |
Total yards | 517 | 196 |
Rushing yards | 297 | 61 |
Passing yards | 220 | 135 |
Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
Time of possession | 39:32 | 20:28 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Utah | Passing | Tyler Huntley | 19/23, 211 yards, TD, INT |
Rushing | Zack Moss | 26 carries, 203 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Brant Kuithe | 4 receptions, 81 yards | |
Arizona | Passing | Grant Gunnell | 8/16, 96 yards |
Rushing | J. J. Taylor | 10 carries, 33 yards | |
Receiving | Cedric Peterson | 4 receptions, 63 yards |
Colorado
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Buffaloes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
No. 6 Utes | 0 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 45 |
Vs. Oregon (Pac-12 Championship game)
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 13 Ducks | 10 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 37 |
No. 5 Utes | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
at Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, California
- Date: December 6, 2019
- Game time: 5:00 pm
- Game attendance: 38,679
- Referee: Steve Strimling
- TV announcers (ABC): Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), Molly McGrath (sideline)
- ESPN game summary
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Vs. Texas (Alamo Bowl)
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 12 Utes | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Longhorns | 3 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
- Date: December 31, 2019
- Game time: 4:30 p.m. (PST)
- Game weather: Indoors
- Game attendance: 60,147
- Referee: John McDaid
- TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Flemming (play-by-play), Louis Riddick (analyst), Paul Carcaterra (sideline)
- ESPN game summary
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Players drafted into the NFL
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Club |
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2 | 50 | Jaylon Johnson | CB | Chicago Bears |
3 | 85 | Julian Blackmon | S | Indianapolis Colts |
3 | 86 | Zack Moss | RB | Buffalo Bills |
3 | 104 | Terrell Burgess | S | Los Angeles Rams |
4 | 114 | Leki Fotu | DT | Arizona Cardinals |
5 | 179 | Bradlee Anae | DE | Dallas Cowboys |
6 | 197 | John Penisini | DT | Detroit Lions |
Notes
- ^ Both Kuithe and Fotheringham finished with the same number of receptions and receiving yards, meaning Utah finished with two leading receivers.