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 year head football coach Urban Meyer, played its home games in Rice–Eccles Stadium. Utah was one of three teams in the top-level Division I FBS to finish the season undefeated (the others being the USC Trojans and the Auburn Tigers, the former of which are now conference rivals of Utah in the Pacific-12 Conference).

Utah was the highest-ranked non-BCS team in each poll every week of the season (with their ranking changing several times).

BYU

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Season Statistics
2004 Official Stats

NFL Draft
Utah had five players taken in the 2005 NFL Draft:

National

 * Urban Meyer: The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award, Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, Woody Hayes' National Coach of the Year, Maxwell George Munger Award
 * Alex Smith: Heisman finalist (fourth place), The Sporting News National Player of the Year, Sports Illustrated National Player of the Year, Cingular Sports/ABC Sports All-American, SI.com All-American (first team), CoSIDA Football Academic All-American of the Year, Davey O'Brien Award finalist, Walter Camp Award finalist
 * Chris Kemoeatu: Cingular Sports/ABC Sports All-American, SI.com All-American (first team)
 * Morgan Scalley: SI.com All-American (second team), CoSIDA Academic All-American (first team), Anson Mount Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Bronko Nagurski National Player of the Week, Pat Tillman Award (East-West Shrine Game honor)
 * Steve Savoy: SI.com All-American (second team), The Sporting News All-American (honorable mention)
 * Ryan Smith: The Sporting News Freshman All-American (second team)
 * Spencer Toone: CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII first team

Conference

 * Coach of the Year: Urban Meyer
 * Offensive Player of the Year: Alex Smith
 * Co-defensive Player of the Year: Morgan Scalley
 * All-MWC First team: Alex Smith, Steve Savoy, Chris Kemoeatu, Steve Fifita, Sione Pouha, Morgan Scalley
 * All-MWC Second team: Paris Warren, Marty Johnson, Jesse Boone, Eric Weddle
 * All-MWC Honorable mention: Makai Aalona, Quinton Ganther, Tommy Hackenbruck, Matt Kovacevich, Spencer Toone