2019 Utah Utes football | |
Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
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South Division | |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 15 |
2019 record | 0–0 (0–0 Pac-12) |
Head coach | Kyle Whittingham (15th season) |
Offensive coordinator | Andy Ludwig (1st season in stint, 5th overall season) |
Defensive coordinator | Morgan Scalley (4th season) |
Home stadium | Rice–Eccles Stadium (Capacity: 45,807)[1] |
Seasons |
Template:2019 Pac-12 football standings The 2019 Utah Utes football team will represent the University of Utah during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Utes will be led by 15th-year head coach Kyle Whittingham and will play their home games at Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. They will compete as members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference.
Preseason[]
Coaching changes[]
Utah announced in January 2019 that Andy Ludwig would be returning to the school as offensive coordinator, replacing Troy Taylor, who left to take the head coaching job at Sacramento State.[2] Ludwig had been head coach Kyle Whittingham's first offensive coordinator at Utah from 2005 to 2008, a tenure which included the Utes' undefeated 2008 season. He had served the previous six seasons as the offensive coordinator at Vanderbilt.
Award watch lists[]
Listed in the order that they were released
Award | Player | Position | Year |
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Maxwell Award[3] | Zack Moss | RB | SR |
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.[4]
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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 | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 29 | 8:15 p.m. | at BYU* | ESPN | |||
September 7 | 11:00 a.m. | Northern Illinois* | P12N | |||
September 14 | 2:15 p.m. | Idaho State* |
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September 20 | 7:00 p.m. | at USC | FS1 | |||
September 28 | Washington State |
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October 12 | at Oregon State | |||||
October 19 | Arizona State |
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October 26 | California |
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November 2 | at Washington | |||||
November 16 | UCLA |
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November 23 | at Arizona | |||||
November 30 | Colorado |
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Source:[5]
Rankings[]
Template:Further information
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Coaches | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CFP | Not released | Not released |
Game summaries[]
at BYU[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Utes | 0 | ||||
Cougars | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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58–31–4 | Nov. 24, 2018 | W, 35–27 |
Northern Illinois[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Huskies | 0 | ||||
Utes | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1–0 | Sep. 8, 2018 | W, 17–6 |
Idaho State[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Bengals | 0 | ||||
Utes | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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7–0 | Aug. 28, 2014 | W, 56–14 |
at USC[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Utes | 0 | ||||
Trojans | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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6–11 | Oct. 20, 2018 | W, 41–28 |
Washington State[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Cougars | 0 | ||||
Utes | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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7–9 | Sep. 29, 2018 | L, 24–28 |
at Oregon State[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Utes | 0 | ||||
Beavers | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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9–11–1 | Oct. 15, 2016 | W, 19–14 |
Arizona State[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Sun Devils | 0 | ||||
Utes | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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8–22 | Nov. 3, 2018 | L, 20–38 |
California[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Golden Bears | 0 | ||||
Utes | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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5–6 | Oct. 1, 2016 | L, 23–28 |
at Washington[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Utes | 0 | ||||
Huskies | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1–12 | Nov. 30, 2018 | L, 3–10 |
UCLA[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Bruins | 0 | ||||
Utes | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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6–11 | Oct. 26, 2018 | W, 41–10 |
at Arizona[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Utes | 0 | ||||
Wildcats | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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23–19–2 | Oct. 12, 2018 | W, 42–10 |
Colorado[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Buffaloes | 0 | ||||
Utes | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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30–32–3 | Nov. 17, 2018 | W, 30–7 |
References[]
- ↑ Rice-Eccles Stadium. The University of Utah. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ↑ Kragthorpe, Kurt (January 10, 2019). "Kyle Whittingham handing reins to Andy Ludwig, who returns to Utah as offensive coordinator". https://www.sltrib.com/sports/utah-utes/2019/01/10/andy-ludwig-jim-harding/.
- ↑ "2019 Maxwell Award Watch List". July 15, 2019. https://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/2019-maxwell-award-watch-list/. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
- ↑ "Utah picked as Pac-12 favorite in preseason media poll". July 24, 2019. https://pac-12.com/article/2019/07/22/utah-picked-pac-12-favorite-preseason-media-poll.
- ↑ "2019 Utah Football Schedule". https://fbschedules.com/ncaa-2019/team/utah.
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