2015 Utah Utes football team

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2015 Utah Utes football
Utah Utes logo.svg
Pac-12 South Division co-champions[1]
Las Vegas Bowl Champions
Las Vegas Bowl vs. BYU, W 35–28
Conference Pac-12 Conference
South Division
Ranking
Coaches #16
AP #17
2015 record 10–3 (6–3 Pac-12)
Head coach Kyle Whittingham (11th year)
Co-offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick (2nd year)
Co-offensive coordinator Jim Harding (1st year)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinator John Pease (1st year)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Rice–Eccles Stadium
(Capacity: 45,807)
Seasons
« 2014 2016 »
2015 Pac-12 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
North Division
#3 Stanford x$   8 – 1         12 – 2  
#19 Oregon   7 – 2         9 – 4  
Washington State   6 – 3         9 – 4  
California   4 – 5         8 – 5  
Washington   4 – 5         7 – 6  
Oregon State   0 – 9         2 – 10  
South Division
USC xy   6 – 3         8 – 6  
#17 Utah x   6 – 3         10 – 3  
UCLA   5 – 4         8 – 5  
Arizona State   4 – 5         6 – 7  
Arizona   3 – 6         7 – 6  
Colorado   1 – 8         4 – 9  
Championship: Stanford 41, USC 22
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
As of January 12, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by eleventh year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games in Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 6–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for the South Division title. Due to their head-to-head loss to USC, they did not represent the South Division in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they defeated rival BYU.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 6:30 p.m. Michigan* Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT FS1 W 24–17   47,825
September 11 7:00 p.m. Utah State* #24 Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Beehive Boot/Battle of the Brothers) ESPN2 W 24–14   46,011
September 19 8:30 p.m. at Fresno State* #21 Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA CBSSN W 45–24   33,675
September 26 6:30 p.m. at #13 Oregon #18 Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR FOX W 62–20   57,145
October 10 8:00 p.m. #23 Californiadagger #5 Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT ESPN W 30–24   47,798
October 17 8:00 p.m. Arizona State #4 Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT ESPN W 34–18   46,192
October 24 5:30 p.m. at USC #3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA FOX L 24–42   73,435
October 31 5:00 p.m. Oregon State #13 Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT P12N W 27–12   45,853
November 7 5:30 p.m. at Washington #13 Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA FOX W 34–23   61,420
November 14 8:00 p.m. at Arizona #10 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ FS1 L 30–37 2OT  48,912
November 21 1:30 p.m. UCLA #18 Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT FOX L 9–17   46,230
November 28 12:30 p.m. Colorado Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Rumble in the Rockies) P12N W 20–14   45,823
December 19 1:30 p.m. vs. BYU* #20 Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, NV (Las Vegas Bowl, Holy War, Beehive Boot) ABC W 35–28   42,213
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.
Source: [2]

Rankings

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Further information: 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP RV 24 21 18 10 (1) 5 (7) 4 (16) 3 (16) 13 13 10 18 RV 21 20 17 
Coaches' RV 25 21 17 12 7 (1) 7 (1) 7 (1) 14 14 13 18 25 20 20 16 
CFP Not released 12 10 13 23 24 22 Not released


Game summaries

Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Wolverines 0 3 7 7 17
Utes 3 7 7 7 24

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See also: 2015 Michigan Wolverines football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 2014 Utah, 26–10

Utah State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0 14 0 0 14
#24 Utes 7 7 7 3 24

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See also: 2015 Utah State Aggies football team, Beehive Boot, and Battle of the Brothers
Overall record Last meeting Result
78–29–4 2013 Utah, 30–26

at Fresno State

1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Utes 10 7 7 21 45
Bulldogs 3 0 0 21 24

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See also: 2015 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–4 2014 Utah, 59–27

at Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Utes 6 21 28 7 62
#13 Ducks 6 7 0 7 20

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See also: 2015 Oregon Ducks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–20 2014 Ore, 51–27

California

1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Golden Bears 7 10 7 0 24
#5 Utes 10 14 3 3 30

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See also: 2015 California Golden Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–5 2012 Utah, 49–27

Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sun Devils 10 0 8 0 18
#4 Utes 7 7 0 20 34

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See also: 2015 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–20 2014 ASU, 19–16

at USC

1 2 3 4 Total
#3 Utes 14 3 0 7 24
Trojans 7 21 7 7 42

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See also: 2015 USC Trojans football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–9 2014 Utah, 24–21

Oregon State

1 2 3 4 Total
Beavers 0 6 0 6 12
#13 Utes 14 0 0 13 27

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See also: 2015 Oregon State Beavers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–11–1 2014 Utah, 29–23

at Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Utes 0 24 0 10 34
Huskies 3 10 7 3 23

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See also: 2015 Washington Huskies football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–8 2012 Wash, 34–15

at Arizona

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total
#10 Utes 7 10 10 0 3 0 30
Wildcats 17 3 7 0 3 7 37

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See also: 2015 Arizona Wildcats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–18–2 2014 Arizona, 42–10

UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 10 0 7 0 17
#18 Utes 0 6 3 0 9

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See also: 2015 UCLA Bruins football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–10 2014 Utah, 30–28

Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes 0 7 0 7 14
Utes 7 3 10 0 20

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See also: 2015 Colorado Buffaloes football team and Rumble in the Rockies
Overall record Last meeting Result
27–31–3 2014 Utah, 38–34

Las Vegas Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0 7 7 14 28
#20 Utes 35 0 0 0 35

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See also: Las Vegas Bowl, 2015 Las Vegas Bowl, 2015 BYU Cougars football team, Holy War (Utah vs. BYU), and Beehive Boot
Overall record Last meeting Result
54–31–4 2013 Utah, 20–13

References

  1. ↑ http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865642608/Utah-football-No-23-Utes-lead-Colorado-10-7-at-the-half.html?pg=all
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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