1976 Utah Utes football team

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1976 Utah Utes football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Record3–8 (3–3 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Robert Rice Stadium
Seasons
  1975
1977  
1976 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
BYU + 6 1 09 3 0
Wyoming + 6 1 08 4 0
Arizona State 4 3 04 7 0
Utah 3 3 03 8 0
Arizona 3 4 05 6 0
New Mexico 3 4 04 7 0
Colorado State 2 4 06 5 0
UTEP 0 7 01 11 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1976 Utah Utes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. In their third and final season under head coach Tom Lovat, the Utes compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 3–3 against conference opponents, placing fourth in the WAC. Home games were played on campus at Robert Rice Stadium in Salt Lake City.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 186:30 pmat Rice *L 22–4317,000 [1]
September 257:30 pm Oregon *L 13–2125,617 [2]
October 27:30 pm UTEP
  • Robert Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 38–1420,111 [3]
October 911:30 amat Iowa State *L 14–4436,457 [4]
October 161:30 pmat Utah State *L 17–2818,322 [5]
October 231:30 pmat Wyoming L 22–4520,609 [6]
October 301:30 pm Arizona
  • Robert Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
L 35–3818,231 [7]
November 61:30 pm New Mexico Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Robert Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 34–3119,231 [8]
November 137:30 pmat Arizona State W 31–2840,076 [9]
November 201:30 pm BYU
  • Robert Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
L 12–3430,503 [10]
November 275:30 pmat LSU *L 7–3548,455 [11]

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Game summaries

BYU

BYU Cougars (8–2) at Utah Utes (3–6)
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BYU 71314034
Utah 060612

at Rice Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Date: November 20, 1976
  • Game weather: Clear, 56 °F (13 °C)
  • Game attendance: 30,503
  • Box Score
Game information
External videos
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Personnel

1976 Utah Utes football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Patrick Degnan
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Thomas McNamara
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
    • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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