2016 Utah Utes football | |
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Foster Farms Bowl champion | |
Foster Farms Bowl, W 26–24 vs. Indiana | |
Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
South Division | |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 21 |
AP | No. 23 |
Record | 9–4 (5–4 Pac-12) |
Head coach |
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Co-offensive coordinator | Aaron Roderick (3rd season) |
Co-offensive coordinator | Jim Harding (2nd season) |
Offensive scheme | Multiple |
Defensive coordinator | Morgan Scalley (1st season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Rice-Eccles Stadium |
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No. 4 Washington x$^ | 8 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 7 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 Stanford | 6 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 3 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 3 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 2 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 17 Colorado x | 8 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 USC | 7 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Utah | 5 | – | 4 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State | 2 | – | 7 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 2 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 1 | – | 8 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Washington 41, Colorado 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by twelfth 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 9–4, 5–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place in the South Division. They were invited to the Foster Farms where they defeated Indiana.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | Southern Utah * | P12N | W 24–0 | 45,945 | ||
September 10 | 5:30 p.m. | BYU * |
| FOX | W 20–19 | 46,915 | |
September 17 | 8:30 p.m. | at San Jose State * | CBSSN | W 34–17 | 16,041 | ||
September 23 | 7:30 p.m. | USC | No. 24 |
| FS1 | W 31–27 | 46,133 |
October 1 | 4:00 p.m. | at California | No. 18 | P12N | L 23–28 | 46,618 | |
October 8 | 8:00 p.m. | Arizona | No. 24 |
| FS1 | W 36–23 | 45,917 |
October 15 | 2:00 p.m. | at Oregon State | No. 21 | P12N | W 19–14 | 32,093 | |
October 22 | 2:00 p.m. | at UCLA | No. 19 | FOX | W 52–45 | 66,243 | |
October 29 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 4 Washington | No. 17 |
| FS1 | L 24–31 | 47,801 |
November 10 | 7:30 p.m. | at Arizona State | No. 15 | FS1 | W 49–26 | 48,220 | |
November 19 | 3:00 p.m. | Oregon | No. 12 |
| P12N | L 28–30 | 46,327 |
November 26 | 5:30 p.m. | at No. 9 Colorado | No. 22 | FOX | L 22–27 | 52,301 | |
December 28 | 6:30 p.m. | vs. Indiana * | No. 19 | FOX | W 26–24 | 27,608 | |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
AP | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 21 | RV | RV | 23 |
Coaches | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 21 |
CFP | Not released | 16 | 15 | 12 | 22 | 20 | 19 | Not released |
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Game Stats:
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Utes | 6 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
Spartans | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
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Trojans | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
#24 Utes | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
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#18 Utes | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
Golden Bears | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
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Wildcats | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 23 |
#24 Utes | 3 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 36 |
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#21 Utes | 9 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
Beavers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
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#19 Utes | 14 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 52 |
Bruins | 21 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 45 |
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#4 Huskies | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
#17 Utes | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
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#13 Utes | 0 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 49 |
Sun Devils | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 26 |
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Ducks | 3 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 30 |
#11 Utes | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
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#21 Utes | 7 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 22 |
#9 Buffaloes | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
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Hoosiers | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
Utes | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 26 |
The Holy War is the name given to the American college football rivalry game played annually by the Brigham Young University (BYU) Cougars and the University of Utah Utes. It is part of the larger BYU–Utah sports rivalry. In this context, the term "Holy War" refers to the fact that BYU is owned and administered by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the U of U is a secular, public university with a substantial LDS student population. The current president and head football coach at the U of U are also LDS Church members.
Kyle David Whittingham is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at the University of Utah, a position he has held since 2005, and is the all-time leader in wins at Utah. Prior to becoming the head coach at Utah, Whittingham served as Utah's defensive coordinator for ten seasons. He was named head coach of Utah after Urban Meyer left for the University of Florida in 2004. He won AFCA Coach of the Year and the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award in 2008 after leading the 2008 Utah Utes football team to an undefeated season and a win in the 2009 Sugar Bowl over the 2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team. He and Oklahoma State's Mike Gundy are the second longest tenured FBS coaches, trailing only Kirk Ferentz. He is the longest tenured head coach in the Big-12.
The Brigham Young University (BYU) Cougars and the University of Utah (Utah) Utes have a longstanding intercollegiate rivalry. The annual college football game is frequently referred to as the Holy War. In the 1890s, when BYU was still known as Brigham Young Academy (BYA), the two schools started competing athletically. The schools have met continually since 1909 in men's basketball, and met once a year in football from 1922 to 2013, with the exception of 1943–45 when BYU did not field a team due to World War II. Both schools formerly competed in the Mountain West Conference, but both teams left the MWC in 2011—Utah joined the Pac-12 Conference and BYU became a football independent while joining the West Coast Conference for other sports.
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