List of Utah Utes football seasons

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The Utah Utes football program is a college football team that represents the University of Utah. The Utes have completed 124 seasons and played in 21 certified bowl games. [1] In 1910, Utah joined the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), the program's first conference affiliation. The Utes won eight conference championships, including six consecutive titles from 1928 to 1933. In 1938 the Utah, along with six other RMAC schools left the conference to form the Mountain States Conference, more commonly known as the Big Seven. After the Colorado Buffaloes withdrew from the Big Seven, the conference was known as the Skyline Conference. The Utes won ten conference championships while in the conference. In 1962, Utah became a charter member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). When the charter members of the WAC left at the end of the 1998 season, Utah became a charter member of the Mountain West Conference (MWC) winning four conference titles. In 2010, the Utes withdrew from the MWC and along with former conference rival Colorado, became the 11th and 12th members of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12) in the newly formed South Division.

Contents

Seasons

YearCoachOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs Coaches#AP°
Independent(1892)
1892 Unknown0–1
1893No team
Robert Harkness(Independent)(1894)
1894 Robert Harkness1–2
Walter Shoup (Independent)(1895)
1895 Walter Shoup 0–1
C. B. Ferris(Independent)(1896)
1896 C. B. Ferris3–2
Byron Cummings (Independent)(1897)
1897 Byron Cummings 1–5
Benjamin Wilson(Independent)(1898)
1898 Benjamin Wilson2–1
Charles Gatehouse (Independent)(1899)
1899 Charles Gatehouse 2–1
Harvey Holmes (Independent)(1900–1903)
1900 Harvey Holmes 2–1
1901 Harvey Holmes3–1
1902 Harvey Holmes5–2–1
1903 Harvey Holmes3–4
Joe Maddock (Independent)(1904–1909)
1904 Joe Maddock 7–1
1905 Joe Maddock6–2
1906 Joe Maddock4–1
1907 Joe Maddock4–2
1908 Joe Maddock3–2–1
1909 Joe Maddock4–1
Fred Bennion (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference)(1910–1913)
1910 Fred Bennion 4–22–24th
1911 Fred Bennion5–1–13–1–1T–2nd
1912 Fred Bennion5–1–14–12nd
1913 Fred Bennion2–4–11–25th
Nelson Norgren (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference)(1914–1917)
1914 Nelson Norgren 3–32–35th
1915 Nelson Norgren5–24–2T–2nd
1916 Nelson Norgren3–22–25th
1917 Nelson Norgren2–42–36th
1918No team
Thomas M. Fitzpatrick (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference)(1919–1924)
1919 Thomas M. Fitzpatrick 5–24–12nd
1920 Thomas Fitzpatrick1–5–11–2–15th
1921 Thomas Fitzpatrick3–2–12–1–13rd
1922 Thomas Fitzpatrick7–15–01st
1923 Thomas Fitzpatrick4–32–36th
1924 Thomas Fitzpatrick3–4–12–2–17th
Ike Armstrong (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference)(1925–1937)
1925 Ike Armstrong 6–25–1T–2nd
1926 Ike Armstrong7–05–01st
1927 Ike Armstrong3–3–13–1–1T–3rd
1928 Ike Armstrong5–0–24–0–11st
1929 Ike Armstrong7–06–01st
1930 Ike Armstrong8–07–01st
1931 Ike Armstrong7–26–01st
1932 Ike Armstrong6–1–16–01st
1933 Ike Armstrong5–35–1T–1st
1934 Ike Armstrong5–34–25th
1935 Ike Armstrong4–3–14–1–13rd
1936 Ike Armstrong6–35–23rd
1937 Ike Armstrong5–35–2T–2nd
Ike Armstrong(Skyline Conference)(1938–1949)
1938 Ike Armstrong7–1–24–0–21stW Sun
1939 Ike Armstrong6–1–24–1–12nd
1940 Ike Armstrong7–25–11st
1941 Ike Armstrong6–0–24–0–21st
1942 Ike Armstrong6–35–1T–1st
1943 Ike Armstrong0–70–22nd
1944 Ike Armstrong5–2–11–2–13rd
1945 Ike Armstrong4–43–23rd
1946 Ike Armstrong8–34–23rdL Pineapple [n 1]
1947 Ike Armstrong8–1–16–01st
1948 Ike Armstrong8–1–15–01st
1949 Ike Armstrong2–7–12–34th
Jack Curtice (Skyline Conference)(1950–1957)
1950 Jack Curtice 3–4–31–2–24th
1951 Jack Curtice7–44–11st
1952 Jack Curtice6–3–15–01st
1953 Jack Curtice8–25–01st
1954 Jack Curtice4–73–3T–4th
1955 Jack Curtice6–34–12nd
1956 Jack Curtice5–55–12nd
1957 Jack Curtice6–45–11st
Ray Nagel (Skyline Conference)(1957–1961)
1958 Ray Nagel 4–73–35th
1959 Ray Nagel5–53–24th
1960 Ray Nagel7–35–13rd
1961 Ray Nagel6–43–3T–3rd
Ray Nagel (Western Athletic Conference)(1962–1965)
1962 Ray Nagel4–5–11–2–16th
1963 Ray Nagel4–62–2T–3rd
1964 Ray Nagel9–23–1T–1stW Liberty 14
1965 Ray Nagel3–71–35th
Mike Giddings (Western Athletic Conference)(1966–1967)
1966 Mike Giddings 5–53–2T–2nd
1967 Mike Giddings4–72–34th
Bill Meek (Western Athletic Conference)(1968–1973)
1968 Bill Meek 3–72–35th
1969 Bill Meek8–25–12nd
1970 Bill Meek6–44–23rd
1971 Bill Meek3–83–4T–4th
1972 Bill Meek6–55–2T–2nd
1973 Bill Meek7–54–23rd
Tom Lovat (Western Athletic Conference)(1974–1976)
1974 Tom Lovat 1–101–57th
1975 Tom Lovat1–101–46th
1976 Tom Lovat3–83–34th
Wayne Howard (Western Athletic Conference)(1977–1981)
1977 Wayne Howard 3–82–57th
1978 Wayne Howard8–34–32nd
1979 Wayne Howard6–65–22nd
1980 Wayne Howard5–5–12–3–17th
1981 Wayne Howard8–2–14–1–14th
Chuck Stobart (Western Athletic Conference)(1982–1984)
1982 Chuck Stobart 5–62–47th
1983 Chuck Stobart5–64–45th
1984 Chuck Stobart6–5–14–3–14th
Jim Fassel (Western Athletic Conference)(1985–1989)
1985 Jim Fassel 8–45–33rd
1986 Jim Fassel2–91–79th
1987 Jim Fassel5–72–67th
1988 Jim Fassel6–54–45th
1989 Jim Fassel4–82–67th
Ron McBride (Western Athletic Conference)(1990–1998)
1990 Ron McBride 4–72–77th
1991 Ron McBride7–54–44th
1992 Ron McBride6–64–4T–5thL Copper
1993 Ron McBride7–65–34thL Freedom
1994 Ron McBride10–26–2T–2ndW Freedom 810
1995 Ron McBride7–46–2T–1st
1996 Ron McBride8–46–2T–2nd (Mountain)L Copper
1997 Ron McBride6–56–2T–2nd (Mountain)
1998 Ron McBride7–45–3T–3rd (Pacific)
Ron McBride(Mountain West Conference)(1999–2002)
1999 Ron McBride9–35–2T–1stW Las Vegas
2000 Ron McBride4–73–4T–5th
2001 Ron McBride8–44–3T–3rdW Las Vegas
2002 Ron McBride5–63–4T–5th
Urban Meyer (Mountain West Conference)(2003–2004)
2003 Urban Meyer 10–26–11stW Liberty 2121
2004 Urban Meyer [n 2] 12–0 [n 2] 7–01stW Fiesta †54
Kyle Whittingham (Mountain West Conference)(2005–2010)
2005 Kyle Whittingham 7–54–4T–4thW Emerald
2006 Kyle Whittingham8–55–3T–3rdW Armed Forces
2007 Kyle Whittingham9–45–3T–3rdW Poinsettia
2008 Kyle Whittingham13–08–01stW Sugar †42
2009 Kyle Whittingham10–36–23rdW Poinsettia 1818
2010 Kyle Whittingham10–37–12ndL Las Vegas 23
Kyle Whittingham (Pac-12 Conference)(2011–present)
2011 Kyle Whittingham8–54–5T–2nd (South)W Sun
2012 Kyle Whittingham5–73–65th (South)
2013 Kyle Whittingham5–72–75th (South)
2014 Kyle Whittingham9–45–45th (South)W Las Vegas 2021
2015 Kyle Whittingham10–36–3T–1st (South)W Las Vegas 1617
2016 Kyle Whittingham9–45–43rd (South)W Foster Farms 2123
2017 Kyle Whittingham7–63–65th (South)W Heart of Dallas
2018 Kyle Whittingham9–56–31st (South)L Holiday
2019 Kyle Whittingham11–38–11st (South)L Alamo 1616
2020 Kyle Whittingham3–23–23rd (South)
2021 Kyle Whittingham10–48–11st (South)L Rose †1212
2022 Kyle Whittingham10–47–21st (South)L Rose †1110
2023 Kyle Whittingham8-55-4T-4thL Las Vegas
Total:711–476–31 [4]
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

Notes

  1. ↑ The NCAA did not certify the Pineapple Bowl as a bowl game; the game counts as a regular season game in official NCAA statistics. [2] [3]
  2. 1 2 Urban Meyer officially accepted the head coaching job at Florida before the Fiesta Bowl. Kyle Whittingham and Meyer acted as co-head coaches of the 2005 Fiesta Bowl; Utah and the NCAA credit the Fiesta Bowl to both Meyer and Whittingham.

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References

  1. ↑ "Utah Utes Football Record by Year".
  2. ↑ Joe Drape (December 20, 2001). "ON COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Fish to FedEx: Bowl Name Game". The New York Times. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Utah Bowl Games". College Football Trivia. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  4. ↑ "2018 Utah Media Guide" (PDF). University of Utah Athletics. p. 80.
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