| Utah Utes football | |||
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| First season | 1892; 132 years ago | ||
| Athletic director | Mark Harlan | ||
| Head coach | Kyle Whittingham 20th season, 166–79 (.678) | ||
| Stadium | Rice–Eccles Stadium (capacity: 53,644) | ||
| Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
| Location | Salt Lake City, Utah | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | Big 12 | ||
| Past conferences | |||
| All-time record | 723–482–31 (.597) | ||
| Bowl record | 17–9 (.654) | ||
| Unclaimed national titles | 1 (2008) | ||
| Conference titles | 26 | ||
| Division titles | 4 (2015, 2018, 2019, 2021) | ||
| Rivalries | |||
| Consensus All-Americans | 10 | ||
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| Colors | Red and white[1] | ||
| Fight song | Utah Man | ||
| Mascot | Swoop | ||
| Marching band | Pride of Utah | ||
| Website | UtahUtes.com | ||
The Utah Utes football program is a college football team that competes in the Big 12 Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I and represents the University of Utah.[2] The Utah college football program began in 1892 and has played home games at the current site of Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City since 1927. They have won 28 conference championships in five conferences during their history,[3] and, as of the end of the 2022 season, they have a cumulative record of 711 wins, 476 losses, and 31 ties (.596). [4]
The Utes have a record of 17–8 (.680) in major bowl games which is ranked fourth in the nation in bowl games win percentage (minimum 10 bowl games played list).[5] Among Utah's bowl appearances are two games from the Bowl Championship Series (BCS): the Fiesta Bowl in 2005 and the Sugar Bowl in 2009. In the CFP era, they made repeat Rose Bowl appearances in 2022 and 2023. In the 2005 Fiesta Bowl, Utah, led by coach Urban Meyer, defeated the Pittsburgh Panthers 35–7, and in the 2009 Sugar Bowl, headed by coach Kyle Whittingham, they defeated coach Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide 31–17.[6][7] During those seasons, Utah was a member of the Mountain West Conference, whose champion does not receive an automatic invitation to a BCS bowl. The Utes were the first team from a conference without an automatic bid to play in a BCS bowl game—colloquially known as being a BCS Buster—and the first BCS Buster to play in a second BCS Bowl.
- ^ University of Utah Athletics Brand Guide (PDF). August 23, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
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- ^ "Utah Conference Championships". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
- ^ "Team records for Utah: 1892–2011". College Football Trivia. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
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- ^ Facer, Dirk. "Sugar High—13–0 Utes Roll Over One of the BCS' Best". Deseret News. Archived from the original on February 26, 2009. Retrieved May 20, 2009.