1978 Utah Utes football team

1978 Utah Utes football

Conference	Western Athletic Conference
1978 record	8–3 (4–2 WAC)
Head coach	Wayne Howard (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Ron McBride^[1]
Defensive coordinator	Tom Gadd^[1]
Home stadium	Rice Stadium

1978 WAC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
BYU $	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
Utah	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Wyoming	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	7	–	0
New Mexico	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Colorado State	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
San Diego State	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
UTEP	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Utah Utes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head coach Wayne Howard led the team to a 4–2 mark in the WAC and 8–3 overall.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 9	7:30 PM	Idaho State*	Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City	W 56–0	25,822^[2]
September 23	6:30 PM	at Houston*	Astrodome • Houston	L 25–42	30,004^[2]
September 30	7:30 PM	Colorado State	Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City	W 30–6	27,821^[2]
October 7	12:00 PM	at Iowa*	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa	W 13–9	51,170^[2]
October 14	7:30 PM	Weber State*	Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City	W 30–7	23,458^[2]
October 21	1:30 PM	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyoming	L 21–34	20,758^[2]
November 4	1:30 PM	New Mexico	Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City (The Bowl)	L 12–24	24,182^[2]
November 11	7:30 PM	at UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas	W 38–0	12,300^[2]
November 18	1:30 PM	BYU	Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City (Holy War)	W 23–22	29,326^[2]
November 25	1:30 PM	at Utah State*	Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah (Battle of the Brothers)	W 23–20	16,509^[2]
December 2	7:00 PM	at San Diego State	San Diego Stadium • San Diego	W 20–18	30,899^[2]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Standard Time.

BYU at Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
BYU	10	6	6	0	22
• Utah	0	0	7	16	23

Scoring summary

1		BYU	Brent Johnson 20-yard field goal	BYU 3-0

1		BYU	Lloyd Jones 37-yard pass from Jim McMahon (Brent Johnson kick)	BYU 10-0

2		BYU	Brent Johnson 42-yard field goal	BYU 13-0

2		BYU	Brent Johnson 21-yard field goal	BYU 16-0

3		UTAH	Jim Teahen 25-yard pass from Randy Gomez (Jeffrey Hucko kick)	BYU 16-7

3		BYU	David Francis 20-yard interception return (kick failed)	BYU 22-7

4		UTAH	Jeffrey Hucko 37-yard field goal	BYU 22-10

4		UTAH	Tony Lindsay 42-yard pass from Randy Gomez (Jeffrey Hucko kick)	BYU 22-17

4	2:15	UTAH	Frank Henry 19-yard pass from Randy Gomez (run failed)	UTAH 23-22

One player went in the 1979 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Rick Partridge	Punter	8	208	Green Bay Packers

1 2 "1977 Utah Football Media Guide: Coaching Staff". University of Utah Athletic Department. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "1979 Utah Football Media Guide". University of Utah Athletic Department. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
↑ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
↑ "1978 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2009-09-24.

Utah Utes football

Venues	Rice Stadium (1927–97) Rice-Eccles Stadium (1998–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games BYU: Holy War (Beehive Boot) Colorado: Rumble in the Rockies New Mexico Utah State: Battle of the Brothers (Beehive Boot)

Culture & lore	Swoop "Utah Man" Pride of Utah

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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