1995 Utah Utes football team
| 1995 Utah Utes football | |
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WAC Co-champions | |
| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
| 1995 record | 7–4 (6–2 WAC) |
| Head coach | Ron McBride (6th year) |
| Offensive coordinator | Fred Graves[1] (1st year) |
| Defensive coordinator | Kyle Whittingham (1st year) |
| Home stadium | Rice Stadium (32,500) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State + | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU + | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah + | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force + | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTEP | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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During the 1995 season, the Utes went 7–4 and were conference co-champions, along with Air Force, BYU, and Colorado State. Despite this, the team was not invited to play in a bowl game, after playing postseason ball for three consecutive seasons previously. All four losses were at home — the team was a perfect 5–0 on the road.
This team also won two games at home in fourth-quarter comebacks against Fresno State and Air Force. The comeback against Air Force was won in miraculous fashion with quarterback Mike Fouts throwing a pair of touchdown passes in the final 41 seconds of the game, assisted by a rare onside kick recovery after the first touchdown pass.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 2 | 7:00 PM | Oregon* | Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | KJZZ | L 20–27 | 30,701 | |||
| September 9 | 7:00 PM | Stanford* | Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | L 20–27 | 32,107 | ||||
| September 16 | 6:00 PM | at New Mexico | University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM (The Bowl) | W 36–9 | 26,113 | ||||
| September 23 | 7:00 PM | Fresno State | Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | W 25–21 | 31,362 | ||||
| September 30 | 7:00 PM | at UTEP | Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX | KJZZ | W 34–21 | 19,254 | |||
| October 7 | 7:00 PM | San Diego State | Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | L 21–24 | 31,552 | ||||
| October 14 | 12:00 PM | Colorado State | Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | L 14–19 | 27,691 | ||||
| October 21 | 12:00 PM | Air Force | Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | W 22–21 | 29,046 | ||||
| October 28 | 12:00 PM | Utah State* |
Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Battle of the Brothers) | KJZZ | W 40–20 | 28,337 | |||
| November 4 | 12:00 PM | at Wyoming | War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY | W 30–24 | 12,562 | ||||
| November 18 | 1:30 PM | at BYU | Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT (Holy War) | ABC | W 34–17 | 65,829 | |||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time. | |||||||||
After the season
NFL draft
One player went in the 1996 NFL Draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| Henry Lusk | Tight End | 7 | 246 | New Orleans Saints |
References
- ↑ Mike Sorensen. "Utes Name Graves as Offensive Coordinator". Deseret News. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ↑ "NCAA Football - Air Force vs. Utah - 10/21/1995 9:56PM ET". USA Today. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ↑ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
- ↑ "1995 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
- ↑ "1995 WAC Results". USA Today. August 25, 1999. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
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