American college football season
The 2014 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The team was coached by tenth 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 fifth place in the South Division. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they defeated Colorado State .
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 28 5:30 p.m. Idaho State * P12N W 56–1445,925[1] September 6 1:00 p.m. Fresno State * Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT P12N W 59–2745,864[2] September 20 1:30 p.m. at Michigan * ABC/ESPN2 W 26–10103,890[3] September 27 6:00 p.m. Washington State Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT P12N L 27–2845,859[4] October 4 8:30 p.m. at No. 8 UCLA ESPN W 30–2874,329[5] October 16 8:00 p.m. at Oregon State No. 20 P12N W 29–23 2OT 40,479[6] October 25 8:00 p.m. No. 20 USC No. 19 Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT FS1 W 24–2147,619[7] November 1 9:00 p.m. at No. 14 Arizona State No. 17 FS1 L 16–19 OT 53,754[8] November 8 8:00 p.m. No. 4 Oregon No. 17 Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT ESPN L 27–5147,528[9] November 15 4:00 p.m. at Stanford No. 23 P12N W 20–17 2OT 44,635[10] November 22 1:30 p.m. No. 15 Arizona No. 17 Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT ESPN L 10–4245,824[11] November 29 11:00 a.m. at Colorado No. 25 P12N W 38–3439,155[12] December 20 1:30 p.m. vs. Colorado State * No. 22 ABC W 45–1033,067
Source: [13] Rankings [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP — — RV — RV — 24 20 19 18 20 25 20 RV 24 23 21 Coaches — — — — RV — RV 23 19 18 22 RV 21 RV RV 25 20 CFP Not released 17 17 23 17 25 23 22 Not released
Coaching staff [ edit ] Name Position Seasons at Utah Kyle Whittingham Head Coach 10th Dave Christensen Offensive coordinator 1st Kalani Sitake Defensive coordinator 6th Dennis Erickson Running backs/assistant coach 2nd Aaron Roderick Quarterbacks coach 10th Jim Harding Offensive line 1st Ilaisa Tuiaki Defensive line 2nd Morgan Scalley Safeties/Special Time Coordinator 7th Sharrieff Shah Cornerbacks coach 3rd Taylor Stubblefield Wide receivers coach 1st Robert Conley Co-Graduate Assistant/Defense 3rd Joe Dale Co-Graduate Assistant/Defense 1st Nick Danielson Co-Graduate Assistant/Offense 1st Sartaj Khan Co-Graduate Assistant/Offense 1st Doug Elisaia Director of Strength & Conditioning 8th Jeff Rudy Football Operations Director 8th Ernest Rimer [14] Football Director of Sport Science 1st Fred Whittingham Jr Director of Player Personnel 2nd
Game summaries [ edit ] Idaho State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bengals 7 0 7 0 14 Utes 14 21 14 7 56
Game officials: referee Jack Folliard, umpire Douglas Wilson, head linesman Bob Day, line judge Jeff Robinsoni, side judge Aaron Santi, field judge Brad Glenn, back judge Steve Hudson, head replay official Jim Northcott
Fresno State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 7 7 13 27 Utes 17 14 14 14 59
Game officials: referee Terry Leyden, umpire F. Villar, head linesman Rod Ammari, line judge Tim Messuri, side judge Aaron Santi, field judge S. Strimling, back judge Mearl Robinson
Michigan [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Utes 3 10 7 6 26 Wolverines 3 7 0 0 10
Game officials: referee S. Smith, umpire S. Woods, head linesman M. Dolce, line judge J. Baur, side judge D. Swanson, field judge J. Clay, back judge T. Ransom
Washington State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 0 7 7 14 28 Utes 21 3 0 3 27
1 2 3 4 Total Utes 7 10 7 6 30 #8 Bruins 0 7 7 14 28
Oregon State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total #20 Utes 6 0 3 7 7 6 29 Beavers 0 6 0 10 7 0 23
1 2 3 4 Total #20 Trojans 7 7 0 7 21 #19 Utes 7 3 7 7 24
Arizona State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total #18 Utes 0 6 10 0 0 16 #15 Sun Devils 6 7 0 3 3 19
1 2 3 4 Total #5 Ducks 0 24 3 24 51 #20 Utes 7 3 10 7 27
Stanford [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total #25 Utes 0 7 0 0 7 6 20 Cardinal 7 0 0 0 7 3 17
Arizona [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #15 Wildcats 7 14 0 21 42 #20 Utes 0 7 3 0 10
Colorado [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Utes 3 13 15 7 38 Buffaloes 7 17 10 0 34
Las Vegas Bowl: Utah vs. Colorado State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Rams 10 0 0 0 10 #23 Utes 21 3 7 14 45
September 1, 2014 – Wide receiver Kaelin Clay is named Pac-12 Conference special teams player of the week[15] References [ edit ] ^ "Idaho State @ Utah" . Stat Broadcast. August 28, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014 . ^ "Fresno State @ Utah" . Stat Broadcast. September 6, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014 . ^ "Utah @ Michigan" . Stat Broadcast. September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014 . ^ "Washington State @ Utah" . Stat Broadcast. September 27, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014 . ^ "Utah @ UCLA" . Stat Broadcast. October 4, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014 . ^ "Utah @ Oregon State" . Stat Broadcast. October 16, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2014 . ^ "USC @ Utah" . Stat Broadcast. October 25, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2014 . ^ "Utah @ Arizona State" . Stat Broadcast. November 1, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2014 . ^ "Oregon @ Utah" . Stat Broadcast. November 8, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014 . ^ "Utah @ Stanford" . Stat Broadcast. November 15, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014 . ^ "Arizona @ Utah" . Stat Broadcast. November 22, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2014 . ^ "Utah @ Colorado" . Stat Broadcast. November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014 . ^ "Pac-12 Conference Releases 2014 Football Schedule" . University of Utah Department of Athletics. January 8, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014 . ^ https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ernie-rimer/41/a4a/127 [self-published source ] ^ Piper, Matthew (September 2, 2014). "Travis Wilson Helps First-Grader in Cancer Fight" . The Salt Lake Tribune . Retrieved November 18, 2014 .
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