Utah Utes football under Jim Fassel

Jim Fassel was the 14th professional head coach of the University of Utah Utes football team. His tenure lasted five seasons from 1985–1989, during which the Utes went 25–33 and made no bowl appearances.

Contents
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP°
Utah Utes (Western Athletic Conference) (1985–1989)
1985 Utah 8–4 5–3 3rd
1986 Utah 2–9 1–7 9th
1987 Utah 5–7 2–6 7th
1988 Utah 6–5 4–4 5th
1989 Utah 4–8 2–6 7th
Utah: 25–33 14–26
Total: 25–33
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.
°Rankings from final AP Poll.


1985 season

1985 Utah Utes football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
1985 record 8–4 (5–3 WAC)
Head coach Jim Fassel
Offensive coordinator Jack Reilly[1]
Defensive coordinator George Wheeler[1]
Home stadium Rice Stadium (32,500)
Seasons
« 1984 1986 »

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 7 Boise State* Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT W 20–17   25,382[2]
September 14 at Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 29–27   46,591[2]
September 21 Washington State* Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT W 44–37   28,576[2]
September 28 UTEP Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT W 55–19   30,745[2]
October 4 Wyoming Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT W 37–20   33,248[2]
October 12 at Arizona State* Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 27–34   60,777[2]
October 19 at San Diego State Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego, CA W 39–37   22,474[2]
October 26 at #8 Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO L 15–37   32,269[2]
November 2 Utah State* Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Battle of the Brothers) W 34–7   30,124[2]
November 9 New Mexico Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (The Bowl) W 58–49   26,124[2]
November 19 at Colorado State Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO L 19–21   8,511[2]
November 23 at #11 BYU Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT (Holy War) L 28–38   65,473[2]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Standard Time.

[3][4]

After the season

NFL draft

Two Utah players were selected in the 1986 NFL Draft.[5]

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Erroll Tucker Defensive back 5 122 Pittsburgh Steelers
Filipo Mokofisi Linebacker 8 200 New Orleans Saints


1986 season

1986 Utah Utes football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
1986 record 2–9 (1–7 WAC)
Head coach Jim Fassel
Offensive coordinator Jack Reilly[6]
Defensive coordinator George Wheeler[6]
Home stadium Rice Stadium (32,500)
Seasons
« 1985 1987 »

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 13 San Diego State Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT L 30–37   35,982[7]
September 27 at Ohio State* Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 6–64   89,645[7]
October 3 Air Force Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT L 35–45   33,281[7]
October 11 at Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY L 14–38   12,326[7]
October 18 at New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM (The Bowl) L 43–47   15,979[7]
October 25 at #9 Arizona State* Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 7–52   67,130[7]
November 1 Hawaii Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT L 13–33   26,274[7]
November 8 Colorado State Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT W 38–28   22,650[7]
November 15 at Utah State* Romney Stadium • Logan, UT (Battle of the Brothers) W 27–10   13,034[7]
November 22 BYU Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War) L 21–35   34,128[7]
November 29 at UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX L 44–55   14,567[7]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Standard Time.

[4][8]

After the season

NFL Draft

No Utah players were selected in the 1987 NFL Draft.[9]

1987 season

1987 Utah Utes football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
1987 record 5–7 (2–6 WAC)
Head coach Jim Fassel
Offensive coordinator Jack Reilly[10]
Defensive coordinator Tom Gadd[10]
Home stadium Rice Stadium (32,500)
Seasons
« 1986 1988 »
1987 WAC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Wyoming † 8 – 0 – 0     10 – 3 – 0
BYU 7 – 1 – 0     9 – 4 – 0
Air Force 6 – 2 – 0     9 – 4 – 0
UTEP 5 – 3 – 0     7 – 4 – 0
San Diego State 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 7 – 0
Hawaii 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 7 – 0
Utah 2 – 6 – 0     5 – 7 – 0
Colorado State 1 – 7 – 0     1 – 11 – 0
New Mexico 0 – 8 – 0     0 – 11 – 0
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 New Mexico Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (The Bowl) W 24–20   29,112[11]
September 12 at San Diego State Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego, CA L 34–52   28,645[11]
September 19 at Wisconsin* Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 31–28   56,224[11]
September 26 Idaho State* Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT W 51–16   32,283[11]
October 3 at Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO L 27–48   35,108[11]
October 10 at Colorado State Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO W 24–23   10,450[11]
October 17 at Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 14–25   41,133[11]
October 24 Utah State* Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Battle of the Brothers) L 36–41   27,394[11]
October 31 at Boise State* Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID W 31–27   15,241[11]
November 7 UTEP Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT L 24–30   21,150[11]
November 14 Wyoming Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT L 7–31   23,510[11]
November 21 at BYU Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT (Holy War) L 18–21   65,686[11]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Standard Time.

[4][12]

After the season

NFL draft

No Utah players were selected in the 1988 NFL Draft.[13]

1988 season

1988 Utah Utes football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
1988 record 6–5 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach Jim Fassel
Offensive coordinator Jack Reilly[14]
Defensive coordinator Tom Gadd[14]
Home stadium Rice Stadium (32,500)
Seasons
« 1987 1989 »
1988 WAC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Wyoming † 8 – 0 – 0     11 – 2 – 0
UTEP 6 – 2 – 0     10 – 3 – 0
Hawaii 5 – 3 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
BYU 5 – 3 – 0     9 – 4 – 0
Utah 4 – 4 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Air Force 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 7 – 0
San Diego State 3 – 5 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
New Mexico 1 – 7 – 0     2 – 10 – 0
Colorado State 1 – 7 – 0     1 – 10 – 0
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 10 Idaho State* Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT W 41–16   28,422[15]
September 17 at Illinois* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL L 24–35   54,002[15]
September 24 Hawaii Riec Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT L 20–48   32,892[15]
October 1 at UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX L 28–38   40,578[15]
October 8 at New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM (The Bowl) W 33–27   10,960[15]
October 15 Air Force Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT L 49–56   25,331[15]
October 22 at #12 Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY L 18–61   20,800[15]
October 29 San Diego State Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT W 41–20   22,453[15]
November 5 Colorado State Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT W 46–7   20,470[15]
November 12 at [[{{{school}}}|Utah State]]* Romney Stadium • Logan, UT (Battle of the Brothers) W 42–21   16,578[15]
November 19 [[{{{school}}}|BYU]] Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War) W 57–28   34,216[15]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Standard Time.

[4][16]

After the season

NFL draft

No Utah players were selected in the 1989 NFL Draft.[17]

1989 season

1989 Utah Utes football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
1989 record 4–8 (2–6 WAC)
Head coach Jim Fassel
Offensive coordinator Jack Reilly[18]
Defensive coordinator Tom Gadd[18]
Home stadium Rice Stadium (32,500)
Seasons
« 1988 1990 »

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 at [[{{{school}}}|Fresno State]] Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA L 22–52   34,926[19]
September 9 [[{{{school}}}|Utah State]]* Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Battle of the Brothers) W 45–10   30,948[19]
September 16 at #4 Nebraska* Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE L 30–42   76,333[19]
September 23 at [[{{{school}}}|Hawaii]] Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 20–67   42,417[19]
September 30 [[{{{school}}}|San Diego State]] Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT L 27–38   29,585[19]
October 7 at [[{{{school}}}|UTEP]] Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX W 50–45   21,337[19]
October 14 at Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY L 24–45   24,139[19]
October 21 at [[{{{school}}}|Stanford]]* Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA W 27–24   15,000[19]
October 28 [[{{{school}}}|Colorado State]] Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT L 10–50   21,389[19]
November 11 [[{{{school}}}|New Mexico]] Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (The Bowl) W 41–39   21,025[19]
November 18 at #21 [[{{{school}}}|BYU]] Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT (Holy War) L 31–70   66,110[19]
November 25 Air Force Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT L 38–42   20,119[19]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Standard Time.

[4][20]

After the season

NFL draft

One Utah player was selected in the 1990 NFL Draft.[21]

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Scott Mitchell Quarterback 4 94 Miami Dolphins


See also

References

  1. ^ a b "1985 Utah Football Media Guide: Coaching Staff". University of Utah Athletic Department. http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/uuath2,1705. Retrieved 2011-08-08. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "1986 Utah Football Media Guide". University of Utah Athletic Department. http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/uuath2,1719. Retrieved 2011-08-08. 
  3. ^ "1985 record". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=737&year=1985. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
  4. ^ a b c d e "Ute Record Book". University of Utah. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/utah/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09-mfootbl-mg-156-183.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-21. 
  5. ^ "1986 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1986/draft.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-08. 
  6. ^ a b "1986 Utah Football Media Guide: Coaching Staff". University of Utah Athletic Department. http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/uuath2,1722. Retrieved 2011-08-08. 
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "1987 Utah Football Media Guide". University of Utah Athletic Department. http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/uuath2,1398. Retrieved 2011-08-08. 
  8. ^ "1986 record". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=737&year=1986. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
  9. ^ "1987 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1987/draft.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-08. 
  10. ^ a b "1987 Utah Football Media Guide: Coaching Staff". University of Utah Athletic Department. http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/uuath2,1400. Retrieved 2011-08-07. 
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "1988 Utah Football Media Guide". University of Utah Athletic Department. http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/uuath2,1411. Retrieved 2011-08-07. 
  12. ^ "1987 record". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=737&year=1987. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
  13. ^ "1988 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1988/draft.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-08. 
  14. ^ a b "1988 Utah Football Media Guide: Coaching Staff". University of Utah Athletic Department. http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/uuath2,1413. Retrieved 2011-08-07. 
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "1989 Utah Football Media Guide". University of Utah Athletic Department. http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/uuath2,1370. Retrieved 2011-08-07. 
  16. ^ "1988 record". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=737&year=1988. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
  17. ^ "1989 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1989/draft.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-08. 
  18. ^ a b "1989 Utah Football Media Guide: Coaching Staff". University of Utah Athletic Department. http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/uuath2,1373. Retrieved 2011-08-07. 
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "1990 Utah Football Media Guide". University of Utah Athletic Department. http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/uuath2,1422. Retrieved 2011-08-07. 
  20. ^ "1989 record". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=737&year=1989. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
  21. ^ "1990 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1990/draft.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-07. 
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