1995 Utah Utes football team

1995 Utah Utes football
WAC Co-champions
Conference Western Athletic Conference
1995 record 7–4 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach Ron McBride
Offensive coordinator Fred Graves[1]
Defensive coordinator Kyle Whittingham
Home stadium Rice Stadium (32,500)
Seasons
« 1994 1996 »
1995 WAC football standings
Conf     Overall
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  
§ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

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. Interestingly, 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]

Contents

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 7:00 PM Oregon* Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT 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.

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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

See also

References

  1. ^ Mike Sorensen. "Utes Name Graves as Offensive Coordinator". Deseret News. http://archive.deseretnews.com/article/404502/UTES-NAME-GRAVES-AS-OFFENSIVE-COORDINATOR.html. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
  2. ^ "NCAA Football - Air Force vs. Utah - 10/21/1995 9:56PM ET". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores95/95294/95294386.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-17. 
  3. ^ "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. 
  4. ^ "1995 record". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1486&year=1995. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
  5. ^ "1995 WAC Results". USA Today. August 25, 1999. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/sfc/wac/sfcj95.htm. Retrieved 2009=06=17. 
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