2019 Utah Utes football team

2019 Utah Utes football
Pac-12 South Division champion
Pac-12 Championship Game, L 15–37 vs Oregon
Alamo Bowl, L 10–38 vs. Texas
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 16
Record	11–3 (8–1 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kyle Whittingham (15th season)
Offensive coordinator	Andy Ludwig (1st season in stint, 5th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	Morgan Scalley (4th season)
Home stadium	Rice–Eccles Stadium[1]
Uniform
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Pac-12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 5 Oregon x$		8	–	1					12	–	2
California		4	–	5					8	–	5
Washington		4	–	5					8	–	5
Oregon State		4	–	5					5	–	7
Washington State		3	–	6					6	–	7
Stanford		3	–	6					4	–	8
South Division
No. 16 Utah x		8	–	1					11	–	3
USC		7	–	2					8	–	5
Arizona State		4	–	5					8	–	5
UCLA		4	–	5					4	–	8
Colorado		3	–	6					5	–	7
Arizona		2	–	7					4	–	8
Championship: Oregon 37, Utah 15
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2019 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Utes were led by 15th-year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games at Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. They competed as members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference.

Preseason

Pac-12 media days

Pac-12 media poll

In the 2019 Pac-12 media poll, Utah was voted as the favorite to win both the South Division and the Pac–12 Championship Game.^[2]

Schedule

Utah's 2019 schedule will begin on Thursday, August 29 on the road against rival BYU, a football independent. They will round out their non-conference slate with home games against Northern Illinois of the Mid-American Conference and Idaho State of the Big Sky Conference. In Pac-12 Conference play, the Utes will play the other members of the South Division and draw California, Oregon State, Washington, and Washington State from the North Division. They will not play Oregon or Stanford as part of the regular season.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	8:15 p.m.	at ESPN	W 30–12	61,626
September 7	11:00 a.m.	P12N	W 35–17	45,919
September 14	2:15 p.m.	Idaho State*	No. 11	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 31–0	45,989
September 20	7:00 p.m.	at USC	No. 10	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Big Noon Kickoff)	FS1	L 23–30	55,719
September 28	8:00 p.m.	Washington State	No. 19	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	FS1	W 38–13	46,115
October 12	6:00 p.m.	at Oregon State	No. 15	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	W 52–7	31,730
October 19	4:00 p.m.	No. 17 Arizona State	No. 13	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 21–3	46,402
October 26	8:00 p.m.	California	No. 12	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	FS1	W 35–0	46,626
November 2	2:00 p.m.	at Washington	No. 9	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FOX	W 33–28	69,270
November 16	6:00 p.m.	UCLA	No. 7	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	FOX	W 49–3	47,307
November 23	8:00 p.m.	at Arizona	No. 7	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FS1	W 35–7	55,675
November 30	5:30 p.m.	Colorado	No. 6	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Rumble in the Rockies)	ABC	W 45–15	46,879
December 6	6:00 p.m.	vs. No. 13 ABC	L 15–37	38,679
December 31	5:30 p.m.	vs. Texas*	No. 11	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 10–38	60,147
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game All times are in Mountain time

Source:^[3]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	14	13	11	10	19	17	15	13	12	9	8	8	7	6	5	12	16
Coaches	15	15	12	11	19	17	15	14	12	10	9	9	8	6	5	10	16
CFP	Not released										8	7	7	6	5	11	Not released

Game summaries

At BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Utes	3	6	7	14	30
Cougars	0	6	0	6	12

Northern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	7	10	0	0	17
No. 13 Utes	0	21	7	7	35

Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	0	0	0	0
No. 11 Utes	17	7	7	0	31

At USC

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	7	6	0	0	13
No. 19 Utes	7	14	10	7	38

At Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 15 Utes	21	14	14	3	52
Beavers	0	0	0	7	7

Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 17 Sun Devils	0	0	3	0	3
No. 13 Utes	0	14	0	7	21

California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Bears	0	0	0	0	0
No. 12 Utes	7	21	7	0	35

At Washington

UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	3	0	0	0	3
No. 7 Utes	7	21	7	14	49

At Arizona

Pregame line	Over/under
Utah –24.0	58

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 7 Utes 14 0 14 7 35 Wildcats 0 0 0 7 7 Date: November 23 Location: Tucson, AZ Game start: 8:00 p.m. FS1 Sources:

Statistics

Statistics	Utah	Arizona
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Utah	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Arizona	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	7	0	0	8	15
No. 6 Utes	0	17	14	14	45

Vs. Oregon (Pac-12 Championship game)

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Ducks	10	10	3	14	37
No. 5 Utes	0	0	15	0	15

Vs. Texas (Alamo Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Utes	0	0	3	7	10
Longhorns	3	7	14	14	38

Players drafted into the NFL

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
2	50	Jaylon Johnson	CB	Chicago Bears
3	85	Julian Blackmon	S	Indianapolis Colts
3	86	Zack Moss	RB	Buffalo Bills
3	104	Terrell Burgess	S	Los Angeles Rams
4	114	Leki Fotu	DT	Arizona Cardinals
5	179	Bradlee Anae	DE	Dallas Cowboys
6	197	John Penisini	DT	Detroit Lions

References