2004 Utah Utes football | |
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MWC champion
Fiesta Bowl champion |
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Fiesta Bowl, W 35–7 vs. Pittsburgh
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Conference | Mountain West Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 5 |
AP | No. 4 |
2004 record | 12–0 (7–0 MWC) |
Head coach | Urban Meyer (2nd year) |
Offensive coordinator | Mike Sanford (2nd year) |
Offensive scheme | Spread option |
Defensive coordinator | Kyle Whittingham (10th year) |
Home stadium |
Rice–Eccles Stadium (Capacity: 45,017) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#4 Utah $ | 7 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 3 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNLV | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scoring summary | ||||
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1 |
0:52
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UTAH | Steve Savoy 2-yard run (David Carroll kick) | UTAH 7-0 |
2 |
12:13
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BYU | Todd Watkins 5-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick) | Tied 7-7 |
2 |
9:28
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UTAH | Marty Johnson 5-yard run (David Carroll kick) | UTAH 14-7 |
2 |
5:40
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BYU | Curtis Brown 6-yard run (Matt Payne kick) | Tied 14-14 |
2 |
1:19
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UTAH | Alex Smith 2-yard run (David Carroll kick) | UTAH 21-14 |
3 |
11:43
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UTAH | David Carroll 30-yard field goal | UTAH 24-14 |
3 |
10:43
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UTAH | Bo Nagahi 12-yard fumble return (David Carroll kick) | UTAH 31-14 |
3 |
8:38
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BYU | Austin Collie 16-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick) | UTAH 31-21 |
3 |
5:59
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UTAH | Steve Savoy 92-yard run (David Carroll kick) | UTAH 38-21 |
4 |
10:34
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UTAH | Steve Savoy 20-yard pass from Alex Smith (David Carroll kick) | UTAH 45-21 |
4 |
1:03
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UTAH | Steve Fifta 4-yard run (David Carroll kick) | UTAH 52-21 |
The 2004 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. This team was the original 'BCS Buster', meaning, this was the first time that a team from a non-BCS conference was invited to play in one of the BCS bowl games. The team, coached by second-year head football coach Urban Meyer, played its home games in Rice–Eccles Stadium. Utah was one of three teams in the top-level Division I FBS to finish the season undefeated (the others being the USC Trojans and the Auburn Tigers, the former of which are now conference rivals of Utah in the Pac-12 Conference).
Utah was the highest-ranked non-AQ team in each poll every week of the season.
Utah had five players taken in the 2005 NFL Draft: