2016 Utah Utes football team

2016 Utah Utes football

Foster Farms Bowl champion
Foster Farms, W 26–24 vs. Indiana
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 23
2016 record	9–4 (5–4 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kyle Whittingham (12th year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Aaron Roderick (3rd year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Jim Harding (2nd year)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Morgan Scalley (1st year)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Rice–Eccles Stadium (Capacity: 45,807)
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Pac-12 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
North Division
No. 4 Washington x$^		8	–	1		12	–	2
Washington State		7	–	2		8	–	5
No. 12 Stanford		6	–	3		10	–	3
California		3	–	6		5	–	7
Oregon State		3	–	6		4	–	8
Oregon		2	–	7		4	–	8
South Division
No. 17 Colorado x		8	–	1		10	–	4
No. 3 USC		7	–	2		10	–	3
No. 23 Utah		5	–	4		9	–	4
Arizona State		2	–	7		5	–	7
UCLA		2	–	7		4	–	8
Arizona		1	–	8		3	–	9
Championship: Washington 41, Colorado 10
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions As of April 11, 2017; Rankings from CFP Poll

Southern Utah at Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	0	0	0	0	0
• Utes	3	14	0	7	24

Date: September 1
Location: Rice-Eccles Stadium
Salt Lake City, UT
Game start: 6:07 MDT
Elapsed time: 3:06
Game attendance: 45,945
Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C), Partly cloudy, winds S 11 mph
Referee: Land Clark • Umpire: Matt Jordan • Linesman: Bob Day • Line judge: Jeff Robinson • Back judge: Justin Nelson • Field judge: John Morton • Side judge: Bernie Hulscher • Center judge: John Love
TV announcers (P12): Roxy Bernstein, Anthony Herron, Lewis Johnson

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BYU at Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	6	7	0	6	19
• Utes	7	7	3	3	20

Date: September 10
Location: Rice-Eccles Stadium
Salt Lake City, UT
Game start: 5:36 MDT
Elapsed time: 3:47
Game attendance: 46,915
Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C), Sunny, winds WSW 7 mph
Referee: Brad Van Vark • Umpire: Michael Cooper • Linesman: George Gusman • Line judge: Frank LeBlanc • Back judge: Brian Ernest • Field judge: Jason Ledet • Side judge: Gene Semko • Center judge: Brian Alos
TV announcers (FOX): Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Shannon Spake

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The 2016 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by twelfth 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.

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