2014 Utah Utes football
Las Vegas Bowl champion
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 21
Record9–4 (5–4 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Christensen (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorKalani Sitake (6th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumRice-Eccles Stadium
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 2 Oregon x$^   8 – 1     13 – 2  
Stanford   5 – 4     8 – 5  
Washington   4 – 5     8 – 6  
California   3 – 6     5 – 7  
Oregon State   2 – 7     5 – 7  
Washington State   2 – 7     3 – 9  
South Division
No. 19 Arizona x   7 – 2     10 – 4  
No. 10 UCLA   6 – 3     10 – 3  
No. 12 Arizona State   6 – 3     10 – 3  
No. 20 USC   6 – 3     9 – 4  
No. 21 Utah   5 – 4     9 – 4  
Colorado   0 – 9     2 – 10  
Championship: Oregon 51, Arizona 13
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by tenth 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. They finished the season 9–4, 5–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place in the South Division. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they defeated Colorado State.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 285:30 p.m.Idaho State*
P12NW 56–1445,925[1]
September 61:00 p.m.Fresno State*
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
P12NW 59–2745,864[2]
September 201:30 p.m.at Michigan*
ABC/ESPN2W 26–10103,890[3]
September 276:00 p.m.Washington Statedagger
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
P12NL 27–2845,859[4]
October 48:30 p.m.at No. 8 UCLA
ESPNW 30–2874,329[5]
October 168:00 p.m.at Oregon StateNo. 20
P12NW 29–23 2OT40,479[6]
October 258:00 p.m.No. 20 USCNo. 19
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
FS1W 24–2147,619[7]
November 19:00 p.m.at No. 14 Arizona StateNo. 17
FS1L 16–19 OT53,754[8]
November 88:00 p.m.No. 4 OregonNo. 17
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
ESPNL 27–5147,528[9]
November 154:00 p.m.at StanfordNo. 23
P12NW 20–17 2OT44,635[10]
November 221:30 p.m.No. 15 ArizonaNo. 17
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
ESPNL 10–4245,824[11]
November 2911:00 a.m.at ColoradoNo. 25
P12NW 38–3439,155[12]
December 201:30 p.m.vs. Colorado State*No. 22
ABCW 45–1033,067
Source: [13]

Rankings

Further information: 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP——RV—RV—24201918202520RV242321
Coaches————RV—RV23191822RV21RVRV2520
CFPNot released17172317252322Not released

Coaching staff

Name Position Seasons at
Utah
Kyle Whittingham Head Coach 10th
Dave Christensen Offensive coordinator 1st
Kalani Sitake Defensive coordinator 6th
Dennis Erickson Running backs/assistant coach 2nd
Aaron Roderick Quarterbacks coach 10th
Jim Harding Offensive line 1st
Ilaisa Tuiaki Defensive line 2nd
Morgan Scalley Safeties/Special Time Coordinator 7th
Sharrieff Shah Cornerbacks coach 3rd
Taylor Stubblefield Wide receivers coach 1st
Robert Conley Co-Graduate Assistant/Defense 3rd
Joe Dale Co-Graduate Assistant/Defense 1st
Nick Danielson Co-Graduate Assistant/Offense 1st
Sartaj Khan Co-Graduate Assistant/Offense 1st
Doug Elisaia Director of Strength & Conditioning 8th
Jeff Rudy Football Operations Director 8th
Ernest Rimer [14] Football Director of Sport Science 1st
Fred Whittingham Jr Director of Player Personnel 2nd

Game summaries

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 7 0 7 0 14
Utes 14 21 14 7 56

See also: 2014 Idaho State Bengals football team

Game officials: referee Jack Folliard, umpire Douglas Wilson, head linesman Bob Day, line judge Jeff Robinsoni, side judge Aaron Santi, field judge Brad Glenn, back judge Steve Hudson, head replay official Jim Northcott

Fresno State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 7 7 13 27
Utes 17 14 14 14 59

See also: 2014 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

Game officials: referee Terry Leyden, umpire F. Villar, head linesman Rod Ammari, line judge Tim Messuri, side judge Aaron Santi, field judge S. Strimling, back judge Mearl Robinson

Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Utes 3 10 7 6 26
Wolverines 3 7 0 0 10

See also: 2014 Michigan Wolverines football team

Game officials: referee S. Smith, umpire S. Woods, head linesman M. Dolce, line judge J. Baur, side judge D. Swanson, field judge J. Clay, back judge T. Ransom

Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0 7 7 14 28
Utes 21 3 0 3 27

See also: 2014 Washington State Cougars football team

UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total
Utes 7 10 7 6 30
#8 Bruins 0 7 7 14 28

See also: 2014 UCLA Bruins football team

Oregon State

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
#20 Utes 6 0 3 776 29
Beavers 0 6 0 1070 23

See also: 2014 Oregon State Beavers football team

USC

1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Trojans 7 7 0 7 21
#19 Utes 7 3 7 7 24

See also: 2014 USC Trojans football team

Arizona State

1 2 3 4OT Total
#18 Utes 0 6 10 00 16
#15 Sun Devils 6 7 0 33 19

See also: 2014 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Ducks 0 24 3 24 51
#20 Utes 7 3 10 7 27

See also: 2014 Oregon Ducks football team

Stanford

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
#25 Utes 0 7 0 076 20
Cardinal 7 0 0 073 17

See also: 2014 Stanford Cardinal football team

Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
#15 Wildcats 7 14 0 21 42
#20 Utes 0 7 3 0 10

See also: 2014 Arizona Wildcats football team

Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Utes 3 13 15 7 38
Buffaloes 7 17 10 0 34

See also: 2014 Colorado Buffaloes football team and Rumble in the Rockies

Las Vegas Bowl: Utah vs. Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 10 0 0 0 10
#23 Utes 21 3 7 14 45

Main article: 2014 Las Vegas Bowl

See also: 2014 Colorado State Rams football team

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Idaho State @ Utah". Stat Broadcast. August 28, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  2. ^ "Fresno State @ Utah". Stat Broadcast. September 6, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  3. ^ "Utah @ Michigan". Stat Broadcast. September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "Washington State @ Utah". Stat Broadcast. September 27, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  5. ^ "Utah @ UCLA". Stat Broadcast. October 4, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  6. ^ "Utah @ Oregon State". Stat Broadcast. October 16, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  7. ^ "USC @ Utah". Stat Broadcast. October 25, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  8. ^ "Utah @ Arizona State". Stat Broadcast. November 1, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  9. ^ "Oregon @ Utah". Stat Broadcast. November 8, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  10. ^ "Utah @ Stanford". Stat Broadcast. November 15, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  11. ^ "Arizona @ Utah". Stat Broadcast. November 22, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  12. ^ "Utah @ Colorado". Stat Broadcast. November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  13. ^ "Pac-12 Conference Releases 2014 Football Schedule". University of Utah Department of Athletics. January 8, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  14. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ernie-rimer/41/a4a/127 [self-published source]
  15. ^ Piper, Matthew (September 2, 2014). "Travis Wilson Helps First-Grader in Cancer Fight". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
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