1995 Utah Utes football team
1995 Utah Utes football | |
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WAC co-champion | |
Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
Record | 7–4 (6–2 WAC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Fred Graves[1] (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
Defensive coordinator | Kyle Whittingham (1st season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Robert Rice Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1995 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth season under head coach Ron McBride, the Utes compiled an overall record of 7–4 record with a mark of 6–2 against conference opponents, sharing the WAC title with Air Force, BYU, and Colorado State. Utah outscored its opponents 296 to 230.[2] The Utes were not invited to bowl game, after playing in the postseason each of the three previous seasons. All four of Utah losses were at home; the Utes were perfect 4–0 on the road. The team played home games at Robert Rice Stadium in Salt Lake City.
The 1995 team 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.[3]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 7:00 pm | Oregon* | KJZZ | L 20–27 | 30,701 | |
September 9 | 7:00 pm | Stanford* |
| L 20–27 | 32,107 | |
September 16 | 6:00 pm | at New Mexico | W 36–9 | 26,113 | ||
September 23 | 7:00 pm | Fresno State |
| W 25–21 | 31,362 | |
September 30 | 7:00 pm | at UTEP | KJZZ | W 34–21 | 19,254 | |
October 7 | 7:00 pm | San Diego State |
| L 21–24 | 31,552 | |
October 14 | 12:00 pm | Colorado State |
| L 14–19 | 27,691 | |
October 21 | 12:00 pm | Air Force |
| W 22–21 | 29,046 | |
October 28 | 12:00 pm | Utah State*![]() |
| KJZZ | W 40–20 | 28,337 |
November 4 | 12:00 pm | at Wyoming | W 30–24 | 12,562 | ||
November 18 | 1:30 pm | at BYU | ABC | W 34–17 | 65,829 | |
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After the season
[edit]NFL Draft
[edit]One Utah players was selected in the 1996 NFL draft.
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL team |
Henry Lusk | Tight end | 7 | 246 | New Orleans Saints |
References
[edit]- ^ Mike Sorensen. "Utes Name Graves as Offensive Coordinator". Deseret News. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
- ^ "1995 Utah Utes Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ^ "NCAA Football - Air Force vs. Utah - 10/21/1995 9:56PM ET". USA Today. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
- ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.