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Utah Utes fans rush the field and carry the goalpost after defeating rival BYU , completing a perfect regular season, and becoming the first BCS Buster by clinching a spot in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl (hence the sombrero ).
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.
Schedule
September 25:30 PMTexas A&M * No. 19
ESPN W 41–21 45,419
September 118:00 PMat Arizona * No. 16
KJZZ W 23–6 52,790
September 185:00 PMat Utah State * No. 14
KJZZW 48–6 24,750
September 251:00 PMAir Force No. 14
Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT ESPN+ W 49–35 44,043
October 16:00 PMat New Mexico No. 14
ESPN2 W 28–7 40,182
October 168:00 PMNorth Carolina * No. 10
Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT KJZZW 46–16 45,319
October 235:00 PMUNLV No. 10
Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT KJZZW 63–28 40,341
October 307:00 PMat San Diego State No. 10
KJZZW 51–28 32,683
November 67:45 PMColorado State No. 8
Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT ESPN2W 63–31 44,222
November 135:00 PMat Wyoming No. 8
ABC W 45–28 17,074
November 205:00 PMBYU No. 6
Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War ) ESPN2W 52–21 45,326
January 16:30 PMvs. No. 20 Pittsburgh * No. 6
ABCW 35–7 73,519
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Rankings
Ranking Movement
Poll
Pre
Wk 1
Wk 2
Wk 3
Wk 4
Wk 5
Wk 6
Wk 7
Wk 8
Wk 9
Wk 10
Wk 11
Wk 12
Wk 13
Wk 14
Wk 15
Final
AP
20
20
17
15
14
14
11
11
9
9
7
7
5
5
5
5
4
Coaches
21
19
16
14
14
14
11
10
10
10
8
8
6
6
6
6
5
BCS
Not released
7
6
6
7
6
6
6
6
Game summaries
Texas A&M
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
0
7
0
14
21
#20 Utes
7
20
7
7
41
Arizona
1
2
3
4
Total
#17 Utes
17
0
6
0
23
Wildcats
3
3
0
0
6
Utah State
1
2
3
4
Total
#15 Utes
20
21
7
0
48
Aggies
0
0
6
0
6
Air Force
1
2
3
4
Total
Falcons
7
7
14
7
35
#14 Utes
0
21
14
14
49
New Mexico
1
2
3
4
Total
#14 Utes
7
0
14
7
28
Lobos
7
0
0
0
7
North Carolina
1
2
3
4
Total
Tar Heels
7
3
6
0
16
#11 Utes
10
20
7
9
46
UNLV
1
2
3
4
Total
Rebels
7
7
7
7
28
#9 Utes
28
14
21
0
63
San Diego State
1
2
3
4
Total
#9 Utes
10
24
7
10
51
Aztecs
0
21
0
7
28
Colorado State
1
2
3
4
Total
Rams
3
7
0
21
31
#7 Utes
21
21
14
7
63
Wyoming
1
2
3
4
Total
#7 Utes
17
14
14
0
45
Cowbys
7
0
7
14
28
BYU
BYU at #5 Utah
1
2 3 4 Total
BYU
0
14 7 0
21
• Utah
7
14 17 14
52
Scoring summary 1 0:52 UTAH Steve Savoy 2-yard run (David Carroll kick) UTAH 7-0
2 12:13 BYU Todd Watkins 5-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick) Tied 7-7
2 9:28 UTAH Marty Johnson 5-yard run (David Carroll kick) UTAH 14-7
2 5:40 BYU Curtis Brown 6-yard run (Matt Payne kick) Tied 14-14
2 1:19 UTAH Alex Smith 2-yard run (David Carroll kick) UTAH 21-14
3 11:43 UTAH David Carroll 30-yard field goal UTAH 24-14
3 10:43 UTAH Bo Nagahi 12-yard fumble return (David Carroll kick) UTAH 31-14
3 8:38 BYU Austin Collie 16-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick) UTAH 31-21
3 5:59 UTAH Steve Savoy 92-yard run (David Carroll kick) UTAH 38-21
4 10:34 UTAH Steve Savoy 20-yard pass from Alex Smith (David Carroll kick) UTAH 45-21
4 1:03 UTAH Steve Fifta 4-yard run (David Carroll kick) UTAH 52-21
Fiesta Bowl: Utah vs. Pittsburgh
1
2
3
4
Total
#19 Panthers
0
0
7
0
7
#5 Utes
7
7
21
0
35
2005 Fiesta Bowl
Depth chart
Defensive Starters
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OLB
MLB
OLB
Spencer Toone
Tommy Hackenbruck
Corey Dodds
Kyle Brady
Taylor Miller
Malakai Mokofisi
Grady Marshall
CB
Ryan Smith
Eugene Oates
CB
Bo Nagahi
Eugene Oates
Offensive Starters
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TE
Blake Burdette
Willie Sao
WR
Travis LaTendresse
Thomas Huff
Season Statistics
2004 Official Stats
Team
Utah
Opp
Scoring
544
234
Points per Game
45.3
19.5
First Downs
305
220
Rushing
145
90
Passing
136
103
Penalty
24
27
Rushing yards
2833
1682
Avg per play
5.4
3.8
Avg per game
236.1
140.2
Rushing touchdowns
36
19
Passing yards
3164
2439
Att-Comp-Int
344-232-5
372-196-16
Avg per pass
9.2
6.6
Avg per catch
13.6
12.4
Avg per game
263.7
203.2
Passing touchdowns
33
11
Total Offense
5997
4121
Avg per Play
6.9
5.1
Avg per Game
499.8
343.2
Fumbles-Lost
22-9
19-13
Penalties-Yards
88-765
80-693
Avg per Game
63.8
57.8
Team
Opp
Punts-Yards
45-1878
70-2727
Avg per Punt
41.7
39.0
Time of Possession/Game
31:14
28:46
3rd Down Conversions
80-153
62-177
4th Down Conversions
9-17
15-25
Touchdowns Scored
75
32
Field Goals-Attempts
7-7
4-11
PAT-Attempts
71-75
30-30
Attendance
264670
167479
Games/Avg per Game
6-44112
5-33496
Neutral Site
1-73519
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Individual Leaders
Passing
Player
COMP
ATT
Pct.
YDS
TD
INT
QB Rating
Alex Smith
214
317
.675
2952
32
4
176.52
Brian Johnson
14
21
.667
142
1
1
129.66
Fan Tagovailoa
2
2
1.000
24
-
-
305.80
Paris Warren
1
2
.500
21
-
-
138.20
Receiving
Player
REC
YDS
YPR
TD
Paris Warren
80
1076
13.4
12
Steve Savoy
67
961
14.3
11
Travis Latendresse
27
411
15.2
2
John Madsen
27
377
14.0
5
Quinton Ganther
7
49
7.0
1
Marty Johnson
7
46
6.6
1
Jerome Wright
5
64
12.8
1
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After the season
NFL Draft
Utah had five players taken in the 2005 NFL Draft :[ 3]
Awards
National
Urban Meyer : The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award , Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year , Woody Hayes' National Coach of the Year, Maxwell George Munger Award
Alex Smith : Heisman finalist (fourth place), The Sporting News National Player of the Year, Sports Illustrated National Player of the Year, Cingular Sports/ABC Sports All-American, SI.com All-American (first team), CoSIDA Football Academic All-American of the Year, Davey O'Brien Award finalist, Walter Camp Award finalist
Chris Kemoeatu : Cingular Sports/ABC Sports All-American, SI.com All-American (first team)
Morgan Scalley : SI.com All-American (second team), CoSIDA Academic All-American (first team), Anson Mount Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Bronko Nagurski National Player of the Week, Pat Tillman Award (East-West Shrine Game honor)
Steve Savoy: SI.com All-American (second team), The Sporting News All-American (honorable mention)
Ryan Smith: The Sporting News Freshman All-American (second team)
Spencer Toone : CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII first team
Conference
Coach of the Year: Urban Meyer
Offensive Player of the Year: Alex Smith
Co-defensive Player of the Year: Morgan Scalley
All-MWC First team: Alex Smith, Steve Savoy, Chris Kemoeatu , Steve Fifita , Sione Pouha , Morgan Scalley
All-MWC Second team: Paris Warren , Marty Johnson, Jesse Boone , Eric Weddle
All-MWC Honorable mention: Makai Aalona, Quinton Ganther , Tommy Hackenbruck, Matt Kovacevich, Spencer Toone
See also
References
External links
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