1996 Utah Utes football team

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1996 Utah Utes football
Utah Utes - U logo.svg
Copper Bowl vs. Wisconsin, L, 38–10
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
DivisionMountain Division
1996 record8–4 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFred Graves (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorKyle Whittingham (2nd season)
Home stadiumRice Stadium (32,500)
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 Western Athletic Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Mountain Division
No. 5 BYU x$   8 – 0     14 – 1  
Utah   6 – 2     8 – 4  
Rice   6 – 2     7 – 4  
SMU   4 – 4     5 – 6  
New Mexico   3 – 5     6 – 5  
TCU   3 – 5     4 – 7  
Tulsa   2 – 6     4 – 7  
UTEP   0 – 8     2 – 9  
Pacific Division
No. 22 Wyoming x   7 – 1     10 – 2  
San Diego State   6 – 2     8 – 3  
Colorado State   6 – 2     7 – 5  
Air Force   5 – 3     6 – 5  
Fresno State   3 – 5     4 – 7  
San Jose State   3 – 5     3 – 9  
Hawaii   1 – 7     2 – 10  
UNLV   1 – 8     1 – 11  
Championship: BYU 28, Wyoming 25 OT
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 season started with a loss at Utah State, but the team quickly turned things around, winning the next 7 games and climbing to a #20 ranking in the AP Poll. This run came to a crashing halt when the Utes suffered their worst loss in six years to the Rice Owls, giving up 496 yards rushing.[1] This set the tone for the end of the season, with the Utes going 1-3 in their last four games, giving up a total of 1,439 yards rushing in these 4 games (359.75 avg), including a 38–10 loss to the Wisconsin Badgers in the 1996 Copper Bowl.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 pmat Utah State*
L 17–2030,257
September 75:00 pmat Stanford*
ABCW 17–1034,587
September 146:00 pmat SMU
KJZZW 21–1722,614
September 217:00 pmFresno State
  • Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 45–1732,539
September 287:00 pmNo. 20 Kansas*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
ESPN2W 45–4232,519
October 51:00 pmat UTEPNo. 24
W 34–2728,271
October 1912:00 pmTCUNo. 24
  • Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 21–728,786
October 2612:00 pmTulsadaggerNo. 21
  • Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 45–1929,047
November 21:00 pmat RiceNo. 20
L 10–5123,250
November 98:00 pmat New Mexico
ESPN2W 31–2422,241
November 2310:30 amNo. 8 BYU
  • Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)
ESPNL 17–3735,378
December 277:00 pmvs. Wisconsin*
ESPNL 10–3842,122
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

[2][3] [4]

Roster[]

1996 Utah Utes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 1 Kevin Dyson Redshirt.svg Jr
WR 11 David Kozlowski Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

After the season[]

NFL draft[]

No players went in the 1997 NFL Draft.

CFL draft[]

Chad Folk 1st overall in the 1997 CFL Draft

References[]

  1. ^ "Game Recap". 1996-11-02. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  2. ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
  3. ^ "1996 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  4. ^ "1996 results". Utah Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
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