American college football season
2015 Utah Utes football Conference Pac-12 Conference Division South Division Coaches No. 16 AP No. 17 2015 record 10–3 (6–3 Pac-12) Head coach Co-offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick (2nd season)Co-offensive coordinator Jim Harding (1st season) Offensive scheme Multiple Defensive coordinator John Pease (1st season)Base defense 4–3 Home stadium Rice-Eccles Stadium (Capacity: 45,807)Seasons
The 2015 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The team was coached by eleventh 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 10–3, 6–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for the South Division title. Due to their head-to-head loss to USC , they did not represent the South Division in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game . They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they defeated rival BYU .
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 6:30 p.m. Michigan * FS1 W 24–1747,825
September 11 7:00 p.m. Utah State * No. 24 ESPN2 W 24–1446,011
September 19 8:30 p.m. at Fresno State * No. 21 CBSSN W 45–2433,675
September 26 6:30 p.m. at No. 13 Oregon No. 18 FOX W 62–2057,145
October 10 8:00 p.m. No. 23 California No. 5 Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (College GameDay ) ESPN W 30–2447,798
October 17 8:00 p.m. Arizona State No. 4 Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT ESPN W 34–1846,192
October 24 5:30 p.m. at USC No. 3 FOX L 24–4273,435
October 31 5:00 p.m. Oregon State No. 13 Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT P12N W 27–1245,853
November 7 5:30 p.m. at Washington No. 13 FOX W 34–2361,420
November 14 8:00 p.m. at Arizona No. 10 FS1 L 30–37 2OT 48,912
November 21 1:30 p.m. UCLA No. 18 Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT FOX L 9–1746,230
November 28 12:30 p.m. Colorado No. 23 P12N W 20–1445,823
December 19 1:30 p.m. vs. BYU * No. 20 ABC W 35–2842,213
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time
Source: [2]
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
AP
RV
24
21
18
10 (1)
5 (7)
4 (16)
3 (16)
13
13
10
18
RV
21
20
17
Coaches
RV
25
21
17
12
7 (1)
7 (1)
7 (1)
14
14
13
18
25
20
20
16
CFP
Not released
12
10
13
23
24
22
Not released
Game summaries [ ]
Michigan [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wolverines
0
3
7
7
17
Utes
3
7
7
7
24
Utah State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
0
14
0
0
14
#24 Utes
7
7
7
3
24
at Fresno State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#21 Utes
10
7
7
21
45
Bulldogs
3
0
0
21
24
at Oregon [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#18 Utes
6
21
28
7
62
#13 Ducks
6
7
0
7
20
California [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#23 Golden Bears
7
10
7
0
24
#5 Utes
10
14
3
3
30
Arizona State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Sun Devils
10
0
8
0
18
#4 Utes
7
7
0
20
34
at USC [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#3 Utes
14
3
0
7
24
Trojans
7
21
7
7
42
Oregon State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Beavers
0
6
0
6
12
#13 Utes
14
0
0
13
27
at Washington [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#13 Utes
0
24
0
10
34
Huskies
3
10
7
3
23
at Arizona [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
#10 Utes
7
10
10
0 3 0
30
Wildcats
17
3
7
0 3 7
37
UCLA [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bruins
10
0
7
0
17
#18 Utes
0
6
3
0
9
Colorado [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Buffaloes
0
7
0
7
14
Utes
7
3
10
0
20
Las Vegas Bowl [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
0
7
7
14
28
#20 Utes
35
0
0
0
35
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