American college football season
2019 Utah Utes football Conference Pac-12 Conference Division South Division Coaches No. 16 AP No. 16 2019 record 11–3 (8–1 Pac-12) Head coach Offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig (1st season in stint, 5th overall season)Defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley (4th season)Home stadium Rice–Eccles Stadium [1] Seasons
The 2019 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Utes were led by 15th-year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games at Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City . They competed as members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference .
Previous season [ ] The Utes finished the 2018 season 9–5, 6–3 in Pac-12 play to win the South Division. In the Pac-12 Championship game , they lost to No. 10-ranked Washington .[2] Holiday Bowl [3] Northwestern .[4]
Utah announced in January 2019 that Andy Ludwig would be returning to the school as offensive coordinator, replacing Troy Taylor , who left to take the head coaching job at Sacramento State .[5] undefeated 2008 season . He had served the previous six seasons as the offensive coordinator at Vanderbilt .
Preseason [ ] Pac-12 media days [ ] Pac-12 media poll [ ] In the 2019 Pac-12 media poll, Utah was voted as the favorite to win both the South Division and the Pac–12 Championship Game.[6]
Media poll (South Division)
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Utah
206 (33)
2
USC
167 (2)
3
Arizona State
118
UCLA
118
5
Arizona
85
6
Colorado
46
Media poll (Pac-12 Championship)
Rank
Team
Votes
1
Utah 12
2
Oregon
11
3
Washington
9
4
USC
2
5
Washington State
1
Schedule [ ] Utah's 2019 schedule will begin on Thursday, August 29 on the road against rival BYU , a football independent . They will round out their non-conference slate with home games against Northern Illinois of the Mid-American Conference and Idaho State of the Big Sky Conference . In Pac-12 Conference play, the Utes will play the other members of the South Division and draw California , Oregon State , Washington , and Washington State from the North Division. They will not play Oregon or Stanford as part of the regular season.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 8:15 p.m. at BYU * No. 14 ESPN W 30–1261,626 September 7 11:00 a.m. Northern Illinois * No. 13 P12N W 35–1745,919 September 14 2:15 p.m. Idaho State * No. 11 Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT P12N W 31–045,989 7:00 p.m. at USC No. 10 FS1 L 23–3055,719 September 28 8:00 p.m. Washington State No. 19 Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT FS1 W 38–1346,115 October 12 6:00 p.m. at Oregon State No. 15 P12N W 52–731,730 October 19 4:00 p.m. No. 17 Arizona State No. 13 Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT P12N W 21–346,402 October 26 8:00 p.m. California No. 12 Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT FS1 W 35–046,626 November 2 2:00 p.m. at Washington No. 9 FOX W 33–2869,270 November 16 6:00 p.m. UCLA No. 7 Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT FOX W 49–347,307 November 23 8:00 p.m. at Arizona No. 7 FS1 W 35–755,675 November 30 5:30 p.m. Colorado No. 6 ABC W 45–1546,879 6:00 p.m. vs. No. 13 Oregon No. 5 ABC L 15–3738,679 5:30 p.m. vs. Texas * No. 11 ESPN L 10–3860,147 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time
Source:[7]
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Final
AP
14
13
11
10
19
17
15
13
12
9
8
8
7
6
5
12
16
Coaches
15
15
12
11
19
17
15
14
12
10
9
9
8
6
5
10
16
CFP
Not released
8
7
7
6
5
11
Not released
Game summaries [ ] at BYU [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 14 Utes
3
6
7
14
30
Cougars
0
6
0
6
12
Northern Illinois [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Huskies
7
10
0
0
17
No. 13 Utes
0
21
7
7
35
Idaho State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bengals
0
0
0
0
0
No. 11 Utes
17
7
7
0
31
at USC [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 10 Utes
7
3
7
6
23
Trojans
14
0
7
9
30
Washington State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
7
6
0
0
13
No. 19 Utes
7
14
10
7
38
at Oregon State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 15 Utes
21
14
14
3
52
Beavers
0
0
0
7
7
Arizona State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 17 Sun Devils
0
0
3
0
3
No. 13 Utes
0
14
0
7
21
California [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Bears
0
0
0
0
0
No. 12 Utes
7
21
7
0
35
at Washington [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 9 Utes
0
13
6
14
33
Huskies
7
7
7
7
28
UCLA [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bruins
3
0
0
0
3
No. 7 Utes
7
21
7
14
49
at Arizona [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 7 Utes
14
0
14
7
35
Wildcats
0
0
0
7
7
Colorado [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Buffaloes
7
0
0
8
15
No. 6 Utes
0
17
14
14
45
vs. Oregon (Pac-12 Championship Game) [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 13 Ducks
10
10
3
14
37
No. 5 Utes
0
0
15
0
15
vs. Texas (Alamo Bowl) [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 12 Utes
0
0
3
7
10
Longhorns
3
7
14
14
38
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