1995 Utah Utes football team
During the 1995 season, the Utes went 7–4 and were conference co-champions, along with Air Force, BYU, and Colorado State. Despite this, the team was not invited to play in a bowl game, after playing postseason ball for three consecutive seasons previously. All four losses were at home — the team was a perfect 5–0 on the road.
1995 Utah Utes football | |
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WAC co-champion | |
Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
1995 record | 7–4 (6–2 WAC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Fred Graves[1] (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Kyle Whittingham (1st season) |
Home stadium | Rice Stadium (32,500) |
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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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This team also 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.[2]
Schedule
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
NFL draft
One player went in the 1996 NFL Draft.
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
Henry Lusk | Tight end | 7 | 246 | New Orleans Saints |
References
- Mike Sorensen. "Utes Name Graves as Offensive Coordinator". Deseret News. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- "NCAA Football - Air Force vs. Utah - 10/21/1995 9:56PM ET". USA Today. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
- "1995 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
- "1995 WAC Results". USA Today. August 25, 1999. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
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