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
WAC co-champion
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
1995 record7–4 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFred Graves[1] (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorKyle Whittingham (1st season)
Home stadiumRice Stadium (32,500)
1995 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
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  
  • + Conference co-champions

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

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 pmOregon*KJZZL 20–2730,701
September 97:00 pmStanford*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City
L 20–2732,107
September 166:00 pmat New MexicoW 36–926,113
September 237:00 pmFresno State
  • Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City
W 25–2131,362
September 307:00 pmat UTEPKJZZW 34–2119,254
October 77:00 pmSan Diego State
  • Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City
L 21–2431,552
October 1412:00 pmColorado State
  • Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City
L 14–1927,691
October 2112:00 pmAir Force
  • Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City
W 22–2129,046
October 2812:00 pmUtah State*
KJZZW 40–2028,337
November 412:00 pmat WyomingW 30–2412,562
November 181:30 pmat BYUABCW 34–1765,829

[3][4] [5]

After the season

NFL draft

One player went in the 1996 NFL Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Henry LuskTight end7246New Orleans Saints

References

  1. Mike Sorensen. "Utes Name Graves as Offensive Coordinator". Deseret News. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  2. "NCAA Football - Air Force vs. Utah - 10/21/1995 9:56PM ET". USA Today. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  3. "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  4. "1995 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
  5. "1995 WAC Results". USA Today. August 25, 1999. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
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