2014 Utah Utes football team

The 2014 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by tenth 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 9–4, 5–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place in the South Division. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they defeated Colorado State.

2014 Utah Utes football
Las Vegas Bowl champion
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 21
2014 record9–4 (5–4 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Christensen (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorKalani Sitake (6th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumRice-Eccles Stadium
(Capacity: 45,807)
2014 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
North Division
No. 2 Oregon x$^  8 –1     13 –2  
Stanford  5 –4     8 –5  
Washington  4 –5     8 –6  
California  3 –6     5 –7  
Oregon State  2 –7     5 –7  
Washington State  2 –7     3 –9  
South Division
No. 19 Arizona x  7 –2     10 –4  
No. 10 UCLA  6 –3     10 –3  
No. 12 Arizona State  6 –3     10 –3  
No. 20 USC  6 –3     9 –4  
No. 21 Utah  5 –4     9 –4  
Colorado  0 –9     2 –10  
Championship: Oregon 51, Arizona 13
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 285:30 p.m.Idaho State*
P12NW 56–1445,925[1]
September 61:00 p.m.Fresno State*
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
P12NW 59–2745,864[2]
September 201:30 p.m.at Michigan*
ABC/ESPN2W 26–10103,890[3]
September 276:00 p.m.Washington State
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
P12NL 27–2845,859[4]
October 48:30 p.m.at No. 8 UCLA
ESPNW 30–2874,329[5]
October 168:00 p.m.at Oregon StateNo. 20
P12NW 29–23 2OT40,479[6]
October 258:00 p.m.No. 20 USCNo. 19
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
FS1W 24–2147,619[7]
November 19:00 p.m.at No. 15 Arizona StateNo. 18
FS1L 16–19 OT53,754[8]
November 88:00 p.m.No. 5 OregonNo. 20
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
ESPNL 27–5147,528[9]
November 154:00 p.m.at StanfordNo. 25
P12NW 20–17 2OT44,635[10]
November 221:30 p.m.No. 15 ArizonaNo. 20
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
ESPNL 10–4245,824[11]
November 2911:00 a.m.at ColoradoNo. 25
P12NW 38–3439,155[12]
December 201:30 p.m.vs. Colorado State*No. 23
ABCW 45–1033,067
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time
Source: [13]

Rankings
Further information: 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ 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 15 Final 
AP NR NR RV NR RV NR 24 20 19 18 20 25 20 RV 24 23 21 
Coaches NR NR NR NR RV NR RV 23 19 18 22 RV 21 RV RV 25 20 
CFP Not released 17 17 23 17 25 23 22 Not released

Coaching staff
NamePositionSeasons at
Utah
Kyle WhittinghamHead Coach10th
Dave ChristensenOffensive Coordinator1st
Kalani SitakeDefensive Coordinator6th
Dennis EricksonRunning Backs/Assistant Coach2nd
Aaron RoderickQuarterbacks Coach10th
Jim HardingOffensive Line1st
Ilaisa TuiakiDefensive Line2nd
Morgan ScalleySafeties/Special Time Coordinator7th
Sharneff ShahCornerbacks Coach3rd
Taylor StubblefieldWide Receivers Coach1st
Robert ConleyCo-Graduate Assistant/Defense3rd
Joe DaleCo-Graduate Assistant/Defense1st
Nick DanielsonCo-Graduate Assistant/Offense1st
Sartaj KhanCo-Graduate Assistant/Offense1st
Doug ElisaiaDirector of Strength & Conditioning8th
Jeff RudyFootball Operations Director8th
Ernest Rimer [14]Football Director of Sport Science1st
Fred Whittingham JrDirector of Player Personnel2nd

Game summaries

Idaho State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 7 0 7 0 14
Utes 14 21 14 7 56
See also: 2014 Idaho State Bengals football team

Game officials: Referee - Jack Folliard, Umpire - Douglas Wilson, Head Linesman - Bob Day, Line Judge - Jeff Robinsoni, Side Judge - Aaron Santi, Field Judge - Brad Glenn, Back Judge - Steve Hudson, Head Replay Official - Jim Northcott

Fresno State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 7 7 13 27
Utes 17 14 14 14 59
See also: 2014 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

Game officials: Referee - Terry Leyden, Umpire - F. Villar, Head Linesman - Rod Ammari, Line Judge - Tim Messuri, Side Judge - Aaron Santi, Field Judge - S. Strimling, Back Judge - Mearl Robinson

Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Utes 3 10 7 6 26
Wolverines 3 7 0 0 10
See also: 2014 Michigan Wolverines football team

Game officials: Referee - S. Smith, Umpire - S. Woods, Head Linesman - M. Dolce, Line Judge - J. Baur, Side Judge - D. Swanson, Field Judge - J. Clay, Back Judge - T. Ransom

Washington State
1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0 7 7 14 28
Utes 21 3 0 3 27
See also: 2014 Washington State Cougars football team

UCLA
1 2 3 4 Total
Utes 7 10 7 6 30
#8 Bruins 0 7 7 14 28
See also: 2014 UCLA Bruins football team

Oregon State
1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
#20 Utes 6 0 3 776 29
Beavers 0 6 0 1070 23
See also: 2014 Oregon State Beavers football team

USC
1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Trojans 7 7 0 7 21
#19 Utes 7 3 7 7 24
See also: 2014 USC Trojans football team

Arizona State
1 2 3 4OT Total
#18 Utes 0 6 10 00 16
#15 Sun Devils 6 7 0 33 19
See also: 2014 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

Oregon
1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Ducks 0 24 3 24 51
#20 Utes 7 3 10 7 27
See also: 2014 Oregon Ducks football team

Stanford
1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
#25 Utes 0 7 0 076 20
Cardinal 7 0 0 073 17
See also: 2014 Stanford Cardinal football team

Arizona
1 2 3 4 Total
#15 Wildcats 7 14 0 21 42
#20 Utes 0 7 3 0 10
See also: 2014 Arizona Wildcats football team

Colorado
1 2 3 4 Total
Utes 3 13 15 7 38
Buffaloes 7 17 10 0 34
See also: 2014 Colorado Buffaloes football team and Rumble in the Rockies

Las Vegas Bowl: Utah vs. Colorado State
1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 10 0 0 0 10
#23 Utes 21 3 7 14 45
Main article: 2014 Las Vegas Bowl
See also: 2014 Colorado State Rams football team

Notes
  • September 1, 2014 – Wide receiver Kaelin Clay is named Pac-12 Conference special teams player of the week[15]

References
  1. "Idaho State @ Utah". Stat Broadcast. August 28, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  2. "Fresno State @ Utah". Stat Broadcast. September 6, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  3. "Utah @ Michigan". Stat Broadcast. September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  4. "Washington State @ Utah". Stat Broadcast. September 27, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  5. "Utah @ UCLA". Stat Broadcast. October 4, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  6. "Utah @ Oregon State". Stat Broadcast. October 16, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  7. "USC @ Utah". Stat Broadcast. October 25, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  8. "Utah @ Arizona State". Stat Broadcast. November 1, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  9. "Oregon @ Utah". Stat Broadcast. November 8, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  10. "Utah @ Stanford". Stat Broadcast. November 15, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  11. "Arizona @ Utah". Stat Broadcast. November 22, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  12. "Utah @ Colorado". Stat Broadcast. November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  13. "Pac-12 Conference Releases 2014 Football Schedule". University of Utah Department of Athletics. January 8, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  14. https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ernie-rimer/41/a4a/127
  15. Piper, Matthew (September 2, 2014). "Travis Wilson Helps First-Grader in Cancer Fight". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
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