2019 Utah Utes football team

2019 Pac-12 Conference football standings
	North Division
	South Division
	Championship: Oregon 37, Utah 15
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

Utah Utes football
2019 Utah Utes football
Pac-12 South Division champion
Pac-12 Championship Game, L 15–37 vs Oregon
Alamo Bowl, L 10–38 vs. Texas
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 16
2019 record	11–3 (8–1 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kyle Whittingham (15th season);
Offensive coordinator	Andy Ludwig (1st season in stint, 5th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	Morgan Scalley (4th season)
Home stadium	Rice–Eccles Stadium; (Capacity: 45,807)[1]
Uniform

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] They received an invitation to the Holiday Bowl[3] where they lost to 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] Ludwig had been head coach Kyle Whittingham's first offensive coordinator at Utah from 2005 to 2008, a tenure which included the Utes' undefeated 2008 season. He had served the previous six seasons as the offensive coordinator at Vanderbilt.

Preseason

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]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Media poll (South Division)
1	Utah	206 (33)
2	USC	167 (2)
3	Arizona State	118
3	UCLA	118
5	Arizona	85
6	Colorado	46

Rank	Team	Votes
Media poll (Pac-12 Championship)
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
August 29	8:15 p.m.	at BYU*	No. 14	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT (Holy War)	ESPN	W 30–12	61,626
September 7	11:00 a.m.	Northern Illinois*	No. 13	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 35–17	45,919
September 14	2:15 p.m.	Idaho State*	No. 11	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 31–0	45,989
September 20	7:00 p.m.	at USC	No. 10	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Big Noon Kickoff)	FS1	L 23–30	55,719
September 28	8:00 p.m.	Washington State	No. 19	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	FS1	W 38–13	46,115
October 12	6:00 p.m.	at Oregon State	No. 15	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	W 52–7	31,730
October 19	4:00 p.m.	No. 17 Arizona State	No. 13	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 21–3	46,402
October 26	8:00 p.m.	California	No. 12	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	FS1	W 35–0	46,626
November 2	2:00 p.m.	at Washington	No. 9	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FOX	W 33–28	69,270
November 16	6:00 p.m.	UCLA	No. 7	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	FOX	W 49–3	47,307
November 23	8:00 p.m.	at Arizona	No. 7	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FS1	W 35–7	55,675
November 30	5:30 p.m.	Colorado	No. 6	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Rumble in the Rockies)	ABC	W 45–15	46,879
December 6	6:00 p.m.	vs. No. 13 Oregon	No. 5	Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, CA (Pac-12 Championship Game)	ABC	L 15–37	38,679
December 31	5:30 p.m.	vs. Texas*	No. 11	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 10–38	60,147
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Source:[7]

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	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

Players drafted into the NFL

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
2	50	Jaylon Johnson	CB	Chicago Bears
3	85	Julian Blackmon	S	Indianapolis Colts
3	86	Zack Moss	RB	Buffalo Bills
3	104	Terrell Burgess	S	Los Angeles Rams
4	114	Leki Fotu	DT	Arizona Cardinals
5	179	Bradlee Anae	DE	Dallas Cowboys
6	197	John Penisini	DT	Detroit Lions

References

Rice-Eccles Stadium. The University of Utah. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
"Utah vs. Washington - Game Recap - November 30, 2018 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
Facer, Dirk (2018-12-02). "Utah headed to the Holiday Bowl to face Northwestern in a matchup of Power 5 conference division winners". Deseret News. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
"Northwestern vs. Utah - Game Recap - December 31, 2018 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
Kragthorpe, Kurt (January 10, 2019). "Kyle Whittingham handing reins to Andy Ludwig, who returns to Utah as offensive coordinator". The Salt Lake Tribune.
"Utah picked as Pac-12 favorite in preseason media poll". pac-12.com. July 24, 2019.
"2019 Utah Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 25, 2019.

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[1] Rice-Eccles Stadium. The University of Utah. Retrieved April 19, 2017.

[2] "Utah vs. Washington - Game Recap - November 30, 2018 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2019-08-21.

[3] Facer, Dirk (2018-12-02). "Utah headed to the Holiday Bowl to face Northwestern in a matchup of Power 5 conference division winners". Deseret News. Retrieved 2019-08-21.

[4] "Northwestern vs. Utah - Game Recap - December 31, 2018 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2019-08-21.

[5] Kragthorpe, Kurt (January 10, 2019). "Kyle Whittingham handing reins to Andy Ludwig, who returns to Utah as offensive coordinator". The Salt Lake Tribune.

[6] "Utah picked as Pac-12 favorite in preseason media poll". pac-12.com. July 24, 2019.

[7] "2019 Utah Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 25, 2019.

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