American college football season
1996 Utah Utes football |
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Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
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Division | Mountain Division |
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Record | 8–4 (6–2 WAC) |
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Head coach | |
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Offensive coordinator | Fred Graves (2nd season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Kyle Whittingham (2nd season) |
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Home stadium | Robert Rice Stadium (32,500) |
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The 1996 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah as a member of the Mountain Division of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh season under head coach Ron McBride, the Utes compiled an overall record of 8–4 record with a mark of 6–2 against conference opponents, tying for second place in the WAC's Mountain Division. Utah was invited the Copper Bowl, where they lost to Wisconsin. The Utes outscored their opponents 313 to 309.[1] The team played home games at Robert Rice Stadium in Salt Lake City.
Utah open the season with a loss at Utah State, but won the next seven game and climbed to a No. 20 ranking in the AP Poll. The winning-streak came to a halt when the Utes suffered their worst loss in six years, to the Rice Owls, giving up 496 yards rushing.[2] Utah lost three of their final four games, allowing a total 1,439 yards rushing in these four games (359.75 average per game), including a 38–10 loss to the Wisconsin in the Copper Bowl.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 7:00 pm | at Utah State* | | | | L 17–20 | 30,257 |
September 7 | 5:00 pm | at Stanford* | | | ABC | W 17–10 | 34,587 |
September 14 | 6:00 pm | at SMU | | | KJZZ | W 21–17 | 22,614 |
September 21 | 7:00 pm | Fresno State | | | | W 45–17 | 32,539 |
September 28 | 7:00 pm | No. 20 Kansas* | | - Rice Stadium
- Salt Lake City, UT
| ESPN2 | W 45–42 | 32,519 |
October 5 | 1:00 pm | at UTEP | No. 24 | | | W 34–27 | 28,271 |
October 19 | 12:00 pm | TCU | No. 24 | - Rice Stadium
- Salt Lake City, UT
| | W 21–7 | 28,786 |
October 26 | 12:00 pm | Tulsa | No. 21 | - Rice Stadium
- Salt Lake City, UT
| | W 45–19 | 29,047 |
November 2 | 1:00 pm | at Rice | No. 20 | | | L 10–51 | 23,250 |
November 9 | 8:00 pm | at New Mexico | | | ESPN2 | W 31–24 | 22,241 |
November 23 | 10:30 am | No. 8 BYU | | - Rice Stadium
- Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)
| ESPN | L 17–37 | 35,378 |
December 27 | 7:00 pm | vs. Wisconsin* | | | ESPN | L 10–38 | 42,122 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Mountain time
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Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
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AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | 24 | 21 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Coaches | — | | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | 25 | 22 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Roster
1996 Utah Utes football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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After the season
CFL Draft
Chad Folk was selected first overall in the 1997 CFL Draft.
References
- ^ "1996 Utah Utes Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ^ "Game Recap". November 2, 1996. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
- ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
- ^ "1996 results". Utah Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
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