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1995 Utah Utes football team

The 1995 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth season under head coach Ron McBride, the Utes compiled an overall record of 7–4 record with a mark of 6–2 against conference opponents, sharing the WAC title with Air Force, BYU, and Colorado State. Utah outscored its opponents 296 to 230.[2] The Utes were not invited to bowl game, after playing in the postseason each of the three previous seasons. All four of Utah losses were at home; the Utes were perfect 4–0 on the road. The team played home games at Robert Rice Stadium in Salt Lake City.

1995 Utah Utes football
WAC co-champion
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record7–4 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFred Graves[1] (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorKyle Whittingham (1st season)
Home stadiumRobert Rice Stadium (32,500)
Seasons
← 1994
1996 →
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

The 1995 team 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.[3]

Schedule edit

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

[4]

After the season edit

NFL Draft edit

One Utah players was selected in the 1996 NFL Draft.

Player Position Round Pick NFL team
Henry Lusk Tight end 7 246 New Orleans Saints

References edit

  1. ^ Mike Sorensen. "Utes Name Graves as Offensive Coordinator". Deseret News. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
  2. ^ "1995 Utah Utes Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  3. ^ "NCAA Football - Air Force vs. Utah - 10/21/1995 9:56PM ET". USA Today. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
  4. ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
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