1995 Utah Utes football team

American college football season

1995 Utah Utes football

WAC co-champion

Conference| Western Athletic Conference
Record| 7–4 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach|

* Ron McBride (6th season)

Offensive coordinator| Fred Graves[1] (1st season)
Defensive coordinator| Kyle Whittingham (1st season)
Home stadium| Robert Rice Stadium (32,500)

Seasons

<- 1994

1996 ->

1995 Western Athletic Conference football standings

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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 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.

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

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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September 2| 7:00 pm| Oregon*|

* Robert Rice Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT

| KJZZ| L 20–27| 30,701
September 9| 7:00 pm| Stanford*|

* Robert Rice Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT

| | L 20–27| 32,107
September 16| 6:00 pm| at New Mexico|

* University Stadium
* Albuquerque, NM

| | W 36–9| 26,113
September 23| 7:00 pm| Fresno State|

* Robert Rice Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT

| | W 25–21| 31,362
September 30| 7:00 pm| at UTEP|

* Sun Bowl
* El Paso, TX

| KJZZ| W 34–21| 19,254
October 7| 7:00 pm| San Diego State|

* Robert Rice Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT

| | L 21–24| 31,552
October 14| 12:00 pm| Colorado State|

* Robert Rice Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT

| | L 14–19| 27,691
October 21| 12:00 pm| Air Force|

* Robert Rice Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT

| | W 22–21| 29,046
October 28| 12:00 pm| Utah State*|

* Robert Rice Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT (Battle of the Brothers)

| KJZZ| W 40–20| 28,337
November 4| 12:00 pm| at Wyoming|

* War Memorial Stadium
* Laramie, WY

| | W 30–24| 12,562
November 18| 1:30 pm| at BYU|

* Cougar Stadium
* Provo, UT (Holy War)

| ABC| W 34–17| 65,829

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* All times are in Mountain time

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## After the season

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### NFL Draft

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One Utah players was selected in the 1996 NFL Draft.

Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL team

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Henry Lusk | Tight end | 7 | 246 | New Orleans Saints

## References

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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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Utah Utes football

Venues|

* Robert Rice Stadium (1927–1997)
* Rice–Eccles Stadium (1998–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* BYU: Holy War (Beehive Boot)
* Colorado: Rumble in the Rockies
* Utah State: Battle of the Brothers (Beehive Boot)

Culture & lore|

* Swoop
* "Utah Man"
* Pride of Utah
* Utah pass

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National championship seasons in bold

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Western Athletic Conference football champions

I-A/FBS|

* New Mexico (1962)
* Arizona State (1963)
* Arizona, New Mexico & Utah (1964)
* BYU (1965)
* Wyoming (1966)
* Wyoming (1967)
* Wyoming (1968)
* Arizona State (1969)
* Arizona State (1970)
* Arizona State (1971)
* Arizona State (1972)
* Arizona & Arizona State (1973)
* BYU (1974)
* Arizona State (1975)
* BYU & Wyoming (1976)
* Arizona State & BYU (1977)
* BYU (1978)
* BYU (1979)
* BYU (1980)
* BYU (1981)
* BYU (1982)
* BYU (1983)
* BYU (1984)
* Air Force & BYU (1985)
* San Diego State (1986)
* Wyoming (1987)
* Wyoming (1988)
* BYU (1989)
* BYU (1990)
* BYU (1991)
* BYU, Fresno State & Hawaii (1992)
* BYU, Fresno State & Wyoming (1993)
* Colorado State (1994)
* Air Force, BYU, Colorado State & Utah (1995)
* BYU (1996)
* Colorado State (1997)
* Air Force (1998)
* Fresno State, Hawaii & TCU (1999)
* TCU & UTEP (2000)
* Louisiana Tech (2001)
* Boise State (2002)
* Boise State (2003)
* Boise State (2004)
* Boise State & Nevada (2005)
* Boise State (2006)
* Hawaii (2007)
* Boise State (2008)
* Boise State (2009)
* Boise State, Hawaii & Nevada (2010)
* Louisiana Tech (2011)
* Utah State (2012)

I-AA/FCS|

* Sam Houston (2021)
* Abilene Christian & Stephen F. Austin (2022)

National championships in bold
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