2015 Utah Utes football team

American college football season

2015 Utah Utes football

Pac-12 South Division co-champion[1]
Las Vegas Bowl champion

Las Vegas Bowl, W 35–28 vs. BYU

Conference| Pac-12 Conference
Division| South Division
Ranking
Coaches| No. 16
AP| No. 17
Record| 10–3 (6–3 Pac-12)
Head coach|

* Kyle Whittingham (11th season)

Co-offensive coordinator| Aaron Roderick (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator| Jim Harding (1st season)
Offensive scheme| Multiple
Defensive coordinator| John Pease (1st season)
Base defense| 4–3
Home stadium| Rice-Eccles Stadium

Seasons

<- 2014

2016 ->

2015 Pac-12 Conference football standings

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North Division
No. 3 Stanford x$  |  | 8  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 12  | - | 2  |
No. 19 Oregon |  | 7  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 4  |
Washington State |  | 6  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 4  |
California |  | 4  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 5  |
Washington |  | 4  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 6  |
Oregon State |  | 0  | - | 9  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 10  |
South Division
USC xy  |  | 6  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 6  |
No. 17 Utah x  |  | 6  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 3  |
UCLA |  | 5  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 5  |
Arizona State |  | 4  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 7  |
Arizona |  | 3  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 6  |
Colorado |  | 1  | - | 8  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 9  |
Championship: Stanford 41, USC 22

* $ - Conference champion
* x - Division champion/co-champions
* y - Championship game participant

Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by eleventh 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 10–3, 6–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for the South Division title. Due to their head-to-head loss to USC, they did not represent the South Division in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they defeated rival BYU.

## Schedule

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

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September 3| 6:30 p.m.| Michigan*| |

* Rice-Eccles Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT

| FS1| W 24–17| 47,825
September 11| 7:00 p.m.| Utah State*| No. 24|

* Rice-Eccles Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT (Beehive Boot/Battle of the Brothers)

| ESPN2| W 24–14| 46,011
September 19| 8:30 p.m.| at Fresno State*| No. 21|

* Bulldog Stadium
* Fresno, CA

| CBSSN| W 45–24| 33,675
September 26| 6:30 p.m.| at No. 13 Oregon| No. 18|

* Autzen Stadium
* Eugene, OR

| FOX| W 62–20| 57,145
October 10| 8:00 p.m.| No. 23 California| No. 5|

* Rice-Eccles Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT (College GameDay)

| ESPN| W 30–24| 47,798
October 17| 8:00 p.m.| Arizona State| No. 4|

* Rice-Eccles Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT

| ESPN| W 34–18| 46,192
October 24| 5:30 p.m.| at USC| No. 3|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| FOX| L 24–42| 73,435
October 31| 5:00 p.m.| Oregon State| No. 13|

* Rice-Eccles Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT

| P12N| W 27–12| 45,853
November 7| 5:30 p.m.| at Washington| No. 12|

* Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium
* Seattle, WA

| FOX| W 34–23| 61,420
November 14| 8:00 p.m.| at Arizona| No. 10|

* Arizona Stadium
* Tucson, AZ

| FS1| L 30–37 2OT| 48,912
November 21| 1:30 p.m.| UCLA| No. 13|

* Rice-Eccles Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT

| FOX| L 9–17| 46,230
November 28| 12:30 p.m.| Colorado| No. 23|

* Rice-Eccles Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT (Rumble in the Rockies)

| P12N| W 20–14| 45,823
December 19| 1:30 p.m.| vs. BYU*| No. 22|

* Sam Boyd Stadium
* Las Vegas, NV (Las Vegas Bowl, Holy War, Beehive Boot)

| ABC| W 35–28| 42,213

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 3 released prior to game
* All times are in Mountain time

Source: [2]

## Rankings

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Further information: 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes ( ) = First-place votes| Week

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Poll| Pre| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| Final
AP| RV| 24| 21| 18| 10 (1)| 5 (7)| 4 (16)| 3 (16)| 13| 13| 10| 18| RV| 21| 20| 17
Coaches| RV| 25| 21| 17| 12| 7 (1)| 7 (1)| 7 (1)| 14| 14| 13| 18| 25| 20| 20| 16
CFP| Not released| 12| 10| 13| 23| 24| 22| Not released

## Game summaries

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### Michigan

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Wolverines  | 0  | 3  | 7  | 7 | 17
Utes | 3  | 7  | 7  | 7 | 24

See also: 2015 Michigan Wolverines football team

### Utah State

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Aggies  | 0  | 14  | 0  | 0 | 14
#24 Utes | 7  | 7  | 7  | 3 | 24

See also: 2015 Utah State Aggies football team, Beehive Boot, and Battle of the Brothers

### At Fresno State

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#21 Utes | 10  | 7  | 7  | 21 | 45
Bulldogs  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 21 | 24

See also: 2015 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

### At Oregon

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#18 Utes | 6  | 21  | 28  | 7 | 62
#13 Ducks  | 6  | 7  | 0  | 7 | 20

See also: 2015 Oregon Ducks football team

### California

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#23 Golden Bears  | 7  | 10  | 7  | 0 | 24
#5 Utes | 10  | 14  | 3  | 3 | 30

See also: 2015 California Golden Bears football team

### Arizona State

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Sun Devils  | 10  | 0  | 8  | 0 | 18
#4 Utes | 7  | 7  | 0  | 20 | 34

See also: 2015 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

### At USC

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#3 Utes  | 14  | 3  | 0  | 7 | 24
Trojans | 7  | 21  | 7  | 7 | 42

See also: 2015 USC Trojans football team

### Oregon State

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Beavers  | 0  | 6  | 0  | 6 | 12
#13 Utes | 14  | 0  | 0  | 13 | 27

See also: 2015 Oregon State Beavers football team

### At Washington

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#13 Utes | 0  | 24  | 0  | 10 | 34
Huskies  | 3  | 10  | 7  | 3 | 23

See also: 2015 Washington Huskies football team

### At Arizona

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#10 Utes  | 7  | 10  | 10  | 0| 3| 0 | 30
Wildcats | 17  | 3  | 7  | 0| 3| 7 | 37

See also: 2015 Arizona Wildcats football team

### UCLA

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Bruins | 10  | 0  | 7  | 0 | 17
#18 Utes  | 0  | 6  | 3  | 0 | 9

See also: 2015 UCLA Bruins football team

### Colorado

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Buffaloes  | 0  | 7  | 0  | 7 | 14
Utes | 7  | 3  | 10  | 0 | 20

See also: 2015 Colorado Buffaloes football team and Rumble in the Rockies

### Las Vegas Bowl

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Cougars  | 0  | 7  | 7  | 14 | 28
#20 Utes | 35  | 0  | 0  | 0 | 35

See also: Las Vegas Bowl, 2015 Las Vegas Bowl, 2015 BYU Cougars football team, Holy War (BYU–Utah), and Beehive Boot

## References

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1. ^ "Utes outlast Colorado to cap best Pac-12 finish since joining the conference". Deseret News. November 28, 2015.
2. ^ "2015 Utah Utes Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved April 8, 2015.

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