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 | |
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WAC co-champion | |
| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
| Record | 7–4 (6–2 WAC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Fred Graves[1] (1st season) |
| Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
| Defensive coordinator | Kyle Whittingham (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Robert Rice Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 2 | 7:00 pm | Oregon* | KJZZ | L 20–27 | 30,701 | |
| September 9 | 7:00 pm | Stanford* |
| L 20–27 | 32,107 | |
| September 16 | 6:00 pm | at New Mexico | W 36–9 | 26,113 | ||
| September 23 | 7:00 pm | Fresno State |
| W 25–21 | 31,362 | |
| September 30 | 7:00 pm | at UTEP | KJZZ | W 34–21 | 19,254 | |
| October 7 | 7:00 pm | San Diego State |
| L 21–24 | 31,552 | |
| October 14 | 12:00 pm | Colorado State |
| L 14–19 | 27,691 | |
| October 21 | 12:00 pm | Air Force |
| W 22–21 | 29,046 | |
| October 28 | 12:00 pm | Utah State* |
| KJZZ | W 40–20 | 28,337 |
| November 4 | 12:00 pm | at Wyoming | W 30–24 | 12,562 | ||
| November 18 | 1:30 pm | at BYU | ABC | W 34–17 | 65,829 | |
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NFL draft
editOne 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- ^ Mike Sorensen. "Utes Name Graves as Offensive Coordinator". Deseret News. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
- ^ "1995 Utah Utes Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ^ "NCAA Football - Air Force vs. Utah - 10/21/1995 9:56PM ET". USA Today. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
- ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.