1957 Utah Utes football team
| 1957 Utah Utes football | |
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MSC champion | |
| Conference | Mountain States Conference |
| 1957 record | 6–4 (5–1 MSC) |
| Head coach | Jack Curtice (8th season) |
| Home stadium | Ute Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1957 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 1957 college football season. Home games were played on campus in Salt Lake City at Ute Stadium.
Led by eighth-year head coach Jack Curtice, who believed in a wide-open offense,[1] the Utes were 6–4 overall and were champions of the Mountain States Conference (Skyline), with a 5–1 record. They were led on the field by transfer quarterback Lee Grosscup, who finished tenth in the balloting for the Heisman Trophy as a junior and was a second-team AP and UPI All-American.
A notable player was sophomore safety (& halfback) Larry Wilson, a future member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
After the season, Curtice left for Stanford University in the Pacific Coast Conference and was succeeded by Ray Nagel, the backfield coach at UCLA.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||||||
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| September 21 | Montana | Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah | W 32–13 | ||||||
| September 28 | at Colorado* | Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado (rivalry) | L 24–30 | ||||||
| October 5 | vs. Idaho* | old Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho [2] | L 6–21 | ||||||
| October 12 | BYU | Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah (The Holy War) | W 27–0 | ||||||
| October 19 | at Denver | DU Stadium • Denver, Colorado | L 7–12 | ||||||
| October 26 | Wyoming | Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah | W 23–15 | ||||||
| November 3 | Colorado State |
Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah | W 55–0 | ||||||
| November 9 | at No. 8 Army* | Michie Stadium • West Point, New York | L 33–39 | ||||||
| November 16 | Air Force* | Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah | W 34–0 | ||||||
| November 28 | Utah State | Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah (Battle of the Brothers) | W 21–6 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
After the season
NFL draft
Utah had three players selected in the 1958 NFL Draft.[5]
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| Merrill Douglas | Fullback | 6 | 65 | Chicago Bears |
| Everett Jones | Guard | 21 | 247 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Larry Fields | Back | 23 | 275 | San Francisco 49ers |
References
- ↑ Maule, Tex (October 28, 1957). "Cactus Jack and his Kokomos". Sports Illustrated. p. 36.
- ↑ Boni, Bill (October 6, 1957). "Idaho tops Utah Redskins, 21-6". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
- ↑ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. p. 6. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ↑ "Coaching Records Game by Game Jack C. Curtice 1957". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
- ↑ "1958 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2010-08-09.