1995 Utah Utes football team
During the 1995 season, the Utes went 7–4 and were conference co-champions, along with Air Force, BYU, and Colorado State. Despite this, the team was not invited to play in a bowl game, after playing postseason ball for three consecutive seasons previously. All four losses were at home — the team was a perfect 5–0 on the road.
| 1995 Utah Utes football | |
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WAC co-champion | |
| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
| 1995 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 | Rice Stadium (32,500) |
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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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This team also 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.[2]
Schedule
| 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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After the season
NFL draft
One player went in the 1996 NFL Draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Henry Lusk | Tight end | 7 | 246 | New Orleans Saints |
References
- Mike Sorensen. "Utes Name Graves as Offensive Coordinator". Deseret News. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- "NCAA Football - Air Force vs. Utah - 10/21/1995 9:56PM ET". USA Today. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
- "1995 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
- "1995 WAC Results". USA Today. August 25, 1999. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
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