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2015 Utah Utes football
Pac-12 South Division co-champion[1]
Las Vegas Bowl champion
Las Vegas Bowl, W 35–28 vs. BYU
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 17
Record10–3 (6–3 Pac-12)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorAaron Roderick (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJim Harding (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJohn Pease (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumRice-Eccles Stadium
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:30 p.m.Michigan*FS1W 24–1747,825
September 117:00 p.m.Utah State*No. 24
ESPN2W 24–1446,011
September 198:30 p.m.at Fresno State*No. 21CBSSNW 45–2433,675
September 266:30 p.m.at No. 13 OregonNo. 18FOXW 62–2057,145
October 108:00 p.m.No. 23 CaliforniadaggerNo. 5
ESPNW 30–2447,798
October 178:00 p.m.Arizona StateNo. 4
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
ESPNW 34–1846,192
October 245:30 p.m.at USCNo. 3FOXL 24–4273,435
October 315:00 p.m.Oregon StateNo. 13
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
P12NW 27–1245,853
November 75:30 p.m.at WashingtonNo. 12FOXW 34–2361,420
November 148:00 p.m.at ArizonaNo. 10FS1L 30–37 2OT48,912
November 211:30 p.m.UCLANo. 13
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
FOXL 9–1746,230
November 2812:30 p.m.ColoradoNo. 23
P12NW 20–1445,823
December 191:30 p.m.vs. BYU*No. 22ABCW 35–2842,213
Source: [2]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
APRV24211810 (1)5 (7)4 (16)3 (16)13131018RV212017
CoachesRV252117127 (1)7 (1)7 (1)1414131825202016
CFPNot released121013232422Not released

Game summaries

Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Wolverines 0 3 7 7 17
Utes 3 7 7 7 24

Utah State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0 14 0 0 14
#24 Utes 7 7 7 3 24

At Fresno State

1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Utes 10 7 7 21 45
Bulldogs 3 0 0 21 24

At Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Utes 6 21 28 7 62
#13 Ducks 6 7 0 7 20

California

1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Golden Bears 7 10 7 0 24
#5 Utes 10 14 3 3 30

Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sun Devils 10 0 8 0 18
#4 Utes 7 7 0 20 34

At USC

1 2 3 4 Total
#3 Utes 14 3 0 7 24
Trojans 7 21 7 7 42

Oregon State

1 2 3 4 Total
Beavers 0 6 0 6 12
#13 Utes 14 0 0 13 27

At Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Utes 0 24 0 10 34
Huskies 3 10 7 3 23

At Arizona

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
#10 Utes 7 10 10 030 30
Wildcats 17 3 7 037 37

UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 10 0 7 0 17
#18 Utes 0 6 3 0 9

Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes 0 7 0 7 14
Utes 7 3 10 0 20

Las Vegas Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0 7 7 14 28
#20 Utes 35 0 0 0 35

References

  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.