2004 Utah Utes football team explained

Mode:football
Year:2004
Team:Utah Utes
Conference:Mountain West Conference
Short Conf:MW
Coachrank:5
Aprank:4
Record:12–0
Conf Record:7–0
Head Coach:Urban Meyer
Hc Year:2nd
Off Coach:Mike Sanford
Oc Year:2nd
Off Scheme:Spread option
Def Coach:Kyle Whittingham
Dc Year:10th
Stadium:Rice-Eccles Stadium
Champion:Mountain West champion
Fiesta Bowl champion
Bowl:Fiesta Bowl
Bowl Result:W 35–7 vs. Pittsburgh

The 2004 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. This team was the original 'BCS Buster', meaning, this was the first time that a team from a BCS non-AQ conference was invited to play in one of the BCS bowl games. The team, coached by second-year head football coach Urban Meyer, played its home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium.

Utah finished the season 12–0, the fourth undefeated and untied season in school history. The Utes were one of three teams in the top-level Division I FBS to finish the season undefeated (the others being the USC Trojans and the Auburn Tigers.)

Utah was the highest-ranked BCS non-AQ team in each poll every week of the season.

Schedule

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Rankings

See also: 2004 NCAA Division I-A football rankings.

Game summaries

Texas A&M

Arizona

See also: 2004 Arizona Wildcats football team.

Utah State

Air Force

See also: 2004 Air Force Falcons football team.

New Mexico

See also: 2004 New Mexico Lobos football team.

North Carolina

See also: 2004 North Carolina Tar Heels football team.

UNLV

See also: 2004 UNLV Rebels football team.

San Diego State

See also: 2004 San Diego State Aztecs football team.

Colorado State

See also: 2004 Colorado State Rams football team.

Wyoming

See also: 2004 Wyoming Cowboys football team.

BYU

See also: 2004 BYU Cougars football team and Holy War (BYU–Utah).

Fiesta Bowl: Utah vs. Pittsburgh

See main article: 2005 Fiesta Bowl.

See also: 2004 Pittsburgh Panthers football team.

Depth chart

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- - Antonio Young
- Tommy Hackenbruck Corey Dodds - Kyle Brady Taylor Miller Malakai Mokofisi - Grady Marshall
- - Casey Evans
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- Ryan Smith - Eugene Oates
T- Marques Ledbetter - Tevita Kemoeatu Tevita Kemoeatu Reza Williams - Kite Afeaki Kite Afeaki
- Bo Nagahi - Eugene Oates
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- -
- Tavo Tupola David Dirkmaat Makai Aalona - Jason Voss Eric Pettit Andrew Johnson Kyle Gunther David Dirkmaat - Steve Dahl Jason Boone
- Blake Burdette - Willie Sao
- Travis LaTendresse - Thomas Huff
- - Jerome Wright
- - Jerome Wright
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- - - Fano Tagovailoa
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- Marty Johnson -

Season Statistics

2004 Official Stats

Team

Utah Opp
Scoring 544 234
  Points per game 45.3 19.5
First Downs 305 220
  Rushing 145 90
  Passing 136 103
  Penalty 24 27
Rushing yards 2833 1682
  Avg per play 5.4 3.8
  Avg per game 236.1 140.2
  Rushing touchdowns 36 19
Passing yards 3164 2439
  Att-Comp-Int 344-232-5 372-196-16
  Avg per pass 9.2 6.6
  Avg per catch 13.6 12.4
  Avg per game 263.7 203.2
  Passing touchdowns 33 11
Total offense 5997 4121
  Avg per play 6.9 5.1
  Avg per game 499.8 343.2
Fumbles lost 22–9 19–13
Penalties – yards 88-765 80-693
  Avg per game 63.8 57.8
Team Opp
Punts – yards 45-1878 70-2727
  Avg per Punt 41.7 39.0
Time of possession/game 31:14 28:46
3rd down conversions 80-153 62-177
4th down conversions 9–17 15–25
Touchdowns scored 75 32
Field goals – attempts 7–7 4–11
PAT – attempts 71–75 30–30
Attendance 264670 167479
  Games/Avg per game 6-44112 5-33496
  Neutral Site 1-73519
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Individual Leaders

Passing
PlayerCOMPATTPct.YDSTDINTQB Rating
Alex Smith214317.6752952324176.52
Brian Johnson1421.66714211129.66
Fan Tagovailoa221.00024--305.80
Paris Warren12.50021--138.20

Rushing
PlayerATTYDSYPCTD
Marty Johnson1658024.914
Quinton Ganther1096546.02
Alex Smith1356314.710
Steve Savoy2230714.06
Paris Warren281575.62
Brian Johnson21924.41

Receiving
PlayerRECYDSYPRTD
Paris Warren80107613.412
Steve Savoy6796114.311
Travis Latendresse2741115.22
John Madsen2737714.05
Quinton Ganther7497.01
Marty Johnson7466.61
Jerome Wright56412.81

Tackles
PlayerSoloAsstTotalTFLSacks
Spencer Toone407511541
Tommy Hackenbruck4645919.54.5
Eric Weddle4728754.51
Morgan Scalley2724512.52.5
Marquess Ledbetter15314694.5
Steve Fifita23224594.5
Ryan Smith26184432
Bo Nagahi3111422.50
Corey Dodds10273742
Sione Pouha16203632
Jonathan Fanene1210225.53

Pass defense
PlayerINTYDSBroken up
Morgan Scalley6792
Eric Weddle4345
Jonathan Fanene1761
Corey Dodds1261
Ryan Smith107
Sione Pouha104
Steve Fifita162
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After the season

NFL Draft

Utah had five players taken in the 2005 NFL draft:[3]

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
1 1 San Francisco 49ers
3 88 New York Jets
6 204 Pittsburgh Steelers
7 225 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
7 233 Cincinnati Bengals

Awards

National

The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award, Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, Woody Hayes' National Coach of the Year, Maxwell George Munger Award

Heisman finalist (fourth place), The Sporting News National Player of the Year, Sports Illustrated National Player of the Year, Cingular Sports/ABC Sports All-American, SI.com All-American (first team), CoSIDA Football Academic All-American of the Year, Davey O'Brien Award finalist, Walter Camp Award finalist

Cingular Sports/ABC Sports All-American, SI.com All-American (first team)

SI.com All-American (second team), CoSIDA Academic All-American (first team), Anson Mount Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Bronko Nagurski National Player of the Week, Pat Tillman Award (East–West Shrine Game honor)

CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII first team

Conference

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2004 Season Year in Review. https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20110713173950/http://utahutes.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/utah/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/04uu_review. dead. July 13, 2011. February 4, 2008.
  2. Web site: Ute Record Book. University of Utah. October 21, 2009. July 13, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713210940/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/utah/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09-mfootbl-mg-156-183.pdf. dead.
  3. Web site: NFL Draft History 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404154336/http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft/history?year=2005&round=-1&team=-1&college=-1&x=34&y=12&position=-1&procoach=-1&highschoolstate=-1&award=-1&collegecoach=-1&highschool=-1 . dead . April 4, 2012 . ESPN.com . 2010-04-25.