Utah Football Tradition
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UTAH FOOTBALL A Winning Tradition CONFERENCE OF CHAMPIONS Utah competes in the Pac-12 Conference, which has won more national championships than any other conference in the country BEST IN BOWLS Utah owns the second-longest bowl win streak in NCAA history with nine straight wins from 1999-2009 and has won 10 of its last 11 bowl games Year Result Opponent Bowl 1999 W Fresno State Las Vegas Bowl 2001 W USC Las Vegas Bowl 2003 W Southern Miss Liberty Bowl 2004 (2005) W Pittsburgh Fiesta Bowl 2005 W Georgia Tech Emerald Bowl 2006 W Tulsa Armed Forces Bowl 2007 W Navy Poinsettia Bowl 2008 (2009) W Alabama Sugar Bowl 2009 W California Poinsettia Bowl 2010 L Boise State Las Vegas Bowl 2011 W Georgia Tech Sun Bowl NATIONAL FINISHES No. 2 2008 No. 4 2004 No. 10 1994 No. 18 2009 No. 21 2003 No. 23* 2010 *Coaches NATIONAL AWARDS 2004 National Coach of the Year Urban Meyer 2008 National Coach of the Year Kyle Whittingham 2005 No. 1 NFL Draft Pick & Heisman Trophy Finalist Alex Smith 2010 NCAA Punt Return Leader Shaky Smithson 2011 Morris Award Winner Star Lotulelei Seven First-Team All-Americans Three Consensus All-Americans Eight Academic All-Americans THE NEXT LEVEL 29 NFL Draft picks in the last 12 years 13 NFL Draft picks in the last 4 years 6 NFL Draft picks in 2010 INFORMATION UTAH FOOTBALL Kicking Off INFORMATION 1 SERIES HISTORY 85 UTAH FAST FACTS Utah Fast Facts . .1 Series Records. .86 2012 Schedule. .2 Series vs. Conferences . .86 GENERAL INFORMATION Road Headquarters. .2 Series History vs. the 2012 Field . .87-90 Loca on: Salt Lake City Ge ng to the Game. .2 Scores vs. NCAA Opponents. 91-94 Metro Popula on: 1,124,197 Athle c Facility Loca ons. .2 Eleva on: 4,657 feet above sea level Utah Communica ons Staff Contacts . .3 2011 IN REVIEW 95 President: David W. Pershing Staff Directory . .3 Sta s cs. 96-98 Director of Athle cs: Dr. Chris Hill Utah Media Outlets . .4 Star ng Lineups . .99 Founded: 1850 Radio & TV Coverage . .5 Par cipa on . .100 Enrollment: 31,660 Utes On Network TV. .6 Sta s cal Summary & Awards. .101 Conference: Pac-12 Pac-12 Conference . .7 Game Recaps. .102-108 Nickname: Utes Pac-12 Composite Schedule. .8 Colors: Red and White (pms 187) Utah’s Future Pac-12 Schedules . .8 BOWL HISTORY 109 Mascot: Swoop (red-tailed hawk) Opponent bnQuick Facts . .9 Bowl Game Results. .110 Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,017) 2012-13 Bowl Games . .10 Bowl Game Summaries . .110-118 Surface: FieldTurf Indoor Facility: Spence Eccles Field House HERE’S UTAH 11 RECORD BOOK 119 Website: www.UtahUtes.com Utah Football Tradi on. .12 Season Record & Coach . .120 Conference: Pac-12 Utah Athle cs History. .13 Conference Finishes . .121 DEPARTMENT PHONE NUMBERS Salt Lake City . .14 Utah in the Na onal Polls . .122 Athle cs Department: (801) 581-8171 University of Utah. .15 Utah Against Ranked Opponents. .123 Football Offi ce: (801) 581-7684 Utah Tradi ons . .16 Homecoming Games . .124 Sports Informa on: (801) 581-3510/3511/8302 The Muss . .17 The Longest Yard. .125 Stadium Press Box: (801) 581-4783/8210 Famous Alumni . .18 Single Game Leaders . .126 Ticket Offi ce: (801) 581-UTIX (8849) Academic All-Americans. .19 Annual Leaders . .127 SID Fax: (801) 581-4358 Rice-Eccles Stadium . 20-21 Individual Records. .128-137 Football Fax: (801) 585-3808 New Football Center. .22 Team Records . .138-143 Bowl Records. .144-145 UTAH SCHEMES 2012 SEASON 23 First-Team All-Conference . .146 Off ense: Mul ple Personnel Picture . .24 All-Americans . .147-148 Defense: 4-3 How the Utes Were Built . .25 First-Team All-Americans’ Profi les. .149-152 Recruit Roster . .25 Notable Numbers . .153 PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN 2012 Rosters . .26-29 NFL Dra Picks . .154-155 Starters/Le termen Returning: 18/55 Pronuncia on Guide. .27 Utes in the Pros. .156-157 Off ense: 9/24 Utes By State/Country and Class . .30 Le ermen . .158-164 Defense: 7/27 Depth Chart. .31 Schedules & Results . .165-172 Kicking: 2/4 Season Outlook. 32-36 Starters/Le termen Lost: 8/19 PLAYER PROFILES 37 REVIEWING 2011 Returner Bios . 38-65 Overall Record: 8-5 Newcomer Bios. 66-68 Pac-12 Record: 4-5 (T-3rd South Division) Postseason: Hyundai Sun Bowl COACHES AND STAFF 69 Bowl Result: Defeated Georgia Tech, 30-27 OT Head Coach Kyle Whi ngham . 70-71 CREDITS Kalani Sitake . .72 Brian Johnson . .73 Dan Finn. .74 Editorial: Liz Abel Jay Hill . .75 Layout and Design: Mike Lageschulte Chad Kauha’aha’a . .76 Contributors: Brooke Frederickson, Kate Sturgeon, Aaron Roderick . .77 Chris Healy Morgan Scalley . .78 Cover Design: Rocky Lindgren Sharrieff Shah . .79 Photography: Steve Wilson, Tom Smart, Mitch Dumke, Russ Isabella, Kory Mortensen, Walter Ilaisa Tuiaki . .80 Dixon, Dennis Hubbard, Ernie Anderson, Mike Dunn, Football Staff . 81-82 University Marke ng & Communica ons, U. Special Athle cs Director Dr. Chris Hill. .83 Collec ons-J.W. Marrio Library, Steve Greenwood, President David W. Pershing . .84 Salt Lake Conven on and Visitors Bureau, Utah Travel Athle cs Department Senior Staff . .84 Council, Richard Bart Green/Don Green Photography. WWW.UTAHUTES.COM 1 UTAH FOOTBALL INFORMATION 2012 Schedule Information 2012 UTAH SCHEDULE Date Opponent Site Time TV Series Last Mee ng Aug. 30 (Thu) NORTHERN COLORADO Salt Lake City 5:15 p.m. MT Pac-12 Net 2-0 1937, W 7-6 Sept. 7 (Fri) at Utah State Logan, Utah 6:00 p.m. MT ESPN2 77-28-4 2009, W 35-17 Sept. 15 BRIGHAM YOUNG (HC) Salt Lake City 8:00 p.m. MT ESPN2 55-34-4 2011, W 54-10 Sept. 22 at Arizona State * Tempe, Ariz. TBA TBA 6-17 2011, L 35-14 Sept. 29 - Open - Oct. 4 (Thu) USC * Salt Lake City 7:00 p.m. MT ESPN 3-7 2011, L 23-14 Oct. 13 at UCLA * Los Angeles TBA TBA 2-8 2011, W 31-6 Oct. 20 at Oregon State * Corvallis, Ore. TBA TBA 6-9-1 2011, W 27-8 Oct. 27 CALIFORNIA * Salt Lake City TBA TBA 3-5 2011, L 34-10 Nov. 3 WASHINGTON STATE * Salt Lake City TBA TBA 6-5 2011, W 30-27 (OT) Nov. 10 at Washington * Sea le, Wash. ^ TBA TBA 0-7 2011, L 31-14 Nov. 17 ARIZONA * Salt Lake City TBA TBA 20-15-2 2011, W 34-21 Nov. 23 (Fri) at Colorado * Boulder, Colo. 1:00 p.m. MT TBA 24-31-3 2011, L, 17-14 Times local to site *-Pac-12 Conference Game HC-Homecoming ^ Century Link Field GETTING TO THE GAME ATHLETIC FACILITY LOCATIONS 2012 ROAD HEADQUARTERS From Salt Lake Interna onal Airport to Rice- RICE-ECCLES STADIUM ARIZONA STATE Eccles Stadium: Take I-80 East out of the airport. 451 South, 1400 East Game Date: Sept. 22 In four miles, exit on 600 South. Go to 700 East The Ritz-Carlton and turn le . Turn right at the second light (400 JON M. HUNTSMAN CENTER 2401 East Camelback Road South). Go up the hill as the street bends and 1825 East South Campus Drive Front Phoenix, AZ 85016 becomes 500 South. Con nue through the light DEE GLEN SMITH ATHLETICS CENTER 602-468-0700 at 1300 East and get in the le lane. Rice-Eccles Stadium is a half block up on the le . Take le 580 South Guardsman Way UCLA turn into the parking lot west of the stadium. SPENCE ECCLES FIELD HOUSE Game Date: Oct. 13 650 South Guardsman Way The Wes n Pasadena 191 North Los Robles Avenue Pasadena, CA 91101 626-304-1442 OREGON STATE Game Date: Oct. 20 Hilton Eugene & Conference Center 66 East 6th Avenue Eugene, OR 97401 541-342-2000 WASHINGTON Game Date: Nov. 10 Hya Regency Bellevue 900 Bellevue Way NE Bellevue, WA 98004 425-698-4250 COLORADO Game Date: Nov. 23 Omni Hotels & Resorts 500 Interlocken Boulevard Broomfi eld, CO 80021 303-464-3211 Ute fans have been overfl owing Rice-Eccles Stadium, exceeding its seaƟ ng capacity for the past four seasons. 2 2012 MEDIA GUIDE INFORMATION UTAH FOOTBALL Utah Staff Directory COMMUNICATIONS STAFF LIZ ABEL BROOKE FREDERICKSON KYLE HARRIS MIKE DEVINE MIKE LAGESCHULTE KATE STURGEON FOOTBALL CONTACTS FOOTBALL Sr. Assoc. A.D. / Communications Assoc. Dir. of Communications Assoc. Dir. of Communications Asst. Dir. of Communications Special Projects Coordinator Special Projects Coordinator Name Offi ce / Cell Email Abel, Liz, Director (football) . 801-581-3511 / 209-6346 . [email protected] DeVine, Mike, Assistant Director. 801-581-8997 / 580-4502 . [email protected] Frederickson, Brooke, Associate Director (football) . 801-581-8302 / 493-9254 . [email protected] Harris, Kyle, Associate Director . 801-581-3771 / 580-4411 . [email protected] Lageschulte, Mike, Special Projects Coordinator . 801-587-9162 / 557-2322 . [email protected] Sturgeon, Kate, Special Projects Coordinator. 801-581-3510 . [email protected] FOOTBALL COACHES POSITION Elisaia, Doug . Strength & Condi oning Finn, Dan . Off ensive Line Hill, Jay. Running Backs/Special Teams Coordinator Johnson, Brian. Off ensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Kauha’aha’a, Chad. Defensive Line Roderick, Aaron. Passing Game Coordinator/Receivers Scalley, Morgan. Safe es/Recrui ng Coordinator Shah, Sharrieff . Cornerbacks Sitake, Kalani . Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Tuiaki, Ilaisa . Fullbacks/Tight Ends Whi ngham, Kyle . Head Coach ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION OFFICE EMAIL Abel, Liz, Sr. Associate A.D. (Communica ons). 801-581-3511 . [email protected] Argust, Ann, Associate A.D. (Marke ng). 801-585-5692 . [email protected] Bowman, Mary, Sr. Associate A.D. (SWA) . 801-585-6850 .