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LO FALEMAKA – OL MITCH WISHNOWSKY – P CHASE HANSEN – LB MATT GAY – K UTAH BOWL DOMINANCE Fourteen wins in 15 bowl appearances since 1999. Two BCS Bowl victories (2005 Fiesta Bowl and 2009 Sugar Bowl). Nine straight wins for the second-longest bowl win streak in NCAA history from 1999-2000. THE ROAD TO THE NFL CURRENT NFL UTES ALEX SMITH ERIC WEDDLE STAR LOTULELEI ERIC ROWE Alex Smith ..........QB ....Washington Jeremiah Poutasi ....OL .....Denver J.J. Dielman .........OL .....Denver Eric Weddle .........DB ....Baltimore Eric Rowe ...........DB ....New England Sam Tevi ............OT .....L.A. Chargers Tony Bergstrom .....OL .....Washington Devontae Booker ....RB .....Denver Pita Taumoepenu. DE .....San Francisco Derrick Shelby ......DE .....Atlanta Jared Norris .........LB .....Carolina Hunter Dimick ......DE .....Jacksonville Star Lotulelei ........DT .....Buffalo Garett Bolles ........OT .....Denver Dominique Hatfield . DB ....L.A. Rams Tenny Palepoi .......DT .....Buffalo Marcus Williams .....S ......New Orleans Tim Patrick ..........WR ....Denver Dres Anderson ......WR ....Indianapolis Joe Williams .........RB .....San Francisco Pasoni Tasini ........DT .....Arizona Kaelin Clay ..........WR ....Buffalo Isaac Asiata .........OL .....Miami Kylie Fitts ...........DE .....Chicago Nate Orchard ........LB .....Cleveland Brian Allen ..........DB ....Pittsburgh Salesi Uhatafe .......OL .....Atlanta UTAH UTES FOOTBALL KICKING OFF UTAH FAST FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION INFORMATION Loca on: Salt Lake City Metro Popula on: 1,153,340 Eleva on: 4,657 feet above sea level President: Ruth V. Watkins Director of Athle cs: Mark Harlan HERE’S UTAH Founded: 1850 Enrollment: 32,760 Conference: Pac-12 Nickname: Utes Colors: Red and White (pms 187) Mascot: Swoop (red-tailed hawk) 2018 OUTLOOK Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,807) INFORMATION 1 Guy Holliday . .71 Surface: FieldTurf Utah Fast Facts . .1 Freddie Whi ngham . .72 Facility: Spence & Cleone Eccles Football Center 2018 Schedule. .2 Kiel McDonald. .73 Indoor Field: Spence Eccles Field House Road Headquarters. .2 Graduate Assistants . .74 Website: www.UtahUtes.com Ge ng to the Game. .2 Football Staff . 75-76 Athle cs Director Mark Harlan . .77 Athle c Facility Loca ons. .2 BIOS PLAYER DEPARTMENT PHONE NUMBERS Utah Communica ons Staff Contacts . .3 President Ruth V. Watkins . .78 Athle cs Department: (801) 581-8171 Staff Directory . .3 Athle cs Department Administra on . .78 Football Offi ce: (801) 581-7684 Utah Media Outlets . .4 SERIES HISTORY 79 Communica ons: (801) 581-3510/3511/8997/8302 Radio & TV Coverage . .5 Stadium Press Box: (801) 581-4783/8210 Pac-12 Conference . .6 Series Records. .80 Ticket Offi ce: (801) 581-UTIX (8849) 2018 Pac-12 Composite Schedule . .7 Series vs. Conferences . .80 COACHES & STAFF 2018 Opponent Quick Facts. .81 Communica ons Fax: (801) 581-4358 Utah’s Future Non-Conference Schedules . .7 2018-19 Bowl Games . .8 Series History vs. the 2018 Field . .82-84 Football Fax: (801) 585-3808 Scores vs. NCAA Opponents. 85-88 HERE’S UTAH 9 UTAH SCHEMES Utah Football Tradi on. .10 2017 IN REVIEW 89 Off ense: Spread Utah Athle cs History. .11 2017 Season Review. 90-91 SERIES HISTORY Defense: 4-2 Salt Lake City . .12 Sta s cs. 92-93 University of Utah. .13 Star ng Lineups . .95 PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN Utah Tradi ons . .14 Par cipa on . .96 Starters/Le ermen Returning: 18/53 The MUSS . .15 Game Recaps. 97-103 Off ense: 9/24 Famous Alumni . .16 Academic All-Americans. .17 BOWL HISTORY 104 Defense: 7/25 2017 IN REVIEW Rice-Eccles Stadium . 18-19 Bowl Game Results. .105 Specialist: 2/4 Spence & Cleone Eccles Football Center. .20 Bowl Game Summaries . .106-118 Starters/Le ermen Lost: 10/28 2018 OUTLOOK 21 RECORD BOOK 119 REVIEWING 2017 Personnel Picture . .22 Season Record & Coach . .120 Overall Record: 7-6 How the Utes Were Built . .23 Conference Finishes . .121 Pac-12 Record: 3-6 2018 Recrui ng Class . .23 Utah in the Na onal Polls . .122-123 BOWL HISTORY 2018 Rosters . .24-27 Utah Against Ranked AP Opponents . .124 CREDITS Pronuncia on Guide. .25 Utes On Network TV. .125-126 Utes By State/Country and Class . .28 Single Game Leaders . .127 2018 Scou ng Report. 29-31 Yearly Leaders . .128-129 Editorial: Liz Abel 2018 Pre-Fall Depth Chart . .32 The Longest Yard. .130 Layout and Design: Mike Lageschulte Individual Records. .131-142 Contributors: Brooke Frederickson, Jordie Lindley, PLAYER PROFILES 33 Team Records . .143-149 RECORD BOOK Chris Healy, Lynde Hoopes Returner Bios . 34-58 Rice-Eccles Stadium Records . .150 Cover Design: Rocky Lindgren Incoming Utes . 59-60 Bowl Records. .151-152 Photography: Steve Wilson, Tom Smart, Kory All-Americans . .153-155 Mortensen, Sarah Shebek, University of Utah, Walter COACHES AND STAFF 61 First-Team All-Americans’ Profi les. .156-161 Dixon, Joe Faraoni/ESPN Images, Terry Baker, Dennis Head Coach Kyle Whi ngham . 62-63 First-Team All-Conference . .162-163 Hubbard, Ernie Anderson, U. Special Collec ons- Morgan Scalley . .64 Notable Numbers . .164-165 J.W. Marrio Library, Steve Greenwood, Salt Lake Troy Taylor . .65 NFL Dra Picks . .166-167 Conven on and Visitors Bureau, Utah Travel Council, Gary Andersen . .66 Utes in the Pros. .168-170 Richard Bart Green/Don Green Photography, Mitch Jim Harding . .67 All-Time Le ermen. .171-178 Dumke, Russ Isabella. Sharrieff Shah . .68 Homecoming Games . .179 Jus n Ena. .69 Schedules & Results . .180-188 Lewis Powell . .70 WWW.UTAHUTES.COM 1 UTAH UTES FOOTBALL 2018 SCHEDULE INFORMATION 2018 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Site Time TV Series Last Mee ng Aug. 30 (Thu) Weber State Salt Lake City 6:00 p.m. MDT P12N 4-0 2014, W 70-7 Sept. 8 at Northern Illinois DeKalb, Ill. 6:30 p.m. CDT ESPNews 0-0 - Sept. 15 Washington* Salt Lake City 8:00 p.m. MDT ESPN 1-10 2017, L 33-30 INFORMATION Sept. 22 Bye Sept. 29 at Washington State* Pullman, Wash. TBA TBA 7-8 2017, L 33-25 Oct. 6 at Stanford* Stanford, Calif. TBA TBA 4-4 2017, L 23-20 Oct. 12 (Fri) Arizona* Salt Lake City 8:00 p.m. MDT ESPN 22-19-2 2017, W 30-24 Oct. 20 USC* (HC) Salt Lake City TBA TBA 5-11 2017, L 28-27 HERE’S UTAH Oct. 26 (Fri) at UCLA* Pasadena, Calif. 7:30 p.m. PDT ESPN 5-11 2017, W 48-17 Nov. 3 at Arizona State* Tempe, Ariz. TBA TBA 8-21 2017, L 30-10 Nov. 10 Oregon* Salt Lake City TBA TBA 9-22 2017, L 41-20 Nov. 17 at Colorado* Boulder, Colo. TBA TBA 29-32-2 2017, W 34-13 Nov. 24 Brigham Young Salt Lake City TBA TBA 60-34-4 2017, W 19-13 Times local to site *Pac-12 game (HC)-Homecoming 2018 OUTLOOK GETTING TO THE GAME ATHLETIC FACILITY LOCATIONS 2018 ROAD HEADQUARTERS PLAYER BIOS PLAYER From Salt Lake Interna onal Airport to Rice- RICE-ECCLES STADIUM NORTHERN ILLINOIS (SEPT. 7-8) Eccles Stadium: Take I-80 East out of the airport. 451 South, 1400 East Hya Regency Lisle In four miles, exit on 600 South. Go to 700 East JON M. HUNTSMAN CENTER 1400 Corpoetum Drive and turn le . Turn right at the second light (400 Lisle, IL 60532 South). Go up the hill as the street bends and 1825 E. South Campus Drive Front 630-852-1234 becomes 500 South. Con nue through the light SPENCE AND CLEONE ECCLES FOOTBALL CENTER at 1300 East and get in the le lane. Rice-Eccles COACHES & STAFF WASHINGTON STATE (SEPT. 28-29) 580 South Guardsman Way Stadium is a half block up on the le . Take le Red Lion turn into the parking lot west of the stadium. SPENCE ECCLES FIELD HOUSE 621 21st Street 650 South Guardsman Way Lewiston, ID 83501 208-799-1000 SERIES HISTORY STANFORD (OCT. 5-6) Hya Regency Santa Clara 5101 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 408-200-1234 2017 IN REVIEW UCLA (OCT. 25-26) Hilton LA North 100 West Glenoaks Blvd Glendale, CA 91202 818-956-5466 BOWL HISTORY ARIZONA STATE (NOV. 2-3) Phoenix Airport Marrio 1101 N. 44th Street Phoenix, AZ 85008 RECORD BOOK 602-273-7373 COLORADO (NOV. 16-17) Denver Marrio Westminster 7000 Church Ranch Blvd Westminster, CO 80021 720-887-1177 Utah has sold out 51 consecu ve home games da ng back to the start of the 2010 season. 2 2018 MEDIA GUIDE UTAH UTES FOOTBALL UTAH STAFF DIRECTORY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF INFORMATION CONTACTS HERE’S UTAH OTBALL LIZ ABEL BROOKE FREDERICKSON JORDIEJ LINDLEY JOSEPH FELDMAN LYNDE HOOPES MIKE LAGESCHULTE DAMEOND MYRES DREW WISEMAN FOOTBALL CONTACTS Sr. Assoc. A.D./Director Associate Director Assistant Director Assistant Director Administrative Asst. Special Projects Coord. Associate Director Associate Director Name Offi ce / Cell Email Abel, Liz, Sr. Assoc. A.D./Director (football) . 801-581-3511 / 209-6346. [email protected] Feldman, Joseph, Assistant Director . TBD . [email protected] 2018 OUTLOOK Frederickson, Brooke, Associate Director (football) . 801-581-8302 / 493-9254. [email protected] Hoopes, Lynde, Administra ve Assistant . 801-581-3510. [email protected] Lageschulte, Mike, Special Projects Coordinator . 801-587-9162 / 557-2322. [email protected] Lindley, Jordie, Assistant Director (football) . 801-581-8997 / 647-8174. [email protected] Myres, Dameon, Associate Director . 801-587-7298 / 201-4834. [email protected] Wiseman, Drew, Associate Director . 801-581-3771 / 201-8563. [email protected] PLAYER BIOS PLAYER FOOTBALL COACHES Andersen, Gary . Associate Head Coach/Defensive Line Powell, Lewis. Defensive Line Elisaia, Doug . Strength & Condi oning Scalley, Morgan. Defensive Coordinator/Safe es Ena, Jus n . Linebackers Shah, Sharrieff . Cornerbacks COACHES & STAFF Harding, Jim. Assistant Head Coach/Off ensive Line Taylor, Troy . Off ensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Holliday, Guy . Wide Receivers Whi ngham, Freddie . Tight Ends McDonald, Kiel . Running Backs Whi ngham, Kyle . Head Coach ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION OFFICE EMAIL Abel, Liz, Sr.