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UTAH FOOTBALL NEWS Sr. Assoc. A.D./Communications.: Liz Abel Associate Communications Dir.: Kyle Harris Asst. Communications Dir.: Brooke Frederickson Asst. Communications Dir.: Mike DeVine Communications Coordinator: Kate Sturgeon PLAYER / COACH AVAILABILTY • MEDIA ACCESS Released Nov. 21, 2011 Contact: Liz Abel, Sr. Associate Athletics Director (801.581.3511) • Practice is closed to the public • Media may observe the last 30 minutes of practice on TUE. & WED. GAME 12: UTAH VS. COLORADO • FRIDAY, NOV. 25 • NO instantaneous reports from practice “RUMBLE IN THE ROCKIES” • NO TV cameras or media recording devices permitted • Still photographers should request access 24 hours in advance • Interviews are at the conclusion of practice Utah (7-4, 4-4 Pac-12) vs. Colorado (2-10, 1-7 Pac-12) Media Interview Schedule Sept. Nov. 21-22 M, Nov. 21 12:00 p.m. Press Conference Smith Center Friday, Nov. 25, 2011 • 1:30 p.m. MT TU, Nov. 22 4:40-5:10 p.m. Media at Practice McCarthey Fields Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,017/FieldTurf) W, Nov. 23 Closed this week Salt Lake City GAME DAY TELEVISION & RADIO TV: ROOT Sports Radio: ESPN700, SIRIUS 92/XM 190 TV: ROOT (Craig Bolerjack, Joel Klatt, Petros Papadakis) Internet Audio: www.espn700sports.com Radio: ESPN700 (Bill Riley, Frank Dolce, Sharrieff Shah), SIRIUS/XM Internet Audio: www.ESPN700sports.com TWO MINUTE DRILL PAC-12 WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE & DIGITAL HIGHLIGHTS > Utah (7-4, 4-4 Pac-12) hosts Colorado (2-10, 1-7 Pac-12) in the “Rumble Teleconference: Tuesdays, 11:40 a.m. MT (Whittingham’s time slot) in the Rockies” on Friday, Nov. 25 in Salt Lake City. Kickoff is 1:30 p.m. Teleconference Audio Replay: www.pac-12.org MT in Rice-Eccles Stadium. A few hundred tickets still remain and can be Weekly Highlights: To receive password for the Pac-12 Digital XChange, purchased at 801-581-UTIX, UtahUtes.com and at Rice-Eccles Stadium. email [email protected] The game will be televised on ROOT Sports. Radio is ESPN700 AM (espn700sports.com), SIRIUS 92 and XM 190. KYLE WHITTINGHAM COACH’S SHOWS > Utah, which has won four straight games and five of its last six, is still Radio: Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m. MT ESPN700 AM / ESPN700sports.com in the hunt for the Pac-12 South Division title and a berth in the inaugural Live On Site: Trolley Square (free to the public) Pac-12 Championship game on Dec. 2. For the Utes to play in the title TV: Sundays at 10:30 p.m. MT on ABC-4 (abc4.com/redzone) game against either Oregon or Stanford they must beat Colorado this week, and Arizona State (vs. Cal) and UCLA (vs. USC) must both lose. COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM > New Pac-12 rivals Utah and Colorado have coined their rivalry game the High res head shots, media guides, game books, notes, statistics and more. “Rumble in the Rockies.” The name was chosen with fan input from both Apply for a password at password@collegepressbox. schools. 2011 UTAH SCHEDULE (7-4, 4-4 PAC-12) > Friday marks the final home game for 18 Utah seniors who will be honored in a pre-game ceremony. See “Senior Moment” for more. Date Opponent TV Time Sept. 1 Montana State KJZZ W/27-10 > Utah is bowl eligible for the ninth-consecutive season, including all Sept. 10 at USC* VERSUS L/23-14 seven years under head coach Kyle Whittingham. It will be the 10th bowl Sept. 17 at Brigham Young ESPN2 W/54-10 game in 11 years for the Utes. Sept. 24 open Oct. 1 Washington* (HC) FSN L/31-14 > The Buffs lead the series 30-24-3 with Utah ahead 14-13-2 in Salt Lake Oct. 8 Arizona State* FSN L/35-14 City. Once heated rivals, these two teams played in football all but four Oct. 15 at Pittsburgh ESPNU W/26-14 seasons from 1903-1962 but have not played since. Utah’s 57 games Oct. 22 at California*^ KJZZ/CSN-BA L/34-10 against CU is its most against a Pac-12 school and the fifth-longest series Oct. 29 Oregon State* KJZZ/ROOT NW W/27-8 in school history. For complete series history, see page 2. Nov. 5 at Arizona* FSAP, FCS W/34-21 Nov. 12 UCLA* KJZZ/Prime Ticket W/31-6 > The last time Utah played a team other than Brigham Young in its Nov. 19 at Washington State* KJZZ/FCS Atlantic W/30-27 (OT) regular season finale was in 2001, when the Utes finished their season Nov 25 (Fri.) Colorado* FSN (ROOT) 1:30 p.m. MT with a make-up game at Air Force on Dec. 1. Utah was scheduled to play *Pac-12 Game • HC-Homecoming • ^in San Francisco Air Force on Sept. 15 that season, but the game was rescheduled due to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. utahutes.com • facebook.com/uathletics • twitter.com/utahathletics 1 2011 UTAH FOOTBALL NOTES UTAH FAST FACTS UTAH-COLORADO SERIES Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Series Snapshot Interim President: Lorris Betz, M.D., Ph.d From 1903-1962, these two teams Athletics Director: Dr. Chris Hill Series Record .... CU leads 30-24-3 met every year but four (1909, 1918, Conference: Pac-12 Conference First Game .............1903 (CU 22-0) 1959, 1960) before the rivalry came to Enrollment: 30,819 Last Game ........ 1962 (Utah 37-21) a halt. Still, Utah’s 57 games against Nickname: Utes Series Streak .......................Utah 2 Colorado is its most against a Pac- Colors: Red & White Last Utah Win ............1962 (37-21) 12 school and ranks fifth in school Stadium: Rice-Eccles (45,017/FieldTurf) Last CU Win ..................1958 (7-0) history. Utah trails Colorado 30-24-3 Website: www.UtahUtes.com In Salt Lake City ................14-13-2 overall but leads 14-13-2 in Salt Lake Twitter: www.twitter.com/utahathletics In Boulder ..........................10-15-1 City. The last two games went to Utah Facebook: www.facebook.com/uathletics Neutral Site ............................... 0-2 YouTube: www.youtube.com/utahathletics (1961, 1962). In 1961, Utah pulled off the biggest upset in the series, beating FOOTBALL MEDIA CONTACTS No. 8 Colorado in Boulder, 21-12. It was the Buffs’ only regular season Sr. Associate Athletics Director for Communications: Liz Abel loss and they went on to win the Big 8 O: (801) 581-3511; C: (801) 209-6346 title and play in the Orange Bowl. Email: [email protected] Asst. Communications Director: Brooke Frederickson Last Meeting O: (801) 581-8302; C: (801) 493-9254 Utah 37, Colorado 21 Email: [email protected] Sept. 22, 1962 • Salt Lake City COACH KYLE WHITTINGHAM Utah beat CU 37-21 in the season opener behind the play of Bud Scalley, who ran for a touchdown and threw a halfback pass for a score. Scalley is the father of Year School Overall Pac-12 Bowl current Ute safeties coach and 2004 Ute All-American Morgan Scalley. 2004* Utah* 1-0* W (Pittsburgh/Fiesta) 2005 Utah 7-5 W (Georgia Tech/Emerald) 2006 Utah 8-5 W (Tulsa/Armed Forces) Series History (24-30-3) 2007 Utah 9-4 W (Navy/Poinsettia) 1903 L ......0-22 .......Oct. 3.........A 1934 L ......6-7 .........Nov. 10 ......A 2008 Utah 13-0 W (Alabama/Sugar) 1904 L ......6-33 .......Oct. 1.........H 1935 L ......0-14 .......Nov. 9 ........H 2009 Utah 10-3 W (California/Poinsettia) 1905 L ......5-46 .......Nov. 4 ........A 1936 L ......7-31 .......Nov. 7 ........A 2010 Utah 10-3 L (Boise State/Las Vegas) 1906 W .....10-0 .......Nov. 17 ......H 1937 L ......7-17 .......Nov. 6 ........H 2011 Utah 7-4 4-4 1907 L ......10-24 .....Nov. 16 ......A 1938 T ......0-0 .........Nov. 5 ........A Totals 7 years* 65-24 4-4 6-1* 1908 W .....21-14 .....Nov. 14 ......H 1939 L ......14-21 .....Nov. 4 ........H 1910 L ......0-11 .......Oct. 29.......N 1940 W .....21-13 .....Nov. 2 ........A *Co-head coach in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl 1911 L ......0-9 .........Nov. 18 ......H 1941 W .....46-6 .......Nov. 1 ........H Education 1912 L ......0-3 .........Nov. 9 ........N 1942 W .....13-0 .......Nov. 7 ........A 1913 L ......12-30 .....Nov. 8 ........H 1943 L ......0-35 .......Oct. 9.........A Bachelor’s in educational psychology (BYU, 1984) 1914 L ......0-33 .......Nov. 7 ........A 1943 L ......19-22 .....Nov. 6 ........H Master’s in athletic administration (BYU, 1987) 1915 W .....35-3 .......Oct. 30.......H 1944 L ......0-26 .......Oct. 14.......H 1916 W .....28-0 .......Oct. 28.......H 1945 L ......13-18 .....Oct. 6.........A 1917 L ......9-18 .......Nov. 10 ......A 1946 W .....7-0 .........Nov. 2 ........H UTAH PAC-12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 1919 W .....7-0 .........Nov. 8 ........H 1947 W .....13-7 .......Nov. 1 ........A Sept. 19 Trevor Reilly Defense 1920 W .....7-0 .........Nov. 6 ........A 1948 W .....14-12 .....Oct. 30.......H Oct. 17 Derrick Shelby Defense 1921 T ......0-0 .........Nov. 12 ......H 1949 L ......7-14 .......Oct. 29.......A Coleman Petersen Special Teams 1922 W .....3-0 .........Oct. 21.......A 1950 T ......20-20 .....Oct. 28.......H 1923 L ......7-17 .......Nov. 17 ......H 1951 L ......0-54 .......Nov. 10 ......A Nov. 7 Sean Sellwood Special Teams 1924 L ......0-3 .........Nov. 1 ........A 1952 L ......14-20 .....Nov. 1 ........H 1925 W .....12-7 .......Oct. 24.......H 1953 L ......0-21 .......Nov. 7 ........A UTAH NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 1926 W .....37-3 .......Oct. 23.......A 1954 L ......7-20 .......Nov. 13 ......H 1927 W .....20-13 .....Oct.