Utah recorded its second BCS bowl victory over Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl.

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UTAH BOWL RECORD (13-4) 1939 Utah 26 Inside The Game 1939^ Sun Bowl 2005# Fiesta Bowl New Mexico 0 Utah fi nished the 1938 season Utah 26, Utah 35, with a 1939 bowl victory over New Mexico 0 Pi sburgh 7 El Paso, Texas - Jan. 2, 1939 New Mexico. 1964 Liberty Bowl 2005 Emerald Bowl EL PASO–Predicted as the most even match-up of the 1938 bowl season, Utah Utah 32, Utah 38, blasted the forecasters and New Mexico, 26-0, on Jan. 2. Utah, the old Big Seven West Virginia 6 Georgia Tech 10 champion, struck early. Tom Pace capped a 58-yard drive with a 15-yard touchdown run off a lateral from Ray Davis midway through the fi rst quarter. With a minute S UTAH INFORMATION S UTAH 2006 Armed Forces Bowl remaining in the period, Ray Peterson intercepted a Lobo pass on the Ute 40-yard line and returned it for a second score. Peterson crossed the goal line again in the Washington State 31, Utah 25, second quarter, on a fourth-down, 1-yard plunge. Utah 28 Tulsa 13 New Mexico’s highly-touted aerial a ack never advanced past Utah’s 40-yard line. As for the Utes, hal ack Clarence Gehrke fi nished their scoring with a 10-yard 1993 Freedom Bowl 2007 Poinsettia Bowl dash. New Mexico, co-champion of the old Border League, gained just 153 yards of USC 28, Utah 35, total off ense to Utah’s 384. Utah 21 Navy 32 SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Utah 14 6 0 6 26 1994 Freedom Bowl 2009% Sugar Bowl New Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 Utah 16, Utah 31, Arizona 13 Alabama 17 SCORING SUMMARY UU - Pace 15 run (McGarry kick) 1996 Copper Bowl 2009 Poinsettia Bowl UU - Peterson 60 intercep on return (McGarry kick) UU - Peterson 1 run (kick failed) Wisconsin 38, Utah 37, UU - Gehrke 10 run (kick failed) Utah 10 California 27 TEAM STATISTICS UU NM 1999 2010 Las Vegas Bowl First Downs 16 12 Utah 17, Boise State 26, Net Rushing 366 153 Fresno State 16 Utah 3 Passing 1-4-1 4-11-4 Passing Yards 18 59 Total Off ense 384 212 2011 Sun Bowl Fumbles 1-1 3-1 Utah 10, Utah 30, Penal es 9-55 5-35 USC 6 Georgia Tech 27 (OT) Pun ng 8-30.5 9-40.8

2003 Liberty Bowl Legend: Utah 17, ^ 1938 season; # 2004 season; Southern Miss 0 % 2008 season (bowl games were played in January). 2012 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY COACHES & STAFF PLAYER BIOS 2013 SEASON HERE’ PLAYER & STAFF COACHES 2012 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY HISTORY BOOK BOWL RECORD

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1964 LIBERTY BOWL 1992 COPPER BOWL Utah 32 Inside The Game Utah 28 Inside The Game INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH 2013 SEASON PLAYER BIOS COACHES & STAFF SERIES HISTORY 2012 IN REVIEW West Virginia 6 Utah beats West Virginia in the fi rst Washington State 31 Ute rally falls just short against indoor major bowl game. Washington State in fi rst bowl Atlantic City, N.J. - Dec. 19, 1964 Tucson, Ariz. - Dec. 29, 1992 appearance since 1964.

ATLANTIC CITY–Utah never trailed in its 32-6 victory over West Virginia in the 1964 TUCSON–In the early going, Utah played the part of a team that hadn’t gone Liberty Bowl–the fi rst indoor major bowl game ever held. A na onal television “bowling” for 28 years. But the Utes made up for lost me quickly and nearly upset audience and 6,059 fans in the Conven on Center watched Utah score fi rst on a 29- favored Washington State in one of the most exci ng games of the bowl season. yard fi eld goal by All-American Roy Jeff erson. Jeff erson, who also booted a 32-yard A er jumping to a 21-0 fi rst-quarter lead, WSU barely held on for a 31-28 win in the fi eld goal, le the game in the fi rst half a er separa ng his shoulder. Weiser Lock Copper Bowl. But Utah had plenty of fi repower le . Hal ack Ron Coleman sprinted 53 yards The Utes, who seemingly gave the game away in the fi rst quarter, became for a touchdown on a day which saw him lead all rushers with 154 rushing yards. acclimated to postseason play in the second and third stanzas, roaring back to e Andy Ireland added another long TD dash for the Utes–his went for 47 yards–while the score at 28-28. Defense ruled in the fourth quarter and a WSU fi eld goal proved quarterback Pokey Allen contributed an 11-yard touchdown run. the game winner. The Ute off ense, featuring a two-quarterback a ack, closed its scoring with a Frank Dolce hit Sean Williams for Utah’s fi rst score, a 10-yard pass play. Six 33-yard touchdown strike from Richard Groth to Bill Morley. In all, the Utes totaled minutes later, Keith Williams scampered into pay dirt from 25 yards out to narrow 466 yards of off ense. the gap to 21-14. A er a 48-yard touchdown pass by Washington State’s Drew The Utah defense also did its job, holding the Mountaineers scoreless un l the Bledsoe, Dolce countered with a 49-yard strike to Henry Lusk, who plucked the ball waning minutes of the third quarter. West Virginia’s Allen McCune hooked up with from a defender’s hands in a leaping end zone catch. receiver Rich Juriga with 5:30 to play for the Mountaineers’ sole touchdown. Utah’s An 8-yard TD run by Pierre Jones narrowed the gap to 28-26, and a successful backfi eld intercepted four McCune passes. two-point conversion from Dolce to Sco Murry ed things up, but only for 20 The Liberty Bowl win capped a 9-2 season for coach Ray Nagel and the Utes. It seconds. Washington State responded with a 22-yard fi eld goal to go ahead 31-28. would stand as the most wins ever by a Ute team for 30 years. Utah’s Chris Yergensen’s 20-yard fi eld goal a empt with 3:19 remaining in the game was wide le and the Utes came up short. SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Utah 3 16 6 7 32 SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL West Virginia 0 0 6 0 6 Utah 0 14 14 0 28 Washington State 21 7 0 3 31 SCORING SUMMARY SCORING SUMMARY UU - Jeff erson 29 fi eld goal WS - Wright-Fair 3 run (Price kick) 13:25, 1st UU - Allen 11 run (Jeff erson kick) WS - Bobo 87 pass from Bledsoe (Price kick) 10:32, 1st UU - Jeff erson 32 fi eld goal WS - Wright-Fair 3 run (Price kick) 1:20, 1st UU - Coleman 53 run (pass failed) UU - S. Williams 10 pass from Dolce (Yergensen kick) 9:35, 2nd UU - Ireland 47 run (run failed) UU - K. Williams 25 rush (Yergensen kick) 2:51, 2nd WV - Clegg 6 pass from McCune (pass failed) WS - Bobo 48 pass from Bledsoe (Price kick) 0:31, 2nd UU - Morley 33 pass from Groth (Pullman kick) UU - Lusk 49 pass from Dolce (Yergensen kick) 8:49, 3rd UU - Jones 8 rush (pass good, Murry) 5:25, 3rd TEAM STATISTICS UU WV WS - Price 22 FG, 5:08, 4th First Downs 25 12 Rushing Yardage 323 105 TEAM STATISTICS UU WSU Passing 143 123 First Downs 20 28 Passes 11-23 13-28 Net Rushing 39-179 41-144 Intercepted by 4 0 Passing 40-21-0 48-32-1 Punts 1-43 4-25 Passing Yards 316 492 Fumbles lost 3 1 Total Off ense 79-495 89-636 Yards penalized 61 29 Fumbles 3-1 4-2 Penal es 7-55 18-136 Intercep ons 1-9 0-0 Pun ng 6-43.0 6-36.5 Return Yards 90 60 BOWL HISTORY RECORD BOOK Time of Possession 30:08 29:52 Sacks By 2-11 1-8 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing (A -Yds-TD)–Utah: K. Williams 13-112-1, Jones 11-43-1. WSU: Wright-Fair 27-123-2. Passing (A -Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Dolce 40-21-0-316-2. WSU: Bledsoe 46-30-1-476-2, Pa son 2-2-0-16-0. Receiving (Rec-Yds-TD)–Utah: S. Williams 7-127-1, Hooks 5-75-0. WSU: Bobo 7-212-2, Davis 8-134-0, Pointer 5-73-0. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Lusk 1-25, Jones 2-23. WSU: Hunter 3-55. Punt Returns–Utah: S. Williams 3-17. WSU: Hunter 2-(-2). Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Swanson 9, Leary 9, Tonga 8. Sacks: Lambert 1-6, Christensen 1-5.

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1993 FREEDOM BOWL 1994 FREEDOM BOWL Utah 21 Inside The Game Utah 16 Inside The Game USC 28 Utes dominate the second half but Arizona 13 TD pass on fourth down gives Utah run out of time against the Southern the win over Arizona in a matchup Anaheim, Calif. - Dec. 30, 1993 California Trojans. Anaheim, Calif. - Dec. 27, 1994 between ranked teams.

ANAHEIM–On paper, the Freedom Bowl match-up looked mismatched–the tri- ANAHEIM–In a remarkable ra o of points to yards, Utah won the Freedom Bowl champion of the Pacifi c-10 Conference (Southern California) against the Western over Arizona, 16-13, despite accumula ng just 75 net yards against Arizona’s famed Athle c Conference’s fourth-place fi nisher (Utah). On the fi eld, the pairing looked Desert Swarm defense. Utah, which managed just fi ve fi rst downs and six rushing even worse, at least for two quarters. yards all night, seemed doomed to its second straight Freedom Bowl defeat when S UTAH INFORMATION S UTAH Then Utah came alive. When USC jumped to a 28-0 hal ime lead, Utah quarterback Mike McCoy found himself in the grasp of a Wildcat defender on appeared headed for a lopsided loss. Off ense? The Utes managed just 101 yards of fourth-and-goal. But McCoy made a despera on heave on his way to the ground total off ense and failed to cross midfi eld in the fi rst half. Defense? The Utes gave up and freshman Kevin Dyson streaked through a crowd of Wildcats to make a game- 296 yards and four touchdowns. Over? No way. winning catch with 3:34 le . Led by eventual Freedom Bowl Off ensive MVP Henry Lusk, the Utes charged Ironically, the hero’s mantle and the game MVP award went to neither of the back to within a touchdown of the Trojans, with the ball and a chance to win at the above. Freshman Cal Beck took an Arizona kickoff and sprinted 72 yards to the Ute end. Lusk caught six second-half passes for 140 yards and a 59-yard touchdown to 5-yard-line with 4:00 remaining. McCoy and Dyson punched it in from there. help the Utes climb within seven (28-21). In the mean me, Utah’s defense slammed Equal credit should go to the U. defense, which limited Arizona to two fi eld the door on USC’s vaunted off ense, holding the Trojans scoreless in the second half. goals and a touchdown, for the fi rst Utah bowl win in 20 years. The Wildcats gained Junior defensive end Luther Elliss had a huge game for the Utes, with fi ve tackles only 184 total yards against the Luther Elliss-led Ute defense and converted on just for lost yardage, two sacks (12 yards) and two pass breakups. Former Trojan Adam 3-of-13 third down a empts. They failed to score in the second and third quarters, Swaney had a career day as a Ute, with four tackles for loss and three sacks (16 and their sole TD came on a defl ected pass in the fi rst quarter. yards). Quarterback Mike McCoy’s Hail Mary pass with 0:08 was picked off as me ran SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL out, aver ng Utah’s upset bid. Utah 0 7 0 9 16 SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Arizona 7 0 0 6 13 Utah 0 0 13 8 21 USC 20 8 0 0 28 SCORING SUMMARY UA - Carter 23 pass from White (McLaughlin kick) 1:57, 1st SCORING SUMMARY UU - Brown 6 run (Pulsipher kick) 10:03, 2nd SC - Morton 31 pass from Johnson (Ford kick) 12:23, 1st UA - McLaughlin 44 FG, 12:39, 4th SC - Morton 9 pass from Johnson (Ford kick) 8:45, 1st UA - McLaughlin 20 FG, 8:05, 4th SC - Dotson 2 run (kick failed) 4:10, 1st UU - Safety (Peyton steps out of end zone) 4:11, 4th SC - McWilliams 5 pass from Johnson (pass good) 13:34, 2nd UU - Dyson 5 pass from McCoy (Pulsipher kick) 3:34, 4th UU - Henry Lusk 59 pass from McCoy (Yergensen kick) 11:08, 3rd UU - Anderson 34 run (kick failed) 4:28, 3rd TEAM STATISTICS UU UA UU - Williams 1 run (pass good to Anderson) 3:26, 4th First Downs 5 14 Net Rushing 32-6 37-45 TEAM STATISTICS UU USC Passing 25-11-2 27-13-1 First Downs 17 20 Passing Yards 69 139 Net Rushing 64 91 Total Off ense 57-75 64-184 Passing 40-23-3 44-30-1 Fumbles 0-0 2-2 Passing Yards 286 345 Penal es 9-94 4-35 Total Off ense 350 436 Intercep ons 1-26 2-15 Fumbles 2-0 2-1 Pun ng 10-41.0 6-36.8 Penal es 5-51 10-96 Punt Returns 2-6 4-28 Intercep ons 1-22 3-0 Kickoff Returns 5-173 3-59 Pun ng 8-34.1 6-36.7 Time of Possession 27:33 32:27 Punt Returns 3-28 1-31 Third Down Conversions 3-15 3-13 Kickoff Returns 1-20 3-68 Sacks By 2-16 6-45 Time of Possession 27:45 32:14 Third Down Conversions 4-14 9-19 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Sacks By 5-28 5-37 Rushing (A -Yds-TD)–Utah: McCoy 7-(-42)-0, Brown 16-44-1, Johnson 4-6-0. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Arizona: Carter 19-44-0, Myles 9-12-0, Taylor 2-11-0. Passing (A -Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: McCoy 25-11-2-69-1. Rushing (A -Yds-TD)–Utah: Anderson 16-67-1, Williams 1-1-1, Jones 1-9-0. Arizona: White 27-13-1-139-1. USC: Walters 19-70-0, Strother 9-50-0, Dotson 3-7-1. Receiving (Rec-Yds-TD)–Utah: Dyson 2-8-1, Marsh 3-25-0, Tucker 4-28-0. Passing (A -Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: McCoy 40-23-3-286-1. Arizona: Dice 7-65-0, Carter 4-50-1. USC: Johnson 44-30-1-345-3. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Beck 3-140, Lawson 1-31. Receiving (Rec-Yds-TD)–Utah: Henry Lusk 6-140-1, Anderson 7-61-0, Arizona: Taylor 1-19, Carter 1-22. Claiborne 3-42-0, Rowley 2-18-0. Punt Returns–Utah: Marsh 2-6. Arizona: Wray 4-28.

2012 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY COACHES & STAFF PLAYER BIOS 2013 SEASON HERE’ PLAYER & STAFF COACHES 2012 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY HISTORY BOOK BOWL RECORD USC: Morton 10-147-2, Strother 6-63-0, Grave 4-48-0, McWilliams 2-17-1. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Lusk 9, Leary 6, Stapley 6, H. Kaufusi 6, Elliss 6. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Jones 1-20. USC: Grace 2-45, Dotson 1-23. Sacks: Elliss 1-7, J. Kaufusi 1-9. Punt Returns–Utah: Henry Lusk 3-28. USC: Grace 1-31. IntercepƟ ons: Lusk 1-26. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Boyd 10, Rexford 10, Elliss 9. Sacks: Elliss 2-12, Swaney 16. IntercepƟ ons: Rexford 1-22.

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1996 COPPER BOWL 1999 LAS VEGAS BOWL Wisconsin 38 Inside The Game Fresno State 16 Inside The Game INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH 2013 SEASON PLAYER BIOS COACHES & STAFF SERIES HISTORY 2012 IN REVIEW Utah 10 Red zone woes by the Utes, combined Utah 17 Mike Anderson’s big day led with too much Ron Dayne, led to Utah to the fi rst bowl win for the new Tucson, Ariz. - Dec. 27, 1996 Utah’s loss to Wisconsin. Las Vegas, Nev. - Dec. 19, 1999 Mountain West Conference.

TUCSON–The ballyhooed ba le between the na on’s two biggest collegiate running LAS VEGAS–Running back Mike Anderson and a punishing defensive eff ort led to the backs never materialized, as Utah lost star runner Chris Fuamatu-Ma’afala to a fi rst- fi rst bowl win for the new Mountain West Conference, courtesy of Utah. The Utes, quarter ankle injury. Wisconsin’s Ron Dayne held up his end of the bargain, however, tri-champions in the league’s inaugural season, beat Western Athle c Conference rushing for 246 yards and three touchdowns in a 38-10 Wisconsin win. co-champion Fresno State, 17-16. Off ensively, the Utes rang up more net yards (430-365) and more fi rst downs Sta s cally, Utah trounced the Bulldogs, winning the total off ense ba le 548- (26-16) than the Badgers, moved inside UW’s 5-yard line twice and inside the 279. But a spate of special teams breakdowns, including a 75-yard blocked fi eld goal 20-yard line another three mes, but four intercep ons spelled their doom. In his returned for a touchdown by FSU, kept it close. fi nal game, U. quarterback Mike Fouts completed 27 of 49 passes for 327 yards, Anderson and running mate Omar Bacon stole the show in their fi nal but was picked off four mes. Terence Keehan and Kevin Dyson had big receiving collegiate game. Anderson set a Las Vegas Bowl rushing record with 254 yards and nights–catching six passes each for 100 and 95 yards, respec vely. Juan Johnson scored both of Utah’s touchdowns. He also had the day’s most impressive run–a 76- scored Utah’s only TD of the day on a 1-yard run late in the third quarter. Johnson yard sprint from the line of scrimmage on Utah’s fi rst off ensive down. Bacon chipped accounted for 88 of Utah’s 103 rushing yards. in 91 rushing yards. Utah’s defense held Wisconsin to just 16 passing yards on 2-of-6 passing, but T.D. Croshaw started the game at quarterback but le with a shoulder injury could not stop the run–allowing 349 yards. a er just one quarter with the game ed 7-7. Darnell Arceneaux relieved and led Utah to victory. SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Cletus Truhe had two fi eld goal a empts blocked, but made the game-winner, Wisconsin 14 17 0 7 38 a 33-yarder with 5:03 remaining. Fresno State’s fi nal drive was stopped by Andre Utah 3 0 7 0 10 Dyson’s pass breakup on fourth and seven. Kautai Olevao and Kimball Chris anson each had seven tackles for Utah. SCORING SUMMARY SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL UW - Samuel 38 run (Hall kick) 10:11, 1st Fresno State 7 0 3 6 16 UU - Pulsipher 24 fi eld goal, 3:53, 1st Utah 7 0 7 3 17 UW - Dayne 40 run (Hall kick) 3:11, 1st UW - Weems 82 intercep on return (Hall kick) 13:28, 2nd SCORING SUMMARY UW - Hall 38 fi eld goal, 2:02, 2nd FS - Williams 75 missed FG return (Hanna kick) 9:32, 1st UW - Dayne 3 run (Hall kick) 0:42, 2nd UU - Anderson 34 run (Truhe kick) 3:51, 1st UU - Johnson 1 run (Pulsipher kick) 4:14, 3rd FS - Hanna 27 fi eld goal, 9:24, 3rd UW - Dayne 1 run (Hall kick) 12:31, 4th UU - Anderson 5 run (Truhe kick) 9:24, 3rd FS - Ward 2 run (Hanna kick blocked) 14:57, 4th TEAM STATISTICS UU UW UU - Truhe 33 fi eld goal, 5:03, 4th First Downs 26 16 Net Rushing 31-103 45-349 TEAM STATISTICS UU FS Passing 49-27-4 16-6-2 First Downs 25 16 Passing Yards 327 16 Net Rushing 33-334 20-132 Total Off ense 80-430 51-365 Passing 24-11-1 28-14-0 Fumbles 1-0 2-1 Passing Yards 214 147 Penal es 2-11 3-31 Total Off ense 78-548 60-279 Intercep ons 4-125-1 0-0 Fumbles 2-0 0-0 Pun ng 2-62 2-82 Penal es 15-151 6-59 Punt Returns 1-8 0-0 Intercep ons 0-0 1-11 Kickoff Returns 2-46 3-59 Pun ng 4-39.0 5-37.2 Time of Possession 34:18 25:42 Punt Returns 3 (-7) 2-15 Third Down Conversions 11-17 5-9 Kickoff Returns 3-57 3-74 Fourth Down Conversions 0-1 1-1 Time of Possession 35:54 24:06 Sacks By 0-0 1-6 Third Down Conversions 5-14 4-14 BOWL HISTORY RECORD BOOK Fourth Down Conversions 0-2 0-2 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Sacks By 0-0 3-16 Rushing (A -Yds-TD)–Utah: Johnson 20-88-1, Fuamatu-Ma’afala 4-5-0, Bacon 4-9-0. Wisconsin: Dayne 30-246-3, Samuel 5-44-1, McCullough 5-22-0. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Passing (A -Comp-Yds-TD)–Utah: Fouts 49-27-4-327-0. Rushing (A .-Yds.-TD)–Utah: M. Anderson 34-254-2, Bacon 8-91-0. Wisconsin: Samuel 6-2-0-16-0. FS: Ward 15-51-1, Gaines 8-31-0. Receiving (Rec-Yds-TD)–Utah: Keehan 6-100-0, Dyson 6-95-0, Henry 6-47-0. Passing (A .-Comp.-I.-Yds.-TD)–Utah: Arceneaux 15-8-0-94-0, Croshaw 9-3-1-120-0. Wisconsin: Hayes 1-9-0, Brown 1-7-0. FS: Volek 28-14-0-147-0. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Dyson 2-46. Wisconsin: Stecker 3-59. Receiving (A .-Yds.-TD)–Utah: Russell 5-96-0, Bendinger 2-70-0. Punt Returns–Utah: Dyson 1-8. Wisconsin: None. FS: Wright 6-55-0, Smith 4-53-0. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Lave 8, Boglin 6, Love 6. Sacks: None. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Crocke 2-57. FS: Wright 2-43. IntercepƟ ons: None. Punt Returns–Utah: 3-(-7). FS: Smith 2-15. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Olevao 7, K. Chris anson 7. TFL: Bowers 2-14, Tufaga 1-9.

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2001 LAS VEGAS BOWL 2003 LIBERTY BOWL Utah 10 Inside The Game Utah 17 Inside The Game USC 6 Utes ruin the Carson Palmer-led Southern Miss 0 MWC champion Utes shut out C-USA Trojans’ Christmas by shutting down champion Southern Miss in the Las Vegas, Nev. - Dec. 25, 2001 their off ense. Memphis, Tenn. - Dec. 31, 2003 Liberty Bowl.

LAS VEGAS–Utah scored on its second drive in the Sega Sports Las Vegas Bowl on MEMPHIS—The Southern Mississippi defense received most of the hype coming Christmas Day, then relied on an incredible defensive eff ort to beat favored USC for into the Liberty Bowl, but it was Utah’s defense that carried the day in a 17-0 victory. the fi rst me since 1916. The blitzin’ Utes teamed up for fi ve sacks and 10 tackles for loss, causing fi rst-string Ryan Kaneshiro’s 26-yard fi eld goal at the end of the fi rst half completed Golden Eagle quarterback Dus n Almond to lose his cool and backup Micky D’Angelo S UTAH INFORMATION S UTAH Utah’s scoring, but 10 points was enough for the swarming Ute defense. A year later, to leave the game with a concussion. quarterback Carson Palmer would win the Heisman Trophy while leading USC to And, if holding the Conference USA champion to a paltry 11 fi rst downs, 49 the na onal championship. But against the Utes on this day, the Trojans ne ed just rushing yards and 213 total yards wasn’t enough, the Ute defense also came to one yard rushing and 151 total yards. USC logged its only TD on its fi rst drive of the the rescue of its struggling off ensive teammates. Late in the second quarter, safety second half before the Sheldon Deckart-led U. defense slammed the door again. Morgan Scalley sacked Almond, who fumbled. Ute Lewis Powell recovered the Deckart’s six tackles, which included two for a loss and two sacks, led a fumble on USM’s 17-yard line to set up the only off ensive touchdown of the game. ferocious Ute pass rush that sacked Palmer fi ve mes and tallied nine tackles for Utah’s other touchdown was scored by none other than Scalley, who scooped up a loss. fumble forced by safety Dave Revill and returned it 74 yards for a touchdown with Adam Tate closed his career with a 103-yard rushing day and the Utes’ only 1:36 remaining. touchdown. Dameon Hunter (94 yards) was the game’s MVP. Although Utah never got untracked off ensively, Brandon Warfi eld and Paris Warren both had memorable games. Warfi eld was named the Liberty Bowl off ensive SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL MVP a er rushing for 91 yards and the game’s fi rst touchdown. Warren had 5 Utah 7 3 0 0 10 recep ons for 72 yards to become Utah’s single-season receiving record-holder (76 USC 0 0 6 0 6 recep ons in 2003). Bryan Borreson’s 19-yard fi eld goal in the fourth quarter gave Utah a 10-0 lead and some breathing room. SCORING SUMMARY Ray Holdcra led the defense with 8 tackles, 4 solo, and 2.5 tackles for loss. Revill had 2 sacks and Powell was the game’s defensive MVP a er recovering 2 UU - Tate 3 run (Kaneshiro kick) 5:26, 1st fumbles. UU - Kaneshiro 26 fi eld goal, 0:29, 2nd SC - Byrd 4 run (kick failed) 10:03, 3rd SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL TEAM STATISTICS UU USC Utah 0 7 0 10 17 Southern Miss 0 0 0 0 0 First Downs 20 12 Net Rushing 54-222 25-1 Passing 21-12-1 26-15-0 SCORING SUMMARY Passing Yards 136 150 UU - Warfi eld 5 run (Borreson kick) 4:41, 2nd Total Off ense 75-358 51-151 UU - Borreson 19 fi eld goal, 3:24, 4th Fumbles 1-1 1-0 UU - Scalley 74 fumble return (Borreson kick) 1:36, 4th Penal es 10-95 6-47 Intercep ons 0-0 1-1 TEAM STATISTICS UU USM Pun ng 6-38.0 8-37.8 First Downs 12 11 Punt Returns 4-8 2-27 Net Rushing 45-104 30-69 Kickoff Returns 0-0 2-33 Passing 19-8-1 39-13-0 Time of Possession 38:01 21:59 Passing Yards 124 144 Third Down Conversions 10-17 2-12 Total Off ense 64-228 69-213 Fourth Down Conversions 0-0 0-0 Fumbles 6-2 4-4 Sacks By 5-45 1-12 Penal es 12-85 12-92 Intercep ons 0-0 1-0 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Pun ng 9-37.9 8-45.8 Rushing (A -Yds-TD)–Utah: Tate 23-103-1, Hunter 17-94-0. Punt Returns 7-31 3-20 USC: Byrd 10-21-1. Kickoff Returns 0-0 3-56 Passing (A -Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Rice 21-12-1-136-0. Time of Possession 33:24 26:36 USC: Palmer 26-15-0-150-0. Third Down Conversions 2-15 2-16 Receiving (A -Yds-TD)–Utah: Lyman 4-41-0, Richardson 3-35-0. Fourth Down Conversions 0-1 0-3 USC: Colvert 2-38-0, Kelly 3-33-0. Sacks By 5-38 3-16 Kickoff Returns–Utah: None. USC: Rideaux 2-33. Punt Returns–Utah: Walterscheid 4-8. USC: Arbet 2-27. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Deckart 6, Sanders 6. Sacks: Deckart 2-20, Dwinell Rushing (A -Yds-TD)–Utah: Warfi eld 27-91-1. USM: Harris 14-70-0. 1-10, Sanders 1-10, Powell 1-5. TFL: Deckart 2-20, Kaufusi 2-10. IntercepƟ ons: None. Passing (A -Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Smith 19-8-1-124-0. USM: Almond 33-11-0-122-0, D’Angelo 6-2-0-22-0. Receiving (A -Yds-TD)–Utah: Warren 5-72-0, Savoy 1-41-0. USM: Blackwell 3-30-0. Kickoff Returns–Utah: None. USM: Faulk 1-27.

2012 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY COACHES & STAFF PLAYER BIOS 2013 SEASON HERE’ PLAYER & STAFF COACHES 2012 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY HISTORY BOOK BOWL RECORD Punt Returns–Utah: Warren 7-31. USM: Young 3-20. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Holdcra 8, Toone 8. Sacks: Revill 2-16. TFL: Holdcra 2.5-10. IntercepƟ ons: None.

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2005 FIESTA BOWL - 2005 EMERALD BOWL Pittsburgh 7 Inside The Game Georgia Tech 10 Inside The Game INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH 2013 SEASON PLAYER BIOS COACHES & STAFF SERIES HISTORY 2012 IN REVIEW Utah 35 The BCS busting Utes fi nish a perfect Utah 38 Utah erupts against the nation’s 12-0 season in 2004 at the Fiesta 12th-ranked defense for an Tempe, Ariz. - Jan. 1, 2005 Bowl on New Year’s Day. San Francisco, Calif. - Dec. 29, 2005 upset win over Georgia Tech.

TEMPE—In the fi rst BCS game ever for a non-BCS school, Utah steamrolled over Big SAN FRANCISCO—Bre Ratliff and Travis LaTendresse roasted the na on’s No. East co-champion Pi sburgh, 35-7, in the Tos tos Fiesta Bowl. Led by off ensive co- 12-ranked defense and led Utah to a 38-10 upset win over No. 24 Georgia Tech in MVPs Alex Smith and Paris Warren, Utah jumped to a 28-0 lead before Pi sburgh’s the Emerald Bowl. only score of the day. The Utes jumped out to a 20-0 lead just minutes into the second quarter Warren’s 15 recep ons, which went for 198 yards, was a Fiesta Bowl record. before Georgia Tech made a li le run by scoring all 10 of its points. A fi eld goal with Smith was unstoppable, comple ng 29 of 37 passes for 328 yards and 4 touchdowns 0:03 le in the fi rst half would mark the end of Tech’s scoring for the night, however. (no intercep ons). Utah’s marvelous Heisman Trophy fi nalist QB also led all rushers Ratliff ’s 30 comple ons, 381 passing yards and four touchdowns sha ered the with 68 net yards. Emerald Bowl records, as well as se ng new school and Mountain West Conference Equally responsible for Utah’s blowout victory was the defense, which set a bowl records. LaTendresse, the game’s off ensive MVP, burned the Georgia Tech bowl record with nine quarterback sacks. Nose guard Steve Fifi ta, the defensive secondary with a bowl-record 16 recep ons for 214 yards and four scores. MVP, had 5 tackles, 2 tackles for loss and a sack. Safety Eric Weddle led the Quinton Ganther rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown in his fi nal game as defense with 11 tackles, a sack and a pass breakup and senior linebacker Tommy a Ute. Utah’s defense–every bit as domina ng as the o ff ense–was spearheaded Hackenbruck had a monster game in his fi nal Ute ou ng. Included in Hackenbruck’s by defensive MVP Eric Weddle’s superb performance against Tech’s All-America 10 total tackles were 3 sacks for 29 yards. receiver Calvin Johnson. Weddle hounded Johnson into a two-catch, 19-yard game. The Utes enjoyed a home fi eld atmosphere as the vast majority of sold-out Weddle rarely le the fi eld–also playing quarterback and on special teams. Steve was red-clad. All es mates suggest it was the largest gathering of Tate led Utah with 10 tackles and picked off his fi rst career intercep on, which he Ute fans ever to watch a Utah football game. returned 45 yards.

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Pi sburgh 0 0 7 0 7 Georgia Tech 0 10 0 0 10 Utah 7 7 21 0 35 Utah 13 7 3 15 38

SCORING SUMMARY SCORING SUMMARY UU - Ganther 4 run (Carroll kick) 3:09, 1st UU - LaTendresse 14 pass from Ratliff (Beardall kick failed) 12:26, 1st UU - Madsen 6 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 5:29, 2nd UU - LaTendresse 23 pass from Ratliff (Beardall kick) 3:59, 1st UU - M. Johnson 18 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 11:13, 3rd UU - LaTendresse 25 pass from Ratliff (Beardall kick) 14:30, 2nd UU - Warren 23 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 6:22, 3rd GT - Cooper 31 pass from Ball (Bell kick) 9:25, 2nd PT - Lee 31 pass from Palko (Cummings kick) 4:28, 3rd GT - Bell 29 fi eld goal, 0:03, 2nd UU - Warren 18 pass from Smith-Savoy lateral (Carroll kick) 0:25, 3rd UU - Beardall 23 fi eld goal, 2:11, 3rd UU - LaTendresse 16 pass from Ratliff (Ratliff -LaTendresse pass) 11:44, 4th TEAM STATISTICS PITT UU UU - Ganther 41 run (Beardall kick) 8:34, 4th First Downs 19 25 Net Rushing 30-17 31-139 TEAM STATISTICS GT UU Passing 22-40-0 29-37-0 First Downs 20 31 Passing Yards 251 328 Net Rushing 37-127 35-169 Total Off ense 70-268 68-467 Passing 38-18-2 42-30-2 Fumbles 0-0 1-1 Passing Yards 258 381 Penal es 3-30 7-51 Total Off ense 75-385 77-550 Intercep ons 0-0 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Pun ng 5-36.0 1-28.0 Penal es 4-39 7-64 Punt Returns 0-0 1-10 Intercep ons-Yds 2-7 2-55 Kickoff Returns 3-44 2-42 Pun ng 8-33.2 5-40.6 Time of Possession 31:17 28:43 Punt Returns 2-(-2) 1-5 Third Down Conversions 7-17 8-10 Kickoff Returns 6-115 3-61 Fourth Down Conversions 1-2 0-1 Time of Possession 29:20 30:40 BOWL HISTORY RECORD BOOK Sacks By 2-9 9-73 Third Down Conversions 7-18 5-13 Fourth Down Conversions 0-2 2-2 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Sacks By 2-13 2-18 Rushing (A -Yds-TD)–Utah: Smith 15-68-0, Ganther 6-34-1. PiƩ : Murphy 12-37-0. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Passing (A -Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Smith 37-29-0-328-4. Rushing (A -Yds-TD)–Utah: Ganther 22-120-1, Weddle 3-23-0. GT: Daniels 20-109-0. PiƩ : Palko 40-22-0-251-1. Passing (A -Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ratliff 41-30-1-381-4. GT: BAll 38-18-2-258-1. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Warren 15-198-2, Savoy 7-70-0. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: LaTendresse 16-214-4, Hernandez 8-75-0. GT: Bilbo PiƩ : Delsardo 9-109-0, Lee 7-93-1. 4-103-0, Cooper 3-45-1. Punt Returns–Utah: Weddle 1-10. PiƩ : none Kickoff Returns–Utah: Richards 3-61. GT: Grant 5-104. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Walker 1-22, Nagahi 1-20. PiƩ : Furman 3-44. Punt Returns–Utah: Weddle 1-5. GT: Houston 2-(-2). Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Weddle 11, Hackenbruck 10. Sacks: Hackenbruck Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Tate 10, Burne 7, Toone 7. Sacks: Burne 1-10, 3-29, Ledbe er 2-13. TFL: Hackenbruck 3-29, Fifi ta 2-13, Ledbe er 2-13. Fifi ta 1-7. TFL: Fifi ta 2-12. Intercep ons: Tate 1-45, Harper 1-10. IntercepƟ ons: none.

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2006 ARMED FORCES BOWL 2007 POINSETTIA BOWL Tulsa 13 Inside The Game Utah 35 Inside The Game Utah 25 Utah wins its sixth-straight bowl game Navy 32 Joe Dale comes up with a pick after in a convincing fashion. Navy scores a TD in the fi nal minute Fort Worth, Texas - Dec. 23, 2006 San Diego, Calif. - Dec. 20, 2007 and recovers the onside kick.

FORT WORTH, Texas—Utah extended its bowl win streak to six in a row with a SAN DIEGO—Poinse a Bowl off ensive MVP Brian Johnson put on a second-half convincing 25-13 victory over Tulsa. In his last game as a Ute, consensus All-America passing clinic, defensive MVP Joe Dale made a game-saving intercep on with less defensive back Eric Weddle showed why he was considered the most versa le player than a minute remaining, and Utah edged Navy 35-32 in the fi rst bowl game of the in the na on. Weddle rushed for the game’s fi nal touchdown and then intercepted season. S UTAH INFORMATION S UTAH a pass on the last play of the game. He fi nished with six tackles, a half sack, a fumble Stymied on the ground in the fi rst half, Utah turned to Johnson’s arm a er recovery and an intercep on, while rushing for 56 yards and a touchdown. He also the break. He connected on 20 of his fi nal 22 pass a empts including 11 straight held for Utah’s four fi eld goals. comple ons. Johnson also rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown. As good as Weddle was, the MVP honors went to sophomore kicker/punter A 28-point second half rallied Utah to a 35-25 lead with 1:27 remaining in the Louie Sakoda, who made all four of his fi eld goal a empts and a PAT to account for game. But Navy struck back with a 58-yard pass play to narrow the gap to 35-32. The 13 of Utah’s 25 points. Sakoda, who made a career-long 45-yard fi eld goal on his fi rst Midshipmen recovered their onside kick and advanced into Utah territory before try, also kept Tulsa on its heels with his pun ng: He averaged 47.3 yards per punt Dale’s fi rst career intercep on on the 31-yard line sealed a Ute victory. and placed two of his three punts inside the Tulsa 20-yard line. Dale fi nished with a career-high 12 tackles. Paul Kruger added 10 tackles and a Bre Ratliff engineered a Utah off ense that out-gained Tulsa 405-254. He sack. Darrell Mack rushed for 76 yards and two touchdowns. completed 23-of-34 passes for 240 yards and a touchdown pass to Brent Casteel. Steve Tate led the defense with 10 tackles and a sack. SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Utah 0 7 14 14 35 SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Navy 0 10 7 15 32 Tulsa 0 7 0 6 13 Utah 3 6 10 6 25 SCORING SUMMARY UU - Mack 5 run (Sakoda kick), 8:42, 2nd SCORING SUMMARY NV - Kaheaku-Enhada 1 run (Bullen kick), 5:14, 2nd UU - Sakoda 45 fi eld goal 1st, 7:50 NV - Bully 39 fi eld goal, 0:28, 2nd TUL - Smith 1 run (Tracy kick) 2nd, 13:01 NV - Ke ani 43 run (Bullen kick), 11:52, 3rd UU - Sakoda 39 fi eld goal 2nd, 8:50 UT - Brooks 23 run (Sakoda kick) 4:47, 3rd UU - Sakoda 41 fi eld goal 2nd, 0:00 UT - Richards 40 pass from Johnson (Sakoda kick), 1:12, 3rd UU - Casteel 10 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 3rd, 11:51 UT - Johnson 19 run (Sakoda kick), 12:47, 4th UU - Sakoda 34 fi eld goal 3rd, 3:02 NV - White 10 pass from Kaheaku-Enhada (Kaheaki-Enhada rush), 8:48, 4th TUL - Smith 1 run (kick failed) 4th, 10:54 UT - Mack 1 run (Sakoda kick), 1:27, 4th UU - Weddle 4 run (pass failed) 4th, 1:05 NV - Singleton 58 pass from Kaheaku-Enhada (Bullen kick), 0:57, 4th

TEAM STATISTICS TUL UU TEAM STATISTICS UU NAVY First Downs 13 22 First Downs 26 21 Net Rushing 29-96 33-165 Net Rushing 213 316 Passing 20-27-1 23-34-1 Passing 22-27-1 7-14-1 Passing Yards 158 240 Passing Yards 238 122 Total Off ense 56-254 67-405 Total Off ense 451 438 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-2 Penal es 4-36 6-41 Penal es 4-37 4-21 Intercep ons-Yds 1-18 1-10 Intercep ons-Yds 1-0 1-20 Pun ng 7-42.6 3-47.3 Pun ng 4-34.5 3-45.7 Punt Returns 1-7.0 5-10.8 Punt Returns 1-5 0-0 Kickoff Returns 4-20.0 3-11.0 Kickoff Returns 6-126 6-136 Time of Possession 28:10 31:50 Time of Possession 33:34 27:26 Third Down Conversions 2-11 7-14 Third Down Conversions 7-14 6-16 Fourth Down Conversions 2-2 0-0 Fourth Down Conversions 1-2 1-3 Sacks By 1-8 2-19 Sacks By 1-6 0-0

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing (A -Yds-TD)–Utah: Casteel 7-66-0, Weddle 10-56-1. Rushing (A -Yds-TD)–Utah: Mack 22-76-2, Johnson 11-69-1. TUL: Tennial 6-53-0; Adams 12-37-0. Navy: Ke ani 12-125-1. Passing (A -Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ratliff 34-23-1-240-1; TUL: Smith 27-20-1-158-0. Passing (A -Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Johnson 36-20-1-226-1. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Hernandez 8-55-0, Richards 7-69-0. Navy: Kaheaku-Enhada 14-7-1-122-2. TUL: Adams 9-63-0, Moss 4-31-0. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Hernandez 5-63-0, Richards 4-61-1. Kickoff Returns–Utah: McCain 3-33. TUL: Grooms 2-41, Taylor 2-39. Navy: Singleton 2-64-1. Punt Returns–Utah: Wilson 4-50. TUL: Moss 1-7. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Brooks 5-126. Navy: Campbell 5-117. 2012 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY COACHES & STAFF PLAYER BIOS 2013 SEASON HERE’ PLAYER & STAFF COACHES 2012 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY HISTORY BOOK BOWL RECORD Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Tate 10, Weddle 6, Burne 5. Punt Returns–Utah: Richards 1-5. Navy: None. Sacks: Tate 1-10. TFL: Burne 2-4, Lefi 1.5-5. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Dale 12, Kruger 10, Misi 9. Sacks: Kruger 1-6. TFL: IntercepƟ ons: Weddle 1-10. Kruger 1.5-7, Burne 1-4, Jiannoni 1-2. IntercepƟ ons: Dale 1-0.

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2009 SUGAR BOWL - BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES 2009 POINSETTIA BOWL Utah 31 Inside The Game Utah 37 Inside The Game INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH 2013 SEASON PLAYER BIOS COACHES & STAFF SERIES HISTORY 2012 IN REVIEW Alabama 17 Utah scores on its fi rst three California 27 Trailing 14-0, Utes score 27 straight possessions as the Utes thump points and cruise to victory over Cal New Orleans, La. - Jan. 2, 2009 favored Alabama. San Diego, Calif. - Dec. 23, 2009 for ninth straight bowl win.

NEW ORLEANS—No. 7-ranked Utah, playing in its second BCS bowl game in fi ve SAN DIEGO—A er spo ng Cal a 14-0 fi rst-quarter lead, No. 23 Utah scored 27 years, stomped heavily favored and No. 4-ranked Alabama 31-17. straight points and cruised to a 37-27 victory in the Poinse a Bowl. Utah extended The Utes, who fi nished as the only undefeated FBS team in the na on, scored the na on’s longest ac ve bowl win streak to nine games with the win. on their fi rst three possessions to take a 21-0 fi rst quarter lead. Alabama made a run Freshman quarterback Jordan Wynn ini ated the comeback a er throwing an in the second and third quarters, trimming Utah’s lead to 21-17, but could not fi nd intercep on that Cal returned for a touchdown. Wynn recovered quickly and fi nished the end zone for the fi nal 25 minutes. with 338 passing yards, three touchdowns and the Off ensive MVP trophy. Sugar Bowl MVP Brian Johnson feasted on the na on’s No. 3-ranked defense, Defensive MVP honors went to Stevenson Sylvester, who led Utah with eight comple ng 27-of-41 passes for 336 yards and three touchdowns. Freddie Brown tackles, and whose intercep on and 27-yard return for a touchdown in the fourth had a career-high 125 receiving yards, and Bradon Godfrey, David Reed and Brent quarter gave Utah a 37-21 lead and doused any Cal hopes for a comeback. Also Casteel all caught TD passes. intercep ng a fourth-quarter pass was Robert Johnson. Utah’s defense was in the Cal The Ute defense was just as overpowering, sacking Alabama QB John Parker backfi eld for most of the night, recording four sacks and nine tackles for loss. Wilson eight mes (three by Stevenson Sylvester) and intercep ng him twice (both For the off ense, David Reed set school records for recep ons and receiving yards by Robert Johnson). Utah also stymied a Tide run game that was averaging 196 yards in a season by catching six passes for 103 yards, while freshman ght end Kendrick per game, but could get just 31 against the Utes. Sylvester and Mike Wright had Moeai made two touchdown grabs. seven tackles each. Kepa Gaison and Sean Smith combined for 12 tackles and three sacks. SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Utah 7 17 3 10 37 SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL California 14 0 7 6 27 Utah 21 0 7 3 31 Alabama 0 10 7 0 17 SCORING SUMMARY UC - Verneen 36 run (D’Amato kick), 6:06, 1st SCORING SUMMARY UC - Young 31 intercep on return (D’Amato kick), 5:55, 1st UU - Casteel 7 pass from Johnson (Sakoda kick), 11:02, 1st UU - Moeai 6 pass from Wynn (Phillips kick), 1:35, 1st UU - Asiata 2 run (Sakoda kick), 8:57, 1st UU - Phillips 28 fi eld goal, 9:31, 2nd UU - Godfrey 18 pass from Johnson (Sakoda kick) 4:01, 1st UU - Moeai 15 pass from Wynn (Phillips kick), 4:58, 2nd UA - Tiffi n 52 fi eld goal, 14:55, 2nd UU - Brooks 21 pass from Wynn (Phillips kick), 0:43, 2nd UA - Arenas 73 punt return (Tiffi n kick), 5:28, 2nd UU - Phillips 29 fi eld goal, 3:13, 3rd UA - Coff ee 4 pass from Wilson (Tiffi n kick), 11:41, 3rd UC - Vereen 1 run (D’Amato kick), 0:39, 3rd UU - Reed 28 pass from Johnson (Sakoda kick), 10:04, 3rd UU - Phillips 25 fi eld goal, 13:05, 4th UU - Sakoda 28 fi eld goal, 2:49, 4th UU - Sylvester 27 intercep on return (Phillips kick), 5:27, 4th UC - Ross 24 pass from Riley (Riley pass failed), 1:46, 4th TEAM STATISTICS UU UA First Downs 22 15 TEAM STATISTICS UU CAL Net Rushing 13 31 First Downs 20 17 Passing 27-41-0 18-30-2 Net Rushing 35-51 28-96 Passing Yards 336 177 Passing 26-37-1 20-36-2 Passing Yards 338 310 Total Off ense 349 208 Total Off ense 72-389 64-214 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-1 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penal es 10-91 7-67 Penal es 5-35 4-33 Intercep ons-Yds 2-7 0-0 Intercep ons-Yds 2-27-1 1-31-1 Pun ng 6-271 4-166 Pun ng 5-198 7-251 Punt Returns 1-2 1-73-1 Punt Returns 3-2 0-0 Kickoff Returns 4-93 6-149 Kickoff Returns 4-111 7-135 Time of Possession 28:42 31:18 Time of Possession 35:19 24:41 Third Down Conversions 6-14 4-13 Third Down Conversions 4-15 3-14

Fourth Down Conversions 0-0 0-0 Fourth Down Conversions 1-2 2-2 BOWL HISTORY RECORD BOOK Sacks By 8-53 2-10 Sacks By 4-24 3-9 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing (A -Yds-TD)–Utah: Asiata 13-29-1, Mack 4-8-0, Johnson 4-(-15)-0. Rushing (A -Yds-TD)–Utah: Wide 21-37-0, Shakerin 7-27-0. UA: Coff ee 13-36-0, Ingram 8-26-0, Wilson 12-(-31)-0. Cal: Vereen 20-122-2. Passing (Comp-A -I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Johnson 27-41-0-336-3. Passing (Comp-A -I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Wynn 26-36-1-338--3. UA: Wilson 18-30-2-177-1. Cal: Riley 20-36-2-214-1. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Brown 12-125-0, Godfrey 6-75-1, Brooks 4-45-0, Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Brooks 7-76-1, Reed 6-103-0, Reed 2-58-1, Casteel 1-17-1, Mack 1-14-0, Sampson 1-2-0. Wide 4-83-0, Ma hews 3-20-0, Moeai 2-21-2. Cal: Miller 5-55-0, UA: Jones 7-77-0, Coff ee 4-40-1, Walker 3-25-0, Stover 1-15-0. Marvin 5-44-0. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Reed 2-47, Casteel 2-46. UA: Arenas 5-134, Huber 1-15. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Smithson 2-76, Christopher 1-21. Punt Returns–Utah: Rice 1-2. UA: Arenas 1-73-1. Cal: Sofele 6-121. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Sylvester 7, Wright 7, Gaison 6, Smith 6. Punt Returns–Utah: Smithson 3-2. Cal: None. Sacks: Sylvester 3-16, Gaison 2-12, Eliapo 1-11, Smith 1-10. TFL: Sylvester 3-16, Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Sylvester 8, Siliga 6, Misi 6. Gaison 2-12, Eliapo 1-11, Smith 1-10. IntercepƟ ons: R. Johnson 2-7. Sacks: Gaison 1.5-9, Chapman 1-7, Siliga 1-6, Misi 0.5-2. TFL: Burton 2-3, Gaison 1.5-9. IntercepƟ ons: Sylvester 1-27-1, Johnson 1-0.

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2010 LAS VEGAS BOWL 2011 SUN BOWL Utah 3 Inside The Game Georiga Tech 27 Inside The Game Boise State 26 Utes fall in battle of top 20 teams Utah (OT) 30 Utes win fi rst overtime bowl game as bowl winning streak comes to after rallying from 14-point defi cit Las Vegas, Nev. - Dec. 22, 2010 an end. El Paso, Texas - Dec. 31, 2011 in fourth quarter.

LAS VEGAS—Utah’s defense started fast, but the off ense led by backup quarterback EL PASO, Texas—John White capped a record-se ng season with an 8-yard Terrance Cain couldn’t keep pace and Utah lost 26-3 to 10th-ranked Boise State in touchdown run to li Utah to a 30-27 over me win over Georgia Tech in the Sun the Las Vegas Bowl. Bowl. On the game’s fi rst drive, Lamar Chapman sacked Bronco quarterback Kellen White, the game’s MVP, rushed for 115 yards to raise his season total to 1,519 S UTAH INFORMATION S UTAH Moore, jarring loose the ball, which was recovered by Neli A’asa at the BSU 20-yard yards and break a school record set back in 1982. line. Utah couldn’t capitalize on its fi eld posi on and fi rst-team all-Mountain West Utah, which trailed 24-10 a er three quarters, outscored Tech 14-0 in the Conference kicker Joe Phillips missed a 39-yard fi eld goal—his fi rst miss inside 40 fourth quarter to send the game into OT. Jon Hays hit Kendrick Moeai with a 3-yard yards all season. pass for the fi rst score and then found DeVonte Christopher for a 28-yard TD strike Other key defensive plays in Boise’s scoreless fi rst quarter included forcing the on fourth-and-14 for the game-tying touchdown. Christopher also was named Broncos to punt, stopping them on downs and an intercep on by Chaz Walker that Special Teams MVP for his 97 yards in kickoff s. he returned to the BSU 32-yard line. The intercep on set up Utah’s only score of the Sun Bowl Most Valuable Lineman Star Lotulelei had six tackles and a fumble day—a 44-yard fi eld goal by Phillips. Utah would not score again while mustering recovery and Chaz Walker led Utah with 15 tackles and a TFL. just 200 yards in total off ense. Walker led Utah with 10 tackles, an intercep on and a forced fumble, while Chapman added nine stops, a sack and a forced fumble. SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT FINAL Georgia Tech 0 7 17 0 3 27 SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Utah 7 3 0 14 6 30 Utah 3 0 0 0 3 Boise State 0 16 7 3 26 SCORING SUMMARY UU - Asiata 1 pass from Hays (Petersen kick), 9:54, 1st SCORING SUMMARY GT - Lyons 36 run (Moore kick), 11:39, 2nd UU - Phillips 44 fi eld goal, 0:56, 1st UU - Petersen 25 fi eld goal, 00:15, 2nd BS - Mar n 84 run (Brotzman kick) 8:39, 2nd GT - Moore 32 fi eld goal, 10:27, 3rd BS - Brotzman 29 fi eld goal, 2:27, 2nd GT - Hill 31 pass from Washington (Moore kick), 4:43, 3rd BS - Shoemaker 26 pass from Moore (pass failed) 0:18, 2nd GT - Nealy 74 intercep on return (Moore kick), 4:15, 3rd BS - Pe s 18 pass from Moore (Brotzman kick) 8:18, 3rd UU - Moeai 3 pass from Hays (Petersen kick), 6:50, 4th BS - Brotzman 21 fi eld goal, 8:49, 4th UU - Christopher 28 pass from Hays (Petersen kick), 1:32, 4th GT - Moore 34 fi eld goal, OT TEAM STATISTICS UU BS UU - White 8 run, OT First Downs 8 23 Net Rushing 29-107 37-202 TEAM STATISTICS GT UU Passing 10-24-0 29-40-1 First Downs 19 14 Passing Yards 93 341 Net Rushing 57-312 32-144 Total Off ense 200 543 Passing 11-15-0 15-32-1 Fumbles-Lost 3-3 4-3 Passing Yards 137 193 Penal es 10-83 3-29 Total Off ense 72-449 64-337 Intercep ons-Yds 1-24 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 4-1 2-0 Pun ng 5-41.2 1-47.0 Penal es 4-30 4-20 Punt Returns 1-0 1-15 Intercep ons-Yds 1-74-1 0-0 Kickoff Returns 6-146 2-33 Pun ng 5-228 8-396 Time of Possession 26:50 33:10 Punt Returns 1-10 2-41 Third Down Conversions 2-13 8-18 Kickoff Returns 2-36 3-115 Sacks By 1-7 4-21 Time of Possession 33:58 26:02 Third Down Conversions 8-18 4-15 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Fourth Down Conversions 0-0 2-2 Rushing (A -Yds-TD)–Utah: Wide 6-34-0, Smithson 3-32-0. Sacks By 2-13 0-0 BS: Mar n 14-147-1, Avery 12-55-0. Passing (Comp-A -I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Cain 10-24-0-93-0. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS BS: Moore 28-38-1-339-2. Rushing (A -Yds-TD)–Utah: White 26-115-1, Dunn 2-37-0. Receiving (No.-Yds-TD)–Utah: Smithson 3-56-0, Wide 3-21-0. GT: Lyons 18- 138-1, Washington 21-97-0, Peeples 9-59-0. BS: Pe s 12-147-1, Young 6-64-0. Passing (Comp-A -I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Hays 15-31-1-193-3, Christopher 0-1-0-0-0. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Dunn 2-57, Taplin-Ross 2-53. GT: Washington 11-15-0-137-1. BS: Avery 1-19, Young 1-14. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Asiata 5-57-1, Christopher 4-74-1, Ma hews 1-31-0, Punt Returns–Utah: Smithson 1-0. BS: Po er 1-15. Rolf 1-20-0, Moeai 2-8-1. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Walker 10, Chapman 9. Sacks: Chapman 1-7, Cox GT: Melton 3-19-0, Jones 3-17-0, Hill 2-35-1, Peeples 1-58-0. 1-1. TFL: Chapman 1-7, Cox 1-1. IntercepƟ ons: Walker 1-24. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Christopher 2-97, Dunn 1-18. GT: Peeples 2-36. 2012 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY COACHES & STAFF PLAYER BIOS 2013 SEASON HERE’ PLAYER & STAFF COACHES 2012 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY HISTORY BOOK BOWL RECORD Punt Returns–Utah: McNabb 2-41. GT: Thomas 1-10. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Walker 15, Mar nez 11, Finau 10, Shelby 10. Sacks: None. TFL: Walker 1-2, Finau 1-1, Shelby 1-1, Blechen 1-1, Rowe 1-1. IntercepƟ ons: None.

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