Utah Recorded Its Second BCS Bowl Victory Over Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl
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Utah recorded its second BCS bowl victory over Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl. BOWL HISTORY UTAH FOOTBALL BOWL HISTORY BBowlowl GGameame SSummariesummaries UTAH BOWL RECORD (13-4) 1939 SUN BOWL 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 1992 Copper Bowl 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 Las Vegas Bowl 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 2001 Las Vegas Bowl 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). 111010 2012 MEDIA GUIDE 111 BOWL HISTORY UTAH FOOTBALL BBowlowl GGameame SSummariesummaries 1964 LIBERTY BOWL 1992 COPPER BOWL Utah 32 Inside The Game Utah 28 Inside The Game 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 fi ve 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 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. 110 WWW.UTAHUTES.COM 111111 UTAH FOOTBALL BOWL HISTORY BBowlowl GGameame SSummariesummaries 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).