The University of Utah Campus Is Nestled Against the Foothills of the Wasatch Mountains
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The University of Utah campus is nestled against the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains. HERE’S UTAH UTAH FOOTBALL UTAH FOOTBALL TRADITION UTAH FOOTBALL BOWL HISTORY (13-4) 1939 W New Mexico Sun 1964 W West Virginia Liberty INFORMATION 1992 L Washington State Copper 1993 L USC Freedom 1994 W Arizona Freedom 1996 L Wisconsin Copper 1999 W Fresno State Las Vegas 2001 W USC Las Vegas 2003 W Southern Miss Liberty 2005 (’04) W Pi sburgh Fiesta HERE’S UTAH UTAH HERE’S 2005 W Georgia Tech Emerald 2006 W Tulsa Armed Forces 2007 W Navy Poinse a 2009 (’08) W Alabama Sugar 2009 W California Poinse a 2010 L Boise State Las Vegas 2011 W Georgia Tech Sun WINNING PROGRAM TOP COACHES • Averaged 9.2 wins per season since 2003 with fi ve • Kyle Whi ngham earned Na onal Coach of the 10-win seasons: 10-2 in 2003, 12-0 in 2004, 13-0 in Year honors in 2008 from both the American Football BCS SUCCESS 2008, 10-3 in 2009 and 10-3 in 2010. Coaches Associa on (AFCA) and the Paul “Bear” • Five fi nishes in the Top 25 polls since 2003: No. 21 Bryant Awards commi ee. Utah is 2-0 in in 2003, No. 4 in 2004, No. 2 in 2008, No. 18 in 2009, • Urban Meyer was named the Na onal Coach of the BCS bowl games No. 23 in 2010. Year in 2004. • Before joining the Pac-12 Conference in 2011, Utah with wins over had a 21-12 record (.636) vs. BCS teams since the ALL-AMERICANS Alabama (2009 championship format began in 1998—the most wins • Nine fi rst-team All-Americans since 2002. Sugar Bowl) and by a non-automa c qualifi er. • Alex Smith (QB) was a Heisman Trophy fi nalist and earned two Na onal Player of the Year Awards (Sports PiƩ sburgh (2005 BOWL ROLL Illustrated and The Spor ng News) in 2004. Fiesta Bowl). • Nine consecu ve bowl appearances 2003-11 with • Three Consensus fi rst-team All-Americans in the last an 8-1 record. 11 years: Jordan Gross (OL) in 2002, Eric Weddle (S) in • From 1999-2009, Utah won nine-consecu ve bowl 2006, Louie Sakoda (K) in 2008. games to e for the second-longest bowl win streak in NCAA history and the longest since Florida State won ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS a record 11 straight from 1985-96. • Utah has had eight Academic All-Americans since • Five of Utah’s nine consecu ve bowl wins were 2000. First-team honors were earned by Morgan against BCS opponents coming from the SEC Scalley (2003-04), Alex Smith (2004) and Louie Sakoda (Alabama), Pac-12 (USC and California), ACC (Georgia (2008). Tech) and Big East (Pi sburgh). • Louie Sakoda earned NCAA Top VII cita on in 2008. • 2-0 in BCS bowl games, defea ng Pi sburgh in THE NEXT LEVEL the 2005 Fiesta Bowl and Alabama in the 2009 Sugar • Quarterback Alex Smith was the No. 1 pick in the Bowl. Utah was the only non-automa c qualifi er with 2005 NFL Dra pick. two wins against BCS conference teams. • Since 2000, Utah has produced three NFL fi rst • 13-4 all- me bowl record. round dra picks and fi ve others have gone in the RECORD BOOK BOWL HISTORY 2012 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY COACHES & STAFF PLAYER BIOS 2013 SEASON PLAYER & STAFF COACHES 2012 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY HISTORY BOOK BOWL RECORD second round. • 31 NFL Dra picks over the last 13 years, including 15 in the last fi ve years. • School-record six NFL Dra picks in 2010. 12 20132012 MEDIA MEDIA GUIDE GUIDE UTAH ATHLETICS HISTORY UTAH FOOTBALL INFORMATION INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH UTAH HERE’S 2013 SEASON PLAYER BIOS COACHES & STAFF SERIES HISTORY 2012 IN RE SERIES HISTORY & STAFF BIOS COACHES 2013 SEASON PLAYER The latest chapter in Ute athletics history began on All-America awards. Utah holds every gymnas cs July 1, 2011, when Utah offi cially became a member a endance record, averaging more than 11,000 fans of the Pac-12 Conference. But Utah’s reputation as a home meet for the past 22 years and nearly 14,000 an athletics power was established long before it over the past four years. In fact, Utah won its third TWO NO. 1 NCAA women’s all-sports season a endance tle in joined the “Conference of Champions.” 2013, averaging 14,349 fans to its home meets. PICKS IN THE Women’s Basketball has averaged over 20 wins SAME YEAR Football is 628-435-31 in its 119-year history. In a season since its start back in 1974-75. The Ute the mid-1990s, the Utes evolved from a conference women have received 17 NCAA Tournament invites Utah made NCAA contender to a na onal force and they now play to since 1982—advancing to the Sweet 16 twice and history in 2004-05 sold-out crowds in 45,017-seat Rice-Eccles Stadium. the Elite Eight once. They have won 22 conference when it became The original “BCS Buster,” Utah is 2-0 in BCS bowl championships. Utah was the WNIT runner-up in 2013. games with wins over Alabama (2009 Sugar Bowl) The Men’s and Women’s Ski Team has captured the only school and Pi sburgh (2005 Fiesta Bowl). The Utes won nine 10 NCAA Championships, including fi ve in the 1980s ever to produce consecu ve bowl games from 1999-2009, tying for the and three in the 1990s. Volleyball has par cipated in a No. 1 NFL and second-longest bowl win streak in NCAA history and 10 of the last 15 NCAA Tournaments with two Sweet NBA draŌ pick in the longest since Florida State won a record 11 straight 16 fi nishes. SoŌ ball has qualifi ed for the postseason from 1985-96. Utah has fi nished in the na on’s Top 25 18 mes (13 NCAA) and has fi ve College World Series the same year. BOOK RECORD VIEW HISTORY BOWL six mes, including a No. 2 ranking in 2008 and a No. 4 appearances (four NCAA). Women’s Soccer has played Quarterback fi nish in 2004. in the NCAA Tournament in fi ve of the last 11 years. Alex Smith was Men’s Basketball has thrived throughout its Baseball won the 2009 Mountain West Conference taken by the history, winning an NCAA Championship in 1944 and tournament and claimed two victories at the NCAA fi nishing as the NCAA runner-up in 1998. Utah, which Regional. San Francisco also won na onal championships in 1916 (AAU) and Other Ute athle c highlights include: Men’s 49ers and center 1947 (NIT), has advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 nine Tennis (24 conference championships), Women’s Andrew Bogut mes. The Utes rank in the top 15 in the na on in Tennis (three-consecu ve NCAA appearances from went to the all- me victories (1,685) and sixth in regular-season 2010-12), Men’s Swimming and Diving (24 conference conference tles (29). Utah’s 27 NCAA Tournament championships), Women’s Swimming and Diving Milwaukee Bucks. appearances and 35 NCAA Tournament wins rate (2006 MWC champion) and Women’s Cross Country among the top 25 programs. (1981 AIAW Division II Na onal Champion). Women’s GymnasƟ cs boasts 10 na onal championships and eight runner-up fi nishes. Utah is the only school to qualify for all 32 NCAA Gymnas cs Championships and has captured the most WWW.UTAHUTES.COM 13 UTAH FOOTBALL SALT LAKE CITY INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH UTAH HERE’S Adam Barker Home to the University of Utah and the state’s OUTDOOR RECREATION capital city, Salt Lake City blends the amenities of Some of the best skiing, fl y fi shing, backpacking, a major metropolitan area with beautiful natural mountain biking, rock climbing and river running found anywhere in the world is easily accessible. Seven major THE BEST CITY surroundings. ski resorts are within a 30-minute drive from downtown Salt Lake City. Alta/Snowbird was ranked the No. 2 ski From being Featuring the 11,000-foot peaks of the Wasatch resort in the U.S. by Forbes in December 2012. Na onal rated the fi Ō h- Mountains to the east, and the Oquirrh Mountains Geographic named Salt Lake “America’s Best Hiking City” and the Great Salt Lake to the west, Salt Lake City is in May 2012. Ten na onal parks are within a day’s drive. best city for the surrounded by majes c views in all direc ons. Its metro next decade area ranks in the top 50 in the United States with a ENTERTAINMENT popula on of 1,124,197. Yet, Salt Lake City maintains the Cultural and ethnic ac vi es fl ourish in Salt Lake by Kiplingler’s charm of a small western city. City and its vibrant downtown features dining, shopping, Personal Finance music and ethnic fes vals, art galleries, professional LIVING IN SALT LAKE Magazine to symphony, opera, theater and dance. Salt Lake City ranks among the na on’s top ci es Salt Lake City was host to the 2002 Winter the best hiking for literacy rate, percentage of high school graduates and Olympics. Opening and closing ceremonies and the city in America percentage of college-educated ci zens. It is the largest athletes’ village were on the University of Utah campus. city in the state with 189,314 residents according to 2012 Salt Lake City joins forces with the nearby resort town of by NaƟ onal census fi gures.