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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 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, • 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. • (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. ). • 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

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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. BOWL VIEW HISTORY RECORD BOOK 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 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

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Home to the 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 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. Six of its suburbs rank among the fastest Park City to host the annual Sundance Film Fes val. Geographic, Salt growing ci es in the na on from 2010-12. Salt Lake has a Professional sports provide yet another source of Lake City has moderate four-season climate with an average 237 days entertainment. Professional franchises in Salt Lake City of sunshine and 15% humidity. include the Utah Jazz of the NBA, Real Salt Lake (Major something for League Soccer) and the Utah Blaze (Arena Football everyone. BUSINESS League). Other pro franchises are the Salt Lake Bees Salt Lake City was ranked as the “No. 5 Best City (AAA baseball) and the Utah Grizzlies (hockey). for the Next Decade” by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine in June 2010. In April 2013, Kiplinger’s ranked TRANSPORTATION Salt Lake “Best City for New College Graduates.” It was Salt Lake Interna onal Airport, a Delta Airlines and named the third-best big city for jobs and fourth-best hub, is located just 20 minutes from campus. It ranks as city for tech jobs by Forbes Magazine in May 2012. one of the top 100 airports in the world by Skytrax and The magazine also recognized Utah as the “Best State the 23rd-busiest airport in the U.S.

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Ranked among the top 100 universities in the world, dis nguished professor of mechanical engineering, won the University of Utah prepares students to live and the life me achievement award. compete in the global workplace. The U, which has In 2013, University of Utah Health Care was named one of the “100 Great Hospitals in America,” and in 2011 earned a top-tier grading from the Academic Ranking ranked in the top 10 in the na on for quality among A TOP 100 of World Universities for 10 consecutive years, academic medical centers for the second year running. UNIVERSITY became a member of the Pac-12 Conference on The Eccles Ins tute of Human Gene cs is one of several July 1, 2011. innova ve medical programs at the U. Others include the Among the Huntsman Cancer Ins tute—a Na onal Cancer Ins tute- Founded in 1850, the University of Utah designated cancer center—the and the U’s naƟ onally- encompasses 1,500 acres in the foothills of the Wasatch Brain Ins tute. The U’s David Eccles School of Business has ranked Mountain range. Located just minutes from downtown Salt been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the programs are Lake City and world-class ski resorts, the U’s picturesque most popular business schools in the na on. campus off ers incomparable views of the Salt Lake valley. The U is also noted for its work in technology and law, pharmacy, Home to a student popula on of over 32,000, the U computer sciences. The University’s School of Compu ng mathemaƟ cs, was founded in 1965, and began a pioneering legacy in off ers more than 100 undergraduate and over 90 graduate business, level fi elds of study. Among the U’s na onally-ranked computer graphics and visualiza on that con nues today. programs are law, pharmacy, mathema cs, business, The interna onally-recognized Scien fi c Compu ng & biomedical VIEW BOWL VIEW HISTORY RECORD BOOK biomedical engineering and family medicine. In 2013, Imaging Ins tute is a leader in crea ng new scien fi c engineering, entertainment arts and engineering was ranked fi rst in the compu ng techniques, tools and systems to help solve country. Students in the 2013 gradua ng class came from wide-ranging challenges of human life. family every state and 83 foreign countries. A lively residen al living experience is provided in the medicine, beau ful Heritage Commons, which served as the Athletes Utah ranks among the top public research universi es entertainment in the na on. University of Utah gene cist Mario R. Village for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. The Donna Capecchi, one of many acclaimed faculty members, Garff Marrio Honors Residen al Scholars Community arts and received the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine opened in September 2012, while the George S. Eccles engineering. for his work on gene targe ng. Peter J. Stang, dis nguished Student Life Center is projected to open in December professor of chemistry, received the 2013 Priestley Medal 2014. and 2011 Na onal Medal of Science for his pioneering The U’s loca on in the largest city in the work in supramolecular chemistry. Intermountain West, with a metro popula on of over one The University of Utah has been the fi rst or second million, allows for an urban experience in a spectacular university for startups for the last six years. With natural se ng. The U is home to the state’s natural history university-developed research or technology, the U has and fi ne arts museums, and well as premier concert and launched over 140 new startups during that me. The U theater venues: Kingsbury Hall, Libby Gardner Hall and the was honored at the 2012 Utah Genius Awards for most Pioneer Memorial Theater. U.S. patents of any company (49); Stephen Jacobsen,

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The University of Utah offi cially adopted the boot are Utah, Brigham Young and Utah State. In its nickname “Utes” for its athletic teams in 1972. The 40-year history, the Beehive Boot has been awarded school uses the nickname with permission of the Ute to Utah 12 mes (1978, ‘88, ‘93, ‘94, ’95, ’99, 2002, Tribal Council. ’03, ’04, ’05, ‘08 and ‘11), BYU 22 mes and Utah State SWOOP nine mes. The (eleva on 5,300 feet above sea level) “What is a Ute?” A Ute is member of the Indian Utah introduced was built in the foothills bordering the Utah campus tribe believed to have originally se led Utah. Two of its mascot (below) 103 years ago. Lights on the 100-foot-tall landmark the more common defi ni ons of Ute are “top of the are illuminated primarily for athle c events and no fy in 1996. “Swoop” mountains” and “people of the mountains.” Other people in the Salt Lake valley that the Utes are playing references have Ute defi ned as “land of the sun.” The represents a red- at home (the lights fl ash a er a Utah victory). Utes refer to themselves as “Noochew,” meaning “the tailed hawk, a bird Originally built with lime, the Block U was People.” replaced by a cement version in 1907. In 1969, the indigenous to the There are four Ute tribes: The Northern and design was modifi ed and lights were installed. A fund- White Mesa Tribes are based in Utah, while the state of Utah. raising campaign in 2006 raised $400,000 to renovate Southern and Ute Mountain Tribes are in Colorado. the aging landmark. Slabs of concrete and steel rebar The Northern Utes are most closely affi liated with the now reinforce the 5,000 feet of surface area. Another University of Utah and have a tribal membership of major improvement was the installa on of light around 3,000. Many of them live on the Uintah and emi ng diode (LED) red and white lights, which are Ouray reserva on. The Utes operate their own tribal controlled through a wireless system. government, oversee approximately 1.3 million acres of trust land and operate several businesses. “The Pride of Utah” Marching Utes began in the 1940s as a military band. In the turbulent ’60s, support for the band dwindled, and in 1969, the Associated Students for the University of Utah (ASUU) discon nued its funding. The band was revived in 1976, and since then, the “Pride of Utah” Marching Utes have performed at all home football games, as well as numerous NFL and college bowl games. To the victor goes the Beehive Boot. 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 authen c pioneer boot has been awarded annually since 1971 to the Utah school with the best record against instate foes. The schools that compete for the

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The MUSS, one of the most avid and “fi rst down,” and mimic the referees by vocal student fan clubs in the nation, poin ng their arm in the direc on of the UTAH MAN FIGHT SONG is nearly 6,000 strong at Ute home fi rst down). football games. The name MUSS was The line of “fi ves” hanging in front VERSE of the MUSS sec on refers to the False I am a Utah man, sir, and I live across the green. originally derived from the school Start Tally. Whenever the opposing Our gang, it is the jolliest that you have ever seen. fi ght song lyrics (… No other gang team is charged with a false start, the Our coeds are the fairest and each one’s a shining of college men dare meet us in the MUSS hangs a numeral fi ve in front of its star. Our yell, you hear it ringing through the muss). Members now refer to MUSS as sec on indica ng a fi ve-yard penalty. mountains near and far. Every me the Utes score, the band an acronym for “Mighty Utah Student CHORUS Section.” plays the school fi ght song, signaling Who am I, sir? A Utah Man am I. A Utah Man, the MUSS to sing along to the words of sir, and will be ’ l I die; Ki-yi! We’re up to snuff ; Utah Man. A er every game, the Ute The MUSS turned 12 years old this we never bluff , we’re game for any fuss. No other team members congregate in front of the gang of college men dare meet us in the muss. So season. Originally known as the Student MUSS sec on and join in the singing of fi ll your lungs and sing it out and shout it to the Fan Club and the Utah Fan Club, the Utah Man. sky, we’ll fi ght for dear old Crimson, for a Utah group adopted the name MUSS for the Watch for the MUSS to regularly Man am I.

2002 football season. BOWL VIEW HISTORY RECORD BOOK “Throw up a U,” a tradi on that began at MUSS members are easily iden fi ed VERSE the Utah women’s gymnas cs meets in by their customized tee-shirts and And when we prom the avenue, all lined up in a 2004 and soon caught on with all the Ute their policy of standing throughout the row, and arm in arm and step in me as down the teams and fans. It involves forming the U en re game. They have a number of street we go. No ma er if a freshman green or in men oned in the U of U Chop and raising a senior’s gown, the people all admit we are the other tradi ons during football games, it toward the sky. warmest gang in town. including the Third Down Jump, in which The MUSS currently sponsors members jump around and make noise fan clubs for the Utah football, men’s CHORUS (same) every me the opposing team prepares basketball, volleyball and gymnas cs for a third down play. Other rituals VERSE teams. The football team began spor ng include the U of U Chop, which occurs We may not live forever on this jolly good a MUSS decal on the back of its helmets every me the band plays a specifi c old sphere, but while we do we’ll live a life of in 2004. percussion song and involves MUSS merriment and cheer. And when our college days members forming a U with their hands are o’er and night is drawing nigh, with par ng breath we’ll sing that song: “A Utah Man Am I.” and “chopping” to the beat of the music, Go Utes! and the First Down Chant (members raise their hands in unison, yelling

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The University of Utah boasts many distinguished alumni, among • Jon. M. Huntsman, Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to China, former governor of Utah • Mickey Ibarra, former White House director of intergovernmental aff airs them professional athletes, inventors, actors, politicians, educators, • Robert Jarvik, MD, inventor of the Jarvik-7 ar fi cial heart entrepreneurs, authors, university and church presidents and • Alan C. Kay, innovator of overlapping windows concept for PCs • Frederick Kempe, president and CEO of the Atlan c Council scientists. The names that follow (alphabetically) belong to some of • Kay Atkinson King, a director for the U.S. House of Representa ves the most recognizable public fi gures to attend the U. • Blaine Lindgren, Olympic silver medalist in track • Missy Marlowe, Olympic gymnast, NCAA champion • Jamal Anderson, 1999 NFL , led NFC in rushing • J. Willard Marrio , founder of Marrio Interna onal Inc. • Mike Anderson, 2001 NFL Off ensive Rookie of the Year • Bob McDonald, former chair, president and CEO of Proctor & Gamble • Rocky Anderson, former mayor of Salt Lake City • David O. McKay, ninth president of the Mormon Church • Alan Ashton, co-founder of WordPerfect Corp. • Andre Miller, ranks in the NBA’s top 10 in career assists • , 2012 Pro Bowl • Wat Misaka, only Japanese-American to play in the NBA • Terrel H. Bell, former U.S. Secretary of Educa on • Leilani Mitchell, star ng point guard for WNBA’s N.Y. Liberty • Bob Benne , former U.S. Senator • Charles K. Monfort, chairman and CEO of the Colorado Rockies • Andrew Bogut, No. 1 NBA dra pick in 2005 • Thomas S. Monson, 16th president of the Mormon Church • Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari and inventor of Pong • John Naisbe , author of the bestseller Megatrends • Orson Sco Card, award-winning science fi c on author • David Neeleman, founder and former CEO of JetBlue Airways • Ron Carlson, award-winning fi c on author • John C. Nelson, MD, advisor to the Na onal Ins tutes of Health • Ed Catmull, co-founder and president of Pixar, Disney Anima on • Mar n Newell, computer scien st invented the Utah teapot • Jim Clark, co-founder of Silicon Graphics, Netscape, WebMD • John Nogawski, president and COO for CBS TV distribu on • Stephen Covey, authored The 7 Habits of Highly Eff ec ve People • Raymond Noorda, former president, CEO and chair of Novell Inc. • Keene Cur s, Tony Award winning actor • Jody Olsen, former deputy director of the Peace Corps • Andre Dyson, 2006 Super Bowl starter • Martha Raddatz, chief foreign correspondent for ABC News • Kevin Dyson, “Music City Miracle” put Titans in 1999 Super Bowl • Simon Ramo, scien st developed the intercon nental ballis c missile • Spence Eccles, prominent fi nancier and philanthropist • Calvin Rampton, Utah’s only three-term governor • Larry EchoHawk, former head of the Bureau of Indian Aff airs • John W. Ryan, former president of Indiana University • LaVell Edwards (MS), former BYU football coach • Cecil O. Samuelson, president of Brigham Young University • Luther Elliss, two- me NFL Pro Bowler • George Seifert, former NFL coach won two Super Bowls • Lily Eskelsen, vice president of the Na onal Educa on Associa on • Rocco Siciliano, special assistant to President Eisenhower • David Evans, groundbreaking computer scien st • Alex Smith, No. 1 NFL dra pick in 2005 • Richard Paul Evans, authored best seller The Christmas Box • Sean Smith, NFL starter for the Kansas City Chiefs • Arnie Ferrin, NBA, former Utah athle cs director • Steve Smith, fi ve- me Pro Bowler led NFL in receiving in 2005 • Mark Fuller, president and CEO of WET Design • Wallace Stegner, Pulitzer Prize winning author • Jake Garn, former U.S. Senator • Jane Summerhays, Tony Award-nominated actress • E. Gordon Gee, former president of Ohio State University • Laurel Thatcher, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian • Larry Gluth, vice president with Habitat for Humanity • Keith Van Horn, No. 2 NBA dra pick averaged 16 pts in 10-year career • Bill Gore, inventor of Gore-Tex fabric • Olene Walker, fi rst woman governor of Utah • Henri Gouraud, computer scien st invented Gouraud shading • John Warnock, co-founder of Adobe Systems Inc. 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 • Jordan Gross, 2004 Super Bowl starter and two- me Pro Bowl starter • Eric Weddle, three- me All-Pro safety for NFL’s San Diego Chargers • Lee Grosscup, popularized “shovel pass,” former ABC football analyst • Brad Wilkins, architect of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa of Dubai • Ann Weaver Hart, president of University of Arizona • Terry Tempest Williams, author and environmentalist • Gordon B. Hinckley, 15th president of the Mormon Church • Larry Wilson, NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame • Evelyn Wood, speed reading innovator

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ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS 2012 ACADEMIC ALL-PAC-12 1964...... Mel Carpenter FIRST TEAM 1970...... Sco Robbins Luke Ma hews ...... Mass Communica on 1971...... Sco Robbins* Tevita Stevens ...... Spanish 1973...... Steve Odom* Dave Fagergren ...... Business “The University 1974...... Chuck Cole Brian Blechen ...... Sociology 1976...... Dick Graham* Eric Rowe...... Undeclared of Utah was an 1984...... Andre Guardi excellent place to 1985...... Andre Guardi SECOND TEAM go to college for Nate Fakahafua ...... Undeclared 1996...... Chad Folk many reasons. The 2000...... Kimball Chris anson V.J. Fehoko...... Sociology 2002...... Brooks Bahr Charles Henderson ...... Undeclared faciliƟ es, the faculty 2003...... Morgan Scalley* Sean Sellwood...... Exercise and Sport Science and the overall 2004...... Morgan Scalley* HONORABLE MENTION campus experience 2004...... Alex Smith* Dres Anderson...... Mass Communica on 2005...... Spencer Toone made it possible

Viliseni Fauonuku ...... Sociology BOWL VIEW HISTORY RECORD BOOK 2008...... Louie Sakoda* Patrick Greene...... Economics for me to reach my 2009...... Zane Beadles Nick Marsh ...... Business goals of geƫ ng a *First-Team Dallin Rogers ...... Exercise and Sport Science college degree and playing in the NFL.”

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SEASON ATTENDANCE AVERAGES 1. 45,585 2008 2. 45,459 2010 3. 45,347 2012 4. 45,155 2009 5. 45,149 2011 6. 44,112 2004 7. 43,279 2006 8. 42,593 2007 9. 41,536 2005 10. 41,478 2003 HERE’S UTAH INFORMATION UTAH HERE’S

Since the gates to Rice-Eccles Stadium In 1996, Utah Director of Athle cs opened 15 years ago on September 12, Chris Hill ini ated a fund-raising campaign to replace aging 32,500-seat Rice Stadium. RICE-ECCLES STADIUM 1998, fans have poured through them in record numbers. In fact, for the past A lead gi of $10 million soon came in TOP CROWDS from the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles fi ve seasons, attendance at Utah home Founda on, steered by former Ute All- 1. 46,768 2003 California football games has exceeded the venue’s America skier Spence Eccles. 2. 46,522 2010 TCU 45,017-seating capacity. The total construc on costs ran $50 3. 46,488 2008 Brigham Young million, of which $20 million came from 4. 46,037 2012 USC The undefeated Sugar Bowl champion private gi s, $10 million from athle cs 5. 45,730 2010 Pi sburgh team of 2008 averaged a school-record department bonding, $12 million from the 6. 45,666 2008 TCU 45,585. In the four years since then, Utah University of Utah and $8 million from the 7. 45,653 2012 Brigham Young has recorded the remainder of the top fi ve 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Commi ee. 8. 45,634 1998 Brigham Young season averages in school history, including Preliminary construc on work began 9. 45,599 2008 Oregon State the third-best mark of 45,347 in 2012. in June of 1997 and con nued throughout 10. 45,588 2009 Louisville There have been 36 standing-room only the 1997 Utah home football season. Two 11. 45,587 2008 UNLV crowds over the past 14 years—including fi ve days a er the season ended, wrecking crews 12. 45,528 2005 Arizona of the six games in 2012. A record crowd of moved in and demolished Rice Stadium. Only 13. 45,419 2004 Texas A&M 46,768 watched the Utes defeat California the south end zone bleachers and the Rice 14. 45,412 2011 Washington in 2003. The second-largest crowd of 46,522 name (Robert L. Rice contributed $1 million 15. 45,333 2009 Utah State turned out for No. 5 Utah vs. No. 3 TCU in in the 1972 renova on) would carry over 2010. Two other games have gone over the to the new stadium. Rising from the rubble RICE-ECCLES FACTS 46,000 mark, including BYU (46,488) in 2008 less than 10 months later was Rice-Eccles and USC (46,037) in 2012. Stadium, an imposing concrete, steel and First Game: Sept. 12, 1998 With its striking design, stunning glass edifi ce that dominates the Salt Lake Sea ng Capacity: 45,017 mountain backdrop and panoramic views of skyline. Largest Crowd: 46,768 Visible for miles is the stadium box, Chair Seats: 15,015 the Salt Lake valley, Rice-Eccles Stadium is located 14 stories above ground and encased Suites: 25 perhaps the most beau ful stadium in the Surface: FieldTurf country. The eyes of the world were on the in a 400-square-foot expanse of tempered venue in 2002 as it hosted the Opening and glass. The box is supported by twin towers

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Great Salt Lake and the Oquirrh Mountains to The stadium fl oor has also changed with was renovated as Olympic Cauldron Park the west. the mes and new FieldTurf was installed in and dedicated on August 21, 2003. The 2002 Suites are located on the fi rst two levels June of 2009, replacing the ini al FieldTurf Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games’ memorial of the stadium box, while the top level is version from 2002. Previous surfaces (da ng contains the original cauldron that housed the reserved for the media. back to old Ute Field) included natural grass Olympic fl ame during the games. The Cleone and Spence Eccles from 1927-71 and again in 2000-01, AstroTurf The plaza also boasts a 6,000-square- Scholarship Box on Level 4 seats 450 and from 1972-95 and SportGrass from 1995-99. foot visitor center/ cket offi ce and Hoberman has indoor-outdoor sea ng, along with eight The south end zone bleachers, built Arch, the backdrop for the Olympic awards suites. The Mezzanine on Level 5 provides in 1982, house the locker rooms, the Gary ceremonies measuring 75 feet long, 40 feet another 17 suites. L. Crocker Stadium Club suite and a band high and fi ve feet wide. Level 6 features the Varsity Recep on room. The plaza behind the south end zone Room, which seats 400, as well as the John Mooney Working Press Area, named in honor of the late Ute football writer and Salt Lake Tribune sports editor. Three ers of press sea ng can accommodate more than 100 media representa ves, and there are also booths for television and radio (among them BOWL VIEW HISTORY RECORD BOOK the Bill Marcro Radio Booth, named for the former “Voice of the Utes”). Upgrades have con nued in recent years. In June 2003, Larry H. and Gail Miller donated $1.6 million for a video display system and new scoreboards. The centerpiece is a massive (22’7” x 38’) video screen above the south end zone that shows live ac on, replays and more. In 2007, an LED board stretching 200 x 4 feet across the north end zone was made possible by Utah Sports Proper es at a cost of $500,000. A second LED board was placed at the bo om of the south end zone stands in 2012. The Utes played in front of standing-room-only crowds fi ve Ɵ mes in 2012.

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The Utes now call home one of the premier A spacious 3,600-square-foot players’ training centers in . In July 2013, lounge, featuring numerous large fl at screen HD Utah football moved into a new state-of-the-art televisions, billiard games, a hydra on sta on and facility that provides over 120,000-square feet of group study areas, spills out to a sprawling two- UTAH FOOTBALL’S ered observa on deck overlooking the prac ce NEW HOME space designed for the sole purpose of helping fi elds. Providing great views of the Salt Lake valley the players, coaches and staff perform at their and Rice-Eccles Stadium, it promises to be a • Over 120,000-square highest level. popular place for team get-togethers and alumni feet of offi ces, mee ng events for years to come. rooms, player and staff The new Utah Football Training Center is The new facility houses over 47,000-square locker rooms, players’ equally beau ful as it is func onal. The three- feet of offi ces, mee ng rooms and an auditorium. lounge and auditorium. story structure features two courtyards and Each member of the coaching staff is provided with • All Utah student- large sweeping glass windows, which provide a professional and comfortable offi ce, equipped athletes will u lize the picturesque views of the Wasatch Mountains to with the latest technology for maximum effi ciency. building’s cafeteria and the south and east, and downtown Salt Lake City The building also features a new and expanded technologically advanced and the Oquirrh Mountains to the west. 6,500-square foot Utah Football Hall of Fame. sports medicine and And, the building isn’t just for football; the The Alex Smith Strength & Condi oning rehabilita on center. training, rehabilita on and nutri onal needs of Center, which opened in the summer of 2009, is • A ached to the every Utah student-athlete are enhanced greatly a ached to new training center and was expanded 19,000-sqare foot by the new facility. A technologically advanced to over 19,000-square feet as part of the project. Alex Smith Strength & 17,000-square-foot sports medicine complex, The Spence Eccles Field House, a 74,000-square Condi oning Center including a dedicated hydrotherapy center, allows foot indoor training facility that opened in 2004, and the 74,000-square the Utah sports medicine staff to u lize cu ng sits adjacent to the new building. In terms of both ameni es and size, the Utah foot Spence Eccles Field edge rehabilita on and therapy techniques. The building also houses a 250-seat cafeteria, serving football program is assured of having one of the House. meals tailored to the specifi c diets of student- fi nest training complexes in the na on well into the athletes. heart of this century. For the football, the facility includes a 6,500-square-foot locker room. Each of the program’s 125 players is allocated a custom-cra ed

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