GAME 1: UTAH vs. #20/19 USC UTAH FOOTBALL#GoUtes GAME NOTES @Utah_Football @UtahFootball UTAH FOOTBALL /UtahFootball 2020 UTAH FOOTBALL GAME NOTES | GAME 1 vs. USC | SATURDAY, NOV. 21 UTAH UTES | 0-0 Pac-12 #20/19 USC TROJANS | 2-0 Pac-12 Head Coach: Kyle Whittingham (16th Year) vs. Head Coach: Clay Helton (5th Year) Career Record: 131-64 | at Utah: 131-64 Career Record: 42-22 | at USC: 42-22 vs. USC THE GAME PAC-12 STANDINGS 8:30 p.m. MT | Nov. 21, 2020 | Salt Lake City, Utah The University of Utah (0-0) is set to host the USC Trojans (2-0) on Saturday, Nov. 21 NORTH TV: ESPN (Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Stormy Buonantony) in Rice-Eccles Stadium. The Utes and the Trojans will kick off at 8:30 p.m. MT on ESPN. Team Pac-12 Pct. Radio: ESPN 700 (Bill Riley, Scott Mitchell) Search #GOUTES and #UBOYZ on social media for conversation about Utah Football this Oregon 2-0 1.000 Sirius XM: Sirius (211), XM (198), Internet (960) season. Washington 1-0 1.000 Washington State 1-1 .500 Live Stats: UtahUtes.com HOME SWEET HOME California 0-1 .000 Oregon State 0-2 .000 Utah is currently 98-35 (.736) all-time in Rice-Eccles Stadium (1998-present). Utah UTAH SCHEDULE (0-0) Stanford 0-2 .000 is 70-24 during the Kyle Whittingham era in Salt Lake City, including three undefeated 11/7 Arizona -- Canceled home seasons in 2008 (6-0), 2009 (6-0) and 2019 (7-0). Utah has won 11 consecutive SOUTH 11/14 at UCLA -- Canceled home games and 13 of their last 14 at RES. It is the longest home winning streak since Team Pac-12 Pct. 11/21 USC 8:30 p.m. ESPN winning 21 in a row (second-longest in school history) from 9/15/07 to 10/23/10. Colorado 2-0 1.000 11/28 at Arizona State TBA TBA USC 2-0 1.000 12/5 Oregon State TBA TBA NUMBERS TALK UCLA 1-1 .500 Utah 0-0 .000 12/11 at Colorado 7:30 p.m. FS1 • With a win, Utah will have won 13-straight season openers, dating back to 2008. • Utah is 11-0 when opening a season at home in the Kyle Whittingham era. Arizona 0-1 .000 12/18 Pac-12 Championship TBA FOX Arizona State 0-1 .000 • Utah has won four of the six games played in Salt Lake City against the Trojans, including the last three (2014, 2016, 2018). USC SCHEDULE (2-0) • After Utah’s game against USC, the Utes will have played in 82 games in the Pac-12. 11/7 Arizona State W 28-27 • After Utah’s game against the Trojans, Kyle Whittingham will have coached in 196 11/14 at Arizona W 34-30 games as the head coach of the Utes. 11/21 at Utah 8:30 p.m. ESPN 11/28 Colorado TBD TBD QUICK HITS • Utah is 76-49-1 all-time in season openers. Utah last lost a season opener against 12/4 Washington State TBD TBD Oregon State in 2007. 12/12 at UCLA TBD TBD • The last time the Utes opened the season against an opponent from the Pac-12 was 12/18 Pac-12 Championship TBA FOX ALL-TIME SERIES vs. USC in 2007 against Oregon State when Utah was a member of the Mountain West. 1915 W, 20-13 H *All Times MT • The last time the Utes opened the season at home against an opponent from the 1916 W, 27-12 A Pac-12 was in 2005, beating Arizona 27-24 in Rice-Eccles Stadium on Sept. 2, Kyle 1917 L, 51-0 H SERIES CAPSULE Whittingham’s first full season as the Utah head coach. 1919 L, 20-7 A Series History .............................................USC leads 12-6 • This is the first year Utah’s opening game will not be on a Thursday since 2008 1925 L, 28-2 A In Salt Lake City ..........................................Utah leads 4-2 (Saturday, Aug. 30 at Michigan). 1932 L, 35-0 A In Los Angeles ................................................USC leads 9-1 • Nov. 21 will be the latest in a regular season that Utah and USC have met with only 1948 L, 27-0 A Neutral...................................................................................1-1 three previous games against the Trojans being played in the month of November 1993 L, 28-21 N First Meeting (1915) ..................................Utah 20, USC 13 (Nov. 20, 1915; Nov. 17, 1917; Nov. 15, 1919). The Utes and the Trojans also met for two 2001 W, 10-6 N Last Meeting (2019) .................................USC 30, Utah 23 neutral site December games in 1993 and 2001, playing against each other in the 2011 L, 23-14 A Last Utah Win (2018) ................................Utah 41, USC 28 Freedom Bowl (1993) and Las Vegas Bowl (2001). 2012 L, 38-28 H Last USC Win (2019) ................................USC 30, Utah 23 • Utah’s game against USC is the latest season opener for Utah since 1895 when Utah played against the YMCA team on November 28. 2013 L, 19-3 A • Utah enters the week receiving votes on both the AP and Coaches polls. Prior to the 2014 W, 24-21 H FOOTBALL COMMUNICATIONS STAFF season starting, Utah landed at No. 22 in the Preseason AP Top 25. 2015 L, 42-24 A Paul Kirk | Associate Athletics Director • Utah’s preseason ranking by AP is the second-highest preseason AP Poll rank the 2016 W, 31-27 H C: 801-581-3511 | [email protected] Utes have received since 2015 after being voted No. 14 in 2019. 2017 L, 28-27 A • The Utes have either been ranked or received votes in the last six AP Preseason 2018 W, 41-28 H Jordie Lindley | Associate Director polls, finishing the year ranked or receiving votes in four of those years. The Utes 2019 L, 30-23 A C: 801-647-8174 | [email protected] surpassed their preseason AP rankings in 2016 (Preseason rank: 24th, FR: 23rd) and 2015 (Preseason rank: 24th, FR: 17th). 2020 UTAH FOOTBALL UTAHUTES.COM GAME 1: UTAH vs. #20/19 USC UTAH FOOTBALL GAME NOTES QUICK FACTS NCAA/PAC-12 STATISTICAL RANKINGS Location .......................................................Salt Lake City, Utah UTAH (2019) USC (2020) Founded .................................................................................. 1850 Category FBS Rank Pac-12 Value FBS Rank Pac-12 Value Enrollment .........................................................................33,047 3rd Down Conversion % 17th 1st 0.463 80th 8th 0.375 President ........................................................... Ruth V. Watkins 3rd Down Conversion % Defense 9th 1st 0.301 70th 4th 0.414 Director of Athletics ............................................. Mark Harlan 4th Down Conversion % 94th 10th 0.440 48th 4th 0.600 Conference .........................................................................Pac-12 4th Down Conversion % Defense 82nd 7th 0.545 38th 5th 0.500 Nickname ................................................................................Utes Fewest Penalties 121st 12th 103 24th 8th 16 Mascot .................................................................................Swoop Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game 103rd 9th 61.57 122nd 9th 84.50 Colors ........................................................................Red & White First Downs Defense 6th 1st 208 16th 6th 46 Stadium ...................................Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,807) First Downs Offense 24th 3rd 301 102nd 2nd 54 Website ..................................................................UtahUtes.com Kickoff Return Defense 31st 1st 19.09 87th 8th 23.00 TEAM INFORMATION Kickoff Returns 111th 12th 17.60 71st 3rd 19.00 2019 Record .............................................................................11-3 Net Punting 115th 11th 36.11 12th 3rd 43.00 2019 Pac-12 Record .................................................................8-1 Passing Offense 69th 11th 227.6 7th 1st 353.0 Offense ...............................................................................Spread Passing Yards Allowed 13th 1st 187.4 38th 3rd 210.0 Defense .....................................................................................4-2 Punt Return Defense 115th 10th 12.27 21st 2nd 1.50 Lettermen Returning .............................................................. 55 Punts Returns 44th 7th 9.58 55th 3rd 8.00 Lettermen Lost ...........................................................................31 Red Zone Defense 15th 1st 0.742 114th 7th 1.000 2020 Signing Class ................................................................. 29 Red Zone Offense 57th 8th 0.855 110th 9th 0.714 Total Starters returning .......................12 (7 O, 2 D, 3 Spec.) Rushing Defense 3rd 1st 81.8 100th 6th 208.0 Total Starters lost ................................. 13 (4 O, 9 D, 0 Spec.) Rushing Offense 32nd 1st 201.4 54th 6th 174.0 Scoring Defense 6th 1st 15.0 58th 4th 28.5 HISTORY Scoring Offense 38th 4th 32.3 46th 5th 31.0 First Year of Football ...........................................................1892 Team Passing Efficiency 8th 1st 174.05 49th 4th 140.00 All-Time Record .......................................... 688-467-31 (.593) Team Passing Efficiency Defense 10th 1st 112.89 65th 4th 138.10 Home ................................................................416-192-16 (.679) Rice-Eccles Stadium (1998-present) ..............98-35 (.737) Team Sacks 53rd 5th 2.36 44th 2nd 2.50 Road ...............................................................249-254-12 (.495) Team Tackles For Loss 72nd 6th 5.8 49th 3rd 6.5 Neutral................................................................... 23-21-3 (.521) Time of Possession 3rd 1st 34:19 27th 3rd 32:17 Conference .................................................... 422-251-19 (.624) Total Defense 2nd 1st 269.2 72nd 3rd 418.0 Pac-12 Conference ................................................ 42-39 (.512) Total Offense 48th 5th 429.0 9th 2nd 527.0 Bowl Games ................................................................17-6 (.739) Turnover Margin 17th 4th 0.64 61st 6th 0.00 Homecoming ..........................................................