American college football season
The 2017 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The team was coached by thirteenth-year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City , Utah . They competed as members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference . They finished the season 7–6, 3–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place in the South Division. They were invited to the Heart of Dallas Bowl where they defeated West Virginia .
Schedule
Utah announced their 2017 football schedule on January 18, 2017. The Utes played FCS North Dakota, in-state rival BYU, and San Jose State in out-of-conference play. In Pac-12 conference play, the Utes did not play cross-divisional foes California and Oregon State .
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 5:30 p.m. No. 8 (FCS ) North Dakota * P12N W 37–16 45,905 September 9 8:15 p.m. at BYU * ESPN2 W 19–13 63,470 September 16 8:00 p.m. San Jose State *Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT ESPN2 W 54–16 45,881 September 22 8:00 p.m. at Arizona No. 23 FS1 W 30–24 36,651 October 7 8:15 p.m. Stanford No. 20 Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT FS1 L 20–23 45,991 October 14 5:00 p.m. at No. 13 USC ABC L 27–28 72,382 October 21 1:30 p.m. Arizona State Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT FS1 L 10–30 45,863 October 28 3:45 p.m. at Oregon P12N L 20–41 56,154 November 3 7:30 p.m. UCLA Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT FS1 W 48–17 45,902 November 11 3:30 p.m. No. 19 Washington State Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT P12N L 25–33 45,826 November 18 7:30 p.m. at No. 16 Washington ESPN L 30–33 65,767 November 25 8:00 p.m. Colorado FS1 W 34–13 46,022 December 26 11:30 a.m. vs. West Virginia * ESPN W 30–14 20,507 *Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time
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Game summaries
North Dakota
1
2
3
4
Total
#8 (FCS) Fighting Hawks
3
6
0
7
16
Utes
0
17
10
10
37
See also: 2017 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team
At BYU
1
2
3
4
Total
Utes
3
6
10
0
19
Cougars
0
0
6
7
13
See also: 2017 BYU Cougars football team
San Jose State
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
3
10
0
3
16
Utes
9
21
7
17
54
See also: 2017 San Jose State Spartans football team
At Arizona
1
2
3
4
Total
#23 Utes
10
3
14
3
30
Wildcats
3
7
7
7
24
See also: 2017 Arizona Wildcats football team
Stanford
1
2
3
4
Total
Cardinal
3
10
3
7
23
#20 Utes
7
3
3
7
20
See also: 2017 Stanford Cardinal football team
At USC
1
2
3
4
Total
Utes
7
14
0
6
27
#13 Trojans
7
0
7
14
28
See also: 2017 USC Trojans football team
Arizona State
1
2
3
4
Total
Sun Devils
9
7
7
7
30
Utes
0
0
3
7
10
See also: 2017 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
At Oregon
1
2
3
4
Total
Utes
0
6
7
7
20
Ducks
7
10
10
14
41
See also: 2017 Oregon Ducks football team
UCLA
1
2
3
4
Total
Bruins
0
10
0
7
17
Utes
7
10
21
10
48
See also: 2017 UCLA Bruins football team
Washington State
1
2
3
4
Total
#19 Cougars
13
7
6
7
33
Utes
0
10
0
15
25
See also: 2017 Washington State Cougars football team
At Washington
1
2
3
4
Total
Utes
7
6
10
7
30
#16 Huskies
6
10
7
10
33
See also: 2017 Washington Huskies football team
Colorado
1
2
3
4
Total
Buffaloes
0
0
7
6
13
Utes
14
14
3
3
34
See also: 2017 Colorado Buffaloes football team
Vs. West Virginia (Heart of Dallas Bowl)
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
0
3
3
8
14
Utes
7
10
0
13
30
See also: 2017 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
Rankings
Further information: 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP RV RV RV 23 20 20 RV RV — — — — — — — — Coaches 25 23 24 21 19 18 23 RV — — — — — — — RV CFP Not released — — — — — — Not released
Coaching staff
Name
Title
Years at Utah
Kyle Whittingham Head coach
13
Morgan Scalley Defensive coordinator/safeties coach
10
Troy Taylor Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach
1
Jim Harding
Assistant head coach/offensive line coach
4
Sharrieff Shah Cornerbacks coach/co-Special teams coordinator
6
Justin Ena Linebackers coach/co-Special teams coordinator
3
Lewis Powell
Defensive line coach
3
Freddie Whittingham
Tight ends coach
1
Guy Holliday
Wide receivers coach
2
Kiel McDonald
Running backs coach
1
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References
"Troy Taylor is Utah's New Offensive coordinator" . UtahUtes.com . University of Utah Athletics. January 2, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2017.Rice-Eccles Stadium . The University of Utah. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
Vannini, Chris (December 26, 2017). "Heart of Dallas Bowl: Utah continues bowl dominance under Kyle Whittingham" . The Athletic . Retrieved November 11, 2024.
"2017 Utah Football Schedule is Announced" . UtahUtes.com . University of Utah Athletics. January 18, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2017.2017 Utah Utes football schedule . FBSchedules.com . Retrieved April 19, 2017.
Staff Directory . University of Utah Athletics. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
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