Utah Football Team History
Utah Utes
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Founded: 1850 Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium Capacity: 51,444 Colors: Crimson & White Coach: Wayne Howard Conference: Western Athletic-
1979 Season Highlights
Wayne Howard enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Utah.
1979 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 1 vs. Long Beach State
34
10
W
Sat., Sep. 8 @
Hawaii
27
23
W
Sat., Sep. 15 @
Washington
7
41
L
Sat., Sep. 22 @
Tennessee
18
51
L
Sat., Sep. 29 vs.
Utah State
21
47
L
Sat., Oct. 6 @
Colorado State
21
16
W
Sat., Oct. 13 vs.
Wyoming
24
14
W
Sat., Oct. 20 @
Nevada Las Vegas
41
43
L
Sat., Oct. 27 vs.
San Diego State
13
17
L
Sat., Nov. 3 @
New Mexico
26
7
W
Sat., Nov. 10 vs.
Texas-El Paso
35
0
W
Sat., Nov. 17 @
Brigham Young
0
27
L
1979 Season Totals
Record 6-6
Points Scored 267
Scoring Average 22.3
Points Allowed 296
Defense Average 24.7
Opponents Record 72-41
Conference Record 4-2
Home Record 3-2
Away Record 3-4
1979 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1979 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1979 All Western Athletic Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
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