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: Ron McBride Conference: Western Athletic-
1996 Season Highlights
Ron McBride enters his 7th season as Head Coach at Utah.
1996 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Aug. 31 @
Utah State
17
20
L
Sat., Sep. 7 @
Stanford
17
10
W
Sat., Sep. 14 @
Southern Methodist
21
17
W
Sat., Sep. 21 vs.
Fresno State
45
17
W
Sat., Sep. 28 vs.
Kansas
45
42
W
Sat., Oct. 5 @
Texas-El Paso
34
27
W
Sat., Oct. 19 vs.
Texas Christian
21
7
W
Sat., Oct. 26 vs.
Tulsa
45
19
W
Sat., Nov. 2 @
Rice
10
51
L
Sat., Nov. 9 @
New Mexico
31
24
W
Sat., Nov. 23 vs.
Brigham Young
17
37
L
Fri., Dec. 27
Wisconsin
10
38
L
@ Tucson, AZ
Insight Bowl
1996 Season Totals
Record 8-4
Points Scored 313
Scoring Average 26.1
Points Allowed 309
Defense Average 25.8
Opponents Record 69-59
Conference Record 6-2
Home Record 4-1
Away Record 4-2
1996 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1996 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1996 All Western Athletic Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
Quarterbacks from Alabama won the first three Super Bowls. They also have more Super Bowl wins than quarterbacks from any other school (Kenny Stabler 1, Joe Namath 1 and Bart Starr 2).