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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-

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1892 <-- 1979 <- 1980 -> 1981 --> 2024

1980 Season Highlights

Wayne Howard enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Utah.

1980 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Sep. 6	vs. Boise State	7	28	L
Sat., Sep. 13	@ Nebraska	9	55	L
Sat., Sep. 20	vs. Nevada Las Vegas	45	29	W
Sat., Sep. 27	vs. Fresno State	27	12	W
Sat., Oct. 4	@ Utah State	23	19	W
Sat., Oct. 11	@ Texas-El Paso	31	7	W
Sat., Oct. 18	@ Wyoming	21	24	L
Sat., Oct. 25	vs. Colorado State	21	21	T
Sat., Nov. 8	vs. New Mexico	49	21	W
Sat., Nov. 22	vs. Brigham Young	6	56	L
Sat., Nov. 29	@ San Diego State	20	21	L

1980 Season Totals
Record	5-5 -1
Points Scored	259
Scoring Average	23.5
Points Allowed	293
Defense Average	26.6
Opponents Record	70-45
Conference Record	2-3
Home Record	3-2 -1
Away Record	2-3

1980 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1980 Western Athletic- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Brigham Young	12-1	606	243	Won 46-45	5-1	292	80	Lavell Edwards
Colorado State	6-4-1	232	330		5-1-1	178	140	Sark Arslanian
New Mexico	4-7	246	364		3-3	140	167	Joe Morrison
San Diego State	4-8	161	294		4-3	113	154	Claude Gilbert
Wyoming	6-5	316	243		3-4	180	166	Pat Dye
Utah	5-5-1	259	293		2-3-1	148	150	Wayne Howard
Air Force	2-9-1	161	290		1-2	44	41	Ken Hatfield
Texas El Paso	1-11	143	424		0-6	56	253	Bill Michael

1980 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1980 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

Field goals in college football were originally worth five points. This was decreased to four points in 1904 and three points in 1909.