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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: Ron McBride
Conference: Western Athletic-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1892  <-- 1995 <- 1996 -> 1997 --> 2024
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
  Record8-4
  Points Scored313
  Scoring Average26.1
  Points Allowed309
  Defense Average25.8
  Opponents Record69-59
  Conference Record6-2
  Home Record4-1
  Away Record4-2
1996 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1996 Western Athletic- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Brigham Young 14-1590277Won  19-1510-0410170  Lavell Edwards
Colorado State 7-5380336 6-2248169  Sonny Lubick
New Mexico 6-5331280 3-5237233  Dennis Franchione
Wyoming 10-2464284 7-2341180  Joe Tiller
San Diego State 8-3428303 6-2300209  Ted Tollner
Utah 8-4313309Lost  10-386-2224199  Ron McBride
Rice 7-4296312 6-2261194  Ken Hatfield
Air Force 6-5360231 5-3316171  Fisher DeBerry
Southern Methodist 5-6246267 3-4150211  Tom Rossley
Fresno State 4-7267344 3-5199245  Jim Sweeney
San Jose State 3-9221448 3-5168273  John Ralston
Texas Christian 4-7211302 1-5107174  Pat Sullivan
Tulsa 4-7245333 1-6140238  Dave Rader
Hawaii 2-10161433 1-7100315  Fred vonAppen
Nevada Las Vegas 1-11276551 1-8239383  Jeff Horton
Texas El Paso 2-9183314 0-8129278  Charlie Bailey

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.


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