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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-

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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
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 Western Athletic- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Brigham Young	14-1	590	277	Won 19-15	10-0	410	170	Lavell Edwards
Colorado State	7-5	380	336		6-2	248	169	Sonny Lubick
New Mexico	6-5	331	280		3-5	237	233	Dennis Franchione
Wyoming	10-2	464	284		7-2	341	180	Joe Tiller
San Diego State	8-3	428	303		6-2	300	209	Ted Tollner
Utah	8-4	313	309	Lost 10-38	6-2	224	199	Ron McBride
Rice	7-4	296	312		6-2	261	194	Ken Hatfield
Air Force	6-5	360	231		5-3	316	171	Fisher DeBerry
Southern Methodist	5-6	246	267		3-4	150	211	Tom Rossley
Fresno State	4-7	267	344		3-5	199	245	Jim Sweeney
San Jose State	3-9	221	448		3-5	168	273	John Ralston
Texas Christian	4-7	211	302		1-5	107	174	Pat Sullivan
Tulsa	4-7	245	333		1-6	140	238	Dave Rader
Hawaii	2-10	161	433		1-7	100	315	Fred vonAppen
Nevada Las Vegas	1-11	276	551		1-8	239	383	Jeff Horton
Texas El Paso	2-9	183	314		0-8	129	278	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.

Great Moments in College Football History

College football's largest margin of victory came in 1916, when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland by a score of 222 to 0. The game was cut short by 15 minutes.