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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-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1892  <-- 1978 <- 1979 -> 1980 --> 2024
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
  Record6-6
  Points Scored267
  Scoring Average22.3
  Points Allowed296
  Defense Average24.7
  Opponents Record72-41
  Conference Record4-2
  Home Record3-2
  Away Record3-4
1979 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1979 Western Athletic- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Brigham Young 11-1484163Lost  37-386-026449  Lavell Edwards
New Mexico 6-6211229 3-382132  Bill Mondt
Colorado State 4-7-1177241 3-310697  Sark Arslanian
San Diego State 8-3286276 4-2142161  Claude Gilbert
Utah 6-6267296 4-211981  Wayne Howard
Wyoming 4-8186276 1-591149  Bill Lewis
Texas El Paso 2-9106266 0-633168  Bill Michael

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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