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: Jack C. Curtice Conference: Mountain States Athletic-
1953 Season Highlights
Jack C. Curtice enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Utah.
The Utes won the Mountain States Athletic Conference Championship.
1953 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 19 @
Arizona
28
7
W
Sat., Sep. 26 vs. Idaho
21
0
W
Sat., Oct. 3 vs.
Hawaii
47
24
W
Sat., Oct. 10 @
Utah State
33
13
W
Sat., Oct. 17 vs. Denver
40
6
W
Sat., Oct. 24 vs.
Wyoming
13
12
W
Sat., Oct. 31 @
Washington
14
21
L
Sat., Nov. 7 @
Colorado
0
21
L
Sat., Nov. 14 vs.
Colorado State
35
14
W
Thu., Nov. 26 vs.
Brigham Young
33
32
W
1953 Season Totals
Record 8-2
Points Scored 264
Scoring Average 26.4
Points Allowed 150
Defense Average 15.0
Opponents Record 37-40
Conference Record 0-0
Home Record 6-0
Away Record 2-2
1953 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1953 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1953 All Mountain States Athletic Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
The biggest crowd for a college football game was 114,000 for the 1926 Army-Navy Game. The game ended in a tie when it became too dark to play.