2015 Utah Utes football team

The 2015 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by eleventh year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 6–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for the South Division title. Due to their head-to-head loss to USC, they did not represent the South Division in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they defeated rival BYU.

2015 Utah Utes football
Pac-12 South Division co-champion[1] Las Vegas Bowl champion
Las Vegas Bowl, W 35–28 vs. BYU
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 17
Record	10–3 (6–3 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kyle Whittingham (11th season)
Co-offensive coordinators	Aaron Roderick (2nd season) Jim Harding (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	John Pease (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Rice-Eccles Stadium
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Pac-12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 3 Stanford xy$		8	–	1					12	–	2
No. 19 Oregon		7	–	2					9	–	4
Washington State		6	–	3					9	–	4
California		4	–	5					8	–	5
Washington		4	–	5					7	–	6
Oregon State		0	–	9					2	–	10
South Division
USC xy		6	–	3					8	–	6
No. 17 Utah x		6	–	3					10	–	3
UCLA		5	–	4					8	–	5
Arizona State		4	–	5					6	–	7
Arizona		3	–	6					7	–	6
Colorado		1	–	8					4	–	9
Championship: Stanford 41, USC 22
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:30 p.m.	Michigan*		Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	FS1	W 24–17	47,825
September 11	7:00 p.m.	Utah State*	No. 24	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Beehive Boot/Battle of the Brothers)	ESPN2	W 24–14	46,011
September 19	8:30 p.m.	at Fresno State*	No. 21	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	CBSSN	W 45–24	33,675
September 26	6:30 p.m.	at No. 13 Oregon	No. 18	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	FOX	W 62–20	57,145
October 10	8:00 p.m.	No. 23 California	No. 5	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (College GameDay)	ESPN	W 30–24	47,798
October 17	8:00 p.m.	Arizona State	No. 4	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN	W 34–18	46,192
October 24	5:30 p.m.	at USC	No. 3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	FOX	L 24–42	73,435
October 31	5:00 p.m.	Oregon State	No. 13	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 27–12	45,853
November 7	5:30 p.m.	at Washington	No. 12	Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FOX	W 34–23	61,420
November 14	8:00 p.m.	at Arizona	No. 10	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FS1	L 30–37 2OT	48,912
November 21	1:30 p.m.	UCLA	No. 13	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	FOX	L 9–17	46,230
November 28	12:30 p.m.	Colorado	No. 23	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Rumble in the Rockies)	P12N	W 20–14	45,823
December 19	1:30 p.m.	vs. BYU*	No. 22	Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, NV (Las Vegas Bowl, Holy War, Beehive Boot)	ABC	W 35–28	42,213
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 3 released prior to game All times are in Mountain time

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Rankings

Further information: 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	RV	24	21	18	10 (1)	5 (7)	4 (16)	3 (16)	13	13	10	18	RV	21	20	17
Coaches	RV	25	21	17	12	7 (1)	7 (1)	7 (1)	14	14	13	18	25	20	20	16
CFP	Not released									12	10	13	23	24	22	Not released

Game summaries

Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolverines	0	3	7	7	17
Utes	3	7	7	7	24

See also: 2015 Michigan Wolverines football team

Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	14	0	0	14
#24 Utes	7	7	7	3	24

See also: 2015 Utah State Aggies football team, Beehive Boot, and Battle of the Brothers

At Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Utes	10	7	7	21	45
Bulldogs	3	0	0	21	24

See also: 2015 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

At Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Utes	6	21	28	7	62
#13 Ducks	6	7	0	7	20

See also: 2015 Oregon Ducks football team

California

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Golden Bears	7	10	7	0	24
#5 Utes	10	14	3	3	30

See also: 2015 California Golden Bears football team

Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils	10	0	8	0	18
#4 Utes	7	7	0	20	34

See also: 2015 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

At USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Utes	14	3	0	7	24
Trojans	7	21	7	7	42

See also: 2015 USC Trojans football team

Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	0	6	0	6	12
#13 Utes	14	0	0	13	27

See also: 2015 Oregon State Beavers football team

At Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Utes	0	24	0	10	34
Huskies	3	10	7	3	23

See also: 2015 Washington Huskies football team

At Arizona

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
#10 Utes	7	10	10	0	3	0	30
Wildcats	17	3	7	0	3	7	37

See also: 2015 Arizona Wildcats football team

UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	10	0	7	0	17
#18 Utes	0	6	3	0	9

See also: 2015 UCLA Bruins football team

Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	0	7	0	7	14
Utes	7	3	10	0	20

See also: 2015 Colorado Buffaloes football team and Rumble in the Rockies

Las Vegas Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	0	7	7	14	28
#20 Utes	35	0	0	0	35

See also: Las Vegas Bowl, 2015 Las Vegas Bowl, 2015 BYU Cougars football team, Holy War (BYU–Utah), and Beehive Boot

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