2004_Utah_Utes_football_team

2004 Utah Utes football
2004 Utah Utes football
Mountain West champion; Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl, W 35–7 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 4
Record	12–0 (7–0 MW)
Head coach	Urban Meyer (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Sanford (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Defensive coordinator	Kyle Whittingham (10th season)
Home stadium	Rice-Eccles Stadium
	Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 Utah Utes football team

American college football season

The 2004 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. This team was the original 'BCS Buster', meaning, this was the first time that a team from a BCS non-AQ conference was invited to play in one of the BCS bowl games. The team, coached by second-year head football coach Urban Meyer, played its home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium.

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Utah Utes fans rush the field and carry the goalpost after defeating rival BYU, completing a perfect regular season, and becoming the first BCS Buster by clinching a spot in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl (hence the sombrero).

Utah finished the season 12–0, the fourth undefeated and untied season in school history. The Utes were one of three teams in the top-level Division I FBS to finish the season undefeated (the others being the USC Trojans and the Auburn Tigers.)

Utah was the highest-ranked BCS non-AQ team in each poll every week of the season.

Game summaries

Season Statistics

2004 Official Stats

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	5:30 pm	Texas A&M*	No. 20	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City	ESPN	W 41–21	45,419
September 11	8:00 pm	at Arizona*	No. 17	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona	KJZZ	W 23–6	52,790
September 18	5:00 pm	at Utah State*	No. 15	Romney Stadium Logan, Utah (Battle of the Brothers)	KJZZ	W 48–6	24,750
September 25	1:00 pm	Air Force	No. 14	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City	ESPN+	W 49–35	44,043
October 1	6:00 pm	at New Mexico	No. 14	University Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico	ESPN2	W 28–7	40,182
October 16	8:00 pm	North Carolina*	No. 11	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City	KJZZ	W 46–16	45,319
October 23	5:00 pm	UNLV	No. 9	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City	KJZZ	W 63–28	40,341
October 30	7:00 pm	at San Diego State	No. 9	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego	KJZZ	W 51–28	32,683
November 6	7:45 pm	Colorado State	No. 7	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City	ESPN2	W 63–31	44,222
November 13	5:00 pm	at Wyoming	No. 7	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, Wyoming	ABC	W 45–28	17,074
November 20	5:00 pm	BYU	No. 5	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City (Holy War) (College GameDay)	ESPN2	W 52–21	45,326
January 1	6:30 pm	vs. No. 19 Pittsburgh*	No. 5	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona (Fiesta Bowl)	ABC	W 35–7	73,519
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	20	20	17	15	14	14	11	11	9	9	7	7	5	5	5	5	4
Coaches	21	19	16	14	14	14	11	10	10	10	8	8	6	6	6	6	5
BCS	Not released								7	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	Not released

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	7	0	14	21
#20 Utes	7	20	7	7	41

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Utes	17	0	6	0	23
Wildcats	3	3	0	0	6

	1	2	3	4	Total
#15 Utes	20	21	7	0	48
Aggies	0	0	6	0	6

2004_Utah_Utes_football_team

2004 Utah Utes football team

Schedule

Rankings

Game summaries

Texas A&M

Arizona

Utah State

Air Force

New Mexico

North Carolina

UNLV

San Diego State

Colorado State

Wyoming

BYU

Fiesta Bowl: Utah vs. Pittsburgh

Depth chart

Season Statistics

Team

Individual Leaders

After the season

NFL Draft

Awards

National

Conference

See also

References

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2004 Utah Utes football

Mountain West champion Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl, W 35–7 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 4
Record	12–0 (7–0 MW)
Head coach	Urban Meyer (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Sanford (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Defensive coordinator	Kyle Whittingham (10th season)
Home stadium	Rice-Eccles Stadium
Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Utah $	7	–	0	12	–	0
New Mexico	5	–	2	7	–	5
BYU	4	–	3	5	–	6
Wyoming	3	–	4	7	–	5
Air Force	3	–	4	5	–	6
Colorado State	3	–	4	4	–	7
San Diego State	2	–	5	4	–	7
UNLV	1	–	6	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria Rankings from AP Poll

Passing
Player	COMP	ATT	Pct.	YDS	TD	INT	QB Rating
Alex Smith	214	317	.675	2952	32	4	176.52
Brian Johnson	14	21	.667	142	1	1	129.66
Fan Tagovailoa	2	2	1.000	24	-	-	305.80
Paris Warren	1	2	.500	21	-	-	138.20

Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	YPC	TD
Marty Johnson	165	802	4.9	14
Quinton Ganther	109	654	6.0	2
Alex Smith	135	631	4.7	10
Steve Savoy	22	307	14.0	6
Paris Warren	28	157	5.6	2
Brian Johnson	21	92	4.4	1

Receiving
Player	REC	YDS	YPR	TD
Paris Warren	80	1076	13.4	12
Steve Savoy	67	961	14.3	11
Travis Latendresse	27	411	15.2	2
John Madsen	27	377	14.0	5
Quinton Ganther	7	49	7.0	1
Marty Johnson	7	46	6.6	1
Jerome Wright	5	64	12.8	1

Tackles
Player	Solo	Asst	Total	TFL	Sacks
Spencer Toone	40	75	115	4	1
Tommy Hackenbruck	46	45	91	9.5	4.5
Eric Weddle	47	28	75	4.5	1
Morgan Scalley	27	24	51	2.5	2.5
Marquess Ledbetter	15	31	46	9	4.5
Steve Fifita	23	22	45	9	4.5
Ryan Smith	26	18	44	3	2
Bo Nagahi	31	11	42	2.5	0
Corey Dodds	10	27	37	4	2
Sione Pouha	16	20	36	3	2
Jonathan Fanene	12	10	22	5.5	3

Pass defense
Player	INT	YDS	Broken up
Morgan Scalley	6	79	2
Eric Weddle	4	34	5
Jonathan Fanene	1	76	1
Corey Dodds	1	26	1
Ryan Smith	1	0	7
Sione Pouha	1	0	4
Steve Fifita	1	6	2

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Alex Smith	Quarterback	1	1	San Francisco 49ers
Sione Pouha	Defensive tackle	3	88	New York Jets
Chris Kemoeatu	Offensive guard	6	204	Pittsburgh Steelers
Paris Warren	Wide receiver	7	225	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jonathan Fanene	Defensive end	7	233	Cincinnati Bengals

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	7	14	7	35
#14 Utes	0	21	14	14	49

	1	2	3	4	Total
#14 Utes	7	0	14	7	28
Lobos	7	0	0	0	7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	7	3	6	0	16
#11 Utes	10	20	7	9	46

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	7	7	7	7	28
#9 Utes	28	14	21	0	63