1995 Utah Utes football team

The 1995 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth season under head coach Ron McBride, the Utes compiled an overall record of 7–4 record with a mark of 6–2 against conference opponents, sharing the WAC title with Air Force, BYU, and Colorado State. Utah outscored its opponents 296 to 230.[2] The Utes were not invited to bowl game, after playing in the postseason each of the three previous seasons. All four of Utah losses were at home; the Utes were perfect 4–0 on the road. The team played home games at Robert Rice Stadium in Salt Lake City.

1995 Utah Utes football
WAC co-champion
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record7–4 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFred Graves[1] (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorKyle Whittingham (1st season)
Home stadiumRobert Rice Stadium (32,500)
1995 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Colorado State +  6 –2   8 –4  
BYU +  6 –2   7 –4  
Utah +  6 –2   7 –4  
Air Force +  6 –2   8 –5  
San Diego State  5 –3   8 –4  
Wyoming  4 –4   6 –5  
Fresno State  2 –6   5 –7  
New Mexico  2 –6   4 –7  
Hawaii  2 –6   4 –8  
UTEP  1 –7   2 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1995 team won two games at home in fourth-quarter comebacks, against Fresno State and Air Force. The comeback against Air Force was won in miraculous fashion with quarterback Mike Fouts throwing a pair of touchdown passes in the final 41 seconds of the game, assisted by a rare onside kick recovery after the first touchdown pass.[3]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 pmOregon*
KJZZL 20–2730,701
September 97:00 pmStanford*
  • Robert Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
L 20–2732,107
September 166:00 pmat New Mexico
W 36–926,113
September 237:00 pmFresno State
  • Robert Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 25–2131,362
September 307:00 pmat UTEP
KJZZW 34–2119,254
October 77:00 pmSan Diego State
  • Robert Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
L 21–2431,552
October 1412:00 pmColorado State
  • Robert Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
L 14–1927,691
October 2112:00 pmAir Force
  • Robert Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 22–2129,046
October 2812:00 pmUtah State*dagger
KJZZW 40–2028,337
November 412:00 pmat Wyoming
W 30–2412,562
November 181:30 pmat BYU
ABCW 34–1765,829

[4]

After the season

NFL Draft

One Utah players was selected in the 1996 NFL Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL team
Henry LuskTight end7246New Orleans Saints

References
  1. Mike Sorensen. "Utes Name Graves as Offensive Coordinator". Deseret News. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
  2. "1995 Utah Utes Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  3. "NCAA Football - Air Force vs. Utah - 10/21/1995 9:56PM ET". USA Today. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
  4. "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
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