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Kicking Off Utah Fast Facts General Information
Department Phone Numbers
Athletics Department: (801) 581-8171 Football Office: (801) 581-7684 Sports Information: (801) 581-3511/3510/8302 Stadium Press Box: (801) 581-8210/585-6934 Ticket Office: (801) 581-8849 SID Fax: (801) 581-4358 Football Fax: (801) 585-3808
Utah Schemes Offense: Spread Defense: 4-3
2007 Utah Football Results 9-4, 5-3 MWC/3rd-tie • Poinsettia Bowl Champion Date Opponent TV Result 8-30 at Oregon State FSN NW L, 7-24 9-8 Air Force* The Mtn. L, 12-20 9-15 UCLA VERSUS W, 44-6 9-22 at UNLV* The Mtn. L, 0-27 9-29 Utah State (HC) The Mtn. W, 34-18 10-5 at Louisville ESPN W, 44-35 10-13 San Diego State* W, 23-7 10-18 at TCU* VERSUS W, 27-20 10-27 at Colorado State* The Mtn. W, 27-3 11-10 Wyoming* CSTV W, 50-0 11-17 New Mexico* The Mtn. W, 28-10 11-24 at Brigham Young* Mtn./CSTV/VS L, 10-17 12-20 Navy^ ESPN W, 35-32 *Mountain West Conference game • ^Poinsettia Bowl
Credits Editorial Content: Liz Abel, Associate Athletics Director. Layout and Design: Mike Lageschulte, Director of Publications and Broadcasting. Editorial Assistance: Scott Pettett and Brooke Frederickson. Cover Design: Rocky Lindgren. Photography: Steve Wilson, Tom Smart, Scott Pettett, Mike Dunn, Derik Moore, Layne Murdoch, University Marketing & Communications, U. Special Collections-J.W. Marriott Library, Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau, Utah Travel Council.
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Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Fast Facts/Phones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2007 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2008 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Future Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Road Headquarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 From Utah to the NFL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Pro Timing Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The Only Ones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Utes Give Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Team For The 2000’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Bowl Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11 BCS Busters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Under Armour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Utes On Network TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15 Game Day Excitement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
The Utah Experience
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Utah Traditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-19 Utah Athletics History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-21 University of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23 Campus Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Academic Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-27 NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Rice-Eccles Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-31 Football Practice Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Dee Glen Smith Athletics Center . . . . . . . . . . 33-35 Alex Smith Strength & Conditioning Facility . . . 36 Strength & Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37-39 Competition Venues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Polynesian Pipeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Salt Lake City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Media Information
Utah Staff Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opponent Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utah Media Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utah Radio & TV Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CBS College Sports, The Mtn., VERSUS . . . . .
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Preview & Rosters
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Player Profiles
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Personnel Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 How the Utes were Built . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Recruit Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 2008 Rosters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-55 Pronunciation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Utes By State/Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Depth Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-62 Returner Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64-90 Newcomer Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91-92
Coaches
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Head Coach Kyle Whittingham . . . . . . . . . . . 94-95 Gary Andersen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Andy Ludwig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Aaron Alford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Charlie Dickey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Jay Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Aaron Roderick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Morgan Scalley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Dave Schramm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Kalani Sitake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Zac Connors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Ilaisa Tuiaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Support Services
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Series History
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Mountain West Conference
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2007 In Review
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Bowl History
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Ute Record Book
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Athletics Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106-107 Athletics Director Dr. Chris Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 President Michael K. Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Series Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111-112 Scores vs. NCAA Opponents . . . . . . . . . . 112-116
MWC Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 A Decade Above The Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Composite Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 MWC Bowl Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 NCAA Bowl Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 MWC Bowl History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 2007 MWC Rankings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123-125 2007 MWC Standings & Awards . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128-129 Starting Lineups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Senior Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132-135 Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Game Recaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136-142
Bowl Recaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144-155
Season Record & Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Top 25 Finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Utah In The National Polls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Conference Finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Homecoming Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Notable Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 The Longest Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Single Game Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Annual Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Individual Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166-175 Team Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176-181 Bowl Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182-183 First-Team All-Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184-185 All-Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186-87 Ute All-Americans’ Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188-89 Ute Draft Picks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190-91 Utes in the Pros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192-194 Lettermen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195-201 Schedules & Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-208
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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Metro Population: 1,333,914 Elevation: 4,657 feet President: Michael K. Young Director of Athletics: Dr. Chris Hill Governing Body: Board of Trustees & Board of Regents Founded: 1850 Enrollment: 28,025 Nickname: Utes Colors: Crimson and White Mascot: Swoop (red-tailed hawk) Stadium: Rice-Eccles: 45,017 Surface: FieldTurf Indoor Facility: Spence Eccles Field House Website: www.UtahUtes.com Conference: Mountain West Conference Affiliation: NCAA Division I-FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
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Schedules 2008 Utah Football Schedule
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Date Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 2 (Thu.) Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 6 (Thu.) Nov. 15 Nov. 22
Opponent Michigan UNLV* Utah State Air Force* Weber State (HC) Oregon State Wyoming* Colorado State* open New Mexico* TCU* San Diego State* Brigham Young*
Site Series Ann Arbor, Mich. 0-1 Salt Lake City 11-2 Logan, Utah 75-28-4 Colorado Springs, Colo. 10-14 Salt Lake City 2-0 Salt Lake City 4-9-1 Laramie, Wyo. 48-31-1 Salt Lake City 52-22-2
Last Meeting TV 2002, Michigan 10-7 ABC 2007, UNLV 27-0 The Mtn. 2007, Utah 34-18 2007, AFA 20-12 VERSUS 1984, Utah 52-16 2007, OSU 24-7 VERSUS 2007, Utah 50-0 The Mtn. 2007, Utah 27-3 The Mtn.
Time 3:30 p.m. ET 6:00 p.m. MT 6:00 p.m. MT 2:00 p.m. MT 6:00 p.m. MT 7:00 p.m. MT Noon MT Noon MT
Albuquerque, N.M. Salt Lake City San Diego, Calif. Salt Lake City
2007, Utah 28-10 2007, Utah 27-20 2007, Utah 23-7 2007, BYU 17-10
7:30 p.m. MT 6:00 p.m. MT 5:00 p.m. PT 4:00 p.m. MT
30-17-2 4-1 14-12-1 52-33-4
The Mtn. CBS C The Mtn. The Mtn.
*-Mountain West Conference Game HC-Homecoming
Future Football Schedules 2009 9-5 9-12 9-19 9-26
2010 TBA 9-11 9-18 9-25
Utah State at San Jose State at Oregon Louisville
2008 Road Headquarters 2011 9-3 9-10 9-17 9-24
2012
TBA at Utah State at Iowa State San Jose State
8-30 9-8 9-22 9-29
Iowa State Utah State Oregon at Boise State
Michigan
Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest 1275 So. Huron Street Ypsilanti, MI 48197 734-487-2000
Utah State Washington State at Utah State at Colorado Boise State
*Schedules are subject to change. Mountain West Conference schedules are released in the spring preceding each season.
Ogden Marriott 247 24th Street Ogden, UT 84401 801-627-1190
Air Force
Cheyenne Mountain Resort 3225 Broadmoor Valley Road Colorado Springs, CO 80906 800-428-8886
Wyoming
Hilton Garden Inn 2229 Grand Ave Laramie, WY 82070 307-745-5500
New Mexico
Hilton Albuquerque 1901 University Blvd. N.E. Albuquerque, NM 87102 505-884-2500
San Diego State
Utah’s football team enjoys a large fan following on the road. Pictured above: Ute fans at a pre-game tailgate party before Utah’s game at BYU last season.
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San Diego Hotel & Marina 333 W. Harbor Drive San Diego, CA 92101 619-234-1500