# 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.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 6:30 p.m. | Michigan* | | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT | FS1 | W 24–17 | 47,825 |
| September 11 | 7:00 p.m. | Utah State* | No. 24 | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt 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 StadiumFresno, CA | CBSSN | W 45–24 | 33,675 |
| September 26 | 6:30 p.m. | at No. 13 Oregon | No. 18 | Autzen StadiumEugene, OR | FOX | W 62–20 | 57,145 |
| October 10 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 23 California | No. 5 | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT (College GameDay) | ESPN | W 30–24 | 47,798 |
| October 17 | 8:00 p.m. | Arizona State | No. 4 | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT | ESPN | W 34–18 | 46,192 |
| October 24 | 5:30 p.m. | at USC | No. 3 | Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA | FOX | L 24–42 | 73,435 |
| October 31 | 5:00 p.m. | Oregon State | No. 13 | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT | P12N | W 27–12 | 45,853 |
| November 7 | 5:30 p.m. | at Washington | No. 12 | Alaska Airlines Field at Husky StadiumSeattle, WA | FOX | W 34–23 | 61,420 |
| November 14 | 8:00 p.m. | at Arizona | No. 10 | Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ | FS1 | L 30–37 $^{2OT}$ | 48,912 |
| November 21 | 1:30 p.m. | UCLA | No. 13 | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT | FOX | L 9–17 | 46,230 |
| November 28 | 12:30 p.m. | Colorado | No. 23 | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt 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 StadiumLas Vegas, NV (Las Vegas Bowl, Holy War, Beehive Boot) | ABC | W 35–28 | 42,213 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 3 released prior to gameAll times are in Mountain time ||||||||
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## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking RV = Received votes ( ) = First-place votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | 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 | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 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 |

### Utah State

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

### At Fresno State

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

### At Oregon

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

### California

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

### Arizona State

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

### At USC

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

### Oregon State

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

### At Washington

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

### 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 |

### UCLA

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

### Colorado

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

### Las Vegas Bowl

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