# 2014 Utah Utes football team

The 2014 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by tenth 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 9–4, 5–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place in the South Division. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they defeated Colorado State.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 28 | 5:30 p.m. | Idaho State* | | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT | P12N | W 56–14 | 45,925 |
| September 6 | 1:00 p.m. | Fresno State* | | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT | P12N | W 59–27 | 45,864 |
| September 20 | 1:30 p.m. | at Michigan* | | Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI | ABC/ESPN2 | W 26–10 | 103,890 |
| September 27 | 6:00 p.m. | Washington State | | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT | P12N | L 27–28 | 45,859 |
| October 4 | 8:30 p.m. | at No. 8 UCLA | | Rose BowlPasadena, CA | ESPN | W 30–28 | 74,329 |
| October 16 | 8:00 p.m. | at Oregon State | No. 20 | Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR | P12N | W 29–23 $^{2OT}$ | 40,479 |
| October 25 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 20 USC | No. 19 | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT | FS1 | W 24–21 | 47,619 |
| November 1 | 9:00 p.m. | at No. 14 Arizona State | No. 17 | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ | FS1 | L 16–19 $^{OT}$ | 53,754 |
| November 8 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 4 Oregon | No. 17 | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT | ESPN | L 27–51 | 47,528 |
| November 15 | 4:00 p.m. | at Stanford | No. 23 | Stanford StadiumStanford, CA | P12N | W 20–17 $^{2OT}$ | 44,635 |
| November 22 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 15 Arizona | No. 17 | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT | ESPN | L 10–42 | 45,824 |
| November 29 | 11:00 a.m. | at Colorado | No. 25 | Folsom FieldBoulder, CO (Rumble in the Rockies) | P12N | W 38–34 | 39,155 |
| December 20 | 1:30 p.m. | vs. Colorado State* | No. 22 | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl) | ABC | W 45–10 | 33,067 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after October 28 released prior to gameAll times are in Mountain time ||||||||
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## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | 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 | 15 | Final |
| AP | — | — | RV | — | RV | — | 24 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 20 | RV | 24 | 23 | 21 |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | RV | — | RV | 23 | 19 | 18 | 22 | RV | 21 | RV | RV | 25 | 20 |
| CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 17 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 25 | 23 | 22 | Not released |

## Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Seasons at Utah |
| Kyle Whittingham | Head Coach | 10th |
| Dave Christensen | Offensive coordinator | 1st |
| Kalani Sitake | Defensive coordinator | 6th |
| Dennis Erickson | Running backs/assistant coach | 2nd |
| Aaron Roderick | Quarterbacks coach | 10th |
| Jim Harding | Offensive line | 1st |
| Ilaisa Tuiaki | Defensive line | 2nd |
| Morgan Scalley | Safeties/Special Time Coordinator | 7th |
| Sharrieff Shah | Cornerbacks coach | 3rd |
| Taylor Stubblefield | Wide receivers coach | 1st |
| Robert Conley | Co-Graduate Assistant/Defense | 3rd |
| Joe Dale | Co-Graduate Assistant/Defense | 1st |
| Nick Danielson | Co-Graduate Assistant/Offense | 1st |
| Sartaj Khan | Co-Graduate Assistant/Offense | 1st |
| Doug Elisaia | Director of Strength & Conditioning | 8th |
| Jeff Rudy | Football Operations Director | 8th |
| Ernest Rimer | Football Director of Sport Science | 1st |
| Fred Whittingham Jr | Director of Player Personnel | 2nd |

## Game summaries
### Idaho State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bengals | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Utes | 14 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 56 |
Game officials: referee Jack Folliard, umpire Douglas Wilson, head linesman Bob Day, line judge Jeff Robinsoni, side judge Aaron Santi, field judge Brad Glenn, back judge Steve Hudson, head replay official Jim Northcott

### Fresno State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
| Utes | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 59 |
Game officials: referee Terry Leyden, umpire F. Villar, head linesman Rod Ammari, line judge Tim Messuri, side judge Aaron Santi, field judge S. Strimling, back judge Mearl Robinson

### Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Utes | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| Wolverines | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Game officials: referee S. Smith, umpire S. Woods, head linesman M. Dolce, line judge J. Baur, side judge D. Swanson, field judge J. Clay, back judge T. Ransom

### Washington State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cougars | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Utes | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 27 |

### UCLA

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Utes | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 |
| #8 Bruins | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |

### Oregon State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| #20 Utes | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 29 |
| Beavers | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 23 |

### USC

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #20 Trojans | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| #19 Utes | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### Arizona State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| #18 Utes | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| #15 Sun Devils | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 |

### Oregon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #5 Ducks | 0 | 24 | 3 | 24 | 51 |
| #20 Utes | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 27 |

### Stanford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| #25 Utes | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| Cardinal | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |

### Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #15 Wildcats | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 42 |
| #20 Utes | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |

### Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Utes | 3 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 38 |
| Buffaloes | 7 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 34 |

### Las Vegas Bowl: Utah vs. Colorado State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| #23 Utes | 21 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 45 |