2013 Utah Utes football team

The 2013 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was headed by ninth 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.

2013 Utah Utes football
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	South Division
2013 record	5–7 (2–7 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kyle Whittingham (9th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Brian Johnson (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Dennis Erickson (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Kalani Sitake (5th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Rice-Eccles Stadium (Capacity: 45,017)

2013 Pac-12 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 11 Stanford xy$		7	–	2					11	–	3
No. 9 Oregon x		7	–	2					11	–	2
No. 25 Washington		5	–	4					9	–	4
Oregon State		4	–	5					7	–	6
Washington State		4	–	5					6	–	7
California		0	–	9					1	–	11
South Division
No. 21 Arizona State x		8	–	1					10	–	4
No. 16 UCLA		6	–	3					10	–	3
No. 19 USC		6	–	3					10	–	4
Arizona		4	–	5					8	–	5
Utah		2	–	7					5	–	7
Colorado		1	–	8					4	–	8
Championship: Stanford 38, Arizona State 14
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	6:00 p.m.	Utah State*	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Beehive Boot/Battle of the Brothers)	FS1	W 30–26	45,237
September 7	12:00 p.m.	Weber State*	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 70–7	45,053
September 14	8:00 p.m.	Oregon State	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	FS1	L 48–51 ^OT	45,221
September 21	8:15 p.m.	at BYU*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT (Holy War)	ESPN2	W 20–13	63,470
October 3	8:00 p.m.	No. 12 UCLA	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	FS1	L 27–34	45,272
October 12	4:00 p.m.	No. 5 Stanford	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 27–21	45,372
October 19	8:00 p.m.	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	P12N	L 24–35	50,871
October 26	2:00 p.m.	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	P12N	L 3–19	64,715
November 9	2:00 p.m.	No. 23 Arizona State	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	L 19–20	45,183
November 16	2:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	FS1	L 21–44	56,481
November 23	1:30 p.m.	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	L 37–49	23,112
November 30	12:00 p.m.	Colorado	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Rumble in the Rockies)	P12N	W 24–17	45,023
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Mountain time

Rankings

See also: 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	NR	NR	RV	NR	RV	RV	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Harris	Not released							RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Not released
BCS	Not released								NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Not released

Game summaries

Utah State

Utah State at Utah

1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 3 14 6 3 26 • Utes 14 0 10 6 30 Date: August 31 Location: Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT Game start: 6:06 PM MST Elapsed time: 3:31 Game attendance: 45,237 Game weather: 90 °F (32 °C), Partly Cloudy, winds NW at 6mph Referee: Kevin Marr TV announcers (FS1): Justin Kutcher, Petros Papadakis, and Kristina Pink Sources:[1]

Scoring summary 1 11:47 UTAH Dres Anderson 3-yard touchdown pass from Travis Wilson, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 7–0 1 7:37 USU Nick Diaz 27-yard Field Goal UTAH 7–3 1 1:37 UTAH Jake Murphy 30-yard touchdown pass from Travis Wilson, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 14–3 2 14:11 USU Brand Swindall 15-yard touchdown pass from Chuckie Keeton, Nick Diaz kick good UTAH 14–10 2 0:20 USU Brand Swindall 4-yard touchdown pass from Chuckie Keeton, Nick Diaz kick good USU 17–14 3 11:52 USU Chuckie Keeton 15-yard touchdown run, Nick Diaz kick failed USU 23–14 3 2:24 UTAH Andy Phillips 45-yard Field Goal USU 23–17 3 0:54 UTAH Karl Williams 2-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 24–23 4 10:39 USU Nick Diaz 24-yard Field Goal USU 26–24 4 6:38 UTAH Andy Phillips 19-yard Field Goal UTAH 27–26 4 0:19 UTAH Andy Phillips 38-yard Field Goal UTAH 30–26

See also: 2013 Utah State Aggies football team, Battle of the Brothers, and Utah State Aggies football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
77–29–4	2012	Utah State, 27–20 ^OT

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Weber State

See also: 2013 Weber State Wildcats football team and Weber State Wildcats football

Weber State at Utah

1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 0 0 7 0 7 • Utes 14 35 14 7 70 Date: September 7 Location: Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT Game start: 12:07 PM MST Elapsed time: 3:06 Game attendance: 45,053 Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C), Partly Cloudy, winds WNW @ 8mph Referee: Land Clark TV announcers (P12N): Matt McConnell and Jamal Anderson Sources:[2]

Scoring summary 1 9:07 UTAH Travis Wilson 38-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 7–0 1 5:13 UTAH Sean Fitzgerald 80-yard touchdown pass from Travis Wilson, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 14–0 2 9:59 UTAH Kelvin York 24-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 21–0 2 5:50 UTAH Dres Anderson 57-yard touchdown pass from Travis Wilson, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 28–0 2 3:08 UTAH Travis Wilson 51-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 35–0 2 2:57 UTAH Mike Honeycutt 21-yard fumble return for a touchdown, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 42–0 2 0:04 UTAH Sean Fitzgerald 1-yard touchdown pass from Travis Wilson, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 49–0 3 12:31 UTAH Lucky Radley 17-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 56–0 3 7:17 WSU Josh Booker 3-yard touchdown run, Carson Fackrell kick good UTAH 56–7 3 3:47 UTAH Lucky Radley 11-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 63–7 4 1:43 UTAH Marcus Williams 1-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 70–7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2008	Utah, 37–21

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Oregon State

See also: 2013 Oregon State Beavers football team and Oregon State Beavers football

Oregon State at Utah

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Beavers 10 10 14 11 6 51 Utes 0 10 14 21 3 48 Date: September 14 Location: Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT Game start: 8:05 PM MST Elapsed time: 3:43 Game attendance: 45,221 Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C), Party Cloudy w/ Rain, Winds ESE 1mph Referee: Terry Leyden TV announcers (FS1): Craig Bolerjack, Joey Harrington & Ryan Nece Sources:[3]

Scoring summary 1 11:21 OSU Trevor Romaine 36-yard Field Goal OSU 3–0 1 1:58 OSU Richard Mullaney 7-yard touchdown pass from Sean Mannion, Trevor Romaine kick good OSU 10–0 2 13:09 OSU Trevor Romaine 13-yard Field Goal OSU 13–0 2 10:03 UTAH Dres Anderson 49-yard touchdown pass from Travis Wilson, Andy Phillips kick good OSU 13–7 2 3:20 OSU Connor Hamlett 7-yard touchdown pass from Sean Mannion, Trevor Romaine kick good OSU 20–7 2 0:20 UTAH Andy Phillips 27-yard Field Goal OSU 20–10 3 14:06 OSU Sean Martin 27-yard Interception returned for a touchdown, Trevor Romaine kick good OSU 27–10 3 12:49 UTAH Travis Wilson 35-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good OSU 27–17 3 4:49 UTAH James Poole 1-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good kick good OSU 27–24 3 1:04 OSU Brandin Cooks 55-yard touchdown pass from Sean Mannion, Trevor Romaine kick good OSU 34–24 4 13:41 UTAH Luckey Radley 15-yard touchdown pass from Travis Wilson, Andy Phillips kick good OSU 34–31 4 10:01 OSU Trevor Romaine 20-yard Field Goal OSU 37–31 4 4:25 UTAH Travis Wilson 25-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 38–37 4 2:29 OSU Brandin Cooks 18-yard touchdown pass from Sean Mannion, Connor Hamlett PAT Pass good OSU 45–38 4 0:21 UTAH Travis Wilson 9-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good Tied 45–45 OT UTAH Andy Phillips 41-yard Field Goal UTAH 48–45 OT OSU Brandin Cooks 6-yard touchdown pass from Sean Mannion OSU 51–45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–10–1	2012	Oregon State, 21–7

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BYU

See also: 2013 BYU Cougars football team, Holy War (BYU vs. Utah), Beehive Boot, and BYU Cougars football

Utah at BYU

1 2 3 4 Total • Utes 3 10 0 7 20 Cougars 0 0 6 7 13 Date: September 21 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT Game start: 8:21 PM MST Elapsed time: 3:26 Game attendance: 63,470 Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C), Cloudy, winds S at 12mph Referee: Jack Folliard TV announcers (ESPN2/BYUtv): Mark Jones, Brock Huard, and Lewis Johnson (ESPN2) Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, Kathy Aiken, and Spencer Linton (BYUtv) Sources:[4]

Scoring summary 1 1:30 UTAH Andy Phillips 36-yard Field Goal UTAH 3–0 2 8:05 UTAH Andy Phillips 32-yard Field Goal UTAH 6–0 2 1:17 UTAH Anthony Denham 1-yard touchdown pass from Travis Wilson, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 13–0 3 11:39 BYU Justin Sorensen 32-yard Field Goal UTAH 13–3 3 5:39 BYU Justin Sorensen 31-yard Field Goal UTAH 13–6 4 12:44 UTAH Karl Williams 2-yard Touchdown pass from Travis Wilson, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 20–6 4 5:13 BYU {{{Event}}} UTAH 20–13

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
56–34–4	2012	Utah, 24–21

UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Bruins	7	14	3	10	34
Utes	14	3	0	10	27

See also: 2013 UCLA Bruins football team

In this series, UCLA has a 9–2 overall record and 3–2 in Salt Lake City. Utah has won two of the last three games with UCLA (2007 and 2011, under Kyle Whittingham). UCLA won last year 21–14.

1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Jordon James 1-yard run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick); Utah – Dres Anderson 54-yard pass from Travis Wilson (Andy Phillips kick); Utah – Sean Fitzgerald 6-yard pass from Wilson (Phillips kick)

2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Brett Hundley 7-yard pass to Devin Fuller (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Jordan Payton 17-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); Utah – Phillips 44-yard field goal

3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Fairbairn 33-yard field goal

4th quarter scoring: Utah – Keith McGill 19-yard interception of Hundley pass (Phillips); UCLA – Fairbairn 47-yard field goal; UCLA – Hundley 36-yard run (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Hundley 36-yard run (Fairbairn kick); Utah – Phillips 44-yard field goal

Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Cardinal	14	0	0	7	21
Utes	14	7	3	3	27

See also: 2013 Stanford Cardinal football team

1st quarter scoring: STAN – T. Gaffney 1-yard run (J. Williamson kick); UTAH – Karl Williams 4-yard pass from Travis Wilson (Andy Phillips kick); STAN – T. Montgomery 100-yard kickoff return (Williamson kick); UTAH – Dres Anderson 51-yard pass from Wilson (Phillips kick)

2nd quarter scoring: UTAH – Anderson 3-yard run (Phillips kick)

3rd quarter scoring: UTAH – Phillips 23-yard field goal

4th quarter scoring: UTAH – Phillips 48-yard field goal; STAN – D. Cajuste 7-yard pass from K. Hogan (Williamson kick)

Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utes	7	0	14	3	24
Wildcats	7	13	0	15	35

See also: 2013 Arizona Wildcats football team

USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utes	3	0	0	0	3
Trojans	7	9	3	0	19

See also: 2013 USC Trojans football team

1st quarter scoring: UTAH – Andy Phillips 42-yard field goal; USC – Nelson Agholor 30-yard pass from Cody Kessler (Andre Heidari kick)

2nd quarter scoring: USC – Heidari 35-yard field goal; USC – Heidari 38-yard field goal; USC – Heidari 28-yard field goal

3rd quarter scoring: USC – Heidari 40-yard field goal

4th quarter scoring: None

Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Sun Devils	7	0	0	13	20
Utes	6	3	10	0	19

See also: 2013 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utah	0	7	7	7	21
#6 Oregon	10	7	20	7	44

See also: 2013 Oregon Ducks football team

Oregon leads the series with Utah 18-8 (0.692). The series began in 1933 at Oregon, Oregon 23, Utah 7. The last meeting was the 2009 game at Oregon, Oregon 31, Utah 24.[5]

1st quarter scoring: ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 8-yard pass from Marcus Mariota (Matt Wogan kick); ORE – Wogan 31-yard field goal

2nd quarter scoring: UTAH – Jake Murphy 34-yard pass from Adam Schulz (Andy Phillips kick); ORE – Josh Huff 5-yard pass from Mariota (Wogan kick)

3rd quarter scoring: UTAH – Schulz 4-yard run (Phillips kick); ORE – Thomas 86-yard kick return (Wogan kick missed); ORE – John Mundt 14-yard pass from Mariota (Wogan kick); ORE – Byron Marshall 17-yard run (Wogan kick)

4th quarter scoring: ORE – Marshall 16-yard run (Wogan kick); UTAH – Bubba Poole 10-yard run (Phillips kick)[6]

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utes	7	13	10	7	37
Cougars	21	12	10	6	49

See also: 2013 Washington State Cougars football team

References

1. "Utah State Aggies vs. Utah Utes (August 29, 2013)". Statbroadcast.com. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
2. "Weber State Wildcats at Utah Utes (September 7, 2013)". Statbroadcast.com. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
3. "Oregon State Beavers at Utah Utes (September 14, 2013)". Statbroadcast.com. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
4. "Utah Utes at BYU Cougars (September 21, 2013)". Statbroadcast.com. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
5. "Oregon vs Utah Series". Collegefootball.bz. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
6. "Utah Utes vs. Oregon Ducks - Box Score". ESPN. November 16, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013.