2004 Utah Utes football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 football 2004 Utah Utes Utah Utes - U logo.svg 120 Mountain West Conference MW 5 4 12–0 7–0 Urban Meyer 2nd Mike Sanford 2nd Spread option Kyle Whittingham 10th 4–3 Rice-Eccles Stadium Mountain West championFiesta Bowl champion Fiesta Bowl W 35–7 vs. Pittsburgh thumb|right|300px|Utah Utes fans rush the field and carry the goalpost after defeating rival BYU, completing a perfect regular season, and becoming the first BCS Buster by clinching a spot in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl (hence the sombrero). The 2004 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. This team was the original 'BCS Buster', meaning, this was the first time that a team from a BCS non-AQ conference was invited to play in one of the BCS bowl games. The team, coached by second-year head football coach Urban Meyer, played its home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium. Utah finished the season 12–0, the fourth undefeated and untied season in school history. The Utes were one of three teams in the top-level Division I FBS to finish the season undefeated (the others being the USC Trojans and the Auburn Tigers.) Utah was the highest-ranked BCS non-AQ team in each poll every week of the season. Schedule 2004 AP Mountain September 2 5:30 pm w y 20 Texas A&M Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City ESPN 41–21 45,419 September 11 8:00 pm w y y 17 Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona KJZZ 23–6 52,790 September 18 5:00 pm w y y 15 Utah State Battle of the Brothers Romney Stadium Logan, Utah KJZZ 48–6 24,750 September 25 1:00 pm w y 14 Air Force Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City ESPN+ 49–35 44,043 October 1 6:00 pm w y 14 New Mexico University Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico ESPN2 28–7 40,182 October 16 8:00 pm w y 11 North Carolina Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City KJZZ 46–16 45,319 October 23 5:00 pm w 9 UNLV Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City KJZZ 63–28 40,341 October 30 7:00 pm w y 9 San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium San Diego KJZZ 51–28 32,683 November 6 7:45 pm w 7 Colorado State Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City ESPN2 63–31 44,222 November 13 5:00 pm w y 7 Wyoming War Memorial Stadium Laramie, Wyoming ABC 45–28 17,074 November 20 5:00 pm w 5 BYU Holy War) (College GameDay Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City ESPN2 52–21 45,326 January 1 6:30 pm w y y 5 Pittsburgh 19 2005 Fiesta Bowl Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona ABC 35–7 73,519 http://www.fansonly.com/photos/schools/utah/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/04uu_review.pdf https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20110713173950/http://utahutes.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/utah/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/04uu_review dead July 13, 2011 2004 Season Year in Review February 4, 2008http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/utah/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09-mfootbl-mg-156-183.pdf Ute Record Book University of Utah October 21, 2009 July 13, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110713210940/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/utah/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09-mfootbl-mg-156-183.pdf dead Rankings 2004 NCAA Division I-A football rankings 16 AP 20 20 17 15 14 14 11 11 9 9 7 7 5 5 5 5 4 16 Coaches 21 19 16 14 14 14 11 10 10 10 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 8 15 BCS 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 Game summaries Texas A&M Aggies 0 7 0 14 #20 Utes 7 20 7 7 2004 Texas A&M Aggies football team Arizona #17 Utes 17 0 6 0 Wildcats 3 3 0 0 2004 Arizona Wildcats football team Utah State #15 Utes 20 21 7 0 Aggies 0 0 6 0 2004 Utah State Aggies football team Battle of the Brothers Air Force Falcons 7 7 14 7 #14 Utes 0 21 14 14 2004 Air Force Falcons football team New Mexico #14 Utes 7 0 14 7 Lobos 7 0 0 0 2004 New Mexico Lobos football team North Carolina Tar Heels 7 3 6 0 #11 Utes 10 20 7 9 2004 North Carolina Tar Heels football team UNLV Rebels 7 7 7 7 #9 Utes 28 14 21 0 2004 UNLV Rebels football team San Diego State #9 Utes 10 24 7 10 Aztecs 0 21 0 7 2004 San Diego State Aztecs football team Colorado State Rams 3 7 0 21 #7 Utes 21 21 14 7 2004 Colorado State Rams football team Wyoming #7 Utes 17 14 14 0 Cowboys 7 0 7 14 2004 Wyoming Cowboys football team BYU 2004 BYU Cougars football team Holy War (BYU–Utah) BYU at #5 Utah BYU 0 14 7 0 Utah 7 14 17 14 November 20 Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah 7:00 p.m. Source: yes 1 0:52 UTAH Steve Savoy 2-yard run (David Carroll kick) UTAH 7-0 2 12:13 BYU Todd Watkins 5-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick) Tied 7-7 2 9:28 UTAH Marty Johnson 5-yard run (David Carroll kick) UTAH 14-7 2 5:40 BYU Curtis Brown 6-yard run (Matt Payne kick) Tied 14-14 2 1:19 UTAH Alex Smith 2-yard run (David Carroll kick) UTAH 21-14 3 11:43 UTAH David Carroll 30-yard field goal UTAH 24-14 3 10:43 UTAH Bo Nagahi 12-yard fumble return (David Carroll kick) UTAH 31-14 3 8:38 BYU Austin Collie 16-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick) UTAH 31-21 3 5:59 UTAH Steve Savoy 92-yard run (David Carroll kick) UTAH 38-21 4 10:34 UTAH Steve Savoy 20-yard pass from Alex Smith (David Carroll kick) UTAH 45-21 4 1:03 UTAH Steve Fifta 4-yard run (David Carroll kick) UTAH 52-21 yes Fiesta Bowl: Utah vs. Pittsburgh #19 Panthers 0 0 7 0 #5 Utes 7 7 21 0 2005 Fiesta Bowl 2004 Pittsburgh Panthers football team thumb|left|250px|2005 Fiesta Bowl Depth chart + Defensive starters FS Morgan Scalley Antonio Young OLB MLB OLB Spencer Toone Tommy Hackenbruck Corey Dodds Kyle Brady Taylor Miller Malakai Mokofisi Grady Marshall SS Eric Weddle Casey Evans CB Ryan Smith Eugene Oates DE NT T LE Marques Ledbetter Sione Pouha Steve Fifita Jonathan Fanene Martail Burnett Tevita Kemoeatu Tevita Kemoeatu Reza Williams Kite Afeaki Kite Afeaki CB Bo Nagahi Eugene Oates +Offensive starters WR Steve Savoy Derrek Richards LT LG C RG RT Tavo Tupola David Dirkmaat Jesse Boone Chris Kemoeatu Makai Aalona Jason Voss Eric Pettit Andrew Johnson Kyle Gunther David Dirkmaat Steve Dahl Jason Boone TE Blake Burdette Willie Sao WR Travis LaTendresse Thomas Huff WR Paris Warren Jerome Wright WR John Madsen Jerome Wright QB Alex Smith Brian Johnson Fano Tagovailoa RB Marty Johnson Quinton Ganther Season Statistics 2004 Official Stats Team Utah Opp Scoring 544 234   Points per game 45.3 19.5 First downs 305 220   Rushing 145 90   Passing 136 103   Penalty 24 27 Rushing yards 2833 1682   Avg per play 5.4 3.8   Avg per game 236.1 140.2   Rushing touchdowns 36 19 Passing yards 3164 2439   Att-Comp-Int 344-232-5 372-196-16   Avg per pass 9.2 6.6   Avg per catch 13.6 12.4   Avg per game 263.7 203.2   Passing touchdowns 33 11 Total offense 5997 4121   Avg per play 6.9 5.1   Avg per game 499.8 343.2 Fumbles lost 22–9 19–13 Penalties – yards 88-765 80-693   Avg per game 63.8 57.8 Team Opp Punts – yards 45-1878 70-2727   Avg per Punt 41.7 39.0 Time of possession/game 31:14 28:46 3rd down conversions 80-153 62-177 4th down conversions 9–17 15–25 Touchdowns scored 75 32 Field goals – attempts 7–7 4–11 PAT – attempts 71–75 30–30 Attendance 264670 167479   Games/Avg per game 6-44112 5-33496   Neutral Site 1-73519 Individual Leaders PassingPlayerCOMPATTPct.YDSTDINTQB ratingAlex Smith 214 317 .675 2952 32 4 176.52Brian Johnson 14 21 .667 142 1 1 129.66Fan Tagovailoa 2 2 1.000 24 - - 305.80Paris Warren 1 2 .500 21 - - 138.20 RushingPlayerATTYDSYPCTDMarty Johnson 165 802 4.9 14Quinton Ganther 109 654 6.0 2Alex Smith 135 631 4.7 10Steve Savoy 22 307 14.0 6Paris Warren 28 157 5.6 2Brian Johnson 21 92 4.4 1 ReceivingPlayerRECYDSYPRTDParis Warren 80 1076 13.4 12Steve Savoy 67 961 14.3 11Travis Latendresse 27 411 15.2 2John Madsen 27 377 14.0 5Quinton Ganther 7 49 7.0 1Marty Johnson 7 46 6.6 1Jerome Wright 5 64 12.8 1 TacklesPlayerSoloAsstTotalTFLSacksSpencer Toone 40 75 115 4 1Tommy Hackenbruck 46 45 91 9.5 4.5Eric Weddle 47 28 75 4.5 1Morgan Scalley 27 24 51 2.5 2.5Marquess Ledbetter 15 31 46 9 4.5Steve Fifita 23 22 45 9 4.5Ryan Smith 26 18 44 3 2Bo Nagahi 31 11 42 2.5 0Corey Dodds 10 27 37 4 2Sione Pouha 16 20 36 3 2Jonathan Fanene 12 10 22 5.5 3 Pass defensePlayerINTYDSBroken upMorgan Scalley 6 79 2Eric Weddle 4 34 5Jonathan Fanene 1 76 1Corey Dodds 1 26 1Ryan Smith 1 0 7Sione Pouha 1 0 4Steve Fifita 1 6 2 After the season NFL draft Utah had five players taken in the 2005 NFL draft:http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft/history?year=2005&round=-1&team=-1&college=-1&x=34&y=12&position=-1&procoach=-1&highschoolstate=-1&award=-1&collegecoach=-1&highschool=-1 https://web.archive.org/web/20120404154336/http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft/history?year=2005&round=-1&team=-1&college=-1&x=34&y=12&position=-1&procoach=-1&highschoolstate=-1&award=-1&collegecoach=-1&highschool=-1 dead April 4, 2012 NFL Draft History 2005 ESPN.com 2010-04-25 2 Utah Utes Player Position Round Pick NFL club Alex Smith Quarterback 1 1 San Francisco 49ers Sione Pouha Defensive tackle 3 88 New York Jets Chris Kemoeatu Offensive guard 6 204 Pittsburgh Steelers Paris Warren Wide receiver 7 225 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Jonathan Fanene Defensive end 7 233 Cincinnati Bengals Awards National Urban Meyer: The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award, Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, Woody Hayes' National Coach of the Year, Maxwell George Munger Award Alex Smith: Heisman Trophy finalist (fourth place), The Sporting News National Player of the Year, Sports Illustrated National Player of the Year, Cingular Sports/ABC Sports All-American, SI.com All-American (first team), CoSIDA Football Academic All-American of the Year, Davey O'Brien Award finalist, Walter Camp Award finalist Chris Kemoeatu: Cingular Sports/ABC Sports All-American, SI.com All-American (first team) Morgan Scalley: SI.com All-American (second team), CoSIDA Academic All-American (first team), Anson Mount Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Bronko Nagurski National Player of the Week, Pat Tillman Award (East–West Shrine Game honor) Steve Savoy: SI.com All-American (second team), The Sporting News All-American (honorable mention) Ryan Smith: The Sporting News Freshman All-American (second team) Spencer Toone: CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII first team Conference Coach of the Year: Urban Meyer Offensive Player of the Year: Alex Smith Co-defensive Player of the Year: Morgan Scalley All-MWC First team: Alex Smith, Steve Savoy, Chris Kemoeatu, Steve Fifita, Sione Pouha, Morgan Scalley All-MWC Second team: Paris Warren, Marty Johnson, Jesse Boone, Eric Weddle All-MWC Honorable mention: Makai Aalona, Quinton Ganther, Tommy Hackenbruck, Matt Kovacevich, Spencer Toone See also List of undefeated Division I football teams References Utah Category:Utah Utes football seasons Category:Mountain West Conference football champion seasons Category:Fiesta Bowl champion seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Utah Utes football