2019 Utah Utes football team

In the 2019 Pac-12 media poll, Utah was voted as the favorite to win both the South Division and the Pac–12 Championship Game.{{cite web|url=https://pac-12.com/article/2019/07/22/utah-picked-pac-12-favorite-preseason-media-poll|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724141929/https://pac-12.com/article/2019/07/22/utah-picked-pac-12-favorite-preseason-media-poll|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 24, 2019|title=Utah picked as Pac-12 favorite in preseason media poll|date=July 24, 2019|website=pac-12.com}}

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Utah's 2019 schedule will begin on Thursday, August 29 on the road against rival BYU, a football independent. They will round out their non-conference slate with home games against Northern Illinois of the Mid-American Conference and Idaho State of the Big Sky Conference. In Pac-12 Conference play, the Utes will play the other members of the South Division and draw California, Oregon State, Washington, and Washington State from the North Division. They will not play Oregon or Stanford as part of the regular season.

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 2019

| poll = AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game

| timezone = Mountain

| time = y

| tv = y

| attend = y

| homecoming = y

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{tooltip|August 29|Thursday}}

| time = 8:15 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| nonconf = y

| rank = 14

| opponent = BYU

| stadium = LaVell Edwards Stadium

| cityst = Provo, UT

| gamename = Holy War

| tv = ESPN

| score = 30–12

| attend = 61,626

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 7

| time = 11:00 a.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank = 13

| opponent = Northern Illinois

| stadium = Rice–Eccles Stadium

| cityst = Salt Lake City, UT

| tv = P12N

| score = 35–17

| attend = 45,919

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 14

| time = 2:15 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank = 11

| opponent = Idaho State

| stadium = Rice–Eccles Stadium

| cityst = Salt Lake City, UT

| tv = P12N

| score = 31–0

| attend = 45,989

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{tooltip|September 20|Friday}}

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank = 10

| opponent = USC

| stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

| cityst = Los Angeles, CA

| gamename = Big Noon Kickoff

| tv = FS1

| score = 23–30

| attend = 55,719

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 28

| time = 8:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| rank = 19

| opponent = Washington State

| stadium = Rice–Eccles Stadium

| cityst = Salt Lake City, UT

| tv = FS1

| score = 38–13

| attend = 46,115

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 12

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 15

| opponent = Oregon State

| stadium = Reser Stadium

| cityst = Corvallis, OR

| tv = P12N

| score = 52–7

| attend = 31,730

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 19

| time = 4:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| rank = 13

| opponent = Arizona State

| opprank = 17

| stadium = Rice–Eccles Stadium

| cityst = Salt Lake City, UT

| tv = P12N

| score = 21–3

| attend = 46,402

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 26

| time = 8:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| rank = 12

| opponent = California

| stadium = Rice–Eccles Stadium

| cityst = Salt Lake City, UT

| tv = FS1

| score = 35–0

| attend = 46,626

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 2

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 9

| opponent = Washington

| stadium = Husky Stadium

| cityst = Seattle, WA

| tv = FOX

| score = 33–28

| attend = 69,270

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 16

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| rank = 7

| opponent = UCLA

| stadium = Rice–Eccles Stadium

| cityst = Salt Lake City, UT

| tv = FOX

| score = 49–3

| attend = 47,307

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 23

| time = 8:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 7

| opponent = Arizona

| stadium = Arizona Stadium

| cityst = Tucson, AZ

| tv = FS1

| score = 35–7

| attend = 55,675

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 30

| time = 5:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| rank = 6

| opponent = Colorado

| stadium = Rice–Eccles Stadium

| cityst = Salt Lake City, UT

| gamename = Rumble in the Rockies

| tv = ABC

| score = 45–15

| attend = 46,879

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{tooltip|December 6|Friday}}

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| rank = 5

| neutral = y

| opponent = Oregon

| opprank = 13

| stadium = Levi's Stadium

| cityst = Santa Clara, CA

| gamename = Pac-12 Championship Game

| tv = ABC

| score = 15–37

| attend = 38,679

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{tooltip|December 31|Tuesday}}

| time = 5:30 p.m.

| w/l = L

| neutral = y

| nonconf = y

| rank = 11

| opponent = Texas

| stadium = Alamodome

| cityst = San Antonio, TX

| gamename = Alamo Bowl

| tv = ESPN

| score = 10–38

| attend = 60,147

}}

}}

Source:{{cite web|url=https://fbschedules.com/ncaa-2019/team/utah|title=2019 Utah Football Schedule|website=FBSchedules.com|access-date=February 25, 2019}}

{{Further|2019 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings}}

{{NCAA Division I FBS CFP ranking movements

| year = {{2019}}

| finalpollweek = 16

| cfpfirstweek = 10

| AP_pre = 14

| coaches_pre = 15

| AP_1 = 13

| coaches_1 = 15

| AP_2 = 11

| coaches_2 = 12

| AP_3 = 10

| coaches_3 = 11

| AP_4 = 19

| coaches_4 = 19

| AP_5 = 17

| coaches_5 = 17

| AP_6 = 15

| coaches_6 = 15

| AP_7 = 13

| coaches_7 = 14

| AP_8 = 12

| coaches_8 = 12

| AP_9 = 9

| coaches_9 = 10

| AP_10 = 8

| coaches_10 = 9

| cfp_10 = 8

| AP_11 = 8

| coaches_11 = 9

| cfp_11 = 7

| AP_12 = 7

| coaches_12 = 8

| cfp_12 = 7

| AP_13 = 6

| coaches_13 = 6

| cfp_13 = 6

| AP_14 = 5

| coaches_14 = 5

| cfp_14 = 5

| AP_15 = 12

| coaches_15 = 10

| cfp_15 = 11

| AP_16 = 16

| coaches_16 = 16

}}

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=No. 14 Utes

|R1=3 |R2=6 |R3=7 |R4=14

|Home=Cougars

|H1=0 |H2=6 |H3=0 |H4=6

}}

{{see also|2019 BYU Cougars football team}}

{{Clear}}

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Huskies

|R1=7 |R2=10|R3=0 |R4=0

|Home=No. 13 Utes

|H1=0 |H2=21|H3=7 |H4=7

}}

{{see also|2019 Northern Illinois Huskies football team}}

{{Clear}}

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Bengals

|R1=0 |R2=0 |R3=0 |R4=0

|Home=No. 11 Utes

|H1=17 |H2=7 |H3=7 |H4=0

}}

{{see also|2019 Idaho State Bengals football team}}

{{Clear}}

{{see also|2019 USC Trojans football team}}

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|title=Utah Utes at USC Trojans

|date=September 20, 2019

|time=7:00 p.m. MST

|road=No. 10 Utes

|R1=7|R2=3|R3=7|R4=6

|home=Trojans

|H1=14|H2=0|H3=7|H4=9

|stadium=Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

|attendance=55,719

|weather=

|referee= Michael Mothershed (Pac 12)

|TV=FS1

|TVAnnouncers= Joe Davis, Brock Huard, Bruce Feldman

|reference=

|scoring=

;First quarter

• USC (12:57) – #19 Matt Fink to #21 Tyler Vaughns 29 yard pass TD
  (#40 Chase McGrath kick) – USC 7–0
• UTAH (10:39) – #7 Devonta'e Henry-Cole 17 yard run TD
  (#97 Jadon Redding kick) – USC 7–7
• USC (8:11) – #19 Matt Fink to #8 Amon-Ra St. Brown 31 yard pass TD
  (#40 Chase McGrath kick) – USC 14–7

;Second quarter

• UTAH (6:44) – #97 Jadon Redding 38 yard Field Goal – USC 14–10

;Third quarter

• USC (9:54) – #19 Matt Fink to #6 Michael Pittman Jr. 77 yard pass TD
  (#40 Chase McGrath kick) – USC 21–10
• UTAH (3:47) – #1 Tyler Huntley to #89 Cole Fotheringham 2 yard pass TD
  (#97 Jadon Redding kick) – USC 21–17

;Fourth quarter

• UTAH (11:57) – #97 Jadon Redding 24 yard Field Goal – USC 21–20
• USC (8:51) – USC Defense Safety – USC 23–20
• USC (6:58) – #30 Markese Stepp 4 yard run TD
  (#40 Chase McGrath kick) – USC 30–20
• UTAH (4:01) – #97 Jadon Redding 38 yard Field Goal – USC 30–23

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;Passing

• USC – #19 Matt Fink – 21/30 351 Yds – 3 TD 1 Int
• UTAH – #1 Tyler Huntley – 22/30 210 Yds – 1 TD

;Rushing

• USC – #30 Markese Stepp – 3 Runs 11 Yds – 1 TD
• UTAH – #6 Devin Brumfield – 10 Runs 63 Yds

;Receiving (halftime)

• USC – #6 Michael Pittman Jr. – 10 Rec 232 Yds – 1 TD
• UTAH – #89 Cole Fotheringham – 3 Rec 23 Yds – 1TD

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{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Cougars

|R1=7 |R2=6 |R3=0 |R4=0

|Home=No. 19 Utes

|H1=7 |H2=14 |H3=10 |H4=7

}}

{{see also|2019 Washington State Cougars football team}}

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{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=No. 15 Utes

|R1=21|R2=14|R3=14|R4=3

|Home=Beavers

|H1=0 |H2=0 |H3=0 |H4=7

}}

{{see also|2019 Oregon State Beavers football team}}

{{Clear}}

{{see also|2019 Arizona State Sun Devils football team}}

{{Americanfootballbox

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|title= No. 17 Arizona State Sun Devils (5–1) at No. 13 Utah Utes (5–1) – Game summary

|date= October 19, 2019

|time=3:00 p.m.

|road=No. 17 Sun Devils

|R1=0|R2=0|R3=3|R4=0

|home=No. 13 Utes

|H1=0|H2=14|H3=0|H4=7

|stadium=Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT

|attendance=46,402

|weather=Rain, {{convert|46|°F|°C}}

|referee=Mark Duddy

|TV=Pac-12 Network

|TVAnnouncers= Ted Robinson (play-by-play), Yogi Roth (analyst), Lewis Johnson (sideline reporter)

|scoring=

;First quarter

• No scoring plays

;Second quarter

• (8:59) UTAH – Jaylen Dixon 10-yard run, Jadon Redding kick (Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards, 3:28; Utah 7–0)
• (1:08) UTAH – Zack Moss 1-yard run, Jadon Redding kick (Drive: 12 plays, 73 yards, 5:39; Utah 14–0)

;Third quarter

• (6:50) ASU – Cristian Zendejas 40-yard field goal (Drive: 4 plays, -4 yards, 2:08; Utah 14–3)

;Fourth quarter

• (5:24) UTAH – Zack Moss 32-yard run, Jadon Redding kick (Drive: 1 play, 32 yards, 0:09; Utah 21–3)

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{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Golden Bears

|R1=0 |R2=0 |R3=0 |R4=0

|Home=No. 12 Utes

|H1=7 |H2=21|H3=7 |H4=0

}}

{{see also|2019 California Golden Bears football team}}

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{{see also|2019 Washington Huskies football team}}

{{Americanfootballbox

|titlestyle= {{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Utah Utes}} ;text-align:center;

|state=autocollapse

|title= Utah at Washington – Game summary

|date= November 2, 2019

|time=1:00 p.m. PDT

|road= No. 9 Utes

|R1=0|R2=13|R3=6|R4=14

|home= Huskies

|H1=7|H2=7|H3=7|H4=7

|stadium= Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA

|attendance=69,270

|weather=

|referee= Mike McCabe

|TV= FOX

|TVAnnouncers= Joe Davis, Brock Huard, Bruce Feldman

|stats=

;Top passers

• Utah – Tyler Huntley – 19/24, 284 yards, TD
• UW – Jacob Eason – 29/52, 316 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT

;Top rushers

• Utah – Zack Moss – 27 carries, 100 yards, TD
• UW – Salvon Ahmed – 14 carries, 50 yards

;Top receiving

• Utah – Jaylen Dixon – 2 receptions, 72 yards
• UW – Hunter Bryant – 6 receptions, 105 yards, 2 TD

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{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Bruins

|R1=3 |R2=0 |R3=0 |R4=0

|Home=No. 7 Utes

|H1=7 |H2=21 |H3=7 |H4=14

}}

{{see also|2019 UCLA Bruins football team}}

{{cite web | title=No. 8 Utah routs UCLA 49-3 to improve to 9-1. | website=CBSSports.com | date=2019-11-17 | url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/no-8-utah-routs-ucla-49-3-to-improve-to-9-1/ | access-date=2025-01-12}}

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{{see also|2019 Arizona Wildcats football team}}

{{AFB game box start

| Title = No. 7 Utah Utes (9–1) vs Arizona Wildcats (4–6)

| Visitor = No. 7 Utes

| Host = Wildcats

| V1 = 14 |V2 = 0 | V3 = 14 | V4 = 7

| H1 = 0 |H2 = 0 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 7

| Location = Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ

| Date = November 23

| StartTime = 8:00 p.m.

| TimeZone = MDT

| Attendance = 35,991

| Weather = Clear, {{convert|58|F|C}}

| Referee = Mark Duddy

| TVAnnouncers=Cory Provus (play-by-play), Petros Papadakis (analyst), Shane Vereen (sideline reporter)

| TVStation=FS1

}}

Sources:

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry|FirstEntry=yes|Quarter=1|QuarterEntries=2|Time=7:39|Team=UTAH|Event=Brant Kuithe 3-yard run (Jadon Redding kick)
{{Small|(11 plays, 75 yards, 5:56)}}|Score=UTAH 7–0}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry|Time=0:37|Team=UTAH|Event=Demari Simpkins 3-yard pass from Tyler Huntley (Jadon Redding kick)
{{Small|(10 plays, 72 yards, 5:12)}}|Score=UTAH 14–0}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry|Quarter=3|QuarterEntries=2|Time=12:50|Team=UTAH|Event=Zack Moss 41-yard run (Jadon Redding kick)
{{Small|(6 plays, 75 yards, 2:10)}}|Score=UTAH 21–0}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry|Time=8:08|Team=UTAH|Event=Brant Kuithe 6-yard run (Jadon Redding kick)
{{Small|(6 plays, 75 yards, 3:33)}}|Score=UTAH 28–0}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry|Quarter=4|QuarterEntries=2|Time=12:47|Team=UTAH|Event=TJ Green 1-yard run (Jadon Redding kick)
{{Small|(4 plays, 18 yards, 1:57)}}|Score=UTAH 35–0}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry|Time=1:50|Team=ARIZ|Event=Grant Gunnell 7-yard run (Lucas Havrisik kick)
{{Small|(12 plays, 85 yards, 5:00)}}|Score=UTAH 35–7|LastEntry=yes}}

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Statistics

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{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Buffaloes

|R1=7 |R2=0 |R3=0 |R4=8

|Home=No. 6 Utes

|H1=0 |H2=17 |H3=14 |H4=14

}}

{{see also|2019 Colorado Buffaloes football team}}

{{Clear}}

{{see also|2019 Pac-12 Football Championship Game|2019 Oregon Ducks football team}}

{{Americanfootballbox

|titlestyle= {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Utah Utes}} ;text-align:center

|state= autocollapse

|title= Utah Utes vs. Oregon Ducks – Game summary

|date= December 6, 2019

|time= 5:00 pm

|Road=No. 13 Ducks

|R1=10|R2=10|R3=3|R4=14

|Home=No. 5 Utes

|H1=0|H2=0|H3=15|H4=0

|stadium= Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, California

|attendance= 38,679

|weather=

|referee= Steve Strimling

|TV=ABC

|TVAnnouncers= Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), Molly McGrath (sideline)

|reference=[https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401132973 ESPN game summary]

|scoring=

;First quarter

• ORE – C. J. Verdell 3 Yd Run (Camden Lewis Kick), 8:00. Oregon 7–0. Drive: 9 plays, 67 yards, 3:43.
• ORE – Camden Lewis 23 Yd Field Goal, 4:17. Oregon 10–0. Drive: 6 plays, 56 yards, 2:43.

;Second quarter

• ORE – Johnny Johnson III 45 Yd pass from Justin Herbert (Camden Lewis Kick), 11:02. Oregon 17–0. Drive: 3 plays, 70 yards, 1:10.
• ORE – Camden Lewis 30 Yd Field Goal, 4:56. Oregon 20–0. Drive: 10 plays, 57 yards, 4:03.

;Third quarter

• UTAH – Zack Moss 24 Yd pass from Tyler Huntley (Jadon Redding Kick), 10:52. Oregon 20–7. Drive: 6 plays, 53 yards, 2:27.
• ORE – Camden Lewis 25 Yd Field Goal, 4:56. Oregon 23–7. Drive: 8 plays, 43 yards, 2:49.
• UTAH – Samson Nacua 25 Yd pass from Tyler Huntley (Tyler Huntley–Samson Nacua pass), 1:13. Oregon 23–15. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:43.

;Fourth quarter

• ORE – C. J. Verdell 70 Yd Run (Camden Lewis Kick), 7:09. Oregon 30–15. Drive: 5 plays, 90 yards, 2:19.
• ORE – C. J. Verdell 31 Yd Run (Camden Lewis Kick), 2:33. Oregon 37–15. Drive: 2 plays, 35 yards, 0:49.

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;Top passers

• ORE – Justin Herbert – 14–26, 193 yards, 1 TD
• UTAH – Tyler Huntley – 17–29, 193 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT

;Top rushers

• ORE – C. J. Verdell – 18 carries, 208 yards, 3 TD
• UTAH – Zack Moss – 19 carries, 113 yards

;Top receivers

• ORE – Johnny Johnson III – 6 receptions, 87 yards, 1 TD
• UTAH – Zack Moss – 4 receptions, 57 yards, 1 TD

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{{Clear}}

{{see also|2019 Texas Longhorns football team|2019 Alamo Bowl}}

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|state=collapsed

|title=Texas Longhorns vs. Utah Utes (Alamo Bowl)

|date=December 31, 2019

|time=4:30 p.m. (PST)

|road=No. 12 Utes

|R1= 0|R2= 0|R3= 3|R4= 7

|home=Longhorns

|H1= 3|H2= 7|H3= 14|H4= 14

|stadium=Alamodome, San Antonio, TX

|attendance=60,147

|weather=Indoors

|referee=John McDaid

|TV=ESPN

|TVAnnouncers=Dave Flemming (play-by-play), Louis Riddick (analyst), Paul Carcaterra (sideline)

|reference=[https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401135285 ESPN game summary]

|scoring=

;First Quarter

• (10:26) UT – Cameron Dicker 29 yard field goal (Drive: 10 plays, 63 yards, 4:34; Texas 3–0)

;Second Quarter

• (13:24) UT – Collin Johnson 5 yard pass from Sam Ehlinger, Cameron Dicker kick (Drive: 2 plays, 6 yards, 0:43; Texas 10–0)

;Third Quarter

• (10:30) UT – Keaontay Ingram 11 yard pass from Sam Ehlinger, Cameron Dicker kick (Drive: 3 plays, 43 yards, 1:04; Texas 17–0)
• (4:58) UTAH – Jadon Redding 32 yard field goal (Drive: 11 plays, 60 yards, 5:32; Texas 17–3)
• (0:06) UT – Sam Ehlinger 6 yard rush, Cameron Dicker kick (Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 4:52; Texas 24–3)

;Fourth Quarter

• (11:34) UTAH – Demari Simpkins 4 yard pass from Tyler Huntley, Jadon Redding kick (Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:32; Texas 24–10)
• (8:58) UT – Devin Duvernay 15 yard pass from Sam Ehlinger, Cameron Dicker kick (Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:36; Texas 31–10)
• (7:54) UT – Keaontay Ingram 49 yard rush, Cameron Dicker kick (Drive: 1 play, 49 yards, 0:13; Texas 38–10)

|stats=

;Passing

• UT – Sam Ehlinger – 12/18, 201 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
• UTAH – Tyler Huntley – 15/23, 126 yards, 1 TD

;Rushing

• UT – Keaontay Ingram – 13 carries, 108 yards, 1 TD
• UTAH – Zack Moss – 16 carries, 57 yards

;Receiving

• UT – Devin Duvernay – 3 receptions, 92 yards, 1 TD
• UTAH – Brant Kuithe, Cole Fotheringham{{efn|Both Kuithe and Fotheringham finished with the same number of receptions and receiving yards, meaning Utah finished with two leading receivers.}} – 3 receptions, 30 yards

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{{see also|2020 NFL draft}}

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