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2021 Utah Utes football team

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American college football season

2021Utah Utes football

Pac-12 champion Pac-12 South Division champion
Pac-12 Championship Game, W 38–10 vs.Oregon
Rose Bowl, L 45–48 vs.Ohio State
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 12
Record	10–4 (8–1 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kyle Whittingham (17th season)
Offensive coordinator	Andy Ludwig (7th season)
Defensive coordinator	Morgan Scalley (6th season)
Home stadium	Rice–Eccles Stadium
Uniform

Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

2021 Pac-12 Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 22 Oregon xy	7	–	2	10	–	4
Washington State	6	–	3	7	–	6
Oregon State	5	–	4	7	–	6
California	4	–	5	5	–	7
Washington	3	–	6	4	–	8
Stanford	2	–	7	3	–	9
South Division
No. 12 Utah xy$	8	–	1	10	–	4
UCLA	6	–	3	8	–	4
Arizona State†	0	–	3	0	–	5
USC	3	–	6	4	–	8
Colorado	3	–	6	4	–	8
Arizona	1	–	8	1	–	11
Championship:Utah 38, Oregon 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings fromAP Poll

The2021 Utah Utes football team represented theUniversity of Utah during the2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Utes were led by 17th-year head coachKyle Whittingham and played their home games atRice–Eccles Stadium inSalt Lake City as members of the South Division of thePac-12 Conference. Despite a rough start to the season and the death of playersTy Jordan and Aaron Lowe,^[1] the Utes rallied and won their first Pac-12 championship since joining the conference in 2011, defeating the tenth-rankedOregon Ducks, 38–10, in theconference championship game. The Utes completed their season with their first ever appearance in theRose Bowl, where they lost toOhio State.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:30 p.m.	No. 6(FCS)Weber State*	No. 24	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 40–17	51,511
September 11	8:15 p.m.	atBYU*	No. 21	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT (Holy War)	ESPN	L 17–26	63,470
September 18	5:00 p.m.	atSan Diego State*		Dignity Health Sports Park Carson, CA	CBSSN	L 31–33^3OT	11,090
September 25	12:30 p.m.	Washington State		Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 24–13	51,483
October 9	6:00 p.m.	atUSC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	FOX	W 42–26	54,088
October 16	8:00 p.m.	No. 18Arizona State		Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN	W 35–21	51,724
October 23	5:30 p.m.	atOregon State		Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	L 34–42	30,203
October 30	8:00 p.m.	UCLA		Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN	W 44–24	51,922
November 5	8:30 p.m.	atStanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	FS1	W 52–7	26,410
November 13	12:00 p.m.	atArizona	No. 24	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	P12N	W 38–29	32,008
November 20	5:30 p.m.	No. 3Oregon	No. 23	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ABC	W 38–7	52,724
November 26	2:00 p.m.	Colorado	No. 19	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Rumble in the Rockies)	FOX	W 28–13	51,538
December 3	6:00 p.m.	vs. No. 10 Oregon	No. 17	Allegiant Stadium Paradise, NV (Pac-12 Championship Game)	ABC	W 38–10	56,511
January 1, 2022	3:00 p.m.	vs. No. 6Ohio State*	No. 11	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl Game,College GameDay)	ESPN	L 45–48	87,842
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromAP Poll (andCFP Rankings, after November 2) - Released prior to game All times are inMountain time

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	24	21	RV	—	—	—	—	RV	—	RV	RV	24	16	14	10	12
Coaches	RV	18	RV	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	19	19	11	12
CFP	Not released									—	24	23	19	17	11	Not released

Statistics	Weber State	Utah
First downs	14	28
Total yards	270	450
Rushing yards	57	188
Passing yards	213	262
Turnovers	3	3
Time of possession	30:24	29:36

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Weber State	Passing	Bronson Barron	21/33, 213 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
	Rushing	Dontae McMillan	7 carries, 39 yards
	Receiving	Justin Malone	5 receptions, 50 yards
Utah	Passing	Charlie Brewer	19/27, 233 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Tavion Thomas	12 carries, 107 yards, 2 TDs
	Receiving	Dalton Kincaid	4 receptions, 75 yards, 2 TDs

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Utah	Passing	Cameron Rising	19/32, 153 yards, 3 TDs
	Rushing	Micah Bernard	17 carries, 47 yards
	Receiving	Brant Kuithe	7 receptions, 58 yards
San Diego State	Passing	Lucas Johnson	10/19, 44 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	Greg Bell	33 carries, 119 yards, 2 TDs
	Receiving	Daniel Bellinger	1 reception, 15 yards

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Washington State	Passing	Jarrett Guarantano	25/36, 248 yards, 1 TD, 3 INTs
	Rushing	Deon McIntosh	13 carries, 59 yards
	Receiving	De'Zhaun Stribling	6 receptions, 93 yards, 1 TD
Utah	Passing	Cameron Rising	13/23, 137 yards
	Rushing	T.J. Pledger	10 carries, 117 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Cole Fotheringham	3 receptions, 33 yards

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Arizona State	Passing	Jayden Daniels	20/31, 237 yards, 2 TDs
	Rushing	Rachaad White	9 carries, 56 yards
	Receiving	Curtis Hodges	4 receptions, 74 yards, 1 TD
Utah	Passing	Cameron Rising	21/33, 247 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs
	Rushing	Tavion Thomas	20 carries, 84 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Devaughn Vele	3 receptions, 57 yards

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UCLA	Passing	Ethan Garbers	27/44, 265 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Zach Charbonnet	11 carries, 65 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Kyle Philips	7 receptions, 86 yards
Utah	Passing	Cameron Rising	17/27, 179 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	Tavion Thomas	24 carries, 160 yards, 4 TDs
	Receiving	Brant Kuithe	5 receptions, 63 yards

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Oregon	Passing	Anthony Brown	17/35, 231 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	Byron Cardwell	7 carries, 35 yards
	Receiving	Kris Hutson	4 receptions, 96 yards
Utah	Passing	Cameron Rising	10/18, 178 yards
	Rushing	Tavion Thomas	21 carries, 94 yards, 3 TDs
	Receiving	Brant Kuithe	5 receptions, 118 yards

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Colorado	Passing	Brendon Lewis	9/23, 84 yards
	Rushing	Alex Fontenot	10 carries, 28 yards
	Receiving	Dimitri Stanley	3 receptions, 48 yards
Utah	Passing	Cameron Rising	14/23, 179 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Tavion Thomas	25 carries, 142 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Britain Covey	5 receptions, 72 yards, 1 TD

v t e Utah Utes football
Venues	Cummings Field (1903–1926) Robert Rice Stadium (1927–1997) Rice–Eccles Stadium (1998–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games BYU:Holy War (Beehive Boot) Colorado:Rumble in the Rockies Utah State:Battle of the Brothers (Beehive Boot)
Culture & lore	Swoop "Utah Man" Pride of Utah Utah pass
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Pac-12 Conference football champions
Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon &Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) California &Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Idaho,Stanford, &USC (1927) USC (1928) California,Oregon,Stanford, &USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon &Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California,Stanford, &UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California &USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California &Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon &Oregon State (1957) California (1958)
AAWU	UCLA,USC, &Washington (1959) Washington (1960) UCLA (1961) USC (1962) Washington (1963) Oregon State &USC (1964) UCLA (1965) USC (1966) USC (1967)
Pacific-8	USC (1968) USC (1969) Stanford (1970) Stanford (1971) USC (1972) USC (1973) USC (1974) California &UCLA (1975) USC (1976) Washington (1977)
Pacific-10	USC (1978) USC (1979) Washington (1980) Washington (1981) UCLA (1982) UCLA (1983) USC (1984) UCLA (1985) Arizona State (1986) USC &UCLA (1987) USC (1988) USC (1989) Washington (1990) Washington (1991) Washington &Stanford (1992) Arizona,UCLA, &USC (1993) Oregon (1994) USC &Washington (1995) Arizona State (1996) UCLA &Washington State (1997) UCLA (1998) Stanford (1999) Oregon,Oregon State, &Washington (2000) Oregon (2001) USC &Washington State (2002) USC (2003) USC (2004) vacated USC (2005) vacated California &USC (2006) Arizona State &USC (2007) USC (2008) Oregon (2009) Oregon (2010)
Pac-12	Oregon (2011) Stanford (2012) Stanford (2013) Oregon (2014) Stanford (2015) Washington (2016) USC (2017) Washington (2018) Oregon (2019) Oregon (2020) Utah (2021) Utah (2022) Washington (2023)
National championships inbold

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Schedule

Rankings

Personnel

Game summaries

No. 6 (FCS) Weber State

At BYU

At San Diego State

Washington State

At USC

No. 18 Arizona State

At Oregon State

UCLA

At Stanford

At Arizona

No. 3 Oregon

Colorado

Vs. No. 10 Oregon (Pac-12 Championship game)

Vs. No. 6 Ohio State (Rose Bowl)

Awards and honors

References