2004 Utah Utes football team explained

Mode:	football
Year:	2004
Team:	Utah Utes
Conference:	Mountain West Conference
Short Conf:	MW
Coachrank:	5
Aprank:	4
Record:	12–0
Conf Record:	7–0
Head Coach:	Urban Meyer
Hc Year:	2nd
Off Coach:	Mike Sanford
Oc Year:	2nd
Off Scheme:	Spread option
Def Coach:	Kyle Whittingham
Dc Year:	10th
Stadium:	Rice-Eccles Stadium
Champion:	Mountain West champion Fiesta Bowl champion
Bowl:	Fiesta Bowl
Bowl Result:	W 35–7 vs. Pittsburgh

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

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Rankings

See also: 2004 NCAA Division I-A football rankings.

Game summaries

Texas A&M

Arizona

See also: 2004 Arizona Wildcats football team.

Utah State

Air Force

See also: 2004 Air Force Falcons football team.

New Mexico

See also: 2004 New Mexico Lobos football team.

North Carolina

See also: 2004 North Carolina Tar Heels football team.

UNLV

See also: 2004 UNLV Rebels football team.

San Diego State

See also: 2004 San Diego State Aztecs football team.

Colorado State

See also: 2004 Colorado State Rams football team.

Wyoming

See also: 2004 Wyoming Cowboys football team.

BYU

See also: 2004 BYU Cougars football team and Holy War (BYU–Utah).

• Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20090319110655/http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=243250254

Fiesta Bowl: Utah vs. Pittsburgh

See main article: 2005 Fiesta Bowl.

See also: 2004 Pittsburgh Panthers football team.

Depth chart

align="right" - - Antonio Young - Tommy Hackenbruck Corey Dodds - Kyle Brady Taylor Miller Malakai Mokofisi - Grady Marshall - - Casey Evans - - Ryan Smith - Eugene Oates T - Marques Ledbetter - Tevita Kemoeatu Tevita Kemoeatu Reza Williams - Kite Afeaki Kite Afeaki - Bo Nagahi - Eugene Oates
align="left" - - - Tavo Tupola David Dirkmaat Makai Aalona - Jason Voss Eric Pettit Andrew Johnson Kyle Gunther David Dirkmaat - Steve Dahl Jason Boone - Blake Burdette - Willie Sao - Travis LaTendresse - Thomas Huff - - Jerome Wright - - Jerome Wright - - - - Fano Tagovailoa - - Marty Johnson -

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

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Individual Leaders

Passing
Player	COMP	ATT	Pct.	YDS	TD	INT	QB Rating
Alex Smith	214	317	.675	2952	32	4	176.52
Brian Johnson	14	21	.667	142	1	1	129.66
Fan Tagovailoa	2	2	1.000	24	-	-	305.80
Paris Warren	1	2	.500	21	-	-	138.20

Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	YPC	TD
Marty Johnson	165	802	4.9	14
Quinton Ganther	109	654	6.0	2
Alex Smith	135	631	4.7	10
Steve Savoy	22	307	14.0	6
Paris Warren	28	157	5.6	2
Brian Johnson	21	92	4.4	1

Receiving
Player	REC	YDS	YPR	TD
Paris Warren	80	1076	13.4	12
Steve Savoy	67	961	14.3	11
Travis Latendresse	27	411	15.2	2
John Madsen	27	377	14.0	5
Quinton Ganther	7	49	7.0	1
Marty Johnson	7	46	6.6	1
Jerome Wright	5	64	12.8	1

Tackles
Player	Solo	Asst	Total	TFL	Sacks
Spencer Toone	40	75	115	4	1
Tommy Hackenbruck	46	45	91	9.5	4.5
Eric Weddle	47	28	75	4.5	1
Morgan Scalley	27	24	51	2.5	2.5
Marquess Ledbetter	15	31	46	9	4.5
Steve Fifita	23	22	45	9	4.5
Ryan Smith	26	18	44	3	2
Bo Nagahi	31	11	42	2.5	0
Corey Dodds	10	27	37	4	2
Sione Pouha	16	20	36	3	2
Jonathan Fanene	12	10	22	5.5	3

Pass defense
Player	INT	YDS	Broken up
Morgan Scalley	6	79	2
Eric Weddle	4	34	5
Jonathan Fanene	1	76	1
Corey Dodds	1	26	1
Ryan Smith	1	0	7
Sione Pouha	1	0	4
Steve Fifita	1	6	2

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After the season

NFL Draft

Utah had five players taken in the 2005 NFL draft:^[3]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
		1	1	San Francisco 49ers
		3	88	New York Jets
		6	204	Pittsburgh Steelers
		7	225	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
		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 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2004 Season Year in Review. 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. February 4, 2008.
2. Web site: 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.
3. Web site: NFL Draft History 2005 . 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 . ESPN.com . 2010-04-25.