Year: | 2020 |
Team: | Utah Utes |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Pac-12 Conference |
Division: | South Division |
Short Conf: | Pac-12 |
Record: | 3–2 |
Conf Record: | 3–2 |
Head Coach: | Kyle Whittingham |
Hc Year: | 16th |
Off Coach: | Andy Ludwig |
Oc Year: | 6th |
Def Coach: | Morgan Scalley |
Dc Year: | 5th |
Captain: | Jake Bentley, Devin Lloyd, Mika Tafua, Orlando Umana |
Stadium: | Rice–Eccles Stadium |
The 2020 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Utes were led by 16th-year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games at Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, as members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference.
On August 11, 2020, the Pac-12 suspended all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] On September 24, the Pac-12 announced that football teams would return to play a seven-game conference-only season beginning on November 6, with the conference championship game scheduled for December 18.[2]
On December 18, with a 2–2 record and one game left to play, the Utes announced that they would not pursue a bid to a bowl game.[3] The Utes won their final game, finishing their season with a 3–2 record. Running back Ty Jordan was voted the Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year.[4]
Utah had games scheduled against BYU, Montana State, and Wyoming, but canceled these games on July 10 due to the Pac-12 Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
On November 24, Utah's scheduled game at Arizona State for November 29 was canceled after a COVID-19 outbreak within the Arizona State program.[6] The Pac-12 then announced that Utah would instead play at Washington on November 28;[7] the Huskies' scheduled game at Washington State had also been canceled after Washington State had a COVID-19 outbreak.[8]
Original 2020 Utah Utes schedule | |||
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Date | Opponent | Site | |
September 3 | BYU | Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War) | |
September 12 | Montana State | Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | |
September 19 | at Wyoming* | War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY | |
September 26 | California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA | ||
October 2 | Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | ||
October 10 | Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA | ||
October 17 | Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | ||
October 29 | Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA | ||
November 7 | Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | ||
November 14 | Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | ||
November 21 | Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ | ||
November 28 | Folsom Field • Boulder, CO (Rumble in the Rockies) |
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See also: 2020 USC Trojans football team.
See also: 2020 Washington Huskies football team. Due to Arizona State not having the minimum number of scholarship players available due to positive COVID-19 tests Utah was rescheduled to play at Washington.
See also: 2020 Oregon State Beavers football team.
See also: 2020 Colorado Buffaloes football team.
See also: 2020 Washington State Cougars football team.