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American college football season
2004 Rice-Eccles Stadium
Seasons
).
The 2004 Utah Utes football team represented the
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
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 5:30 pm ESPN W 41–2145,419
September 11 8:00 pm at Arizona * No. 17 KJZZ W 23–652,790
September 18 5:00 pm at ) KJZZ W 48–624,750
September 25 1:00 pm ESPN+
W 49–3544,043
October 1 6:00 pm at New Mexico No. 14 ESPN2 W 28–740,182
October 16 8:00 pm North Carolina * No. 11 Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City KJZZ W 46–1645,319
October 23 5:00 pm UNLV No. 9 Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City KJZZ W 63–2840,341
October 30 7:00 pm at KJZZ W 51–2832,683
November 6 7:45 pm Colorado State No. 7 Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City ESPN2 W 63–3144,222
November 13 5:00 pm at ABC W 45–2817,074
November 20 5:00 pm College GameDay
)ESPN2 W 52–2145,326
January 1 6:30 pm vs. No. 19 ) ABC W 35–773,519
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time
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Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP 20 20 17 15 14 14 11 11 9 9 7 7 5 5 5 5 4 Coaches 21 19 16 14 14 14 11 10 10 10 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 BCS Not released 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 Not released
Game summaries
Texas A&M
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
0
7
0
14
21
#20 Utes
7
20
7
7
41
Arizona
1
2
3
4
Total
#17 Utes
17
0
6
0
23
Wildcats
3
3
0
0
6
Utah State
1
2
3
4
Total
#15 Utes
20
21
7
0
48
Aggies
0
0
6
0
6
Air Force
1
2
3
4
Total
Falcons
7
7
14
7
35
#14 Utes
0
21
14
14
49
New Mexico
1
2
3
4
Total
#14 Utes
7
0
14
7
28
Lobos
7
0
0
0
7
North Carolina
1
2
3
4
Total
Tar Heels
7
3
6
0
16
#11 Utes
10
20
7
9
46
UNLV
1
2
3
4
Total
Rebels
7
7
7
7
28
#9 Utes
28
14
21
0
63
San Diego State
1
2
3
4
Total
#9 Utes
10
24
7
10
51
Aztecs
0
21
0
7
28
Colorado State
1
2
3
4
Total
Rams
3
7
0
21
31
#7 Utes
21
21
14
7
63
Wyoming
1
2
3
4
Total
#7 Utes
17
14
14
0
45
Cowboys
7
0
7
14
28
BYU
BYU at #5 Utah
1
2 3 4 Total
BYU
0
14 7 0
21
• Utah
7
14 17 14
52
Date: November 20Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Game start: 7:00 p.m.
Scoring summary 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
Fiesta Bowl: Utah vs. Pittsburgh
1
2
3
4
Total
#19 Panthers
0
0
7
0
7
#5 Utes
7
7
21
0
35
2005 Fiesta Bowl
Depth chart
Defensive starters
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OLB
MLB
OLB
Spencer Toone
Tommy Hackenbruck
Corey Dodds
Kyle Brady
Taylor Miller
Malakai Mokofisi
Grady Marshall
CB
Ryan Smith
Eugene Oates
CB
Bo Nagahi
Eugene Oates
Offensive starters
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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
QB
Alex Smith
Brian Johnson
Fano Tagovailoa
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
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After the season
NFL Draft
Utah had five players taken in the
Awards
National
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, 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
References
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore
Swoop
"Utah Man
"
Pride of Utah
Utah pass
People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
Mountain West Conference
football champions