Utah Utes Football - Achievements

Achievements

See also: List of Utah Utes bowl games

The Utah Utes have played in 17 officially NCAA sanctioned bowl games. Their 13–4 record gives them a winning percentage of .765, which is the highest in the Football Bowl Subdivision among teams with at least ten bowl appearances. The Utes also lost the 1947 Pineapple Bowl, which the NCAA did not sanction as a bowl game and counts as a regular season game in official NCAA statistics. They have won twenty-four conference championships in five different conferences during their history,

BOWL HISTORY FINAL RANKING
Date Bowl Score Coach AP
January 2, 1939 Sun Bowl Utah 26 New Mexico 0 Ike Armstrong
January 1, 1947 Pineapple Bowl* Hawaii 19 Utah 16 Ike Armstrong
December 19, 1964 Liberty Bowl Utah 32 West Virginia 6 Ray Nagel ** #14
December 29, 1992 Copper Bowl Washington State 31 Utah 28 Ron McBride
December 30, 1993 Freedom Bowl Southern California 28 Utah 21 Ron McBride
December 27, 1994 Freedom Bowl Utah 16 Arizona 13 Ron McBride #10 #8
December 27, 1996 Copper Bowl Wisconsin 38 Utah 10 Ron McBride
December 18, 1999 Las Vegas Bowl Utah 17 Fresno State 16 Ron McBride
December 25, 2001 Las Vegas Bowl Utah 10 Southern California 6 Ron McBride
December 31, 2003 Liberty Bowl Utah 17 Southern Miss 0 Urban Meyer #21 #21
January 1, 2005 Fiesta Bowl Utah 35 Pittsburgh 7 Urban Meyer #4 #5
December 29, 2005 Emerald Bowl Utah 38 Georgia Tech 10 Kyle Whittingham
December 23, 2006 Armed Forces Bowl Utah 25 Tulsa 13 Kyle Whittingham
December 20, 2007 Poinsettia Bowl Utah 35 Navy 32 Kyle Whittingham
January 2, 2009 Sugar Bowl Utah 31 Alabama 17 Kyle Whittingham #2 #4
December 23, 2009 Poinsettia Bowl Utah 37 California 27 Kyle Whittingham #18 #18
December 22, 2010 Maaco Bowl Boise State 26 Utah 3 Kyle Whittingham #23
December 31, 2011 Sun Bowl Utah 30 Georgia Tech 27 Kyle Whittingham
* The Pineapple Bowl was not sanctioned by the NCAA and counts as a regular season game in official statistics

** From 1962 to 1967, the AP only ranked teams in the Top-10

Conference Championships
Conference Year Coach
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference 1922 Thomas Fitzpatrick
1926 Ike Armstrong
1928 Ike Armstrong
1929 Ike Armstrong
1930 Ike Armstrong
1931 Ike Armstrong
1932 Ike Armstrong
1933* Ike Armstrong
Big Seven Conference 1938 Ike Armstrong
1940 Ike Armstrong
1941 Ike Armstrong
1942* Ike Armstrong
1947 Ike Armstrong
Skyline Conference 1948 Ike Armstrong
1951 Jack Curtice
1952 Jack Curtice
1953 Jack Curtice
1957 Jack Curtice
Western Athletic Conference 1964* Ray Nagel
1995* Ron McBride
Mountain West Conference 1999* Ron McBride
2003 Urban Meyer
2004 Urban Meyer
2008 Kyle Whittingham
* Denotes shared championship

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