The 2017 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by thirteenth-year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. They competed as members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 3–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place in the South Division. They were invited to the Heart of Dallas Bowl where they defeated West Virginia.
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Utah announced their 2017 football schedule on January 18, 2017.[3] The Utes played FCS North Dakota, in-state rival BYU, and San Jose State in out-of-conference play. In Pac-12 conference play, the Utes did not play cross-divisional foes California and Oregon State.
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Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 5:30 p.m. | No. 8 (FCS) North Dakota* | | | P12N | W 37–16 | 45,905 |
September 9 | 8:15 p.m. | at BYU* | | | ESPN2 | W 19–13 | 63,470 |
September 16 | 8:00 p.m. | San Jose State* | | - Rice-Eccles Stadium
- Salt Lake City, UT
| ESPN2 | W 54–16 | 45,881 |
| 8:00 p.m. | at Arizona | No. 23 | | FS1 | W 30–24 | 36,651 |
October 7 | 8:15 p.m. | Stanford | No. 20 | - Rice-Eccles Stadium
- Salt Lake City, UT
| FS1 | L 20–23 | 45,991 |
October 14 | 5:00 p.m. | at No. 13 USC | | | ABC | L 27–28 | 72,382 |
October 21 | 1:30 p.m. | Arizona State | | - Rice-Eccles Stadium
- Salt Lake City, UT
| FS1 | L 10–30 | 45,863 |
October 28 | 3:45 p.m. | at Oregon | | | P12N | L 20–41 | 56,154 |
| 7:30 p.m. | UCLA | | - Rice-Eccles Stadium
- Salt Lake City, UT
| FS1 | W 48–17 | 45,902 |
November 11 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 19 Washington State | | - Rice-Eccles Stadium
- Salt Lake City, UT
| P12N | L 25–33 | 45,826 |
November 18 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 16 Washington | | | ESPN | L 30–33 | 65,767 |
November 25 | 8:00 p.m. | Colorado | | | FS1 | W 34–13 | 46,022 |
December 26 | 11:30 a.m. | vs. West Virginia* | | | ESPN | W 30–14 | 20,507 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Mountain time
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North Dakota
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#8 (FCS) Fighting Hawks |
3 |
6 |
0 |
7 |
16 |
Utes |
0 |
17 |
10 |
10 |
37 |
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At BYU
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Utes |
3 |
6 |
10 |
0 |
19 |
Cougars |
0 |
0 |
6 |
7 |
13 |
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San Jose State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Spartans |
3 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
16 |
Utes |
9 |
21 |
7 |
17 |
54 |
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At Arizona
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#23 Utes |
10 |
3 |
14 |
3 |
30 |
Wildcats |
3 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
24 |
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Stanford
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Cardinal |
3 |
10 |
3 |
7 |
23 |
#20 Utes |
7 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
20 |
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At USC
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Utes |
7 |
14 |
0 |
6 |
27 |
#13 Trojans |
7 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
28 |
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Arizona State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Sun Devils |
9 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
30 |
Utes |
0 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
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At Oregon
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Utes |
0 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
20 |
Ducks |
7 |
10 |
10 |
14 |
41 |
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UCLA
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Bruins |
0 |
10 |
0 |
7 |
17 |
Utes |
7 |
10 |
21 |
10 |
48 |
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Washington State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#19 Cougars |
13 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
33 |
Utes |
0 |
10 |
0 |
15 |
25 |
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At Washington
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Utes |
7 |
6 |
10 |
7 |
30 |
#16 Huskies |
6 |
10 |
7 |
10 |
33 |
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Colorado
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Buffaloes |
0 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
13 |
Utes |
14 |
14 |
3 |
3 |
34 |
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Vs. West Virginia (Heart of Dallas Bowl)
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Mountaineers |
0 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
14 |
Utes |
7 |
10 |
0 |
13 |
30 |
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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
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AP | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 20 | 20 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Coaches | 25 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 23 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV |
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CFP | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
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More information Name, Title ...
Name | Title | Years at Utah |
Kyle Whittingham | Head coach | 13 |
Morgan Scalley | Defensive coordinator/safeties coach | 10 |
Troy Taylor | Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach | 1 |
Jim Harding | Assistant head coach/offensive line coach | 4 |
Sharrieff Shah | Cornerbacks coach/co-Special teams coordinator | 6 |
Justin Ena | Linebackers coach/co-Special teams coordinator | 3 |
Lewis Powell | Defensive line coach | 3 |
Freddie Whittingham | Tight ends coach | 1 |
Guy Holliday | Wide receivers coach | 2 |
Kiel McDonald | Running backs coach | 1 |
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