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Utah Utes fans rush the field and carry the goalpost after defeating rival BYU , completing a perfect regular season, and becoming the first BCS Buster by clinching a spot in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl (hence the sombrero ).
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.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 5:30 pm Texas A&M * No. 20 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 Utah State * No. 15 KJZZ W 48–624,750
September 25 1:00 pm Air Force No. 14 Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City 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 San Diego State No. 9 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 Wyoming No. 7 ABC W 45–2817,074
November 20 5:00 pm BYU No. 5 ESPN2 W 52–2145,326
January 1 6:30 pm vs. No. 19 Pittsburgh * No. 5 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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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
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
0
7
0
14
21
#20 Utes
7
20
7
7
41
1
2
3
4
Total
#17 Utes
17
0
6
0
23
Wildcats
3
3
0
0
6
1
2
3
4
Total
#15 Utes
20
21
7
0
48
Aggies
0
0
6
0
6
1
2
3
4
Total
Falcons
7
7
14
7
35
#14 Utes
0
21
14
14
49
1
2
3
4
Total
#14 Utes
7
0
14
7
28
Lobos
7
0
0
0
7
1
2
3
4
Total
Tar Heels
7
3
6
0
16
#11 Utes
10
20
7
9
46
1
2
3
4
Total
Rebels
7
7
7
7
28
#9 Utes
28
14
21
0
63
1
2
3
4
Total
#9 Utes
10
24
7
10
51
Aztecs
0
21
0
7
28
1
2
3
4
Total
Rams
3
7
0
21
31
#7 Utes
21
21
14
7
63
1
2
3
4
Total
#7 Utes
17
14
14
0
45
Cowboys
7
0
7
14
28
BYU at #5 Utah
1
2 3 4 Total
BYU
0
14 7 0
21
• Utah
7
14 17 14
52
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 [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#19 Panthers
0
0
7
0
7
#5 Utes
7
7
21
0
35
2005 Fiesta Bowl
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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TE
Blake Burdette
Willie Sao
WR
Travis LaTendresse
Thomas Huff
2004 Official Stats
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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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
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
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Utah had five players taken in the 2005 NFL draft :[ 3]
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
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
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