The 2018 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Utes were led by 14th-year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games in Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, UT. They were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference.

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2018 Utah Utes football
Pac-12 South Division champion
Pac-12 Championship Game, L 3–10 vs. Washington
Holiday Bowl, L 20–31 vs. Northwestern
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	South Division
Record	9–5 (6–3 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kyle Whittingham (14th season)
Offensive coordinator	Troy Taylor (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Morgan Scalley (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Rice–Eccles Stadium[1]
Uniform
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

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The Utes completed the regular season with a 6–3 record in conference play, winning the South Division for the first time since joining the Pac-12 Conference in 2011. In the Pac-12 Championship Game, the team lost to North Division champion Washington by a score of 10–3. They were invited to the Holiday Bowl to play Big Ten Conference runner-up Northwestern, where the Utes lost by a score of 31–20 to end the year at 9–5 overall.

Utah was led on offense by quarterback Tyler Huntley until he suffered a season-ending collarbone fracture in the game against Arizona State on November 3. Redshirt freshman Jason Shelley started for the rest of the season.^[2] Running back Zack Moss compiled 1,096 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns. Two members of the Utah offensive line earned first-team all-conference honors, Jordan Agasiva and Jackson Barton. Utah's defense featured four members of the first-team All-Pac-12: defensive linemen Bradlee Anae and Leki Fotu, linebacker Chase Hansen, and cornerback Jaylon Johnson. Hansen led the conference in tackles for loss with 22, and Anae tied for the conference lead in sacks with 8.^[3]

Utah announced their 2018 football schedule on November 16, 2017.^[16] The Utes will play FCS Weber State and Northern Illinois and returning to the traditional last game of the year spot, Utah will play in-state rival BYU Cougars football in out-of-conference play. In Pac-12 conference play, the Utes will not play cross-divisional foes California and Oregon State.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 p.m.	No. 8 (FCS) Weber State*		Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 41–10	45,988
September 8	5:30 p.m.	at Northern Illinois*		Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPNews	W 17–6	16,762
September 15	8:00 p.m.	No. 10 Washington		Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN	L 7–21	47,445
September 29	4:00 p.m.	at Washington State		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	L 24–28	30,088
October 6	8:30 p.m.	at No. 14 Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	ESPN	W 40–21	37,244
October 12	8:00 p.m.	Arizona		Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN	W 42–10	45,862
October 20	6:00 p.m.	USC		Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 41–28	46,405
October 26	8:30 p.m.	at UCLA	No. 23	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ESPN	W 41–10	41,848
November 3	2:00 p.m.	at Arizona State	No. 15	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	P12N	L 20–38	46,445
November 10	3:30 p.m.	Oregon		Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 32–25	46,275
November 17	11:30 a.m.	at Colorado	No. 19	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (Rumble in the Rockies)	P12N	W 30–7	39,360
November 24	8:00 p.m.	BYU*	No. 17	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War/Beehive Boot)	FS1	W 35–27	46,017
November 30	6:00 p.m.	vs. No. 11 Washington	No. 17	Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, CA (Pac-12 Championship Game)	FOX	L 3–10	35,134
December 31	5:00 p.m.	vs. No. 22 Northwestern*	No. 17	SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	FS1	L 20–31	47,007
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after October 30 released prior to game All times are in Mountain time

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