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2020 Utah Utes football team
American college football season
The 2020 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Utes were led by 16th-year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games at Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, as members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference.
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| Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
| Division | South Division |
| Record | 3–2 (3–2 Pac-12) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Andy Ludwig (6th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Morgan Scalley (5th season) |
| Captain | Jake Bentley, Devin Lloyd, Mika Tafua, Orlando Umana |
| Home stadium | Rice–Eccles Stadium |
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| Washington x | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon y$ | 4 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 4 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| No. 21 USC xy | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 3 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: Oregon 31, USC 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On August 11, 2020, the Pac-12 suspended all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] On September 24, the Pac-12 announced that football teams would return to play a seven-game conference-only season beginning on November 6, with the conference championship game scheduled for December 18.[3]
On December 18, with a 2–2 record and one game left to play, the Utes announced that they would not pursue a bid to a bowl game.[4] The Utes won their final game, finishing their season with a 3–2 record. Running back Ty Jordan was voted the Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year.[5]
Utah had games scheduled against BYU, Montana State, and Wyoming, but canceled these games on July 10 due to the Pac-12 Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
On November 24, Utah's scheduled game at Arizona State for November 29 was canceled after a COVID-19 outbreak within the Arizona State program.[7] The Pac-12 then announced that Utah would instead play at Washington on November 28;[8] the Huskies' scheduled game at Washington State had also been canceled after Washington State had a COVID-19 outbreak.[9]
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| September 3 | BYU* | Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War) | |
| September 12 | Montana State* | Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | |
| September 19 | at Wyoming* | War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY | |
| September 26 | at California | California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA | |
| October 2 | USC | Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | |
| October 10 | at Washington State | Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA | |
| October 17 | Washington | Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | |
| October 29 | at UCLA | Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA | |
| November 7 | Arizona | Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | |
| November 14 | Oregon State | Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | |
| November 21 | at Arizona State | Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ | |
| November 28 | at Colorado | Folsom Field • Boulder, CO (Rumble in the Rockies) | |
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| November 21 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 20 USC |
| ESPN | L 17–33 | 0 | |||
| November 28 | 5:30 p.m. | at Washington | ABC | L 21–24 | 259 | ||||
| December 5 | 8:30 p.m. | Oregon State |
| ESPN | W 30–24 | 0 | |||
| December 12 | 10:00 a.m. | at No. 21 Colorado | FOX | W 38–21 | 0 | ||||
| December 19 | 11:30 a.m. | Washington State |
| FS1 | W 45–28 | 0 | |||
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Further information: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
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USC
See also: 2020 USC Trojans football team
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 20 Trojans | 3 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 33 |
| Utes | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
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At Washington
See also: 2020 Washington Huskies football team
Due to Arizona State not having the minimum number of scholarship players available due to positive COVID-19 tests Utah was rescheduled to play at Washington.[13]
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| Utes | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Huskies | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 24 |
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Utah at Washington – Game summary
at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
- Date: November 28, 2020
- Game time: 4:30 p.m. PST
- Game weather: 47 °F (8 °C) • Mostly Cloudy• Wind @ 0 mph (0 km/h)
- Game attendance: 259
- Referee: Mark Duddy
- TV announcers (ABC): Beth Mowins, Kirk Morrison, and Stormy Buonantony
Oregon State
See also: 2020 Oregon State Beavers football team
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| Beavers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Utes | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
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At Colorado
See also: 2020 Colorado Buffaloes football team
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| Utes | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
| No. 21 Buffaloes | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
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Washington State
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| Cougars | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Utes | 0 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 45 |
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- Pac-12 Conference. "Pac-12 announces resumption of football, basketball & winter sports seasons". Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - "Pac-12 Conference postpones all sport competitions through end of calendar year". pac-12.com. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- "Pac-12 announces resumption of football, basketball & winter sports seasons". pac-12.com. September 24, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- Call, Jeff (December 18, 2020). "Utah Utes won't play in bowl game, season finale will be Saturday vs. Washington State". Deseret News. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- "2020 Pac-12 Football All-Conference honors and annual awards announced". Pac-12 Conference. December 22, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- "Pac-12 statement on Utah at Arizona State football game". pac-12.com. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
- "Pac-12 statement on Utah at Washington football game". pac-12.com. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
- "Pac-12 statement on Washington at Washington State football game". pac-12.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- "Statement on the Cancellation of Utah's Game Versus Arizona". utahutes.com. November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
- "Utah Football Game at UCLA is Cancelled". utahutes.com. November 13, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
- "2020 Pac-12 Football Schedule". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
- "Pac-12 statement on Utah at Washington football game". Retrieved November 24, 2020.