2012 Utah Utes football team

2012 Utah Utes football
2012 Utah Utes football
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
	South Division
Record	5–7 (3–6 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kyle Whittingham (8th season);
Offensive coordinator	Brian Johnson (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Kalani Sitake (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Dave Kruger; Star Lotulelei; Luke Matthews; John White;
Home stadium	Rice-Eccles Stadium
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by eighth year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were a member of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place in the South Division.^[1]

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Record5–7 (3–6 Pac-12)

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2012 Pac-12 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 7 Stanford xy$	8	–	1	12	–	2
No. 2 Oregon x%	8	–	1	12	–	1
No. 20 Oregon State	6	–	3	9	–	4
Washington	5	–	4	7	–	6
California	2	–	7	3	–	9
Washington State	1	–	8	3	–	9
South Division
UCLA xy	6	–	3	9	–	5
Arizona State	5	–	4	8	–	5
USC	5	–	4	7	–	6
Arizona	4	–	5	8	–	5
Utah	3	–	6	5	–	7
Colorado	1	–	8	1	–	11
Championship: Stanford 27, UCLA 24
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	5:15 p.m.	Northern Colorado*	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 41–0	45,273
September 7	6:00 p.m.	at Utah State*	Romney Stadium Logan, UT (Battle of the Brothers)	ESPN2	L 20–27 ^OT	25,513
September 15	8:00 p.m.	No. 25 BYU*	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)	ESPN2	W 24–21	45,653
September 22	8:00 p.m.	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	P12N	L 7–37	58,107
October 4	7:00 p.m.	No. 13 USC	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN	L 28–38	46,037
October 13	1:00 p.m.	at UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FOX	L 14–21	66,303
October 20	8:30 p.m.	at No. 8 Oregon State	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	ESPN2	L 7–21	45,769
October 27	7:45 p.m.	California	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 49–27	45,017
November 3	1:00 p.m.	Washington State	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 49–6	45,069
November 10	8:30 p.m.	at Washington	CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA	P12N	L 15–34	60,050
November 17	8:00 p.m.	Arizona	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPNU	L 24–34	45,031
November 23	1:00 p.m.	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (Rumble in the Rockies)	FX	W 42–35	46,052
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Northern Colorado Bears	0	0	0	0	0
• Utah Utes	0	21	7	13	41

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Cougars	0	7	0	14	21
• Utes	7	0	17	0	24

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Utes	0	7	0	0	7
• Sun Devils	21	10	3	3	37

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• #13 Trojans	7	17	0	14	38
Utes	14	7	0	7	28

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2012 Utah Utes football

Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	South Division
Record	5–7 (3–6 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kyle Whittingham (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Johnson (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Kalani Sitake (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Dave Kruger Star Lotulelei Luke Matthews John White
Home stadium	Rice-Eccles Stadium
Seasons ← 2011 2013 →