2023 Utah Utes football team

2023 Utah Utes football
2023 Utah Utes football
Las Vegas Bowl, L 7–14 vs. Northwestern
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	8–5 (5–4 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kyle Whittingham (19th season);
Offensive coordinator	Andy Ludwig (9th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Morgan Scalley (8th season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Rice–Eccles Stadium
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah as a member of the Pac-12 Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Utes were led by Kyle Whittingham in his 19th year as Utah's head coach. They played their home games at Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. The Utah Utes football team drew an average home attendance of 52,499 in 2023, the 37th highest in college football.^[1]

ConferencePac-12 Conference

Record8–5 (5–4 Pac-12)

Headcoach

Kyle Whittingham (19th season)

OffensivecoordinatorAndy Ludwig (9th season)

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2023 Pac-12 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Washington y$^	9	–	0	14	–	1
No. 6 Oregon y	8	–	1	12	–	2
No. 11 Arizona	7	–	2	10	–	3
Oregon State	5	–	4	8	–	5
Utah	5	–	4	8	–	5
USC	5	–	4	8	–	5
California	4	–	5	6	–	7
UCLA	4	–	5	8	–	5
Washington State	2	–	7	5	–	7
Stanford	2	–	7	3	–	9
Arizona State*	2	–	7	3	–	9
Colorado	1	–	8	4	–	8
Championship: Washington 34, Oregon 31
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant * – Ineligible for postseason play due to self-imposed ban for 2020 recruiting violations Rankings from AP Poll

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This was the Utes' final season in the Pac-12 before they move to the Big 12 Conference in 2024.^[2]

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 p.m.	Florida*	No. 14	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN	W 24–11	53,644
September 9	10:00 a.m.	at Baylor*	No. 12	McLane Stadium Waco, TX	ESPN	W 20–13	43,732
September 16	12:00 p.m.	No. 9 (FCS) Weber State*	No. 12	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 31–7	51,532
September 23	1:30 p.m.	No. 22 UCLA	No. 11	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	FOX	W 14–7	52,919
September 29	7:00 p.m.	at No. 19 Oregon State	No. 10	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FS1	L 7–21	37,372
October 14	1:00 p.m.	California	No. 16	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 34–14	52,115
October 21	6:00 p.m.	at No. 18 USC	No. 14	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	FOX	W 34–32	61,551
October 28	1:30 p.m.	No. 8 Oregon	No. 13	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (College GameDay)	FOX	L 6–35	53,586
November 4	12:00 p.m.	Arizona State	No. 18	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 55–3	52,104
November 11	1:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Washington	No. 18	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FOX	L 28–35	70,976
November 18	12:30 p.m.	at No. 17 Arizona	No. 22	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	P12N	L 18–42	50,800
November 25	1:00 p.m.	Colorado		Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Rumble in the Rockies)	P12N	W 23–17	51,595
December 23	5:30 p.m.	vs. Northwestern		Allegiant Stadium Las Vegas, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)	ABC	L 7–14	20,897
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll (and CFP Rankings, after October 31) - Released prior to game All times are in Mountain time

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida	3	0	0	8	11
No. 14 Utah	7	10	7	0	24

Statistics	FLA	UTAH
First downs	17	13
Total yards	65–346	53–270
Rushing yards	21–13	30–105
Passing yards	333	165
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	31–44–1	15–23–0
Time of possession	31:52	28:08

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Florida	Passing	Graham Mertz	31/44, 333 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Trevor Etienne	7 carries, 25 yards
	Receiving	Ricky Pearsall	8 receptions, 92 yards
Utah	Passing	Bryson Barnes	12/18, 159 yards, TD
	Rushing	Nate Johnson	6 carries, 45 yards, TD
	Receiving	Money Parks	1 reception, 70 yards, TD

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Utes	0	3	3	14	20
Bears	0	10	3	0	13

2023 Utah Utes football team

Schedule

Game summaries

vs Florida

at Baylor

vs No. 9 Weber State (FCS)

vs No. 22 UCLA

at No. 19 Oregon State

vs California

at No. 18 USC

vs No. 8 Oregon

vs Arizona State

at No. 5 Washington

at No. 17 Arizona

vs Colorado (rivalry)

vs Northwestern (Las Vegas Bowl)

Rankings

Roster

References

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Statistics	Utah	Baylor
First downs	20	14
Plays–yards	73–377	57–339
Rushes–yards	47–224	29–121
Passing yards	153	218
Passing: comp–att–int	12–26–1	12–28–2
Turnovers
Time of possession	36:17	23:43

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Weber State (FCS)	Passing	Kylan Weisser	11/23, 66 yards, INT
	Rushing	Damon Bankston	8 carries, 59 yards
	Receiving	Treyshun Hurry	2 receptions, 22 yards
Utah	Passing	Nate Johnson	13/21, 193 yards, TD
	Rushing	Nate Johnson	16 carries, 71 yards, TD
	Receiving	Munir McClain	3 receptions, 92 yards

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UCLA	Passing	Dante Moore	15/35, 234 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	TJ Harden	11 carries, 31 yards
	Receiving	Carsen Ryan	3 receptions, 69 yards
Utah	Passing	Nate Johnson	9/17, 117 yards, TD
	Rushing	Jaylon Glover	25 carries, 86 yards
	Receiving	Devaughn Vele	2 receptions, 57 yards

Statistics	Utah	Oregon State
First downs	14	15
Plays–yards	63–198	62–358
Rushes–yards	32–57	36–131
Passing yards	198	227
Passing: comp–att–int	13–31–1	15–26–1
Turnovers
Time of possession	28:54	31:06

Statistics	California	Utah
First downs	16	21
Plays–yards	55–254	75–445
Rushes–yards	24–66	53–317
Passing yards	188	128
Passing: comp–att–int	15–31–1	15–22–0
Turnovers
Time of possession	22:07	37:53

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
California	Passing	Fernando Mendoza	10/17, 149 yards, 2 TD, INT
	Rushing	Jaydn Ott	8 carries, 46 yards
	Receiving	Taj Davis	7 receptions, 93 yards, TD
Utah	Passing	Bryson Barnes	15/21, 128 yards
	Rushing	Sione Vaki	15 carries, 158 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Mikey Matthews	7 receptions, 53 yards

Statistics	Utah	USC
First downs	23	18
Plays–yards	70–482	58–401
Rushes–yards	47–247	23–145
Passing yards	235	256
Passing: comp–att–int	14–23–1	24–35–0
Turnovers
Time of possession	34:42	25:18

Statistics	Oregon	Utah
First downs	18	13
Plays–yards	58–390	66–241
Rushes–yards	27–142	36–99
Passing yards	248	142
Passing: comp–att–int	24–31–0	16–30–2
Turnovers
Time of possession	28:03	31:57

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Oregon	Passing	Bo Nix	24/31, 248 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Bucky Irving	14 carries, 83 yards, TD
	Receiving	Troy Franklin	8 receptions, 99 yards, TD
Utah	Passing	Bryson Barnes	15/29, 136 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	Jaylon Glover	9 carries, 39 yards
	Receiving	Devaughn Vele	7 receptions, 80 yards

Statistics	Arizona State	Utah
First downs	6	26
Plays–yards	58–83	77–513
Rushes–yards	29–43	49–352
Passing yards	40	161
Passing: comp–att–int	8–29–1	19–28–0
Turnovers
Time of possession	23:27	36:33

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Arizona State	Passing	Jacob Conover	5/22, 41 yards, INT
	Rushing	Cameron Skattebo	12 carries, 31 yards
	Receiving	Giovanni Sanders	1 reception, 20 yards
Utah	Passing	Bryson Barnes	19/28, 161 yards, 4 TD
	Rushing	Ja'Quinden Jackson	13 carries, 111 yards, TD
	Receiving	Devaughn Vele	7 receptions, 56 yards, 2 TD

Statistics	Utah	Washington
First downs	17	26
Plays–yards	57-382	75-457
Rushes–yards	27-115	33-125
Passing yards	267	332
Passing: comp–att–int	17-30-2	24-42-0
Turnovers
Time of possession	25:02	34:58

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Utah	Passing	B. Barnes	17-30, 267 Yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	B. Barnes	6 Car, 39 Yds
	Receiving	D. Vele	5 Rec, 145 Yds
Washington	Passing	M. Penix Jr.	24-42, 332 Yds, 2 TD
	Rushing	D. Johnson	23 Car, 104 Yds, TD
	Receiving	R. Odunze	3 Rec, 111 Yds, 2 TD

Statistics	Utah	Arizona
First downs	26	21
Plays–yards	–438	–443
Rushes–yards	37–118	24–118
Passing yards	320	325
Passing: comp–att–int	31–53–2	25–33–0
Turnovers
Time of possession	35:34	24:26

Statistics	Colorado	Utah
First downs	13	22
Plays–yards	–262	–329
Rushes–yards	17–37	53–268
Passing yards	225	61
Passing: comp–att–int	18–25–0	6–10–0
Turnovers
Time of possession	20:56	39:04

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Colorado	Passing	Ryan Staub	17/24, 195 yards, TD
	Rushing	Sy'Veon Wilkerson	7 carries, 32 yards
	Receiving	Travis Hunter	8 receptions, 107 yards, TD
Utah	Passing	Luke Bottari	6/10, 61 yards
	Rushing	Jaylon Glover	17 carries, 107 yards
	Receiving	Mikey Matthews	2 receptions, 19 yards

Statistics	Utah	Northwestern
First downs	13	18
Plays–yards	65–211	70–290
Rushes–yards	51–138	31–65
Passing yards	73	225
Passing: comp–att–int	9–14–2	24–39–0
Turnovers
Time of possession	34:21	25:39

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	14	12	12	11	10	18	16	14	13	18	13	16	RV	RV	RV	—
Coaches	14	12	12	10	10	19	16	14	13	18	14	16	RV	RV	RV	—
CFP	Not released									18	18	22	—	—	—	Not released