2011 Utah Utes football team

2011 Utah Utes football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 30–27 OT vs. Georgia Tech
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Record8–5 (4–5 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorNorm Chow (1st season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorKalani Sitake (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
CaptainTony Bergstrom
Star Lotulelei
Matt Martinez
Luke Matthews
Chaz Walker
Jordan Wynn
Home stadiumRice-Eccles Stadium
2011 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 4 Oregon xy$   8 1     12 2  
No. 7 Stanford x%   8 1     11 2  
Washington   5 4     7 6  
California   4 5     7 6  
Oregon State   3 6     3 9  
Washington State   2 7     4 8  
South Division
No. 6 USC   7 2     10 2  
UCLA xy   5 4     6 8  
Utah   4 5     8 5  
Arizona State   4 5     6 7  
Arizona   2 7     4 8  
Colorado   2 7     3 10  
Championship: Oregon 49, UCLA 31
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • † – USC ineligible for championship and postseason due to NCAA sanctions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by seventh year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. After playing the previous 12 seasons in the Mountain West Conference, this was Utah's first season in the new Pac-12 Conference in the South Division. They are the first former "BCS Buster" to join a BCS conference. They finished the season 8–5, 4–5 to finish in a tie for third place in the South Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they defeated Georgia Tech 30–27 in overtime.