Utah Utes football
| Utah Utes football | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| First season | 1892; 134 years ago | ||
| Athletic director | Mark Harlan | ||
| General manager | Joe D'Orazio | ||
| Head coach | Morgan Scalley 1st season, 1–0 (1.000) | ||
| Location | Salt Lake City, Utah | ||
| Stadium | Rice–Eccles Stadium (capacity: 51,444) | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | Big 12 | ||
| Colors | Red and white | ||
| All-time record | 735–491–31 (.597) | ||
| Bowl record | 18–9 (.667) | ||
| National championships | |||
| Unclaimed | 2008 | ||
| Conference championships | |||
| 26 1922, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1964, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2021, 2022 | |||
| Conference division championships | |||
| Pac-12 South: 5 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 | |||
| Consensus All-Americans | 13 (4 unanimous) | ||
| Rivalries | |||
| Uniforms | |||
| Fight song | Utah Man | ||
| Mascot | Swoop (red-tailed hawk) | ||
| Marching band | Pride of Utah | ||
| Outfitter | Under Armour | ||
| Website | UtahUtes.com | ||
The Utah Utes football program is a college football team that competes in the Big 12 Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I and represents the University of Utah. The Utah college football program began in 1892 and has played home games at the current site of Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City since 1927. They have won 27 conference championships in five conferences during their history. As of the end of the 2025 season, they have a cumulative record of 735 wins, 491 losses, and 31 ties (.597).
The Utes have a record of 18–9 (.667) in major bowl games. Among Utah's bowl appearances are two games from the Bowl Championship Series (BCS): the Fiesta Bowl in 2005 and the Sugar Bowl in 2009. In the 2005 Fiesta Bowl, Utah, led by coach Urban Meyer, defeated the Pittsburgh Panthers 35–7, and in the 2009 Sugar Bowl, headed by coach Kyle Whittingham, they defeated coach Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide 31–17. During those seasons, Utah was a member of the Mountain West Conference, whose champion does not receive an automatic invitation to a BCS bowl. The Utes were the first team from a conference without an automatic bid to play in a BCS bowl game—colloquially known as being a BCS Buster—and the first BCS Buster to play in a second BCS Bowl.
So far in the College Football Playoff era (2014-present) the Utes have made 2 appearances in a New Year's Six game after receiving automatic bids to the 2022 and 2023 Rose Bowl Game by winning the Pac-12 Conference Championship Game.