1995 Utah Utes football team

1995 Utah Utes football
WAC Co-champions
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
1995 record	7–4 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach	Ron McBride (6th year)
Offensive coordinator	Fred Graves[1] (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Kyle Whittingham (1st year)
Home stadium	Rice Stadium (32,500)

1995 WAC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Colorado State +		6	–	2					8	–	4
BYU +		6	–	2					7	–	4
Utah +		6	–	2					7	–	4
Air Force +		6	–	2					8	–	5
San Diego State		5	–	3					8	–	4
Wyoming		4	–	4					6	–	5
Fresno State		2	–	6					5	–	7
New Mexico		2	–	6					4	–	7
Hawaii		2	–	6					4	–	8
UTEP		1	–	7					2	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

During the 1995 season, the Utes went 7–4 and were conference co-champions, along with Air Force, BYU, and Colorado State. Despite this, the team was not invited to play in a bowl game, after playing postseason ball for three consecutive seasons previously. All four losses were at home — the team was a perfect 5–0 on the road.

This team also won two games at home in fourth-quarter comebacks against Fresno State and Air Force. The comeback against Air Force was won in miraculous fashion with quarterback Mike Fouts throwing a pair of touchdown passes in the final 41 seconds of the game, assisted by a rare onside kick recovery after the first touchdown pass.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 PM	Oregon*		Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	KJZZ	L 20–27	30,701
September 9	7:00 PM	Stanford*		Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT		L 20–27	32,107
September 16	6:00 PM	at New Mexico		University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM (The Bowl)		W 36–9	26,113
September 23	7:00 PM	Fresno State		Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT		W 25–21	31,362
September 30	7:00 PM	at UTEP		Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX	KJZZ	W 34–21	19,254
October 7	7:00 PM	San Diego State		Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT		L 21–24	31,552
October 14	12:00 PM	Colorado State		Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT		L 14–19	27,691
October 21	12:00 PM	Air Force		Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT		W 22–21	29,046
October 28	12:00 PM	Utah State*		Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Battle of the Brothers)	KJZZ	W 40–20	28,337
November 4	12:00 PM	at Wyoming		War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY		W 30–24	12,562
November 18	1:30 PM	at BYU		Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT (Holy War)	ABC	W 34–17	65,829
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

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After the season

NFL draft

One player went in the 1996 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Henry Lusk	Tight End	7	246	New Orleans Saints

References

1. Mike Sorensen. "Utes Name Graves as Offensive Coordinator". Deseret News. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
2. "NCAA Football - Air Force vs. Utah - 10/21/1995 9:56PM ET". USA Today. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
3. "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
4. "1995 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
5. "1995 WAC Results". USA Today. August 25, 1999. Retrieved June 17, 2009.