The 2017 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by thirteenth-year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. They competed as members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 3–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place in the South Division. They were invited to the Heart of Dallas Bowl where they defeated West Virginia.
Schedule Utah announced their 2017 football schedule on January 18, 2017. The Utes played FCS North Dakota, in-state rival BYU, and San Jose State in out-of-conference play. In Pac-12 conference play, the Utes did not play cross-divisional foes California and Oregon State.
Source:2017 Utah Utes football schedule. FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
Game summaries
North Dakota
At BYU
San Jose State
At Arizona
Stanford
At USC
Arizona State
At Oregon
UCLA
Washington State
At Washington
Colorado
Vs. West Virginia (Heart of Dallas Bowl)
Rankings
Coaching staff Name Title Years at Utah Kyle Whittingham Head coach 13 Morgan Scalley Defensive coordinator/safeties coach 10 Troy Taylor Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach 1 Jim Harding Assistant head coach/offensive line coach 4 Sharrieff Shah Cornerbacks coach/co-Special teams coordinator 6 Justin Ena Linebackers coach/co-Special teams coordinator 3 Lewis Powell Defensive line coach 3 Freddie Whittingham Tight ends coach 2 Guy Holliday Wide receivers coach 2 Kiel McDonald Running backs coach 1 Source:Staff Directory. University of Utah Athletics. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
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