Utah — Big 12
HC
Morgan Scalley · Rice-Eccles Stadium · Salt Lake City, UT · 51,444 cap
PPA off / def
0.35 / 0.07
2025
Class rank
#27
class of 2026
Returning PPA
68%
returning production
| 2021 |
OSU W 48–45 | Columbus |
| 1986 |
OSU W 64–6 | Columbus |
2026 schedule
2025 results (11–2)
Statistical comps — 2025 Utah's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (17 in / 21 out)
Origins
Meyer's 2004 team went undefeated and forced the BCS to admit a non-privileged program, then Kyle Whittingham did it again in 2008 and beat Alabama. Utah broke the cartel twice before joining it.
Founded 1850 · The oldest university west of the Missouri River, founded by Mormon pioneers · first football 1892 · defined by Urban Meyer
All-time record
All-time
706–475–31
1900–2025
Win %
59.5%
124 seasons played
Winning seasons
81
65% of seasons
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2008 | 13 | 0 | Mountain West |
| 2004 | 12 | 0 | Mountain West |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | Big 12 |
| 2019 | 11 | 3 | Pac-12 |
| 2003 | 10 | 2 | Mountain West |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1900 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 350 | 64% |
45% | 32 of 136 | 6.2 | 13% |
| 2nd down | 266 | 50% |
50% | 5 of 136 | 6.6 | 14% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 41 | 85% |
80% | — | 8.5 | 12% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 65 | 34% |
54% | — | 6.9 | 15% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 42 | 26% |
26% | — | 7.3 | 14% |
| 4th down | 24 | 58% |
63% | — | 6.6 | 21% |
150 drives · 47% ended in points · 7.3 plays and 46.7 yards per drive · 2.21 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 12 | Baylor |
(10:56) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 B.Ficklin rush left for 67 yards gain to the BAY00 TOUCHDOWN… |
67 | 6.30 |
| 12 | Baylor |
(07:27) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 B.Ficklin rush right for 74 yards gain to the BAY00 TOUCHDOW… |
74 | 6.01 |
| 14 | Kansas |
(09:32) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 D.Dampier pass complete short middle to #81 J.Buchanan caught… |
58 | 5.79 |
| 13 | Kansas State |
(02:00) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 D.Dampier rush middle for 59 yards gain to the KST02 (#29 K.T… |
59 | 5.38 |
| 14 | Kansas |
(02:20) Shotgun #4 D.Dampier pass complete deep left to #12 L.Simmons caught at KU21, for … |
48 | 5.17 |
| 12 | Baylor |
(04:39) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 W.Parker rush middle for 64 yards gain to the BAY00 TOUCHDOWN… |
64 | 5.15 |
| 9 | Colorado |
(14:38) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 B.Ficklin rush left for 63 yards gain to the COL00 TOUCHDOWN… |
63 | 5.05 |
| 8 | BYU |
Devon Dampier pass complete to Dallen Bentley for 52 yds Dallen Bentley fumbled, recovered… |
52 | 4.57 |