The 2014 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by tenth year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 5–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place in the South Division. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl, where they defeated Colorado State.
Schedule
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Rankings
Coaching staff Name Position Seasons at Utah Kyle Whittingham Head coach 10th Dave Christensen Offensive coordinator 1st Kalani Sitake Defensive coordinator 6th Dennis Erickson Running backs/assistant coach 2nd Aaron Roderick Quarterbacks coach 10th Jim Harding Offensive line 1st Ilaisa Tuiaki Defensive line 2nd Morgan Scalley Safeties/special time coordinator 7th Sharrieff Shah Cornerbacks coach 3rd Taylor Stubblefield Wide receivers coach 1st Robert Conley Co-graduate assistant/defense 3rd Joe Dale Co-graduate assistant/defense 1st Nick Danielson Co-graduate assistant/offense 1st Sartaj Khan Co-graduate assistant/offense 1st Doug Elisaia Director of strength & conditioning 8th Jeff Rudy Football operations director 8th Ernest Rimerhttps://www.linkedin.com/pub/ernie-rimer/41/a4a/127 Football director of sport science 1st Freddie Whittingham Director of player personnel 3rd
Game summaries
Idaho State
Game officials: referee Jack Folliard, umpire Douglas Wilson, head linesman Bob Day, line judge Jeff Robinsoni, side judge Aaron Santi, field judge Brad Glenn, back judge Steve Hudson, head replay official Jim Northcott
Fresno State
Game officials: referee Terry Leyden, umpire F. Villar, head linesman Rod Ammari, line judge Tim Messuri, side judge Aaron Santi, field judge S. Strimling, back judge Mearl Robinson
At Michigan
Game officials: referee S. Smith, umpire S. Woods, head linesman M. Dolce, line judge J. Baur, side judge D. Swanson, field judge J. Clay, back judge T. Ransom
Washington State
At No. 8 UCLA
At Oregon State
No. 20 USC
At No. 14 Arizona State
No. 4 Oregon
At Stanford
No. 15 Arizona
At Colorado
Vs. Colorado State (Las Vegas Bowl)
Notes September 1, 2014 – wide receiver Kaelin Clay named Pac-12 Conference special teams player of the week
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