The 2019 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Utes were led by 15th-year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games at Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. They competed as members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference.

Preseason

Pac-12 media days

Pac-12 media poll In the 2019 Pac-12 media poll, Utah was voted as the favorite to win both the South Division and the Pac–12 Championship Game.

Schedule Utah's 2019 schedule would begin on Thursday, August 29 on the road against rival BYU, a football independent. They would round out their non-conference slate with home games against Northern Illinois of the Mid-American Conference and Idaho State of the Big Sky Conference. In Pac-12 Conference play, the Utes would play the other members of the South Division and draw California, Oregon State, Washington, and Washington State from the North Division. They would not play Oregon or Stanford as part of the regular season.

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Rankings

Game summaries

At BYU

Northern Illinois

Idaho State

At USC

Washington State

At Oregon State

Arizona State

Statistics ASUUTAH First downs 8 20 Total yards 136 342 Rushing yards 33–111 43–151 Passing yards 25 191 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 4–18–1 14–24–1 Time of possession 24:42 35:18 Team Category Player StatisticsArizona State Passing Jayden Daniels 14/18, 25 yards, INT Rushing Eno Benjamin 15 carries, 104 yards Receiving Frank Darby 1 reception, 12 yardsUtah Passing Tyler Huntley 12/19, 171 yards, INT Rushing Zack Moss 25 carries, 99 yards, 2 TD Receiving Zack Moss 3 receptions, 78 yards

California

At Washington

UCLA

At Arizona

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Statistics Statistics UtahArizona First downs 28 11 Total yards 517 196 Rushing yards 297 61 Passing yards 220 135 Turnovers 1 0 Time of possession 39:32 20:28 Team Category Player StatisticsUtah Passing Tyler Huntley 19/23, 211 yards, TD, INT Rushing Zack Moss 26 carries, 203 yards, TD Receiving Brant Kuithe 4 receptions, 81 yardsArizona Passing Grant Gunnell 8/16, 96 yards Rushing J. J. Taylor 10 carries, 33 yards Receiving Cedric Peterson 4 receptions, 63 yards

Colorado

Vs. Oregon (Pac-12 Championship game)

Vs. Texas (Alamo Bowl)

Players drafted into the NFL

The Utes had seven players drafted in the 2020 NFL draft.

2 50 Jaylon Johnson CB Chicago Bears 3 85 Julian Blackmon S Indianapolis Colts 3 86 Zack Moss RB Buffalo Bills 3 104 Terrell Burgess S Los Angeles Rams 4 114 Leki Fotu DT Arizona Cardinals 5 179 Bradlee Anae DE Dallas Cowboys 6 197 John Penisini DT Detroit Lions

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