The 2004 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. This team was the original 'BCS Buster', meaning, this was the first time that a team from a BCS non-AQ conference was invited to play in one of the BCS bowl games. The team, coached by second-year head football coach Urban Meyer, played its home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium.
Utah finished the season 12âÂÂ0, the fourth undefeated and untied season in school history. The Utes were one of three teams in the top-level Division I FBS to finish the season undefeated (the others being the USC Trojans and the Auburn Tigers.)
Utah was the highest-ranked BCS non-AQ team in each poll every week of the season.
Schedule
Rankings
Game summaries
Texas A&M
Arizona
Utah State
Air Force
New Mexico
North Carolina
UNLV
San Diego State
Colorado State
Wyoming
BYU
Fiesta Bowl: Utah vs. Pittsburgh
Depth chart
Season Statistics
2004 Official Stats
Team
Individual Leaders
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After the season
NFL draft
Utah had five players taken in the 2005 NFL draft:
Awards
National
- Urban Meyer: The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award, Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, Woody Hayes' National Coach of the Year, Maxwell George Munger Award
- Alex Smith: Heisman Trophy finalist (fourth place), The Sporting News National Player of the Year, Sports Illustrated National Player of the Year, Cingular Sports/ABC Sports All-American, SI.com All-American (first team), CoSIDA Football Academic All-American of the Year, Davey O'Brien Award finalist, Walter Camp Award finalist
- Chris Kemoeatu: Cingular Sports/ABC Sports All-American, SI.com All-American (first team)
- Morgan Scalley: SI.com All-American (second team), CoSIDA Academic All-American (first team), Anson Mount Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Bronko Nagurski National Player of the Week, Pat Tillman Award (EastâÂÂWest Shrine Game honor)
- Steve Savoy: SI.com All-American (second team), The Sporting News All-American (honorable mention)
- Ryan Smith: The Sporting News Freshman All-American (second team)
- Spencer Toone: CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII first team
Conference
- Coach of the Year: Urban Meyer
- Offensive Player of the Year: Alex Smith
- Co-defensive Player of the Year: Morgan Scalley
- All-MWC First team: Alex Smith, Steve Savoy, Chris Kemoeatu, Steve Fifita, Sione Pouha, Morgan Scalley
- All-MWC Second team: Paris Warren, Marty Johnson, Jesse Boone, Eric Weddle
- All-MWC Honorable mention: Makai Aalona, Quinton Ganther, Tommy Hackenbruck, Matt Kovacevich, Spencer Toone
See also
References