1984 Utah Utes football team

The 1984 Utah Utes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head coach Bill Meek led the team to a 4–3–1 mark in the WAC and 6–5–1 overall.

1984 Utah Utes football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
1984 record	6–5–1 (4–3–1 WAC)
Head coach	Chuck Stobart (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	John Faiman[1]
Defensive coordinator	George Wheeler[1]
Home stadium	Rice Stadium

1984 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 BYU $	8	–	0	–	0			13	–	0	–	0
Hawaii	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Air Force	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Utah	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	5	–	1
San Diego State	4	–	3	–	1			4	–	7	–	1
Wyoming	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Colorado State	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
New Mexico	1	–	7	–	0			4	–	8	–	0
UTEP	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 pm	Weber State*	Rice Stadium Salt Lake City	W 52–16	27,828[2]
September 8	2:00 pm	at Washington State*	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington	L 40–42	21,000[2]
September 15	5:30 pm	at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee	L 21–27	93,077[2]
September 22	7:00 pm	Air Force	Rice Stadium Salt Lake City	W 28–17	30,610[2]
September 29	1:30 pm	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, Wyoming	L 14–21	17,055[2]
October 5	7:30 pm	New Mexico	Rice Stadium Salt Lake City	W 38–14	30,400[2]
October 13	7:00 pm	at San Diego State	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego	T 24–24	33,549[2]
October 20	11:30 pm	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii	L 17–20	43,804[2]
October 27	1:00 pm	UTEP	Rice Stadium Salt Lake City	W 43–15	17,850[2]
November 3	12:00 pm	Colorado State	Rice Stadium Salt Lake City	W 35–23	20,019[2]
November 10	1:30 pm	at Utah State*	Romney Stadium Logan, Utah (Battle of the Brothers)	W 21–10	11,937[2]
November 17	12:00 pm	No. 3 BYU	Rice Stadium Salt Lake City (Holy War)	L 14–24	36,110[2]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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Roster

Olaniyan Akyeem Stephen Baker Therman Beard Raymond Bennett Bryan Bero Robert Binkele Mark Blosch Montel Bryant Jim Brusatto Scott Cate, qb Tim Mitchell, qb Ed Conley Tony Cospy Walt Dixon Don Enlow Tim Fahringer Clarence Fields Mark Geiselmayr Andre Guardi, k James Hansen James Hardy Molonai Hola Morgan Wilson Danny Huey, wr Rich Ipaktchian Mark Jackson Eric Jacobson Bob Jenkins Eddie Johnson Gerald Johnson Michael Jones Craig Kaminski Ron Ketchoyian Mike Kruse Steven Kubitz Aric Lewis Eddie Lewis Don Logan

Nalin Maxfield Filipo Mokofisi, lb Hank Mondaca Peter Owens John Paton Henning Peterson Kevin Polston Isaako Poti Farrell Price Tom Pritchett Kevin Reach Mark Reckert Reggie Richardson Wes Saleaumua Curtis Sampson Brian Schmitt Terry Shaw Chris Smith Mike Snyder Mark Stevens, qb 2 Erroll Tucker Carlton Walker George Womack Don Woodward David White

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Staff

Head Coach: Chuck Stobart

Assistants:

Game summaries

BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
BYU	7	3	7	7	24
Utah	7	0	7	0	14

at Rice Stadium, Salt Lake City

• Date: November 17

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP BYU Utah 1 8:54 Utah Molonai Hola 1-yard touchdown run, Andre Guardi kick good 0 7 1 2:41 BYU Adam Haysbert 11-yard touchdown reception from Robbie Bosco, Lee Johnson kick good 7 7 2 :02 BYU 19-yard field goal by Lee Johnson 10 7 3 8:11 BYU Glen Kozlowski 19-yard touchdown reception from Robbie Bosco, Lee Johnson kick good 17 7 3 1:35 Utah Therman Beard 11-yard touchdown reception from Mark Stevens, Andre Guardi kick good 17 14 4 7:26 BYU Kelly Smith 4-yard touchdown reception from Robbie Bosco, Lee Johnson kick good 24 14 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 24 14

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After the season

NFL Draft

No Utah players were selected in the 1985 NFL Draft.[6]

References

1. "1984 Utah Football Media Guide: Coaching Staff". University of Utah Athletic Department. Archived from the original on 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
2. "1985 Utah Football Media Guide". University of Utah Athletic Department. Archived from the original on 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
3. "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
4. "1984 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
5. 1984 BYU vs. Utah - CougarStats Archived 2010-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
6. "1985 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2011-08-08.