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The 2008 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team, coached by 4th year head football coach Kyle Whittingham , plays its home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium .
The 2008 Mountain West Conference football season was the 10th since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the MW. The University of Utah won their fourth conference championship, ending the year 13–0 with a victory over Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl .
Seven individuals have coached as College Football Hall of Fame inductees: John Ralston was inducted in 1992 following his tenures with Utah State (1959–1962) and Stanford (1963–1971). He came out of retirement in 1993 to coach San Jose State and remained active through the 1996 season.
Johnny Unitas' #16 was retired by Louisville in 2003 Roger Staubach's #12 was retired by the Naval Academy in 1965 Dan Marino's #13 was retired by Pittsburgh Brett Favre's #4, retired by Southern Miss in 2015 Troy Aikman's #8, retired by UCLA John Elway has his #7 retired by Stanford Peyton Manning's #16 was retired by Tennessee in 2005 Michigan retired #11 in honor of Whitey Wistert (photo ...
The Utah Utes football program is a college football team that represents the University of Utah. The team has had 23 head coaches since organized football began in 1892. Harvey Holmes was the first paid head coach, and the Utes have had 17 paid, professional head coaches. The Utes have played in more than 1,000 games during its 116 seasons.
Newman was also a part of the 2008 Utah Utes football team. [13] In 2008, Newman excelled for the Utes, starting all 13 games at tackle as Utah achieved a perfect season. He finished the year as an honorable mention All-MWC tackle with impressive stats: 50 total tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, two fumble recoveries, two pass breakups, and an ...
The regular season began on August 28, 2008, and ended on December 6, 2008. The postseason concluded on January 8, 2009, with the BCS National Championship Game in Miami Gardens, Florida , which featured the top two teams ranked by the Bowl Championship Series (BCS): the No. 2 Florida Gators (No. 1 in the AP Poll ) and No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners ...
The Utah college football program began in 1892 and has played home games at the current site of Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City since 1927. They have won 28 conference championships in five conferences during their history, [ 2 ] and, as of the end of the 2022 season, they have a cumulative record of 711 wins, 476 losses, and 31 ties (.596).