The 2004 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the

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. 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 12–0, 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

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Fiesta Bowl: Utah vs. Pittsburgh

Depth chart

Season Statistics

2004 Official Stats

Team

Individual Leaders

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:

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finalist (fourth place), The Sporting News National Player of the Year,

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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 ( East–West 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

References

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