The Utes are back from a bye week and headed to Tempe for a Friday night matchup with Arizona State at 8:30 p.m. MT on ESPN700 + 92.1 FM + the Utah Sports Radio Network
4:30 – Utes Gameday w/ Porter Larsen + Jordan Wynn + Robert Johnson
6:30 – Bill Riley + Scott Mitchell + Sean O’Connell take over from Sun Devil Stadium
8:30 – Kickoff of No. 16 Utah @ Arizona State
THE NUMBERS
- Head Coach Kyle Whittingham is set to coach in his 373rd overall game at Utah and his 247th as head coach on Friday.
- Utah is only allowing opponents to convert on third downs 24-percent of the time, which ranks first in the Big 12 and fourth in the FBS.
- Utah is leading the Big 12 and ranks second in the FBS in time of possession (35:27).
- Entering the game Friday, Utah and Arizona State will be facing off for the 35th time.
- Utah enters the week ranked No. 16 in the AP and No. 17 in the Coaches Poll. The Utes have been ranked inside the top-25 all six weeks this season.
- Utah’s defense is only allowing 12.6 first downs per game, ranking first in the Big 12 and third in the FBS in first downs defense.
- Utah is averaging 2.4 sacks per game in 2024, which leads the Big 12.
- The Utes have posted a winning record in 10 straight seasons, dating back to 2014. Utah has also finished with a winning season in 17 of Whittingham’s 19 years as head coach.
- In its first year in the Big 12, Utah was voted to win the conference in the preseason media poll with the most first place votes.
- Utah is 446-261-19 all-time in conference games (.627), including its first win in the Big 12 against Oklahoma State (Sept. 21, 2024, W, 22-19).
- Utah is 32-11 in conference games since 2019.
- The Utes bring 28 conference championships with them to the Big 12.
- The Utes have won a conference championship in their first year in a new conference three times (1938, 1st in Big Seven; 1948, 1st in Skyline; 1999, tied for 1st in Mountain West).
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