Editing University of Utah (section)

===Football===
[[File:UtesRiceEccles2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Rice-Eccles Stadium]] during a football game]]
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In 2004–2005, the football team, coached by [[Urban Meyer]] and quarterbacked by Alex Smith, along with defensive great [[Eric Weddle]], went 11–0 during the regular season and defeated [[University of Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh]] 35–7 in the [[2005 Fiesta Bowl]], becoming the first team from a conference without an automatic [[Bowl Championship Series]] (BCS) bid to go to a BCS bowl game.<ref name="fiesta bowl">{{cite news |first=Brad |last=Rock |title=Utes a perfect 12–0: U. pounds Pitt after crashing BCS party |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,600102009,00.html |work=[[Deseret News|Deseret Morning News]] |date=January 2, 2005 |access-date=May 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107211825/http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,600102009,00.html |archive-date=January 7, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The team ended its perfect 12–0 season ranked 4th in AP polling.<ref>{{cite web | title=NCAA College Football Polls | url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings?seasonYear=2004 | publisher=[[ESPN]] | access-date=May 15, 2009}}</ref>

2008–2009 was another undefeated year for the football team, coached by [[Kyle Whittingham]], as they finished the season 13–0 and defeated Alabama 31–17 in the [[2009 Sugar Bowl]]. Utah finished the season 2nd in AP polling, their highest rank ever. At the end of the season, the Utes were the only unbeaten team in the country, with the nation's longest active streak of bowl victories (8).<ref name="sugar bowl">{{cite news |first=Dirk |last=Facer |title=Utah Utes football: Storybook season: How did the Utes get from 0–0 to 13–0? Let us remind you |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705277808,00.html |work=[[Deseret News]] |date=January 16, 2009 |access-date=May 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523004740/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705277808,00.html |archive-date=May 23, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Utah Utes moved to the Pac-12 Conference for the start of the 2011–2012 football season. They were in the South Division with [[University of Colorado at Boulder|University of Colorado]], [[University of Arizona]], [[Arizona State University]], [[UCLA]] and [[University of Southern California]]. Their first game in the Pac-12 was at USC on September 10, 2011, and resulted in a 23–14 Utah loss.