Utah

WAC · 1979 Season · Final

Season

Struggling ＋

Record

6–6

0.500 Win %

Conference

3rd

5–2 in WAC

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons

120

1905–2026

All-Time Record

707–468–30

0.599 Win %

Peak Final Rank

1928

#1 Finishes

Top 5: 7 · Top 10: 10 · Top 25: 37

12-Team Playoff & Revenue Era · 2 seasons
Limited Playoff Era · 26 seasons · 2 Top 10
Independents & Bowl Tie-In Era · 16 seasons · 1 Top 10
Divisional Era · 26 seasons · 1 Top 10
AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons · 1 Top 10
Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 28 seasons · 5 Top 10 · 1× #1
Pioneer Era · 1 seasons

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Utah head-to-head · History & Eras

1979 Schedule & Results

Wk	Date	Opponent	Conf	Opp. Record	Result
2	Week 2 · Sep 4	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)H2H	IND PCAA	7–4	W 34–10
3	Week 3 · Sep 11	Hawai'i (HAWAII)H2H	IND WAC	6–5	W 27–23
4	Week 4 · Sep 18	Washington (WASHINGTON)H2H	PAC	9–3	L 7–41
5	Week 5 · Sep 25	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)H2H	SEC	7–5	L 18–51
6	Week 6 · Oct 2	Utah State (UTAH STATE)H2H	IND PCAA	7–3–1	L 21–47
7	Week 7 · Oct 9	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)H2H	IND WAC	4–7–1	W 21–16
8	Week 8 · Oct 16	Wyoming (WYOMING)H2H	IND WAC	4–8	W 24–14
9	Week 9 · Oct 23	UNLV H2H	IND FBSI	9–1–2	L 41–43
10	Week 10 · Oct 30	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)H2H	IND WAC	8–3	L 13–17
11	Week 11 · Nov 6	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)H2H	IND WAC	6–6	W 26–7
12	Week 12 · Nov 13	UTEP H2H	IND WAC	2–9	W 35–0
13	Week 13 · Nov 20	BYU H2H	IND WAC	11–1	L 0–27

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum

2.878

Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins

+13

-16+29

Long Beach State +7
Hawai'i +6
New Mexico +6
Colorado State +4
Wyoming +4
UTEP +2
UNLV -1
BYU -1
Washington -3
Utah State -3
San Diego State -3
Tennessee -5

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing

Rank #53Better than 62%

Win % Place 70thBetter than 50%

0.500 Win % · No change

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins

+24

-34

-33

-26

+10

-2

-4

+19

+35

-27

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.