The 2021 Utah Utes football team represented the

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during the

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. The Utes were led by 17th-year head coach

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and played their home games at

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as members of the South Division of the

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. Despite a rough start to the season and the death of players

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and Aaron Lowe, the Utes rallied and won their first Pac-12 championship since joining the conference in 2011, defeating the tenth-ranked

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, 38–10, in the conference championship game. The Utes completed their season with their first ever appearance in the Rose Bowl, where they lost to

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Schedule

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Rankings

Personnel

Game summaries

No. 6 (FCS) Weber State

at BYU

at San Diego State

Washington State

at USC

No. 18 Arizona State

at Oregon State

UCLA

at Stanford

at Arizona

No. 3 Oregon

Colorado

vs. No. 10 Oregon (Pac-12 Championship Game)

vs. No. 6 Ohio State (Rose Bowl)

Awards and honors

* September 7, 2021 –

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, Pac-12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week

References

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