2014 The Winning Chapter

Utah's 2014 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-4
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final #23 post-bowls
SP+ +3.2 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Idah Sta 56-14 W vs Fres Sta 59-27 W @ Michigan 26-10 L vs Wash St 27-28 W @ UCLA 30-28 W @ Oreg Sta 29-23 W vs USC 24-21 L @ Ariz Sta 16-19 L vs Oregon 27-51 W @ Stanford 20-17 L vs Arizona 10-42 W @ Colorado 38-34 W @ Colo Sta 45-10 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Utah 56, Idaho State 14. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Utah 10, Arizona 42. A 32-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Utah beat Colorado State 45-10 in the postseason.

"Go Utes"
— Utah fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What It Meant

2014 is a middle chapter for Utah — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.