The 2021 season's largest margin: Utah 52, Stanford 7. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The Top-10 Year
Utah finished 2021 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Cameron RisingQB2,493 passing yards
- Charlie BrewerQB484 passing yards
- Tavion ThomasRB1,108 rushing yards
- T.J. PledgerRB694 rushing yards
- Micah BernardRB523 rushing yards
- Brant KuitheTE611 receiving yards
- Britain CoveyWR514 receiving yards
- Dalton KincaidTE510 receiving yards
- Devin LloydLB111 tackles
- Nephi SewellLB89 tackles
- Brandon McKinneyS64 tackles
- Mika TafuaDE9.5 sacks
- Van FillingerDE5.5 sacks
- Junior TafunaDT4.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Utah 17, BYU 26. A 9-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Utah fell to Ohio State 45-48 in the postseason.
"Go Utes"
2021 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.