Athletic Division
NCAA Division I-A
Athletic Conferences
Football: Pacific-10 Conference
Basketball: Pacific-10 Conference
School Colors
Crimson and white
School Nickname
Utah Utes/Swoop, the red-tailed hawk
Men Playing Varsity Sports
228 - 3%
Women Playing Varsity Sports
191 - 3%
Students Receiving Athletic Financial Aid
Football:
88Basketball:
21Baseball:
17Cross Country/Track:
15Other Sports:
133Graduation Rates of Athletic Financial Aid Recipients
Football:
30%Basketball:
67%Baseball:
100%Cross Country/Track:
78%Other Sports:
52%Men's Varsity Sports
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Football
- Golf
- Skiing
- Swimming and diving
- Tennis
Women's Varsity Sports
- Basketball
- Cross country
- Gymnastics
- Skiing
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming and diving
- Tennis
- Track and field
- Volleyball
Club Sports
- Crew
- Cycling
- Fencing
- Ice hockey
- Lacrosse
- Marksmanship
- Racquetball
- Rugby (men's)
- Soccer (men's)
- Taekwondo
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Volleyball (men's)
- Water polo (men's and women's)
Intramurals
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Billiards
- Bowling
- Disc golf
- Dodgeball
- Field hockey
- Flag football
- Golf
- Kickball
- Lacrosse
- Leet
- Marksmanship
- Racquetball
- Soccer
- Softball
- Squash
- Table tennis
- Tennis
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Volleyball (court, pool)
- Wallyball
- Weightlifting
Athletic Fields & Facilities
- Burbidge Academic Center
- Crimson Court
- Disc golf course
- Dumke Gymnastics Center
- Eccles Tennis Center
- The Field House
- HPER Complex
- Jon M. Huntsman Center
- Rice-Eccles Stadium
- Salt Lake Country Club
- Smith Athletics Center
- Spence Eccles Field House
- Spring Mobile Ballpark
- Utah Olympic Oval
- Ute Natatorium
- Ute Soccer Field
- Ute Softball Field
Most Popular Sports
Men's football
Most Overlooked Teams
Gymnastics
School Spirit
Because it's a commuter campus, the U doesn't have a great deal of school pride. But for those involved with on-campus organizations, the pride swells dramatically. If you see people wearing U of U paraphernalia (hats, shirts, and the like), chances are they were given it for being a student senator or something. But this is typical of the state-school experience. Because of the U's rivalry with BYU, which is owned by the LDS (Latter-day Saints) Church, many non-Mormons on campus equate pro-U sentiment with anti-Mormonism, and by the same token, many Mormon U students actually feel greater association with BYU than their own school. But you usually only see this the week preceding the BYU-Utah football game.
Getting Tickets
Tickets are getting harder and harder to get. The best bet is to sign up and become part of the MUSS (Mighty Utah Student Section) and sit with all the other students. You get home game tickets all season for around $35.
Best Place to Take a Walk
Red Butte Garden, just a shuttle ride (or a determined walk) from the U. It's got seasonal displays, peace and quiet, the Wasatch Mountains in its backyard, and it's free with your student ID.
Did You Know?
The mascot for the Utah "Utes" was, well, a Ute Indian, until it was decided you couldn't take a human culture and turn its stereotype into a sports icon. Then it became Swoop, the red-tailed hawk.