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Nov. 9, 2009
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> Utah (8-1, 5-0 MWC), No. 16 in the BCS and Associated Press rankings, and No. 14 in the USA Today Coaches' poll, plays No. 4 TCU (9-0, 5-0 MWC) on Saturday, Nov. 14 in Fort Worth, Texas. Kickoff is 6:30 p.m. CT (5:30 p.m. MT) in Amon G. Carter Stadium.
> The game will be televised live on CBS College Sports HD. ESPN College GameDay (TV and radio) will be on site and CBS C will also host a studio show. Utah has been featured on ESPN College GameDay once previously: In 2004, College GameDay came to Rice-Eccles Stadium for the Utah-Brigham Young game, won by Utah.
> For the second straight year, both Utah and TCU are nationally ranked and undefeated in conference play heading into their showdown. Last year, the Utes were 9-0 overall, 5-0 in conference play, No. 8 in the BCS standings, No. 9 in the coaches' poll and No. 10 in the Associated Press rankings when they played TCU. The Horned Frogs were 9-1 overall, 6-0 in league games, No. 12 in the BCS and No. 11 in the coaches' and A.P rankings.
> Utah leads the series with TCU 5-1, with the loss coming in overtime in 2005. For more series notes and last year's recap, see the boxed inset on page 2.
> The Utes are 7-0 all-time in games when both they and their opponent are ranked in the Associated Press poll.
> Kyle Whittingham is 5-3 against A.P. ranked teams as Utah's head coach, with wins over Georgia Tech (2005), UCLA (2007), TCU (2008), Brigham Young (2008) and Alabama (Jan. 2009). The losses were to Boise State (2006) and BYU (2006, 2007). For complete details on Utah's ranking history, see page 16.
> Utah has won six straight games since a 31-24 loss to Oregon in Eugene on Sept. 19. The Utes have won 13 straight Mountain West Conference games.
> Utah has won 22 of its last 23 games and 29 of its last 31 games.
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