UCLA Football: Chip Kelly's record versus the teams on the 2018 schedule

UCLA Football: Chip Kelly’s record versus the teams on the 2018 schedule

GLENDALE, AZ - JANUARY 03: Head coach Chip Kelly of the Oregon Ducks looks on from the sideline against the Kansas State Wildcats during the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium on January 3, 2013 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) /

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SALT LAKE CITY, UT – AUGUST 31: General view of the Utah Utes 2017 football helmet at Rice-Eccles Stadium on August 31, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** /

Utah Utes | HC Record (1-0) | OC Record (0-0) | Total (1-0)

Friday, October 26

Surprisingly, Oregon has only played Utah once, but then you realize this all happen before the Pac-12 had Utah and Colorado in the conference.

Back in 2009, Kelly’s first year as head coach, Oregon and Utah faced each other, though the Utes were still part of the Mountain West Conference. Utah was dominating a group of five conference with Kyle Whittingham in control, so this also means Kelly is 1-0 against the Utah coach, except things are a lot different now.

Despite the fact that Utah is the only Pac-12 South team to not win the division since the Pac-12 formed in 2011, the Utes have been competitive every year, except last year. They uncharacteristically finished 5th in the division. Though many don’t expect that to happen this year and have the Utes competing for the South, Utah loses a lot of key defenders, especially on the line.

That could be crucial as Utah tries to stop Kelly’s run-based offense. Hopefully Kelly has a plan to exploit this and take another one form the Utes.