Utah football season tickets available

A limited number of 2009 Utah football season tickets have been released for sale to the general public in the "Red Zone" and bleacher areas of Rice-Eccles Stadium.

The seats became available after the Ute ticket office processed season ticket upgrade requests and are expected to go quickly. Season tickets start at $99 and can be purchased online at utes.com" TARGET="_blank">utahutes.com or by calling 801-581-UTIX.

The ticket office reports that season tickets are selling at a record pace for the fifth straight year. A year ago, the Utes sold 30,547 season tickets and played before an average of 45,542 fans — another a school record and one that exceeded the seating capacity of Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,017).

Utah's 2009 home schedule: Sept. 3 (Thursday), Utah State, 7 p.m.; Sept. 26, Louisville, 5:30 p.m.; Oct. 24, Air Force, 2 p.m.; Oct. 31, Wyoming, 6 p.m.; Nov. 7, New Mexico, 4 p.m.; Nov. 21, San Diego State, 2 p.m.