The Utes had 69 yards in total offense and 5 yards rushing in the first quarter but forced five turnovers in the first 10 minutes, including interception returns of 28 yards by Carter and 46 yards by Dominique Hatfield for touchdowns, to build the 35-0 lead.
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But BYU took a 35-21 advantage into the final 10 minutes of the game after Nick Kurtz hauled in a wide-open curl route from Mangum to finish off a run of 21-unanswered points and make things interesting.
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“It’s a little bit ridiculous on our part, I’ll tell you that”, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham told ESPN.
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Give credit to BYU for at least fighting back after its first-quarter debacle. “I’m excited to get to work and continue the incredible legacy of BYU football”. I think there was just finally a set point of “are we going to play clean and execute and consistently” and we thought if we did it would be an evenly matched game and that’s how it played out.
“We huddled up and were talking about it, and that was the focal point: two first downs”, Utah junior running back Joe Williams said. Like a big prize fight coming from Sin City, both sides are promising wins heading into this showdown, but here are our Las Vegas Bowl predictions for Saturday.
The Utes jumped ahead early, scoring all 35 of its points in the first quarter. He is known for his defensive background, serving as defensive coordinator at Utah for six years and one at Oregon State, but only said they want to be “aggressive”. This has been a lost season of U of A and you don’t know how motivated they will be playing a mid-December bowl game on their opponent’s home field.
According to ESPN Stats & Info, BYU is just the second FBS team in the last 10 years to commit turnovers on each of its first five drives. North Carolina A&T running back and kick returner Khris Gardin was given real estate as he retreated back to field the punt.
The Cougars committed turnovers on each of their five first possessions, with the Utes scoring off all of them.
Both defenses averaged about 21 points allowed per game while attacking opponents with a balanced approach on offense. This game was one for the books, but we will all look forward to the rematch next season. Similar to a Bronco Mendenhall quote he stated that he wasn’t too focused on it yet because it was the second game of the season. Even though our numbers were not good at all, we took care of the football.
New Mexico quarterback Lamar Jordan rushed for three touchdowns and threw a 92-yard touchdown pass before leaving in the third quarter with a knee injury.
19, as the BYU Cougars meet the No. 22 Utah Utes at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas.
Mangum completed 25-of-56 passes for 315 yards and two touchdowns with three interceptions, and also ran the ball 11 times with his TD run. One Aggie was able to get a hand on Williams, but the attempted tackle would be futile as Williams darted his way untouched for the last 50 yards en route to a score.
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Arizona linebacker Scooby Wright III had two sacks and 11 solo tackles and said after the game that he would enter the National Football League draft. The Mountaineers moved from their 21 in the final 1:42 after rallying from a 24-7 deficit in the fourth only to lose the lead again. He has not played since injuring his foot November 14 win at SC and was expected to miss the January 1 Citrus Bowl game against MI. Utah compiled a season-low 77 yards in the first half and finished with just 197 yards, including 71 through the air.
