Jake Retzlaff engineered two scoring drives within the fourth quarter and Will Ferrin kicked a 44-yard discipline aim with 4 seconds remaining to maintain No. 9 BYU’s undefeated season alive with a 22-21 win over Utah on Saturday evening.
The Cougars’ closing drive was prolonged with a defensive penalty on fourth down when the most important crowd in Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium historical past (54,383) thought the sport was over.
Retzlaff, who was 15 of 33 for 219 yards, handed for 30 yards to Chase Roberts and 12 yards to Darius Lassiter earlier than Hinckley Ropati ran for 14 yards to place BYU (9-0, 6-0 Big 12) in place for Ferrin’s soccer.
The Cougars stay the final undefeated group within the Big 12 and in prime place for a bid to the convention championship sport.
Retzlaff scored on a 1-yard sneak with 12:35 remaining to cap a nine-play, 95-yard drive and the primary by which they seemed just like the group averaging greater than 35 factors a sport. But the 2-point conversion was intercepted by Cam Calhoun to maintain Utah (Utah 4-5, 1-5 Big 12) forward 21-19.
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Utah’s Brandon Rose, who was the third-string quarterback initially of the season, made his first profession begin after Cam Rising was misplaced for the season and Isaac Wilson struggled.
Rose ran twice for first downs after which accomplished his first constructive cross of the sport for a 20-yard landing to Brant Kuithe to finish a six-play, 64-yard drive early within the second quarter. Kuithe added a 1-yard landing run out of the wildcat formation with 5:31 left earlier than halftime, however later left the sport with a leg damage.
Capitalizing on Rose’s interception within the third quarter, Will Ferrin made his second of three discipline targets.
Rose was 12 of 21 for 112 yards however simply 4 of 11 for 25 yards within the second half.
Utah’s Zemaiah Vaughn stopped Roberts for a 2-yard loss on a fourth-and-1 swing cross, which led to Rose’s 7-and-out landing cross to Micah Bernard to make it 21-10 at halftime.
Jakob Robinson’s interception within the first quarter turned it right into a 23-yard discipline aim by Ferrin.
In the second quarter, BYU’s Keelan Marion returned a kickoff 96 yards for a landing, his second of the season.
Utah had gained 9 straight within the collection earlier than dropping the 2021 sport 26-17 and now this one.
Takeaway
BYU: BYU’s offense managed simply two discipline targets earlier than coming to life within the fourth quarter. The Cougars mismanaged the clock by taking their closing timeout too early after which a false begin prompted a 10-second runoff that ended the primary half once they have been on the fringe of discipline aim vary.
Utah: Bernard, who was Utah’s lone offensive brilliant spot earlier than a breakout second-quarter efficiency, had 17 carries for 78 yards and surpassed 2,000 profession dashing yards. Rose was sizzling within the second quarter, however faltered after the assault. The Utes have misplaced 5 in a row however have not misplaced by greater than 13 factors.
Familiar enemies
Five of BYU’s head coaches performed or coached at Utah, and longtime Ute coach Kyle Whittingham performed at BYU within the Eighties.
Next
BYU hosts Kansas subsequent Saturday.
Utah performs No. 21 Colorado subsequent Saturday.
Associated Press reporting.
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