Jake Retzlaff handed for 218 yards and two touchdowns and No. 14 BYU compelled 4 turnovers in a 41-19 win over Arizona on Saturday.
Darius Lassiter had 86 yards on 5 receptions and Parker Kingston caught a landing cross and threw for a rating on a talent play for BYU. The Cougars (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) are off to their greatest begin since 2020.
Noah Fifita threw for 275 yards and a landing to steer Arizona. But he threw three interceptions and misplaced a fumble. Tetairoa McMillan had 78 yards on 5 receptions for the Wildcats.
Arizona (3-3, 1-2 Big 12) has misplaced 4 straight video games within the sequence with BYU.
Arizona turned the ball over twice on the primary three performs of the second half.
BYU’s Jakob Robinson batted the ball to himself and got here down with an interception, organising a 9-yard landing catch by Chase Roberts. Then Harrison Taggart recovered a fumble when Isaiah Glasker put Fifita on a sack. That led to a 33-yard discipline aim by Will Ferrin and prolonged BYU’s result in 24-7 lower than two minutes into the third.
LJ Martin scored on a 1-yard run and Glasker scored on a 21-yard interception return within the fourth quarter to seal the result for the Cougars.
For the second straight week, Arizona received a fourth-down cease on its opponent’s opening drive. After Retzlaff threw a fourth-down cross to the Arizona 5, the Wildcats drove 95 yards for a rating. McMillan’s wide-open 39-yard catch within the flat arrange Montana Lemonious-Craig’s 14-yard catch to make it 7-0.
Another fourth down gamble paid off for BYU in its second drive. Martin took a throw and ran 15 yards on fourth all the way down to get the Cougars into the purple zone. Kingston scored on a 20-yard catch one play later to tie the rating at 7.
BYU took a 14–7 lead halfway by means of the second quarter when Kingston threw a 33-yard landing cross to Martin. Tanner Wall set the scoring drive in movement when he intercepted a cross from Fifita on the BYU 1.
Highlights of the Arizona Wildcats vs. No. 14 BYU Cougars | FOX College Football
THE TAKEAWAY
Arizona: After a robust opening drive, the Wildcats slowly unraveled themselves on offense. Arizona struggled to complete drives and coughed up turnovers deep in its personal territory, letting slip the potential of one other street upset by an AP Top 25 opponent.
BYU: An opportunistic protection shifted momentum within the Cougars’ favor after the primary quarter. BYU scored 24 factors on 4 takeaways to open an in depth sport. The Cougars intercepted 10 passes in six video games and had a minimum of three takeaways in a sport for the third time this season.
IMPLICATIONS OF THE SURVEY
BYU may transfer up within the AP Top 25 ballot after one other dominant dwelling win.
NEXT NEXT
Arizona: They host Colorado on Saturday.
BYU: They host Oklahoma State on Friday.
