Jake Retzlaff engineered two fourth quarter scoring drives and Will Ferrin kicked a 44-yard area with 4 seconds remaining to maintain No. 9 BYU’s unbeaten season alive with a 22-21 win over Utah on Saturday night time.
The Cougars‘ closing drive was prolonged on a defensive holding 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 get BYU (9-0, 6-0 Large 12) in place for Ferrin’s kick.
The Cougars stay the ultimate undefeated crew within the Large 12 and in prime place for a bid within the convention championship sport.
Retzlaff scored on a 1-yard sneak with 12:35 remaining to cap a 9 play, 95-yard drive and the primary the place they appeared just like the crew that is averaging greater than 35 factors a sport. However the 2-point conversion was intercepted by Cam Calhoun to maintain Utah (Utah 4-5, 1-5 Large 12) forward 21-19.
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Utah’s Brandon Rose, who was the third-string quarterback coming into the season, received his first profession begin after Cam Rising was misplaced for the season and Isaac Wilson has struggled.
Rose ran twice for first downs after which accomplished his first optimistic go 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 harm.
Capitalizing on Rose’s interception within the third quarter, Will Ferrin made his second of three area objectives.
Rose was 12 for 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 go, which led to Rose’s 7-year landing go to Micah Bernard to make it 21-10 at halftime.
Jakob Robinson’s first-quarter interception turned it right into a 23-yard area purpose by Ferrin.
Within the second quarter, BYU’s Keelan Marion returned a kickoff 96 yards for a landing, his second of the season.
Utah had received 9 in a row within the sequence earlier than dropping the 2021 sport 26-17 and now this one.
Takeaways
BYU: BYU’s offense solely managed two area objectives earlier than coming alive within the fourth quarter. The Cougars mismanaged the clock by taking their closing timeout too early after which a false begin required a 10-second runoff which ended the primary half after they had been on the sting of area purpose vary.
Utah: Bernard, who has been Utah’s lone offensive shiny spot earlier than the breakout second quarter efficiency, had 17 carries for 78 yards and handed 2,000 profession speeding yards. Rose was sizzling within the second quarter however the offense sputtered after that. The Utes have misplaced 5 in a row however haven’t misplaced any by greater than 13 factors.
Acquainted foes
5 of BYU’s major coaches performed or coached at Utah and longtime Ute coach Kyle Whittingham performed at BYU within the Eighties.
Up subsequent
BYU hosts Kansas subsequent Saturday night time.
Utah performs at No. 21 Colorado subsequent Saturday.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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