SATURDAY LINEUP
Venue: Casino Del Sol Stadium (Tucson, Arizona)
Time: 5:30 p.m. MT
Watch (FOX): Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (analyst), Jenny Taft (sideline)
ESPN 700 AM & 92.1 FM: Bill Riley (play-by-play), Steven Sylvester (analyst), Zack Moss (sideline)
UTAH FOOTBALL: NEED TO KNOWS
• The Utes are 9-0 to start a season for the third time in program history (2004, ’08)
• Utah has won 15 straight games dating back to the 2025 season, the longest active winning streak in the FBS and fourth-longest in recorded program history. It’s the longest streak for a Utah team since winning 16 straight from Dec. 20, 2007-Sept. 12, 2009.
• Utah has won 11 straight conference games, also the longest active streak in the FBS.
• Since the College Football Playoff was established in 2014, Utah is 23-13 when playing as a CFP-ranked team and 4-3 when ranked in the CFP Top 10.
• Morgan Scalley is now 10-0 leading the Utes (dating back to last season’s Las Vegas bowl), he’s the first head coach in program history to start 9-0 in his first full season.
• Utah is one of two non-SEC teams to beat an SEC team this season, defeating Arkansas 43-10 in Week 2. The rest of the country is 1-28 vs. the SEC in nonconference games. Utah passed for 301 yards and had 441 yards of total offense in that game, while SEC defenses average just 333.6 total yards allowed in 2026.
THE NUMBERS
• QB Devon Dampier completed the football “triple double” against BYU with double-digit passing, rushing and receiving yards. Dampier had 177 passing yards (2 TD), 89 rushing yards (2 TD) and a 29-yard reception. Per Stat Head, Dampier is the first player in Big 12 history and only FBS player since at least 1995 to record 150 passing yards, 25 receiving yards, two passing TD and two rushing TD in a game.
• In three combined games against the SEC and AP-ranked opponents (Arkansas, No. 14 Houston, No. 7 BYU), Dampier has had a pass efficiency of 146.2, 65.7 percent completion rate and has averaged 214 passing yards per game. He rushed for two touchdowns in all three games (six total) and had 85-plus rushing yards in two of the three.
• The Utes’ defense has been making it tough on opposing offenses, allowing just 122 total points (16.3 ppg: 15th FBS, 2nd Big 12). Utah’s passing efficiency defense ranks fifth in the FBS and leads the Big 12 (106.28), while the rushing defense is giving up just 103.3 ypg (21st FBS, 2nd Big 12) after allowing 181.2 ypg in 2025 (108th FBS).
• The Utes have outscored opponents by 94 points (103-9) in the first quarter this season, both the highest point differential in the first quarter in the FBS and the fewest points allowed. Utah is also outscoring opponents 77-27 in the fourth quarter.
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