Utah Utes football: Utes pull out overtime win in wintry weather

"We just want to keep winning. I can't say we're satisfied with a winning season," Christopher said. "We'll be satisfied if we win this last game, get to a bowl game and win that."

The Utes host Colorado on Friday at Rice-Eccles Stadium. A victory will end their inaugural Pac-12 season with a winning conference record at 5-4.

Washington State, meanwhile, fell from bowl contention with the loss. The Cougars are 4-7 overall entering next week's Apple Cup game against Washington in Seattle.

Utah and WSU played to a 7-7 draw in a first half featuring 11 penalties, 10 punts and three interceptions. The Utes had all of the latter — with Eric Rowe, Brian Blechen and Lee each picking off Washington State passes — but they were unable to cash in on the turnovers, punting on each ensuing possession.

Punting, however, also had something to do with Utah's lone score in the half. A fake punt on fourth-and-9 resulted in a 49-yard touchdown pass from punter Sean Sellwood to Luke Matthews with 1:47 left to play in the second quarter. Petersen added the PAT to put the Utes on top 7-0.

It didn't stay that way for long, however.

Before the half was complete, Washington State responded with a six-play, 77-yard touchdown drive to even things up. A 6-yard scoring strike from Halliday to Marquess Wilson capped it off with just 33 seconds to go in the half.

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