Utah Utes football: Game at a glance

Player of the game

Jake Murphy

Tight end caught six passes for 78 yards, including two touchdowns of 10 yards and 8 yards from Jordan Wynn.

Key call

The Utah offense used freshman Travis Wilson in goal-line situations that resulted in two touchdown runs from 3 and 6 yards out.

"Overall it was a decent start, but obviously the degree of difficulty gets much higher next week. We're going to have to go up to Logan and that will be a tough football week for us."

Kyle Whittingham

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At Utah State

When: Friday, Sept. 7, 6

TV: ESPN2 Radio: 700AM/97.5FM

Second quarter

UTAH (13:05): Jordan Wynn 10-yard pass to Jake Murphy (Coleman Petersen kick)

12 plays, 74 yards, 5:54

KEY PLAY: Wynn converts on third down with a 17-yard pass to Murphy to the Bears' 11-yard line.

UTAH (2:17): Travis Wilson 3-yard run (Petersen kick)

5 plays, 40 yards, 2:33

KEY PLAY: Wynn finds Murphy for a 23-yard reception to the Bears' 17-yard line.

UTAH (:34): John White 5-yard run (Petersen kick)

6 plays, 52 yards, :57

KEY PLAY: A 15-yard roughing the passer penalty helps the Utes to the Bears' 14-yard line.

Third quarter

UTAH (10:51): Wilson 6-yard run (Petersen kick)

5 plays, 67 yards, 2:23

KEY PLAY: White carries the ball for a 28-yard gain on the Utes' second play of the half.

Fourth quarter

UTAH (12:18): Wynn 8-yard pass to Murphy (Petersen kick fail)

21 plays, 91 yards, 10:42

KEY PLAY: Wynn goes 5-for-7 passing on the drive, finding receivers for 48 yards.

UTAH (10:42): Joe Kruger 24-yard interception return (Petersen kick)

STATS

Utah . . .NC

First downs 26 . . . 7

Rushes-yards (net) 193 . . . 35

Passing-yards (net) 221 . . . 79

Completions-attemps-Int 21-29-1 . . . 11-26-1

Plays-yards 76-414 . . . 50-114

Fumbles-lost 0-0 . . . 5-1

Penalties-yards 3-20 . . . 3-35

Punts-average 52.5 . . . 42.4

Punt returns-yards 0-0 . . . 4-12

Kickoff returns-yards 0-0 . . . 5-58

Interception returns-yards 1-24. . . 1-0

Time of possession 37:32 . . . 22:28

Sacks by-yards 2-20 . . . 0-0

Third-down conversions 9-15 . . . 4-15

Fourth-down conversions 3-3 . . . 0-1

A—45,273