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The University of Utah Athletics
Utes Open Football Season at Oregon State
8/27/2007 12:00 AM | Football
Aug. 27, 2007
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> Utah (0-0, 0-0 MWC) kicks off the 2007 season against Oregon State (0-0, 0-0 Pacific 10) on Thursday, Aug. 30 in Corvallis, Ore. Game time is 7:00 p.m. Pacific Time (8:00 p.m. Mountain Time) in Reser Stadium.
> The game will be televised on FSN NW and will be shown locally in Salt Lake City on FSN Utah (Comcast channel 52, DirecTV 651, Dish Network 426).
> Utah has won four of its last five games against Pac-10 opponents. Kyle Whittingham is 1-1 against the Pac-10 as Utah's head coach (beat Arizona in 2005 and lost to UCLA in 2006) and 9-9 against the Pac-10 counting his years as a Ute assistant coach - dating back to 1994.
> Oregon State leads the series, 8-4-1, although Utah has won the last two games and three of the last four. Before Utah's back-to-back wins in 1991-92, the two teams hadn't met since 1970. More series information can be found on page 2. Oregon State is scheduled to play in Salt Lake City next September.
> Since 2001, Utah is 12-6 against BCS schools: 7-0 in Rice-Eccles Stadium, 3-0 at neutral sites (bowl games) and 2-6 on the road.
> Utah is 64-48-1 all-time in season-openers and 17-29 when the season opener is on the road. Utah's most recent season-opening road win was in 2002 at Utah State and the last time the Utes began the year with a road win over a Pac 10 foe was in 1999 at Washington State.
> The Utes are 45-25-5 all-time in games played on a Thursday.
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