Utes Fall Late to No. 22 Arizona State, 35-14

Saturday, October 8

Salt Lake City

1:30 PM

University of Utah

2-3 , 0-3

Arizona State

5-1 , 3-0

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

ARIZONA STATE

UTAH

10/8/2011 12:00 AM | Football

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Oct. 8, 2011

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP)--Utah had taken a 14-10 lead with 10:32 left in the third quarter, but No. 22 Arizona State forced five Utah turnovers to turn a close game into a 35-14 loss for the Utes Saturday.

Jon Hays made his first major-college start for the Utes (2-3, 0-3 Pac-12) in place of injured Jordan Wynn.

Osweiler had the third 300-yard game of his career to lead the Sun Devils (5-1, 3-0 Pac-12).

Utah had taken a 14-10 lead with 10:32 left in the third quarter on Hays' 2-yard TD pass to tight end Dallin Rogers.

When it was over, the Utes had committed five turnovers for the second straight game.

"The wheels came off," said Utah coach Kyle Whittingham. "We'll start winning games when we stop turning the ball over. That's the bottom line. Until that happens it's going to be a long road."

Arizona State then scored 18 straight points in less than four minutes to take a 28-14 lead. The Sun Devils turned Utah's fifth turnover of the game into another seven points, with Osweiler's 12-yard TD pass to Mike Willie capping a 10-play drive set up by Reggie Dunn's fumble with 14:12 left to play.

Floyd forced that turnover also.

"It's big for us," Floyd said of the road win, only the fourth in their last 13 trips. "We knew the second half was our half."

Willie had only 10 catches for 136 yards the first five games. He nearly matched that Saturday with seven for 98 yards. Gerell Robinson had seven for for 101.

"That was our game plan," Osweiler said of using Willie and Robinson more. "We have tremendous wide receivers on the outside ... and we really haven't gotten the guys the football this year. They deserve their touches."

Osweiler played mistake-free ball Saturday in a game decided by defense early on.

Hays had Utah in scoring possession late in the second quarter, but unfortunately the Utes couldn't capitalize.

The Sun Devils lost cornerback Omar Bolden in the spring, linebacker Brandon Magee in the fall and were without defensive end Junior Onyeali because of a knee injury. On Saturday starting cornerback Osahon Irabor suffered back spasms early.

Bray filled the holes.

"They're a bunch of resilent guys," Bray said. "We actually looked pretty ugly at times, but we're coming up with turnovers."

Bray took the blame for Utah's first touchdown, a 30-yard run by White with 10:01 left in the first quarter.

"We got punched in the mouth because I made a bad call," Bray said.

After that, the Utes would score just once more.