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The University of Utah Athletics
Saturday, October 8
Salt Lake City, Utah
8:00 PM
University of Utah
5-1 , 2-1
36
vs
23
Arizona
2-4 , 0-3
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
ARIZONA
7
7
0
9
23
Utah
3
9
17
7
36
No. 24 Utah rallies for 36-23 win over Arizona
10/9/2016 12:39 AM | Football
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's eighth false start penalty of the first half brought out boos from its homecoming crowd. Luckily for the Utes, a second-half rally was enough to avoid spoiling the occasion.
Quarterback Troy Williams ran for two touchdowns and threw another, helping No. 24 Utah come back to beat Arizona 36-23 on Saturday night.
Utah (5-1, 2-1) trailed 14-12 at halftime after committing 11 first-half penalties, including all those false starts. Arizona (2-4, 0-3) scored on the first snap of the game when Brandon Dawkins connected with Shun Brown for a 75-yard TD pass, taking advantage of blown coverage that left Brown completely uncovered.
"We're a pretty decent football team if we would stop some of the self-inflicted stuff," Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said. "We did some things to create tough situations for us that we've got to get fixed. We had far too many penalties tonight."
The Utes scored 26 straight points after falling behind 14-3. Williams got both of his running TDs in the second half and had 245 yards passing for the game. Armand Shyne also ran for a TD in the third quarter, while the defense tightened up and forced two second-half turnovers and allowed just nine points. Shyne finished with 101 yards on 19 carries.
The Utes moved into a tie atop the Pac-12 South with Colorado. They ended a four-game losing streak to Arizona. After beating Arizona's Rich Rodriguez, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham has defeated every active Pac-12 coach since joining the conference in 2011. Whittingham also got his 100th career victory.
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Team Stats
ARIZ
UTAH
Total Yards
475
455
Pass Yards
348
245
Rushing Yards
127
210
Penalty Yards
65
98
1st Downs
21
23
3rd Downs
6
7
4th Downs
0
0
TOP
24:10
35:50
1st Quarter
ARIZ 7, UTAH 0
ARIZ - Brown, S. 75 yd pass from Dawkins, B. (Pollack, J. kick) 1 plays, 75 yards, TOP 0:11
ARIZ 7, UTAH 3
UTAH - Phillips, Andy 28 yd field goal 12 plays, 62 yards, TOP 5:36
2nd Quarter
ARIZ 14, UTAH 3
ARIZ - Dawkins, B. 6 yd run (Pollack, J. kick), 10 plays, 72 yards, TOP 4:37
ARIZ 14, UTAH 5
UTAH - Tasini, Pasoni 2 yd safety
ARIZ 14, UTAH 12
UTAH - Smith, Tyrone 3 yd pass from Williams, Troy (Phillips, Andy kick) 8 plays, 47 yards, TOP 3:35
3rd Quarter
ARIZ 14, UTAH 19
UTAH - Williams, Troy 2 yd run (Phillips, Andy kick), 4 plays, 68 yards, TOP 1:41
ARIZ 14, UTAH 26
UTAH - Shyne, Armand 26 yd run (Phillips, Andy kick), 5 plays, 74 yards, TOP 2:10
ARIZ 14, UTAH 29
UTAH - Phillips, Andy 35 yd field goal 6 plays, 29 yards, TOP 2:34
4th Quarter
ARIZ 17, UTAH 29
ARIZ - Pollack, J. 37 yd field goal 11 plays, 63 yards, TOP 4:15
ARIZ 17, UTAH 36
UTAH - Williams, Troy 1 yd run (Phillips, Andy kick), 7 plays, 67 yards, TOP 3:49
ARIZ 23, UTAH 36
ARIZ - Grant, S. 63 yd pass from Tate, K. (Tate, K. passfailed) 3 plays, 75 yards, TOP 0:55
Game Leaders
CMP
13
TD
1
YDS
245
INT
0
CMP
0
TD
0
YDS
0
INT
0
Players Mentioned
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