Utah Postgame Notes No. 15 Utah 52, Oregon State 7 Oct. 12, 2019 | Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Ore.
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· Utah has won four-straight games over Oregon State, winning three games from 2014-16 before tonight's victory.
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· Utah's 52 points is the most points that Utah has scored since scoring 54 points against San Jose State on Sept. 16, 2017. It is the most points in a Pac-12 game since scoring 52 against UCLA on Oct. 22, 2016.
       · Utah's 21 first-quarter points ties its most points in a quarter this year (21 vs. NIU in the second quarter).
       · It's the most first-quarter points Utah has scored since scoring 35 against BYU in the 2015 Las Vegas            Bowl (Dec. 19, 2015). It is also the last time that Utah scored 35 first-half points.
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· Utah's 45-point win is its largest margin of victory in a Pac-12 game. The previous largest margin was 43 points vs. Washington State on Nov. 3, 2012 (49-6).
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· Utah held Oregon State to 48 rushing yards, the sixth-straight opponent Utah has held under 100 yards rushing. Utah entered the weekend fourth nationally in rushing defense (53.8)
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· With Devin Lloyd's pick six in the second quarter, it was Utah's third interception returned for a touchdown this season. It is Utah's 14th consecutive game with a takeaway.
               · Utah has eight interceptions this season. Â
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· Utah is one of three teams remaining that has not thrown an interception this season, and the only Power 5 school on the list (Kent State, Georgia Southern).
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· Tyler Huntley threw for 247 yards (14-of-17, 2 TD, 0 INT). Huntley passed for 200 yards for the 16th time in his career, which moves him into tied for fifth all-time at Utah with Travis Wilson (2012-15), Mike Fouts (1995-96) and Frank Dolce (1991-92).
               · Huntley increased his streak of passes without an interception to 133, which ranks third in the country.Â
                · Huntley threw two touchdown passes and is tied for sixth all-time at Utah with Mike McCoy (1992-94) in career touchdowns                  responsible for with 51.
                · Huntley earned his 17th career victory (17-7) and continues to be ranked fifth all-time at Utah. He is one away from tying Mike                 McCoy for fourth (18 wins, 1992-94).
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· Zack Moss rushed for 121 yards and two touchdowns on five carries. He tied the Utah school record for career 100-yard rushing games with his 14th, tying John White (2011-12) and Devontae Booker (2014-15).
· Moss scored on a 91-yard rush in the first quarter. It was the third-longest rush in school history and Utah's longest rush since 2004. It was the fourth-longest play from the line of scrimmage in Utah history. It is Moss' second-career rush of 80+ yards (86 vs. Weber State in 2018). It is the longest rush at Reser Stadium by an opponent.
· Moss had two rushing touchdowns on the night, the seventh game of his career where he has had at least two rushing touchdowns (career-high three rushing touch·downs vs. UCLA in 2018).
· Moss continued to close in on the school career rushing record and has 3,165 yards, continuing to rank second all-time at Utah and 54 yards away from tying the school record of 3,219 (Eddie Johnson, 1984-88).
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· Brant Kuithe scored his second touchdown of the season (third career) on a 21-yard reception in the first quarter. He had two total catches for 44 yards.
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· Samson Nacua scored his second touchdown of the season (seventh career) on a 30-yard reception in the first quarter. He had three catches for 46 yards.
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· Demari Simpkins led Utah with a season-high 97 receiving yards (four catches), two away from his career high of 99 yards (Nov. 11, 2017 vs. Washington State).
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· Jordan Wilmore scored his first career touchdown on a seven-yard rush in the third quarter. He had 12 carries for a career-high 59 yards rushing.
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· Devin Brumfield scored his first career touchdown on a one-yard run in the third quarter. He had 10 carries for 37 yards.
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· Devin Lloyd had his first career interception in the second quarter, returning it 64 yards for his first career touchdown.
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· Jaylon Johnson tied his career high with eight tackles. He also had eight tackles against Northern Illinois on Sept. 8, 2018.
· Johnson also had two pass breakups to give him seven for the season, which leads the team.
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· Jaydon Redding's 42-yard field goal in the third quarter, his only attempt of the night, was a career long. He is 6-of-8 in field goals this season.
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