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Postgame Notes vs. UCLA
11/16/2019 10:42 PM | Football
Utah Postgame Notes
No. 7 Utah 49, UCLA 3
Nov. 16, 2019 | Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
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No. 7 Utah 49, UCLA 3
Nov. 16, 2019 | Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Utah has won 10 consecutive home games with its 49-3 win over UCLA tonight, and 12 of its last 13 at Rice-Eccles Stadium. It is the longest home winning streak for the Utes since winning 21 in a row (second-longest in school history) from 9/15/07 through 10/23/10.
 - The win also was Utah's sixth in a row overall, extending its longest streak against Pac-12 opponents. It is Utah's longest winning streak since winning 8 in a row over the final two games of the 2014 season and the first six of 2015.
 - The 46-point win is Utah's largest margin of victory in a Pac-12 game. The previous largest margin was earlier this year against Oregon State on Oct. 12 (45 points, 52-7 win).
 - Utah has held five opponents to single-digit points this season, including four games holding an opponent without a touchdown.
 - In the last 14 quarters at home the Utes have not allowed a touchdown, and just six points total. In its last two home games Utah is outscoring opponents 84-3, and in the past three home games the advantage is 105-6.
 - The Utes have outscored opponents 144-46 in the second half this season.
 - Utah held the Bruins to 50 yards rushing, the ninth time this season they have held an opponent under 100 yards rushing.
 - Utah finished the game with a 300-yard passer (Tyler Huntley, 335 yards), a 100-yard rusher (Zack Moss, 127 yards) and a 100-yard receiver (Brant Kuithe, 132 yards). It is the first time the Utes have accomplished that feat since the 2005 Emerald Bowl vs. Georgia Tech (12/29/05) (Brett Ratliff, 381 passing; Quinton Ganther, 120 rushing; Travis LeTendresse, 214 receiving).
 - The Utes excelled offensively all night, posting five touchdown drives of 75 yards or longer (75, 75, 76, 85, 95), three in the first half and two in the second half. It is a season high for 75-yard-plus touchdown drives in a game.
 - The Utah offense had long gains of 83 (TD pass), 69 (TD pass), 50 (pass), 38 (TD run) and 27 (TD run).
 - Utah's defense registered five takeaways tonight (3 fumble recoveries, 2 interceptions) and scored 21 points off those takeaways (1 fumble return for TD and 2 offensive TDs that followed a fumble and an interception). The last time Utah recorded five takeaways was Sept 22, 2017 at Arizona (3 interceptions, 2 fumble recoveries).
 - DE Bradlee Anae finished the game with 2.0 sacks, bringing his career total to 27.0 sacks, moving him from tied for fourth all-time at Utah to tied for second with John Frank (1996-99). He passed Filipo Mokofisi, Sr. (26, 1982-85). The school record is 29.5 by Hunter Dimick (2013-16).
- Anae also had -23 in sack yardage (13 and 10 yards), giving him the school record for sack yards (195), passing John Frank, who had 177 sack yards from 1996-99.
- Anae had 2.0 tackles for loss, bringing his career total to 38.5 tackles for loss which ties him for fourth all-time with Jason Kaufusi (2000-02) and Nate Orchard (2011-14).
- Anae broke the school record for career tackle-for-loss yards, bringing his total to 230. The previous record was 221, also by John Frank.
- Anae has had three games this season with two or more sacks and five in his career (1 in 2017, 1 in 2018).
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- QB Tyler Huntley threw for 335 yards (14-of-18, 0 INT) and two touchdowns, adding one rushing touchdown.
- It was his sixth career 300-yard passing game, tied for fourth-most in school history. The 335 passing yards are his third-most in a game. Tonight also was his 19th career 200-yard passing game, breaking a tie for fourth all-time at Utah with Larry Egger (18, 1985-86).
- Huntley earned his 21st career victory as a quarterback, tying him for third with Alex Smith (21-1; 2003-04). Huntley is 21-7 at Utah.
- Huntley's 321 yards of total offense (335 passing, -14 rushing) gives him 7,733 for his career, passing Mike McCoy (7,559, 1992-94) for fourth all-time at Utah.
- For the season Huntley has 2,397 passing yards (14 shy of his single-season best) on 74.2% accuracy (155-209), with 13 TDs and just 1 interception.
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- RB Zack Moss had 127 rushing yards on 17 carries, his 17th career 100-yard rushing game, which increases his school record. He added 4 receptions for 73 yards, including a long of 50.
- Moss scored 4- and 38-yard rushing touchdowns in the second quarter, giving him a personal-best 13 rushing touchdowns for the season (previous high 11 in 2018). The school record for rushing touchdowns in a season is 15, set by John White in 2011.
- Moss has 36 career rushing touchdowns, increasing his school record.
- Moss had 200 all-purpose yards tonight (127 rush, 73 receiving), giving him 4,191 career all-purpose yards, passing Eddie Johnson (4,074; 1984-88) for second on the all-time list at Utah.
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- TE Brant Kuithe had a career-high 132 yards receiving (5 catches), including a career-long 69-yard touchdown reception. It is his team-leading fourth receiving touchdown of the year and the most receiving yards a Utah player has had this season.
- It is the first 100-yard receiving game by a Utah tight end since Jake Murphy vs. Washington State on Nov. 23, 2013 (5 rec., 102 yards).
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- It is the first 100-yard receiving game by a Utah tight end since Jake Murphy vs. Washington State on Nov. 23, 2013 (5 rec., 102 yards).
- WR Samson Nacua caught an 83-yard reception in the fourth quarter from Tyler Huntley. It is the second 80-plus yard reception by a Utah player this year (Bryan Thompson, 82-yard catch vs. Idaho State). It is the 10th-longest passing play in program history.
 - S Julian Blackmon had his team-leading fourth interception of the year in the second quarter. It's his ninth career interception.
- Blackmon led Utah with a career-high 12 tackles (1.5 sacks, 1.5 TFL), adding a forced for his second forced fumble this season.
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- Blackmon led Utah with a career-high 12 tackles (1.5 sacks, 1.5 TFL), adding a forced for his second forced fumble this season.
- DE Mika Tafua recovered his team-leading fourth fumble of the season and returned it 68 yards for a touchdown for Utah's fifth defensive touchdown this year (Utah entered the game tied for third in the country with four defensive touchdowns).
- Tafua was tied for second in the FBS in fumble recoveries entering the week. The FBS lead heading into the week was four.
- It is the first Utah fumble return for a touchdown since Marquise Blair vs. USC in 2017 (18 yards).
- The 68-yard return is tied for the fourth-longest fumble return in Utah history with Clarence Lawson vs. Rice in 1997, and the longest return since an 88-yard return by current defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley vs. Colorado State in 2004.
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- DT John Penisini forced a fumble in the fourth quarter, his second forced fumble of the year.
 - DL Pita Tonga made his second career interception in the fourth quarter with an eight-yard return. He also had an interception against Washington in 2018.
 - WR Demari Simpkins played in his 50th career game, which is the most among current players. Preliminary research indicates that just 26 student-athletes have played in at least 50 career games at Utah. The current games played record is 53 by Jackson Barton (2015-18). The second-most played games on the team is Darrin Paulo with 49 (2016-19).
 - Attendance was 47,307—seventh-highest all-time at Utah—for the 63rd-straight sellout at Rice-Eccles Stadium dating back to the 2010 season opener. It is the 59th standing-room only crowd in that streak. It is Utah's highest attendance since Sept. 15, 2018 vs. Washington.
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