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Postgame Notes vs. NIU
9/7/2019 3:04 PM | Football
- Utah has won 12 consecutive home openers dating back to 2008. The Utes are 2-0 to start the season for the seventh year in a row.
- Utah held Northern Illinois to just 31 yards rushing in the first half of the game, the second-straight half the Utes have held an opponent under 40 yards rushing (BYU had 27 rushing yards in the second half last week). Utah also held the Huskies to just 67 rushing yards overall, its second-straight week holding an opponent under 100 total rushing yards (BYU had 92).
- The offensive line did not give up a sack for the second week in a row. It marks the first time since 2015 the Utes have not allowed a sack over a stretch of two or more games. Utah did not allow a sack in the three-game stretch against Utah State (9/11/15), Fresno State (9/19/15) and Oregon (9/26/15).
- Tyler Huntley threw for 214 yards (14-of-19, 0 INT, 1 TD), his 12th career 200-yard passing game which is ranked ninth all-time at Utah.
- He now has 4,579 career passing yards, moving him into 10th all-time at Utah, passing Don Van Galder (1971-73; 4,402).
- Huntley's 14 completions give him 381 for his career to move into a tie for seventh all-time by a Ute with Jordan Wynn (2009-12).
- Huntley scored his 12th career rushing touchdown in the second quarter and his first of the season (16-yard TD). He finished the game with three carries for 38 yards (12.7 ypc).
- Zack Moss finished the game with 18 carries for 80 yards and two touchdowns.
- His two rushing touchdowns bring his career total to 26, tying him for second all-time with Eddie Johnson (1984-88).
- Moss now has 2,918 career rushing yards, 77 behind second-place Tony Lindsay (2,995; 1977-80) and 301 away from school record-holder Eddie Johnson (1984-88).
- Demari Simpkins scored his first career rushing touchdown in the second quarter (13 yards). He has five career touchdowns, including four receiving scores. He finished the game with two rushes for 19 yards (1 TD) and two catches for 22 yards.
- Bryan Thompson had a career-high 66 receiving yards (two catches), including a career-long 38-yard catch.
- Julian Blackmon had an interception for the second consecutive week, his seventh career interception. He has 24 career passes defended. Blackmon tied his career high with eight tackles (vs. Arizona State, 2017).
- Bradlee Anae had a career-high three sacks for the Utes, to bring his career total to 20 and tied for eighth all-time at Utah with Steve Clark (1978-81) and Trevor Reilly (2009-13).
- The last time a Ute had three sacks was Nov. 10, 2016 at Arizona State (5, Hunter Dimick; 3, Pita Taumoepenu). Anae also forced a fumble for the Utes in the game, the sixth of his career.
- Devin Lloyd recorded career-high tackles for the second-straight week with 10.
- Francis Bernard led Utah with 12 tackles, his best game since transferring to Utah.
- All four of Ben Lennon's punts were downed inside the 20-yard line (12, 9, 16, 19-yard lines). Five of his six career punts have been inside the 20-yard line. He had a career-long 62-yard punt in the fourth quarter.
- After punting on their first two possessions, the Utah offense found consistency and scored touchdowns on their next four full possessions, excluding the final possession of the first half in which the Utes ran out the clock in their own territory.
- 5 plays, 60 yards (1:34), TD
- 7 plays, 70 yards (3:16), TD
- 9 plays, 75 yards (4:32), TD
- [end of half]
- 6 plays, 70 yards (2:34), TD
- Attendance was 45,919, the 58th consecutive sellout at Rice-Eccles Stadium dating back to the 2010 season opener. It is the 54th standing-room only crowd in that streak.
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