Postgame Notes vs. Colorado
12/12/2020 3:58 PM | Football
Utah won its fourth consecutive game in the series with Colorado, and its 10th in the last 12 meetings, to even the all-time series at 32-32-3.
- Utah has outscored Colorado 147-56 in the last four games.
- Kyle Whittingham is 8-2 against Colorado.
- 2020–at No. 21 Colorado (38-21)
- 2018–at No. 14 Stanford (40-21)
- 2015–at No. 13 Oregon (62-20)
- 2014–at No. 8 UCLA (30-28)
- For the second game in a row, the Utes were able to score on their first offensive drive, putting together a six-play, 60-yard drive to take a 7-0 lead against Colorado on a seven-yard passing TD.
- The Utes also scored on their game-opening drive against Oregon State, scoring a 33-yard field goal on the backend of a nine-play, 60-yard drive that took 4:39 off the clock.
- Utah also scored on its second half opening drive against Colorado, the second straight game to open the second half with a touchdown. The Utes scored on an 18-yard rush today to open the second half and on an eight-yard reception against Oregon State.
- Defensively, Utah has not allowed an opponent to score points on its opening possession in any of the four games.
- Utah had strong control of the clock in the second half, holding a time of possession advantage of 18:42 to 11:18, including a third-quarter advantage of 11:05 to Colorado's 3:55.
- Utah's average starting position on it 15 possessions was its 42-yd. line. Colorado's average start on 13 possessions was its own 19.
- Colorado started 7 of its 13 possessions at or inside its own 20; Utah started just 3 of its 15 at or inside its 20.
- Utah started four drives in plus territory (though netting only 6 points on those possessions); CU had none.
- Jake has 21 career 200-yard passing games (20 at South Carolina) and 17 career games where he has thrown for two-or-more touchdowns (16 at South Carolina).
- Jordan has had 140+ yards in back-to-back games. The last time a Utah running back has had back-to-back games with 140-or-more yards was in 2018 when Zack Moss had 140 yards against USC (10/20/18) and his career-high 211 against UCLA (10/26/18).
- His 66-yard rush today was the longest of his career, the longest by a Ute this season and the longest by a Ute since Zack Moss took off for 91 yards against Oregon State on Oct. 12, 2019.
- Jordan is averaging 7.3 yards per carry this season and has averaged 7.6 per carry in the last three games, rushing for over 6.0 yards per carry in those three games (9.7 at Washington, 6.2 vs. Oregon State, 8.6 at Colorado).
- The last Utah true freshman to have back-to-back 100 rushing yard games was Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala in 1995 (three in a row; final three games of the season).
- With his 147 rushing yards today, Jordan has 314 rushing yards in the past two games combined, the most in a two-game span a by true freshman in school history.
- It is the most all-purpose yards the junior has racked up since his 217 against USC in 2015 as a freshman (129 rec, 45 KR, 43 PR).
- His 88 kick return yards is a career-high, beating his previous career-best of 66 yards against Washington in 2015.
- His career-high nine receptions beats his previous best of eight, which he has achieved twice, with the last happening against Washington in 2018.
- He has scored receiving touchdowns in back-to-back games and now has 3 total touchdowns this season (2 receiving, 1 PR).
- His 20-yard touchdown reception against the Buffaloes is his longest since his 46-yard receiving touchdown against USC in 2018.
- His seven-yard touchdown in the opening drive of the game was his first touchdown of the season and the second of his career, also scoring against USC as a freshman in 2018.
- His 42-yard field goal in the second quarter tied his career-long, then breaking his career-long with his 43 yarder in the fourth quarter.
- He is 7-for-7 on field goals this season and 17-of-20 in his career. His 42 and 43-yard field goals today were just his fourth and fifth career attempts at a 40+ yard field goal.
- Sewell has two double-digit tackle games this season, also finishing with 10 against USC.
- He now has two interceptions this season and four in his career (2 at Nevada).
- His forced fumble was the first of his career as a Ute, giving him two total (1 at Nevada).
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