Upcoming Event: Softball versus No. 1 Texas Tech on April 12, 2026 at 11 a.m.
11 a.m.
Softball
vs No. 1 Texas Tech
The University of Utah Athletics
In-Game Notes vs. SDSU
General
Offense
Defense
Special Teams
- With an attendance of 51,602, Utah has now sold out Rice-Eccles Stadium in 72Â consecutive games, dating back to the 2010 season opener vs. Pittsburgh. It includes a current seating capacity of 51,444 with the completion of the Ken Garff Red Zone in 2021, increasing from a previous capacity of 45,807.
- The attendance turnout is the fourth-largest in Rice-Eccles Stadium history.
- Utah was held scoreless in the first quarter for the first time since the 2021 regular season finale vs. Colorado. The last time both Utah and its opponent were held scoreless in the opening quarter was in 2021 vs. Washington State.
- San Diego State won the coin toss and deferred to the second half. Utah defended the South goal to begin the game.
Offense
- Quarterback Cameron Rising logged his career-high fourth touchdown pass of the game during the third quarter. It is the first four-passing-touchdown game by a Utah quarterback since Tyler Huntley did so vs. USC in 2018.
- Rising is the first Utah quarterback since Huntley (2017) to pass for 200-plus yards in the first three games of the season.
- Rising started the game 3-of-10 passing for 32 yards. From that point forward, he was 15 of his next 20 for 192 yards (12.8 yards per completion) and four touchdowns.
- Wide receiver Jaylen Dixon had a career-long rush of 22 yards during the first quarter.
- Fellow wideout Solomon Enis' 15-yard reception during the second quarter was a season-long, and Enis' longest since Nov. 5, 2021 at Stanford.
- Tight end Brant Kuithe reeled in a 30-yard touchdown to put Utah on the board during the second quarter. It marks the sixth straight game that a Ute tight end has scored a touchdown.
- Kuithe has now recorded a receiving touchdown in three straight games for the first time in his career.
- As of halftime, Kuithe has 1,867 career receiving yards. He needs 18 yards in the second half to tie wide receiver Paris Warren (1,885 career receiving yards from 2003-04) for seventh-most in program history.
- Running back Tavion Thomas rushed 18 yards for a touchdown during the third quarter. It is the 12th straight game Thomas has appeared in in which Thomas has scored a rushing touchdown.
- Fellow running back Micah Bernard had a season-long 26-yard reception during the third quarter.Â
- Utah was held scoreless on its game-opening drive, the first time this season the Utes have gone without points to begin a game.
Defense
- Linebacker Karene Reid had 1.5 TFL as of halftime--surpassing his career-high of 1.0 vs. Washington State in 2021.
- Reid contributed his second career interception during the third quarter and returned it a career-long 14 yards. It was Reid's first pick since the Washington State game in 2021 (13-yard return).
- For the second straight game and third time in the last five games, Utah held its opponent went without a third-down conversion for a half (SDSU was 0-for-5 in the first half). It includes the Sept. 10, 2022 game vs. Southern Utah (0-for-6 in the first half) and the Pac-12 Championship vs. Oregon on Dec. 3, 2021 (0-for-5 in the first half).
- SDSU did not convert a third down until midway through the third quarter.
- Utah held SDSU scoreless on its game-opening drive, the fifth straight game that a Utah opponent has been held scoreless on its game-opening drive (since Dec. 3, 2021 vs. Oregon).
- The Utes held SDSU to just one passing yard in the second quarter and seven passing yards (on five attempts) during the first half.
Special Teams
- During a Utah kickoff at the 2:01 mark of the second quarter, Hayden Furey had his first career forced fumble and Caine Savage recorded his first career fumble recovery.
- Tiquan Gilmore recorded his first career punt return (11 yards) during the third quarter.