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Utah Football: In-Game Notes vs. Oregon
General
Offense
Defense
Special Teams
- Utah won the coin toss and deferred to the second half. The Utes defended the North goal to begin the game.
- Prior to today, Utah had not faced a double-digit deficit at home since the USC game in 2022.
- Attendance: 53,586
- Today's 1:30 p.m. MT kick marked Utah's fifth day game of the season (kick at 3:45 p.m. local time or earlier). It’s the most day games for the Utes since 2014.
- Four of the Utes’ home games so far have been during the day, the most inside Rice-Eccles Stadium since the 2007 season (5).
Offense
- Running back Jaylon Glover made a seven-yard reception for a first down during the first quarter. Glover now has a reception in four of the last five games.
- Wide receiver Devaughn Vele tied his career-high receptions (7) on Utah's first play of the second half.
Defense
- Oregon scored on its game-opening drive, becoming just the third Utah opponent this season to score on its first drive of the game.
- Defensive tackle Junior Tafuna recorded his first forced fumble as a Ute as well as a recovery on the play; it was his second career recovery with the other coming in the game at Oregon State in 2021.
- With Tafuna's recovery, the Utes have at least one defensive takeaway in all seven games this season.
- Nickel back Tao Johnson made a third-down stop during the second quarter via Johnson's fourth pass breakup of the season.
- Linebackers Levani Damuni and Karene Reid tied their season-high tackles (both 9) during the third quarter.
Special Teams
- Punter Jack Bouwmeester has sailed two punts for 50-plus yards; he now has 12 such punts this season for 50 or more yards.
- Kicker Cole Becker made a 30-yard field goal as the first half expired. It marks the fourth time in the last six matchups with Oregon that Utah has scored on special teams entering halftime:
- Today
- Dec. 3, 2021 in the Pac-12 Championship: (Jadon Redding 50-yard field goal)
- Nov. 20, 2021 (Britain Covey 78-yard punt return TD)
- Nov. 10, 2018 (Matt Gay 55-yard field goal)
- Dijon Stanley ran back a 49-yard kickoff return after a lateral from Mikey Matthews. It was Stanley's first collegiate kickoff return.