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Utah Football: In-Game Notes at Arizona
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.
Offense
- Freshman running back Dijon Stanley made his second collegiate pass reception during the first quarter. It went for 11 yards and was his first catch since the Arizona State game.
- Fellow running back Jaylon Glover has caught a pass in three of Utah's last four games, and six of the last eight.
- Running back Ja'Quinden Jackson had a career-long 18-yard reception during the second quarter, surpassing his previous long of 11 yards at Baylor earlier this season.
- For the sixth game this season, safety Sione Vaki also played on offense.
- Tight end Landen King had a 12-yard reception during the first half. It marked the 82nd game out of Utah's last 83 contests that a tight end has caught a pass.
- Wide receiver Devaughn Vele caught a 20-yard pass in the corner of the end zone just before halftime. It is Vele's third receiving touchdown of the season and his 35th game (of 47 career games played) with at least one reception.
- Quarterback Bryson Barnes' touchdown strike to Vele was his fifth touchdown pass of the season of at least 20 yards. It was his eighth overall passing touchdown on the season.
- Wide receiver Munir McClain had a 23-yard reception during the third quarter; it was McClain's fifth reception this season of at least 20 yards.
- During the third quarter, Barnes surpassed his career-high completions (previously 19 vs. Arizona State in 2023).
- Vele tied a career-high during the fourth quarter with his seventh reception. It is his fourth game as a Ute with seven catches and third this season, the last coming vs. Arizona State. It brought Vele to 99 receiving yards on the day.
Defense
- Defensive tackle Simote Pepa made his first start of the season and second of his career; the other came at Colorado in 2022.
- Safety Nate Ritchie made his second start of the season and first since the USC game.
- On back-to-back plays, cornerback Zemaiah Vaughn logged a pass breakup followed by a five-yard TFL. Vaughn now has a team-leading six PBUs on the year and 3.5 TFL.
- Arizona became just the fourth Utah opponent this season to score on its game-opening drive.
- Vaughn tied his career-high with six tackles during the first half; Vaughn also had six stops in the Washington game last week.
- Defensive end Van Fillinger surpassed his season-high tackles (previously four).
- Ritchie tied his season-best four tackles.
- Defensive end Connor O'Toole was credited a pair of pass breakups, marking his first multi-PBU game as a Ute.
Special Teams
- Playing on the kickoff team, cornerback Nick Howe made his collegiate debut.
- Connor O'Toole was credited his second field goal block in as many weeks. It came on a 37-yard field goal attempt for Arizona as the first half expired.
- It marked the first time since 2010 (Brandon Burton vs. BYU and vs. Boise State) that Utah blocked a field goal in consecutive games.
- Kicker Cole Becker made a 36-yard field goal during the third quarter. Dating back to the Cal game, Becker has made nine of his last 10 field goal attempts with a long in that time of 43 yards vs. Arizona State.