Utah won the coin toss and deferred to the second half. The Utes defended the West goal to begin the game.
Today's game was the first since the 2023 Las Vegas Bowl that Utah was shutout in the first quarter. The last time it happened in a conference game for Utah was at Arizona on Nov. 18, 2023.
Attendance: 52,202
This represents Utah's first road win over a top 15 team since they won at No. 14 Stanford on Oct. 6, 2018.
Isaac Wilson is the first true freshman starting quarterback in recorded history to beat an AP ranked team.Â
Offense
True freshman quarterback Isaac Wilson made his second straight start. Wilson is the fourth quarterback in recorded program history to make multiple starts as a true freshman.
Wide receiver Money Parks has caught a pass in 28 straight games.
Tight end Brant Kuithe lined up out of the wildcat early in the second quarter and rushed one-yard for his fifth career rushing touchdown. Kuithe's last was an 11-yard rushing touchdown at USC on Oct. 9, 2021.
Wide receiver Dorian Singer tied his season-long with a 25-yard reception during the first quarter. It was Utah's longest third-down completion to a wide receiver this season, and made Singer the first Utah WR this season with multiple third-down conversions in a game.
Utah's three successful fourth-down conversions are the most for the team since the game vs. Stanford on Nov. 12, 2022.Â
Singer eclipsed both his previous season-highs of five receptions and 66 yards during the game, finishing with seven grabs for 95 yards, the highest total by a Ute receiver in 2024 in either statistic.Â
Wilson ran a career-long 48 yards down the sideline in the third quarter.
Running back Micah Bernard had a 62-yard rush late in the third quarter to push him over 100 yards for the game.
Bernard now has three straight 100-yard rushing games this season and five in his career. Bernard is the first Ute with three straight 100-yard rushing games since Ty Jordan during the 2020 season.
Bernard passed his career-high rushing yards (previously 146 at BYU in 2021) late in the third quarter. He is the first Ute to rush for 150 yards since Sione Vaki did it vs. Cal on Oct. 14, 2023.
Kuithe's 45-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter represented his longest reception of the season and also made him the first Ute to register a rushing and receiving score in the same game since Jaylen Dixon against Oregon State on Oct. 1, 2022.
Kuithe's TD catch was also the 20th of his career, tying him with Carl Harry for third-most in program history and his 74 receiving yards push him past Dres Anderson and into sole possession of fifth place in school history in career yards through the air.
Kuithe's 74 receiving yards are a new season-high for him in 2024.
Micah Bernard's 182 rushing yards are the most by a Ute in a game since Zack Moss on 11/23/2019 at Arizona.
Defense
Nickel back Smith Snowden has defended four passes (3Â PBU, 1 INT) in the last two games.
Snowden earned his second PBU of the game during the second quarter and would later add a third; it's his first game as a Ute with multiple PBU.
Safety Alaka'i Gilman came up with a third-down stop via an interception in the second quarter. It was Gilman's first interception as a Ute, and first since Oct. 13, 2023 at Colorado, while Gilman played for Stanford.
Elijah Davis collected his second career interception in the fourth quarter, giving Utah multiple picks in consecutive games for the first time since 2022.
The Utes limited OSU to just 48 yards on the ground, the Cowboys' lowest total since Nov. 21, 2015.Â
Special Teams
Kicker Cole Becker drilled a season-long 43-yard field goal early in the second quarter.
Becker's three made field goals tie a career-high, the fourth time in his career he's reached that benchmark.