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After fourth-quarter landing runs by receiver Parker Kingston and quarterback Bear Bachmeier within the fourth quarter, No. 15 BYU held off No. 23 Utah for a 24-21 Large 12 and rivalry win Saturday at Provo, Utah.
BYU (7-0, 4-0 Large 12) received its third consecutive sport towards Utah (5-2, 2-2) within the Holy Battle rivalry.
Utah scored with 1:24 left on a 2-yard go from Devon Dampier to Larry Simmons.
The following onside kick didn’t go 10 yards earlier than the Utes touched the ball. That gave BYU the ball, permitting the Cougars to expire the clock.
Kingston took a sweep to the left earlier than reducing again upfield for a 12-yard rating, placing the Cougars in entrance 17-14 with 11:19 remaining.
The run capped a five-play, 81-yard drive, answering a 49-yard scoring run by Utah’s Daniel Bray on the earlier possession.
Bachmeier, who rushed for 64 yards on 11 carries, elevated the result in 24-14 with 4:22 left when he scored on a 22-yard run on third-and-11.
Bachmeier additionally accomplished 13 of twenty-two go makes an attempt for 166 yards and a landing.
Dampier, who was 20 of 36 for 244 yards with two touchdowns and an interception, accounted for all of the performs that led to his go to Simmons that minimize the result in 24-21.
He accomplished all 5 passes for 58 yards on the possession.
Utah had two of its first three drives finish with a turnover on downs, stalling on the BYU 13 and 28.
The Utes suffered the identical end result on a drive that ended on the BYU 6 with 8:47 left within the third quarter and the Cougars holding on to a 10-7 lead.
After BYU additionally had a turnover on downs on the Utah 32 on its second possession of the sport, the Cougars scored first on a 17-yard landing go from Bachmeier to Chase Roberts with 13:37 left within the second quarter.
Dampier’s 11-yard go to Ryan Davis tied the sport at 7 with 3:24 left within the half.
BYU took benefit of a muffed punt return by Mana Carvalho to take a 10-7 lead with a 26-yard discipline aim by Will Ferrin with three seconds left within the first half.
–Subject Degree Media
