Utah Scores Nine Touchdowns in 66-14 Rout of Idaho
Nine touchdowns and a field goal. That is how Utah got to 66 points, and it is a lot of paper to hand a scorekeeper in one night. Idaho (0-1) scored twice in the 66-14 loss, and the Utes (1-0) were up 17-0 before the Vandals ever got on the board.
Wayshawn Parker did a bit of everything early. He caught a nine-yard pass from Devon Dampier on the game's first scoring play, Dillon Curtis added a 24-yard field goal, and Parker ran in from 21 yards with 1:07 left in the first quarter for 17-0. Idaho got back into the scoreboard with a three-yard Hayden Kincheloe run to make it 17-7, and that was as close as it got. Braden Pegan caught a seven-yard score, Parker caught a three-yarder with 32 seconds left in the half, and Utah led 31-7 at the break.
The second half kept the same tempo. Pegan ran in from 12 yards, and Byrd Ficklin (who came in at quarterback) hit Noah Bennee from 35 yards, so it was 45-7 before Idaho's Joshua Wood answered with a 22-yard run. Ficklin found Hunter Andrews from nine yards, Steve Chavez-Soto scored from five, and LaMarcus Bell closed the night with a 34-yard run, all in the fourth.
Utah finished with 634 yards, 365 of them on the ground on 48 carries, and did not turn it over. Bell ran for 87 yards on 7 carries, Ficklin ran for 70 on 8, and Dampier threw for 176 yards and three touchdowns on 13 of 18.
For fantasy, this was a feast. Parker scored three times (one rushing, two receiving) for 30.4 Promethium points, Dampier had 28.1 and Pegan had 25.3 with a catch for a score and a run for another. Nobody had to share.