Unbeaten Utah Survives Colorado Rally 27-24
Utah is 6-0 and it needed every point of it. The Utes led Colorado 13-0 at the half, watched Colorado score the next 17, got ahead again, and held on 27-24 after Isaac Wilson hit DeAndre Moore Jr. from two yards out with 1:21 left.
The first half was Utah's. Devon Dampier threw an 8-yard touchdown to Hunter Andrews in the first quarter and Dillon Curtis kicked field goals of 27 and 29 yards, the second as the clock hit zero. Then the third quarter turned. Wilson threw a 68-yard touchdown to JaQuail Smith with 13:20 left, DeKalon Taylor ran 18 yards for a score, and Elliott Arnold kicked a 32-yard field goal to put Colorado up 17-13. That lead lasted until 1:06 left in the quarter, when Dampier found Braden Pegan from 16 yards out to make it 20-17. Pegan caught another from 6 yards out with 3:43 to go, and the 27-17 cushion was just enough.
The yardage was close (409 for Utah, 394 for Colorado) and so were the turnovers, with each team throwing two interceptions. Colorado ran for 138 yards to Utah's 131, and Colorado had three sacks to none for Utah. Utah never trailed by more than four, and it got out with the unbeaten record intact. A three-point win at 6-0 counts the same as a blowout.
Utah goes to 6-0 and Colorado falls to 2-4. For fantasy, Pegan and Dampier each cleared 28 points, and Wilson put up 26.3 for Colorado on 256 yards and two scores, plus two interceptions.