Utah 66-14 Idaho (Sep 3, 2026) Final Score

Team pages: Idaho · Utah

Idaho0-214

No. 21 Utah1-066Final

Thu, Sep 3 · Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah · Crowd 51,444ESPNU

No. 21 Utah routed Idaho 66-14.

We had Utah favored. It won.

Next: Idaho lost to Lamar 23-17, Sat Sep 12

Next: Utah beat Arkansas 43-10, Sat Sep 12

Top comment in the game thread

Idaho deserved that ball

Q1 4:03 · r/CFB game thread · Thu, Sep 3

How it swung

Before kickoff, our ratings gave Utah a 97% chance, and the closing betting line (Utah was a 38.5-point favorite) put it above 99%.

Utah led by 17 after the first quarter and by 24 at the half.

FinalUtah 66-14 IdahoUtah wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.

No single play moved the chance by 20 points.

What fans said, play by play

The line in bold above each quote is written by our model from the thread’s comments and the play-by-play.

Q1 5:21Utah fans argue officials missed pass interference on Dampier's incomplete pass to PeganDefinitely pi but damp gotta throw that betterr/CFB game thread
Q1 4:03Officials rule illegal touching on Utah punt return despite Idaho fans claiming it was Idaho ballQuoted at the top of the page.Oh so we're just making up rules now to protect Utah from an FCS team?r/CFB game thread
Q1 1:07Utah fans celebrate Parker's touchdown and debate the illegal touching callWayshawn Parker still furious he didn’t get 1,000 last season…and it showsr/CFB game thread
Q2 9:40Utah fans panic as Idaho scores on Kincheloe run, citing poor defenseRun defense just about as good last year when were giving up 400 yards a gamer/CFB game threadDefense isn’t any better. Don’t care as long as we score.r/CFB game thread
Q2 0:32Utah fans mock broadcast camera quality and Idaho defense confusionSome of these camera views feel like we are watching it through a doorbell camera.r/CFB game thread"Look at them to run the ball to bleed the clock" Utah: "and I took that personally"r/CFB game thread
Q4 1:04Utah fans praise Bell after his 34-yard touchdown runWe gotta secure Bell after this seasonr/CFB game threadDamn that Bell is goodr/CFB game thread

Utah’s chance to win after every play.

How to read this chart

Starts from the pregame line (Utah -38.5), at 99% for Utah (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores. Under the scores, r/CFB comments per minute from fans with a Utah or Idaho flair (799 and 41); both sides share one scale, regulation only. A gold diamond marks a play fans were reacting to.

Watch the plays

The bar and the arrow show Utah’s chance to win after each play; the logo is the team the play helped.

Every drive

Utah scored on 10 of its 13 drives; Idaho on 2 of its 13.

Utah’s drives are teal, Idaho’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.

“If it wasn't touched by Utah, then it's not illegal touching, it's just down where he touched it...”

A Utah fan

When fans got loud

Busy

It was the first quarter that had fans talking the most.

Jump to the loudest stretch

The jump was busy; the crowd was steady.

Fans of both teams were loud at once in the bracketed stretch.

“Idaho deserved that ball”

An Idaho fan

Box score

Utah 66, Idaho 14

Utah covered −38.5 by 13.5. The total, 80, went over 60.5.

Team totals	Idaho	Utah
Total yards	225	633
Passing	11 of 30, 119 yds	17 of 26, 269 yds
Rushing	31 for 106 yds	49 for 364 yds
First downs	13	33
Third down	3 of 13	8 of 12
Fourth down	1 of 2	1 of 2
Turnovers	2	0
Penalties	5 for 35 yds	1 for 10 yds
Time of possession	25:40	34:20

Idaho leaders

Passing Joshua Wood 9 of 27, 111 yds, 1 INT
Rushing Joshua Wood 9 for 41 yds, 1 TD; Hayden Kincheloe 7 for 37 yds, 1 TD
Receiving Noah West-Baranco 1 for 44 yds; Tony Harste 2 for 23 yds

Utah leaders

Passing Devon Dampier 13 of 18, 176 yds, 3 TD
Rushing LaMarcus Bell 7 for 87 yds, 1 TD; Wayshawn Parker 12 for 71 yds, 1 TD
Receiving Braden Pegan 4 for 81 yds, 1 TD; Larry Simmons 2 for 41 yds

No rain, gusts to 29 mph

84° at kickoff · no rain recorded · wind 13 mph from the south, mostly along the field, gusts to 29

A 29 mph gust is stronger than the peak gust in 92% of games since 2018.

Each gray tick is one game. The black line is the typical game.

September game-day temperatures at Rice-Eccles Stadium

Drag along the chart, or step through the game.

First quarter, 10:40 left7:17 p.m.

Idaho 0, Utah 10 · Utah 100% to win

no rain · wind 15 mph from the south-southwest, mostly along the field, gusts to 29 · 84°

Curtis 24-yd field goal, Utah leads 10-0

The same game in two conditions

	Wind 15 mph or more	Lighter wind
Runs and passes	21	18
Share that were passes	52%	33%
Yards per play	5.7	5.1
Turnovers	0	1

The numbers are small: read it as a description, not a result.

How this is counted

Wind means an 11-minute average of 15 mph or more at the airport. Only plays while the score was within two touchdowns, so a blowout does not skew it. Same two teams in both columns, so team strength is held constant. Game situation still is not.

Where this weather comes from

Measured at Salt Lake City International airport, 6.5 miles away. Rain is NOAA's radar-and-gauge estimate at the stadium and wind is an airport reading; neither is measured on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; rain radar from NOAA MRMS, through Iowa State University. Field direction from OpenStreetMap contributors.

Before kickoff

Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.

Recent games

Last three games · 2025 season

Idaho · 4-8

Rated 171st in our preseason ratings, 171st now.

Three straight losses.

L 16-37 vs Idaho State #135 of 667

lost by 21 as a 2.5-point favorite

L 20-23 @ Sacramento State #104 of 667

lost by 3 as a 7-point underdog

L 14-28 vs UC Davis #105 of 667

lost by 14 as a 2.5-point underdog

W 35-32 @ Northern Arizona #169 of 667

won by 3 as a 5.5-point underdog

W 45-6 vs Portland State #255 of 667

won by 39 as a 21.5-point favorite

L 14-21 @ Eastern Washington #192 of 667

lost by 7 as a 7.5-point favorite

L 33-49 vs Northern Colorado #193 of 667

lost by 16 as an 18.5-point favorite

L 30-41 @ Montana #108 of 667

lost by 11 as a 7.5-point underdog

L 28-31 @ San José State #114 of 667

lost by 3 as a 13.5-point underdog

W 20-6 vs Utah Tech #221 of 667

won by 14 as a 16.5-point favorite

W 37-30 vs St. Thomas (MN) #185 of 667

won by 7 as a 21.5-point favorite

L 10-13 @ Washington State #105 of 667

lost by 3 as a 16.5-point underdog

Last three games · 2025 season

Utah · 11-2

Rated 25th in our preseason ratings.

W 44-22 vs NebraskaTop 25 #87 of 667

won by 22 as a 13.5-point favorite

W 31-21 @ Kansas #66 of 667

won by 10 as a 10.5-point favorite

W 51-47 vs Kansas StateTop 25 #34 of 667

won by 4 as an 18.5-point favorite

W 55-28 @ Baylor #40 of 667

won by 27 as a 9.5-point favorite

W 45-14 vs CincinnatiTop 25 #40 of 667

won by 31 as a 9.5-point favorite

W 53-7 vs Colorado #63 of 667

won by 46 as a 14.5-point favorite

L 21-24 @ BYUTop 25 #32 of 667

lost by 3 as a 5.5-point favorite

W 42-10 vs Arizona StateTop 25 #47 of 667

won by 32 as an 8.5-point favorite

W 48-14 @ West Virginia #77 of 667

won by 34 as a 12.5-point favorite

L 10-34 vs Texas TechTop 25 #24 of 667

lost by 24 as a 3.5-point favorite

W 31-6 @ Wyoming #122 of 667

won by 25 as a 24.5-point favorite

W 63-9 vs Cal Poly #211 of 667

won by 54 as a 42.5-point favorite

W 43-10 @ UCLA #43 of 667

won by 33 as a 6.5-point favorite

The series

Utah leads the series 14-12-2

28 meetings since 1908 · Idaho won the last meeting

1993Idaho 28-17
1964Utah 22-0
1963Idaho 10-9
1962Utah 25-21
1959Utah 47-13

Line, fans and home field

The betting line, and the fans

Our model and the betting line agree on Utah’s chances here.

Utah favored by 38.5 · Total 60.5

How games like this usually go

Utah by 38.5, and it went to form

Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game

The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 411 games since 2025 with a favorite of 21.5 points or more.

The market

The spread moved 6 points toward Utah.

The total rose 4 points.

Home field

Utah is worth +3.4 points (±3.8) more at home than on the road since 2018 — middle of FBS, 36th percentile.

81% at home, 61% on the road against FBS opponents (35-8 home, 27-17 away).

Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads +2.1 at home vs. away over 95 games — inside the ±5.8 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.

Night kickoff — historically worth about half a point more to the home side against the number, and not much more than that. 4,631 ft of altitude — real, and smaller than the folklore: high venues run a point or two better against the number, noisily. The visitors travel about 486 miles to get here.

No. 21 Utah routs Idaho 66-14