Utah 33-0 Utah State (Sep 19, 2026) Final Score

Team pages: Utah State · Utah

Utah State0-30

No. 17 Utah3-033Final

Sat, Sep 19 · Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah · Crowd 51,455

No. 17 Utah routed Utah State 33-0.

We had Utah favored. It won.

Next: Utah State beat Troy 21-10, Sat Sep 26

Next: Utah beat Iowa State 31-17, Sat Sep 26

Top comment in the game thread

Did Pegan leave on bad terms? Dude playing like he’s trying to rub USU’s face in it.

Q2 0:33 · r/CFB game thread · Sat, Sep 19

How it swung

Before kickoff, our ratings gave Utah an 81% chance, and the closing betting line (Utah was a 26.5-point favorite) put it at 98%.

Utah led by 16 after the first quarter and by 26 at the half.

FinalUtah 33-0 Utah StateUtah 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 10:37Fans argue officials missed offensive pass interference on Dampier to Pegan touchdownDampier needs to guide him to the corner of the end zoner/CFB game thread
Q1 6:09Utah fans celebrate Dampier's pass to Simmons and Ficklin's touchdownIncredibly well placed. Dampier is looking better than last yearr/CFB game threadI think Ficklin deadass might be the best red zone qb in the countryr/CFB game thread
Q1 5:23Utah fans celebrate offensive resurgence and mock Utah State's futility in the first quarterAre we *dare I say* dynamic?? Love the offensive output so far, but also kick the extra point there, I mean cmonr/CFB game threadGod I want to extend the streak so bad right herer/CFB game thread
Q2 10:16Utah fans lament Dampier's incomplete pass to Johnson and mock Utah State's lack of internetThanks for that Utah State.r/CFB game thread
Q2 0:33Dampier throws deep touchdown to Pegan as Utah fans celebrate the scoreQuoted at the top of the page.

Utah’s chance to win after every play.

How to read this chart

Starts from the pregame line (Utah -26.5), at 97% 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 Utah State flair (668 and 51); 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 6 of its 12 drives; Utah State on 0 of its 11.

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

“That was a *bit* of a push off lol”

A fan of another team

How fans reacted

Steady

Fans were up and loud before the first quarter was out.

Jump to the loudest stretch

The jump was steady; the crowd was quiet.

What it cost

Utah’s chance to make the playoff fell from 25% to 17%.

Make the playoff

Utah State · lost0% → 0%

Utah · won25% → ▼17%

Win the conference

Utah State · lost3% → ▼1%

Utah · won21% → ▼19%

Before the game (September 18, 2026) → after this result, in our model.

Box score

Utah 33, Utah State 0

Utah covered −26.5 by 6.5. The total, 33, stayed under 55.5.

Team totals	Utah State	Utah
Total yards	188	480
Passing	15 of 29, 130 yds	25 of 37, 286 yds
Rushing	25 for 58 yds	37 for 194 yds
First downs	10	23
Third down	4 of 14	10 of 17
Fourth down	0 of 1	0 of 2
Turnovers	1	1
Penalties	8 for 68 yds	5 for 43 yds
Time of possession	24:46	35:14

Utah State leaders

Passing Grady Brosterhous 15 of 29, 130 yds, 1 INT
Rushing Javen Jacobs 5 for 31 yds; Grady Brosterhous 17 for 17 yds
Receiving Eli Wood 4 for 47 yds; Noah White 2 for 22 yds

Utah leaders

Passing Devon Dampier 22 of 32, 253 yds, 2 TD
Rushing Daniel Bray 3 for 82 yds, 1 TD; Devon Dampier 10 for 34 yds
Receiving Braden Pegan 8 for 122 yds, 2 TD; Creed Whittemore 2 for 43 yds

No rain and calm

68° at kickoff · no rain recorded · wind 9 mph from the north-northwest, mostly at an angle to the field, gusts to 21

September game-day temperatures at Rice-Eccles Stadium

Drag along the chart, or step through the game.

First quarter, 14:51 left1:43 p.m.

Utah State 0, Utah 0 · Utah 97% to win

no rain · wind 8 mph from the northwest · 68°

Dampier 14-yd pass to Pegan

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 two games

Utah State · 0-2

Rated 52nd in our preseason ratings, 57th now.

Two straight losses.

L 14-16 @ WashingtonTop 25 #28 of 668

lost by 2 as a 28.5-point underdog

L 17-29 vs Idaho State #141 of 668

lost by 12 as a 15.5-point favorite

Last two games

Utah · 2-0

Rated 25th in our preseason ratings, 29th now.

Two straight wins — but still hunting a ranked opponent.

W 43-10 vs Arkansas #141 of 668

won by 33 as a 13.5-point favorite

W 66-14 vs Idaho #163 of 668

won by 52 as a 38.5-point favorite

Week by week

Utah

Wk 1Wvs Idaho66-14
Wk 2Wvs Arkansas43-10

Utah State

Wk 1Lvs Idaho State17-29
Wk 2Lat Washington14-16

Power rating by week

Utah is rated 3.8 points ahead as of week 2. Our power rating by week; higher is better.

Matchups

Biggest mismatch: Utah State’s success rate against Utah, 90 points

Each row ranks the two sides among all teams. The longer the line, the bigger the mismatch.

Utah State’s success rate against Utah’s defense
Utah State offense, 3rd percentile · Utah defense, 93rd
Utah State’s explosive plays against Utah’s defense
Utah State offense, 95th percentile · Utah defense, 13th
Utah State’s passing EPA against Utah’s defense
Utah State offense, 4th percentile · Utah defense, 79th

Season profile, all the rows

Season profile

Utah StateUtah

EPA/play, offense

EPA/play, defense

Success rate, offense

Success rate, defense

Explosive-play rate, offense

Explosive-play rate, defense

Rush EPA, offense

Rush EPA, defense

Pass EPA, offense

Pass EPA, defense

The series

Utah leads the series 73-28-4

105 meetings since 1905 · Utah has won the last 3

2024Utah 38-21
2015Utah 24-14
2013Utah 30-26
2012Utah State 27-20
2009Utah 35-17

Each line is Utah’s chance to win through that meeting. Older meetings have no play by play, so no line.

Line, fans and home field

The betting line, and the fans

Utah fans are feeling it more than most fanbases this week (71st among FBS fanbases), in line with the numbers.

Utah favored by 26.5 · Total 55.5

How games like this usually go

Utah by 26.5, 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 1 point toward Utah State.

The total fell 2 points.

The books’ cut: 3.4%, the margin built into the odds

Weather at kickoff

Mild and dry. Feels like 69° at kickoff.

Utah State at Utah · Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026 · Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City

69°feels like at kickoff
Dryno rain at kickoff
100weather score, Ideal

At kickoff, Sept. 19, 2026.

Weather score: 0 to 100, higher is better, for the first 3 hours and 20 minutes of the game. Ideal is 100, Comfortable 90 to 99, Mixed 75 to 89, Rough 50 to 74, Harsh under 50.

Kickoff times that Saturday

Games in this time zone used 3 kickoff times that day, local time (kickoffs within 30 minutes of each other count as one). This game is ringed.

1:30 pm: 100, Ideal (this game)
5:30 pm: 100, Ideal
8 pm: 100, Ideal

Weather score at each kickoff time.

Tap a dot to read that kickoff time.

At kickoff, Sept. 19, 2026. Wind is not drawn here; gusts are in each score.

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.

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 69 miles to get here.

No. 17 Utah routs Utah State 33-0