Postgame Notes: Utah at Colorado

Postgame Notes
No. 14 Utah 63, (at) Colorado 21
Boulder, Colo. (Folsom Field)
Sat., Nov. 26, 2022
Kick: 2:10 p.m. MT | End: 5:49 p.m.
Attendance: 33,474
 
General

• Utah is 34-32-3 all-time against Colorado, though the Buffaloes hold a 16-15-1 upper hand when playing in Boulder.
• Utah has won six straight games against Colorado, including three in a row in Boulder (2018, '20, '22).
• The Utes are 60-44 in regular season conference games since joining the Pac-12 in 2011, with a 26-25 regular season road record in league play.
• Playing when ranked in the CFP poll (since 2014), Utah is 24-15.
• Head coach Kyle Whittingham, the winningest leader in program history, is 153-73 in 18 seasons at the helm of the Utes, plus the 2005 Fiesta Bowl. Including his time as an assistant coach (1994-2004), Whittingham has been part of 239 wins. He has been on staff for 352 games, 226 as head coach.
• Under Whittingham, Utah has had 11 seasons with nine-plus wins (2007-10, '14-16, '18-19, '21-22).
• Utah won the coin toss and deferred to the second half. The Utes defended the North goal to begin the game.

 
Offense

• Utah's 63 points are the most for the team since scoring 73 against Southern Utah on Sept. 10, 2022. It is the 17th time under head coach Kyle Whittingham that the Utes have eclipsed the 50-point mark.
• The point total also goes as the most for Utah in a Pac-12 Conference game since joining the league in 2011. It reset Utah's previous high in a Pac-12 game of 62 points at No. 13 Oregon on Sept. 26, 2015.
• It is the most for a Pac-12 team in a conference game this season (previous high: 55 by USC against Colorado on Nov. 11).
• The Utes have rushed for five touchdowns in three different games this season (vs. Southern Utah, vs. Arizona, at Colorado).
• Utah's 662 total yards of offense tie for third-most in program history, alongside an Oct. 1, 1988 game at UTEP.
• Utah eclipsed 600 total yards of offense for the first time since Sept. 7, 2013 vs. Weber State (628).
• For road games only, today's game at Colorado and that UTEP game in 1988 tie a program record for total yards of offense (662). The overall program record is 703 yards, which came Oct. 15, 1988 against Air Force at Rice Stadium. Then on Oct. 16, 2004, the Utes had 669 total yards against North Carolina inside Rice-Eccles Stadium.
• For the second time this season, Utah has a 100-yard rusher and receiver in the same game (Ja'Quinden Jackson, 117 rushing; Dalton Kincaid, 102 receiving). The last time this happened was on Sept. 3 at Florida (Tavion Thomas - 115 rushing; Brant Kuithe - 105 receiving).
• The Utes have had three different players with at least five rushing touchdowns both in the 2021 and '22 seasons, the only two times in the Kyle Whittingham era. In 2022, it includes Tavion Thomas (7), Cameron Rising (6) and Ja'Quinden Jackson (6). Last season the group included Tavion Thomas (21), TJ Pledger (6) and Cameron Rising (6).
• Utah's tight ends have combined for 16 receiving touchdowns this season out of the Utes' 26 passing touchdowns. It includes Dalton Kincaid (8), Thomas Yassmin (4), Brant Kuithe (3) and Logan Kendall (1).
• For the second time this season, Utah scored 35-plus points in the first half (42 at Colorado, 45 vs. Southern Utah). The Utes' 42 first-half points at Colorado rank tied for fourth-most in program history.
• Quarterback Cameron Rising was 17-of-19 passing in the first half for 234 yards and three touchdowns, before being relieved by Bryson Barnes. Rising increased his career total to 5,167 yards, passing Mike Fouts (1995-96) for eighth all-time in Utah program history. It was Rising's 13th career 200-yard passing game.
• Rising has 12 completions this season of 30-plus yards, including a 41-yard touchdown to tight end Dalton Kincaid on Saturday.
• Rising now has won 17 games as Utah's starting quarterback, ranking sixth all-time.
• Running back Ja'Quinden Jackson's 10 carries, 117 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns were all career-highs for Jackson. It is his first multi-touchdown game.
• Jackson's 66-yard rushing touchdown was a career-long, and the longest rush by a Ute since T.J. Pledger's 96-yard touchdown at Stanford on Nov. 5, 2021.
• Fellow running back Micah Bernard had a season-high 91 rushing yards on a season-high-tying 12 carries. It reset Bernard's previous season-best yardage of 48 yards vs. Arizona, and tied his 12 carries also vs. Arizona.
• Bernard rushed for an eight-yard touchdown during the first quarter. It is Bernard's third rushing touchdown of the season, fifth of his career and first since the USC game on Oct. 15.
• Wide receiver Jaylen Dixon's 31-yard reception during the first quarter was Dixon's longest of the season and longest since Nov. 2, 2019 (41 at Washington).
• Tight end Dalton Kincaid's 41-yard touchdown late in the first half brought Kincaid to five catches for 102 yards and a score. He is the first Ute receiver over 100-yards since Oct. 15 when Kincaid went for 234 yards against USC. This is the fourth time this season Utah has a 100-plus yard receiver.
• Kincaid's first-half touchdown was his 16th as a Ute, moving Kincaid into a tie for 10th-most in program history (Brant Kuithe has 16 from 2018-22 and Paris Warren also had 16 from 2003-04).
• Kincaid now has at least one reception in 16 straight games played (since Nov. 13, 2021 at Arizona).
• Tight end Thomas Yassmin had a 41-yard reception and hurdle for a touchdown during the second quarter. It is Yassmin's fourth receiving touchdown as a Ute (all this season) and the longest receiving touchdown by a Ute this season (previously 37 for Dalton Kincaid vs. Southern Utah).
• Tight end Taniela Pututau recorded his first career reception during the third quarter.
• Quarterback Bryson Barnes' 32-yard rush during the third quarter was a career-long for Barnes. Barnes had another 30-yard rush during the fourth quarter.
• Wide receiver Makai Cope's 21-yard touchdown reception from Bryson Barnes was Cope's first career touchdown.
• Utah's offensive line did not allow a sack on 24 pass attempts between Cameron Rising and Bryson Barnes. It is the sixth time this season that the Utes did not allow a sack, the third-most regular season games for the Utes since 1996 (the O-line had seven such regular season games in both 2001 and '06).
• Utah is 6-1 in games this season when scoring first.

 
Defense

• Colorado's 185 total yards of offense marked the fourth time this season that Utah held an opponent under 200 yards (last: 177 vs. Stanford on Nov. 5). Colorado had just 18 total yards during the first half, the fewest allowed by Utah's defense in a first half this season.
• Utah held Colorado without a first down in the first quarter (four drives). The last quarter Utah held an opponent without a first down was against Stanford on Nov. 5 (second quarter).
• Utah forced a season-high nine three-and-outs, surpassing the previous season-high of five vs. Stanford on Nov. 12.
• Linebacker Hayden Furey had a career-high and team-leading six tackles, surpassing Furey's previous career-best of four tackles at BYU on Sept. 11, 2021.
• Safety Sione Vaki recorded a career-best 2.0 TFL along with his first pass breakup as a Ute.
• Linebacker Mohamoud Diabate has had at least 1.5 tackles for loss in two of the last three games and three of the last five.
• Dating back to the UCLA game on Oct. 8, Utah has stopped nine of its opponents' last 12 fourth-down conversion attempts.
• The Utes held their opponent scoreless in the first half for the first time since the San Diego State game on Sept. 17.
• Utah held its opponent scoreless on its game-opening drive for the 10th time this season (fifth three-and-out).
• For the second time this season, the Utes forced back-to-back three-and-outs on defense to begin the game (last at Arizona State).

 
Special Teams

• Kicker Jadon Redding was 9-of-9 on PAT attempts, tying for third-most PATs made in a game in Utah history.
• Money Parks recorded a career-long 32-yard kick return during the fourth quarter.