How did Utah do in their football game against San Jose State?”
Utah, the 17th-ranked team this week, exploded for 17 fourth-quarter points Saturday and escaped a huge scare with a 24-14 win over San Jose State. Terrance Cain tossed a 51-touchdown pass to Jereme Brooks to start the big rally. Later, Eddie Wide scored on a 15-yard run and Joe Phillips booted a 25-yard field goal. In all, Cain completed 18-of-31 passes for 248 yards and gained 76 yards on 10 rushing attempts. Matt Asiata rushed for 94 yards on 20 carries with one touchdown, while Brooks caught five passes for 98 yards for the Utes (2-0), who increased the nation’s longest winning streak to 16 straight games. Quarterback Jordan La Secla led SJSU by completing 22-of-34 passes for 269 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Kevin Jurovich made seven receptions for 113 yards, but the Spartans (0-2) rushed for just 22 yards on 22 carries.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — About the only way San Jose State was expected to hang with 17th-ranked Utah Saturday night was if the Utes made enough mistakes to make it a game. The sloppy Utes obliged with lost fumbles, costly penalties, missed field goals, missed tackles and missed opportunities in the red zone. Still they were able to sneak by with a 24-14 victory Saturday night at Spartan Stadium. Utah coach Kyle Whittingham was exasperated by the Ute mistakes and knows they have a lot to work on this week before they play at Oregon. “We had a few too many mistakes, our fair share of deficiencies,” he said. “We did a lot of things not very effectively. You name it, we have to work on it.” The Utes lost two fumbles in the first quarter, sapping early momentum. They also had trouble pushing the ball into the end zone, finally scoring on fourth down on their first scoring drive and failing in the red zone on their next try late in the first half. “We made a lot of mistakes,” said quarterback Ter
For three-plus quarters, the San Jose State University football team put a legitimate claim to ending the nation’s longest win streak. It was not meant to be, however, as 17th-ranked University of Utah scored a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns and held off the Spartans, 24-14, in their home opener at Spartan Stadium on Saturday night, September 12. With the result, the Spartans drop to 0-2. Utah, a member of the Mountain West Conference and the undefeated 2009 Sugar Bowl champion, improves to 2-0 with its 16th straight triumph.
