FINAL
24 48
Saturday, November 22
Rice-Eccles Stadium (Salt Lake City, Utah)
1 2 3 4 T
Cougars 3 14 7 0 24
Utes 10 17 0 21 48

Closing Odds: UTAH -7, o/u 56

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

UTAH Field Goal Attempt 9:48
LOUIE SAKODA 37 YD FG

BYU Field Goal Attempt 8:27
MITCH PAYNE 40 YD FG

UTAH Passing TD 4:25
BRENT CASTEEL 16 YD PASS FROM BRIAN JOHNSON (LOUIE SAKODA KICK)

2nd Quarter

UTAH Rushing TD 13:44
MATT ASIATA 5 YD RUN (LOUIE SAKODA KICK)

BYU Rushing TD 10:38
HARVEY UNGA 23 YD RUN (MITCH PAYNE KICK)

BYU Rushing TD 6:26
HARVEY UNGA 2 YD RUN (MITCH PAYNE KICK)

UTAH Field Goal Attempt 1:41
LOUIE SAKODA 35 YD FG

UTAH Passing TD 0:15
DAVID REED 32 YD PASS FROM BRIAN JOHNSON (LOUIE SAKODA KICK)

3rd Quarter

BYU Rushing TD 6:46
MAX HALL 11 YD RUN (MITCH PAYNE KICK)

4th Quarter

UTAH Passing TD 14:31
BRENT CASTEEL 8 YD PASS FROM BRIAN JOHNSON (LOUIE SAKODA KICK)

UTAH Passing TD 12:00
CHRIS JOPPRU 4 YD PASS FROM MATT ASIATA (LOUIE SAKODA KICK)

UTAH Passing TD 2:48
COLT SAMPSON 1 YD PASS FROM BRIAN JOHNSON (LOUIE SAKODA KICK)

16 Brigham Young
8 Utah
Passing Cmp Att Yds Pct Y/A TD Int
M. Hall 21 41 205 51.2 5.0 0 5
Rushing Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
H. Unga 15 116 7.7 23 2 0
M. Hall 7 42 6.0 20 1 0
F. Vakapuna 4 36 9.0 11 0 0
A. Collie 2 14 7.0 12 0 0
B. Kariya 1 8 8.0 8 0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
H. Unga 3 5 1.7 5 0 0
A. Collie 10 104 10.4 19 0 0
B. Kariya 1 5 5.0 5 0 0
M. Reed 5 58 11.6 30 0 0
D. Pitta 2 33 16.5 17 0 0
Punting Punt Yds Lng
C. Santiago 2 109 62
Passing Cmp Att Yds Pct Y/A TD Int
M. Asiata 1 1 4 100.0 4.0 1 0
B. Johnson 30 36 303 83.3 8.4 4 0
Rushing Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
D. Mack 9 40 4.4 8 0 0
M. Asiata 10 33 3.3 9 1 0
B. Johnson 13 28 2.2 11 0 0
B. Casteel 2 9 4.5 9 0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
B. Casteel 6 60 10.0 16 2 0
F. Brown 8 97 12.1 16 0 0
J. Brooks 5 49 9.8 25 0 0
D. Reed 4 60 15.0 32 1 0
B. Godfrey 3 15 5.0 8 0 0
C. Joppru 1 4 4.0 4 1 0
C. Sampson 1 1 1.0 1 1 0
Punting Punt Yds Lng
L. Sakoda 4 177 51

NCAA Game Summary - BYU at Utah

Salt Lake City, UT (Sports Network) - Brian Johnson completed 30 of 36 passes for 303 yards and four touchdowns as the eighth-ranked Utah Utes beat No.16 BYU. 48-24, to win the Mountain West Conference championship and secure a spot in a BCS game.

Freddie Brown had eight catches for 97 yards and Brent Casteel scored twice on six catches for 60 yards for the Utes (12-0, 8-0 MWC), who scored three unanswered touchdowns in the final quarter.

B-Y-U's Max Hall was intercepted five times while completing 21 of 41 passes for 205 yards, but the Cougars (10-2, 6-2).

The teams exchanged field goals in the opening quarter. Utah's Louie Sakoda kicked a 37-yarder with 9:48 remaining and Mitch Payne of the Cougars matched that with a 40-yarder with 8:27 left.

Utah appeared to take control with a pair of touchdowns. Johnson connected with Brent Casteel with a 16-yard pass with 4:25 remaining in the first quarter. Then with 13:44 remaining in the half, Matt Asiata ran five yards to make the score 17-3.

However, BYU answered back with a 23-yard and two-yard scoring runs by Harvey Unga to make the score 17-17 with 6:26 left in the half.

Sakoda then kicked a 35-yard field goal and Johnson's 32-yard TD pass to David Reed with 15 seconds left made it 27-17 at the break.

BYU had the only score in the third quarter, an 11-yard run by Hall with 6:46 left to cut the Utah lead to 27-24.

Utah got back on the board with 14:31 to play with an eight-yard pass from Johnson to Casteel.

Paul Kruger's 30-yard interception return to the four set up a four-yard scoring pass from Asiata to Chris Joppru with 12 minutes remaining.

Sean Smith's interception of a Hall pass gave the Utes the ball at the Cougars' 46 yard line. Johnson finished off the drive with a one-yard touchdown pass to Colt Sampson with 2:48 to play.