Sep 3, 2026; Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, USA; Utah Utes quarterback Devon Dampier (4) runs for yardage in opposition to the Idaho Vandals in the course of the second quarter at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Obligatory Credit score: Rob Grey-Imagn Photos Devon Dampier threw for 176 yards and three touchdowns whereas main No. 21 Utah to a 66-14 victory over Idaho in Salt Lake Metropolis on Thursday evening.
Dampier accomplished 13 of 18 passes and added 31 yards on six carries to assist the Utes (1-0) run away from the Vandals (0-2). Wayshawn Parker churned out 71 yards and a landing on 12 carries and added a pair of landing catches.
Braden Pegan tallied 81 yards and a landing on 4 receptions in his Utah debut. Pegan additionally tacked on a 12-yard scoring run on Utah’s second-half-opening drive.
The Utes, who had the No. 2 speeding offense within the FBS a 12 months in the past, racked up 364 speeding yards on 7.4 yards per carry. Utah totaled 633 yards of offense whereas ending with the best single-game level whole for both workforce within the historical past of the 29-game collection.
Idaho gained solely 95 whole yards earlier than halftime and coughed up a pair of turnovers. Joshua Wooden related on simply 9 of 27 passes for 111 yards with an interception.
Utah pressured back-to-back turnovers to open the primary quarter. Trey Reynolds picked off Wooden on the Idaho 31 to finish Idaho’s opening drive. Then, Rabbit Evans pounced on Wooden’s fumble on the Idaho 12 to chop brief the Vandals’ second drive.
The Utes cashed in on each takeaways. Dampier tossed a 9-yard move to Parker to place Utah on the board. Dillon Curtis adopted with a 24-yard discipline purpose on the Utes’ second drive.
Parker weaved previous defenders and scored on a 21-yard run to increase the Utes’ result in 17-0 with 1:07 left within the first quarter.
Dampier threw two extra landing passes within the second quarter to place Utah up 31-7 going into halftime. He discovered Pegan on a 7-yard toss to cap off the Utes’ fourth scoring drive after Idaho reduce the deficit to 10 factors with Hayden Kincheloe’s 3-yard run. Then, Dampier discovered Parker a second time on a 3-yard dart with 32 seconds left earlier than halftime.
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