FINAL SCORE
Colorado Buffaloes at Utah Utes game details
Friday, November 26, 2021 at 4:00 PM ET
Rice-Eccles Stadium · Attendance 51,538
Put the final score in perspective.
Utah finished 15 points ahead. The teams combined for 41 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Colorado 6, Utah 14. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Utah outscored its opponent in 2 and Colorado in 1. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 9 | 23 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 7-16 | 6-12 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-2 | 1-3 |
| Total Yards | 148 | 444 |
| Passing | 84 | 179 |
| Comp/Att | 9/23 | 14/23 |
| Yards per pass | 3.7 | 7.8 |
| Rushing | 64 | 265 |
| Rushing Attempts | 32 | 45 |
| Yards per rush | 2.0 | 5.9 |
| Penalties | 4-25 | 2-20 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
| Possession | 25:53 | 34:07 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Colorado Buffaloes
passing
| Brendon Lewis | 9/23 | 84 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 |
rushing
| Alex Fontenot | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 0 | 12 |
| Deion Smith | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | 16 |
| Brendon Lewis | 14 | 15 | 1.1 | 0 | 13 |
| Dimitri Stanley | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Daniel Arias | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Dimitri Stanley | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 29 |
| Brady Russell | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Daniel Arias | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Matt Lynch | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Alex Fontenot | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Chris Carpenter | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
fumbles
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendon Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
| Mark Perry | 1 | 40 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Nikko Reed | 1 | 100 | 100.0 | 100 | 1 |
| Chase Penry | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Chase Penry | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
kicking
| Cole Becker | 2/3 | 66.7 | 56 | 1/1 | 7 |
punting
| Josh Watts | 5 | 233 | 46.6 | 0 | 1 | 48 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Utah Utes
passing
| Cameron Rising | 14/23 | 179 | 7.8 | 3 | 1 | 41.5 |
rushing
| Tavion Thomas | 25 | 142 | 5.7 | 1 | 21 |
| TJ Pledger | 13 | 103 | 7.9 | 0 | 31 |
| Cameron Rising | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | 11 |
| Britain Covey | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Britain Covey | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 1 | 33 |
| Dalton Kincaid | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 1 | 28 |
| Brant Kuithe | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 1 | 19 |
| Solomon Enis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Micah Bernard | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 4 |
fumbles
kickReturns
| Britain Covey | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Britain Covey | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 16 | 0 |
kicking
| Jadon Redding | 0/1 | 0.0 | 0 | 4/4 | 4 |
punting
| Michael Williams | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Cameron Rising | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 12:32 | Cole Becker 33 Yd Field Goal | 3 – 0 |
| 2 | 12:23 | Brant Kuithe 19 Yd pass from Cameron Rising (Jadon Redding Kick) | 3 – 7 |
| 2 | 8:08 | Dalton Kincaid 28 Yd pass from Cameron Rising (Jadon Redding Kick) | 3 – 14 |
| 2 | 0:00 | Cole Becker 56 Yd Field Goal | 6 – 14 |
| 3 | 14:45 | Nikko Reed 100 Yd Kickoff Return (Cole Becker Kick) | 13 – 14 |
| 3 | 12:08 | Tavion Thomas 12 Yd Run (Jadon Redding Kick) | 13 – 21 |
| 3 | 6:45 | Britain Covey 13 Yd pass from Cameron Rising (Jadon Redding Kick) | 13 – 28 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 11:30 AM UTCData methodology