Devon Dampier passed for 206 yards and two affected and ran for 87 additional yards and a score, helping Utah at a rout of 43-10 from the UCLA at the opening of the season for the two teams on Saturday evening in Pasadena, California.
Dampier, a junior transfer of the New Mexico, made 21 of the 25 passes during his team beginnings for the UTES, which went 14 for 16 in third trials while holding the Bruins at 2 for 11.
The quarter-back of the UCLA Nico Iamaleava, which underwent a much more publicized transfer from Tennessee during the offseason, made 11 of the 22 passes for 136 yards with a touch and an interception. He also ran for a summit of 47 yards in 13 races.
Utah has marked on its first three discs, with two of the affected affected by players who normally play in defense for the UTES.
Wayshawn Parker crowned the opening of 11 games and 75 yards with a 13 yards touchdown. Dillon Curtis missed the point after trying to keep the 6-0 score.
After stopping the Bruins on Downs during their first training, Utah extended its advance at 13-0 when Smith Snowden broke a tackle in the back field the third and-3 and cut the goals area for a touch of 8 yards.
Snowden also starts at the corner for the UTES.
Utah’s defensive winger Logan Fano had a tackle for loss and a bag on consecutive games to stifle the second journey of the UCLA.
Utah took possession and Dampier struck Lander Barton for a touch of 14 yards of a play action to do 20-0 with 12:44 to do in the first half.
Barton is an assistant who was the best platform in Utah last season.
Iamaleava struck Anthony Woods off the rear field for a touch of 19 yards to cut it at 20-7 with 6:46 to do in half.
UTAH converted its first six third situations before Dampier was removed for a loss by the UCLA secondary, Isaiah Chisom, and the booted uts of 3:09 to do in half, but the Bruins could not capitalize.
Instead, the UTES brought back the ball and Curtis launched a 54 yards basket with four seconds to give to UTAH an advance from 23-7 to halftime.
Mateen Bhaghani kicked a basket of 46 yards for the UCLA during the first journey of the second half to cut it at 23-10, but the Utes responded with a journey of 20 games capped by a touch of 2 yards with Dampier in fourth and not with 2:50 to play in the third quarter to extend the advance at 30-10.
Dampier then struck Dallen Bentley for a pass of a touchdown of 2 yards to make 36-10 with 10:05 am to do in the match, and Naquari Rogers finished a race of 1 rod with 6:29 to play for an advance of 43-10.
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