After the Utah offense showed some positive signs in a loss to Washington State, the coaching staff came out of the game “feeling like we didn't finish,” tight ends coach Freddie Whittingham said. “We made progress, but we didn't finish.”
The Utes finished very well in last weekend's 40-21 victory at Stanford. Even before Samson Nacua's touchdown reception from Tyler Huntley gave Utah a 37-21 lead, there was a key sequence. Stanford had cut the lead to 27-21 and appeared unstoppable with K.J. Costello's passing. Utah's offense responded. Tyler Huntley's 13-yard pass to Nacua and Zack Moss' 21-yard run got the Utes going, and they moved to the Cardinal 16-yard line before settling for a field goal.