SAN DIEGO — Leading the game at halftime, No. 17 Utah looked ready to claim another bowl victory in the Kyle Whittingham era.
But Utah managed four turnovers in the third quarter of the Holiday Bowl and No. 22 Northwestern scored 28 unanswered points to eventually claim a 31-20 victory Monday night.
Utah dominated the matchup in the first half and scored the first points of the game on their second possession on a Jason Shelley 27-yard touchdown pass up the seam to his former high school teammate Jaylen Dixon. Shelley found a tight window on the pass to highlight a strong showing from the redshirt freshman in his fifth start of the season.