#24 Utah Pounds UNLV in Late Night Battle

by BrysonCutla on Oct 17, 2009 11:15 PM PDT in Mountain West Football

Final - 10.17.2009	1	2	3	4	Total
Utah Utes	7	21	0	7	35
UNLV Rebels	3	3	9	0	15

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Terrance Cain threw two touchdown passes, Eddie Wide rushed for 111 yards on 17 carries and #24 Utah (5-1, 2-0) breezed past UNLV (2-5, 0-3) late in Las Vegas. Wide's TD run down the right side gave the Utes a 20 point lead that sealed the deal early in the 4^thquarter.

UNLV QB Omar Clayton was 23 of 44 for 223 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. The loss is the fourth straight for the Rebels and has given up an average of 46.8 points a game in that span.

The Utes took advantage of their first-half opportunities building a 28-6 halftime lead.

Cain had two 6-yard touchdown passes and a 3-yard run in the half. His first TD pass was to Aiona Key just inside the right sideline of the end zone late in the first quarter.

Cain found Ben Hendy on the right side with 7:29 before the half to make it 14-6. His 3-yard run, which came with 5:17 left in the half, was set up by Robert Johnson's fifth interception of the season, which was returned 31 yards to inside the UNLV 10.

The win for the Utes comes as revenge for an embarrassing 27-0 loss to UNLV back in the 2007 season. Utah is now 26-2 since that game, with the only losses coming at BYU and at Oregon.

The Utah football program reached the 600 win plateau and has an all time record of 600-418-31.

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Not what I expected tonight but a good win.

I expected the Utes to roll but they still covered the 16 point spread. I feel like we still haven’t seen Utah’s A game yet, or anything even close to it.

Robert Johnson has to be a legitimate All-America canidate with 5 picks on the season already plus two touchdowns.

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by Michael Rueckert on Oct 17, 2009 11:27 PM PDT reply actions

the a-game will be played vs byu. i did want 42 points but your right they did cover.

by wolfmanshowlforever on Oct 17, 2009 11:45 PM PDT reply actions

I like the difference in our headlines...

Utes beat Rebels in lackluster game

Utah pounds UNLV in late night battle

I really am hard to please. I think I would’ve been more open to “a pounding” or “domination” had they scored 40+.

by JazzyUte on Oct 18, 2009 12:11 AM PDT reply actions

I Agree, It wasn't a pounding.

It didn’t feel like a pounding at all. UNLV would have scored more points if they would have just kicked field goals instead of going for it or faking kicks.

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by Michael Rueckert on Oct 18, 2009 12:52 AM PDT up reply actions

first half

Was great for the Utes and probabl their best half of the year. But this was not a complete game they are getting closer but not there yet.

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by Jeremy Mauss on Oct 18, 2009 8:41 AM PDT via mobile reply actions

Wow

Utah gets its 600th win the same night BYU gets its 500th win.

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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 18, 2009 1:28 PM PDT reply actions