UCLA
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UCLA Drops Friday Night Game at Utah, 48-17
November 03, 2017 | Football
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Devon Modster went 8-12 in his first career collegiate start and completed all seven of his first-half attempts for 103 yards and a score, while Zack Moss accumulated 153 yards on 23 carries and two touchdowns for the Utes and Tyler Huntley went 15-22 for 243 yards and four touchdowns as the UCLA football team dropped a 48-17 contest on Friday at Utah from Rice-Eccles Stadium.
Bo Olorunfunmi led the ground game with 63 yards on 16 carries, while Darren Andrews had led all UCLA receivers with 66 yards on three receptions and a score.
The Utes scored the first poitns of the game as they were able to pounce on a Mossi Johnson muffed punt to give Utah possession at the UCLA 16-yard line. Four plays and 1:36 later, Moss pounded it in from three yards out for a 7-0 lead.
The Bruins responded as Modster hit Andrews streaking down the sideline for 42 yards down to the Utah 25-yard line setting up a 37-yard field goal by J.J. Molson to cut into the early in the second quarter.
Utah would then use 10 plays to maneuver 73 yards, with Moss rushing for 31 yards, leading to Huntley finding Darren Carrington for a 25-yard score at 6:08 in the quarter for a 14-3 lead.
UCLA cut the lead to 14-10 as Modster completed all three of his passes on the 10-play 73-yard drive, including a one-handed grab by Theo Howard along the sideline. On the next play, Modster would hit Andrews from 24 yards for a touchdown.
The Utes would make it a 17-10 game at halftime when Matt Gay hit a 25-yard field goal with seven seconds left in the half.
Utah wasted no time getting on the board in the second half, as Huntley hit Troy McCormick for a 75-yard strike and a two-score advantage. Another 10-play drive would consume 4:25 of the third quarter as Moss capped off the drive with a 20-yard score for a 31-10 advantage.
Huntley would later cap off another quick, three-play drive with a 13-yard pass to Troy McCormick in the end zone in the middle of the third quarter for a 38-10 lead.
After a Utah field goal in the first minute of the fourth qyarter, redshirt freshman Matt Lynch marched the Bruins 75 yards down the field in nine plays and ended the drive with a five-yard score to Eldridge Massington with 9:59 left in the final quarter.
The Utes would push the lead to 48-17 as Huntley tossed his fourth touchdown of the game with 3:27 on the clock to Cody Ippolito from two yards out.
Team Stats
UCLA 0, UTAH 7
UTAH - Moss, Zack 3 yd run (Gay, Matt kick), 4 plays, 16 yards, TOP 1:36
UCLA 3, UTAH 7
UCLA - Molson, JJ 37 yd field goal 7 plays, 71 yards, TOP 3:23
UCLA 3, UTAH 14
UTAH - Carrington, D. 25 yd pass from Huntley, Tyler (Gay, Matt kick) 10 plays, 73 yards, TOP 4:44
UCLA 10, UTAH 14
UCLA - Andrews, Darren 24 yd pass from Modster, Devon (Molson, JJ kick) 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:44
UCLA 10, UTAH 17
UTAH - Gay, Matt 25 yd field goal 11 plays, 68 yards, TOP 4:17
UCLA 10, UTAH 24
UTAH - McCormick, Troy 75 yd pass from Huntley, Tyler (Gay, Matt kick) 1 plays, 75 yards, TOP 0:12
UCLA 10, UTAH 31
UTAH - Moss, Zack 20 yd run (Gay, Matt kick), 10 plays, 69 yards, TOP 4:25
UCLA 10, UTAH 38
UTAH - McCormick, Troy 13 yd pass from Huntley, Tyler (Gay, Matt kick) 3 plays, 60 yards, TOP 1:07
UCLA 10, UTAH 41
UTAH - Gay, Matt 50 yd field goal 6 plays, 23 yards, TOP 3:07
UCLA 17, UTAH 41
UCLA - Massington, Eld 5 yd pass from Lynch, Matt (Molson, JJ kick) 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 4:03
UCLA 17, UTAH 48
UTAH - Ippolito, Cody 2 yd pass from Huntley, Tyler (Gay, Matt kick) 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 6:32
