Utah and Zona’ Will face Off Strength Against Strength
The 23rd ranked Utah Utes and the Arizona Wildcats will open their PAC-12 schedules on Friday when they meet at Arizona Stadium. The game is set for kickoff at 10:30 pm EST and will be broadcast by Fox Sports 1.
The Utes snapped a four-game losing streak to the Wildcats last season. They handled the Cats’ with a 36-23 victory in Salt Lake City. They have to stop the high-powered Arizona running game to build a winning streak of their own.
Oddsmakers have Utah as a 3.5-point favorite and the total is at 61.
Utah Utes Face Zona’s High Powered Running Game
Last time out for Arizona, they were a 63-16 winner as they battled Miners on the road. Arizona covered in the match as a -26-point favorite, while 79 combined points moved the game OVER for totals bettors.
Arizona has a deep group of running backs. The team is led by Nick Wilson and J.J. Taylor. Arizona sits atop the conference rushing leaders, averaging 328 yards per game. Utah is only allowing only 49.3 rushing yards per game, second nationally behind Duke. One reason Utah is so strong against the rush is standout defensive tackle Lowell Lotulelei in the middle of its defensive line.
In their last action, Utah was a 54-16 winner at home against the San Jose State Spartans. They covered the -27.5-point spread as favorites, while the combined score (70) was profitable news for OVER bettors.
Tyler Huntley is coming off a four-touchdown performance against San Jose State. Huntley took the starting job away from incumbent Troy Williams in fall practice. He has looked good as a dual threat in the Utah’s new more up-tempo offense this year. The offense was implemented by coordinator Troy Taylor. He was hired from Eastern Washington after last season to spice up the attack. It worked last week as Huntley had four touchdown passes against the Spartans.
| Name |
Offense |
Defense |
Differential |
| UTAH |
13 |
16.31 |
-3.31 |
| ARIZON |
10.4 |
19.71 |
-9.3 |
| Name |
Offense |
Defense |
Differential |
| UTAH |
10.89 |
11.35 |
-0.46 |
| ARIZON |
9.86 |
11.47 |
-1.61 |
| Name |
Offense |
Defense |
Differential |
| UTAH |
4.46 |
1.62 |
2.84 |
| ARIZON |
6.52 |
3.87 |
2.65 |
| Name |
Record |
Home |
Away |
ATS |
ATS Home |
ATS Away |
Offense |
Defense |
Diff |
| Overall |
3-0 |
2-0 |
1-0 |
3-0 |
2-0 |
1-0 |
36.67 |
15.00 |
21.67 |
| vs Conf |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Last 3 |
3-0 |
2-0 |
1-0 |
3-0 |
2-0 |
1-0 |
36.67 |
15.00 |
21.67 |
| Name |
Record |
Home |
Away |
ATS |
ATS Home |
ATS Away |
Offense |
Defense |
Diff |
| Overall |
2-1 |
1-1 |
1-0 |
2-1 |
1-1 |
1-0 |
47.00 |
19.67 |
27.33 |
| vs Conf |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Last 3 |
2-1 |
1-1 |
1-0 |
2-1 |
1-1 |
1-0 |
47.00 |
19.67 |
27.33 |
| Title |
Stat |
Rank |
Stat |
Rank |
| Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense |
36.67 |
41 |
19.67 |
43 |
| Away Team Road Passing vs Home Team Home Passing Defense |
314.00 |
21 |
301.00 |
112 |
| Away Team Road Rushing vs Home Team Home Rushing Defense |
116.00 |
73 |
171.50 |
91 |
| Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense |
47.00 |
13 |
15.00 |
26 |
| Home Team Home Passing vs Away Team Road Passing Defense |
154.00 |
116 |
170.00 |
22 |
| Home Team Home Rushing vs Away Team Road Rushing Defense |
329.00 |
9 |
63.00 |
15 |
| Name |
Record |
ATS |
OU |
Score |
Rush |
YPR |
PA |
CP |
PY |
TY |
TO +/- |
| Utah |
4-6 |
3-7 |
4-6 |
22.80 |
156.10 |
3.92 |
33.10 |
53.47 |
220.80 |
376.90 |
1.80 |
| Arizona |
6-4 |
7-3 |
4-6 |
26.20 |
173.00 |
4.29 |
30.00 |
56.67 |
248.10 |
421.10 |
2.50 |
| Date |
Away |
Home |
Score |
Line |
Total |
OU Result |
ARY |
APY |
ATY |
ATT |
HRY |
HPY |
HTY |
HTT |
Away Team Attempts |
Home Team Attempts |
Away Team Completions |
Home Team Completions |
| Oct 8, 2016 |
ARIZON |
UTAH |
23-36 |
127 |
348 |
475 |
3 |
210 |
245 |
455 |
0 |
| Nov 14, 2015 |
UTAH |
ARIZON |
30-37 |
223 |
219 |
442 |
2 |
158 |
302 |
460 |
2 |
| Nov 22, 2014 |
ARIZON |
UTAH |
42-10 |
298 |
222 |
520 |
1 |
213 |
171 |
384 |
4 |
| Oct 19, 2013 |
UTAH |
ARIZON |
24-35 |
172 |
157 |
329 |
2 |
300 |
168 |
468 |
2 |
| Nov 17, 2012 |
ARIZON |
UTAH |
34-24 |
320 |
160 |
480 |
2 |
136 |
313 |
449 |
1 |
| Nov 5, 2011 |
UTAH |
ARIZON |
34-21 |
133 |
199 |
332 |
0 |
131 |
326 |
457 |
3 |
| Sep 2, 2005 |
ARIZON |
UTAH |
24-27 |
104 |
287 |
391 |
4 |
226 |
220 |
446 |
1 |
| Sep 11, 2004 |
UTAH |
ARIZON |
23-6 |
156 |
170 |
326 |
0 |
114 |
198 |
312 |
4 |
| Sep 14, 2002 |
UTAH |
ARIZON |
17-23 |
32 |
204 |
236 |
3 |
43 |
459 |
502 |
4 |
| Sep 2, 2000 |
ARIZON |
UTAH |
17-3 |
135 |
11 |
146 |
0 |
60 |
310 |
370 |
5 |
| Utah is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games |
| Utah is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games |
| The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Utah’s last 6 games |
| Utah is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road |
| Utah is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road |
| The total has gone OVER in 8 of Utah’s last 12 games on the road |
| The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Utah’s last 6 games on the road |
| Utah is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Arizona |
| Utah is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Arizona |
| Arizona is 4-13 ATS in its last 17 games |
| Arizona is 3-9 SU in its last 12 games |
| The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona’s last 7 games |
| Arizona is 3-7 ATS in its last 10 games at home |
| Arizona is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games at home |
| The total has gone OVER in 12 of Arizona’s last 18 games at home |
| Arizona is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Utah |
| Arizona is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Utah |
| Date |
Opponent |
score |
Result |
line |
ATS Result |
offensive rush yards |
offensive passing yards |
offensive total yards |
defensive rush yards |
defensive passing yards |
defensive total yards |
turnovers |
Location |
| Sep 16, 2017 |
SJ.ST |
54-16 |
W |
-27.5/59.5 |
W/O |
160 |
341 |
501 |
30 |
233 |
263 |
-2 |
H |
| Sep 9, 2017 |
BYU |
19-13 |
W |
-5/46 |
W/U |
116 |
314 |
430 |
63 |
170 |
233 |
-1 |
A |
| Aug 31, 2017 |
NDKOTA |
37-16 |
W |
-20/59 |
W/U |
272 |
227 |
499 |
51 |
187 |
238 |
0 |
H |
| Dec 28, 2016 |
INDIAN |
26-24 |
W |
-3.5/54 |
L/U |
256 |
214 |
470 |
117 |
224 |
341 |
1 |
H |
| Nov 26, 2016 |
COLO |
22-27 |
L |
10/53.5 |
W/U |
179 |
160 |
339 |
108 |
270 |
378 |
2 |
A |
| Date |
Opponent |
score |
Result |
line |
ATS Result |
offensive rush yards |
offensive passing yards |
offensive total yards |
defensive rush yards |
defensive passing yards |
defensive total yards |
turnovers |
Location |
| Sep 15, 2017 |
UTEP |
63-16 |
W |
-26/57.5 |
W/O |
326 |
175 |
501 |
17 |
201 |
218 |
-1 |
A |
| Sep 9, 2017 |
HOUSTO |
16-19 |
L |
2/65 |
L/U |
152 |
219 |
371 |
158 |
225 |
383 |
0 |
H |
| Sep 2, 2017 |
N.ARIZ |
62-24 |
W |
-27.5/70 |
W/O |
506 |
89 |
595 |
185 |
377 |
562 |
-3 |
H |
| Nov 25, 2016 |
ARIZST |
56-35 |
W |
1/65 |
W/O |
511 |
77 |
588 |
120 |
372 |
492 |
-1 |
H |
| Nov 19, 2016 |
OREGST |
17-42 |
L |
5/61.5 |
L/U |
162 |
188 |
350 |
210 |
265 |
475 |
0 |
A |
Next up:
Utah home to Stanford Saturday, October 7
Arizona at Colorado Saturday, October 7
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