Pertinent factoids, words and numbers from Arizona's loss to No. 14 Utah in Salt Lake City.
Michael Lev The Arizona Wildcats lost 45-20 to No. 14 Utah on Saturday in Salt Lake City. Here are some pertinent notes, quotes and statistics from the UA’s setback:
People are also reading… * Arizona had multiple takeaways for the first time since Week 2 vs. Mississippi State. The Wildcats’ nine forced turnovers are three more than they had last season. * Utah’s 457 total yards were the fewest by a UA opponent since Colorado had 340 on Oct. 1. The Wildcats allowed more than 500 yards in each of their previous Pac-12 losses.
* RB Michael Wiley’s 57-yard run in the first quarter was the longest rushing attempt of his career, surpassing a 45-yard rush against Colorado in 2020. * Cowing had a team-high five receptions but gained a season-low 29 yards. He also lost two fumbles. Fellow WR Dorian Singer recorded season lows with one catch for 9 yards.
QUOTESUA coach Jedd Fisch on his team’s competitive spirit: “I love the way our team fights. It is special. You can feel them on the sideline. You get a defensive stop, you hold them to a punt and then you drop the punt and you have to put them right back out there at the 9-yard line – and all 11 of them sprinted out there. I can point to numerous times that that occurred in the game.
Fisch on the run defense: “I know that they had 300 yards rushing, but you gotta think about the way the game was going too. When you turn it over as much as we turned it over ... they had 38 minutes time of possession. They handed the ball off, it felt like, a lot. They had 55 carries. When you have the ability to hand it off 55 times, you're going to have a lot of yards rushing. We had 25 carries for 156. So I guess if we doubled it, we'd have 50 for 312.
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