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10/19/25 - QB Bear Bachmeier, Fr/2029, Brigham Young, (DS#5 QB)

Bear Bachmeier had 229 yards of offense while throwing for a touchdown and running for another score to rally No. 15 BYU to a 24-21 victory over No. 23 Utah on Saturday night. LJ Martin added 122 yards on the ground to help the Cougars (7-0, 4-0 Big 12) remain unbeaten and beat their Holy War rivals for a third straight time. BYU has won three straight in the rivalry series for the first time since winning four straight from 1989 to 1992. "I've been a part of all three of those wins," senior safety Tanner Wall said. "To be able to say, leaving this place, I never lost to Utah, I'll wear that with a lot of pride for the rest of my life." Devon Dampier threw for 244 yards and two touchdowns for Utah (5-2, 2-2). Daniel Bray added a career-high 121 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries. The Utes surrendered 14 straight points after taking their first lead less than a minute into the fourth quarter. "Did some really good things tonight," Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said. "Outrushed them, outthrew them, out first downed them, but we didn't score more points than they did."

Utah went up 14-10 when Bray cut to the sideline and raced 49 yards untouched. BYU charged back in front on its ensuing drive, going up 17-14 when Parker raced in from 12 yards out on a jet sweep. Dampier threw an interception to Wall on Utah's ensuing drive. Bachmeier turned the turnover into points when he dragged three would-be tacklers into the end zone at the end of a 22-yard run, giving the Cougars a 24-14 lead with 4:22 left. "We're not happy," Dampier said. "We know what our team is capable of. We had aspirations to be undefeated after our first loss, so it hurts us right now." BYU scratched out a 10-7 halftime lead after the Utes turned it over on downs twice and muffed a punt. "We knew it would take all three phases to do this, and we knew it would be a fight to the end," BYU coach Kalani Sitake said. - BYU/AP College Football

(DS#5 QB) Fr/2029