Utah routs Oregon again to clinch 1st Rose Bowl berth

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By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer

LAS VEGAS — Devin Lloyd returned an interception for a touchdown, Cam Rising threw for different people and No. 14 Utah clinched the archetypal Rose Bowl berth successful programme past with a 38-10 triumph implicit No. 10 Oregon successful the Pac-12 title crippled connected Friday night.

This crippled was a adjacent c transcript of the 1 successful Salt Lake City 2 weeks agone erstwhile the Utes (10-3, No. 17 CFP) jumped retired aboriginal and won, 38-7.

While that crippled each but ended the playoff hopes for Oregon (10-3, No. 10), the rematch delivered Coach Kyle Whittingham and the Utes the Rose Bowl prize they had been seeking since joining the Pac-12 successful 2011.

It capped an affectional past 12 months for a Utes programme that has dealt with the deaths of 2 players.

Utah had mislaid successful its archetypal 2 trips to the league rubric game, including 2 years agone to Oregon, but near small uncertainty this time.

Rising engineered a touchdown thrust connected the opening possession aft converting a sneak connected 4th down adjacent midfield. Tavon Thomas capped it with a 2-yard run.

Lloyd past returned an interception 34 yards for a people aboriginal successful the archetypal 4th and Utah enactment the crippled distant by scoring doubly successful the last 27 seconds of the archetypal half.

Rising deed Dalton Kincaid connected an 11-yard walk with 27 seconds left. Then Malone Mataele intercepted an ill-advised walk from Anthony Brown to acceptable up Jadon Redding’s 50-yard tract extremity connected the last play of the fractional to marque it 23-0.

Thomas and T.J. Pledger added touchdown runs successful the 2nd fractional for the Utes to the delight of the immense contingent of Utah fans among the 56,511 successful attendance for the archetypal rubric crippled successful Las Vegas.

THE TAKEAWAY

Oregon: The Ducks had playoff aspirations aft winning astatine Ohio State successful September, but struggled to support that level of play. They were upset astatine Stanford connected Oct. 2 earlier getting outscored 76-17 by Utah successful 2 losses implicit the last 3 weeks and were denied a 3rd consecutive league title.

Utah: The Utes are playing arsenic good arsenic astir anybody successful the state precocious successful the play with six consecutive wins. But back-to-back losses successful September to BYU and San Diego State earlier Rising took implicit arsenic starting backmost mean the Pac-12 champion volition miss the College Football Playoff for a 5th consecutive season.

MOMENT OF LOUDNESS

There was an affectional infinitesimal during a interruption successful the 2nd 4th erstwhile the Utah fans took portion successful their “moment of loudness” to grant Ty Jordan and Aaron Lowe, who some died of gunshot wounds 9 months apart.

A video tribute was played arsenic fans lit up the stadium with compartment telephone flashlights and cheered. The Utes person held the “moment of loudness” alternatively of moments of soundlessness to grant the erstwhile players.

Lowe’s mom, Donna Lowe-Sterns, besides served arsenic an honorary skipper for the game.