To start last week, Utah quarterback Devon Dampier told reporters that “this is another year where Utah is going to be able to score the ball as well.”

Those words rang true on Saturday night, as Utah opened the 2025 season with a dominating 43-10 win over UCLA at the Rose Bowl.

From the very first drive of the game, it was clear that Saturday’s game was going to be a much different experience than the majority of last season, when the Ute offense struggled to score the ball.

At the end of the first half, Utah had scored 23 points and gained 256 yards of offense, a mark that nearly matched the Utes’ average scoring output (23.6 points) for an entire game last season.

Utah’s defense came to play as well, smothering the Bruins and new transfer quarterback Nico Iamaleava. The Utes outgain

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