No. 12 Utah holds off No 14 Oklahoma State 22-19 in their Big 12 opener

Brant Kuithe scored two touchdowns and Micah Bernard rushed for 182 yards Saturday as No. 12 Utah opened Big 12 Conference play with an impressive 22-19 win over No. 14 Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla.The Utes (4-0, 1-0) won without starting quarterback Cam Rising, who missed his second straight game with a finger injury. Backup Isaac Wilson completed 17 of 29 passes for 207 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions.Wilson and Kuithe hooked up for a 45-yard scoring strike at the 6:21 mark of the fourth quarter to give Utah a 22-3 lead that looked insurmountable. But the Cowboys (3-1, 0-1) made a game of it as Alan Bowman connected on a 28-yard touchdown pass to Brennan Presley, then a 9-yarder to Rashod Owens with 1:47 left to cut the deficit to three.However, the Utes were able to kill the remaining time as Bernard moved the chains with a 4-yard run on 3rd-and-3 with 48 seconds on the clock. They owned a 456-285 advantage in total yardage and possessed the ball for more than 42 minutes.Bowman hit 16 of 33 passes for 206 yards, tossing a pair of interceptions to go along with the two TD passes . Backup Garrett Rangel, who played a good chunk of the second half, was 3 of 11 for 31 yards.

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