Utah football beats BYU to stay unbeaten as RSL clinches a playoff spot

Utah 28, BYU 20 (football)

No. 3 Utah beat BYU 28-20 on Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium to stay unbeaten at 9-0 and 6-0 in the Big 12. It was Utah's first win over BYU since 2019 and ended a three-game losing streak in the rivalry. ^[1][2][3][4]

Devon Dampier accounted for four touchdowns. He threw two scoring passes to Braden Pegan, a 46-yarder in the first quarter and a 14-yarder late in the third, and ran for two more, including a 3-yard run with 12:03 left that made it 28-20. He completed 14 of 26 passes for 177 yards and ran for 89. Pegan caught 5 passes for 86 yards. ^[1][2]

BYU scored 20 straight points after falling behind 14-0, and LJ Martin's 4-yard run gave the Cougars a 20-14 halftime lead. Utah shut BYU out after the break and intercepted Bear Bachmeier four times, three of them in the second half. Nate Ritchie's interception in the end zone in the final seconds sealed the win. ^[1][2][3]

Bachmeier threw for 272 yards and a 75-yard touchdown to Legend Glasker, who had 7 catches for 118 yards. "That's an incredible amount of turnovers that we had," BYU coach Kalani Sitake said. BYU, 7-2 and 4-2 in the Big 12, hosts Baylor next Saturday, and Utah plays at Arizona. ^[1][2][3]

Utah State 90, Omaha 56 (men's basketball)

Utah State beat Omaha 90-56 on Saturday at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum to improve to 2-0. The Aggies led 44-21 at halftime and by as many as 43. ^[5][6][7]

Mason Falslev had 22 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 steals, and passed 1,500 career points. Solomon Callaghan scored 16 and made 4 of 6 3-pointers, Karson Templin added 13, and Dallin Hall reached 1,000 career points. ^[5][6][7]

Utah State shot 58% and outscored Omaha 52-20 in the paint. Deke Thompson scored 13 for Omaha, which fell to 1-2 a night after losing at BYU. The Aggies host Utah Tech on Tuesday. ^[5][6][7]

Real Salt Lake 2, LA Galaxy 1 (MLS)

Real Salt Lake beat the LA Galaxy 2-1 on Saturday at America First Field in Sandy in the final game of the MLS regular season and earned a spot in the playoffs' wild-card round. ^{[8][10][11][12]}

Sergi Solans scored in the 10th minute and Zach Booth added a goal three minutes later. The Galaxy's only goal came on a 40th-minute own goal by RSL defender Luc de Fougerolles. RSL put 9 shots on target, and the Galaxy put none. ^[8][9][10]

RSL finished 13-6-15 with 45 points, ninth in the Western Conference. The loss knocked the Galaxy out of playoff contention. ^[8][10][12]

Senators 4, Mammoth 2 (NHL)

Nick Cousins tipped in a shot with 2:18 left to put the Ottawa Senators ahead, and they beat the Utah Mammoth 4-2 on Saturday in Ottawa. ^[13][14][15]

Clayton Keller scored in the first period and assisted on Barrett Hayton's tip-in that tied the game 2-2 in the third. Shane Pinto added an empty-net goal with 16 seconds left. ^[13][14][15]

Samuel Ersson made 30 saves for Ottawa, and Karel Vejmelka stopped 17 of 20 shots for Utah. The Mammoth, 10-7-1, play at Vegas on Wednesday. ^[13][14][15]