Utah stumps Cal Poly, gets second straight blowout win

Devon Dampier threw for 192 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 25 Utah to a 63-9 victory over Cal Poly in Salt Lake City on Saturday.Dampier completed 74 percent of his pass attempts a week after completing 80 percent of his pass attempts against UCLA. Utah rolled up 518 total yards on offense, including 273 on the ground. The Utes averaged 5.9 yards per rush with nine different players getting at least one carry. Nate Johnson led the way with 59 yards on 11 carries.Utah (2-0) has not lost to an FCS team since 1993 and has never lost to any Big Sky Conference opponent except Idaho.Ty Dieffenbach threw for 82 yards and an interception to lead the Mustangs. Backup quarterback Anthony Grigsby, Jr. added 72 yards and an interception in relief of Dieffenbach.The Mustangs (1-1) averaged just 3.8 yards per play against the stout Utes defense.Utah wasted no time burying Cal Poly under an avalanche of big plays.Wayshawn Parker caught a pass in the flat and raced 52 yards down the sideline untouched to cap the Utes’ opening drive with a touchdown. Then Jackson Bennee jumped a route on Cal Poly’s second drive and scored on a 46-yard pick-six to extend Utah’s lead to 14-0 midway through the first quarter.Dampier threw his second touchdown pass, a 4-yard strike to Ryan Davis, and NaQuari Rogers added a pair of 1-yard TD runs to push the Utes’ lead to 35-6 at halftime.

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