The Utes will close out their out-of-conference portion of the schedule Saturday afternoon when FCS foe, Idaho State enters Rice-Eccles Stadium. The Bengals (1-0) should give Utah a chance to fine-tune each unit with an upcoming date with the USC Trojans on the horizon.
u200bIn their opening game, Idaho State forced seven consecutive punts from Western Colorado, allowing a field goal in the closing seconds of the second quarter thanks to a short field off an intercepted pass by quarterback, Matt Struck. In total, Idaho State allowed just 84 yards in the first half, and 151 yards through four quarters, showing particular strengthstopping the run game, allowing just 1.