Hang 10? No. 21 Utah riding 9-game win streak over rival BYU – Cache Valley Daily
BYU quarterback Jaren Hall looks to hand off the ball against Arizona during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker) BYU quarterback Jaren Hall’s not one to dwell on the past. So this particular stat really doesn’t register: The Cougars have lost nine straight to rival Utah. Instead, he’s focused only on the now as the Cougars host the 21st-ranked Utes on Saturday night at LaVell Edwards Stadium. “We can’t change the outcome of the past, but we can prepare our best,” Hall said. “That’s what we’re going to do.” The Cougars (1-0) haven’t knocked off the Utes (1-0) since a 26-23 overtime win in 2009. They didn’t play last season. Now for some intrigue: The Utes list their all-time series record against BYU as 62-34-4. The Cougars have the numbers as 59-31-4. The reason for the six-game discrepancy has to do with the fact that BYU officially began playing intercollegiate football in 1922, according to the school’s history. There were six scrimmages or games between the Utes and BYU Academy, a mixture of high school and college athletes, from 1896-1898. The teams split those games, which were counted
