Utah walked away Thursday night with a 41-10 victory over Weber State at Rice-Eccles Stadium. With the win, the Utes pushed the program’s consecutive season-opening winning streak to 11 games.
Quarterback Tyler Huntley threw for 253 yards and four touchdowns and Zack Moss ran for a game-high 150 yards and a touchdown to lead the Utes. Weber State managed just 61 yards of total offense, while the Utes racked up 587 yards.
Former Ute standout Kyle Kuzma made an appearance, along with Utah Jazz superstar Donovan Mitchell who took time to sign autographs and take pictures with fans.
? @kylekuzma & @spidadmitchell! pic.twitter.com/OJwjFCU0qC
— Utah Football (@Utah_Football) August 31, 2018
Donovan Mitchell is a man of the people… @spidadmitchell #GoUtes pic.twitter.com/LPTFliP1Vz
— Porter Larsen (@Larsen_ESPN) August 31, 2018
There was plenty of reactions on social media, especially after Weber State went up 10-0 thanks to forcing two quick turnovers.
Here are some of the top tweets of the night, including a great jab at rival BYU:
Weber state has lead Utah longer this game than BYU has in 9 years.
— Dahlelama (@dahlelama) August 31, 2018
Erm … Weber State 10, Utah 0. Some people liked the Utes to win Pac-12 South.
— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) August 31, 2018
Umm Utah? Hello… you know this game counts right?
— Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) August 31, 2018
Utah beats Weber State 41-10. Here’s all the BEST plays and highlights. #UtahFootball #Utes #UtahvsWSU #GoUtes pic.twitter.com/YpmcXbj3jl
— GoUtahUtes (@UtahUteFans) August 31, 2018
— Chris Enger (@fuegote) August 31, 2018
The Utes need to stop sucking. Like now….#GoUtes
— 2008 #HangTheBanner (@COSam2) August 31, 2018
Been a rocky game vs Weber State for the Utes—at least it was on the Pac-12 Network, which might as well be "Classified" for the East Coast: pic.twitter.com/RxeL5fp3Rz
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) August 31, 2018
Covey didn’t miss a beat on his mission. He may even have got faster. His companion sent this video of them knocking doors #UtahFootball @Utah_Football pic.twitter.com/rAZri4safg
— Ryan C.⚽▲ (@Ryan00C) August 31, 2018
Utah's Defense giving up 61yds is the 3rd best effort in School History..
Vs. Utah State 42yds in 1950
vs. Idaho 58yds in 1953 #Utes— Bill Riley (@espn700bill) August 31, 2018
D was dominant. Offense will fix the turnovers. Won handedly. R-E-L-A-X. Covey is a game changer. Moss is a monster. Things are moving in the right direction. We’d all love to see a 56-0 win with 600 yds of O, but you learn from the negatives and grow off the positives. #Utes
— Jordan Wynn (@jwynn760) August 31, 2018
Weber State up 10-0. Is it November already?
— Patrick Kinahan (@PKKinahan) August 31, 2018
Time to pull the redshirt off of Jack Tuttle
— Patrick Kinahan (@PKKinahan) August 31, 2018
Covey has more total yards than Weber State.
— Kurt Kragthorpe (@tribkurt) August 31, 2018
Weber State led Utah 10-0. Ended up losing 41-10, averaged 1.2 ypp.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) August 31, 2018
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