HOW THEY SCORED
December 21, 2008 - 10:00 pm
HOW THEY SCORED
ARIZONA BYU
31 21
BYU 0 7 7 7 – 21
ARIZONA 7 3 14 7 – 31
FIRST QUARTER
Arizona 7, BYU 0, 6:23 — Nic Grigsby 1 run (Jason Bondzio kick). Drive: Eight plays, 96 yards, 3:21. Key play: Wildcats quarterback Willie Tuitama hits wide receiver Terrell Turner for a 71-yard pass to the BYU 1-yard line.
SECOND QUARTER
Arizona 10, BYU 0, 9:21 — FG Bondzio 31. Drive: Four plays, 9 yards, 0:28. Key play: Arizona defensive end Brooks Reed hits BYU quarterback Max Hall, forcing a fumble that Wildcats cornerback Devin Ross recovers at the Cougars 24.
Arizona 10, BYU 7, 6:50 — Harvey Unga 1 run (Mitch Payne kick). Drive: Six plays, 78 yards, 2:24. Key plays: Hall completes a 35-yard pass to wide receiver Michael Reed and a 36-yarder to receiver Austin Collie.
THIRD QUARTER
BYU 14, Arizona 10, 11:21 — Andrew George 1 pass from Hall (Payne kick). Drive: Six plays, 27 yards, 3:24. Key play: Tuitama fumbles a shotgun snap, and BYU linebacker Coleby Clawson recovers at the Arizona 27.
Arizona 17, BYU 14, 7:07 — Delashaun Dean 37 pass from Tuitama (Bondzio kick). Drive: Two plays, 40 yards, 0:46. Key play: Dean runs past the coverage and is open by about 15 yards.
Arizona 24, BYU 14, 7:07 — Chris Gronkowski 24 pass from Tuitama (Bondzio kick). Drive: Five plays, 65 yards, 1:48. Key plays: Tuitama opens the series with a 19-yard completion to Gronkowski and a 17-yarder to Turner.
FOURTH QUARTER
Arizona 31, BYU 14, 6:09 — Tuitama 6 run (Bondzio kick). Drive: Seven plays, 82 yards, 3:54. Key play: Hall throws to Collie in the end zone, but Wildcats cornerback Marquis Hundley intercepts the pass and runs it to the Arizona 18.
Arizona 31, BYU 21, 3:38 — Hall 1 run (Payne kick). Drive: 10 plays, 68 yards, 2:25. Key play: Hall completes a 24-yard pass to tight end Dennis Pitta to Arizona’s 28.
A — 40,047.
TEAM STATISTICS
BYU ARI
First downs 22 20
Rushes-yards 32-116 28-91
Passing 328 325
Comp-Att-Int 30-46-1 24-35-0
Return Yards 2 33
Punts-Avg. 3-37.0 3-32.3
Fumbles-Lost 4-2 4-2
Penalties-Yards 10-76 7-54
Time of Possession 32:48 27:12
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — BYU, H.Unga 17-71, Kariya 3-24, Hall 10-16, Collie 1-3, Vakapuna 1-2. Arizona, Grigsby 20-87, Thomas 3-12, Team 2-(minus 4), Tuitama 3-(minus 4).
PASSING — BYU, Hall 30-46-1-328. Arizona, Tuitama 24-35-0-325.
RECEIVING — BYU, Collie 11-119, Reed 9-117, Pitta 5-58, George 2-15, Kariya 1-8, H.Unga 1-6, Vakapuna 1-5. Arizona, Dean 7-88, T.Turner 4-111, Thomas 4-29, R.Gronkowski 4-27, C.Gronkowski 2-43, Antolin 2-21, Criner 1-6.