Sept. 13, 2008

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LOGAN, Utah - In the 108th meeting with its in-state rival and the 12th-longest rivalry in the country, Utah State lost to 22nd-ranked Utah, 58-10, on Saturday at Romney Stadium in the Aggies' home-opener.

Utah State falls to 0-3 on the season while Utah improved to 3-0, as the Aggies have now lost 11 in a row to the Utes and trail the all-time series, 76-28-4.

The Utes amassed 446 yards of total offense while limiting the Aggies to 116 yards.

Just like its first two games of the season, Utah State was led by sophomore QB Diondre Borel off the bench with 62 yards passing and 23 yards rushing. Sophomore RB Curtis Marsh had three catches for a career-high 51 yards including a 31-yard reception.

The Aggies took a 7-0 lead on a nine-yard pass from senior QB Sean Setzer to classmate WR Otis Nelson after the Aggies recovered a muffed Utah punt return at the USU 24. It was Setzer's first USU career TD pass.

Utah had 223 rushing yards, led by 75 by Darrell Mack while Matt Asiata had 56 yards and three TD's.

Brian Johnson was 22-of-31 passing for 204 yards with two TD's, with Bradon Godfrey snagging game highs of six catches for 57 yards.

USU senior LB Jake Hutton made a game-high 11 tackles while fellow LB, sophomore Jordan Glass logged 10 stops, one shy of his career-high from last week.

After the Aggies' first quarter lead, which was their first of the season, the Utes reeled off 30 unanswered points, taking a 30-7 lead into halftime. The avalanche started on the ensuing kickoff after Utah took a 10-7 lead, when USU fumbled and Utah's Elijah Wesson recovered and ran in from the 20 to put UU up 17-7 and USU never recovered.

Utah State opened the third-quarter scoring on a 20-yard field goal from sophomore PK Peter Caldwell before Utah scored on four more TD's.

USU continues its three-game homestand by commencing Western Athletic Conference action on Saturday, Sept. 20, hosting Idaho. Kickoff is slated for 2 p.m. at Romney Stadium.

Aggie football tickets are available in person through the USU Ticket Office at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, online 24 hours a day at www.UtahStateAggies.com and clicking on "tickets" in left column, or by phone by calling 1-888-USTATE-1 or (435) 797-0305.