{"id":475952,"date":"2026-10-25T02:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T02:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/475952\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T02:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T02:58:11","slug":"no-14-houston-cougars-vs-no-10-utah-utes-live-updates-box-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/475952\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 14 Houston Cougars vs No. 10 Utah Utes Live Updates, Box Score"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"62\">The No. 14 Houston Cougars will be<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/houston\/football\/houston-vs-utah-prediction-who-wins-and-why\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> taking on the No. 10 Utah Utes<\/a> in the biggest game of this week. This top-15 showdown in the Big 12 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/houston\/football\/no-14-houston-vs-no-10-utah-how-to-watch-odds-injuries-and-more\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on a late night at Rice-Eccles Stadium<\/a> in Salt Lake City presents such a vital game for the Cougars to continue their Big 12 Championship and College Football Playoff hopes. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"67\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/houston\/football\/sione-fotu-returns-home-to-utah-as-leading-housotn-lb-full-circle-moment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston <\/a>is looking for its first win over a top 10 opponent on the road since 2009. It&#8217;s also the first top 15 road matchup for UH in 37 years. The stakes couldn&#8217;t be higher. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6c\">Houston enters at 6-1 and 3-1 in the Big 12 while Utah is just one of three undefeated teams left in college football at the start of this game with a 6-0 and 3-0 mark. <\/p>\n<p>Coogs vs Utes<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/01m5r247cpw23j7fqgyn.jpg\" alt=\"Houston Cougars vs Utah Utes\" title=\"Houston Cougars vs Utah Utes\" width=\"360\" height=\"203\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"6t\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Oct 26, 2024; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Cougars defensive lineman Anthony Holmes Jr. (18) attempts to tackle Utah Utes quarterback Isaac Wilson (11) during the second quarter at TDECU Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images | USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6z\">Houston has won all of the previous five games against Utah and will be looking to make it six in a row. These two teams last faced each other in 2024 at TDECU Stadium in Houston, and the Cougars won 17-14 on a game-winning field goal.  <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"74\">The Cougars are coming off an important 35-32 win over what was No. 18 Oklahoma State at home. Utah won a close 27-24 road game over Colorado. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"79\">Kickoff is set for 9:15 p.m. on ESPN. We will be right here with live game updates as the action unfolds.<\/p>\n<p>1st<\/p>\n<p>2nd<\/p>\n<p>3rd<\/p>\n<p>4th<\/p>\n<p>FINAL<\/p>\n<p>Houston<\/p>\n<p>Utah<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7i\">Follow along for live game updates as the game progresses.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7n\">Utah received to start the game and picked up one first down before Houston got the stop. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7s\">Change of Possession<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7x\">The Cougars also picked up one first down starting at their own 11-yard line. However, they weren&#8217;t able to pick up a third-and-two. Liam Dougherty booted a 52-yard punt. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"82\">Change of Possession<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"87\">Utah had a quick three-and-out and featured an impressive run stop from JACK Latreveon McCutchin. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8c\">Change of Possession<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" preventdefault:click=\"\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\" on:click=\"q-DyTSUUeL.js#s_lDqay9E5m5g[0]\" q:id=\"8i\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The No. 14 Houston Cougars will be taking on the No. 10 Utah Utes in the biggest game&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-475952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}