Utah Football To Begin 2020 Season In Afternoon Tilt Against Arizona
Oct 26, 2020, 2:41 PM
Utah Utes tight end Brant Kuithe (80) runs the ball in for a touchdown, putting the Utes up 7-0 over the Arizona Wildcats after the PAT, at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Ariz. on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. (Spenser Heaps, Deseret News)
(Spenser Heaps, Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Utah football now knows when they will be kicking off the 2020 season when they host Arizona on Saturday, November 7.
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The Utes and Wildcats will begin at 2 p.m. MT and the game will be broadcast on ESPNU.
Since joining the Pac-12 in 2011, Utah has appeared on ESPNU twice and are 1-1 in those games and 0-1 at home. The first time was in 2011 against Pittsburgh as the Utes picked up a 26-14 win. The last time was in 2012 at home against Arizona where the Wildcats beat Utah, 34-24.
.@Utah_Football will open the 2020 season against Arizona at 2 p.m. MT on ESPNU.#GoUtes pic.twitter.com/CkzIIf1hDC
— KSL Sports (@kslsports) October 26, 2020
The Utah/Arizona game will be the only matchup that will be broadcast on ESPNU on opening day and will be the second game on the schedule.
The rest of the Pac-12 kickoff times and broadcast for the opening day of the conference slate is as follows:
- Arizona State at No. 21 USC, 10 a.m. MT on FOX
- UCLA at Colorado, 5 p.m. MT on ESPN2
- Stanford at No 14 Oregon, 5:30 p.m. MT on ABC
- Washington at California, 8:30 p.m. MT on ESPN
- Washington State at Oregon State, 8:30 p.m. MT on FS1
Trevor Allen is a Utah Utes Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Crimson Corner podcast. Follow him on Twitter: @TrevorASports. You can download and listen to the podcast, here.
