PFF College Football show guy nails it. Utah had three 4th Q chances to put the…
…game away and out of reach of BYU. In those 3 drives they ran a total of 10 plays for 10 yds and went 0-3 on 3rd down. The one manageable 3rd down they had (3rd and 1) they ran the ball and got stuffed (and got flagged for a holding penalty which pushed them back). For most of the 4th Q Utah enjoyed the advantage of great field position with BYU constantly being pinned deep in their own end and Utah starting drives close to mid-field. Just get a couple of first downs and they’re in FG range, getting one measly FG out of any of those 3 drives and Utah puts this game out of reach.