Dampier spearheaded the attack, recording a season-high 120 rushing yards and three touchdowns with his legs to guide his team to a 42-10 win over Arizona State. He also went 7-of-12 through the air for 104 yards in his team’s fourth 30-point win of the season, helping snap Utah’s five-game home losing streak to Big 12 foes while breaking Arizona State’s eight-game win streak over conference opponents.

Meanwhile, the Utes’ defense made it difficult for the Sam Leavitt-less Sun Devils to establish any sort of rhythm offensively, holding the visitors to just 259 total yards while sacking backup Jeff Sims five times, including a stretch of three straight quarterback takedowns during one of the Sun Devils’ second-half series.

Defensive end John Henry Daley led the charge with 1.5 sacks, bringing his total to 8.0 on the season. Jackson Bennee was among the bright spots for Utah’s secondary and had one of the top plays of the night with a blocked field goal attempt.

Here’s what Dampier, Henry Daley and Bennee had to say after the game.

“We trust those boys up front. Our front five — I trust those guys over anybody. So, yeah, I mean, we take whatever the defense gives us, and our run game was moving. We were moving the ball efficiently [and] stuck to it.”

“Huge shoutout to obviously coach [Jason] Beck. Play-calling was magnificent. And again, our O-line, it’s pretty easy running behind those guys. So, I thought they gave me great space for me to be able to make plays.”

“Yeah, I think just every game I go into there’s always a chip on my shoulder. I had a long journey to get to the point I’m at right now, and yeah, I mean, every game, I got something to prove every time I’m out there.”

“Man, I don’t think it can be overstated. We love our fans, and we appreciate when they come out. And I don’t know if they’ve noticed, over the past couple games, there’s been a lot of false starts, and that’s all because of our fans. So we really appreciate them.”

“I mean, the game plan stayed the same. We wanted to control the pass lanes, make sure that he couldn’t scramble out and extend plays and be able to make some of those throws farther downfield. I mean, obviously it was a bummer that Sam wasn’t there, but we played the exact same way that we would have if he was playing; going out there, playing Utah football, and I’m glad with the result that we were able to come up with tonight.”

Yeah, [defensive coordinator Morgan] Scalley, he’s a master when it comes to scheming something up like that. They showed what we were looking for, and honestly, we were kind of moving around; I didn’t think we were going to get it off. But yeah, it worked out.”

MORE UTAH NEWS & ANALYSIS

TEMPE — The #21 Arizona State Sun Devils have found themselves in a difficult position on Saturday night in a road battle against a fellow Big 12 contender in the Utah Utes.

The Sun Devils and Kenny Dillingham entered week six (the bye week) not extremely optimistic that players that had previously been out would be able to return – while some good news did come early in the week in the confirmed return of an impact player, things came crashing down with an untimely drop in the report on Thursday night.

The program officially unveiled the gameday report just before kickoff – with everything that was expected to unfold being confirmed.

Arizona State on SI breaks down the final status of key players below.

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Warren returns this week after being out the previous two games against Baylor and TCU. Kyndrich Breedlove is likely to remain the starting player at nickelback, but Warren will be welcome and capable depth – he should see time on the field.

Brown was listed as questionable earlier in the week, but is officially active. The junior missed the win over Texas State and was not able to find proper footing in the two games that followed in response to an injury suffered in week two.

Moss is a welcome return to the lineup after missing the last four games following the season-opening victory over Northern Arizona. It is unclear how many snaps the slot receiver will see, but the Fresno State transfer has potential to make a major impact in short-yard situations.

Leavitt is officially inactive and was seen walking in Rice-Eccels Stadium with a boot after being downgraded to doubtful on Thursday night. Jeff Sims will receive the start at quarterback.

Alford has been out since week three due to an undisclosed injury, with Adrian “Boogie” Wilson set to continue stepping into a starting role for the time being. Swanson returned for the win over TCU after working back from a foot injury suffered in April but is once again out for this battle. Fiaseu will miss his second consecutive game tonight – with sophomore LB Martell Hughes set to step into the role held by the senior.

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Arizona State and Utah are set to kickoff at 7:15 P.M. AZT – although the start time has potential to be pushed back due to weather.

Read more about Arizona State basketball coach Bobby Hurley speaking directly to fans ahead of the start of the 2025 season here, and on previewing key individual Utah players ahead of the Sun Devil football game on Saturday here.

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