Utah at Houston: How to watch, listen to or stream the game

A Utah Utes cheerleader performs before a game between the University of Utah and the TCU Horned Frogs at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. The TCU Horned Frogs defeated the Utah Utes 13-7. | Brice Tucker, Deseret News

Utah (4-3, 1-3) at Houston (2-5, 1-3)

Kickoff: Saturday, 5 p.m. MDT

Venue: TDECU Stadium

TV: ESPN+ (streaming only)

Livestream: espn.com/watch

Radio: ESPN 700 AM/92.1 FM

Series: Houston leads 4-0

Weather: Mostly sunny with temperatures in the high 80s at kickoff, dropping to mid 70s by end of game.

The trends

For Utah: The Utes have dropped three consecutive games, with their latest defeat coming at the hands of TCU. The Horned Frogs beat the Utes 13-7 and held Utah to just 267 total yards as the offense struggled for the third straight contest.

For Houston: The Cougars picked up their first Big 12 win of the season with a 30-19 win over TCU, led by quarterback Zeon Chriss, but after Chriss left last week’s game against Kansas in the first quarter with an injury, Houston suffered a 42-14 defeat to the Jayhawks.

What to watch for

After last week’s 13-7 loss to TCU — Utah’s third loss in a row and its second time in three tries scoring less than 14 points — offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig resigned.

Utah coach Kyle Whittingham promoted offensive analyst and quarterbacks coach Mike Bajakian to interim offensive coordinator, and Bajakian will call the offense for the rest of the season.

Bajakian, a 29-year coaching veteran, arrived at Utah this summer with extensive offensive coordinator experience, including stints at Northwestern, Boston College and Cincinnati.

At Cincinnati, Bajakian helped engineer back-to-back 10-win seasons, scoring an average of 32.8 points per game, and maximizing tight end Travis Kelce’s role in the offense. In his last role at Northwestern,…

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Publish date : 2024-10-26 00:00:00

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