2018 Pac-12 Football Championship Game

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2018 Pac-12 Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
1234Total
Utah00303
Washington037010
DateNovember 30, 2018
Season 2018
Stadium Levi's Stadium
Location Santa Clara, CA
MVP Byron Murphy, Washington
Favorite Washington by 4.5
Referee Chris Coyte
Attendance35,134
United States TV coverage
Network Fox, ESPN Radio
Announcers Fox:

Joe Davis (Play-By-Play)
Brady Quinn (Analyst)
Petros Papadakis (Analyst)
Bruce Feldman (Sidelines)

Contents

ESPN Radio:

Bill Rosinski (Play-By-Play)
David Norrie (Analyst)
Ian Fitzsimmons (Sidelines)
Pac-12 Football Championship Game
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2018 Pac-12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 13 Washington xy$  7 2   10 4  
No. 10 Washington State x  7 2   11 2  
Stanford  6 3   9 4  
Oregon  5 4   9 4  
California  4 5   7 6  
Oregon State  1 8   2 10  
South Division
Utah xy  6 3   9 5  
Arizona State  5 4   7 6  
USC  4 5   5 7  
Arizona  4 5   5 7  
UCLA  3 6   3 9  
Colorado  2 7   5 7  
Championship: Washington 10, Utah 3
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 Pac-12 Football Championship Game was played on November 30, 2018 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California to determine the champion of the Pac-12 Conference in football for the 2018 season. It was the eighth edition of the Pac-12 Football Championship Game and was televised nationally by Fox Sports. [1] Washington defeated Utah 10–3 to win their second conference title in the Pac-12 era. The Huskies went on to represent the Pac-12 Conference in the 2019 Rose Bowl game.

History

Washington played in its second Pac-12 Football Championship Game while Utah made its debut. With Utah's qualification, all six members of the South Division have now appeared in the Pac-12 championship.

The matchup was the 13th meeting between the Utes and the Huskies. They last played each other earlier in the season when Washington defeated Utah 21–7 at Rice–Eccles Stadium. Following that result, Washington led the all-time series 11–1.

Teams

Utah

After starting 0–2 in conference play, Utah won six of their remaining seven conference games, officially clinching the South Division with a win against Colorado on November 17.

Washington

Washington claimed the North Division's berth in the championship game by winning their head-to-head matchup with Washington State in the 111th Apple Cup. The two rivals finished with 7–2 conference records.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP UTAHWASH
23:0812446:12WASH29-yard field goal by Peyton Henry03
311:1710463:43UTAH53-yard field goal by Matt Gay 33
31:05WASHInterception returned 66 yards for touchdown by Byron Murphy, Peyton Henry kick good310
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.310

Statistics

1234Total
No. 17 Utes00303
No. 10 Huskies037010
StatisticsUTAHWASH
First downs1219
Plays–yards52–18873–306
Rushes–yards25–5140–119
Passing yards137187
Passing: Comp–Att–Int17–27–321–33–1
Time of possession21:2838:32
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
UtahPassingJason Shelley17/27, 137 yds, 3 INT
RushingArmand Shyne11 car, 37 yds
ReceivingJaylen Dixon7 rec, 68 yds
WashingtonPassing Jake Browning 21/33, 187 yds, 1 INT
Rushing Myles Gaskin 23 car, 71 yds
ReceivingAndre Baccellia8 rec, 65 yds

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  1. "2018 Pac-12 Football Championship Game". Pac-12. Retrieved July 11, 2018.