Utah beats Alabama By 31-17 in Sugar Bowl : Utah quarterback Brian Johnson threw for 336 yards record in Sugar Bowl
Johnson threw record of 336 yards in Sugar Bowl and three touchdowns, and the Utes took charge from the start by bolting to a stunning, 21-point lead. Johnson's pinpoint passing led Utah to a 21-0 first-quarter lead and the Utes refused to wilt when Alabama pulled to 21-17 early in the second half.
"Utah quarterback Brian Johnson tuned into the Sugar Bowl"
NO.7 Utah of the MOuntain West Conference capped a perfect 13-0 season with an upset of No.4 Albama of the Southeastern Conference, 31-17, in the Sugar Bowl on Friday night. It was the third time in four tries that a team from outside the major conferences has won a B.C.S. bowl game.
Brian Johnson, Utah’s senior quarterback, completed 27 of 41 passes for 336 yards and 3 touchdowns. Freddie Brown caught 12 of those passes for 125 yards in front of 71,872 in the Superdome. Johnson finished the drive with a 7-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Brent Casteel. Louie Sakoda’s extra-point kick made the score 7-0, and the Alabama fans looked as stunned as their team. Johnson passed 18 yards to Godfrey for a touchdown, and the extra-point kick made the score 21-0. With the victory, Utah became the first team from a non-BCS conference to win two BCS bowls. The Utes beat Pittsburgh in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl under coach Urban Meyer, going for his second BCS national title with Florida when his Gators play Oklahoma on Thursday in Miami.
Utah is pulling off the shocker of the 2008/2009 Bowl season getting out to a big first half lead against Alabama. This looks like it'll be a wild one, and Pete Fiutak analyzes it all with his quarter-by-quarter, play-by-play look at the 2009 Sugar Bowl. Fiu's Stream of Consciousness Notes 2009 Sugar Bowl – Utah vs. Alabama By Pete Fiutak Welcome again to my pretentious, goofy and self-serving stream-of-consciousness thoughts and notes on the big games, the broadcasts, the ads and the teams for the attention deficit disordered. E-mail me with your own thoughts and notes and what you'd like to see. Pregame - I’m in the minority here, but I really do think Utah has a shot to win this game.
Johnson understands perfectly where all that advice was coming from, now that the Utes are 12-0 and preparing to play Alabama in next Friday's Sugar Bowl. The story will remain part of the lore of Utah's return to the Bowl Championship Series, how Johnson would have missed all of this -- and who knows if it would have happened without him? if not for the knee injury that served to extend his college career.
Brian Johnson Mini Biography
Class:Senior
Hometown:Baytown, Texas
High School:Robert E. Lee HS
Height / Weight:6-1 / 200
Position:QB
Experience:3VL
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