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Oregon-Utah football: Projected starting lineups, schedules and what's at stake Friday

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Oregon cornerbacks Mykael Wright (2) and DJ James go against a Utah offense that was second in the Pac-12 in scoring offense and fourth in total offense.
Oregon cornerbacks Mykael Wright (2) and DJ James go against a Utah offense that was second in the Pac-12 in scoring offense and fourth in total offense.

Starters

Oregon

Offense

No.;Pos.;Player;Hgt.;Wgt.;Yr.

2;WR;Devon Williams;6-5;207;So.

19;TE;Terrance Ferguson;6-6;243;Fr.

56;LT;T.J. Bass;6-5;318;Jr.

77;LG;George Moore;6-6;324;Sr.

78;C;Alex Forsyth;6-3;303;Jr.

74;RG;Steven Jones;6-5;332;So.

71;RT;Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu;6-6;315;Jr.

14;WR;Kris Hutson;5-11;168;Fr.

11;WR;Troy Franklin;6-2;169;Fr.

13;QB;Anthony Brown;6-3;226;Sr.

26;RB;Travis Dye;5-10;190;Jr.

Defense

No.;Pos.;Player;Hgt.;Wgt.;Yr.

5;DE;Kayvon Thibodeaux;6-5;258;So.

50;NT;Popo Aumavae;6-4;305;Jr.

3;DE;Brandon Dorlus;6-3;284;So.

47;LB;Mase Funa;6-3;265;So.

1;LB;Noah Sewell;6-3;251;Fr.

33;LB;Jeffrey Bassa;6-2;217;Fr.

19;DB;Jamal Hill;6-0;199;So.

2;CB;Mykael Wright;5-11;178;So.

32;S;Jordan Happle;6-0;208;Sr.

23;S;Verone McKinley III;5-11;194;So.

0;CB;DJ James;6-0;180;So.

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Utah

Offense

No.;Pos.;Player;Hgt.;Wgt.;Yr.

18:WR;Britain Covey;5-8;170;Jr.

80;TE;Brant Kuithe;6-2;230;Jr.

77;LT;Bamidele Olaseni;6-8;330;Sr.

51;LG;Keaton Bills;6-4;313;Fr.

55;C;Nick Ford;6-5;317;Jr.

78;RG;Sataoa Laumea;6-4;304;Fr.

71;RT;Braeden Daniels;6-4;300;So.

89;TE;Cole Fotheringham;6-4;243;Jr.

86;TE;Dalton Kincaid;6-4;242;Jr.

7;QB;Cameron Rising;6-2;220;So.

9;RB;Tavion Thomas;6-2;221;So.

Defense

No.;Pos.;Player;Hgt.;Wgt.;Yr.

42;DE;Mika Tafua;6-3;250;Jr.

58;DT;Junior Tafuna;6-3;290;Fr.

95;DT;Aliki Vimahi;6-4;285;Fr.

7;DE;Van Fillinger;6-4;260;Fr.

1;LB;Nephi Sewell;6-0;228;Jr.

0;LB;Devin Lloyd;6-3;235;Jr.

6;DB;Cole Bishop;6-2;205;Fr.

16;CB;Zemaiah Vaughn;6-2;175;Fr.

9;S;Vonte Davis;6-0;195;Sr.

28;S;Brandon McKinney;6-0;200;Sr.

8;CB;Clark Phillips;5-10;185;Fr.

Schedules

Oregon

Sept. 4, def. Fresno State, 31-24

Sept. 11, def. Ohio State, 35-28

Sept. 18, def. Stony Brook, 48-7

Sept. 25, def. Arizona, 41-19

Oct. 2, lost to Stanford, 31-24, OT

Oct. 15, def. California, 24-17

Oct. 23, def. UCLA, 34-31

Oct. 30, def. Colorado, 52-29

Nov. 6, def. Washington, 26-16

Nov. 13, def. Washington State, 38-24

Nov. 20, lost to Utah, 38-7

Nov. 27, def. Oregon State, 38-29

Friday, vs. Colorado, at Las Vegas, 5 p.m.

Utah

Sept. 2, def. Weber State, 40-17

Sept. 11, lost to BYU, 26-17

Sept. 18, lost to San Diego State, 33-31, 3 OT

Sept. 25, def. Washington State, 24-13

Oct. 9, def. USC, 42-26

Oct. 16, def. Arizona State, 35-21

Oct. 23, lost to Oregon State, 42-34

Oct. 30, def. UCLA, 44-24

Nov. 5, def. Stanford, 52-7

Nov. 13, def. Arizona, 38-29

Nov. 20, def. Oregon, 38-7

Nov. 26, def. Colorado, 28-13

Friday, vs. Oregon, at Las Vegas, 5 p.m.

What's At Stake

Oregon: The Ducks are seeking their third straight Pac-12 championship and are the first team to appear in three straight conference championship games since the Pac-10 was expanded to the Pac-12 and added a conference title contest beginning in 2011. Oregon is 4-0 in Pac-12 title games, the most wins by a team in the conference title contest. To get to 5-0, the Ducks must find a way to beat a Utah team that demolished Oregon 38-7 on Nov. 20 in front of a sold-out Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. A win puts the Ducks in a New Year's Six bowl game for the third straight year and would give Oregon its fifth Rose Bowl appearance since 2009 and fourth in the past decade. Only Oregon, Stanford and Washington have represented the North Division in the Pac-12 title game where the North is 9-1 and has won three straight since Stanford's 2017 loss to USC. The loser of the Pac-12 championship game is 0-9 in bowl games; USC didn't play in a bowl last year after losing 31-24 to Oregon in the title game.

More: A photo look back at Oregon's previous four Pac-12 title game wins

Utah: The Utes enter their third Pac-12 title game in four years on a five-game winning streak and are 8-1 since starting the season 1-2. The only loss over that span was a 42-34 defeat at Oregon State on Oct. 23 and includes the shellacking of Oregon 13 days ago. The Pac-12 title game hasn't been kind to the Utes' offense as Utah lost 10-3 to Washington in 2018 and 37-15 to Oregon in 2019. The Utes have never won a Pac-12 title and have never played in the Rose Bowl. Utah will tie USC for most Pac-12 title game appearances from the South Division with three. Every South Division team has been to at least one Pac-12 championship game.

Ashley Conklin, The Register-Guard

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