LARAMIE — Sophomore quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels passed for 319 yards and three touchdowns and Wyoming held off a late rally by Southern Utah to earn a 28-20 season-opening win Saturday night.
Carta-Samuels, a returning starter, completed 26-of-32 passes. He had TD strikes of 39 and 69 yards to Zach Bolger, who caught five passes for 134 yards, and 9 yards to Mazi Ogbonna. The Cowboys’ other TD came on a 1-yard run by Alvester Alexander.
Southern Utah was led by quarterback Brad Sorensen, who passed for 193 yards and one touchdown.
Wyoming built a 28-10 lead with two touchdowns in the third quarter and held on after the Thunderbirds scored 10 points in the fourth quarter on a 30-yard field goal by Brock Miller and 1-yard TD run by Major Gray.
