(Goleta, California) 14 January 2006 -- All-American Blake Burdette and Nathan Herrscher scored second-half tries to lead visiting Utah to a 10-8 comeback win over UC Santa Barbara. Flanker Scott Padway earned the Gauchos' lone try. In a preseason match pitting the 2005 national runnerup against the Southern California titlists, both teams missed several kicks at goal, keeping the score down. A day earlier, Utah defeated UCLA 48-0 in Los Angeles.
UC Santa Barbara
Tries: Scott Padway
Pens: Simon Doherty
Adam Mitchell; Jonathan Schaefer, Reid Wilson (captain), Jake Sennesy, Ryan Thompson; Simon Doherty, Aaron Melamed; Andrew King, Justin Roberts, BT Kent, Harris Markson, Andrew Booth, Eric Griffin, Scott Padway, KC Stober
Utah
Tries: Blake Burdette, Nathan Herrscher
Parley Baldwin; Jim McDermott, Preston Miller, Jason Pye, Mike Harmon (Ben Hill); Ben Tukuafu, Rob Kingsford; TJ Davis, Cameron Kiser, Nathan Herrscher, Chris Giles (captain), Scott Nielsen, Jake Anderson, Tom Bunnell, Blake Burdette
Referee: Dana Teagarden
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