Utah is still perfect and the Holy War belongs to the Utes again.

Devon Dampier accounted for four touchdowns and the No. 3 Utes intercepted Bear Bachmeier four times in a 28-20 win over No. 9 BYU on Saturday in Salt Lake City. Utah improved to 9-0 and 6-0 in the Big 12 and snapped a three-game losing streak in the rivalry.

BYU fell to 7-2 after its second loss in three games. The Cougars were held scoreless in the second half.

A fast start and a BYU answer

Utah scored two touchdowns on its first seven plays. Dampier ran 22 yards for the opening score and then hit Braden Pegan over the middle for a 46-yard touchdown to make it 14-0 less than five minutes in.

BYU climbed back in the second quarter. Bachmeier found Legend Glasker for a 75-yard touchdown and LJ Martin, back from injury, ran in untouched from 4 yards out to give the Cougars a 20-14 halftime lead.

The second half belonged to the Utes defense

Dampier hit Pegan again for a 14-yard touchdown in the third quarter and ran in from 3 yards out with 12:03 left for a 28-20 lead. He finished with 177 passing yards and 89 rushing yards.

Bachmeier drove BYU to the Utah 2 but Trey Reynolds intercepted him with 4:39 remaining. Nate Ritchie picked off another pass in the end zone in the final seconds.

"All I know is I love him," Utah coach Morgan Scalley said of Dampier. "He's a competitor. He's a warrior. He wins us football games."

Bachmeier threw for 272 yards and a touchdown. He had thrown four interceptions in BYU's first eight games.

"That's an incredible amount of turnovers that we had," BYU coach Kalani Sitake said. "If you know anything about this rivalry, that is not the way to win it."