Utah State at Denver

Saturday, September 29, 1934

Utah State beat Denver 26–⁠7. It was their 11th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 5–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayUtah State5–⁠1–⁠1 in 1934
26
HomeDenver5–⁠5–⁠1 in 1934
7

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Must Respect Denver.

    Evening star, October 1, 1934, page 16

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    Must Respect Denver. Must Respect Denver. EORGE WASHINGTON realizes N that it must execute its attack in mid-season form in order to bring back a victory over the CO. champions of the Rocky Mountain Conference. Its respect for the Pioneer outfit was not diminished by the 26–⁠7 defeat handed Coach Percy Locey’s team by Utah State last Friday night, for word has come East that Denver’s line played far under par in that game, while it was unfortunate to have encountered probably the greatest back in that region, one Kent Ryan, who scored three of the States touchdowns through sheer power The same lineup that started the Shepherd game is expected to face Denver, namely. Benefited, 1870. and Parrish. 191. ends; Capt. Clark, 1913, and Deming, 22O, tackles; Kolker, 205, and Strayer, 1T. guards; Rathjen, 200. center; Kavalier. 18l. quarterback; Leemans, 180, ard Hanken, 1873, halves, and Brewer, 180. fullback.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Denver 64% to win. Utah State won as Elo’s underdog.

Denver leads 19–⁠13–⁠3 in 35 meetings, counting the 24 since this game.

Recent meetings
1960Utah State 31, Denver 8
1959Utah State 21, Denver 14
1958Denver 20, Utah State 8
1957Denver 21, Utah State 19
1956Utah State 18, Denver 13
1955Denver 39, Utah State 6

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