Denver at Utah

Saturday, October 26, 1935

Utah beat Denver 39–⁠14. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Utah led the series 13–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayDenver6–⁠3 in 1935
14
HomeUtah4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1935
39

FinalAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: UTAH TRIMS DENVER Indians Title Contender After 1914 Win Over Pioneers.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 27, 1935, page 30

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    UTAH TRIMS DENVER Indians Title Contender After 1914 Win Over Pioneers. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, October 26 {R.-Utah University, winner of six consecutive Rocky Mountain Conference foot ball championships prior to 1884, became leading contender for the 1885 title by defeating Denver University, SO to IA, here today for the Pioneers first conference loss in six starts. The Indians piled up a 900 lead at half-time. The contest was cram med with sensational runs, successful passes costly fumbles and pass interceptions. One play carried half the length of the field, Larson, Utah, passing to Hogan, end, who made a great catch on the run and continued as yards to o touchdown.

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: Perfect Slate GridirOn List Sliced to II Nine Major College Teams Forced to Retreat in Week End Wars.

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 28, 1935, page 13 (results column)

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    Perfect Slate GridirOn List Sliced to II Nine Major College Teams Forced to Retreat in Week End Wars. NEW YORK, Oct. ga grid iron upAeaval that tossed nine teams out of the perfect class left only II major elevens unbeaten and united today. This select group was all that remanned Of 683 teams that started the season. The II giants follow: East-Army, Princeton, Dart mouth, Temple, New York u, SYRIA cuse. Midwest-Notre Dame, Ohio State, Minnesota, Iowa, Marquette. South-North Carolina. Southwest-Southern Methodist, Texas Christian, Baylor. Far West-California. U. C. L. A. BY a quirk in the schedule these II face some of the toughest going Of the season in this weeks battles, with six of the group singled out for combat involving each other. The three battles are California VS.. U. G. L. A, Notre Dame VS.. Ohio State and Texas Christian VS.. Bay lor. Not one of the teams with perfect records has a setup Saturday. The major calamities in October football farewell were Yale, Penn State, Villanova, Georgia, Mississippl, Purdue, Washington and Den yer. Army conquered Yale, 1913. Pittsburgh tumbled Penn State, 80. Detroit stopped Villanova, 1915. Alabama ruined Georgia’s perfect record, 1T. Marquette blasted Mississippi, 1871. Carnegie Tech scored the outstanding upset of the week by beating Purdue, TO. Stanford triumphed over Washington. &C Utah pulverized Denver, 39–⁠14 A minor casualty was Missouri, which was held to a 6–⁠6 tie by Iowa State

  • The Imperial Valley press's story

    Imperial Valley press, October 28, 1935, page 3 (results column)

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    feet records has a setup Saturday. The major calamities in Oct ober’s football farewell were Yale, Penn State, VillanOva, Georgia, Mississippi. Purdue, Washington and Denver. Army conquered Yale, 14-S. Pittsburgh tumbled Penn State, 90. Detroit stopped VillanOva, 1916. Alabama ruin ed GeOrgia’s perfect record, 17–⁠7. Marquette blasted Mississippi, 33–⁠7. Carnegie Tech scored the outstanding upset of the week by beating Purdue, 10. Stanford triumphed over Wash ington go Utah pulverized Den YER, 39–⁠14. A minor casualty was Missouri, which was held to a 6–⁠6 tie by Iowa State.

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)

Utah 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Utah leads 28–⁠10–⁠5 in 43 meetings, counting the 26 since this game.

Recent meetings
1960Utah 49, Denver 16
1959Utah 26, Denver 12
1958Utah 20, Denver 16
1957Denver 12, Utah 7
1956Utah 27, Denver 13
1955Utah 27, Denver 7

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