New Mexico vs. Utah
Monday, January 2, 1939, Sun Bowl Share
Utah beat New Mexico 26–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Utah led the series 1–0.
FinalAttendance 13,000Referee: Cooper KinneyThe game on Wikipedia
In the newspapers
The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, January 3, 1939, page 16
Read the text
BOWL RESULTS NEW YEARS DAY FOOTBALL Rose Bowl. Pasadena -- Southern California T; Duke 3. Sugar Bowl, New Orleans Texas Christian 15: Carnegie Tech 2. Orange Bowl, Miami – Tennessee II; Oklahoma o. Cotton Bowl, Dallas St. Marys 20; Texas Tech IS. Sun Bowl. Fl Paso, Tex.-Utah 26: New Mexico 0. K East-West, San Francsco West IA; East O. North-south Montgomery, Ala North T: South 0. Pineapple Bowl, Honolulu-U. O |. A. 32; U. of Hawai- 2.
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 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every New Mexico–Utah gameUtah leads 33–17–2 in 52 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.
| 2010 | Utah 56, New Mexico 14 | |
| 2009 | Utah 45, New Mexico 14 | |
| 2008 | Utah 13, New Mexico 10 | |
| 2007 | Utah 28, New Mexico 10 | |
| 2006 | New Mexico 34, Utah 31 | |
| 2005 | New Mexico 31, Utah 27 |
Around this game
New Mexico
- Next gamevs. Western New MexicoSept. 22, 1939
- SeasonNew Mexico in 1938
- ProgramNew Mexico history and records
Utah
- Next gamevs. Santa ClaraSept. 30, 1939
- SeasonUtah in 1938
- ProgramUtah history and records