Wyoming at BYU
Friday, October 11, 1940 Share
BYU beat Wyoming 20–0. It was their 14th meeting; after it, BYU led the series 10–3–1.
Final
In the newspapers
Imperial Valley press, October 13, 1940, page 4
Read the text
Brigham Young Routs Wyoming PROVO, Utah. Oct. II. CUP)-- Brigham Young University turned On spasmodic bursts of power tonight to win it’s first Big Seven conference football game of the season from previously undefeated University of wyoming Cowboys. 900, before 5000 spectators at Y bowl.
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)
BYU 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wyoming–BYU gameBYU leads 47–30–3 in 80 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.
| 2024 | BYU 34, Wyoming 14 | |
| 2022 | BYU 38, Wyoming 24 | |
| 2016 | BYU 24, Wyoming 21 | Poinsettia Bowl |
| 2010 | BYU 25, Wyoming 20 | |
| 2009 | BYU 52, Wyoming 0 | |
| 2008 | BYU 44, Wyoming 0 |
Around this game
Wyoming
- Next gameat DenverOct. 19, 1940
- SeasonWyoming in 1940
- ProgramWyoming history and records
BYU
- Next gameat Texas TechOct. 18, 1940
- SeasonBYU in 1940
- ProgramBYU history and records