Utah at Denver
Friday, October 6, 1944 Share
Denver beat Utah 28–12. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Utah led the series 17–5–3.
FinalAttendance 12,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, October 7, 1944, page 1
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kRAMI(I0 5 STAR, DENVER-U UTAH GAME DENVER, Colo, Oct. 7.-Johnny Kram.cio’s 100 yard runback after Utah’s opening kickoff gave Den- yer quick start to the final score of 28 to 12 in a romp over the Utah Pioneers re-entry into the Rocky Mountain States football conference after years absence.
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 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Utah–Denver gameUtah leads 28–10–5 in 43 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.
| 1960 | Utah 49, Denver 16 | |
| 1959 | Utah 26, Denver 12 | |
| 1958 | Utah 20, Denver 16 | |
| 1957 | Denver 12, Utah 7 | |
| 1956 | Utah 27, Denver 13 | |
| 1955 | Utah 27, Denver 7 |
Around this game
Utah
- Next gamevs. ColoradoOct. 14, 1944
- SeasonUtah in 1944
- ProgramUtah history and records
Denver
- Next gameat Colorado CollegeOct. 13, 1944
- SeasonDenver in 1944
- ProgramDenver history and records
