Colorado at BYU

Saturday, October 19, 1946

BYU beat Colorado 10–⁠7. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Colorado led the series 7–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayColorado5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1946
7
HomeBYU5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1946
10

FinalAttendance 5,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: FOOTBALL SCORES Iowa Wesleyan %, Penn Qowa)

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 20, 1946, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Iowa Wesleyan %, Penn Qowa) Iowa Wesleyan %, Penn dowa) s. Cornell Uowa) 10, Coe 0. Central QoWa) 80, Dubuque Z. Eastern Illinois Teachers I, Millikin 0. Lake Forest 10. North Central college 7. Shurtleff O., Illinois college 0 (tie). Illinois State normal IS, Western Illinois Teachers 0. Ball State 20, Valparaiso s. Wabash “a, Rose Poly O.. Yankton 80, Sioux Falls college Hanover IA, Franklin O.. Wartburg II; Buena Vista 7. Lawrence I’ll Grinnell Is. St. Johns (Minn.) 26; MaAlester O.. South Dakota State rs; Augustana IS. d. 6. Wheaton u; Elmhurst u. Upper Iowa 28-- Luther 0. Lincoln University 7; Kentucky State O. Great Lake Is; Fort Sheridan 7. Missouri School of Mines Is; Maryvllle Missouri Teachers 0. Michigan State Jayvees 81; Notre Dame Jayvees 10. Wilberforce 80; Philander Smith (Ark.) 0. Western Kentucky State Teach ers College 20; Louisville 10. Otterbein SO; Ohio Northern s. Iowa 10; Indiana O. Illinois n; Wisconsin 81. Northwestern IA; Michigan IA tie). Purdee IA; Ohio State IA (tie). Miami %; Xavier (Ohio) 6. Ohio Wesleyan 10; Oberlin 0. John Carroll 10; Case 7. Wooster 81; Denison 0. Minnesota 46; Wymoning O. Nebraska Is; Kansas IA. FAR WEST Arizona State o Flagsta IA; New Mexico A & M s. Utah State At; Colorado A & M o. Denver 20; Utah IA. Washington State 0; Oregon 0 (tie). San Jose State 26; Idaho IA. Western State 10; Colorado Mines 7. Eastern New Mexico College 10; New Mexico Highlands University II. Brigham Young 10; Colorado 7. Bradley Tech 20; Colorado Col Ilege O. Montana State University 20; Montana State College 7. University Clara rs; Stanford University SO.

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)

Colorado 68% to win. BYU pulled the upset.

Colorado leads 8–⁠5–⁠1 in 14 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
2025BYU 24, Colorado 21
2024BYU 36, Colorado 14Alamo Bowl
1988BYU 20, Colorado 17Freedom Bowl
1981BYU 41, Colorado 20
1947Colorado 9, BYU 7
1946BYU 10, Colorado 7

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