Utah State at Utah

Thursday, November 28, 1946

Utah State beat Utah 22–⁠14. It was their 47th meeting; after it, Utah led the series 24–⁠10–⁠4 in the games on file.

AwayUtah State7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1946
22
HomeUtah8–⁠3 in 1946
14

FinalAttendance 23,166

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: | Three EIeyens Shine In Bidding Adieu 10 Retiring Coaches

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 29, 1946, page 44 (results column)

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    | Three EIeyens Shine In Bidding Adieu 10 Retiring Coaches NEW YORK, Nov. 2s.-Cornell, Colgate and Texas made the departures of their veteran coaches memorable occasions in closing their 1916 football schedules Thanksgiying Day. While Cornell lost to Penn at Philadelphia, 26–⁠20, after soaring the daylights out of the Quakers, the game was one that Ed Nc Keever, who is leaving Ithaca after two seasons, can point to with pride The husky Penn forces were expected to trample McKeever’s crew but Cornell drew first blood, scoring the first time the Red put the ball in play from scrimmage and adding two more touchdowns in thu final period after the Quaker. thought they were out of danger BY losing. Cornell lost the mythica Ivy League title. The champion ship goes to Yale, which has 4-1-1 record. Texas Wins for Bible. The Texas Longhorns presented the venerable Dana K. Bible with q going gift lin a 24–⁠7 VIC tory over Texas A. and NJ Bible, who steps out of the coaching ranks after “a years, saw his team rated No. in the Nation in mid October-salvage a third place in the Southwest Conference stand ings after an in-and-out season. Andy Kerr’s Colgate Red Raiders came through in storybook fashion to make his exit from the grid pic ture pleasurable one. The Raiders were trailing Brown, TO. going into the third period. Between halves Kerr pleaded with his charges to 60 out and get three touchdowns. They did just that and won, .20-14. Arkansas, already assured of tie ing for the lead in the Southwest Conference, was beaten by Tulsa 14–⁠13, despite a two-touchdown rally In the second half. The victory seemed certain to keep Tulsa in contention for bid to its sixth straight bowl appearance. Share Big Six Title. Kansas wound up its most sue ceSSfuI season in Is years with a 20–⁠19 triumph over Missouri’s Big Tigers. The victory gave the Jayhawkers a tie with Oklahoma for the Big Six crown. Each team has four victories and one defeat. In the Southern Conference, Will liam and Mary trounced Richmond 400. to gain the runnerup spot to North Carolina’s champions and win the Virginia State title. Wake Forest showed under crippled South Carolina crew, $50; Virginis Tech downed its traditional rival v. M. T., 20–⁠7, and Davidson beat Furman, 1877. Denver, Big Seven Conference leader, trampled Colorado College 1856, in non-league game, while Utah State defeated Utah, 22–⁠14 Bradley University was beaten by st. Louis, $500, and Fresno State shaded idaho, 1912. New Mexico A. g. M. won from Texas College OF Mines, 14–⁠7, and Wichita defeated Arizona State (Tempe), 34–⁠19. Chat tanooga thumped Cigar Bowl bound Rollins, 34–⁠6.

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 71% to win. Utah State pulled the upset.

Officially, Utah leads 81–⁠30–⁠4; as played, 74–⁠28–⁠4 in the 106 games on file; the official count covers all 115 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Utah 33, Utah State 0
2024Utah 38, Utah State 21
2015Utah 24, Utah State 14
2013Utah 30, Utah State 26
2012Utah State 27, Utah 20
2009Utah 35, Utah State 17

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