Utah State at Denver

Saturday, December 7, 1946

Utah State beat Denver 28–⁠14. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Denver led the series 13–⁠6–⁠3.

AwayUtah State7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1946
28
HomeDenver5–⁠5–⁠1 in 1946
14

FinalAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Utah State TrampIes Denver, Shares Title

    Evening star, District of Columbia, December 8, 1946, page 34

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    Utah State TrampIes Denver, Shares Title DENVER, Dec. Utah States llard- charging Farmers won a share of the Big Seven football title today with a wild, fumble-flled 28–⁠14 victory over Denver University, shattering the Pioneers hopes of a second straight undisputed confer ence championship. Coach Dick Romney’s crew, not considered of championship caliber after mediocre beginning, i’m proved with the season and today S victory gave them record identical with Denver-four wins, one loss and one tie. The Farmers well-earned victory gave 10000 fans more thrills than a three-ring circus

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. Utah State won as Elo’s underdog.

Denver leads 19–⁠13–⁠3 in 35 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.

Recent meetings
1960Utah State 31, Denver 8
1959Utah State 21, Denver 14
1958Denver 20, Utah State 8
1957Denver 21, Utah State 19
1956Utah State 18, Denver 13
1955Denver 39, Utah State 6

Around this game

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