BYU at Utah

Saturday, October 11, 1947

Utah beat BYU 28–⁠6. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Utah led the series 19–⁠1–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayBYU3–⁠7 in 1947
6
HomeUtah8–⁠1–⁠1 in 1947
28

FinalAttendance 19,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Gsy1o FOOTBALL \ SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 13, 1947, page 3 (results column)

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    Gsy1o FOOTBALL \ SCORES Scores oI principal football games played during the weekend are as follows: St. Marys 6; Washington 26. San Jose s. 28; Puget Sound 0. Idaho G. Oregon State 33. Michigan s. 21 Washington s. T. Santa Clara 13; Stanford 2. OCLA 24; Oregon ‘ Alabama 26; Duquesene 0. Mississippi State 21 University of San Francisco 14. University of Hawaii IA; Mon tana State 0. Illinois 0; Army 0. Duke 14; Navy 14. California 48; Wisconsin 2. Gettysburg IS; LaFayette IA. Boston University 38; New York University ‘. Pittsburgh 0; Michigan 69 Bowdoin 61; Amherst 6. Main T; New Hampshire 28 Rutgers 13; Princeton T. Ohio University T; Western Re- serve 20. Bucknell 13; Delaware 12. Georgia Teach 20s VNII O. Wake Forest IS; N Carolina T. Cornell 27; Colgate IS. Chattanooga T; Tennessee 26. Vermont T; Union 20. Tulane 0; Rice B. William and Mary 21; Virginia Teach 6. Nebraska IA; Iowa State T. Indiana l4; Iowa 27. Quantico Marines 29; Davis and Elkins 0. Dennison 50; Beloit T. George Washington 0; Washing ton and Lee 15. Furman 8; South Carolina 26. Catholic University T; Western Maryland 21. Northwestern 21; Minnesota 37. Texas 34; Oklahoma A. Drake 13; Wichita 21. S. Dakota s. 6; Kansas 86. Harvard O. Virginia 47. University of Manitoba 0; North Dakota University 47 Tulsa T; Texast Tech A. Arkansas 9; Baylor IT. Florida IA; Auburn 20. University of Mississippi G.; Vanderbilt 10. Texas ARM IS; Louisiana s. 19. Georgia 0; Kentucky 26. Wyoming 53; Colorado School of mines 6. University of Nevada 51; Univer- city of Portland 6. California Aggie 20; San Fran cisco State 0. Brigham Young 6; Utah 28. New Mexico ARM 0; University of New Mexico 20 Texas Mines o; Texas State IA. Colorado ARM 13; Denver 13. Penn 32; Dartmouth 0. Middlebury T; Trinity 31. Villanova 13;; Holy Cross G. Penn State 75; Fordham 0. Hawaiian All Stars IA; Idaho State 12. San Diego Naval Air 45; Seattle Naval Air 0. Fort Lewis ‘; Bremerton Navy 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. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Utah leads 62–⁠37–⁠4; as played, 59–⁠34–⁠4 in the 97 games on file; the official count covers all 103 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025BYU 24, Utah 21
2024BYU 22, Utah 21
2021BYU 26, Utah 17
2019Utah 30, BYU 12
2018Utah 35, BYU 27
2017Utah 19, BYU 13

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