Utah State at Wyoming

Saturday, October 3, 1953

Wyoming beat Utah State 20–⁠13. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Utah State led the series 24–⁠10–⁠1.

AwayUtah State8–⁠3 in 1953
13
HomeWyoming5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1953
20

FinalHigh 49°F, low 29°F, 0.51 in. of snow

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Wyoming Slaves OFF Utah State, 20 to 13

    Evening star, October 4, 1953, page 69

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    Wyoming Slaves OFF Utah State, 20 to 13 LARAMIE, Wyo.. Oct. 3 (P).- Undefeated Wyoming gave unbeaten Utah State its first defeat today, slamming across a touch down in the final period to win by 20–⁠13 in their Skyline Confer ence football game. Utah State made a game bid by scoring twice in the final quarter to shave Wyoming’s lead to l4–⁠13. Wyoming made a IT. yard drive to put the game away 1S Aeconds before the end.

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)

Wyoming 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Utah State leads 40–⁠28–⁠4 in 72 meetings, counting the 37 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Utah State 27, Wyoming 25
2022Wyoming 28, Utah State 14
2021Wyoming 44, Utah State 17
2019Utah State 26, Wyoming 21
2018Utah State 24, Wyoming 16
2017Wyoming 28, Utah State 23

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