Montana vs. Wyoming

Saturday, November 10, 1956

Wyoming beat Montana 34–⁠13. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Wyoming led the series 5–⁠0.

Neutral siteMontana1–⁠9 in 1956
13
Neutral siteWyoming10–⁠0 in 1956
34

FinalHigh 54°F, low 33°FAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Unbeuten Wyoming Crushes Montana

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 11, 1956, page 73

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    Unbeuten Wyoming Crushes Montana BILLINGS. Mont. Nov. 10 (P). - Indicated wyoming wrapped up the Skyline Confer .ence football title and a possible bowl bid by crushing Montana University, 34-l3, today. Held to a 1913 halftime tie, Wyoming got its ground attack going to score n points in the second half. Wyoming’s rugged line play was a major factor in the last-half surge as linemen accounted for eight points and set up a touchdown on a tumble recovery. It was Wyoming’s ninth straight victory, and left the Cowboys alone atop the Skyline Conference with a 60 record. 1t was Montana’s sixth loss of the conference season against one victory. Montana - 3 q Ola

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 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Wyoming leads 14–⁠0 in 14 meetings, counting the nine since this game.

Recent meetings
2014Wyoming 17, Montana 12
1997Wyoming 28, Montana 13
1963Wyoming 35, Montana 0
1962Wyoming 13, Montana 0
1961Wyoming 29, Montana 0
1960Wyoming 14, Montana 0

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