Utah at Colorado
Saturday, September 28, 1957 Share
Colorado beat Utah 30–24. It was their 54th meeting; after it, Colorado led the series 29–22–3.
FinalHigh 89°F, low 60°FAttendance 37,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 29, 1957, page 1
Read the text
Utah Beaten By Colorado BOULDER. Colo. Sept. % R.-Utah fought to a one point fourth quarter lead on George Boss field goal but lost to Colorado. 1924. as the Bluffs went Sc yards for the winning touchdown with only Al Sec onds left. Utah. two-touchdown under dog. matched the Big Eight Orange Bowl champions touch down for touchdown into the fourth quarter but a safety Colorado picked up in the first quarter kept the Bluffs ahead. End Gary Nady tackled Wally SODA. Utah quarterback, in the end zone for the safety. Left halfback Bob Stransky touched of Colorado’s victory march by returning the kickoff to the “a. The Buffaloes kept marching on running plays until they reached Utah’s 81. There, on fourth down with IA yards to go. Stransky passed to quarterback Boyd Dowler, who carried to the Utah 6. On the third play Stransky plunged over.
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)
Colorado 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Utah–Colorado gameUtah leads 37–33–3 in 73 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.
| 2026 | Utah 27, Colorado 24 | |
| 2025 | Utah 53, Colorado 7 | |
| 2024 | Colorado 49, Utah 24 | |
| 2023 | Utah 23, Colorado 17 | |
| 2022 | Utah 63, Colorado 21 | |
| 2021 | Utah 28, Colorado 13 |
Around this game
Utah
- Next gameat IdahoOct. 5, 1957
- SeasonUtah in 1957
- ProgramUtah history and records
Colorado
- Next gamevs. KansasOct. 5, 1957
- SeasonColorado in 1957
- ProgramColorado history and records

