Utah at Colorado
Saturday, October 3, 1903 Share
Colorado beat Utah 22–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Colorado led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 47°F
In the newspapers

The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], October 4, 1903, page 8
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WHITEWASH FOR u. OF u. ELEVEN Colorado Men Scored -Four TouchdoWns at Boulder. TOO MUCH BEEF FOR UTAH BOTH TEAMS PLAYED EXCEP- TIONALLY CLEAN BALL. Boulder. Colo. Oct SIN a clean. ha! T. fought game this afternoon on Gamble field the University Of Colorado foclball team defeated the University of Utah eleven by a score Of - 60 @. Colorado earned three OF her four touchdowus bv persistent end buCkng. scoring once Ou a Iluke- The Mormons were outwetghted ABOUT tfteen pounds 10 TIE man but made a plucky fight. The team work OK the Boulder eleven was eNcellcDL. and the lighter line of her opponents was unaDie. 70 Withstand the terrific onslaught OF the local aggregation The game was ana interesting one 20 the spectators both teams playing exceptionally clean uaH ana the contest was devoid OF an UNI necessary roughness or brutality. The victory OF the Colorado team was dur 20 ner heavier men and better team WORK The Saints defense was not the Desl’ although their Offense play was I3lfiy good For the Boulder team kings Jury and Whitehead were the star per- L”IiAets The former at ualfback made most on the gains for his team. White Aeau. the quarterback. passed the bail Wen and his Interference was superb russell Peterson and Captain Wade car rieo off the hOnors for the Mormon aggreGauOn. Particularly noticeable was the work OF Peterson at right tackle. Time and again he broke through the line and often threw the runner for loss. Very little bunting was done as “a strong wind made kicking uncertain. Following is the fina-1ru-
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 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Utah–Colorado gameUtah leads 37–33–3 in 73 meetings, counting the 72 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 gamevs. DenverOct. 31, 1903
- SeasonUtah in 1903
- ProgramUtah history and records
Colorado
- Next gameat Colorado StateOct. 10, 1903
- SeasonColorado in 1903
- ProgramColorado history and records

