Arizona vs. BYU

Arizona and BYU first met in 1936 and have played 28 times; BYU leads the series 15–⁠12–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s BYU 8–⁠2, and BYU has won the last 6.

Arizona wins
12
BYU wins
15
Ties
1
First meeting
1936
Longest streak
6 BYU
Current streak
6 BYU
Last 10 meetings
BYU 8–⁠2
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s1–⁠0
1950s0–⁠1–⁠1
1960s4–⁠4
1970s5–⁠3
2000s2–⁠1
2010s0–⁠2
2020s0–⁠4
Average margin
12.1 points; 11 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Arizona
8–⁠7–⁠1 Arizona’s record at home
At BYU
6–⁠3 BYU’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠2 Arizona first

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Arizona’s biggest win1964: Arizona 39, BYU 6by 33 points
  2. BYU’s biggest win1974: BYU 37, Arizona 13by 24 points
  3. Upset1974: BYU 37, Arizona 13BYU had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1976: BYU 23, Arizona 16BYU had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1971: Arizona 27, BYU 14Arizona had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsArizonaSeriesBYU
1964–⁠1966Jim LaRue1–⁠2Tommy Hudspeth
1969–⁠1971Bob Weber2–⁠1Tommy Hudspeth
1973–⁠1976Jim Young2–⁠2LaVell Edwards
2006–⁠2008Mike Stoops2–⁠1Bronco Mendenhall
2024–⁠2026Brent Brennan0–⁠3Kalani Sitake

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Arizona’s side (LaRue 1–⁠2 against Hudspeth). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Arizona and BYU, 1936 on130015001700194019501960197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1962 game

    1962 · Evening star, Sep 28, 1962

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

On television

2025ESPN20.9 million viewers
2026FOX3.0 million viewers

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Sep 12, 202615BYU 28, Arizona 17at BYU
Oct 11, 202518BYU 33, Arizona 27at Arizona
Oct 12, 202414BYU 41, Arizona 19at BYU
Sep 4, 2021BYU 24, Arizona 16Allegiant Stadium
Sep 1, 2018BYU 28, Arizona 23at Arizona
Sep 3, 2016BYU 18, Arizona 16State Farm Stadium
Dec 20, 2008Arizona 31, 20BYU 21Sam Boyd StadiumLas Vegas Bowl
Sep 1, 2007BYU 20, Arizona 7at BYU
Sep 2, 2006Arizona 16, BYU 13at Arizona
Oct 29, 197717BYU 34, Arizona 14at BYU
Sep 25, 1976BYU 23, Arizona 16at Arizona
Nov 1, 197517Arizona 36, BYU 20at BYU
Oct 26, 1974BYU 37, 16Arizona 13at Arizona
Nov 10, 1973Arizona 24, BYU 10at BYU
Nov 11, 1972Arizona 21, BYU 7at Arizona
Nov 13, 1971Arizona 27, BYU 14at BYU
Oct 10, 1970Arizona 24, BYU 17at Arizona
Nov 1, 1969BYU 31, Arizona 21at BYU
Oct 19, 1968Arizona 19, BYU 3at Arizona
Nov 11, 1967BYU 17, Arizona 14at BYU
Oct 29, 1966BYU 16, Arizona 14at Arizona
Nov 20, 1965BYU 20, Arizona 3at Arizona
Sep 26, 1964Arizona 39, BYU 6at Arizona
Sep 28, 1963Arizona 33, BYU 7at Arizona
Sep 22, 1962Arizona 27, BYU 21at Arizona
Sep 19, 1959BYU 18, Arizona 14at Arizona
Sep 21, 1957Arizona 14, BYU 14at Arizona
Sep 25, 1936Arizona 32, BYU 6at Arizona

Every game is listed as played on the field.