Arizona vs. Utah

Arizona and Utah have 49 meetings on file, the first in 1924; Utah leads the series 26–⁠21–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Utah 6–⁠4, and Arizona has won the last 2.

Scheduled 2027 at Utah. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Arizona wins
21
Utah wins
26
Ties
2
Earliest on file
1924
Longest streak
6 Arizona
Current streak
2 Arizona
Last 10 meetings
Utah 6–⁠4
Most recent
2024

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠2
1930s0–⁠1
1940s1–⁠4–⁠2
1950s2–⁠4
1960s3–⁠3
1970s6–⁠2
1980s1–⁠0
1990s0–⁠1
2000s2–⁠2
2010s4–⁠5
2020s2–⁠2
Both ranked
3 meetings: Arizona 2, Utah 1
Average margin
15.6 points; 15 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Arizona
11–⁠12–⁠2 Arizona’s record at home
At Utah
13–⁠10 Utah’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Arizona first
Shutouts
6

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Arizona’s biggest win1983: Arizona 38, Utah 0by 38 points
  2. Utah’s biggest win1959: Utah 54, Arizona 6by 48 points
  3. Upset1965: Arizona 16, Utah 9Arizona had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Ranked showdown1994: Utah 16, Arizona 13No. 15 Arizona at No. 14 Utah
  5. Ranked showdown2023: Arizona 42, Utah 18No. 16 Utah at No. 19 Arizona
  6. Ranked showdown2014: Arizona 42, Utah 10No. 15 Arizona at No. 20 Utah

Coach against coach

YearsArizonaSeriesUtah
1940–⁠1948Miles Casteel1–⁠4–⁠1Ike Armstrong
1952–⁠1954Warren Woodson2–⁠1Jack Curtice
1959–⁠1965Jim LaRue1–⁠2Ray Nagel
1969–⁠1972Bob Weber2–⁠2Bill Meek
1974–⁠1976Jim Young3–⁠0Tom Lovat
2012–⁠2017Rich Rodriguez4–⁠2Kyle Whittingham
2021–⁠2023Jedd Fisch1–⁠2Kyle Whittingham

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Arizona’s side (Casteel 1–⁠4–⁠1 against Armstrong). 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 Utah, 1924 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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.

Stars of the series

Named most valuable

Cal Beck Utah1994
Tedy Bruschi Arizona1994

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

From the newspapers

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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.

Every game

Nov 14, 2026Utah at Arizona upcomingat Arizona
Sep 28, 2024Arizona 23, 10Utah 10at Utah
Nov 18, 202319Arizona 42, 16Utah 18at Arizona
Nov 5, 202212Utah 45, Arizona 20at Utah
Nov 13, 2021Utah 38, Arizona 29at Arizona
Nov 23, 20197Utah 35, Arizona 7at Arizona
Oct 12, 2018Utah 42, Arizona 10at Utah
Sep 22, 201723Utah 30, Arizona 24at Arizona
Oct 8, 201624Utah 36, Arizona 23at Utah
Nov 14, 2015Arizona 37, 10Utah 30at Arizona
Nov 22, 201415Arizona 42, 20Utah 10at Utah
Oct 19, 2013Arizona 35, Utah 24at Arizona
Nov 17, 2012Arizona 34, Utah 24at Utah
Nov 5, 2011Utah 34, Arizona 21at Arizona
Sep 2, 2005Utah 27, Arizona 24at Utah
Sep 11, 200417Utah 23, Arizona 6at Arizona
Sep 14, 2002Arizona 23, Utah 17at Arizona
Sep 2, 2000Arizona 17, Utah 3at Utah
Dec 27, 199414Utah 16, 15Arizona 13Neutral siteFreedom Bowl
Sep 10, 198311Arizona 38, Utah 0at Arizona
Oct 22, 1977Arizona 45, Utah 17at Arizona
Oct 30, 1976Arizona 38, Utah 35at Utah
Nov 22, 197511Arizona 38, Utah 14at Arizona
Oct 12, 197412Arizona 41, Utah 8at Utah
Oct 27, 1973Arizona 42, Utah 21at Arizona
Nov 4, 1972Utah 28, Arizona 27at Utah
Oct 23, 1971Arizona 14, Utah 3at Arizona
Oct 24, 1970Utah 24, Arizona 0at Utah
Nov 15, 1969Arizona 17, Utah 16at Arizona
Nov 16, 1968Arizona 16, Utah 15at Utah
Oct 21, 1967Utah 33, Arizona 29at Arizona
Oct 22, 1966Utah 24, Arizona 19at Arizona
Sep 18, 1965Arizona 16, Utah 9at Utah
Sep 24, 1960Utah 13, Arizona 3at Arizona
Oct 31, 1959Utah 54, Arizona 6at Utah
Sep 25, 1954Arizona 54, Utah 20at Utah
Sep 19, 1953Utah 28, Arizona 7at Arizona
Oct 4, 1952Arizona 27, Utah 0at Utah
Sep 22, 1951Utah 27, Arizona 7at Arizona
Sep 30, 1950Utah 27, Arizona 14at Utah
Oct 1, 1949Arizona 12, Utah 12at Arizona
Oct 2, 1948Utah 47, Arizona 14at Utah
Dec 6, 1947Arizona 20, Utah 20at Arizona
Oct 5, 1946Utah 14, Arizona 7at Utah
Oct 3, 1942Arizona 14, Utah 0at Arizona
Dec 6, 1941Utah 12, Arizona 6at Arizona
Oct 12, 1940Utah 24, Arizona 0at Utah
Oct 3, 1936Utah 14, Arizona 6at Utah
Oct 16, 1925Utah 9, Arizona 0at Arizona
Oct 18, 1924Utah 32, Arizona 7at Utah

Every game is listed as played on the field.