BYU vs. Colorado

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

1. BYU’s biggest win2024: BYU 36, Colorado 14by 22 points
2. Colorado’s biggest win1942: Colorado 48, BYU 0by 48 points
3. Upset1946: BYU 10, Colorado 7BYU had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Ranked showdown2024: BYU 36, Colorado 14No. 17 BYU at No. 20 Colorado

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from BYU’s side (Kimball 0–⁠3 against Oakes). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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

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  1946 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 20, 1946

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.

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

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• BYU vs. Utah97 meetings, BYU 34–⁠59–⁠4
• BYU vs. Utah State91 meetings, BYU 51–⁠37–⁠3
• BYU vs. Wyoming80 meetings, BYU 47–⁠30–⁠3
• BYU vs. Colorado State70 meetings, BYU 40–⁠27–⁠3
• Colorado vs. Colorado State88 meetings, Colorado 64–⁠22–⁠2
• Colorado vs. Missouri75 meetings, Colorado 31–⁠41–⁠3
• Colorado vs. Utah73 meetings, Colorado 33–⁠37–⁠3
• Colorado vs. Nebraska72 meetings, Colorado 21–⁠49–⁠2