BYU vs. Colorado State

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

1. BYU’s biggest win1981: BYU 63, Colorado State 14by 49 points
2. Colorado State’s biggest win2003: Colorado State 58, BYU 13by 45 points
3. Upset1973: Colorado State 21, BYU 13Colorado State had a 19% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1986: Colorado State 24, BYU 20Colorado State had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1965: Colorado State 36, BYU 22Colorado State had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
6. Ranked showdown1999: BYU 34, Colorado State 13No. 23 Colorado State at No. 25 BYU

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from BYU’s side (Hart 0–⁠3 against Hughes). 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.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

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  1941 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 24, 1941

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. New Mexico60 meetings, BYU 45–⁠14–⁠1
• Colorado State vs. Wyoming115 meetings, Colorado State 58–⁠52–⁠5
• Colorado State vs. Colorado88 meetings, Colorado State 22–⁠64–⁠2
• Colorado State vs. Utah State80 meetings, Colorado State 40–⁠38–⁠2
• Colorado State vs. Utah80 meetings, Colorado State 22–⁠56–⁠2