BYU vs. Denver

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

1. BYU’s biggest win1938: BYU 20, Denver 0by 20 points
2. Denver’s biggest win1951: Denver 56, BYU 6by 50 points
3. Upset1941: BYU 13, Denver 7BYU had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from BYU’s side (Kopp 2–⁠1 against Roning). 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.

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  1942 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 9, 1942

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  1946 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 5, 1946

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  1947 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 3, 1947

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 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
• Denver vs. Colorado State58 meetings, Denver 25–⁠28–⁠5
• Denver vs. Colorado College49 meetings, Denver 23–⁠25–⁠1
• Denver vs. Wyoming44 meetings, Denver 31–⁠11–⁠2
• Denver vs. Utah43 meetings, Denver 10–⁠28–⁠5