BYU vs. Montana

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

1. BYU’s biggest win1958: BYU 41, Montana 12by 29 points
2. Montana’s biggest win1949: Montana 25, BYU 6by 19 points
3. Upset1959: Montana 12, BYU 0Montana had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1941: Montana 20, BYU 7Montana had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from BYU’s side (Atkinson 3–⁠0 against Chinske). 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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  1949 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 21, 1949

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
• Montana vs. Idaho62 meetings, Montana 22–⁠39–⁠1
• Montana vs. Montana State57 meetings, Montana 38–⁠18–⁠1
• Montana vs. Utah State28 meetings, Montana 6–⁠22
• Montana vs. Eastern Washington27 meetings, Montana 18–⁠9