BYU vs. Montana State

BYU and Montana State first met in 1923 and have played 15 times; BYU leads the series 9–⁠6. Over the last 10 meetings it’s BYU 7–⁠3.

BYU wins
9
Montana State wins
6
Ties
0
First meeting
1923
Longest streak
4 BYU
Current streak
1 BYU
Last 10 meetings
BYU 7–⁠3
Most recent
1947

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s2–⁠4
1930s6–⁠1
1940s1–⁠1
Average margin
11.5 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At BYU
9–⁠1 BYU’s record at home
At Montana State
5–⁠0 Montana State’s record at home
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. BYU’s biggest win1933: BYU 25, Montana State 0by 25 points
  2. Montana State’s biggest win1926: Montana State 27, BYU 0by 27 points
  3. Upset1946: Montana State 13, BYU 12Montana State had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsBYUSeriesMontana State
1928–⁠1935Ott Romney4–⁠3Schubert R. Dyche

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from BYU’s side (Romney 4–⁠3 against Dyche). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of BYU and Montana State, 1923 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.

From the newspapers

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story of the 1932 game: Football Results COLLEGES

    1932 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Sep 24, 1932

  • The Evening star's story of the 1933 game: Late u Rally Beats Mount ST. Mar z&O Maryland Rous ST. ohn 200 Foot Ball Results Local Teams.

    1933 · Evening star, Oct 1, 1933

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

Sep 26, 1947BYU 19, Montana State 14at BYU
Sep 28, 1946Montana State 13, BYU 12at Montana State
Nov 20, 1937BYU 19, Montana State 0at BYU
Oct 3, 1936BYU 19, Montana State 0at BYU
Sep 28, 1935Montana State 7, BYU 0at Montana State
Sep 22, 1934BYU 20, Montana State 6at BYU
Sep 30, 1933BYU 25, Montana State 0at BYU
Sep 23, 1932BYU 6, Montana State 0at BYU
Nov 15, 1930BYU 19, Montana State 6at BYU
Oct 12, 1929Montana State 13, BYU 12at BYU
Nov 3, 1928Montana State 19, BYU 7at Montana State
Nov 6, 1926Montana State 27, BYU 0at Montana State
Nov 21, 1925BYU 16, Montana State 7at BYU
Oct 11, 1924Montana State 13, BYU 0at Montana State
Sep 29, 1923BYU 16, Montana State 15at BYU

Every game is listed as played on the field.