BYU vs. Wyoming

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in. Overtime games from the games’ Wikipedia articles.

1. BYU’s biggest win1985: BYU 59, Wyoming 0by 59 points
2. Wyoming’s biggest win1950: Wyoming 48, BYU 0by 48 points
3. Upset1942: Wyoming 13, BYU 6Wyoming had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1976: Wyoming 34, BYU 29Wyoming had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1981: Wyoming 33, BYU 20Wyoming had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
6. Ranked showdown1996: BYU 28, Wyoming 25No. 22 Wyoming at No. 5 BYU
7. Ranked showdown1990: BYU 45, Wyoming 14No. 8 BYU at No. 25 Wyoming

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from BYU’s side (Romney 2–⁠1 against Rhodes). 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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  1929 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 24, 1929

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  1933 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Dec 1, 1933

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  1935 · Evening star, Oct 27, 1935

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  1940 · Imperial Valley press, Oct 13, 1940

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  1960 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 20, 1960

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. Colorado State70 meetings, BYU 40–⁠27–⁠3
• BYU vs. New Mexico60 meetings, BYU 45–⁠14–⁠1
• Wyoming vs. Colorado State115 meetings, Wyoming 52–⁠58–⁠5
• Wyoming vs. Utah83 meetings, Wyoming 31–⁠51–⁠1
• Wyoming vs. New Mexico77 meetings, Wyoming 41–⁠36
• Wyoming vs. Utah State72 meetings, Wyoming 28–⁠40–⁠4