Colorado State vs. Utah
Colorado State and Utah have 80 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Utah leads the series 56–22–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Utah 8–2, and Utah has won the last 6. Share
- Colorado State wins
- 22
- Utah wins
- 56
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1902
- Longest streak
- 12 Utah
- Current streak
- 6 Utah
- Last 10 meetings
- Utah 8–2
- Most recent
- 2014
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 3–2 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–9 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–7 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 4–6 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–6 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–4 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 3–6–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 3–4 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 4–6 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–2 |
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: Colorado State 0, Utah 1
- Average margin
- 17.8 points; 23 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Colorado State
- 14–23 Colorado State’s record at home
- At Utah
- 32–8–2 Utah’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Colorado State first
- Shutouts
- 19
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Colorado State’s biggest win1977: Colorado State 44, Utah 3by 41 points
- Utah’s biggest win1957: Utah 55, Colorado State 0by 55 points
- Upset1952: Utah 14, Colorado State 6Utah had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1983: Colorado State 31, Utah 28Colorado State had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1994: Utah 45, Colorado State 31No. 18 Utah at No. 12 Colorado State
Coach against coach
| Years | Colorado State | Series | Utah |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1915–1917 | Harry Hughes | 2–1 | Nelson Norgren |
| 1926–1946 | Harry Hughes | 2–15 | Ike Armstrong |
| 1947–1949 | Robert Davis | 1–2 | Ike Armstrong |
| 1950–1955 | Robert Davis | 2–4 | Jack Curtice |
| 1958–1961 | Tuffy Mullison | 2–2 | Ray Nagel |
| 1962–1965 | Milo Lude | 0–4 | Ray Nagel |
| 1977–1981 | Sarkis Arslanian | 1–3–1 | Wayne Howard |
| 1982–1984 | Leon Fuller | 1–2 | Chuck Stobart |
| 1985–1988 | Leon Fuller | 1–3 | Jim Fassel |
| 1990–1992 | Earle Bruce | 1–2 | Ron McBride |
| 1993–2002 | Sonny Lubick | 5–2 | Ron McBride |
| 2005–2007 | Sonny Lubick | 1–2 | Kyle Whittingham |
| 2008–2010 | Steve Fairchild | 0–3 | Kyle Whittingham |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Colorado State’s side (Hughes 2–1 against Norgren). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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.
Stars of the series
Named most valuable
| Utah QB Travis Wilson | 2014 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers

1916 · Bisbee daily review, Arizona, Nov 19, 1916

1932 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 20, 1932

1937 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 15, 1937

1941 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 16, 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.
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.