Colorado State vs. Utah State
Colorado State and Utah State have 80 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Colorado State leads the series 40–38–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Utah State 6–4. Share
- Colorado State wins
- 40
- Utah State wins
- 38
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1902
- Longest streak
- 6 Colorado State
- Current streak
- 1 Colorado State
- Last 10 meetings
- Utah State 6–4
- Most recent
- 2024
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 5–2 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 8–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 3–6–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 5–3 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 4–5–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 3–6 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 3–7 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 4–5 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–3 |
- Average margin
- 14.3 points; 31 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Colorado State
- 19–17–1 Colorado State’s record at home
- At Utah State
- 21–21–1 Utah State’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 24
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Colorado State’s biggest win1915: Colorado State 59, Utah State 0by 59 points
- Utah State’s biggest win1946: Utah State 48, Colorado State 0by 48 points
- Upset1939: Colorado State 9, Utah State 0Colorado State had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1978: Utah State 21, Colorado State 20Utah State had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1953: Utah State 14, Colorado State 13Utah State had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Colorado State | Series | Utah State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919–1941 | Harry Hughes | 14–7–1 | E. Lowell Romney |
| 1942–1946 | Julius Wagner | 1–2 | E. Lowell Romney |
| 1951–1954 | Robert Davis | 1–2–1 | John Roning |
| 1956–1958 | Tuffy Mullison | 0–3 | Everett Faunce |
| 1959–1961 | Tuffy Mullison | 1–2 | John Ralston |
| 1963–1966 | Milo Lude | 1–3 | Tony Knap |
| 1970–1972 | Jerry Wampfler | 1–2 | Chuck Mills |
| 1973–1975 | Sarkis Arslanian | 0–3 | Phil Krueger |
| 1976–1979 | Sarkis Arslanian | 2–2 | Bruce Snyder |
| 2015–2018 | Mike Bobo | 2–2 | Matt Wells |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Colorado State’s side (Hughes 14–7–1 against Romney). 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
Biggest days
| Cam’ron Carter Colorado State | 14 tackles, 1 sack, 1 for loss, 1 INT | 2021 Defense |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
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.

