Colorado vs. Utah

Colorado and Utah have 73 meetings on file, the first in 1903; Utah leads the series 37–⁠33–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Utah 9–⁠1, and Utah has won the last 2.

Colorado wins
33
Utah wins
37
Ties
3
Earliest on file
1903
Longest streak
9 Utah
Current streak
2 Utah
Last 10 meetings
Utah 9–⁠1
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s4–⁠2
1910s6–⁠3
1920s2–⁠7–⁠1
1930s5–⁠4–⁠1
1940s5–⁠6
1950s8–⁠0–⁠1
1960s0–⁠2
2010s2–⁠7
2020s1–⁠6
Both ranked
1 meeting: Colorado 1, Utah 0
Average margin
15.5 points; 29 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Colorado
19–⁠16–⁠1 Colorado’s record at home
At Utah
21–⁠14–⁠2 Utah’s record at home
Shutouts
23

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Colorado’s biggest win1951: Colorado 54, Utah 0by 54 points
  2. Utah’s biggest win2025: Utah 53, Colorado 7by 46 points
  3. Upset2011: Colorado 17, Utah 14Colorado had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1939: Colorado 21, Utah 14Colorado had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1920: Utah 7, Colorado 0Utah had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown2016: Colorado 27, Utah 22No. 21 Utah at No. 9 Colorado

Coach against coach

YearsColoradoSeriesUtah
1910–⁠1913Fred Folsom4–⁠0Fred Bennion
1920–⁠1924Myron Witham2–⁠2–⁠1Thomas Fitzpatrick
1925–⁠1931Myron Witham0–⁠7Ike Armstrong
1932–⁠1934William Saunders1–⁠2Ike Armstrong
1935–⁠1939Bunny Oakes4–⁠0–⁠1Ike Armstrong
1940–⁠1945Frank Potts2–⁠1Ike Armstrong
1941–⁠1947Jim Yeager2–⁠4Ike Armstrong
1950–⁠1957Dallas Ward7–⁠0–⁠1Jack Curtice
2013–⁠2018Mike MacIntyre1–⁠5Kyle Whittingham
2023–⁠2025Deion Sanders1–⁠2Kyle Whittingham

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Colorado’s side (Folsom 4–⁠0 against Bennion). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Colorado and Utah, 1903 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 Salt Lake herald's story of the 1903 game: WHITEWASH FOR u. OF u. ELEVEN Colorado Men Scored -Four TouchdoWns at Boulder. TOO MUCH BEEF FOR UTAH BOTH TEAMS PLAYED EXCEP- TIONALLY CLEAN BALL.

    1903 · The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], Oct 4, 1903

  • The The Salt Lake herald's story of the 1905 game: MASSIVE MEN DEFEAT UTAH Light Line Is Powerless Against Boulder's Heavy Attacks. BENNION MAKES GREAT RUN SCORES ON COLORADO FOR FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.

    1905 · The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], Nov 5, 1905

  • The Los Angeles herald's story of the 1906 game: UTAH UNIVERSITY DEFEATS COLORADO BY Associated Press.

    1906 · Los Angeles herald, California, Nov 18, 1906

  • The Los Angeles herald's story of the 1908 game: UTAH WINS OUT IN SENSATIONAL GAME conviIle Makes Place Kick from So Yard Line-Colorado Took Big Lead, but Gould Not Hold II

    1908 · Los Angeles herald, Nov 15, 1908

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.

On television

2025ESPN1.3 million viewers

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game

Oct 17, 202611Utah 27, Colorado 24at Colorado
Oct 25, 2025Utah 53, Colorado 7at Utah
Nov 16, 202418Colorado 49, Utah 24at Colorado
Nov 25, 2023Utah 23, Colorado 17at Utah
Nov 26, 202214Utah 63, Colorado 21at Colorado
Nov 26, 202116Utah 28, Colorado 13at Utah
Dec 12, 2020Utah 38, 21Colorado 21at Colorado
Nov 30, 20196Utah 45, Colorado 15at Utah
Nov 17, 201821Utah 30, Colorado 7at Colorado
Nov 25, 2017Utah 34, Colorado 13at Utah
Nov 26, 20169Colorado 27, 21Utah 22at Colorado
Nov 28, 2015Utah 20, Colorado 14at Utah
Nov 29, 2014Utah 38, Colorado 34at Colorado
Nov 30, 2013Utah 24, Colorado 17at Utah
Nov 23, 2012Utah 42, Colorado 35at Colorado
Nov 25, 2011Colorado 17, Utah 14at Utah
Sep 22, 1962Utah 37, Colorado 21at Utah
Nov 11, 1961Utah 21, Colorado 12at Colorado
Nov 15, 1958Colorado 7, Utah 0at Utah
Sep 28, 1957Colorado 30, Utah 24at Colorado
Nov 17, 1956Colorado 21, Utah 7at Utah
Nov 5, 1955Colorado 37, Utah 7at Colorado
Nov 13, 1954Colorado 20, Utah 7at Utah
Nov 7, 1953Colorado 21, Utah 0at Colorado
Nov 1, 1952Colorado 20, Utah 14at Utah
Nov 10, 1951Colorado 54, Utah 0at Colorado
Oct 28, 1950Utah 20, Colorado 20at Utah
Oct 29, 1949Colorado 14, Utah 7at Colorado
Oct 30, 1948Utah 14, Colorado 12at Utah
Nov 1, 1947Utah 13, Colorado 7at Colorado
Nov 2, 1946Utah 7, Colorado 0at Utah
Oct 6, 1945Colorado 18, Utah 13at Colorado
Oct 14, 1944Colorado 26, Utah 0at Utah
Nov 6, 1943Colorado 22, Utah 19at Utah
Oct 9, 1943Colorado 35, Utah 0at Colorado
Nov 7, 1942Utah 13, Colorado 0at Colorado
Nov 1, 1941Utah 46, Colorado 6at Utah
Nov 2, 1940Utah 21, Colorado 13at Colorado
Nov 4, 1939Colorado 21, Utah 14at Utah
Nov 5, 1938Colorado 0, Utah 0at Colorado
Nov 6, 1937Colorado 17, Utah 7at Utah
Nov 7, 1936Colorado 31, Utah 7at Colorado
Nov 9, 1935Colorado 14, Utah 0at Utah
Nov 10, 1934Colorado 7, Utah 6at Colorado
Nov 11, 1933Utah 13, Colorado 6at Utah
Nov 5, 1932Utah 14, Colorado 0at Colorado
Nov 14, 1931Utah 32, Colorado 0at Utah
Nov 15, 1930Utah 34, Colorado 0at Colorado
Oct 19, 1929Utah 40, Colorado 0at Utah
Oct 27, 1928Utah 25, Colorado 6at Colorado
Oct 22, 1927Utah 20, Colorado 13at Utah
Oct 23, 1926Utah 37, Colorado 3at Colorado
Oct 24, 1925Utah 12, Colorado 7at Utah
Nov 1, 1924Colorado 3, Utah 0at Colorado
Nov 17, 1923Colorado 17, Utah 7at Utah
Oct 21, 1922Utah 3, Colorado 0at Colorado
Nov 12, 1921Utah 0, Colorado 0at Utah
Nov 6, 1920Utah 7, Colorado 0at Colorado
Nov 8, 1919Utah 7, Colorado 0at Utah
Nov 10, 1917Colorado 18, Utah 9at Colorado
Oct 28, 1916Utah 28, Colorado 0at Utah
Oct 30, 1915Utah 35, Colorado 3at Utah
Nov 7, 1914Colorado 33, Utah 0at Colorado
Nov 8, 1913Colorado 30, Utah 12at Utah
Nov 9, 1912Colorado 3, Utah 0at Colorado
Nov 18, 1911Colorado 9, Utah 0at Utah
Oct 29, 1910Colorado 11, Utah 0at Colorado
Nov 14, 1908Utah 21, Colorado 14at Utah
Nov 16, 1907Colorado 24, Utah 10at Colorado
Nov 17, 1906Utah 10, Colorado 0at Utah
Nov 4, 1905Colorado 46, Utah 5at Colorado
Oct 1, 1904Colorado 33, Utah 6at Utah
Oct 3, 1903Colorado 22, Utah 0at Colorado

Every game is listed as played on the field.