Denver vs. Montana

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

1. Denver’s biggest win1951: Denver 55, Montana 0by 55 points
2. Montana’s biggest win1960: Montana 26, Denver 12by 14 points
3. Upset1960: Montana 26, Denver 12Montana had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1953: Montana 22, Denver 13Montana had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Denver’s side (Roning 3–⁠0 against Williams). 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.

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  1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 6, 1956

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.

• Denver vs. Colorado State58 meetings, Denver 25–⁠28–⁠5
• Denver vs. Colorado College49 meetings, Denver 23–⁠25–⁠1
• Denver vs. Wyoming44 meetings, Denver 31–⁠11–⁠2
• Denver vs. Utah43 meetings, Denver 10–⁠28–⁠5
• Montana vs. Idaho62 meetings, Montana 22–⁠39–⁠1
• Montana vs. Montana State57 meetings, Montana 38–⁠18–⁠1
• Montana vs. Utah State28 meetings, Montana 6–⁠22
• Montana vs. Eastern Washington27 meetings, Montana 18–⁠9