Denver vs. Utah State

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

1. Denver’s biggest win1950: Denver 48, Utah State 0by 48 points
2. Utah State’s biggest win1960: Utah State 31, Denver 8by 23 points
3. Upset1951: Utah State 14, Denver 7Utah State had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Denver’s side (Dawson 1–⁠2–⁠1 against Romney). 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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  1934 · Evening star, Oct 1, 1934

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  1940 · Evening star, Nov 17, 1940

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  1942 · Evening star, Nov 15, 1942

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  1946 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Dec 8, 1946

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  1947 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 16, 1947

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
• Utah State vs. Utah106 meetings, Utah State 28–⁠74–⁠4
• Utah State vs. BYU91 meetings, Utah State 37–⁠51–⁠3
• Utah State vs. Colorado State80 meetings, Utah State 38–⁠40–⁠2
• Utah State vs. Wyoming72 meetings, Utah State 40–⁠28–⁠4