Denver vs. Wyoming

Denver and Wyoming first met in 1909 and have played 44 times; Denver leads the series 31–⁠11–⁠2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Wyoming 7–⁠2, and Wyoming has won the last 3.

Denver wins
31
Wyoming wins
11
Ties
2
First meeting
1909
Longest streak
20 Denver
Current streak
3 Wyoming
Last 10 meetings
Wyoming 7–⁠2
Most recent
1960

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠0
1910s7–⁠1
1920s7–⁠1–⁠1
1930s8–⁠0
1940s6–⁠1
1950s2–⁠7–⁠1
1960s0–⁠1
Average margin
16.1 points; 15 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Denver
21–⁠6–⁠2 Denver’s record at home
At Wyoming
5–⁠10 Wyoming’s record at home
Shutouts
18

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Denver’s biggest win1909: Denver 56, Wyoming 0by 56 points
  2. Wyoming’s biggest win1959: Wyoming 45, Denver 0by 45 points
  3. Upset1919: Wyoming 36, Denver 6Wyoming had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsDenverSeriesWyoming
1920–⁠1922Fred Murphy2–⁠1–⁠1John Corbett
1936–⁠1938William Saunders3–⁠0Dutch Witte
1957–⁠1960John Roning1–⁠3Bob Devaney

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Denver’s side (Murphy 2–⁠1–⁠1 against Corbett). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Denver and Wyoming, 1909 on130015001700191019201930194019501960

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 Los Angeles herald's story of the 1910 game: DENVER UNIVERSITY WINS FROM UNIV. OF WYOMING

    1910 · Los Angeles herald, Oct 9, 1910

  • The The Salt Lake tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current's story of the 1911 game: Acc,ogN1 DEFEATS WYOMING. Denver Ministers Unable TO Score onui Burgess Is Injured

    1911 · The Salt Lake tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, Utah, Nov 19, 1911

  • The Cheyenne record's story of the 1913 game: SPORT.

    1913 · Cheyenne record, Colorado, Nov 13, 1913

  • The Omaha daily bee's story of the 1914 game: WISCONSIN. ILLINOIS DENVER ELEVEN BEATS THE WYOMING ELEVEN

    1914 · Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.], Nov 22, 1914

  • The Albuquerque morning journal's story of the 1919 game: wyoming Beats Denver.

    1919 · Albuquerque morning journal, Albuquerque, N.M., Oct 26, 1919

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

Oct 8, 1960Wyoming 41, Denver 2at Wyoming
Nov 21, 1959Wyoming 45, Denver 0at Denver
Oct 4, 1958Wyoming 15, Denver 12at Wyoming
Nov 28, 1957Denver 14, Wyoming 13at Denver
Sep 29, 1956Wyoming 27, Denver 0at Wyoming
Nov 24, 1955Denver 6, Wyoming 3at Denver
Oct 2, 1954Wyoming 23, Denver 21at Wyoming
Nov 26, 1953Denver 13, Wyoming 13at Denver
Nov 27, 1952Wyoming 21, Denver 14at Denver
Sep 29, 1951Wyoming 20, Denver 14at Wyoming
Nov 23, 195012Wyoming 42, Denver 12at Denver
Nov 24, 1949Wyoming 25, Denver 6at Denver
Nov 27, 1948Denver 13, Wyoming 0at Denver
Nov 8, 1947Denver 27, Wyoming 7at Denver
Nov 9, 1946Denver 19, Wyoming 6at Wyoming
Oct 17, 1942Denver 17, Wyoming 14at Denver
Oct 18, 1941Denver 40, Wyoming 0at Wyoming
Oct 19, 1940Denver 41, Wyoming 9at Denver
Oct 13, 1939Denver 32, Wyoming 7at Denver
Oct 22, 1938Denver 6, Wyoming 0at Wyoming
Nov 13, 1937Denver 21, Wyoming 6at Denver
Oct 24, 1936Denver 25, Wyoming 14at Denver
Oct 11, 1935Denver 14, Wyoming 0at Denver
Oct 27, 1934Denver 9, Wyoming 0at Denver
Nov 5, 1932Denver 7, Wyoming 0at Denver
Nov 15, 1930Denver 19, Wyoming 7at Denver
Oct 12, 1929Denver 19, Wyoming 6at Denver
Nov 3, 1928Denver 26, Wyoming 7at Denver
Oct 8, 1927Denver 7, Wyoming 0at Denver
Oct 11, 1924Denver 7, Wyoming 0at Denver
Nov 3, 1923Denver 45, Wyoming 0at Denver
Nov 4, 1922Denver 7, Wyoming 0at Denver
Oct 29, 1921Denver 9, Wyoming 9at Denver
Nov 13, 1920Denver 3, Wyoming 0at Wyoming
Oct 9, 1920Wyoming 10, Denver 7at Denver
Oct 25, 1919Wyoming 36, Denver 6at Denver
Nov 3, 1917Denver 18, Wyoming 0at Wyoming
Oct 14, 1916Denver 19, Wyoming 10at Wyoming
Oct 23, 1915Denver 19, Wyoming 7at Wyoming
Nov 21, 1914Denver 31, Wyoming 0at Wyoming
Nov 8, 1913Denver 26, Wyoming 0at Wyoming
Nov 18, 1911Denver 6, Wyoming 0at Wyoming
Oct 8, 1910Denver 17, Wyoming 3at Denver
Oct 9, 1909Denver 56, Wyoming 0at Denver

Every game is listed as played on the field.