Fresno State vs. Utah

Fresno State and Utah have 11 meetings on file, the first in 1980; Utah leads the series 7–⁠4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Utah 6–⁠4, and Utah has won the last 4.

Fresno State wins
4
Utah wins
7
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1980
Longest streak
4 Utah
Current streak
4 Utah
Last 10 meetings
Utah 6–⁠4
Most recent
2015

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s1–⁠1
1990s3–⁠4
2010s0–⁠2
Average margin
18.5 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Fresno State
3–⁠1 Fresno State’s record at home
At Utah
5–⁠1 Utah’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Fresno State first

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Fresno State’s biggest win1989: Fresno State 52, Utah 22by 30 points
  2. Utah’s biggest win2014: Utah 59, Fresno State 27by 32 points

Coach against coach

YearsFresno StateSeriesUtah
1990–⁠1996Jim Sweeney2–⁠2Ron McBride
1997–⁠1999Pat Hill1–⁠2Ron McBride

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Fresno State and Utah, 1980 on13001500170019801990200020102020

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

Named most valuable

Mike Anderson Utah1999

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Sep 19, 201521Utah 45, Fresno State 24at Fresno State
Sep 6, 2014Utah 59, Fresno State 27at Utah
Dec 18, 1999Utah 17, Fresno State 16Neutral siteLas Vegas Bowl
Oct 17, 1998Utah 24, Fresno State 16at Utah
Oct 2, 1997Fresno State 27, Utah 13at Fresno State
Sep 21, 1996Utah 45, Fresno State 17at Utah
Sep 23, 1995Utah 25, Fresno State 21at Utah
Nov 7, 1992Fresno State 41, Utah 15at Fresno State
Sep 15, 1990Fresno State 31, Utah 7at Utah
Sep 2, 1989Fresno State 52, Utah 22at Fresno State
Sep 27, 1980Utah 27, Fresno State 12at Utah

Every game is listed as played on the field.