Idaho vs. Utah State
Idaho and Utah State have 39 meetings on file, the first in 1916; Utah State leads the series 20–17–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Utah State 6–4, and Utah State has won the last 2. Share
- Idaho wins
- 17
- Utah State wins
- 20
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1916
- Longest streak
- 5 Utah State
- Current streak
- 2 Utah State
- Last 10 meetings
- Utah State 6–4
- Most recent
- 2012
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 3–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 4–2 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–5 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 3–5 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 1–2 |
- Average margin
- 18.8 points; 8 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Idaho
- 8–11–1 Idaho’s record at home
- At Utah State
- 9–8–1 Utah State’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 Idaho first
- Shutouts
- 6
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Idaho’s biggest win1932: Idaho 33, Utah State 0by 33 points
- Utah State’s biggest win1961: Utah State 69, Idaho 0by 69 points
- Upset1970: Idaho 42, Utah State 14Idaho had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1964: Idaho 27, Utah State 22Idaho had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Idaho | Series | Utah State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936–1940 | Ted Bank | 2–1–1 | E. Lowell Romney |
| 1956–1958 | Skip Stahley | 3–0 | Everett Faunce |
| 1959–1961 | Skip Stahley | 0–3 | John Ralston |
| 1970–1972 | Don Robbins | 1–2 | Chuck Mills |
| 2009–2011 | Robb Akey | 1–2 | Gary Andersen |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Idaho’s side (Bank 2–1–1 against Romney). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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
Biggest days
| Robert Turbin Utah State | 24 carries, 208 yards, 3 TD | 2011 Rushing |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers

1936 · The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, Nov 27, 1936

1937 · The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, Oct 18, 1937
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
Every game is listed as played on the field.