Idaho vs. Wyoming

Idaho and Wyoming have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1921; Wyoming leads the series 7–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Wyoming 7–⁠2.

Idaho wins
2
Wyoming wins
7
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1921
Longest streak
7 Wyoming
Current streak
1 Idaho
Last 10 meetings
Wyoming 7–⁠2
Most recent
2024

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s1–⁠0
1950s0–⁠2
1990s0–⁠2
2010s0–⁠3
2020s1–⁠0
Average margin
13.8 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Idaho
1–⁠2 Idaho’s record at home
At Wyoming
5–⁠1 Wyoming’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Idaho’s biggest win1921: Idaho 31, Wyoming 3by 28 points
  2. Wyoming’s biggest win2013: Wyoming 42, Idaho 10by 32 points
  3. Upset2024: Idaho 17, Wyoming 13Idaho had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Idaho and Wyoming, 1921 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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

Brett Smith Wyoming23 of 35, 365 yards, 5 TD2012 Passing
Chris McNeill Wyoming8 catches, 219 yards, 1 TD2012 Receiving

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

From the newspapers

  • The The Cordova daily times's story of the 1921 game: MANY FOOTBALL. GAMES PLAYED YESTERDAY

    1921 · The Cordova daily times, Nov 12, 1921

  • The Evening star's story of the 1950 game: Wyoming Wins, AT, Over Stubborn Idaho

    1950 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 5, 1950

  • The Evening star's story of the 1951 game: Wyoming Defeats Idaho As GeIdien Leads Way

    1951 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 23, 1951

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

Sep 7, 2024Idaho 17, Wyoming 13at Wyoming
Sep 14, 2019Wyoming 21, Idaho 16at Wyoming
Sep 7, 2013Wyoming 42, Idaho 10at Wyoming
Sep 22, 2012Wyoming 40, Idaho 37at Idaho
Oct 2, 1999Wyoming 28, Idaho 13at Wyoming
Aug 31, 1996Wyoming 40, Idaho 38at Wyoming
Sep 22, 1951Wyoming 28, Idaho 0at Wyoming
Nov 4, 195018Wyoming 14, Idaho 7at Idaho
Nov 11, 1921Idaho 31, Wyoming 3at Idaho

Every game is listed as played on the field.