Montana State vs. Utah State
Montana State and Utah State have 26 meetings on file, the first in 1914; Utah State leads the series 19–3–4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Utah State 9–0, and Utah State has won the last 7. Share
- Montana State wins
- 3
- Utah State wins
- 19
- Ties
- 4
- Earliest on file
- 1914
- Longest streak
- 8 Utah State
- Current streak
- 7 Utah State
- Last 10 meetings
- Utah State 9–0
- Most recent
- 1962
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 2–1–2 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 1–5–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–6–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–4 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 15.4 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Montana State
- 0–6–2 Montana State’s record at home
- At Utah State
- 13–3–2 Utah State’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 6
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Montana State’s biggest win1914: Montana State 52, Utah State 3by 49 points
- Utah State’s biggest win1933: Utah State 40, Montana State 6by 34 points
- Upset1927: Montana State 13, Utah State 6Montana State had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Montana State | Series | Utah State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1922–1927 | Ott Romney | 1–2 | E. Lowell Romney |
| 1928–1935 | Schubert R. Dyche | 0–7 | E. Lowell Romney |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Montana State’s side (Romney 1–2 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.
From the newspapers

1947 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 3, 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
Every game is listed as played on the field.