Montana vs. Utah State

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

1. Montana’s biggest win1914: Montana 32, Utah State 0by 32 points
2. Utah State’s biggest win1963: Utah State 62, Montana 6by 56 points
3. Upset1957: Montana 35, Utah State 25Montana had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1917: Utah State 21, Montana 6Utah State had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Montana’s side (Fessenden 0–⁠3 against Romney). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1949 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 3, 1949

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Montana vs. Idaho62 meetings, Montana 22–⁠39–⁠1
• Montana vs. Montana State57 meetings, Montana 38–⁠18–⁠1
• Montana vs. Eastern Washington27 meetings, Montana 18–⁠9
• Montana vs. Washington State25 meetings, Montana 1–⁠24
• Utah State vs. Utah106 meetings, Utah State 28–⁠74–⁠4
• Utah State vs. BYU91 meetings, Utah State 37–⁠51–⁠3
• Utah State vs. Colorado State80 meetings, Utah State 38–⁠40–⁠2
• Utah State vs. Wyoming72 meetings, Utah State 40–⁠28–⁠4