Montana vs. Wyoming

Montana and Wyoming have 14 meetings on file, the first in 1951; Wyoming leads the series 14–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Wyoming 10–⁠0, and Wyoming has won the last 14.

Montana wins
0
Wyoming wins
14
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1951
Longest streak
14 Wyoming
Current streak
14 Wyoming
Last 10 meetings
Wyoming 10–⁠0
Most recent
2014

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s0–⁠8
1960s0–⁠4
1990s0–⁠1
2010s0–⁠1
Average margin
21.9 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Montana
0–⁠5 Montana’s record at home
At Wyoming
3–⁠0 Wyoming’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠6 Montana first
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Wyoming’s biggest win1959: Wyoming 58, Montana 0by 58 points

Coach against coach

YearsMontanaSeriesWyoming
1958–⁠1961Ray Jenkins0–⁠4Bob Devaney

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Montana’s side (Jenkins 0–⁠4 against Devaney). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Montana and Wyoming, 1951 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1953 game: Wyoming Scores Easy Win

    1953 · Evening star, Sep 27, 1953

  • The Evening star's story of the 1956 game: Unbeuten Wyoming Crushes Montana

    1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 11, 1956

  • The Evening star's story of the 1961 game: COLLEGE FOOTBALL

    1961 · Evening star, Sep 17, 1961

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

Aug 30, 2014Wyoming 17, Montana 12at Wyoming
Oct 4, 1997Wyoming 28, Montana 13at Wyoming
Sep 21, 1963Wyoming 35, Montana 0at Montana
Sep 15, 1962Wyoming 13, Montana 0at Montana
Sep 16, 1961Wyoming 29, Montana 0at Montana
Sep 17, 1960Wyoming 14, Montana 0Neutral site
Sep 19, 1959Wyoming 58, Montana 0Neutral site
Sep 27, 1958Wyoming 21, Montana 14Neutral site
Sep 28, 1957Wyoming 20, Montana 0Neutral site
Nov 10, 1956Wyoming 34, Montana 13Neutral site
Sep 24, 1955Wyoming 35, Montana 6Neutral site
Sep 26, 1953Wyoming 27, Montana 7at Montana
Sep 27, 1952Wyoming 14, Montana 0at Wyoming
Nov 3, 1951Wyoming 34, Montana 7at Montana

Every game is listed as played on the field.