Nevada vs. Utah
Nevada and Utah have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1920; the series is tied 4–4–1 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s even at 4–4. Share
2028 at Utah. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Nevada wins
- 4
- Utah wins
- 4
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1920
- Longest streak
- 3 Utah
- Current streak
- 1 Nevada
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 4–4
- Most recent
- 1945
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 14.3 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Nevada
- 1–3–1 Nevada’s record at home
- At Utah
- 1–3 Utah’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
- Nevada’s biggest win1921: Nevada 28, Utah 7by 21 points
- Utah’s biggest win1929: Utah 31, Nevada 0by 31 points
- Upset1943: Nevada 27, Utah 19Nevada had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1945: Nevada 33, Utah 14Nevada had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Nevada | Series | Utah |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1943–1945 | Jim Aiken | 2–1 | Ike Armstrong |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Nevada’s side (Aiken 2–1 against Armstrong). 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

1932 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 10, 1932
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 29, 1945 | Nevada 33, Utah 14 | at Utah | ||
| Oct 28, 1944 | Utah 19, Nevada 14 | at Nevada | ||
| Oct 16, 1943 | Nevada 27, Utah 19 | at Utah | ||
| Oct 8, 1932 | Nevada 6, Utah 6 | at Nevada | ||
| Sep 27, 1930 | Utah 20, Nevada 7 | at Nevada | ||
| Oct 5, 1929 | Utah 31, Nevada 0 | at Utah | ||
| Oct 6, 1928 | Utah 32, Nevada 7 | at Nevada | ||
| Nov 5, 1921 | Nevada 28, Utah 7 | at Nevada | ||
| Oct 30, 1920 | Nevada 14, Utah 7 | at Utah |
Every game is listed as played on the field.