Stanford vs. Utah

Stanford and Utah have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1924; Utah leads the series 7–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Utah 7–⁠3, and Utah has won the last 3.

Stanford wins
3
Utah wins
7
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1924
Longest streak
3 Utah
Current streak
3 Utah
Last 10 meetings
Utah 7–⁠3
Most recent
2022

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
1980s0–⁠1
1990s1–⁠1
2010s1–⁠3
2020s0–⁠2
Average margin
15.8 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Stanford
1–⁠5 Stanford’s record at home
At Utah
2–⁠2 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

  1. Stanford’s biggest win1924: Stanford 30, Utah 0by 30 points
  2. Utah’s biggest win2021: Utah 52, Stanford 7by 45 points
  3. Upset2013: Utah 27, Stanford 21Utah had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2018: Utah 40, Stanford 21Utah had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2014: Utah 20, Stanford 17Utah had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsStanfordSeriesUtah
2013–⁠2022David Shaw1–⁠5Kyle Whittingham

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Stanford’s side (Shaw 1–⁠5 against Whittingham). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Stanford and Utah, 1924 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

Devin Lloyd Utah9 tackles, 1 sack, 5 for loss, 1 INT, 1 TD2021 Defense

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

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Nov 12, 202213Utah 42, Stanford 7at Utah
Nov 5, 2021Utah 52, Stanford 7at Stanford
Oct 6, 2018Utah 40, 14Stanford 21at Stanford
Oct 7, 2017Stanford 23, 20Utah 20at Utah
Nov 15, 201425Utah 20, Stanford 17at Stanford
Oct 12, 2013Utah 27, 5Stanford 21at Utah
Sep 7, 1996Utah 17, Stanford 10at Stanford
Sep 9, 1995Stanford 27, Utah 20at Utah
Oct 21, 1989Utah 27, Stanford 24at Stanford
Nov 8, 1924Stanford 30, Utah 0at Stanford

Every game is listed as played on the field.