Utah vs. Washington
Utah and Washington have 16 meetings on file, the first in 1931; Washington leads the series 14–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Washington 8–2, and Washington has won the last 2. Share
- Utah wins
- 2
- Washington wins
- 14
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1931
- Longest streak
- 8 Washington
- Current streak
- 2 Washington
- Last 10 meetings
- Washington 8–2
- Most recent
- 2023
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 2–6 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 0–2 |
- Both ranked
- 3 meetings: Utah 0, Washington 3
- Average margin
- 11.8 points; 10 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Utah
- 0–3 Utah’s record at home
- At Washington
- 10–2 Washington’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Utah first
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Utah’s biggest win2015: Utah 34, Washington 23by 11 points
- Washington’s biggest win1959: Washington 51, Utah 6by 45 points
- Upset2011: Washington 31, Utah 14Washington had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1931: Washington 7, Utah 6Washington had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2023: Washington 35, Utah 28No. 13 Utah at No. 5 Washington
- Ranked showdown2016: Washington 31, Utah 24No. 4 Washington at No. 17 Utah
- Ranked showdown2018: Washington 10, Utah 3No. 17 Utah at No. 10 Washington
Coach against coach
| Years | Utah | Series | Washington |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–2019 | Kyle Whittingham | 2–4 | Chris Petersen |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Utah’s side (Whittingham 2–4 against Petersen). 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.
Stars of the series
Named most valuable
| Byron Murphy Washington | 2018 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1931 · Vashon Island news-record, Vashon, Wash., Oct 1, 1931
1949 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Sep 19, 1949
1953 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 2, 1953
1954 · Evening star, Sep 19, 1954
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.
On television
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2016.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
Every game
| Nov 11, 2023 | 5Washington 35, 13Utah 28 | at Washington | ||
| Nov 28, 2020 | Washington 24, Utah 21 | at Washington | ||
| Nov 2, 2019 | 9Utah 33, Washington 28 | at Washington | ||
| Nov 30, 2018 | 10Washington 10, 17Utah 3 | Levi’s Stadium | Pac-12 Championship Game | |
| Sep 15, 2018 | 10Washington 21, Utah 7 | at Utah | ||
| Nov 18, 2017 | 16Washington 33, Utah 30 | at Washington | ||
| Oct 29, 2016 | 4Washington 31, 17Utah 24 | at Utah | ||
| Nov 7, 2015 | 13Utah 34, Washington 23 | at Washington | ||
| Nov 10, 2012 | Washington 34, Utah 15 | at Washington | ||
| Oct 1, 2011 | Washington 31, Utah 14 | at Utah | ||
| Sep 15, 1979 | 14Washington 41, Utah 7 | at Washington | ||
| Oct 3, 1959 | Washington 51, Utah 6 | at Washington | ||
| Sep 18, 1954 | Washington 7, Utah 6 | at Washington | ||
| Oct 31, 1953 | Washington 21, Utah 14 | at Washington | ||
| Sep 17, 1949 | Washington 14, Utah 7 | at Washington | ||
| Sep 26, 1931 | Washington 7, Utah 6 | at Washington |
Every game is listed as played on the field.