Utah vs. Wyoming

Utah and Wyoming have 83 meetings on file, the first in 1905; Utah leads the series 51–⁠31–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Utah 9–⁠1, and Utah has won the last 5.

Scheduled 2027 at Utah Sept. 11. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Utah wins
51
Wyoming wins
31
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1905
Longest streak
15 Utah
Current streak
5 Utah
Last 10 meetings
Utah 9–⁠1
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s2–⁠0
1910s4–⁠0
1920s6–⁠0–⁠1
1930s3–⁠0
1940s6–⁠1
1950s4–⁠6
1960s2–⁠8
1970s6–⁠4
1980s3–⁠7
1990s4–⁠4
2000s9–⁠1
2010s1–⁠0
2020s1–⁠0
Average margin
21.9 points; 18 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Utah
32–⁠11–⁠1 Utah’s record at home
At Wyoming
20–⁠19 Wyoming’s record at home
Shutouts
18

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Utah’s biggest win1923: Utah 79, Wyoming 0by 79 points
  2. Wyoming’s biggest win1988: Wyoming 61, Utah 18by 43 points
  3. Upset1971: Wyoming 29, Utah 16Wyoming had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1999: Wyoming 43, Utah 29Wyoming had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2006: Wyoming 31, Utah 15Wyoming had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsUtahSeriesWyoming
1920–⁠1923Thomas Fitzpatrick3–⁠0–⁠1John Corbett
1941–⁠1946Ike Armstrong3–⁠0Bunny Oakes
1947–⁠1949Ike Armstrong2–⁠1Bowden Wyatt
1950–⁠1952Jack Curtice1–⁠2Bowden Wyatt
1953–⁠1956Jack Curtice2–⁠2Phil Dickens
1958–⁠1961Ray Nagel0–⁠4Bob Devaney
1962–⁠1965Ray Nagel1–⁠3Lloyd Eaton
1968–⁠1970Bill Meek2–⁠1Lloyd Eaton
1971–⁠1973Bill Meek2–⁠1Fritz Shurmur
1977–⁠1979Wayne Howard2–⁠1Bill Lewis
1982–⁠1984Chuck Stobart1–⁠2Al Kincaid
1987–⁠1989Jim Fassel0–⁠3Paul Roach
1991–⁠1995Ron McBride4–⁠1Joe Tiller
2000–⁠2002Ron McBride3–⁠0Vic Koenning
2005–⁠2008Kyle Whittingham3–⁠1Joe Glenn

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Utah’s side (Fitzpatrick 3–⁠0–⁠1 against Corbett). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Utah and Wyoming, 1905 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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

Brian Johnson Utah32 of 45, 384 yards, 4 TD2005 Passing

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

From the newspapers

  • The The Salt Lake tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current's story of the 1908 game: Green Men, in Place of Regu- lars, Show Up Wyoming Team. VISITORS SHUT OUT BY A SCORE OF Is TO @ Conyill, Richardson, Nelson and Walker Show Strength for Utah Boys.

    1908 · The Salt Lake tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, Utah, Nov 8, 1908

  • The The Topeka state journal's story of the 1912 game: SATURDAY FOOTBALL SCORES.

    1912 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Oct 7, 1912

  • The Arizona republican's story of the 1917 game: UTAH BEATS WYOMING

    1917 · Arizona republican, Oct 21, 1917

  • The Pueblo chieftain's story of the 1921 game: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH DEFEATS WYOMING T.

    1921 · Pueblo chieftain, Oct 16, 1921

  • The Bisbee daily review's story of the 1922 game: Wyoming Defeated at Hands of Utah by Score of 27-O

    1922 · Bisbee daily review, Arizona, Oct 26, 1922

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 13, 202520Utah 31, Wyoming 6at Wyoming
Oct 16, 201011Utah 30, Wyoming 6at Wyoming
Oct 31, 200919Utah 22, Wyoming 10at Utah
Oct 11, 200814Utah 40, Wyoming 7at Wyoming
Nov 10, 2007Utah 50, Wyoming 0at Utah
Oct 14, 2006Wyoming 31, Utah 15at Wyoming
Nov 5, 2005Utah 43, Wyoming 13at Utah
Nov 13, 20047Utah 45, Wyoming 28at Wyoming
Nov 15, 2003Utah 47, Wyoming 17at Utah
Nov 16, 2002Utah 23, Wyoming 18at Wyoming
Oct 20, 2001Utah 35, Wyoming 0at Utah
Nov 11, 2000Utah 34, Wyoming 0at Wyoming
Nov 6, 1999Wyoming 43, Utah 29at Utah
Oct 3, 1998Wyoming 27, Utah 24at Wyoming
Nov 4, 1995Utah 30, Wyoming 24at Wyoming
Sep 24, 1994Utah 41, Wyoming 7at Utah
Sep 25, 1993Wyoming 28, Utah 12at Wyoming
Nov 14, 1992Utah 38, Wyoming 7at Utah
Oct 12, 1991Utah 57, Wyoming 42at Wyoming
Sep 29, 1990Wyoming 28, Utah 10at Utah
Oct 14, 1989Wyoming 45, Utah 24at Wyoming
Oct 22, 198812Wyoming 61, Utah 18at Wyoming
Nov 14, 1987Wyoming 31, Utah 7at Utah
Oct 11, 1986Wyoming 38, Utah 14at Wyoming
Oct 4, 1985Utah 37, Wyoming 20at Utah
Sep 29, 1984Wyoming 21, Utah 14at Wyoming
Oct 15, 1983Utah 69, Wyoming 14at Utah
Oct 23, 1982Wyoming 16, Utah 13at Wyoming
Nov 14, 1981Utah 30, Wyoming 27at Utah
Oct 18, 1980Wyoming 24, Utah 21at Wyoming
Oct 13, 1979Utah 24, Wyoming 14at Utah
Oct 21, 1978Wyoming 34, Utah 21at Wyoming
Oct 8, 1977Utah 23, Wyoming 13at Utah
Oct 23, 1976Wyoming 45, Utah 22at Wyoming
Oct 11, 1975Utah 16, Wyoming 13at Utah
Oct 26, 1974Wyoming 31, Utah 13at Wyoming
Oct 13, 1973Utah 50, Wyoming 16at Utah
Oct 21, 1972Utah 27, Wyoming 6at Wyoming
Oct 30, 1971Wyoming 29, Utah 16at Utah
Oct 17, 1970Utah 20, Wyoming 16at Wyoming
Nov 8, 1969Utah 34, Wyoming 10at Utah
Oct 19, 1968Wyoming 20, Utah 9at Wyoming
Oct 14, 1967Wyoming 28, Utah 0at Utah
Oct 8, 1966Wyoming 40, Utah 7at Wyoming
Oct 9, 1965Utah 42, Wyoming 3at Utah
Oct 10, 1964Wyoming 14, Utah 13at Wyoming
Oct 26, 1963Wyoming 26, Utah 23at Utah
Oct 6, 1962Wyoming 16, Utah 7at Wyoming
Oct 28, 1961Wyoming 13, Utah 6at Utah
Oct 29, 1960Wyoming 17, Utah 7at Wyoming
Oct 24, 1959Wyoming 21, Utah 7at Utah
Nov 1, 1958Wyoming 25, Utah 20at Wyoming
Oct 26, 1957Utah 23, Wyoming 15at Utah
Oct 20, 1956Wyoming 30, Utah 20at Wyoming
Oct 22, 1955Wyoming 23, Utah 13at Utah
Oct 23, 1954Utah 14, Wyoming 7at Wyoming
Oct 24, 1953Utah 13, Wyoming 12at Utah
Oct 25, 1952Utah 27, Wyoming 21at Wyoming
Oct 27, 1951Wyoming 13, Utah 0at Utah
Oct 21, 1950Wyoming 53, Utah 13at Utah
Oct 22, 1949Wyoming 13, Utah 0at Wyoming
Oct 23, 1948Utah 19, Wyoming 7at Utah
Oct 25, 1947Utah 26, Wyoming 7at Wyoming
Oct 26, 1946Utah 27, Wyoming 7at Utah
Nov 14, 1942Utah 34, Wyoming 7at Wyoming
Oct 11, 1941Utah 60, Wyoming 6at Utah
Nov 9, 1940Utah 34, Wyoming 7at Wyoming
Oct 7, 1939Utah 60, Wyoming 0at Utah
Nov 19, 1938Utah 39, Wyoming 0at Wyoming
Oct 4, 1930Utah 72, Wyoming 0at Utah
Nov 16, 1929Utah 44, Wyoming 0at Wyoming
Nov 18, 1925Utah 7, Wyoming 6at Wyoming
Nov 15, 1924Utah 28, Wyoming 0at Utah
Oct 13, 1923Utah 79, Wyoming 0at Utah
Oct 25, 1922Utah 27, Wyoming 0at Wyoming
Oct 15, 1921Utah 14, Wyoming 3at Utah
Nov 20, 1920Utah 0, Wyoming 0at Utah
Oct 20, 1917Utah 14, Wyoming 0at Utah
Oct 9, 1915Utah 70, Wyoming 7at Utah
Oct 10, 1914Utah 20, Wyoming 0at Utah
Oct 5, 1912Utah 9, Wyoming 0at Utah
Nov 7, 1908Utah 75, Wyoming 0at Utah
Oct 7, 1905Utah 31, Wyoming 0at Utah

Every game is listed as played on the field.