Utah State Aggies

Pac-12Logan, UTMaverik Stadium

2026: 2–⁠4 (1–⁠1 Pac-12). Last: beat Washington State 17–⁠16 at home. Next: at Texas State, Saturday, Oct 24, 7:30 p.m. ET.

  1. L 17–⁠29Idaho State
  2. L 14–⁠16at No. 19 Washington
  3. L 0–⁠33at No. 17 Utah
  4. W 21–⁠10Troy
  5. L 18–⁠37at No. 22 Boise State
  6. W 17–⁠16Washington State
  7. Oct 24at Texas State
  8. Oct 31Colorado State
  9. Nov 7Fresno State
  10. Nov 14at San Diego State
  11. Nov 21at Oregon State

Utah State has played football since 1892 and is 553–⁠568–⁠28 in the 1,149 games on record here, which start in 1902. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 10, in 1961. They have won five Big West Conference titles (the last in 1997), plus three Skyline Conference titles, three Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference titles, one Mountain West Conference title, one Western Athletic Conference title, counting shared titles. Since 1944, the NFL Draft has taken 56 players from here in its first seven rounds, 5 of them in the first round. The AFL draft also took two players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 player and 2 coaches from Utah State. E. Lowell Romney (1919–⁠1948) won more games here than any other coach: 128. The most-played rival is Utah: 115 meetings, Utah leads 81–⁠30–⁠4. This season, under Bronco Mendenhall, they’re 2–⁠4.

Maverik Stadium in Logan
Maverik StadiumPhoto: Swordsman1989, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

From the numbers

  • Bronco Mendenhall is two wins from 150 as a head coach (148 so far).

Computed from every game through Oct 18 and the score after every scoring play; a note appears only when few teams share it. All the numbers.

On this date in 2024Utah State lost to New Mexico 50–⁠45 at home.

Résumé

All-time record
583–⁠582–⁠31 official; 553–⁠568–⁠28 on file; how we count
Postseason
6–⁠10 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 9 ranked
Elo now
1439 103rd of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 93 · Composite No. 103 in FBS, Oct 17; down 4 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
1963 rated 1664
Conference titles
13 last in 2021
Bowl record
6–⁠12 official, bowls only
Seasons
120 since 1902, 1,149 games

Identity

Fight song
Hail the Utah Aggies
Mascot
Big Blue
Student section
The HURD
Apparel
Nike

2026 season 2–⁠4

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Utah State’s Elo through 2026: 1470 going into the opener, 1439 after the latest game.1400142514501475Elo 1470 going in; lost to Idaho State 29–17Elo 1427 going in; lost to Washington 16–14Elo 1424 going in; lost to Utah 33–0Elo 1414 going in; beat Troy 21–10Elo 1443 going in; lost to Boise State 37–18Elo 1433 going in; beat Washington State 17–16Now: Elo 1439 after the latest game1439
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Future schedule

2027–⁠31
20274 games: 3 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20282 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20292 games: 2 away, non-conference only
20311 game: 1 home, non-conference only

Utah State’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of May 26, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

On the 2026 team

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Utah State.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Mascot
Big Blue · Official source
Student section
The HURD · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Nike, from 2006. Nike partner since 2006, and Nike led a 2012 rebrand. The current term hasn't been confirmed here.

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026. Our own research hasn’t confirmed the outfitter yet.

Program strength since 1902

Best seasons ever
Utah State end-of-season Elo from 1902 to 2026, best in 1963 at 1664.13001500170019001920194019601980200020201963 peak: Elo 1664
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Bronco Mendenhall2025–⁠20268–⁠11
Nate Dreiling20244–⁠8
Blake Anderson2021–⁠202323–⁠17
Frank Maile2018–⁠20202–⁠2
Gary Andersen2009–⁠202033–⁠33
Matt Wells2013–⁠201844–⁠34
Brent Guy2005–⁠20089–⁠38
Mick Dennehy2000–⁠200419–⁠37
Dave Arslanian1998–⁠19997–⁠15
John Smith1995–⁠199716–⁠18
Charlie Weatherbie1992–⁠199415–⁠19
Chuck Shelton1986–⁠199126–⁠39–⁠1
Chris Pella1983–⁠19859–⁠24
Bruce Snyder1976–⁠198237–⁠38–⁠2
Phil Krueger1973–⁠197521–⁠12
Chuck Mills1967–⁠197238–⁠23–⁠1
Tony Knap1963–⁠196625–⁠14–⁠1
John Ralston1959–⁠196231–⁠11–⁠1
Everett Faunce1955–⁠195815–⁠24–⁠1
John Roning1951–⁠195418–⁠21–⁠2
George Melinkovich1949–⁠19505–⁠16
E. Lowell Romney1919–⁠1948128–⁠91–⁠16
Jack Watson1916–⁠19178–⁠5–⁠2
Clayton Teetzel1914–⁠19155–⁠9
Fred M. Walker1907–⁠19081–⁠1
George P. Campbell1902–⁠19060–⁠3

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesUSU record
Utah11530–⁠81–⁠4 ‡
BYU9137–⁠51–⁠3
Colorado State8038–⁠40–⁠2
Wyoming7240–⁠28–⁠4
San José State4322–⁠21 †
New Mexico State4032–⁠8
Idaho3920–⁠17–⁠2
Denver3513–⁠19–⁠3

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: BYU, Utah, Wyoming.

The trophy it holds: Bridger Rifle (Wyoming). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (120)

Every program Utah State has played, A to Z, with Utah State’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

13, counting shared titles
Mountain West Conference 1
2021
Western Athletic Conference 1
2012
Big West Conference 5
1978, 1979, 1993 (shared), 1996, 1997
Skyline Conference 3
1946, 1960 (shared), 1961 (shared)
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference 3
1921, 1935 (shared), 1936
MW Mountain 2
2013, 2021 (tied)

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1892, 1896 and 1898–⁠1901
  2. Colorado Football Conference 1902–⁠1908
  3. Mountain States Conference 1938–⁠1942 and 1944–⁠1947
  4. Skyline Conference 1948–⁠1961
  5. Independent 1962–⁠1977
  6. PCAA 1978–⁠1987
  7. Big West 1988–⁠2000
  8. Independent 2001–⁠2002
  9. Sun Belt Conference 2003–⁠2004
  10. Mountain West Conference 2013–⁠2025
  11. Pac-12 since 2026
  • 1938Joined the Mountain States Conference from the Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference. Source
  • 1962Went independent from the Skyline Conference. Source
  • 2001Went independent from the Big West in football. Source
  • 2003Joined the Sun Belt Conference from independence in football. Source
  • 2005Joined the WAC from the Sun Belt Conference. Source
  • 2013Joined the Mountain West Conference from the WAC, announced April 29, 2012. Source
  • 2026Joined the Pac-12 from the Mountain West Conference, announced September 23, 2024. Source

Utah State’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
1961Merlin Olsen OTOutland

Consensus All-Americans 3

2018Savon Scarver APB
1969Phil Olsen DE
1961Merlin Olsen DT

Led the nation 11

2018Savon Scarver kickoff return average (33.7)
2010Shaky Smithson punt return average (19.1)
2007Kevin Robinson punt return average (18.9)
1972Tom Forzani receptions (85 catches)
1967Altie Taylor kickoff return average (31.9)
1966MacArthur Lane yards per carry (7.6)
1962Darrell Roberts punt return yards (333 yds), punt return average (20.8)
1961Tom Larscheid punt return average (23.4)
1960Tom Larscheid yards per carry (8.4)
1957Overton Curtis kickoff return yards (695 yds), kickoff return average (30.2)
1953Earl Lindley points (81 pts)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
1
Coaches
2
1992John Ralston coach here, 1959–⁠1962
1980Merlin Olsen OT
1951Dick Romney coach, career 1919–⁠1948

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
56 since 1944
First-round picks
5
AFL picks
2 1962–⁠63
2020Jordan Love QBNo. 26, Green Bay Packers
1970Phil Olsen DTNo. 4, Boston Patriots
1968MacArthur Lane RBNo. 13, St. Louis Cardinals
1964Bill Munson QBNo. 7, Los Angeles Rams
1962Merlin Olsen DTNo. 3, Los Angeles Rams
1962Merlin Olsen DTNo. 2, Denver Broncos (AFL)

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

Utah State University
Enrollment
28,904 25,706 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Logan, Utah
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1888
Graduates’ median earnings
$54,022 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @USUFootballInstagram @USUFootballFacebook usufootball

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones utahstateaggies.com lists for its football program, as of Oct 12, 2026.

On the newsreel

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20262–⁠41–⁠1Bronco Mendenhall1439-9.0
20256–⁠74–⁠4Bronco Mendenhall1455-3.1
20244–⁠83–⁠4Nate Dreiling1400-10.4
20236–⁠74–⁠4Blake Anderson1425-10.9
20226–⁠75–⁠3Blake Anderson1469-13.3
202111–⁠36–⁠224Blake Anderson16070.1
20201–⁠51–⁠5Gary Andersen, Frank Maile1404-16.7
20197–⁠66–⁠2Gary Andersen1518-4.3
201811–⁠27–⁠122Matt Wells, Frank Maile165114.2
20176–⁠74–⁠4Matt Wells1463-3.3
20163–⁠91–⁠7Matt Wells1408-4.4
20156–⁠75–⁠3Matt Wells1529-0.1
201410–⁠46–⁠2Matt Wells16326.0
20139–⁠57–⁠1Matt Wells16384.2
201211–⁠26–⁠016Gary Andersen166111.0
20117–⁠65–⁠2Gary Andersen1475-0.9
20104–⁠82–⁠6Gary Andersen1349-19.2
20094–⁠83–⁠5Gary Andersen1386-12.7
20083–⁠93–⁠5Brent Guy1361-18.9
20072–⁠102–⁠6Brent Guy1286-27.6
20061–⁠111–⁠7Brent Guy1209-32.1
20053–⁠82–⁠6Brent Guy1316-23.9
20043–⁠82–⁠5Mick Dennehy1316-17.8
20033–⁠93–⁠3Mick Dennehy1322-17.0
20024–⁠7Mick Dennehy1372-16.0
Every season back to 1902 (95 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20014–⁠7Mick Dennehy1401-3.5
20005–⁠64–⁠1Mick Dennehy1408-14.6
19994–⁠73–⁠3Dave Arslanian1389-11.6
19983–⁠82–⁠3Dave Arslanian1378-19.0
19976–⁠64–⁠1John Smith14862.1
19966–⁠54–⁠1John Smith1437-7.0
19954–⁠74–⁠3John Smith1419-7.1
19943–⁠82–⁠4Charlie Weatherbie1368-13.3
19937–⁠55–⁠1Charlie Weatherbie1508-3.7
19925–⁠64–⁠2Charlie Weatherbie1468-6.2
19915–⁠65–⁠2Chuck Shelton1458-4.4
19905–⁠5–⁠15–⁠1–⁠1Chuck Shelton1431-6.7
19894–⁠74–⁠3Chuck Shelton1365-15.0
19884–⁠74–⁠3Chuck Shelton1364-19.3
19875–⁠64–⁠3Chuck Shelton1410-13.5
19863–⁠83–⁠4Chuck Shelton1312-17.2
19853–⁠83–⁠4Chris Pella1335-14.4
19841–⁠101–⁠5Chris Pella1332-12.0
19835–⁠63–⁠3Chris Pella14684.9
19825–⁠62–⁠3Bruce Snyder1405-14.5
19815–⁠5–⁠14–⁠1Bruce Snyder14784.6
19806–⁠54–⁠1Bruce Snyder15462.6
19797–⁠3–⁠14–⁠0–⁠1Bruce Snyder153412.8
19787–⁠43–⁠1Bruce Snyder14408.6
19774–⁠7Bruce Snyder1378-0.5
19763–⁠8Bruce Snyder1397-17.5
19756–⁠5Phil Krueger1506-4.2
19748–⁠3Phil Krueger15495.7
19737–⁠4Phil Krueger15368.1
19728–⁠3Chuck Mills159411.0
19718–⁠3Chuck Mills15349.8
19705–⁠5Chuck Mills1434-10.0
19693–⁠7Chuck Mills1416
19687–⁠3Chuck Mills1565
19677–⁠2–⁠1Chuck Mills1595
19664–⁠6Tony Knap1523
19658–⁠2Tony Knap1620
19645–⁠4–⁠1Tony Knap1566
19638–⁠2Tony Knap1664
19628–⁠2John Ralston1655
19619–⁠1–⁠15–⁠0–⁠110John Ralston1644
19609–⁠26–⁠1John Ralston1577
19595–⁠62–⁠5John Ralston1378
19583–⁠72–⁠5Everett Faunce1342
19572–⁠7–⁠11–⁠5–⁠1Everett Faunce1350
19566–⁠44–⁠3Everett Faunce1450
19554–⁠63–⁠4Everett Faunce1434
19544–⁠64–⁠3John Roning1427
19538–⁠35–⁠2John Roning1471
19523–⁠7–⁠13–⁠4John Roning1320
19513–⁠5–⁠12–⁠4–⁠1John Roning1343
19502–⁠90–⁠5George Melinkovich1206
19493–⁠71–⁠3George Melinkovich1324
19485–⁠62–⁠3E. Lowell Romney1378
19476–⁠53–⁠3E. Lowell Romney1436
19467–⁠2–⁠14–⁠1–⁠1E. Lowell Romney1488
19454–⁠31–⁠3E. Lowell Romney1400
19443–⁠30–⁠2E. Lowell Romney1369
19426–⁠3–⁠12–⁠3–⁠1E. Lowell Romney1406
19410–⁠80–⁠6E. Lowell Romney1270
19402–⁠5–⁠12–⁠4E. Lowell Romney1385
19393–⁠4–⁠12–⁠3–⁠1E. Lowell Romney1418
19384–⁠43–⁠3E. Lowell Romney1433
19372–⁠4–⁠22–⁠4–⁠1E. Lowell Romney1479
19367–⁠0–⁠16–⁠0–⁠1E. Lowell Romney1661
19355–⁠2–⁠15–⁠1–⁠1E. Lowell Romney1578
19345–⁠1–⁠15–⁠1–⁠1E. Lowell Romney1568
19334–⁠44–⁠3E. Lowell Romney1466
19324–⁠43–⁠3E. Lowell Romney1451
19316–⁠25–⁠2E. Lowell Romney1526
19303–⁠5–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1E. Lowell Romney1423
19293–⁠43–⁠4E. Lowell Romney1518
19285–⁠3–⁠14–⁠2–⁠1E. Lowell Romney1540
19273–⁠4–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1E. Lowell Romney1506
19265–⁠1–⁠24–⁠1–⁠2E. Lowell Romney1599
19256–⁠15–⁠1E. Lowell Romney1605
19244–⁠2–⁠13–⁠2–⁠1E. Lowell Romney1562
19235–⁠24–⁠2E. Lowell Romney1558
19225–⁠43–⁠3E. Lowell Romney1511
19217–⁠14–⁠0E. Lowell Romney1557
19204–⁠2–⁠12–⁠1–⁠1E. Lowell Romney1521
19195–⁠23–⁠2E. Lowell Romney1552
19177–⁠0–⁠14–⁠0–⁠1Jack Watson1550
19161–⁠5–⁠10–⁠3Jack Watson1301
19153–⁠40–⁠3Clayton Teetzel1326
19142–⁠51–⁠2Clayton Teetzel1243
1913few games on file1–⁠11375
19124–⁠2–⁠11422
1911few games on file1–⁠01396
1910few games on file0–⁠21450
1908few games on file0–⁠1Fred M. Walker1481
1907few games on file1–⁠0Fred M. Walker1511
1906few games on file0–⁠1George P. Campbell1454
1905few games on file0–⁠1George P. Campbell1458
1902few games on file0–⁠10–⁠1George P. Campbell1465

Officially 583–⁠582–⁠31 since 1892 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 553–⁠568–⁠28 (−30 wins, −14 losses, −3 ties). Our file starts in 1902; the program began in 1892. Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1903–⁠04, 1909, 1918, 1943: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.