Utah State–Wyoming football rivalry
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Utah State Aggies
Wyoming Cowboys
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First meeting | November 23, 1903 Utah A.C. 46, Wyoming 0 |
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Latest meeting | November 20, 2021 Wyoming 44, Utah State 17 |
Next meeting | TBD |
Trophy | Bridger Rifle |
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Meetings total | 71 |
All-time series | Utah State leads, 40–27–4 (.592)[1] |
Trophy series | Utah State leads, 5–3 (.625) |
Largest victory | Utah State, 57–0 (1917) |
Longest win streak | Utah State, 10 (1927–1937) |
Current win streak | Wyoming, 1 (2021–present) |
The Utah State–Wyoming football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Utah State Aggies and the Wyoming Cowboys. The rivalry is one of the oldest for both schools;[2] it is Utah State's fourth-oldest rivalry and Wyoming's fifth. The schools played for the first time in 1903, a 46–0 Aggie victory and Utah State leads the series 40–27–4 (.592).[3]
On November 25, 2013, “Bridger’s Battle” was announced as the name for the rivalry, after American frontiersman Jim Bridger (1804–1881), who spent much of his career in the region. A .50 caliber Rocky Mountain Hawken rifle was announced as the trophy for the rivalry,[4] widely considered to be what Bridger carried.
Meetings[]
Utah State and Wyoming have a storied history dating back to the early 1900s as both schools were members of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) from 1916–37 and later members of the Mountain States Conference from 1938–61. Following the dissolution of the Mountain States Conference in 1962, Utah State and Wyoming continued to play almost every year until 1978, then did not play again until 2001. They would meet only four additional times from 2003 to 2011.
Utah State joined the Mountain West Conference in 2013 and was placed in the same division as Wyoming; the rivalry was renewed and is again played an annual basis. The 2020 matchup, scheduled to be played in Laramie, was cancelled due to a spike in cases of COVID-19 within the Utah State program amid the ongoing pandemic.[5]
Game results[]
Utah State victories | Wyoming victories | Tie games |
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See also[]
- List of NCAA college football rivalry games
References[]
- ^ a b "Winsipedia - Utah State Aggies vs. Wyoming Cowboys football series history". Winsipedia.
- ^ "Wyoming and Utah State Renew Historic Rivalry On Saturday". CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ^ "Utah State Football Future Schedules". NationalChamps.net. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ^ "Utah State and Wyoming announce formation of football rivalry series called "Bridger's Battle"". CacheValleyDaily.com. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
- ^ "Utah State football sees COVID-19 spike, cancels game against Wyoming". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- College football rivalries in the United States
- Utah State Aggies football
- Wyoming Cowboys football