BYU–Utah State football rivalry

The BYU–Utah State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Brigham Young Cougars and Utah State Aggies.

BYU–Utah State football rivalry

BYU Cougars Utah State Aggies
First meeting	October 7, 1922 Utah A.C., 42–3
Latest meeting	September 29, 2022 BYU, 38–26
Trophy	The Old Wagon Wheel
Statistics
Meetings total	91
All-time series	BYU leads, 51–37–3^[1]
Largest victory	BYU, 65–6 (1977)
Longest win streak	BYU, 10 (1983–1992, 1994–2009)
Current win streak	BYU, 3 (2019–present)

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Locations of BYU and Utah State

They have met for the Old Wagon Wheel 65 times, dating back to 1948.^[2] However, the rivalry predates the Old Wagon Wheel trophy era. The rivalry series between the two schools was largely dominated in the early years by Utah State until 1974. For the next three decades, BYU generally dominated the series with BYU winning ten straight times before the Aggies defeated the Cougars 31–16 on October 1, 2010. With the victory, Utah State reclaimed the Old Wagon Wheel for the first time since 1993. The Old Wagon Wheel also returned to Utah State on October 3, 2014, when they beat BYU 35–20. Starting in 1981, the two teams have usually met on the first Friday of October, which has certain significance since it is generally the same weekend that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) holds its semiannual worldwide General Conference.^[3]

The battle for the Old Wagon Wheel is an important cultural event in the state of Utah given the longstanding rivalry between the two schools and the fact that the majority of the student body at both schools recognize themselves to be members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Many families with LDS association, both within and outside the state of Utah, have familial ties to both institutions.

BYU announced they have canceled the following four games (2023-2026) they had agreed to in their contract, as their move into the Big 12 will require them to accommodate conference schedules. The contract did have a clause designed for such a scenario as conference affiliation changes. It is unclear after 2022 when the rivalry will continue.^[4]

Game results

BYU victories

Utah State victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 October 7, 1922 Provo Utah A.C. 42–3 2 November 12, 1923 Logan Utah A.C. 40–0 3 November 7, 1924 Provo Utah A.C. 13–9 4 October 24, 1925 Logan Utah A.C. 14–0 5 October 15, 1926 Provo Tie 0–0 6 October 29, 1927 Logan Utah A.C. 22–0 7 October 27, 1928 Provo Utah A.C. 10–0 8 October 19, 1929 Logan BYU 7–6 9 November 1, 1930 Ogden BYU 39–14 10 November 7, 1931 Ogden BYU 6–0 11 November 19, 1932 Provo BYU 18–6 12 November 18, 1933 Logan Utah A.C. 14–0 13 November 3, 1934 Provo Utah A.C. 15–0 14 November 16, 1935 Logan Utah A.C. 27–0 15 October 17, 1936 Provo Utah A.C. 13–0 16 November 13, 1937 Logan BYU 54–0 17 November 5, 1938 Provo Utah A.C. 3–0 18 November 11, 1939 Logan Tie 0–0 19 November 2, 1940 Provo BYU 12–7 20 November 1, 1941 Logan BYU 28–0 21 October 31, 1942 Provo Utah A.C. 9–6 22 November 9, 1946 Logan Tie 0–0 23 October 25, 1947 Provo BYU 27–12 24 October 23, 1948 Logan Utah A.C. 20–7 25 November 5, 1949 Provo Utah A.C. 22–3 26 November 4, 1950 Logan BYU 34–13 27 November 10, 1951 Provo BYU 28–27 28 November 15, 1952 Logan Utah A.C. 27–26 29 October 16, 1953 Provo Utah A.C. 14–7 30 October 30, 1954 Logan Utah A.C. 45–13 31 November 5, 1955 Provo Utah A.C. 47–21 32 October 27, 1956 Logan Utah A.C. 33–7 33 November 2, 1957 Provo BYU 14–0 34 November 1, 1958 Logan BYU 13–6 35 October 31, 1959 Provo BYU 18–0 36 October 29, 1960 Logan Utah State 34–0 37 November 4, 1961 Provo Utah State 31–8 38 October 27, 1962 Logan Utah State 27–21 39 November 2, 1963 Provo Utah State 26–0 40 October 31, 1964 Provo BYU 28–14 41 October 30, 1965 Logan Utah State 34–21 42 October 8, 1966 Provo BYU 27–7 43 November 4, 1967 Logan Utah State 30–9 44 November 9, 1968 Provo Utah State 34–8 45 November 15, 1969 Logan BYU 21–3 46 October 24, 1970 Provo BYU 27–20 No. Date Location Winner Score 47 October 9, 1971 Logan Utah State 29–7 48 September 23, 1972 Provo Utah State 42–19 49 October 6, 1973 Logan Utah State 13–7 50 September 21, 1974 Provo Utah State 9–6 51 November 8, 1975 Logan BYU 24–7 52 October 23, 1976 Provo BYU 45–14 53 September 24, 1977 Logan #20 BYU 65–6 54 October 7, 1978 Provo Utah State 24–7 55 October 13, 1979 Logan #16 BYU 48–24 56 October 18, 1980 Logan BYU 70–46 57 October 2, 1981 Provo #10 BYU 32–26 58 October 30, 1982 Logan Utah State 20–17 59 October 29, 1983 Provo #15 BYU 38–34 60 November 24, 1984 Provo #1 BYU 38–13 61 November 9, 1985 Logan #18 BYU 44–0 62 September 6, 1986 Provo #18 BYU 52–0 63 October 2, 1987 Provo BYU 45–24 64 September 30, 1988 Provo BYU 38–3 65 September 30, 1989 Logan BYU 37–10 66 November 24, 1990 Provo #4 BYU 45–10 67 October 4, 1991 Provo BYU 38–10 68 October 2, 1992 Provo BYU 30–9 69 October 30, 1993 Logan Utah State 58–56 70 September 30, 1994 Provo BYU 34–6 71 October 4, 1996 Logan #21 BYU 45–17 72 October 3, 1997 Provo #24 BYU 42–35 73 October 1, 1999 Logan BYU 34–31 74 October 6, 2000 Provo BYU 38–14 75 October 5, 2001 Provo #20 BYU 54–34 76 October 4, 2002 Logan BYU 35–34 77 September 23, 2006 Provo BYU 38–0 78 October 3, 2008 Logan #8 BYU 34–14 79 October 2, 2009 Provo #20 BYU 35–17 80 October 1, 2010 Logan Utah State 31–16 81 September 30, 2011 Provo BYU 27–24 82 October 5, 2012 Provo BYU 6–3 83 October 4, 2013 Logan BYU 31–14 84 October 3, 2014 Provo Utah State 35–20 85 November 28, 2015 Logan BYU 51–28 86 November 26, 2016 Provo BYU 28–10 87 September 29, 2017 Logan Utah State 40–24 88 October 5, 2018 Provo Utah State 45–20 89 November 2, 2019 Logan BYU 42–14 90 October 1, 2021 Logan #13 BYU 34–20 91 September 29, 2022 Provo #19 BYU 38–26 Series: BYU leads 51–37–3^[1]

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games
• Beehive Boot

References

1. "Winsipedia - BYU Cougars vs. Utah State Aggies football series history". Winsipedia.
2. . Archived from the original on 2013-08-10. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
3. Toone, Trent (October 1, 2012). "BYU-Utah State football rivalry makes for LDS fan-friendly Friday night lights". deseretnews.com. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
4. "BYU/Utah State: Future Football Games Canceled Due To Big 12 Move". KSL Sports. 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2022-06-06.