Battle of the Brothers

The Battle of the Brothers is the name given to the Utah–Utah State football rivalry.^[1] It is an American college football rivalry between the Utah Utes of the University of Utah and Utah State Aggies from Utah State University. Utah leads the series 79–29–4.

Battle of the Brothers

Utah Utes Utah State Aggies
First meeting	November 25, 1892 Utah Agricultural, 12–0
Latest meeting	September 11, 2015 Utah, 24–14
Trophy	Beehive Boot
Statistics
Meetings total	112
All-time series	Utah leads, 79–29–4
Largest victory	Utah, 48–0 (2006)
Longest win streak	Utah, 12 (1998–2009)
Current win streak	Utah, 2 (2013–present)

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Locations of Utah and Utah State

An article from The Salt Lake Tribune reporting on the inaugural game.

The rivalry began November 25, 1892, when Utah State (then known as Utah Agricultural College) defeated Utah 12-0 in the first game for both programs. For much of its history, whenever the two teams played in Salt Lake City, it was held on Thanksgiving Day. However, this aspect of the rivalry ended in 1958. Since 1959, no meeting has been played on Thanksgiving Day; and more recently, the meeting has been held in September as one of the first games of the season for both teams. Utah and Utah State have not competed in the same conference since 1961, meaning each meeting since then has been a voluntary non-conference game.

In the 1970s, Utah and its fans turned their sights towards Brigham Young University as their biggest rival, and the Holy War became the main rivalry in the state of Utah.^[2]

Following the Utes' 2015 win, no further meetings have been scheduled, and it is unclear when the rivalry will resume.^[3] In the entire history of the rivalry, the game has never been contested anywhere beside Logan or Salt Lake City.

Game results

Until 1957, the Aggies were known as the Utah State Agricultural College, or Utah A.C.

Utah victories

Utah State victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 1892 Logan Utah A.C. 12–0 2 1900 Logan Utah 21–0 3 1901 Salt Lake City Utah 17–0 4 1902 Salt Lake City Utah 18–0 5 1903 Logan Utah A.C. 17–0 6 1904 Salt Lake City Utah 43–0 7 1905 Logan Utah 5–0 8 1906 Salt Lake City Utah 35–0 9 1907 Salt Lake City Utah 10–0 10 1909 Logan Utah 28–0 11 1909 Salt Lake City Utah 22–0 12 1910 Logan Utah 21–12 13 1910 Salt Lake City Utah 6–0 14 1912 Salt Lake City Tie 7–7 15 1913 Logan Utah A.C. 21–0 16 1914 Salt Lake City Utah 20–2 17 1915 Salt Lake City Utah 14–0 18 1916 Salt Lake City Utah 46–0 19 1917 Salt Lake City Utah A.C. 14–0 20 1919 Salt Lake City Utah 10–0 21 1920 Salt Lake City Utah A.C. 9–3 22 1921 Salt Lake City Utah A.C. 14–3 23 1922 Salt Lake City Utah 14–0 24 1923 Salt Lake City Utah A.C. 21–13 25 1924 Salt Lake City Tie 7–7 26 1925 Salt Lake City Utah A.C. 10–6 27 1926 Salt Lake City Utah 34–0 28 1927 Salt Lake City Tie 0–0 29 1928 Salt Lake City Utah 20–0 30 1929 Salt Lake City Utah 26–7 31 1930 Salt Lake City Utah 41–0 32 1931 Salt Lake City Utah 34–0 33 1932 Salt Lake City Utah 16–0 34 1933 Salt Lake City Utah 14–6 35 1934 Salt Lake City Utah 14–7 36 1935 Salt Lake City Tie 14–14 37 1936 Logan Utah A.C. 12–0 38 1937 Salt Lake City Utah 27–0 39 1938 Logan Utah 33–0 40 1939 Salt Lake City Utah 27–0 41 1940 Logan Utah A.C. 7–0 42 1941 Salt Lake City Utah 33–21 43 1942 Logan Utah 34–6 44 1944 Salt Lake City Utah 47–0 45 1945 Salt Lake City Utah 24–6 46 1946 Salt Lake City Utah A.C. 22–14 47 1947 Salt Lake City Utah 40–14 48 1948 Salt Lake City Utah 41–7 49 1949 Salt Lake City Utah 34–0 50 1950 Salt Lake City Utah 46–0 51 1951 Logan Utah 28–20 52 1952 Salt Lake City Utah 20–0 53 1953 Logan Utah 33–13 54 1954 Salt Lake City Utah A.C. 35–19 55 1955 Salt Lake City Utah 14–13 56 1956 Salt Lake City Utah 29–7 57 1957 Salt Lake City Utah 21–6 No. Date Location Winner Score 58 1958 Salt Lake City Utah 12–7 59 1959 Salt Lake City Utah 35–21 60 1960 Salt Lake City Utah 6–0 61 1961 Salt Lake City Utah State 17–6 62 1962 Salt Lake City Utah State 19–6 63 1963 Logan Utah 25–23 64 1964 Salt Lake City Utah 14–6 65 1965 Salt Lake City Utah State 14–7 66 1966 Salt Lake City Utah State 13–7 67 1967 Salt Lake City Utah State 19–18 68 1968 Logan Utah State 28–13 69 1969 Salt Lake City Utah 27–7 70 1970 Logan Utah 17–0 71 1971 Salt Lake City Utah State 21–17 72 1972 Logan Utah State 44–16 73 1973 Salt Lake City Utah 31–28 74 1974 Logan Utah State 34–0 75 1975 Salt Lake City Utah State 13–7 76 1976 Logan Utah State 28–17 77 1977 Salt Lake City Utah 20–0 78 1978 Logan Utah 23–20 79 1979 Salt Lake City Utah State 47–21 80 1980 Logan Utah 23–19 81 1981 Salt Lake City Utah 10–0 82 1982 Salt Lake City Utah 42–10 83 1983 Logan Utah State 21–17 84 1984 Logan Utah 21–10 85 1985 Salt Lake City Utah 34–7 86 1986 Logan Utah 27–10 87 1987 Salt Lake City Utah State 41–36 88 1988 Logan Utah 42–21 89 1989 Salt Lake City Utah 45–10 90 1990 Logan Utah 19–0 91 1991 Salt Lake City Utah 12–7 92 1992 Logan Utah 42–18 93 1993 Salt Lake City Utah 31–29 94 1994 Logan Utah 32–17 95 1995 Salt Lake City Utah 40–20 96 1996 Logan Utah State 20–17 97 1997 Salt Lake City Utah State 21–11 98 1998 Logan Utah 20–12 99 1999 Salt Lake City Utah 38–18 100 2000 Logan Utah 35–14 101 2001 Salt Lake City Utah 23–19 102 2002 Logan Utah 23–3 103 2003 Salt Lake City Utah 40–20 104 2004 Logan #15 Utah 48–6 105 2005 Salt Lake City Utah 31–7 106 2006 Logan Utah 48–0 107 2007 Salt Lake City Utah 34–18 108 2008 Logan #22 Utah 58–10 109 2009 Salt Lake City #19 Utah 35–17 110 2012 Logan Utah State 27–20 ^OT 111 2013 Salt Lake City Utah 30–26 112 2015 Salt Lake City #24 Utah 24–14 Series: Utah leads 79–29–4

See also

• Beehive Boot
• List of NCAA college football rivalry games
• List of most-played college football series in NCAA Division I

References

1. "Utah State vs. Utah: The Battle of the Brothers in six numbers". Deseret News. September 8, 2015.
2. . College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2009.
3. Goon, Kyle (September 10, 2015). "Utah football: Future of Ute-Aggie rivalry is uncertain". Salt Lake Tribune.