Utah State–Wyoming football rivalry

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; 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 41–28–4 (.589).

Utah State–Wyoming football rivalry

Utah State Aggies Wyoming Cowboys
First meeting	November 23, 1903 Utah A.C. 46, Wyoming 0
Latest meeting	October 26, 2024 Wyoming 25, Utah State 27
Next meeting	2025 in Logan
Trophy	Bridger Rifle
Statistics
Meetings total	73
All-time series	Utah State leads, 41–28–4 (.589)
Trophy series	Utah State leads, 6–4 (.600)
Largest victory	Utah State, 57–0 (1917)
Longest win streak	Utah State, 10 (1927–1937)
Current win streak	Utah State, 1 (2024–present)

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Locations of Utah State and Wyoming

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, 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. Until 1947, Utah State dominated the series with a 24-4-1 record. However, since the 1947 game Wyoming has been the better team, boasting a 24-16-3 record against the Aggies.

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 on 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.

The game was not played in 2023, as the Mountain West eliminated its divisional format for football.

Game results

Utah State victories

Wyoming victories

Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	November 23, 1903	Logan	Utah A.C.	46–0
2	November 2, 1912	Logan	Utah A.C.	53–0
3	November 7, 1914	Logan	Utah A.C.	24–3
4	October 27, 1915	Laramie	Wyoming	13–7
5	October 21, 1916	Logan	Wyoming	23–10
6	October 24, 1917	Logan	Utah A.C.	57–0
7	November 20, 1919	Laramie	Utah A.C.	6–0
8	October 11, 1921	Logan	Utah A.C.	14–3
9	November 11, 1922	Logan	Utah A.C.	26–0
10	November 16, 1923	Laramie	Utah A.C.	20–6
11	November 11, 1924	Logan	Utah A.C.	25–2
12	November 5, 1925	Logan	Utah A.C.	26–13
13	October 23, 1926	Laramie	Tie	6–6
14	October 22, 1927	Logan	Utah A.C.	42–0
15	October 19, 1928	Laramie	Utah A.C.	24–6
16	October 26, 1929	Laramie	Utah A.C.	12–7
17	October 25, 1930	Logan	Utah A.C.	13–8
18	October 24, 1931	Laramie	Utah A.C.	12–0
19	November 4, 1933	Logan	Utah A.C.	27–0
20	October 20, 1934	Laramie	Utah A.C.	19–0
21	November 9, 1935	Logan	Utah A.C.	18–0
22	October 10, 1936	Laramie	Utah A.C.	25–0
23	October 23, 1937	Logan	Utah A.C.	34–7
24	November 12, 1938	Logan	Wyoming	27–12
25	November 18, 1939	Laramie	Utah A.C.	20–13
26	November 21, 1940	Logan	Utah A.C.	16–0
27	November 15, 1941	Laramie	Wyoming	12–6
28	November 21, 1942	Logan	Utah A.C.	14–6
29	November 16, 1946	Logan	Utah A.C.	21–7
30	October 18, 1947	Laramie	Wyoming	33–19
31	October 30, 1948	Logan	Utah A.C.	45–34
32	October 15, 1949	Laramie	Wyoming	27–0
33	October 14, 1950	Logan	Wyoming	40–7
34	October 6, 1951	Laramie	Wyoming	37–0
35	October 4, 1952	Logan	Wyoming	14–0
36	October 3, 1953	Laramie	Wyoming	20–13
37	November 6, 1954	Logan	Wyoming	21–12

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
38	October 1, 1955	Laramie	Wyoming	21–13
39	November 3, 1956	Logan	Wyoming	21–0
40	October 5, 1957	Laramie	Tie	19–19
41	November 8, 1958	Logan	Wyoming	41–13
42	October 3, 1959	Laramie	Wyoming	27–2
43	November 5, 1960	Logan	#18 Utah State	17–13
44	October 7, 1961	Laramie	Tie	6–6
45	November 10, 1962	Logan	Utah State	20–6
46	September 28, 1963	Laramie	Wyoming	21–14
47	November 7, 1964	Logan	Tie	20–20
48	October 22, 1966	Laramie	Wyoming	35–10
49	September 21, 1968	Laramie	Wyoming	48–3
50	September 26, 1970	Laramie	Utah State	42–29
51	November 6, 1971	Logan	Wyoming	31–29
52	October 28, 1972	Laramie	Utah State	35–23
53	November 3, 1973	Logan	Utah State	31–20
54	September 14, 1974	Laramie	Utah State	17–7
55	November 1, 1975	Logan	Utah State	27–21
56	September 25, 1976	Laramie	Wyoming	20–3
57	November 12, 1977	Logan	Utah State	32–31
58	September 30, 1978	Laramie	Utah State	20–13
59	September 22, 2001	Logan	Wyoming	43–42
60	October 11, 2003	Logan	Wyoming	48–21
61	September 2, 2006	Laramie	Wyoming	38–7
62	September 8, 2007	Laramie	Wyoming	32–18
63	October 8, 2011	Logan	Utah State	63–19
64	November 30, 2013	Logan	Utah State	35–7
65	November 8, 2014	Laramie	Utah State	20–3
66	October 30, 2015	Logan	Utah State	58–27
67	November 5, 2016	Laramie	Wyoming	52–28
68	October 14, 2017	Logan	Wyoming	28–23
69	October 20, 2018	Laramie	Utah State	24–16
70	November 16, 2019	Logan	Utah State	26–21
71	November 20, 2021	Logan	Wyoming	44–17
72	October 22, 2022	Laramie	Wyoming	28–14
73	October 26, 2024	Laramie	Utah State	27–25
Series: Utah State leads 41–28–4

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games