Battle of the Brothers

Battle of the Brothers
First meetingNovember 25, 1892
Utah Agricultural, 12–0
Latest meetingSeptember 14, 2024
Utah, 38–21
Next meetingSeptember 19, 2026
TrophyBeehive Boot
Statistics
Meetings total113
All-time seriesUtah leads,
80–29–4 (.726)
Largest victoryUtah, 48–0 (2006)
Longest win streakUtah, 12 (1998–2009)
Current win streakUtah, 3 (2013–present)
Locations of Utah and Utah State
An article from The Salt Lake Tribune reporting on the inaugural game.

The Battle of the Brothers is an American college football rivalry in Utah between the University of Utah Utes of Salt Lake City and the Utah State University Aggies of Logan.[1] Utah leads the series 80–29–4 (.726).

The rivalry began in 1892 when Utah State (then Utah Agricultural College) defeated Utah 12-0 in the first game for both programs on November 25. 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 had been scheduled until December 14, 2023, when a 2-for-1 home and home series was announced by the two schools, with a game in 2024 taking place in Logan and further meetings in 2026 and 2031 taking place in Salt Lake City.[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 victoriesUtah State victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 November 25, 1892 Logan Utah A.C. 12–0
2 November 17, 1900 Logan Utah 21–0
3 November 9, 1901 Salt Lake City Utah 17–0
4 November 15, 1902 Salt Lake City Utah 18–0
5 October 17, 1903 Logan Utah A.C. 17–0
6 November 19, 1904 Salt Lake City Utah 43–0
7 November 25, 1905 Logan Utah 5–0
8 November 29, 1906 Salt Lake City Utah 35–0
9 November 9, 1907 Salt Lake City Utah 10–0
10 October 9, 1909 Logan Utah 28–0
11 November 25, 1909 Salt Lake City Utah 22–0
12 October 8, 1910 Logan Utah 21–12
13 November 24, 1910 Salt Lake City Utah 6–0
14 November 28, 1912 Salt Lake City Tie7–7
15 November 27, 1913 Logan Utah A.C. 21–0
16 November 26, 1914 Salt Lake City Utah 20–2
17 November 25, 1915 Salt Lake City Utah 14–0
18 November 11, 1916 Salt Lake City Utah 46–0
19 November 29, 1917 Salt Lake City Utah A.C. 14–0
20 November 29, 1919 Salt Lake City Utah 10–0
21 November 25, 1920 Salt Lake City Utah A.C. 9–3
22 November 24, 1921 Salt Lake City Utah A.C. 14–3
23 November 30, 1922 Salt Lake City Utah 14–0
24 November 29, 1923 Salt Lake City Utah A.C. 21–13
25 November 27, 1924 Salt Lake City Tie7–7
26 November 26, 1925 Salt Lake City Utah A.C. 10–6
27 November 25, 1926 Salt Lake City Utah 34–0
28 November 24, 1927 Salt Lake City Tie0–0
29 November 29, 1928 Salt Lake City Utah 20–0
30 November 28, 1929 Salt Lake City Utah 26–7
31 November 27, 1930 Salt Lake City Utah 41–0
32 November 26, 1931 Salt Lake City Utah 34–0
33 October 29, 1932 Salt Lake City Utah 16–0
34 October 28, 1933 Salt Lake City Utah 14–6
35 November 29, 1934 Salt Lake City Utah 14–7
36 November 28, 1935 Salt Lake City Tie14–14
37 October 24, 1936 Logan Utah A.C. 12–0
38 November 25, 1937 Salt Lake City Utah 27–0
39 October 22, 1938 Logan Utah 33–0
40 November 23, 1939 Salt Lake City Utah 27–0
41 October 19, 1940 Logan Utah A.C. 7–0
42 November 26, 1941 Salt Lake City Utah 33–21
43 October 17, 1942 Logan Utah 34–6
44 November 23, 1944 Salt Lake City Utah 47–0
45 November 22, 1945 Salt Lake City Utah 24–6
46 November 28, 1946 Salt Lake City Utah A.C. 22–14
47 November 27, 1947 Salt Lake City Utah 40–14
48 November 25, 1948 Salt Lake City Utah 41–7
49 November 24, 1949 Salt Lake City Utah 34–0
50 November 23, 1950 Salt Lake City Utah 46–0
51 November 3, 1951 Logan Utah 28–20
52 November 27, 1952 Salt Lake City Utah 20–0
53 October 10, 1953 Logan Utah 33–13
54 November 25, 1954 Salt Lake City Utah A.C. 35–19
55 November 24, 1955 Salt Lake City Utah 14–13
56 November 22, 1956 Salt Lake City Utah 29–7
57 November 28, 1957 Salt Lake City Utah 21–6
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
58 November 27, 1958 Salt Lake City Utah 12–7
59 November 21, 1959 Salt Lake City Utah 35–21
60 November 19, 1960 Salt Lake City Utah 6–0
61 November 18, 1961 Salt Lake City Utah State 17–6
62 November 17, 1962 Salt Lake City Utah State 19–6
63 November 23, 1963 Logan Utah 25–23
64 November 21, 1964 Salt Lake City Utah 14–6
65 November 20, 1965 Salt Lake City Utah State 14–7
66 November 19, 1966 Salt Lake City Utah State 13–7
67 November 18, 1967 Salt Lake City Utah State 19–18
68 November 23, 1968 Logan Utah State 28–13
69 November 1, 1969 Salt Lake City Utah 27–7
70 November 7, 1970 Logan Utah 17–0
71 November 13, 1971 Salt Lake City Utah State 21–17
72 November 11, 1972 Logan Utah State 44–16
73 November 17, 1973 Salt Lake City Utah 31–28
74 November 16, 1974 Logan Utah State 34–0
75 September 13, 1975 Salt Lake City Utah State 13–7
76 October 16, 1976 Logan Utah State 28–17
77 October 15, 1977 Salt Lake City Utah 20–0
78 November 25, 1978 Logan Utah 23–20
79 September 29, 1979 Salt Lake City Utah State 47–21
80 October 4, 1980 Logan Utah 23–19
81 September 5, 1981 Salt Lake City Utah 10–0
82 November 6, 1982 Salt Lake City Utah 42–10
83 November 12, 1983 Logan Utah State 21–17
84 November 10, 1984 Logan Utah 21–10
85 November 2, 1985 Salt Lake City Utah 34–7
86 November 15, 1986 Logan Utah 27–10
87 October 24, 1987 Salt Lake City Utah State 41–36
88 November 12, 1988 Logan Utah 42–21
89 September 9, 1989 Salt Lake City Utah 45–10
90 September 1, 1990 Logan Utah 19–0
91 August 31, 1991 Salt Lake City Utah 12–7
92 September 12, 1992 Logan Utah 42–18
93 September 11, 1993 Salt Lake City Utah 31–29
94 September 3, 1994 Logan Utah 32–17
95 October 28, 1995 Salt Lake City Utah 40–20
96 August 31, 1996 Logan Utah State 20–17
97 August 30, 1997 Salt Lake City Utah State 21–11
98 September 5, 1998 Logan Utah 20–12
99 September 18, 1999 Salt Lake City Utah 38–18
100 September 30, 2000 Logan Utah 35–14
101 September 1, 2001 Salt Lake City Utah 23–19
102 August 31, 2002 Logan Utah 23–3
103 August 28, 2003 Salt Lake City Utah 40–20
104 September 18, 2004 Logan #15 Utah 48–6
105 September 10, 2005 Salt Lake City Utah 31–7
106 September 16, 2006 Logan Utah 48–0
107 September 29, 2007 Salt Lake City Utah 34–18
108 September 13, 2008 Logan #22 Utah 58–10
109 September 3, 2009 Salt Lake City #19 Utah 35–17
110 September 7, 2012 Logan Utah State 27–20 OT
111 August 29, 2013 Salt Lake City Utah 30–26
112 September 11, 2015 Salt Lake City #24 Utah 24–14
113 September 14, 2024 Logan #12 Utah 38–21
Series: Utah leads 80–29–4

See also

References

  1. ^ "Utah State vs. Utah: The Battle of the Brothers in six numbers". Deseret News. September 8, 2015. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015.
  2. ^ "Utah vs Utah St". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2009.
  3. ^ Kelley, Kevin (December 14, 2023). "Utah, Utah State schedule three-game football series beginning in 2024". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved December 14, 2023.