Utah State–Wyoming football rivalry

Bridger's Battle

Utah State Aggies	Wyoming Cowboys
First Meeting	1903
Next Meeting	2015
All-Time Series	Utah State leads, 37–24–4
Trophy	Bridger Rifle

The Utah State–Wyoming football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Utah State Aggies football team of Utah State University and Wyoming Cowboys football team of the University of Wyoming. The rivalry is one of the oldest for both schools.^[1] For Utah State it is their fourth oldest rivalry and for Wyoming their fifth. The schools played for the first time in 1903, a 46–0 Aggie victory. Utah State leads the series 37–24–4.^[2] On November 25, 2013 “Bridger’s Battle” was announced as the name for the rivalry. A .50 caliber Rocky Mountain Hawken rifle was announced as the trophy for the rivalry.^[3] The rifle is 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 played a mere 19 times between 1962 and 2011 as out-of-conference foes.

In 2013, Utah State joined the Mountain West Conference, allowing the two teams to renew the rivalry.

Series results

Utah State victories	Wyoming victories	Tie games

#	Date	Location	Winning team		Losing team
1	November 23, 1903	Logan	Utah A.C.	46	Wyoming	0
2	November 2, 1912	Logan	Utah A.C.	53	Wyoming	0
3	November 7, 1914	Logan	Utah A.C.	24	Wyoming	3
4	October 27, 1915	Laramie	Wyoming	13	Utah A.C.	7
5	October 21, 1916	Logan	Wyoming	23	Utah A.C.	10
6	October 24, 1917	Logan	Utah A.C.	57	Wyoming	0
7	November 20, 1919	Laramie	Utah A.C.	6	Wyoming	0
8	October 11, 1921	Logan	Utah A.C.	14	Wyoming	3
9	November 11, 1922	Logan	Utah A.C.	26	Wyoming	0
10	November 16, 1923	Laramie	Utah A.C.	20	Wyoming	6
11	November 11, 1924	Logan	Utah A.C.	25	Wyoming	2
12	November 5, 1925	Logan	Utah A.C.	26	Wyoming	13
13	October 23, 1926	Laramie	Utah A.C.	6	Wyoming	6
14	October 22, 1927	Logan	Utah A.C.	42	Wyoming	0
15	October 19, 1928	Laramie	Utah A.C.	24	Wyoming	6
16	October 26, 1929	Laramie	Utah A.C.	12	Wyoming	7
17	October 25, 1930	Logan	Utah A.C.	13	Wyoming	8
18	October 24, 1931	Laramie	Utah A.C.	12	Wyoming	0
19	November 4, 1933	Logan	Utah A.C.	27	Wyoming	0
20	October 20, 1934	Laramie	Utah A.C.	19	Wyoming	0
21	November 9, 1935	Logan	Utah A.C.	18	Wyoming	0
22	October 10, 1936	Laramie	Utah A.C.	25	Wyoming	0
23	October 23, 1937	Logan	Utah A.C.	34	Wyoming	7
24	November 12, 1938	Logan	Wyoming	27	Utah A.C.	12
25	November 18, 1939	Laramie	Utah A.C.	20	Wyoming	13
26	November 21, 1940	Logan	Utah A.C.	16	Wyoming	0
27	November 15, 1941	Laramie	Wyoming	12	Utah A.C.	6
28	November 21, 1942	Logan	Utah A.C.	14	Wyoming	6
29	November 16, 1946	Logan	Utah A.C.	21	Wyoming	7
30	October 18, 1947	Laramie	Wyoming	33	Utah A.C.	19
31	October 30, 1948	Logan	Utah A.C.	45	Wyoming	34
32	October 15, 1949	Laramie	Wyoming	27	Utah A.C.	0
33	October 14, 1950	Logan	Wyoming	40	Utah A.C.	7
34	October 6, 1951	Laramie	Wyoming	37	Utah A.C.	0

#	Date	Location	Winning team		Losing team
35	October 4, 1952	Logan	Wyoming	14	Utah A.C.	0
36	October 3, 1953	Laramie	Wyoming	20	Utah A.C.	13
37	November 6, 1954	Logan	Wyoming	21	Utah A.C.	12
38	October 1, 1955	Laramie	Wyoming	21	Utah A.C.	13
39	November 3, 1956	Logan	Wyoming	21	Utah A.C.	0
40	October 5, 1957	Laramie	Utah State	19	Wyoming	19
41	November 8, 1958	Logan	Wyoming	41	Utah State	13
42	October 3, 1959	Laramie	Wyoming	27	Utah State	2
43	November 5, 1960	Logan	Utah State	17	Wyoming	13
44	October 7, 1961	Laramie	Utah State	6	Wyoming	6
45	November 10, 1962	Logan	Utah State	20	Wyoming	6
46	September 28, 1963	Laramie	Wyoming	21	Utah State	14
47	November 7, 1964	Logan	Utah State	20	Wyoming	20
48	October 22, 1966	Laramie	Wyoming	35	Utah State	10
49	September 21, 1968	Laramie	Wyoming	48	Utah State	3
50	September 26, 1970	Laramie	Utah State	42	Wyoming	29
51	November 6, 1971	Logan	Wyoming	31	Utah State	29
52	October 28, 1972	Laramie	Utah State	35	Wyoming	23
53	November 3, 1973	Logan	Utah State	31	Wyoming	20
54	September 14, 1974	Laramie	Utah State	17	Wyoming	7
55	November 1, 1975	Logan	Utah State	27	Wyoming	21
56	September 25, 1976	Laramie	Wyoming	20	Utah State	3
57	November 12, 1977	Logan	Utah State	32	Wyoming	31
58	September 30, 1978	Laramie	Utah State	20	Wyoming	13
59	September 22, 2001	Logan	Wyoming	43	Utah State	42
60	October 11, 2003	Logan	Wyoming	48	Utah State	21
61	September 2, 2006	Laramie	Wyoming	38	Utah State	7
62	September 8, 2007	Laramie	Wyoming	32	Utah State	18
63	October 8, 2011	Logan	Utah State	63	Wyoming	19
64	November 30, 2013	Logan	Utah State	35	Wyoming	7
65	November 8, 2014	Laramie	Utah State	20	Wyoming	3
66	TBA 2015	Logan
67	TBA 2016	Laramie
Series: Utah State leads 37–24–4

Until 1957, Utah State was known as Utah State Agricultural College or Utah A.C.

References

↑ "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 Aggies football

Venues	Romney Stadium (1968–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games BYU (Beehive Boot; The Old Wagon Wheel) Utah: Battle of the Brothers (Beehive Boot) Wyoming: Bridgers Battle

Culture & lore	Big Blue "Hail the Utah Aggies" The Scotsman The Hurd Aggie Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Wyoming Cowboys football

Venues	Corbett Field (1925–1949) War Memorial Stadium (1950–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado State (Bronze Boot) Hawaii (Paniolo Trophy) Utah State

Culture & lore	Pistol Pete "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" Western Thunder Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1922 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Mountain West Conference football rivalries

Conference	Air Force–Colorado State Air Force–Hawaii Boise State–Fresno State Boise State–Nevada Border War (Colorado State–Wyoming) Fresno State–San Diego State Fresno State–San Jose State Fremont Cannon (Nevada–UNLV) Hawaii–Wyoming Utah State–Wyoming

Non-conference	Arizona–New Mexico Beehive Boot (BYU–Utah–Utah State) Bill Walsh Legacy Game (San Jose State–Stanford) Boise State–Idaho BYU–San Diego State BYU–Utah State Commander-in-Chief's Trophy (Air Force–Army–Navy) Rocky Mountain Showdown (Colorado–Colorado State) Rio Grande Rivalry (New Mexico–New Mexico State) The Bowl (New Mexico–Utah) Battle of the Brothers (Utah-Utah State)