Beehive Boot

Beehive Boot

The Beehive Boot

BYU Cougars	Utah Utes	Utah State Aggies
Originated:	1971 (1971)
Current Holder:	Utah

BYU (22) 1975 1976 1977 1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989 1990 1991 1992 1996 1998 2000 2001 2006 2007 2009	Utah (15) 1978 1988 1993 1994 1995 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2008 2011 2013 2015 2016	Utah State (9) 1971 1972 1973 1974 1982 1997 2010 2012 2014

The Beehive Boot, which signifies instate football supremacy among Division I FBS universities from the state of Utah, was conceived in 1971. The authentic pioneer boot, which is estimated to be well over 100 years old, is awarded annually to the Utah school with the best record against its instate NCAA Division I FBS foes. The schools who compete for the boot are Brigham Young, Utah, and Utah State. Weber State was originally eligible to win the trophy, and games against them counted towards their opponents' record when determining the winner of the trophy. It is unclear when this stopped being the case, but it was at least by 2012, when Utah State won the trophy over BYU (BYU's win over Weber State was not counted towards their instate record).^[1]

In case of tie, the winner is chosen by vote of the in-state media. Such an event has only happened four times previously: in 1973, 1997, 2010, and in 2012. Utah State was awarded the trophy in each year.^[2] Utah is the most recent champion, taking home the trophy in 2016 after being the only team with an unbeaten in-state record.

In addition to the Beehive Boot, BYU and Utah State also play for The Old Wagon Wheel.^[3] The same three universities, along with Weber State University, Southern Utah University, and Utah Valley University, also played for a statewide trophy in basketball called the Old Oquirrh Bucket until the 2010 season, when it was retired due to conference realignments.^[4]

History

Brigham Young has the most wins in the series with 22, followed by Utah with 14, and Utah State with 9. After residing in Logan on USU's campus for the first four years of its existence, the trophy spent most of the next two decades in the hands of BYU. The Cougars won the intrastate series 19 of the next 27 years, including five in a row from 1983 to 1987.^[5] Since the mid-1990s, the boot has been back and forth between Salt Lake and Provo many times. Utah had a brief period of success during the early part of this century, winning four straight Beehive Boots from 2002 to 2005. It has also made a couple of trips to Logan during the past couple of decades.

Historically, the trophy goes to the winner of the BYU-Utah game. Only 9 times has that not happened: the years when Utah State has won it.

Only four times in history has the winner of the Beehive Boot lost an intrastate game (Utah State in 1973, 1982, 1997, 2012).

The Holy War

The "Holy War" is one of America's oldest and most heated college football rivalries. In fact, the schools even differ on when the first game was played. Utah claims that the first game was played in 1896 (when Brigham Young University was known as Brigham Young Academy). BYU on the other hand claims that the rivalry dates back to 1922, the first year BYU began playing football. For historical purposes, 1922 is the date most used when referring to the start of the Holy War. The Utes lead the all-time series 59–34–4. The Cougars are 26–19 since the Beehive Boot was created in 1971.

The Old Wagon Wheel

BYU and Utah State have met for the Old Wagon Wheel 81 times, dating back to 1922, with BYU holding a 47–35–3 lead. BYU had beaten Utah State ten straight times before Utah State defeated BYU by the score of 31–16 on October 1, 2010. With the victory, Utah State reclaimed the Old Wagon Wheel for the first time since 1993. BYU has won 4 of the last 5 meetings.

The Battle of the Brothers

The Utah/USU rivalry, often called the Battle of the Brothers, is the most played rivalry between any of the schools that participate in the Beehive Boot series, with 112 total all-time meetings. Utah leads the series 79–29–4, and Utah has won 22 victories in the last 25 meetings.^[6] The first game was played in 1892, a 12-0 Aggie victory, and the Utes and Aggies had met every year from 1944 to 2009 before taking a break. The Utes have won 31 of 42 meetings since the Boot was first awarded, with 5 of USU's 11 victories coming in the first 6 years after the trophy's creation.

Winners of the trophy

Rankings next to a champion's name indicate that team's ranking in the final AP Poll for that season. Teams are unranked unless otherwise indicated. Games against Weber State are included up until 1982, the last year that these games were certain to have counted towards each teams' interstate record.

Brigham Young victories	Utah victories	Utah State victories	No game/Future events

Season	Winner	BYU-UU score	BYU-USU score	UU-USU score
1971	Utah State (2–0)	17–15	29–7	21–17
1972	Utah State (3–0)	16–7	42–19	44–16
1973	Utah State (2–1) Won over BYU by media vote	46–22	13–7	31–28
1974	Utah State (3–0)	48–20	9–6	34–0
1975	Brigham Young (2–0)	51–20	24–7	13–7
1976	Brigham Young (2–0)	34–12	28–17	36–10
1977	#20 Brigham Young (2–0)	38–8 BYU #14	65–6 BYU #20	20–0
1978	Utah (3–0)	23–22	24–7	23–20
1979	#13 Brigham Young (3–0)	27–0 BYU #10	48–24 BYU #16	47–21
1980	#12 Brigham Young (2–0)	56–6 BYU #13	70–46	23–19
1981	#13 Brigham Young (2–0)	56–28 BYU #18	32–26 BYU #10	10–0
1982	Utah State (2–1)	17–12	20–17	42–10
1983	#7 Brigham Young (2–0)	55–7 BYU #9	38–34 BYU #15	21–17
1984	#1 Brigham Young (2–0)	24–14 BYU #3	38–13 BYU #1	21–10
1985	#16 Brigham Young (2–0)	38–28 BYU #11	44–0 BYU #18	34–7
1986	Brigham Young (2–0)	35–21	52–0 BYU #18	27–10
1987	Brigham Young (2–0)	21–18	45–24	41–36
1988	Utah (2–0)	57–28	38–3	42–21
1989	#22 Brigham Young (2–0)	70–31 BYU #21	37–10	45–10
1990	#22 Brigham Young (2–0)	45–22 BYU #5	45–10 BYU #4	19–10
1991	#23 Brigham Young (2–0)	48–17	38–12	12–7
1992	Brigham Young (2–0)	31–22	30–9	42–18
1993	Utah (2–0)	34–31	58–56	31–29
1994	#10 Utah (2–0)	34–31 UU #21 BYU #20	34–6	32–17
1995	Utah (2–0)	34–17	No Game	40–20
1996	#5 Brigham Young (2–0)	37–17 BYU #8	45–17 BYU #21	20–17
1997	Utah State (1–1) Won over BYU and Utah by media vote	20–14	42–35 BYU #24	21–14
1998	Brigham Young (1–0)	26–24	No Game	20–12
1999	Utah (2–0)	20–17 BYU #19	34–31	38–18
2000	Brigham Young (2–0)	34–27	38–14	35–14
2001	#25 Brigham Young (2–0)	24–21 BYU #8	54–34 BYU #20	23–19
2002	Utah (2–0)	13–6	35–34	23–3
2003	#21 Utah (2–0)	3–0	No Game	40–20
2004	#4 Utah (2–0)	52–21 UU #5	No Game	48–6 UU #15
2005	Utah (2–0)	41–34 (OT)	No Game	31–7
2006	#16 Brigham Young (2–0)	33–31 BYU #21	38–0	48–0
2007	#14 Brigham Young (1–0)	17–10 BYU #23	No Game	34–18
2008	#2 Utah (2–0)	48–24 UU #8 BYU #16	34–14 BYU #8	58–10 UU #22
2009	#12 Brigham Young (2–0)	26–23 (OT) BYU #18 UU #22	35–17 BYU #20	35–17 UU #19
2010	Utah State (1–0) Won over Utah by media vote	17–16 UU #23	31–16	No Game
2011	Utah (1–0)	54–10	27–24	No Game
2012	#16 Utah State (1–1)^[7] Won over BYU and Utah by media vote	24–21 BYU #25	6–3	27–20
2013	Utah (2–0)	20–13	31–14	30–26
2014	Utah State (1–0)	No Game	35–20 BYU #18	No Game
2015	#17 Utah (2–0)	35–28 Las Vegas Bowl UU #20	51–28	24–14 UU #24
2016	#23 Utah (1–0)	20–19	28–10	No Game
2017	To be determined	Sept. 9	Sept. 29	No Game

References

BYU Cougars football
Venues	LaVell Edwards Stadium (1964–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Utah: Holy War (Beehive Boot) Utah State (Beehive Boot, The Old Wagon Wheel)
Culture & lore	Cosmo the Cougar "The Cougar Song" BYU Cougar Marching Band Miami Beach Brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	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 2016 2017
National championship seasons in bold

Utah State Aggies football
Venues	Romney Stadium (I) (1927–1967) Maverik 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 Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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 2016 2017

Utah Utes football
Venues	Rice Stadium (1927–97) Rice-Eccles Stadium (1998–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games BYU: Holy War (Beehive Boot) Colorado: Rumble in the Rockies New Mexico Utah State: Battle of the Brothers (Beehive Boot)
Culture & lore	Swoop "Utah Man" Pride of Utah Utah pass
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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 2016 2017

Mountain West Conference football rivalries

Conference

Non-conference

Arizona–New Mexico
Beehive Boot (BYU–Utah–Utah State)
Bill Walsh Legacy Game (San Jose State–Stanford)
Boise State–Idaho
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)
New Mexico–Utah
Battle of the Brothers (Utah–Utah State)
Battle for the Bone (Fresno State–Louisiana Tech)

Pac-12 football rivalries
Conference	Apple Cup (Washington–Washington State) Arizona–Arizona State Big Game (California–Stanford) California–UCLA Civil War (Oregon–Oregon State) Oregon–Washington Rumble in the Rockies (Colorado–Utah) Stanford–USC UCLA–USC
Non-conference	Arizona–New Mexico Battle of the Brothers (Utah–Utah State) Battle of the Palouse (Idaho–Washington State) Beehive Boot (BYU–Utah–Utah State) Bill Walsh Legacy Game (San Jose State–Stanford) Colorado–Nebraska Holy War (Utah–BYU) New Mexico–Utah Notre Dame–USC Notre Dame–Stanford Rocky Mountain Showdown (Colorado–Colorado State)

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