Battle of the Brothers: Difference between revisions

Battle of the Brothers
Teams	Utah Utes Utah State Aggies
First Meeting	November 25, 1892 Utah St. 12, Utah 0
Most Recent Meeting	September 3, 2009 Utah 35, Utah St. 17
Next Meeting	2012
Series	Utah leads, 77–28–4
Trophy	see Beehive Boot
Utah St. (28) 1892 1903 1913 1917 1920 1921 1923 1925 1936 1940 1946 1954 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1968 1971 1972 1974 1975 1976 1979 1983 1987 1996 1997	Utah (77) 1900 1901 1902 1904 1905 1906 1907 1909 1909 1910 1910 1914 1915 1916 1919 1922 1926 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1937 1938 1939 1941 1942 1944 1945 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1963 1964 1969 1970 1973 1977 1978 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Ties (4) 1912 1924 1927 1935
Years played twice 1909 1910
Years not played (since 1900) 1908 1911 1912 1915 1918 1924 1927 1935 1943 2010 2011

The Battle of the Brothers is the name given to the annual intercollegiate football game between the teams of Utah State University and the University of Utah. It also may be used to refer to the annual basketball game between these two schools.

The most notable feature of this rivalry is its lengthy history – dating all the way back to 1892. Since that initial meeting, the schools have played over one hundred games – meeting nearly every season. Additionally, 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.

For much of its history, whenever the Battle of the Brothers was 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.

In the 1970s, the University of Utah and its fans turned their sights towards Brigham Young University as their biggest rival, and the Holy War became the main rivalry game in the state of Utah. But while Utah leads their series against Utah State 77–28–4,^[1] the Battle of the Brothers is expected to remain a staple of each teams' annual non-conference schedule.

• Beehive Boot
• Utah Utes football
• Utah State Aggies football
• Most-played rivalries in NCAA Division I FBS