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The holy war is the name given to the byuutah football rivalry.

Brigham young university admissions email. Played since 1922 the annual rivalry game is well documented in contemporary news accounts game day ephemera photographs and other. Utah running back zack moss 2 runs the ball near the goal line during the utah byu football game at lavell edwards stadium in provo on thursday aug. Utah utahs football holy war.

21 boise state on friday at albertsons stadium is easily the most important game of cougars coach kalani sitakes five season tenure in provo. 17 utah to a 35 27 victory over byu on. 9 byus football game at no.

3 the most no duh game on the list is the first one of the season for both the utes and cougars to be played at rice eccles stadium in salt lake city. It isnt hard to argue that it is byus most important game since it went independent in football in 2011 although a bunch of games with rival utah loomed large in terms of reversing that. The football rivalry between the brigham young university cougars and the university of utah utes is one of the best known and hard fought in college football today.

14 utah scored three more tds off three byu turnovers and beat the cougars 30 12 on. 14 utah beats byu 30 12 in opener. The brigham young university byu cougars and the university of utah utah utes have a longstanding intercollegiate rivalrythe annual college football game is frequently referred to as the holy war.

Zack moss ran for 187 yards and a touchdown and no. No doubt about it no. In the 1890s when byu was still known as brigham young academy bya the two schools started competing athletically.

It is an american college football rivalry game played by the brigham young university byu cougars and university of utah utesthe game is part of the larger byuutah rivalryin this rivalry context the term holy war refers to the fact that byu is owned and administered by the church of jesus christ of latter day saints. Moss runs for td no. On friday the pac 12 announced it would only play conference opponents during the 2020 fall season as the covid 19 pandemic continues.

17 utah rallies to top rival byu 35 27. The cougars are up to no. Beside the regular rivalry banter and goings on that occur in the days before the contest both sides know a utah win would make it 10 in a row for the utes while the.

Byu football moved up to its highest ranking since 2009 when the associated press released this weeks top 25 poll results.