Utah Byu Football Rivalry, Holy War Byu Utah Wikipedia

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.

Byu football on radio. The rivalry series between the two schools was largely dominated in the early years by utah state until 1974. The annual college football game is frequently referred to as the holy war. Jacobsens father eric was an all conference football player at utah.

For the next three decades byu generally dominated the series with byu winning ten straight times before the aggies defeated the cougars 3116 on october 1 2010. 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. Meanwhile wades older brother jesse competes on the cougar basketball team.

Lindys sports showed the byu utah rivalry some love by ranking the game as one of the 20 best rivalries for the upcoming 2020 football season in its national college football preview publication. And each player has close family links to the utecougar rivalry. The schools have met continually since 1909 in mens basketball and.

Utah athletic director mark harlan has expressed support for the byu utah rivalry to be played on an annual basis said on friday while we support the pac 12 conferences decision today to only play conference games this fall in football volleyball and soccer we are disappointed for our student athletes coaches and fans. 3 at rice eccles stadium in salt lake city will obviously be scrapped. Thats especially true because three of those five losses were by a point each and a fourth loss came two years ago when then freshman quarterback zach wilson was.

Her uncle chad played tight end for the utes. The schools have met continually since 1909 in mens basketball and met. Salt lake city utah we all know here in the state of utah that the byu utah rivalry is top notchbut nationally the rivalry doesnt get the same praise as it probably should.

3 2018 in boise idaho. Byu wide receiver neil pauu 84 makes a reception against boise state during the first half of an ncaa college football game saturday nov. The holy war is the name given to the byuutah football rivalry.

In the 1890s when byu was still known as brigham young academy the two schools started competing athletically. If the entire season is postponed until january the game could be saved. In the 1890s when byu was still known as brigham young academy bya the two schools started competing athletically.