1933 Utah Utes football team

American college football season

1933 Utah Utes football

RMC co-champion

Conference| Rocky Mountain Conference
Record| 5–3 (5–1 RMC)
Head coach|

* Ike Armstrong (9th season)

Captain| Harold Davies
Home stadium| Ute Stadium

Seasons

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1934 ->

1933 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Utah \+  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Colorado Agricultural \+  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 1
Denver \+  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Colorado | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
BYU | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Utah State | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Colorado Teachers | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Colorado College | 2  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1
Montana State | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
Colorado Mines | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0
Wyoming | 1  | - | 6  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1
Western State (CO) | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions

The 1933 Utah Utes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1933 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Ike Armstrong, the Utes compiled an overall record of 5–3 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, shared the RMC title with Colorado Agricultural and Denver, and outscored opponents by a total of 129 to 78.[1][2]

Before losing to Denver on November 18, Utah had won 30 consecutive conference games dating back to the 1928 season and had not lost a conference game or any game played in the Rocky Mountain region since the 1927 season.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 23| Montana State|

* Ute Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT

| W 61–0| 8,000| [3]
October 6| at UCLA*|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| L 0–21| 15,000|
October 14| BYU|

* Ute Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)

| W 21–6| |
October 28| Utah State|

* Ute Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)

| W 14–6| |
November 4| at Oregon*|

* Hayward Field
* Eugene, OR

| L 7–26| |
November 11| Colorado|

* Ute Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)

| W 13–6| |
November 18| at Denver|

* DU Stadium
* Denver, CO

| L 0–13| 17,000| [4][5]
November 30| Colorado Agricultural|

* Ute Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT

| W 13–0| |

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming

## References

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1. ^ "1933 Utah Utes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
2. ^ "2019 Utah Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Utah. 2019. p. 182.
3. ^ Bob Goodell (September 24, 1933). "Redskins Crash to 61-0 Victory: Bobcats No Match for Ute Array". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. sports 1 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Denver's Passes Defeat Five-Time Champions, 13-0". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. November 19, 1933. p. B4. Retrieved September 14, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
5. ^ "Pioneers End Ute Dynasty (continued)". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. November 19, 1933. p. B5. Retrieved September 14, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .

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Utah Utes football

Venues|

* Cummings Field (1903–1926)
* Robert Rice Stadium (1927–1997)
* Rice–Eccles Stadium (1998–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* BYU: Holy War (Beehive Boot)
* Colorado: Rumble in the Rockies
* 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

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National championship seasons in bold

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Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football champions

Pre-divisional era|

* Colorado (1909)
* Colorado College & Colorado (1910)
* Colorado (1911)
* Colorado Mines (1912)
* Colorado (1913)
* Colorado Mines (1914)
* Colorado Agricultural (1915)
* Colorado Agricultural (1916)
* Denver (1917)
* Colorado Mines (1918)
* Colorado College & Utah (1919)
* Colorado Agricultural (1920)
* Colorado (1921) & Utah Agricultural
* Utah (1922)
* Colorado (1923)
* Colorado (1924)
* Colorado Agricultural (1925)
* Utah (1926)
* Colorado Agricultural (1927)
* Utah (1928)
* Utah (1929)
* Utah (1930)
* Utah (1931)
* Utah (1932)
* Colorado A&M, Denver, & Utah (1933)
* Colorado, Colorado Agricultural, & Colorado Teachers (1934)
* Colorado & Utah State
* Utah State (1936)
* Colorado (1937)
* Montana State (1938)
* Colorado Mines (1939)
* Colorado College (1940)
* Colorado College (1941)
* Colorado Mines (1942)
* No league play due to World War II (1943–1944)
* Colorado College (1945)
* Montana State (1946)
* Montana State (1947)
* Colorado State–Greeley (1948)
* Colorado College (1949)
* Colorado College (1950)
* Colorado Mines (1951)
* Idaho State (1952)
* Idaho State (1953)
* Montana State (1954)
* Idaho State (1955)

NAIA Division I|

* Montana State (1956)
* Idaho State (1957)
* Colorado College & Colorado Mines (1958)
* Idaho State (1959)
* Adams State (1960)
* Adams State (1961)
* Adams State (1962)
* Western State (1963)
* Western State (1964)
* Western State (1965)
* Western State (1966)
* Adams State (1967)
* Adams State (1968)
* Colorado State–Greeley (1969)
* Pittsburg State (1970)
* Northern Colorado (1971)
* Adams State (1972)

NCAA Division II|

* Western State (1973)
* Western State (1974)
* Western State (1975)
* Western State (1976)
* Western State (1977)
* Western State (1978)
* Western State (1979)
* Adams State & Southern Colorado (1980)
* N.M. Highlands (1981)
* Mesa State (1982)
* Mesa State (1983)
* Fort Lewis (1984)
* Mesa State (1985)
* Mesa State (1986)
* Mesa State (1987)
* Mesa State (1988)
* Adams State (1989)
* Mesa State (1990)
* Western State (1991)
* Western State (1992)
* Fort Hays State (1993)
* Western State (1994)
* Fort Hays State & Western State (1995)
* Chadron State (1996)
* Western State (1997)
* Chadron State & Western State (1998)
* Chadron State & N.M. Highlands (1999)
* Mesa State (2000)
* Chadron State (2001)
* Chadron State & Nebraska–Kearney (2002)
* Mesa State (2003)
* Colorado Mines (2004)
* Nebraska–Kearney (2005)
* Chadron State (2006)
* Chadron State (2007)
* Chadron State (2008)
* Nebraska–Kearney (2009)
* Colorado Mines & Nebraska–Kearney (2010)
* CSU Pueblo (2011)
* CSU Pueblo (2012)
* CSU Pueblo (2013)
* CSU Pueblo & Colorado Mines (2014)
* Mesa State (2015)
* Mesa State, Colorado Mines & CSU Pueblo (2016)
* CSU Pueblo & Mesa State (2017)
* CSU Pueblo & Colorado Mines (2018)
* Colorado Mines (2019)
* No season (2020)
* Colorado Mines & Western Colorado (2021)
* Colorado Mines (2022)
* Colorado Mines (2023)

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