Great stuff from another site.
One of the more memorable games from my early years of Ute fandom. (likely no tape available since this was before they started allowing more than a few games to air on TV each week)
1981 Wyoming at Utah where the Pokes had previously beaten BYU in Laramie in weather conditions that made Hoth seem tropical and were on track to win the WAC. Utah was doing well too and it was pretty much an elimination game for the conference title.
Pokes brought a lot of loud fans filling much of the old general admission areas in the north stands and the Dubya-Why-Oh chant boomed throughout the stadium, with us students and rest of the Utah faithful responding and yelling too. Just an incredible atmosphere with Utah pulling it out 30-27. Pokes were driving late, could have tied with a field goal (this was before OT rules) but a tie likely would have kept them from winning the title so they had to go for it.
Utah ended up losing what was essentially a title game in Provo the following week (Jim McMahon was just too much for us), but that Ute-Cowboy game was sure a great one.
I was at that game. I remember hearing all the Poke fans. Early in the game when Wyoming had a lead one of their fans yelled, “There goes your bowl game, Redskins”. At the end of the game I yelled, “There goes your bowl game, Cowboys” back at him. Timing is everything.
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