Holy War (BYU–Utah)

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The Holy War is the name given to the American college football rivalry game played by the Brigham Young University (BYU) Cougars and the University of Utah (U of U) Utes, nearly annually. It is part of the larger BYU–Utah sports rivalry. In this 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 (LDS Church) with a 98% LDS student population and the U of U is a secular, public university, which has a substantial minority LDS student population but is much more religiously and culturally diverse. Currently, the U of U president and head football coach are Latter-day Saints. The event is part of a three-way rivalry among Division I FBS universities from the state of Utah: BYU, U of U, and Utah State. The winner of the series wins a trophy known as the Beehive Boot. Both teams played in the same conference from 1922 to 2010, most recently in the Western Athletic Conference (1962–1997) and the Mountain West...

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