Felt’s Facts: Only 10 undefeateds remain, including Park City and Mountain View who clash in week 7

American Fork hosts Skyridge in a high school football game at American Fork High School in American Fork on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Skyridge defeated American Fork 45-34. | Colter Peterson, Deseret News

Undefeateds

After six weeks of the 2019 season, 10 teams remain unbeaten. Four teams notched their first victories — Canyon View, Clearfield, Hillcrest and Taylorsville — leaving 10 that have yet to win. One game this week matches undefeated teams: Park City at Mountain View in a Region 10 showdown.

Of the unbeaten teams, two reside in Class 6A — Corner Canyon and Skyridge in Region 4. They could meet as undefeated teams on Oct. 10 (week 9). Salem Hills (Region 8) is off to its best-ever start at 6-0 and the lone unscathed team in Class 5A.

The winner of Park City at Mountain View will be the sole unbeaten school in Class 4A. Class 3A has three undefeated teams: Morgan (Region 13), Manti and North Sanpete (both Region 14).

Manti invades North Sanpete on Oct. 4 (week 8) in what could be a battle of unbeaten squads, although North Sanpete has a tough game at once-beaten Juab this week.

Beaver and Millard represent the perfect teams in Class 2A; they meet on Oct. 11 (week 9).

First-time meetings (6)

• Cedar Valley at Tooele
• Crimson Cliffs at Snow Canyon
• Lone Peak at Corner Canyon
• Mountain Ridge at Payson
• Pleasant Grove at Skyridge
• Providence Hall at Parowan

This week’s most-played rivalries (minimum 50 games) — and a traveling trophy contest

Six games pit teams that have faced each other at least 50 times. They’re listed in order of most-games-played with the series leader mentioned first.

• San Juan vs. Grand County — 75th meeting — S.J. leads 44-30 since 1956. G.C. has won two straight over the Broncos.
• Cedar City at Hurricane — 69th — Cedar City, 47-18-3 since 1949 and has won the last three.
• Kanab at Milford — 63rd — Kanab, 48-13-1 since 1949. Milford has taken three in a row from the Cowboys.
• Richfield vs. South Sevier — 60th — Richfield, 41-18 since 1920. Richfield has won two straight and eight of the last nine in the series.
• Juab vs. North Sanpete — 56th — Juab, 30-25 since 1957. Juab has a three-game winning streak going against N.S.
• Layton vs. Clearfield — 51st — Layton, 27-23 since 1968. Layton has celebrated victory 10 of the last 11 times the Lancers have played the Falcons, who won in 2017.

In the 29th Battle for the Coal Bucket, Emery County entertains Carbon with a stranglehold on the series, 25-3. Carbon won last year, halting the Spartans’ 15-game winning streak in the series.

Most-played rivalries

While we’re on the subject, here’s a look at Utah’s most-played high school football rivalries, listed by all-time series, by active series and by uninterrupted active series.

All-time — games, teams (series leader listed first), rivalry record, first played:

• 112 — East-West, 60-45-7 since 1914 (last met in 2012)
• 99 — Box Elder-Bear River, 71-26-2 since 1923 (uninterrupted series, Box Elder won on Aug. 23)
• 99 — Spanish Fork-Payson game is Oct. 10; S.F. leads 51-43-4 since 1917
• 98 — Box Elder-Logan, 62-33-3 since 1919 (last met in 2016)
• 96 – Millard-Delta, 51-41-4 since 1926 (Millard won on Aug. 30)
• 95 — Springville-Payson, 57-31-7 since 1909 (Springville won on Sept. 20)
• 93 — Springville-Spanish Fork contest takes place Oct. 4; Springville leads 47-42-3 since 1920
• 92 — North Summit-Park City, 47-42-3 since 1926 (last met in 2004)
• 91 — Beaver-Kanab clash is Oct. 4; Beaver leads 52-38 since 1950
• 90 — Dixie-Cedar City, 57-33 since 1949 (uninterrupted series, Dixie won on Sept. 6)
• 90 — North Summit-South Summit, 46-40-4 since 1942 (South Summit won on Aug. 23)

Active series (meet during the 2019 season) — games, teams (series leader listed first), rivalry record, first played:

• 99 — Box Elder-Bear River, 71-26-2 since 1923 (uninterrupted series, Golden Spike Game, Box Elder won on Aug. 23)
• 99 — Spanish Fork-Payson game is Oct. 10; S.F. leads 51-43-4 since 1917
• 96 — Millard-Delta, 51-41-4 since 1926 (Millard won on Aug. 30)
• 95 — Springville-Payson, 57-31-7 since 1909 (Springville won on Sept. 20)
• 93 — Springville-Spanish Fork contest takes place Oct. 4; Springville leads 47-42-3 since 1920
• 91 — Beaver-Kanab clash is Oct. 4; Beaver leads 52-38 since 1950
• 90 — Dixie-Cedar City, 57-33 since 1949 (uninterrupted series, Dixie won on Sept. 6)
• 90 — North Summit-South Summit, 46-40-4 since 1942 (South Summit won on Aug. 23)
• 87 — Milford-Parowan game is on Oct. 11; Milford leads 46-37-3 since 1949
• 86 — Logan-Bear River, 52-31-3 since 1925 (Bear River won on Aug. 20)

Uninterrupted active series (meet during the 2019 season) — games, teams (series leader listed first), rivalry record, first played:

• 99 — Box Elder-Bear River, 71-26-2 since 1923 (Golden Spike Game, Box Elder won on Aug. 23)
• 90 — Dixie-Cedar City, 57-33 since 1949 (Dixie won on Sept. 6)
• 71 — Ogden-Ben Lomond game is Oct. 16; Ogden leads 48-22 since 1953 (Iron Horse Game)
• 58 — Logan-Sky View contest is Oct. 4; Logan leads 32-25 since 1964
• 55 — Roy-Weber game is Oct. 11; Roy leads 31-23 since 1965 (Shield Game)
• 46 — Pine View-Dixie clash is Sept. 27; Pine View leads 25-20 since 1983
• 44 — Timpview-Provo, 33-11 since 1977 (Timpview won on Aug. 30)
• 39 — Mountain Crest-Sky View game is Sept. 27; M.C. leads 23-15 since 1983
• 39 — Whitehorse-Monument Valley game scheduled for Oct. 26; Whitehorse leads 20-18 since 1984.

Howdy stranger

Two games feature teams that haven’t faced off for at least 10 seasons. Gunnison Valley defeated Duchesne 20-14 in 1991 in their only previous meeting. Cottonwood and Highland meet for the 21st time, but first since 2008, with Highland leading the series 14-6.

Most Improved

Farmington leads the state as the most-improved team so far this season, moving from 2-9 in 2018 to 5-1 this year, an improvement of 5.5 games. Kanab (2-9 to 4-1), North Summit (0-10 to 3-3) and Woods Cross (2-8 to 5-1) are 5.0 games better. (The NCAA calculates this by taking the difference in year-to-year victories and the difference in losses, adding the two numbers and dividing by 2.)

Milestones

Provo seeks its 450th victory as the Bulldogs visit Wasatch, and Ogden also goes for its 450th win when the Tigers host Uintah.

Among coaches, Les Hamilton directs his 200th contest in 17 years. That includes stints at Grantsville (25 games), Alta (79), Hunter (10), Pleasant Grove (45) and currently at Summit Academy (41st).

A Salem Hills victory over Springville matches the school’s longest winning streak of seven games set in 2014.

Longest current winning steaks

• Corner Canyon — 18 games
• Beaver, Millard, Mountain View, North Sanpete, Park City, Salem Hills — 6
• Dixie, Lehi, Manti, Morgan, Riverton, Skyridge — 5

Last week …

Clearfield won its 250th game. … Mountain View posted its first shutout since 2010, a span of 88 games. … Desert Hills tripped Cedar City 56-55 in double-overtime; the combined 111 points ranks as the fifth highest scoring overtime — and the 24th most combined points — in Utah prep history.

Career stat update

Here’s this week’s update on Milford’s Bryson Barnes. He’s the only current player who ranks in the top-20 in all-time career categories that Felt’s Facts tracks.

• Touchdown passes — State record (120)
• Touchdowns responsible for — second (159), but 54 short of the state record (held by Jordan’s Austin Kafentzis, 2011-14)
• Total offense — sixth (11,272 yards), and 105 yards from overtaking fifth place (held by Lehi’s Cammon Cooper, 2014-17)
• Passing yards — sixth (9,645), and 13 yards away from fifth (held by Pine View’s Kody Wilstead, 2011-14)
• Passing completions — seventh (537) and eight short of sixth (held by Jordan’s Alex Hart, 2008-09)
• Passing attempts — ninth (936) and three shy of eighth (held by American Fork’s Tanner Smith, 2013-15)

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