The authentic pioneer boot, which is estimated to be well over 100 years old, is typically awarded annually to the Utah school with the best record against its instate NCAA Division I FBS foes.

[1] In the case of three-way ties between the schools, the winner was chosen by vote of the in-state media.

[3] In addition to the Beehive Boot, BYU and Utah State also play for The Old Wagon Wheel.

After residing in Logan on USU's campus for the first four years of its existence, the trophy spent most of the next two decades in the hands of BYU.

Utah had a brief period of success during the early part of this century, winning four straight Beehive Boots from 2002 to 2005.

Only four times in history has the winner of the Beehive Boot lost an intrastate game (Utah State in 1973, 1982, 1997, 2012).

With the victory, Utah State reclaimed the Old Wagon Wheel for the first time since 1993, and subsequently took the trophy in 2014, 2017, and 2018.

The Utes have won 31 of 42 meetings since the Boot was first awarded, with 5 of USU's 11 victories coming in the first 6 years after the trophy's creation.