Payson vs Spanish Fork Football Rivalry
75 meetings · Regional
Spanish Fork leads 45–28–2 — 75 meetings since 1950 on record. Seventy-five meetings is the deepest series either school has, and both are Nebo District schools in adjacent south Utah County towns.
How it started
Seventy-five meetings is the deepest series either school has, and both are Nebo District schools in adjacent south Utah County towns. But no outlet frames it as a rivalry — we read multiple Daily Herald 'Utah Valley Football Rewind' columns and found none. It goes on the page as the defining long-running series, which it plainly is, not as a claimed rivalry.
The games that made it
Spanish Fork leads 45-28-2. Payson's other long series: Springville 67 games, Provo 50, Pleasant Grove 43, Orem 40, Carbon 39 — the Carbon series at 28-10-1 is Payson's best.
Where it stands
Still played annually.
On the record
The series record above begins in 1950, which is as far back as the published game database reaches. These two were playing before that, so the figure is a floor rather than the whole series.
What we could not find
Any rivalry framing. A Nebo District or Payson Chronicle archive is where it would be.
Both programs
| Program | 2026 | Rating | Statewide | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payson | 3-7 | -9.5 | #73 | 5A |
| Spanish Fork | 6-4 | +13.7 | #33 | 5A |