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Religion. This rivalry has traditionally featured many members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on both rosters of Utah's two oldest universities. Subsequently, the football game played between these two schools has come to be known as the Holy War.

The Mormon War, otherwise known as the Utah War or Mormon Rebellion, describes the violence surrounding an armed confrontation between Mormon settlers in Utah Territory and the U.S. Army, which lasts from March 1857 to July 1858.

On June 26, 1858, one hundred fifty years ago this month, a U.S. Army expeditionary force marched through Salt Lake City—at the denouement of the so-called Utah War. But there was no war, at least not in the sense of armies pitched in battle; negotiators settled it before U.S. troops and Utah militiamen faced off.

Subsequently, the football game played between these two schools has come to be known as the Holy War. Both schools were founded by the LDS Church, have significant percentages of LDS students and faculty as well as many historical and customary affiliations with their church, such as LDS institutes and dry campuses.

Latter‑day Saints begin exodus to Utah. Their leader assassinated and their homes under attack, the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as Mormons) of Nauvoo, Illinois, begin a long westward migration that eventually brings them to the valley of the Great Salt Lake in Utah.

When Johnston's army marched through a deserted Salt Lake City on 26 June 1858 and then went on to build Camp Floyd forty miles to the southwest, the Utah War was over. As governor, soon became more popular with the Mormons than with the military forces that had remained until the outbreak of the Civil War.

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Although Salt Lake City was not known for its jazz culture, the team decided to keep the name, as there was not enough time before the start of the 1979–80 season to receive league approval for a name change.

The Utes earned a fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament berth for the second time in school history, and the first time since going to four in a row since the 1995, 1996, 1997 and1998 seasons. The Utes have been seeded at No.