Colorado State at Denver
Saturday, October 11, 1930 Share
Colorado State beat Denver 15–7. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Colorado State led the series 17–13.
Final
In the newspapers

New Britain herald, Connecticut, October 13, 1930, page 8 (results column)
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FOUR COLLEGES STAND OUT IN EASTERN GRID CIRCLES Carnegie Tech, Brown Colgate, and N Y U. Establish Right to Pre-eminence- Others Not Really Tested Northwestern and Michigan Lead Big Ten – Georgia’s Win Thrills South-S Southern California Bows to Washington State By the Associated Pres4- Football developments, in tabloid form, in the country’s seven major groups or conferences, follow: East-Carnegie Techs smashing victory over Georgia Tech establish ed Tartans in front rank along with Brown, Colgate and New York uni versity. Yale’s defat by Georgia an unexpected jolt but Ellis still in run ming for sectional title. Most major teams receive first real tests Satur- day, including Army, Harvard, Dartmouth, Columbia, Cornell, Penn. Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Holy Cross and Penn State. Big Ten-Northwestern, despite loss of Hank Bruder, jumped to fore with 19–2 triumph over Ohio State but Michigan sprang biggest surprise by beating champion Pur- due outfit, 14–13. Wisconsin reveal- ed great offensive against Chicago but defense is still untested. Minne- sota showed amazing defensive in holding Stanford to scoreless tie. H. linois beat Butler but Iowa was beaten and Indiana tied by non- Conference foes. Northwestern gets further test this week against Illi- nois and Michigan meets: Ohio State. -. Oklahoma Leads Big Six Big Six-Oklahoma Sooners lead Conference as result of victory over Nebraska, Kansas, with S3–7 tri- umph over Haskell in last game, looms as formidable threat Missouri beaten again by non-Conference rival, St. Louis. Kansas Kansas Az gies game high spot of coming Sat- urday. North Carolina present leaders. but Georgia’s win over Yale biggest thrill of Saturdays play. Alabama trounced Sewanee but Maryland gave North Carolina trouble and Florida won by only one touchdown from Auburn. Vanderbilt and Ten nessee easy winners over Virginia Poly and Mississippi Clemson beat North Carolina State handily but South Carolina won by only single point from Louisiana State. .Alaba- ma-Tennessee and Georgia–North Carolina contests feature next Sat- urday’s schedule. Southwestern-Orly Conference game saw Texas Christian roll up 400 count on Arkansas. Texas Az gies bowed to Tulane in intersec- tional game but Baylor, Rice and Texas won over non Conference rivals. Southern Methodist and Bay Tor clash Saturday. Upset on Pacific Coast Pacific coast-Washington State’s amazing one-point victory over Southern California gave Cougars second major Conference victory. Washington tied for lead with ic- tories over two minor Conference foes. California, beaten by Wash- ington State, showed complete re- versal of form in checking strong St. Mary’s eleven, 7-e. Rocky Mountain-Colorado uni versity held to scoreless tie by Utah Aggies in biggest surprise, leaving Utah, defending champion, Mon tana State and Colorado Aggies only teams unbeaten and united within Conference. Denver upset by Colo rado Aggies, 15–7.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Denver 67% to win. Colorado State pulled the upset.
The series
Every Colorado State–Denver gameColorado State leads 28–25–5 in 58 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.
Around this game
Colorado State
- Next gameat Northern ColoradoOct. 18, 1930
- SeasonColorado State in 1930
- ProgramColorado State history and records
Denver
- Next gamevs. Colorado CollegeOct. 18, 1930
- SeasonDenver in 1930
- ProgramDenver history and records
