Colorado at Denver
Thursday, November 24, 1938 Share
Denver beat Colorado 19–12. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Colorado led the series 18–11–2.
FinalAttendance 25,000
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 25, 1938, page 5
Read the text
DENVER UNIV, GETS VICTORY OVER COLO. U. DENVER, Col, Nov. 25.-The Denver University yesterday flashed out with the most brilliant football of several campaigns to win the much sought after victory over Colorado University by score of 19 to 12
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)
Colorado 53% to win. Denver won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Colorado–Denver gameColorado leads 21–14–4 in 39 meetings, counting the eight since this game.
| 1947 | Denver 26, Colorado 20 | |
| 1946 | Denver 13, Colorado 13 | |
| 1945 | Denver 14, Colorado 8 | |
| 1944 | Colorado 16, Denver 14 | |
| 1942 | Colorado 31, Denver 6 | |
| 1941 | Denver 27, Colorado 0 |
Around this game
Colorado
- Next gameat MissouriSept. 30, 1939
- SeasonColorado in 1938
- ProgramColorado history and records
Denver
- Next gamevs. Iowa StateSept. 29, 1939
- SeasonDenver in 1938
- ProgramDenver history and records