Colorado at Denver

Thursday, November 21, 1940

Colorado and Denver tied 3–⁠3. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, Colorado led the series 19–⁠11–⁠3.

AwayColorado5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1940
3
HomeDenver6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1940
3

FinalHigh 49°F, low 18°F, 0.01 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Football Scores

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 22, 1940, page 54

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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 59% to win.

Colorado leads 21–⁠14–⁠4 in 39 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1947Denver 26, Colorado 20
1946Denver 13, Colorado 13
1945Denver 14, Colorado 8
1944Colorado 16, Denver 14
1942Colorado 31, Denver 6
1941Denver 27, Colorado 0

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