Colorado at Miami

Friday, October 13, 1961

Colorado beat Miami 9–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, Colorado led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayColorado9–⁠2 in 1961
9
HomeMiami7–⁠4 in 1961
7

FinalAttendance 40,393

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Orange Bowl Bid on Horizon After Colorado Nicks Miami

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 14, 1961, page 1

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    Orange Bowl Bid on Horizon After Colorado Nicks Miami booted a 37-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to give Detroit a 80 lead. That proved barely enough as the Hurricanes roared back with a g. yard scoring drive. Hillebrand had been knocked out on the play !.reviouS to his field goal and still was groggy when he made the kick. In the dressing room later he clutched his head in his hands while the trainer and Coach Sonny Grandelius helped him off with his uniform. I’m all right” he said, Il can still see the field goal. In the first quarter, confronted with a fourth down al their own five. the Buffaloes got out to the 20 on a rough ing-the-kicker penalty. then charged to a touchdown on a drive that totaled SO yards. Weidner Snapshots Gale Weidner hit Chuck Nc Bride and Loren SchWeningel

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)

Miami 57% to win. Colorado won as Elo’s underdog.

Colorado leads 5–⁠3 in eight meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
2005Miami 23, Colorado 3
1993Miami 35, Colorado 29
1978Colorado 17, Miami 7
1976Colorado 33, Miami 3
1975Colorado 23, Miami 10
1967Colorado 31, Miami 21Bluebonnet Bowl

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