Denver at Colorado
Saturday, October 21, 1916 Share
Denver beat Colorado 7–0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Colorado led the series 6–3.
FinalHigh 63°F
In the newspapers

Western liberal, Lordsburg, N.M., October 27, 1916, page 1
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SPORT. Mabel Trask won the Georgia Rail way and Power cup for 2:OS trotters at the Grand Circuit meeting at At lanta. The University of Wyoming won their first conference game of the year at Logan, Utah, defeating the Utah Aggies, 20 to 10. Roam Hal, the 2:OSA PAGER, took in straight heats the $1,000 2~:OO-class pacing race, the feature at Atlanta, Ca, at the close of the Grand Circuit meeting, from Hal Boy. The individual pistol match, the concluding event on the National AS sociation’s program, was won at Jack sonville, Fla, by George e. Cook Of Washington, d. c., who scored 1856 out of a possible 420 points. A sensational forty-five-yard forward pass from Mahony to Preston gave Denver University a touchdown against Colorado at Boulder in the last thirty-five seconds of play. Milton kicked goal, making the total score 7 to 0 for the Ministers. Five thousand people witnessed the game. Howard Berry, the pentathlon cham pion, just back from the Mexican Dor der where he spent three months in the National Guard, played sensations al football on Franklin field at Phila. delphia and carried the University OF Pennsylvania to a 15-to-O victory over the strong eleven from Pennsylvania State College.

Cheyenne record, October 26, 1916, page 7
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SPORT. Mabel Trask won the Georgia Rail-. at the Grand Circuit Meeting at At. lanta. The University or Wyoming won their first conference game of the year at Logan, Utah, defeating the Utah Aggies, 23 to 10. Roam Hal, the 2:03A PAGER, took in straight heats the $1,000 2:OO-class pacing race, the feature at Atlanta, Ca. at the close of the Grand Circuit; meeting. from Hal Boy. The individual pistol match, the concluding event on the National AS. sociation’s program, was won at Jack. sonville, Fla, by George E. Cook OF Washington, D. c., who scored 3S5 out Of possible 420 points. A sensational forty-five-yard forward pass from Mahony to Preston gave Denver University touchdown against Colorado at Boulder in the last thirty-five seconds Of play. Milton kicked goal, making the total score 7 to 0 for the Ministers. Five thousand people witnessed the game. Howard Berry, the pentathlon cham. pion, just back from the Mexican Dor. der where he spent three months In the National Guard, played sensation. al football on Franklin field at Phila. delphia and carried the University OF Pennsylvania to 15-to-0 victory over the strong eleven from Pennsylvania State College.
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 55% to win. Denver won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Denver–Colorado gameColorado leads 21–14–4 in 39 meetings, counting the 30 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
Denver
- Next gamevs. Colorado StateNov. 4, 1916
- SeasonDenver in 1916
- ProgramDenver history and records
Colorado
- Next gameat UtahOct. 28, 1916
- SeasonColorado in 1916
- ProgramColorado history and records
