Arizona vs. Colorado
Arizona and Colorado have 28 meetings on file, the first in 1931; Colorado leads the series 17–11 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Arizona 6–4. Share
2027 at Arizona. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Arizona wins
- 11
- Colorado wins
- 17
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1931
- Longest streak
- 12 Colorado
- Current streak
- 1 Arizona
- Last 10 meetings
- Arizona 6–4
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–9 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 7–2 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 3–3 |
- Average margin
- 17.6 points; 9 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Arizona
- 4–10 Arizona’s record at home
- At Colorado
- 7–7 Colorado’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Arizona’s biggest win2025: Arizona 52, Colorado 17by 35 points
- Colorado’s biggest win1958: Colorado 65, Arizona 12by 53 points
- Upset1985: Colorado 14, Arizona 13Colorado had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2017: Arizona 45, Colorado 42Arizona had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2024: Colorado 34, Arizona 7Colorado had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Arizona | Series | Colorado |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952–1956 | Warren Woodson | 0–5 | Dallas Ward |
| 2013–2017 | Rich Rodriguez | 4–1 | Mike MacIntyre |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Arizona’s side (Woodson 0–5 against Ward). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Jayden de Laura Arizona | 33 of 46, 484 yards, 6 TD | 2022 Passing | |
| Ka’Deem Carey Arizona | 25 carries, 366 yards, 5 TD | 2012 Rushing | |
| Khalil Tate Arizona | 14 carries, 327 yards, 4 TD | 2017 Rushing | |
| Phillip Lindsay Colorado | 41 carries, 281 yards, 3 TD | 2017 Rushing | |
| Jarek Broussard Colorado | 25 carries, 301 yards | 2020 Rushing | |
| Nate Landman Colorado | 16 tackles, 1 sack, 3.5 for loss | 2020 Defense |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
On television
| 2025 | FS1 | 0.4 million viewers |
Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.

