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.

Scheduled 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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠1
1950s0–⁠9
1960s0–⁠1
1980s1–⁠1
2010s7–⁠2
2020s3–⁠3
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

  1. Arizona’s biggest win2025: Arizona 52, Colorado 17by 35 points
  2. Colorado’s biggest win1958: Colorado 65, Arizona 12by 53 points
  3. Upset1985: Colorado 14, Arizona 13Colorado had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2017: Arizona 45, Colorado 42Arizona had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2024: Colorado 34, Arizona 7Colorado had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsArizonaSeriesColorado
1952–⁠1956Warren Woodson0–⁠5Dallas Ward
2013–⁠2017Rich Rodriguez4–⁠1Mike 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

End-of-season Elo ratings of Arizona and Colorado, 1931 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 Arizona33 of 46, 484 yards, 6 TD2022 Passing
Ka’Deem Carey Arizona25 carries, 366 yards, 5 TD2012 Rushing
Khalil Tate Arizona14 carries, 327 yards, 4 TD2017 Rushing
Phillip Lindsay Colorado41 carries, 281 yards, 3 TD2017 Rushing
Jarek Broussard Colorado25 carries, 301 yards2020 Rushing
Nate Landman Colorado16 tackles, 1 sack, 3.5 for loss2020 Defense

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1955 game: WENT AWOL DURING CANE Colorado Campus Buzzing Over Disappearing Guard

    1955 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 27, 1955

  • The Evening star's story of the 1956 game: Colorado Routs Arizona, 3S-7

    1956 · Evening star, Nov 25, 1956

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

2025FS10.4 million viewers

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game

Nov 1, 2025Arizona 52, Colorado 17at Colorado
Oct 19, 2024Colorado 34, Arizona 7at Arizona
Nov 11, 202323Arizona 34, Colorado 31at Colorado
Oct 1, 2022Arizona 43, Colorado 20at Arizona
Oct 16, 2021Colorado 34, Arizona 0at Colorado
Dec 5, 2020Colorado 24, Arizona 13at Arizona
Oct 5, 2019Arizona 35, Colorado 30at Colorado
Nov 2, 2018Arizona 42, Colorado 34at Arizona
Oct 7, 2017Arizona 45, Colorado 42at Colorado
Nov 12, 201616Colorado 49, Arizona 24at Arizona
Oct 17, 2015Arizona 38, Colorado 31at Colorado
Nov 8, 201421Arizona 38, Colorado 20at Arizona
Oct 26, 2013Arizona 44, Colorado 20at Colorado
Nov 10, 2012Arizona 56, Colorado 31at Arizona
Nov 12, 2011Colorado 48, Arizona 29at Colorado
Sep 27, 198610Arizona 24, Colorado 21at Colorado
Sep 28, 1985Colorado 14, Arizona 13at Arizona
Oct 8, 1960Colorado 35, Arizona 16at Colorado
Oct 24, 1959Colorado 18, Arizona 0at Arizona
Oct 11, 195819Colorado 65, Arizona 12at Arizona
Oct 12, 1957Colorado 34, Arizona 14at Colorado
Nov 24, 195620Colorado 38, Arizona 7at Arizona
Sep 24, 1955Colorado 14, Arizona 0at Colorado
Oct 9, 1954Colorado 40, Arizona 18at Arizona
Sep 26, 1953Colorado 20, Arizona 14at Colorado
Oct 11, 1952Colorado 34, Arizona 19at Arizona
Oct 21, 1950Colorado 28, Arizona 25at Colorado
Nov 26, 1931Colorado 27, Arizona 7at Arizona

Every game is listed as played on the field.