Baylor vs. Colorado
Baylor and Colorado have 18 meetings on file, the first in 1959; Colorado leads the series 10–8 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Colorado 6–4. Share
- Baylor wins
- 8
- Colorado wins
- 10
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1959
- Longest streak
- 5 Colorado
- Current streak
- 1 Baylor
- Last 10 meetings
- Colorado 6–4
- Most recent
- 2026
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 1–4 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–1 |
- Both ranked
- 2 meetings: Baylor 1, Colorado 1
- Average margin
- 15.1 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Baylor
- 3–4 Baylor’s record at home
- At Colorado
- 6–4 Colorado’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 Baylor first
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Baylor’s biggest win1960: Baylor 26, Colorado 0by 26 points
- Colorado’s biggest win1999: Colorado 37, Baylor 0by 37 points
- Upset1991: Baylor 16, Colorado 14Baylor had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2003: Baylor 42, Colorado 30Baylor had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1966: Colorado 13, Baylor 7Colorado had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1993: Colorado 45, Baylor 21No. 24 Baylor at No. 10 Colorado
- Ranked showdown1991: Baylor 16, Colorado 14No. 23 Baylor at No. 12 Colorado
Coach against coach
| Years | Baylor | Series | Colorado |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986–1992 | Grant Teaff | 2–1 | Bill McCartney |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Baylor’s side (Teaff 2–1 against McCartney). 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
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers

1960 · Evening star, Sep 25, 1960
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
| 2026 | ESPN2 | 0.6 million viewers |
Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game
| Sep 26, 2026 | Baylor 23, Colorado 13 | at Baylor | ||
| Sep 21, 2024 | Colorado 38, Baylor 31 | at Colorado | ||
| Oct 16, 2010 | Baylor 31, Colorado 25 | at Colorado | ||
| Oct 6, 2007 | Colorado 43, Baylor 23 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 7, 2006 | Baylor 34, Colorado 31 | at Colorado | ||
| Oct 4, 2003 | Baylor 42, Colorado 30 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 19, 2002 | 23Colorado 34, Baylor 0 | at Colorado | ||
| Nov 13, 1999 | Colorado 37, Baylor 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Sep 26, 1998 | 15Colorado 18, Baylor 16 | at Colorado | ||
| Sep 11, 1993 | 10Colorado 45, 24Baylor 21 | at Colorado | ||
| Sep 12, 1992 | 12Colorado 57, Baylor 38 | at Baylor | ||
| Sep 14, 1991 | 23Baylor 16, 12Colorado 14 | at Colorado | ||
| Dec 31, 1986 | 14Baylor 21, Colorado 9 | Neutral site | Bluebonnet Bowl | |
| Sep 29, 1973 | Colorado 52, Baylor 28 | at Colorado | ||
| Sep 16, 1967 | 10Colorado 27, Baylor 7 | at Colorado | ||
| Sep 24, 1966 | Colorado 13, 10Baylor 7 | at Baylor | ||
| Sep 24, 1960 | Baylor 26, Colorado 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Sep 26, 1959 | Baylor 15, Colorado 7 | at Colorado |
Every game is listed as played on the field.