BYU vs. Colorado College

BYU and Colorado College first met in 1923 and have played 7 times; BYU leads the series 4–⁠3. Over the last 7 meetings it’s BYU 4–⁠3, and Colorado College has won the last 2.

BYU wins
4
Colorado College wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1923
Longest streak
4 BYU
Current streak
2 Colorado College
Last 10 meetings
BYU 4–⁠3
Most recent
1936

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s2–⁠1
1930s2–⁠2
Average margin
10.9 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At BYU
1–⁠1 BYU’s record at home
At Colorado College
2–⁠3 Colorado College’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. BYU’s biggest win1933: BYU 25, Colorado College 0by 25 points
  2. Colorado College’s biggest win1923: Colorado College 31, BYU 6by 25 points
  3. Upset1924: BYU 3, Colorado College 0BYU had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1935: Colorado College 13, BYU 12Colorado College had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of BYU and Colorado College, 1923 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.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1936 game: Foot Ball Scores

    1936 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 29, 1936

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.

Every game

Nov 28, 1936Colorado College 6, BYU 0at Colorado College
Oct 19, 1935Colorado College 13, BYU 12at BYU
Nov 10, 1934BYU 34, Colorado College 19at Colorado College
Nov 11, 1933BYU 25, Colorado College 0at Colorado College
Oct 17, 1925BYU 7, Colorado College 6at BYU
Oct 4, 1924BYU 3, Colorado College 0at Colorado College
Nov 24, 1923Colorado College 31, BYU 6at Colorado College

Every game is listed as played on the field.