Colorado College vs. Denver

Colorado College and Denver have 49 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Colorado College leads the series 25–⁠23–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Denver 8–⁠2, and Denver has won the last 7.

Colorado College wins
25
Denver wins
23
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1902
Longest streak
7 Denver
Current streak
7 Denver
Last 10 meetings
Denver 8–⁠2
Most recent
1956

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s5–⁠4–⁠1
1910s7–⁠3
1920s8–⁠2
1930s2–⁠6
1940s3–⁠2
1950s0–⁠6
Average margin
17.4 points; 18 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Colorado College
11–⁠6 Colorado College’s record at home
At Denver
17–⁠14–⁠1 Denver’s record at home
Shutouts
20

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Colorado College’s biggest win1914: Colorado College 61, Denver 7by 54 points
  2. Denver’s biggest win1954: Denver 72, Colorado College 0by 72 points
  3. Upset1937: Colorado College 7, Denver 4Colorado College had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1912: Denver 20, Colorado College 3Denver had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1906: Denver 7, Colorado College 6Denver had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Colorado College and Denver, 1902 on13001500170019101920193019401950

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 The Glenwood post's story of the 1908 game

    1908 · The Glenwood post, Nov 28, 1908

  • The The Salt Lake tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current's story of the 1910 game: COLORADO COLLEGE WINS CHAMPIONSHIP Denver University Loses Its Chance for Title i'm Hard Fought Game.

    1910 · The Salt Lake tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, Utah, Nov 25, 1910

  • The The Holly chieftain's story of the 1913 game: SPORT.

    1913 · The Holly chieftain, Nov 21, 1913

  • The The Daily Missoulian's story of the 1917 game: University of Denver Beats Colorado College

    1917 · The Daily Missoulian, Missoula, Mont., Nov 30, 1917

  • The Arizona republican's story of the 1918 game: coloradn COLLEGE Defeated

    1918 · Arizona republican, Phoenix, Ariz., Nov 29, 1918

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

Oct 19, 1956Denver 40, Colorado College 21at Denver
Nov 5, 1955Denver 60, Colorado College 0at Denver
Sep 18, 1954Denver 72, Colorado College 0at Colorado College
Sep 18, 1953Denver 19, Colorado College 13at Colorado College
Sep 20, 1952Denver 34, Colorado College 12at Denver
Sep 15, 1951Denver 41, Colorado College 0at Denver
Nov 28, 1946Denver 28, Colorado College 6at Denver
Sep 22, 1945Colorado College 12, Denver 0at Colorado College
Dec 2, 1944Denver 27, Colorado College 13at Denver
Oct 13, 1944Colorado College 20, Denver 12at Colorado College
Oct 8, 1943Colorado College 41, Denver 0at Colorado College
Oct 16, 1937Colorado College 7, Denver 4at Denver
Oct 2, 1936Denver 7, Colorado College 2at Denver
Sep 27, 1935Denver 19, Colorado College 0at Denver
Nov 3, 1934Denver 26, Colorado College 0at Denver
Oct 28, 1933Denver 31, Colorado College 0at Denver
Oct 7, 1932Denver 15, Colorado College 6at Denver
Nov 14, 1931Colorado College 9, Denver 2at Denver
Oct 18, 1930Denver 6, Colorado College 0at Denver
Oct 19, 1929Colorado College 3, Denver 2at Denver
Oct 20, 1928Colorado College 18, Denver 13at Denver
Oct 1, 1927Colorado College 36, Denver 7at Denver
Nov 13, 1926Colorado College 16, Denver 7at Denver
Oct 31, 1925Colorado College 38, Denver 7at Denver
Nov 1, 1924Denver 3, Colorado College 0at Denver
Nov 17, 1923Colorado College 20, Denver 0at Colorado College
Nov 18, 1922Denver 20, Colorado College 14at Denver
Nov 24, 1921Colorado College 28, Denver 21at Colorado College
Oct 23, 1920Colorado College 21, Denver 0at Denver
Nov 15, 1919Colorado College 38, Denver 0at Colorado College
Nov 28, 1918Denver 16, Colorado College 0at Denver
Nov 29, 1917Denver 28, Colorado College 7at Denver
Nov 18, 1916Colorado College 35, Denver 13at Colorado College
Oct 30, 1915Colorado College 21, Denver 0at Denver
Nov 14, 1914Colorado College 61, Denver 7at Colorado College
Nov 15, 1913Colorado College 21, Denver 2at Denver
Nov 28, 1912Denver 20, Colorado College 3at Colorado College
Nov 30, 1911Colorado College 12, Denver 0at Denver
Nov 24, 1910Colorado College 6, Denver 5at Denver
Nov 25, 1909Denver 29, Colorado College 6at Colorado College
Nov 28, 1908Denver 6, Colorado College 4at Colorado College
Oct 26, 1907Colorado College 20, Denver 4at Denver
Nov 29, 1906Denver 7, Colorado College 6at Colorado College
Nov 11, 1905Colorado College 10, Denver 0at Colorado College
Oct 14, 1905Denver 0, Colorado College 0at Denver
Nov 5, 1904Denver 14, Colorado College 8at Denver
Oct 8, 1904Colorado College 5, Denver 0at Colorado College
Oct 24, 1903Colorado College 6, Denver 0at Colorado College
Nov 15, 1902Colorado College 6, Denver 0at Denver

Every game is listed as played on the field.