Colorado College vs. New Mexico

Colorado College and New Mexico first met in 1916 and have played 11 times; the series is tied 5–⁠5–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s New Mexico 5–⁠4.

Colorado College wins
5
New Mexico wins
5
Ties
1
First meeting
1916
Longest streak
4 New Mexico
Current streak
1 New Mexico
Last 10 meetings
New Mexico 5–⁠4
Most recent
1945

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s1–⁠0
1920s2–⁠0–⁠1
1930s0–⁠4
1940s2–⁠1
Average margin
20.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Colorado College
4–⁠3–⁠1 Colorado College’s record at home
At New Mexico
2–⁠1 New Mexico’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. Colorado College’s biggest win1916: Colorado College 47, New Mexico 2by 45 points
  2. New Mexico’s biggest win1938: New Mexico 45, Colorado College 0by 45 points
  3. Upset1937: New Mexico 26, Colorado College 6New Mexico had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Colorado College and New Mexico, 1916 on13001500170019201925193019351940194519501955

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 Pueblo chieftain's story of the 1921 game: NEW MEXICO ]. LOSES TO COLORADO COLLEGE Tigers Take Stubborn Game In Last Quarter Score Z to y

    1921 · Pueblo chieftain, Oct 16, 1921

  • The Evening star's story of the 1943 game: Results of Football Games

    1943 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 26, 1943

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 13, 1945New Mexico 6, Colorado College 4at Colorado College
Sep 30, 1944Colorado College 25, New Mexico 7at New Mexico
Sep 25, 1943Colorado College 20, New Mexico 7at Colorado College
Oct 7, 1938New Mexico 45, Colorado College 0at New Mexico
Nov 6, 1937New Mexico 26, Colorado College 6at Colorado College
Oct 12, 1935New Mexico 13, Colorado College 0at Colorado College
Nov 29, 1934New Mexico 33, Colorado College 6at New Mexico
Oct 3, 1925Colorado College 0, New Mexico 0at Colorado College
Oct 15, 1921Colorado College 7, New Mexico 0at Colorado College
Oct 4, 1920Colorado College 41, New Mexico 3at Colorado College
Oct 7, 1916Colorado College 47, New Mexico 2at Colorado College

Every game is listed as played on the field.