Colorado College vs. Washburn

Colorado College and Washburn first met in 1905 and have played 6 times; Colorado College leads the series 3–⁠2–⁠1. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Colorado College 3–⁠2.

Colorado College wins
3
Washburn wins
2
Ties
1
First meeting
1905
Longest streak
2 Washburn
Current streak
1 Colorado College
Last 10 meetings
Colorado College 3–⁠2
Most recent
1944

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠0
1930s1–⁠2–⁠1
1940s1–⁠0
Average margin
19.2 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Colorado College
1–⁠1–⁠1 Colorado College’s record at home
At Washburn
1–⁠2 Washburn’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Colorado College’s biggest win1944: Colorado College 67, Washburn 0by 67 points
  2. Washburn’s biggest win1938: Washburn 20, Colorado College 0by 20 points
  3. Upset1938: Washburn 20, Colorado College 0Washburn had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Colorado College and Washburn, 1905 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 's story of the 1905 game: Football Scores Yesterday.

    1905 · , Dec 1, 1905

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

Sep 23, 1944Colorado College 67, Washburn 0at Colorado College
Oct 13, 1939Washburn 22, Colorado College 6at Washburn
Oct 15, 1938Washburn 20, Colorado College 0at Colorado College
Oct 29, 1937Colorado College 6, Washburn 0at Washburn
Nov 7, 1936Colorado College 0, Washburn 0at Colorado College
Nov 30, 1905Colorado College 6, Washburn 0at Washburn

Every game is listed as played on the field.