Colorado State vs. Louisville

Colorado State and Louisville have 3 meetings on file, the first in 2000; Colorado State leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Colorado State 2–⁠1.

Colorado State wins
2
Louisville wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2000
Longest streak
1 Colorado State
Current streak
1 Colorado State
Last 10 meetings
Colorado State 2–⁠1
Most recent
2002

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2000s2–⁠1
Both ranked
1 meeting: Colorado State 1, Louisville 0
Average margin
4.3 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Colorado State
1–⁠0 Colorado State’s record at home
At Louisville
1–⁠0 Louisville’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Colorado State first

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

Coach against coach

YearsColorado StateSeriesLouisville
2000–⁠2002Sonny Lubick2–⁠1John Smith

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Colorado State’s side (Lubick 2–⁠1 against Smith). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Colorado State and Louisville, 2000 on130015001700200020052010201520202025

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

Named most valuable

Cecil Sapp Colorado State2000

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Sep 14, 200224Colorado State 36, Louisville 33at Colorado State
Oct 4, 2001Louisville 7, Colorado State 2at Louisville
Dec 29, 200023Colorado State 22, 22Louisville 17Neutral siteLiberty Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.