Colorado vs. Colorado College

Colorado and Colorado College have 40 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Colorado leads the series 27–⁠10–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Colorado 8–⁠2, and Colorado has won the last 4.

Colorado wins
27
Colorado College wins
10
Ties
3
Earliest on file
1902
Longest streak
5 Colorado
Current streak
4 Colorado
Last 10 meetings
Colorado 8–⁠2
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
1900s5–⁠2
1910s4–⁠3–⁠2
1920s7–⁠2–⁠1
1930s7–⁠1
1940s4–⁠2
Average margin
14.7 points; 13 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Colorado
15–⁠3–⁠3 Colorado’s record at home
At Colorado College
7–⁠12 Colorado College’s record at home
Shutouts
18

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Colorado’s biggest win1944: Colorado 40, Colorado College 6by 34 points
  2. Colorado College’s biggest win1916: Colorado College 58, Colorado 0by 58 points
  3. Upset1943: Colorado College 16, Colorado 6Colorado College had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1928: Colorado 24, Colorado College 19Colorado had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1906: Colorado College 6, Colorado 0Colorado College had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Colorado and Colorado College, 1902 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 Gilpin observer's story of the 1912 game: SPORT.

    1912 · Gilpin observer, Nov 7, 1912

  • The Arizona republican's story of the 1916 game: COLORADO COLLEGE WINS IN SNOWSTORM Republican A. p. Leased WIre1

    1916 · Arizona republican, Nov 12, 1916

  • The The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat's story of the 1920 game: Football Results

    1920 · The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat, Keokuk, Iowa, Nov 1, 1920

  • The Pueblo chieftain's story of the 1921 game: COLORADO j. WINS BY AERIAL ATTACK Colorado College Defeated So 14-Quinlan and Wizards Passing, Feature Game

    1921 · Pueblo chieftain, Colorado, Nov 6, 1921

  • The Douglas daily dispatch's story of the 1926 game: COLORADO COLLEGE, WINS OVER COLORADO, 21-O

    1926 · Douglas daily dispatch, Arizona, Oct 31, 1926

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 20, 1945Colorado 31, Colorado College 0at Colorado
Sep 29, 1945Colorado 13, Colorado College 0at Colorado College
Nov 18, 1944Colorado 40, Colorado College 6at Colorado College
Oct 21, 1944Colorado 28, Colorado College 0at Colorado
Nov 20, 1943Colorado College 6, Colorado 0at Colorado College
Oct 23, 194318Colorado College 16, Colorado 6at Colorado
Nov 13, 193716Colorado 35, Colorado College 6at Colorado
Oct 31, 1936Colorado 7, Colorado College 0at Colorado College
Nov 2, 1935Colorado 23, Colorado College 0at Colorado
Nov 17, 1934Colorado 31, Colorado College 0at Colorado College
Nov 4, 1933Colorado 26, Colorado College 0at Colorado
Nov 12, 1932Colorado College 12, Colorado 0at Colorado College
Nov 21, 1931Colorado 17, Colorado College 7at Colorado
Nov 1, 1930Colorado 14, Colorado College 13at Colorado College
Nov 23, 1929Colorado 13, Colorado College 7at Colorado
Nov 17, 1928Colorado 24, Colorado College 19at Colorado College
Nov 5, 1927Colorado 7, Colorado College 6at Colorado
Oct 30, 1926Colorado College 21, Colorado 0at Colorado College
Nov 7, 1925Colorado 23, Colorado College 6at Colorado
Oct 18, 1924Colorado 26, Colorado College 0at Colorado College
Nov 3, 1923Colorado 17, Colorado College 7at Colorado
Nov 11, 1922Colorado College 21, Colorado 10at Colorado College
Nov 5, 1921Colorado 35, Colorado College 14at Colorado
Oct 31, 1920Colorado 7, Colorado College 7at Colorado
Oct 25, 1919Colorado 14, Colorado College 14at Colorado
Dec 7, 1918Colorado College 8, Colorado 7at Colorado College
Nov 3, 1917Colorado 18, Colorado College 17at Colorado
Nov 11, 1916Colorado College 58, Colorado 0at Colorado College
Oct 23, 1915Colorado College 44, Colorado 0at Colorado
Oct 31, 1914Colorado 10, Colorado College 7at Colorado College
Nov 1, 1913Colorado 0, Colorado College 0at Colorado
Nov 2, 1912Colorado 10, Colorado College 7at Colorado College
Nov 4, 1911Colorado 8, Colorado College 2at Colorado
Nov 13, 1909Colorado 9, Colorado College 0at Colorado College
Nov 7, 1908Colorado 14, Colorado College 0at Colorado
Nov 9, 1907Colorado College 10, Colorado 0at Colorado College
Nov 3, 1906Colorado College 6, Colorado 0at Colorado
Oct 29, 1904Colorado 23, Colorado College 0at Colorado College
Nov 14, 1903Colorado 31, Colorado College 6at Colorado
Oct 25, 1902Colorado 12, Colorado College 6at Colorado College

Every game is listed as played on the field.