Colorado vs. Kansas State
Colorado and Kansas State have 68 meetings on file, the first in 1912; Colorado leads the series 45–22–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Kansas State 6–4, and Kansas State has won the last 2. Share
- Colorado wins
- 45
- Kansas State wins
- 22
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1912
- Longest streak
- 10 Colorado
- Current streak
- 2 Kansas State
- Last 10 meetings
- Kansas State 6–4
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 9–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 9–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 6–4 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 7–3 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 6–3–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 5–5 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 0–2 |
- Both ranked
- 4 meetings: Colorado 3, Kansas State 1; 2 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 17.7 points; 18 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Colorado
- 28–6 Colorado’s record at home
- At Kansas State
- 16–17–1 Kansas State’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 11
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Colorado’s biggest win1990: Colorado 64, Kansas State 3by 61 points
- Kansas State’s biggest win1984: Kansas State 38, Colorado 6by 32 points
- Upset1912: Kansas State 14, Colorado 6Kansas State had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1973: Kansas State 17, Colorado 14Kansas State had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1978: Kansas State 20, Colorado 10Kansas State had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1996: Colorado 12, Kansas State 0No. 9 Kansas State at No. 6 Colorado
- Ranked showdown1995: Colorado 27, Kansas State 17No. 9 Colorado at No. 7 Kansas State
- Ranked showdown1998: Kansas State 16, Colorado 9No. 5 Kansas State at No. 14 Colorado
Coach against coach
| Years | Colorado | Series | Kansas State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948–1950 | Dallas Ward | 2–1 | Ralph Graham |
| 1951–1954 | Dallas Ward | 3–1 | Bill Meek |
| 1955–1958 | Dallas Ward | 4–0 | Bernard Mertes |
| 1963–1966 | Eddie Crowder | 3–1 | Doug Weaver |
| 1967–1973 | Eddie Crowder | 5–2 | Vince Gibson |
| 1975–1977 | Bill Mallory | 3–0 | Ellis Rainsberger |
| 1979–1981 | Chuck Fairbanks | 2–1 | Jim Dickey |
| 1982–1984 | Bill McCartney | 1–2 | Jim Dickey |
| 1986–1988 | Bill McCartney | 3–0 | Stan Parrish |
| 1989–1994 | Bill McCartney | 5–0–1 | Bill Snyder |
| 1995–1998 | Rick Neuheisel | 2–2 | Bill Snyder |
| 1999–2005 | Gary Barnett | 4–3 | Bill Snyder |
| 2006–2008 | Dan Hawkins | 1–2 | Ron Prince |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Colorado’s side (Ward 2–1 against Graham). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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
1940 · Evening star, Oct 6, 1940
1949 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 3, 1949
1951 · Evening star, Oct 21, 1951
1952 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 16, 1952
1953 · Evening star, Oct 18, 1953
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.
On television
| 2025 | FS1 | 0.5 million viewers |
Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.