Colorado vs. LSU
Colorado and LSU have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1961; LSU leads the series 5–1 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s LSU 5–1, and LSU has won the last 4. Share
- Colorado wins
- 1
- LSU wins
- 5
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1961
- Longest streak
- 4 LSU
- Current streak
- 4 LSU
- Last 10 meetings
- LSU 5–1
- Most recent
- 1980
The series at a glance
- Both ranked
- 2 meetings: Colorado 0, LSU 2; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 19 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Colorado
- 0–1 Colorado’s record at home
- At LSU
- 3–1 LSU’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Colorado first
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Colorado’s biggest win1971: Colorado 31, LSU 21by 10 points
- LSU’s biggest win1979: LSU 44, Colorado 0by 44 points
- Upset1971: Colorado 31, LSU 21Colorado had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1961: LSU 25, Colorado 7No. 6 Colorado at No. 3 LSU
- Ranked showdown1973: LSU 17, Colorado 6No. 10 Colorado at No. 15 LSU
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

1961 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Jan 4, 1962
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 20, 1980 | LSU 23, Colorado 20 | at LSU | ||
| Sep 15, 1979 | LSU 44, Colorado 0 | at Colorado | ||
| Sep 14, 1974 | 9LSU 42, Colorado 14 | at LSU | ||
| Sep 15, 1973 | 15LSU 17, 10Colorado 6 | at LSU | ||
| Sep 11, 1971 | Colorado 31, 9LSU 21 | at LSU | ||
| Jan 1, 1962 | 3LSU 25, 6Colorado 7 | Neutral site | Orange Bowl |
Every game is listed as played on the field.