Colorado vs. New Mexico
Colorado and New Mexico have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1909; Colorado leads the series 6–3 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Colorado 6–3. Share
- Colorado wins
- 6
- New Mexico wins
- 3
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1909
- Longest streak
- 4 Colorado
- Current streak
- 1 Colorado
- Last 10 meetings
- Colorado 6–3
- Most recent
- 1977
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 3–3 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 17.1 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Colorado
- 5–1 Colorado’s record at home
- At New Mexico
- 2–0 New Mexico’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 Colorado first
- Shutouts
- 4
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Colorado’s biggest win1909: Colorado 53, New Mexico 0by 53 points
- New Mexico’s biggest win1945: New Mexico 12, Colorado 6by 6 points
- Upset1949: New Mexico 17, Colorado 15New Mexico had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1948: New Mexico 9, Colorado 6New Mexico had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
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

1922 · Albuquerque morning journal, Albuquerque, N.M., Oct 16, 1922
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 24, 1977 | 8Colorado 42, New Mexico 7 | at Colorado | ||
| Nov 12, 1949 | New Mexico 17, Colorado 15 | at New Mexico | ||
| Sep 25, 1948 | New Mexico 9, Colorado 6 | at Colorado | ||
| Oct 26, 1946 | Colorado 14, New Mexico 13 | at Colorado | ||
| Nov 3, 1945 | New Mexico 12, Colorado 6 | at New Mexico | ||
| Nov 4, 1944 | Colorado 39, New Mexico 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Oct 17, 1942 | Colorado 12, New Mexico 0 | at Colorado | ||
| Oct 14, 1922 | Colorado 3, New Mexico 0 | at Colorado | ||
| Nov 6, 1909 | Colorado 53, New Mexico 0 | at Colorado |
Every game is listed as played on the field.