Colorado vs. Oregon

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

1. Colorado’s biggest win1995: Colorado 38, Oregon 6by 32 points
2. Oregon’s biggest win2012: Oregon 70, Colorado 14by 56 points
3. Upset2016: Colorado 41, Oregon 38Colorado had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1979: Oregon 33, Colorado 19Oregon had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Ranked showdown2001: Oregon 38, Colorado 16No. 3 Colorado at No. 2 Oregon
6. Ranked showdown1995: Colorado 38, Oregon 6No. 12 Oregon at No. 7 Colorado
7. Ranked showdown2023: Oregon 42, Colorado 6No. 19 Colorado at No. 10 Oregon

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Colorado’s side (McCartney 1–⁠3 against Brooks). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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

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  1949 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 17, 1949

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  1950 · Evening star, Nov 19, 1950

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  1955 · Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press, Oct 10, 1955

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Colorado vs. Colorado State88 meetings, Colorado 64–⁠22–⁠2
• Colorado vs. Missouri75 meetings, Colorado 31–⁠41–⁠3
• Colorado vs. Utah73 meetings, Colorado 33–⁠37–⁠3
• Colorado vs. Nebraska72 meetings, Colorado 21–⁠49–⁠2
• Oregon vs. Oregon State109 meetings, Oregon 57–⁠46–⁠6
• Oregon vs. Washington106 meetings, Oregon 46–⁠56–⁠4
• Oregon vs. Washington State95 meetings, Oregon 52–⁠37–⁠6
• Oregon vs. Stanford84 meetings, Oregon 36–⁠47–⁠1