Colorado vs. Stanford

Colorado and Stanford have 13 meetings on file, the first in 1904; Stanford leads the series 7–⁠6 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Stanford 6–⁠4. Share

Colorado wins: 6
Stanford wins: 7
Ties: 0
Earliest on file: 1904
Longest streak: 5 Stanford
Current streak: 1 Stanford
Last 10 meetings: Stanford 6–⁠4
Most recent: 2023

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
	’0	’1	’2	’3	’4	’5	’6	’7	’8	’9	W–L
1900s											0–⁠1
1970s											1–⁠0
1980s											1–⁠0
1990s											1–⁠2
2010s											2–⁠3
2020s											1–⁠1

Both ranked: 1 meeting: Colorado 0, Stanford 1
Average margin: 15.6 points; 8 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Colorado: 4–⁠3 Colorado’s record at home
At Stanford: 4–⁠2 Stanford’s record at home
Shutouts: 2

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

Games that tell the story

Colorado’s biggest win1987: Colorado 31, Stanford 17by 14 points
Stanford’s biggest win2012: Stanford 48, Colorado 0by 48 points
Upset2016: Colorado 10, Stanford 5Colorado had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Upset1991: Stanford 28, Colorado 21Stanford had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Upset1904: Stanford 33, Colorado 0Stanford had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Ranked showdown1993: Stanford 41, Colorado 37No. 7 Colorado at No. 20 Stanford

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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Shedeur Sanders Colorado		33 of 47, 400 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT	2023 Passing
Elic Ayomanor Stanford		13 catches, 294 yards, 3 TD	2023 Receiving

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

From the newspapers

1904 · Arizona republican, Nov 25, 1904

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.

Photos

Colorado 10 Stanford 5Photo: Daniel Hartwig from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The 2016 game
Colorado 10 Stanford 5Photo: Daniel Hartwig from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The 2016 game
Colorado 10 Stanford 5Photo: Daniel Hartwig from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The 2016 game
Colorado 10 Stanford 5Photo: Daniel Hartwig from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The 2016 game

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Oct 13, 2023	Stanford 46, Colorado 43	at Colorado
Nov 14, 2020	Colorado 35, Stanford 32	at Stanford
Nov 9, 2019	Colorado 16, Stanford 13	at Colorado
Oct 22, 2016	Colorado 10, Stanford 5	at Stanford
Nov 7, 2015	9Stanford 42, Colorado 10	at Colorado
Nov 3, 2012	15Stanford 48, Colorado 0	at Colorado
Oct 8, 2011	7Stanford 48, Colorado 7	at Stanford
Sep 18, 1993	20Stanford 41, 7Colorado 37	at Stanford
Sep 28, 1991	Stanford 28, 17Colorado 21	at Stanford
Sep 6, 1990	6Colorado 21, Stanford 17	at Colorado
Sep 19, 1987	Colorado 31, Stanford 17	at Colorado
Sep 10, 1977	12Colorado 27, Stanford 21	at Colorado
Nov 24, 1904	Stanford 33, Colorado 0	at Stanford

Every game is listed as played on the field.