Colorado and Texas have 19 meetings on file, the first in 1940; Texas leads the series 12–7 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Texas 8–2, and Texas has won the last 6. Share
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Colorado’s side (Barnett 1–5 against Brown). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Colorado TexasTicks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
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.
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.
A railing collapsed after the end of the Big 12 Championship Game, causing minor injuries to fans. Austin Texas, 2005.Photo: Johntex, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 2005 game
University of Texas Longhorns football players enter the field for the 2005 Bix XI Championship Game.Photo: KeithJJ on Pixabay, CC0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 2005 game
From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).