Colorado vs. Texas A&M

Colorado and Texas A&M have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1995; Colorado leads the series 6–⁠4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Colorado 6–⁠4.

Colorado wins
6
Texas A&M wins
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1995
Longest streak
2 Colorado
Current streak
1 Texas A&M
Last 10 meetings
Colorado 6–⁠4
Most recent
2021

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1990s2–⁠1
2000s4–⁠2
2020s0–⁠1
Both ranked
3 meetings: Colorado 2, Texas A&M 1; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin
8 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Colorado
4–⁠1 Colorado’s record at home
At Texas A&M
2–⁠2 Texas A&M’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Colorado first

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Colorado’s biggest win2005: Colorado 41, Texas A&M 20by 21 points
  2. Texas A&M’s biggest win2008: Texas A&M 24, Colorado 17by 7 points
  3. Upset2000: Colorado 26, Texas A&M 19Colorado had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1997: Texas A&M 16, Colorado 10Texas A&M had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Ranked showdown1995: Colorado 29, Texas A&M 21No. 3 Texas A&M at No. 7 Colorado
  6. Ranked showdown1997: Texas A&M 16, Colorado 10No. 21 Texas A&M at No. 16 Colorado
  7. Ranked showdown2001: Colorado 31, Texas A&M 21No. 25 Texas A&M at No. 20 Colorado

Coach against coach

YearsColoradoSeriesTexas A&M
1995–⁠1997Rick Neuheisel2–⁠1R.C. Slocum

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Colorado’s side (Neuheisel 2–⁠1 against Slocum). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Colorado and Texas A&M, 1995 on1300150017001995200020052010201520202025

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

Joel Klatt Colorado28 of 36, 398 yards, 3 TD2005 Passing

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

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 1995.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Sep 11, 20215Texas A&M 10, Colorado 7Sports Authority Field at Mile High
Nov 7, 2009Colorado 35, Texas A&M 34at Colorado
Nov 1, 2008Texas A&M 24, Colorado 17at Texas A&M
Oct 8, 2005Colorado 41, Texas A&M 20at Colorado
Oct 23, 200417Texas A&M 29, Colorado 26at Texas A&M
Oct 13, 200120Colorado 31, 25Texas A&M 21at Colorado
Oct 7, 2000Colorado 26, Texas A&M 19at Texas A&M
Oct 4, 199721Texas A&M 16, 16Colorado 10at Colorado
Sep 28, 199612Colorado 24, Texas A&M 10at Texas A&M
Sep 23, 19957Colorado 29, 3Texas A&M 21at Colorado

Every game is listed as played on the field.