Colorado vs. Washington

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

1. Colorado’s biggest win1989: Colorado 45, Washington 28by 17 points
2. Washington’s biggest win2013: Washington 59, Colorado 7by 52 points
3. Upset2019: Colorado 20, Washington 14Colorado had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1959: Washington 21, Colorado 12Washington had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Ranked showdown2016: Washington 41, Colorado 10No. 9 Colorado at No. 4 Washington
6. Ranked showdown1996: Colorado 33, Washington 21No. 13 Washington at No. 8 Colorado
7. Ranked showdown1989: Colorado 45, Washington 28No. 5 Colorado at No. 21 Washington
8. Ranked showdown1990: Colorado 20, Washington 14No. 12 Washington at No. 20 Colorado

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Colorado’s side (McCartney 2–⁠1 against James). 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.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

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  1915 · The Tacoma times, Tacoma, Wash., Nov 26, 1915

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  1953 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 20, 1953

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  1957 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 22, 1957

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
• Washington vs. Oregon106 meetings, Washington 56–⁠46–⁠4
• Washington vs. Washington State106 meetings, Washington 70–⁠32–⁠4
• Washington vs. California99 meetings, Washington 55–⁠41–⁠3
• Washington vs. Oregon State95 meetings, Washington 61–⁠32–⁠2