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Rivalry History

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Colorado and Colorado State have met 93 times since 1893. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.

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Series snapshot

Record
64-22-2
Current streak
Colorado 7 games
Longest streak
Colorado 12 games (1934-1947)
Avg. margin / points
16.5 / 36.4

Series overview

Colorado 64-22-2 Colorado State. Current streak: Colorado 7 games.

Last five meetings

Colorado 5 | Colorado State 0

Largest margin

61 points

Rivalry notes

  • The tracked window runs from 1893 through 2024.
  • 88 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
  • The latest tracked meeting was Sep 14, 2024.

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What this rivalry is

Colorado and Colorado State have a tracked series that starts in 1893 and spans 93 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.

Centennial Cup gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.

Series history

Status
Active series
Years
1893-2024
Busiest era
1910s, 10 games
Longest pause
24 years (1958-1983)
  • 1910s10 games
  • 1920s10 games
  • 1930s10 games
  • 2000s10 games

Biggest games and recent trend

Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.

4 featured games

Latest meeting

2024 - Sep 14, 2024

Colorado 28, Colorado State 9. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.

Closest finish

1920 - Nov 20, 1920

Colorado 7, Colorado State 7. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.

Highest scoring

2019 - Aug 31, 2019

Colorado 52, Colorado State 31. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.

Largest margin

1952 - Nov 29, 1952

Colorado 61, Colorado State 0. The widest final-score gap in the available game log.

Recent trend

Last five
Colorado 5, Colorado State 0 across 5 games
Last ten
Colorado 8, Colorado State 2 across 10 games
Scoring profile
Lower-scoring recent history; average total 36.4, average margin 16.5.
Current streak
Colorado 7 games

Players and coaches from recent chapters

Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.

  • Isaiah Augustave

    Colorado, 2024

    Rushing Yards: 384

  • Shedeur Sanders

    Colorado, 2024

    Passing Yards: 4134

  • Travis Hunter

    Colorado, 2024

    Receiving Yards: 1258

  • Avery Morrow

    Colorado State, 2024

    Rushing Yards: 1006

  • Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi

    Colorado State, 2024

    Passing Yards: 2755

  • Caleb Goodie

    Colorado State, 2024

    Receiving Yards: 436

Coach context

Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.

  • Mike Bobo

    Colorado State - 2017-2019 - 14-23

  • Deion Sanders

    Colorado - 2023-2024 - 13-12

  • Mike MacIntyre

    Colorado - 2017-2018 - 10-13

  • Jay Norvell

    Colorado State - 2023-2024 - 13-12

Weather, rankings, and research links

5 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 77F, 1 with precipitation.

Ranking context is available through the rankings archive and team season-result pages.

Colorado team page

Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.

Colorado State team page

Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.

Colorado season results

Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.

Colorado State season results

Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.

Colorado weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

Colorado State weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

Game stats archive

Search box scores and detailed game stat pages.

Rankings

Poll and ranking context around rivalry seasons.

College football records

National record and history context.

Historical comparison

Compare program seasons and statistical profiles.

Recent rivalry results

The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.

10 most recent tracked games

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Sep 14, 2024Colorado at Colorado StateColorado 28, Colorado State 9Venue unavailableColorado
Sep 17, 2023Colorado State at ColoradoColorado 43, Colorado State 35Venue unavailableColorado
Aug 31, 2019Colorado State at ColoradoColorado 52, Colorado State 31Neutral siteColorado
Sep 1, 2018Colorado at Colorado StateColorado 45, Colorado State 13Neutral siteColorado
Sep 2, 2017Colorado State at ColoradoColorado 17, Colorado State 3Neutral siteColorado
Sep 3, 2016Colorado State at ColoradoColorado 44, Colorado State 7Neutral siteColorado
Sep 19, 2015Colorado at Colorado StateColorado 27, Colorado State 24Neutral siteColorado
Aug 30, 2014Colorado State at ColoradoColorado 17, Colorado State 31Neutral siteColorado State
Sep 1, 2013Colorado at Colorado StateColorado 41, Colorado State 27Neutral siteColorado
Sep 1, 2012Colorado State at ColoradoColorado 17, Colorado State 22Neutral siteColorado State

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