Rocky Mountain Showdown

Rocky Mountain Showdown

First contested	February 10, 1893 Colorado 70, Colorado State 6
Number of meetings	90
Most recent meeting	August 31, 2018 Colorado 45, Colorado State 13
Next meeting	August 30, 2019
All-time series	Colorado leads, 66–22–2
Largest victory	Colorado, 67–0 (1894)
Longest win streak	Colorado, 12 (1934–47)
Current streak	Colorado, 4 (2015–present)
Stadiums	Broncos Stadium at Mile High, Denver

Colorado

Colorado State

Denver

Locations in Colorado

The Rocky Mountain Showdown is the name given to the Colorado–Colorado State football rivalry. It is an American college football rivalry between the Colorado Buffaloes football team of the University of Colorado and Colorado State Rams football team of Colorado State University. The winner of the game receives the Centennial Cup. It began in 1893 and was played annually from 1899 to 1958, except for 1901, 1905, and 1943–44. It was revived in 1983 and played periodically until it was cemented as an annual rivalry in 1995.^{[citation needed]}

Since 1998, the game has usually been played in Denver, Colorado, at Mile High Stadium and its replacement, Broncos Stadium at Mile High, although the 2004, 2005 and 2009 games were played at Folsom Field in Boulder. Broncos Stadium is considered neutral ground for both teams and has a greater capacity than either university's home stadium (Folsom Field and Canvas Stadium). Since the annual game was renewed in 1995, it has been played only once at Colorado State, in 1996 at the Rams' former home of Hughes Stadium.^{[citation needed]}

In August 2009, both universities agreed to extend the Showdown until 2020, with the 2010–19 games all to be played at Broncos Stadium. The game was played in Boulder as planned in 2009, and the series will return to CSU's new stadium in Fort Collins in 2020. In 2015, Colorado athletic director Rick George stated that he wanted to return the series to campus sites, but that it was not in Colorado's best interest to extend the series. Since the ending of the annual Utah/Utah State game in 2015, the Rocky Mountain Showdown is currently the oldest rivalry in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I college football, between two public universities, in the same state, that have a game named "University of _ vs. _ State University."

Game results

Colorado victories

Colorado State victories

Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	1893	Boulder	Colorado	70–6
2	1893	Boulder	Colorado	44–6
3	1894	Boulder	Colorado	67–0
4	1899	Boulder	Colorado	63–0
5	1900	Boulder	Colorado	29–0
6	1902	Boulder	Colorado	11–7
7	1903	Fort Collins	Colorado	5–0
8	1904	Boulder	Colorado	46–0
9	1906	Fort Collins	Tie	0–0
10	1907	Boulder	Colorado	17–13
11	1908	Fort Collins	Colorado	8–0
12	1909	Boulder	Colorado	57–0
13	1910	Fort Collins	Colorado	44–0
14	1911	Boulder	Colorado	31–0
15	1912	Fort Collins	Colorado Agricultural	21–0
16	1913	Fort Collins	Colorado	16–7
17	1914	Fort Collins	Colorado	33–6
18	1915	Boulder	Colorado Agricultural	23–6
19	1916	Boulder	Colorado Agricultural	32–14
20	1917	Boulder	Colorado	6–0
21	1918	Boulder	Colorado	16–13
22	1919	Fort Collins	Colorado Agricultural	49–7
23	1920	Boulder	Tie	7–7
24	1921	Fort Collins	Colorado	10–0
25	1922	Boulder	Colorado	7–0
26	1923	Fort Collins	Colorado	6–3
27	1924	Boulder	Colorado	36–0
28	1925	Fort Collins	Colorado Agricultural	12–0
29	1926	Boulder	Colorado Agricultural	3–0
30	1927	Fort Collins	Colorado Agricultural	39–7
31	1928	Boulder	Colorado	13–7
32	1929	Fort Collins	Colorado	6–0
33	1930	Boulder	Colorado	7–0
34	1931	Fort Collins,	Colorado Agricultural	19–6
35	1932	Fort Collins	Colorado Agricultural	7–6
36	1933	Fort Collins	Colorado Agricultural	19–6
37	1934	Boulder	Colorado	27–9
38	1935	Boulder	Colorado	19–6
39	1936	Fort Collins	Colorado	9–7
40	1937	Boulder	Colorado	47–0
41	1938	Fort Collins	Colorado	31–6
42	1939	Boulder	Colorado	13–0
43	1940	Fort Collins	Colorado	33–14
44	1941	Boulder	Colorado	26–13
45	1942	Fort Collins	Colorado	34–7
46	1945	Fort Collins	Colorado	21–6

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
47	1946	Boulder	Colorado	18–0
48	1947	Fort Collins	Colorado	14–7
49	1948	Boulder	Colorado A&M	29–25
50	1949	Boulder	Colorado A&M	14–7
51	1950	Fort Collins	Colorado	31–6
52	1951	Boulder	Colorado	28–13
53	1952	Boulder	Colorado	61–0
54	1953	Fort Collins	Colorado	13–7
55	1954	Boulder	Colorado	46–0
56	1955	Fort Collins	Colorado A&M	10–0
57	1956	Boulder	Colorado	47–7
58	1957	Fort Collins	Colorado	20–0
59	1958	Boulder	Colorado State	15–14
60	1983	Boulder	Colorado	31–3
61	1985	Boulder	Colorado	23–10
62	1986	Boulder	Colorado State	23–7
63	1987	Fort Collins	Colorado	29–16
64	1988	Fort Collins	Colorado	27–23
65	1989	Boulder	#9 Colorado	45–20
66	1992	Boulder	#12 Colorado	37–17
67	1995	Boulder	#10 Colorado	42–14
68	1996	Fort Collins	#5 Colorado	48–34
69	1997	Boulder	#8 Colorado	31–21
70	1998	Denver	Colorado	42–14
71	1999	Denver	Colorado State	41–14
72	2000	Denver	Colorado State	28–24
73	2001	Denver	Colorado	41–14
74	2002	Denver	Colorado State	19–14
75	2003	Denver	Colorado	42–35
76	2004	Boulder	Colorado	27–24
77	2005	Boulder	Colorado	31–28
78	2006	Denver	Colorado State	14–10
79	2007	Denver	Colorado	31–28OT
80	2008	Denver	Colorado	38–17
81	2009	Boulder	Colorado State	23–17
82	2010	Denver	Colorado	24–3
83	2011	Denver	Colorado	28–14
84	2012	Denver	Colorado State	22–17
85	2013	Denver	Colorado	41–27
86	2014	Denver	Colorado State	31–17
87	2015	Denver	Colorado	27–24OT
88	2016	Denver	Colorado	44–7
89	2017	Denver	Colorado	17–3
90	2018	Denver	Colorado	45–13
91	2019	Denver
Series: Colorado leads 66–22–2

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

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