Rocky Mountain Showdown
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|+ <big><strong> Rocky Mountain Showdown[[Image:RockyMountainShowdown.jpg|170px]]</strong></big>
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! Colorado || Colorado State
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! (58) || (19)
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|valign="top"| 1893 1893<br />1894 1899<br />1900 1901<br />1902 1903<br />1904 1907<br />1911 1913<br />1914 1917<br />1918 1921<br />1922 1923<br />1924 1928<br />1929 1930<br />1934 1935<br />1936 1937<br />1938 1939<br />1940 1941<br />1942 1945<br />1946 1947<br />1950 1951<br />1952 1953<br />1954 1956<br />1957 1983<br />1985 1987<br />1988 1989<br />1992 1995<br />1996 1997<br />1998 2001<br />2003 2004<br />2005 2007
|valign="top"| 1912 1915<br />1916 1919<br />1925 1926<br />1927 1931<br />1932 1933<br />1948 1949<br />1955 1958<br />1986 1999<br />2000 2002<br />2006
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!align=center colspan=2|Ties (2)
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|valign="top" align=center colspan=2| 1906 1920
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The '''Rocky Mountain Showdown''' is an annual [[American football]] [[College football|college]] [[College rivalry|rivalry]] between the [[University of Colorado at Boulder|University of Colorado]] [[Colorado Buffaloes|Buffaloes]] and the [[Colorado State University]] Rams. The winner of the game receives the Centennial Cup. The series began in 1893 and played annually (with a few exceptions) until 1958. The series was resurrected in 1983 and played periodically until it was cemented as an annual rivalry in [[1995]]. Until then it was a long series, rather than a rivalry, as CU has dominated the series, 58-19-2. The Colorado Buffaloes are in the [[Big 12 Conference]], while the Colorado State Rams compete in the [[Mountain West Conference]].
The game is usually played in [[INVESCO Field at Mile High]] in [[Denver, Colorado]], although the 2004 and 2005 games were played at [[Folsom Field]] in [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]]. In January of 2006, CU and CSU agreed to a five year deal which will continue the game through 2010. Under the agreement, the game will be played in [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]] at Invesco Field only in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Colorado will retain the right to host the game in Boulder in the fourth year of the deal in 2009, and if CU chooses to do so, it would give CSU the right to host the game in Fort Collins in the fifth year, 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2006/mar/01/cu-csu-spices-up-denver-matchup/ | title=CU-CSU spices up Denver matchup | author=Joshua Lindenstein | publisher=DailyCamera.com | date=[[2006-03-01]] | accessdate=2008-03-03}}</ref>
In 2007, the Rocky Mountain Showdown was played on Saturday, September 1st at 10:00 AM Mountain Time. The Colorado Buffaloes defeated the Colorado State Rams in overtime by a score of 31-28.
''Colorado victories are shaded <font color="#f9e1b9">██</font> gold. Colorado State victories shaded in <font color="#ccffcc">██</font> green.''
== Results by year ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Winner !! Score !! Location
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[February 10]] 1893 || Colorado || 70-6 || [[Ft. Collins, Colorado|Ft. Collins]]
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 7]] 1893 || Colorado || 44-6 || [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]]
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 27]] 1894 || Colorado || 67-0 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 15]] 1899 || Colorado || 63-0 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 15]] 1900 || Colorado || 29-0 || Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 18]] 1902 || Colorado || 11-6 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 10]] 1903 || Colorado || 5-0 || Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[November 13]] 1904 || Colorado || 46-0 || Boulder
|-align=center
|[[November 10]] 1906 || Tie || 0-0 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 19]] 1907 || Colorado || 17-13 || Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 24]] 1908 || Colorado || 8-0 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 23]] 1909 || Colorado || 57-0 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[November 12]] 1910 || Colorado || 44-0 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[November 11]] 1911 || Colorado || 31-0 || Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|[[October 12]] 1912 || Colorado State || 21-0 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 25]] 1913 || Colorado || 16-7 || Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 17]] 1914 || Colorado || 33-6 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|[[October 9]] 1915 || Colorado State || 23-6 || Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|[[November 30]] 1916 || Colorado State || 32-14 || Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 6]] 1917 || Colorado || 6-0 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[November 28]] 1918 || Colorado || 16-13 || Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|[[October 11]] 1919 || Colorado State || 49-7 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center
|[[November 20]] 1920 || Tie || 7-7 || Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[November 19]] 1921 || Colorado || 10-0 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[November 4]] 1922 || Colorado || 7-0 || Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[November 28]] 1923 || Colorado || 6-3 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[November 22]] 1924 || Colorado || 36-0 || [[Folsom Field|Colorado Stadium]], Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|[[November 14]] 1925 || Colorado State || 12-0 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|[[November 13]] 1926 || Colorado State || 3-0 || Colorado Stadium, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|[[November 19]] 1927 || Colorado State || 39-7 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[November 10]] 1928 || Colorado || 13-7 || Colorado Stadium, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[November 16]] 1929 || Colorado || 6-0 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 25]] 1930 || Colorado || 7-0 || Colorado Stadium, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|[[October 24]] 1931 || Colorado State || 19-6 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|[[October 22]] 1932 || Colorado State || 7-6 || Colorado Stadium, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|[[October 21]] 1933 || Colorado State || 19-6 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 27]] 1934 || Colorado || 27-9 || Colorado Stadium, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 26]] 1935 || Colorado || 19-6 || Colorado Stadium, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 24]] 1936 || Colorado || 9-7 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 23]] 1937 || Colorado || 47-0 || Colorado Stadium, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 22]] 1938 || Colorado || 31-6 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 21]] 1939 || Colorado || 13-0 || Colorado Stadium, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 19]] 1940 || Colorado || 33-14 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 18]] 1941 || Colorado || 26-13 || Colorado Stadium, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 24]] 1942 || Colorado || 34-7 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 13]] 1945 || Colorado || 21-6 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[November 28]] 1946 || Colorado || 18-0 || [[Folsom Field]], Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 25]] 1947 || Colorado || 14-7 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|[[November 20]] 1948 || Colorado State || 29-25 || Folsom Field, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|[[November 26]] 1949 || Colorado State || 14-7 || Folsom Field, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[November 25]] 1950 || Colorado || 31-6 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[September 22]] 1951 || Colorado || 28-13 || Folsom Field, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[November 29]] 1952 || Colorado || 61-0 || Folsom Field, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[November 28]] 1953 || Colorado || 13-7 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[September 25]] 1954 || Colorado || 46-0 || Folsom Field, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|[[November 26]] 1955 || Colorado State || 10-0 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 13]] 1956 || Colorado || 47-7 || Folsom Field, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[November 9]] 1957 || Colorado || 20-0 || Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|[[November 22]] 1958 || Colorado State || 15-14 || Folsom Field, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[September 17]] 1983 || Colorado || 31-3 || Folsom Field, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[September 7]] 1985 || Colorado || 23-10 || Folsom Field, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|[[September 6]] 1986 || Colorado State || 23-7 || Folsom Field, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 3]] 1987 || Colorado || 29-16 || [[Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium|Hughes Stadium]], Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[October 1]] 1988 || Colorado || 27-23 || Hughes Stadium, Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[September 9]] 1989 || Colorado || 45-20 || Folsom Field, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[September 5]] 1992 || Colorado || 37-17 || Folsom Field, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[September 9]] 1995 || Colorado || 42-14 || Folsom Field, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[September 7]] 1996 || Colorado || 48-34 || Hughes Stadium, Ft. Collins
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[September 6]] 1997 || Colorado || 31-21 || Folsom Field, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[September 5]] 1998 || Colorado || 42-14 || [[Mile High Stadium]], [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]]
|-align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|[[September 4]] 1999 || Colorado State || 41-14 || Mile High Stadium, Denver
|-align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|[[September 2]] 2000 || Colorado State || 28-24 || Mile High Stadium, Denver
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[September 1]] 2001 || Colorado || 41-14 || [[INVESCO Field at Mile High]], Denver
|-align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|[[August 31]] 2002 || Colorado State || 19-14 || INVESCO Field at Mile High, Denver
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[August 30]] 2003 || Colorado || 42-35 || INVESCO Field at Mile High, Denver
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[September 4]] 2004 || Colorado || 27-24 || Folsom Field, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[September 3]] 2005 || Colorado || 31-28 || Folsom Field, Boulder
|-align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|[[September 9]] 2006 || Colorado State || [[2006 Colorado Buffaloes football team#Colorado State|14-10]] || INVESCO Field at Mile High, Denver
|-align=center style="background: #f9e1b9;"
|[[September 1]] 2007 || Colorado || 31-28OT || INVESCO Field at Mile High, Denver
|-align=center
|[[August 30]] 2008 || || || INVESCO Field at Mile High, Denver
|-align=center
|[[September 5]] 2009 || || || Denver or Boulder
|-align=center
|[[September 4]] 2010 || || || Denver or Ft. Collins
|-align=center
|[[September 3]] 2011 || || || Denver or Boulder
|}
==External links==
*[http://www.qwestrockymountainshowdown.com/ Official Website]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Colorado Buffaloes football]]
[[Category:Colorado State Rams football]]
[[Category:College football rivalries]]