Air Force–Colorado State football rivalry

The Air Force–Colorado State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry in Colorado between the U.S. Air Force Academy Falcons and Colorado State University Rams. The Ram–Falcon Trophy is awarded to the winner of the game.

Air Force–Colorado State football rivalry

Air Force Falcons Colorado State Rams
First meeting	November 30, 1957 Colorado State, 20–7
Latest meeting	November 19, 2022 Air Force, 24–12
Next meeting	October 28, 2023
Trophy	Ram–Falcon Trophy (since 1980)
Statistics
Meetings total	60
All-time series	Air Force leads, 38–21–1 (.642)^[1]
Trophy series	Air Force leads, 27–15 (.643)
Largest victory	Air Force, 69–0 (1963)
Longest win streak	Air Force, 7 (1983–1989, 2006–2012)
Current win streak	Air Force, 6 (2016–present)

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Locations of Air Force and Colorado State

Ram–Falcon Trophy

The origin of the Ram–Falcon Trophy is traced back to Shelly Godkin, a former ROTC commander at Colorado State.^[2] He watched the teams play in 1978 and sought to translate his impressions into a trophy symbolic of an annual game.

It was first awarded in 1980, when formerly independent Air Force joined Colorado State in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC); CSU won 21–9 on September 6. Both teams moved to the new Mountain West Conference in 1999; Air Force leads the trophy series 27–15 (.643).

Series results

Rankings are from the AP Poll.

Air Force victories

Colorado State victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 November 30, 1957 Denver Colorado State 20–7 2 October 11, 1958 Denver Air Force 36–6 3 September 24, 1960 Denver Air Force 32–8 4 November 4, 1961 Denver Air Force 14–9 5 September 22, 1962 Colorado Springs Air Force 34–0 6 September 28, 1963 Colorado Springs Air Force 69–0 7 October 3, 1964 Colorado Springs Air Force 14–6 8 October 22, 1966 Colorado Springs Colorado State 41–21 9 October 28, 1967 Colorado Springs Tie 17–17 10 October 19, 1968 Fort Collins Air Force 31–0 11 October 25, 1969 Colorado Springs #20 Air Force 28–7 12 October 3, 1970 Colorado Springs #10 Air Force 37–22 13 October 23, 1971 Fort Collins #20 Air Force 37–22 14 October 7, 1972 Fort Collins #19 Air Force 52–13 15 October 25, 1975 Fort Collins Colorado State 47–10 16 October 16, 1976 Colorado Springs Colorado State 27–3 17 October 14, 1978 Colorado Springs Colorado State 31–13 18 October 27, 1979 Fort Collins Colorado State 20–6 19 September 6, 1980 Fort Collins Colorado State 21–9 20 October 3, 1981 Colorado Springs Air Force 28–14 21 October 16, 1982 Colorado Springs Colorado State 21–11 22 September 3, 1983 Fort Collins Air Force 34–13 23 September 29, 1984 Colorado Springs Air Force 52–10 24 October 19, 1985 Fort Collins #10 Air Force 35–19 25 September 27, 1986 Colorado Springs Air Force 24–7 26 September 26, 1987 Fort Collins Air Force 27–19 27 September 3, 1988 Fort Collins Air Force 29–23 28 September 30, 1989 Fort Collins #24 Air Force 46–21 29 September 1, 1990 Colorado Springs Colorado State 35–33 30 September 7, 1991 Fort Collins Air Force 31–26 31 October 17, 1992 Colorado Springs Colorado State 32–28 No. Date Location Winner Score 32 September 11, 1993 Fort Collins Colorado State 8–5 33 September 3, 1994 Colorado Springs Colorado State 34–21 34 September 16, 1995 Colorado Springs Colorado State 27–20 35 November 2, 1996 Colorado Springs Colorado State 42–41 36 September 20, 1997 Fort Collins Air Force 24–0 37 September 17, 1998 Colorado Springs Air Force 30–27 38 November 18, 1999 Fort Collins Colorado State 41–21 39 November 11, 2000 Colorado Springs Air Force 44–40 40 November 8, 2001 Fort Collins Colorado State 28–21 41 October 31, 2002 Colorado Springs #24 Colorado State 31–12 42 October 16, 2003 Fort Collins Colorado State 30–20 43 November 20, 2004 Colorado Springs Air Force 47–17 44 September 29, 2005 Fort Collins Colorado State 41–23 45 October 12, 2006 Colorado Springs Air Force 24–21 46 October 13, 2007 Fort Collins Air Force 45–21 47 November 8, 2008 Colorado Springs Air Force 38–17 48 October 31, 2009 Fort Collins Air Force 34–16 49 October 9, 2010 Colorado Springs #25 Air Force 49–27 50 November 26, 2011 Fort Collins Air Force 45–21 51 September 29, 2012 Colorado Springs Air Force 42–21 52 November 30, 2013 Fort Collins Colorado State 58–13 53 November 28, 2014 Colorado Springs Air Force 27–24 54 October 17, 2015 Fort Collins Colorado State 38–23 55 November 12, 2016 Colorado Springs Air Force 49–46 56 October 28, 2017 Fort Collins Air Force 45–28 57 November 22, 2018 Colorado Springs Air Force 27–19 58 November 16, 2019 Fort Collins Air Force 38–21 59 November 13, 2021 Fort Collins Air Force 35–21 60 November 19, 2022 Colorado Springs Air Force 24–12 Series: Air Force leads 38–21–1^[1]

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

1. "Winsipedia - Air Force Falcons vs. Colorado State Rams football series history". Winsipedia.
2. McMullen, Josh. "The Top 10 College Football Rivalries You May Have Never Heard Of". Bleacher Report.