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Colorado State vs UNLV Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Colorado State and UNLV.

PROGRAM ONEColorado State17 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD17–8–1WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWOUNLV8 recorded wins
26Recorded meetings
1978Earliest documented
2025Most recent season
1Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

26 games
  1. 1978
    Colorado State6 — 33UNLV
    Oct 21, 1978UNLV won
  2. 1979
    Colorado State21 — 21UNLV
    Nov 17, 1979Tie
  3. 1980
    Colorado State15 — 56UNLV
    Sep 27, 1980UNLV won
  4. 1982
    Colorado State31 — 36UNLV
    Nov 6, 1982UNLV won
  5. 1996
    Colorado State35 — 16UNLV
    Sep 21, 1996Colorado State won
  6. 1997
    Colorado State45 — 19UNLV
    Nov 1, 1997Colorado State won
  7. 1998
    Colorado State38 — 16UNLV
    Sep 26, 1998Colorado State won
  8. 1999
    Colorado State35 — 17UNLV
    Nov 27, 1999Colorado State won
  9. 2000
    Colorado State20 — 19UNLV
    Oct 14, 2000Colorado State won
  10. 2001
    Colorado State26 — 24UNLV
    Oct 20, 2001Colorado State won
  11. 2002
    Colorado State33 — 36UNLV
    Nov 30, 2002UNLV wonSonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium
  12. 2003
    Colorado State24 — 23UNLV
    Nov 23, 2003Colorado State wonSam Boyd Stadium
  13. 2004
    Colorado State45 — 10UNLV
    Nov 13, 2004Colorado State wonSonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium
  14. 2005
    Colorado State31 — 27UNLV
    Nov 19, 2005Colorado State wonSam Boyd Stadium
  15. 2006
    Colorado State28 — 7UNLV
    Oct 7, 2006Colorado State wonSonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium
  16. 2007
    Colorado State48 — 23UNLV
    Oct 21, 2007Colorado State wonSam Boyd Stadium
  17. 2008
    Colorado State41 — 28UNLV
    Oct 4, 2008Colorado State wonSonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium
  18. 2009
    Colorado State16 — 35UNLV
    Nov 8, 2009UNLV wonSam Boyd Stadium
  19. 2010
    Colorado State43 — 10UNLV
    Oct 16, 2010Colorado State wonSonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium
  20. 2011
    Colorado State35 — 38UNLV
    Oct 29, 2011UNLV wonSam Boyd Stadium
  21. 2012
    Colorado State33 — 11UNLV
    Nov 11, 2012Colorado State wonSonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium
  22. 2015
    Colorado State49 — 35UNLV
    Nov 15, 2015Colorado State wonSonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium
  23. 2016
    Colorado State42 — 23UNLV
    Oct 22, 2016Colorado State wonSam Boyd Stadium
  24. 2019
    Colorado State37 — 17UNLV
    Nov 2, 2019Colorado State wonCanvas Stadium
  25. 2023
    Colorado State23 — 25UNLV
    Oct 21, 2023UNLV wonAllegiant Stadium
  26. 2025
    Colorado State10 — 42UNLV
    Nov 9, 2025UNLV wonCanvas Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2025Colorado State vs UNLV10–42UNLV won
2023Colorado State vs UNLV23–25UNLV won
2019Colorado State vs UNLV37–17Colorado State won
2016Colorado State vs UNLV42–23Colorado State won
2015Colorado State vs UNLV49–35Colorado State won
2012Colorado State vs UNLV33–11Colorado State won
2011Colorado State vs UNLV35–38UNLV won
2010Colorado State vs UNLV43–10Colorado State won
2009Colorado State vs UNLV16–35UNLV won
2008Colorado State vs UNLV41–28Colorado State won
2007Colorado State vs UNLV48–23Colorado State won
2006Colorado State vs UNLV28–7Colorado State won
2005Colorado State vs UNLV31–27Colorado State won
2004Colorado State vs UNLV45–10Colorado State won
2003Colorado State vs UNLV24–23Colorado State won
2002Colorado State vs UNLV33–36UNLV won
2001Colorado State vs UNLV26–24Colorado State won
2000Colorado State vs UNLV20–19Colorado State won
1999Colorado State vs UNLV35–17Colorado State won
1998Colorado State vs UNLV38–16Colorado State won
1997Colorado State vs UNLV45–19Colorado State won
1996Colorado State vs UNLV35–16Colorado State won
1982Colorado State vs UNLV31–36UNLV won
1980Colorado State vs UNLV15–56UNLV won
1979Colorado State vs UNLV21–21Tie
1978Colorado State vs UNLV6–33UNLV won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.