Colorado's Conference History ALL-TIME CONFERENCE
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Colorado’s conference history The Pac-12 Conference is technically the seventh conference in which A decade later, CU athletics would change forever, as the Buffaloes the University of Colorado has been a member. were accepted into the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association There were no organized leagues in the Rocky Mountain region when (also known as the Big Six) on Dec. 1, 1947. Colorado started competition CU started playing football in 1890. In 1893, Colorado was a charter mem- in this league in the 1948-49 school year, thus changing the group’s name ber of the Colorado Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA; also known to the Big Seven. Other schools in the league were Iowa State, Kansas, as the Colorado Football Association), joined by Denver, Colorado College, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma. When Oklahoma State Colorado Mines and Colorado A & M. CU remained a member through rejoined the group after a three decade absence in 1958, the conference 1908 (except 1905, when it withdrew from the state conference prior to became known as the Big Eight. the season). On Feb. 25, 1994, the Big Eight announced expansion plans to include In 1909, a new alignment called the Colorado Faculty Athletic Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech from the Southwest Conference, Conference came into existence, with CU, CC, A & M and Mines the char- a league plagued with NCAA violations and probations over the previous ter members. One year later in 1910, the name was changed to the Rocky decade; the merger of the four gave those schools a new start in the Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference, as the league expanded geograph- new Big 12. Later that year, Colorado was invited to join the Pacific-10 ically to include Utah and Denver, and later, Utah State (1914), Montana Conference, but because the Buffaloes had played a major role in helping State (1917), Brigham Young (1918), Wyoming (1921), and Colorado form the Big 12, CU’s Board of Regents voted 6-3 to remain in the Big 12, Teachers College (now Northern Colorado) and Western State (1924). which assumed operations on July 1, 1996. This new league, built on a foundation of faculty control, lasted through Then on June 11, 2010, Colorado was the first of several “dominoes” the 1936-37 school year. to fall nationally in conference realignment. The Buffaloes accepted an On Dec. 4, 1937, after a serious gap that had developed between the invitation to join the Pac-10, along with Utah to form the Pac-12 Conference elite of the RMAC and the smaller schools, seven schools split to form the on July 1, 2011. CU and Utah, old rivals from the first half of the 20th Mountain States Conference. This new league consisted of CU, DU, A & M, Century, joined Arizona, Arizona State, California, Oregon, Oregon State, Wyoming, Utah, Utah State and BYU. The remaining five schools continued USC, Stanford, UCLA, Washington and Washington State in what is known on as the RMAC, which today remains one of the oldest conferences in as the “conference of champions,” the 12 schools owning 529 NCAA the nation. championships, over 200 more than any other conference. ALL-TIME CONFERENCE STANDINGS (Colorado did not belong to a 1899 Conference Overall 1906 Conference Overall 1911 Conference Overall conference or association its first W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp three years of football.) Colorado College 2 0 0 34 5 3 2 1 86 29 Colorado Mines 2 0 2 26 4 2 0 2 26 4 Colorado 4 0 0 59 2 6 0 0 88 5 Colorado 2 1 0 93 23 7 2 0 210 34 Colorado 1 1 2 6 6 2 3 4 28 32 Utah 3 1 1 84 15 5 1 1 200 15 Colorado Football Colorado Mines 1 2 0 55 47 2 3 0 60 53 Denver 2 2 0 17 23 2 3 0 17 47 Denver 2 1 1 58 12 5 2 1 81 22 Colorado State 0 2 0 5 112 1 2 1 22 117 Colorado College 1 2 1 16 15 3 2 2 27 19 Colorado College 2 2 0 31 26 4 3 0 94 66 Association Colorado State 1 2 1 4 21 1 2 1 4 21 Colorado Mines 1 4 0 27 46 2 5 0 53 51 (also known as the Colorado Colorado State 0 4 0 0 158 0 6 0 0 216 1900 Conference Overall Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp 1907 Conference Overall Colorado College 3 0 0 113 0 6 2 0 229 58 W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp 1912 Conference Overall 1893 Conference Overall Colorado Mines 2 1 0 38 39 4 3 0 89 60 Colorado Mines 4 0 0 88 4 5 1 0 175 20 W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Colorado 1 2 0 29 32 6 4 0 150 78 Colorado College 3 1 0 50 23 5 2 0 105 36 Colorado Mines 4 1 0 68 28 8 1 0 167 35 Colorado Mines 3 0 0 42 16 4 1 0 96 50 Colorado State 0 3 0 0 109 1 3 0 16 109 Colorado 2 2 0 50 32 5 3 0 127 64 Utah 3 1 0 127 6 5 1 1 153 16 Colorado 1 1 0 54 30 2 3 0 62 76 Denver 1 3 0 13 82 2 6 0 30 179 Colorado 2 2 0 16 52 6 3 0 147 81 Colorado State 1 2 0 22 62 2 4 0 110 164 Colorado State 0 4 0 17 77 0 4 0 17 77 Colorado State 2 2 0 35 40 3 2 0 68 40 Denver 0 2 0 6 16 1 2 0 30 16 1901 Conference Overall Denver 1 3 0 33 93 2 6 1 87 130 W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Colorado College 1 4 0 30 90 5 4 0 122 113 Colorado 2 0 0 34 2 5 1 1 56 31 1908 Conference Overall 1894 Conference Overall Colorado College 2 1 0 30 16 5 1 0 82 16 W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Colorado Mines 1 2 0 16 35 1 4 0 16 56 Colorado 3 1 0 47 14 5 2 0 96 35 1913 Conference Overall Colorado 5 0 0 198 4 8 1 0 288 32 Colorado State 0 2 0 0 27 1 2 0 56 32 Denver 3 1 0 49 14 7 1 0 152 37 W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Colorado Mines 1 2 0 10 38 1 2 0 10 38 (CU accused CSU of having a professional; Colorado College 2 1 0 26 18 6 1 0 93 22 Colorado 3 0 1 66 19 5 1 1 82 33 Denver 1 3 0 12 103 1 3 0 12 103 game was not played.) Colorado State 0 2 0 0 25 1 3 0 30 58 Colorado Mines 4 1 0 87 47 5 1 0 127 47 Colorado College 0 1 0 0 8 1 2 0 30 22 Colorado Mines 0 3 0 4 55 2 3 0 42 59 Colorado State 1 2 0 34 36 3 2 0 115 43 Colorado State 0 1 0 0 67 0 1 0 0 67 Colorado College 1 2 1 40 26 5 2 1 226 33 1902 Conference Overall Utah 1 2 0 19 43 2 4 1 129 103 W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Colorado Faculty Denver 0 3 0 15 90 2 5 0 47 140 1895 Conference Overall Colorado 4 0 0 75 12 5 1 0 87 22 W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Colorado Mines 2 1 1 33 39 4 1 2 89 44 Athletic Conference Colorado 3 0 0 80 10 5 1 0 158 32 Colorado College 2 2 0 41 35 3 4 0 58 65 1914 Conference Overall Colorado Mines 1 1 0 40 14 1 1 0 40 14 Denver 1 3 0 16 45 3 4 1 34 60 1909 Conference Overall W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Denver 0 1 1 4 32 0 3 2 12 64 Colorado State 0 3 1 23 57 1 3 2 47 62 W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Colorado Mines 4 0 1 63 15 5 0 1 88 15 Colorado College 0 2 1 14 82 1 2 1 32 80 Colorado 3 0 0 82 0 6 0 0 141 0 Colorado 4 1 0 84 19 5 1 0 111 22 Colorado College 2 2 0 59 48 5 2 0 172 53 Colorado College 3 1 1 145 44 4 1 1 182 44 1903 Conference Overall Colorado State 0 2 0 6 88 1 2 0 38 91 Colorado State 2 3 0 79 89 3 4 0 127 106 1896 Conference Overall W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp *Denver 2 0 0 54 6 7 2 0 177 31 Utah 1 3 0 33 94 3 3 0 96 108 W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Colorado 4 0 0 63 6 8 2 0 197 54 *Colorado Mines 0 3 0 4 63 3 3 0 61 77 Denver 0 4 0 13 104 5 4 0 166 115 Colorado 2 0 0 80 0 5 0 0 171 6 Colorado State 3 1 0 34 18 5 1 0 67 24 (*—ineligible for conference title) *Utah State 0 2 0 9 61 2 5 0 56 208 Colorado Mines 1 1 0 18 32 1 2 0 18 38 Colorado Mines 2 2 0 52 38 3 4 0 168 78 Colorado College 0 2 0 2 68 3 4 0 50 106 Colorado College 1 3 0 22 55 4 5 0 135 124 Denver 0 4 0 12 66 6 7 0 164 111 Rocky Mountain 1915 Conference Overall Athletic Conference W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp 1897 Conference Overall Colorado State 6 0 0 195 31 7 0 0 243 31 W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp 1904 Conference Overall (also known as the Rocky Mountain Colorado College 3 2 0 108 37 6 2 0 259 43 Colorado 2 0 0 44 2 7 1 0 188 10 W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Faculty Athletic Conference; *—ineligible Colorado Mines 3 2 0 37 51 4 2 0 56 51 Colorado Mines 1 1 0 32 36 2 2 0 42 46 Colorado Mines 3 0 1 81 20 3 0 1 81 20 for conference title) Utah 3 2 0 72 51 5 2 0 162 71 Colorado College 0 2 0 0 38 3 5 0 89 82 Colorado 3 1 0 136 13 6 2 1 187 58 Denver 1 3 0 10 72 4 3 0 103 82 Denver 2 2 0 38 78 2 5 0 44 105 Colorado 0 5 0 15 122 1 6 0 45 168 Colorado College 1 2 1 16 41 6 3 1 85 89 1910 Conference Overall *Utah State 0 2 0 0 73 3 4 0 56 99 W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Conference Overall Colorado State 0 4 0 0 119 0 4 1 6 125 1898 Colorado College 4 0 0 59 22 7 0 0 120 30 W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Colorado 3 0 0 74 0 6 0 0 119 3 Colorado Mines 2 0 0 18 2 8 0 0 217 4 Denver 2 2 0 44 32 4 3 1 72 65 Colorado College 1 1 0 24 6 5 1 1 129 6 1905 Utah 2 2 0 43 32 4 2 0 70 44 Colorado 0 2 0 0 34 4 4 0 150 73 No conference play (rules/membership disputes).