Border War (Colorado State–Wyoming rivalry)

Colorado State–Wyoming football rivalry
First meeting November 30, 1899
Colorado Agricultural 12, Wyoming 0
Latest meeting November 4, 2017
Wyoming 16, Colorado State 13
Next meeting 2018
Trophy Bronze Boot
Statistics
Meetings total 109
All-time series Colorado State leads, 58–46–5
Trophy series Wyoming leads, 26–24
Largest victory Colorado Agricultural, 61–0 (1913)
Longest win streak Wyoming, 10 (1956–65)
Current win streak Wyoming, 2 (2016–present)

The Border War is the name of a college rivalry between the athletic teams of Colorado State University and the University of Wyoming, the Colorado State Rams and Wyoming Cowboys and Cowgirls.

Background

Colorado State University is a public university in Fort Collins, Colorado, and the University of Wyoming is a public university in Laramie, Wyoming. The two campuses are around 65 miles apart via U.S. Route 287.[1]

Football

Bronze Boot

In 1968, the ROTC detachments of the respective schools initiated the Bronze Boot, a traveling trophy awarded to the winner of the “Border War” each year. The boot was worn in the Vietnam War by Cpt. Dan J. Romero, an Adams State College graduate and Army ROTC instructor at CSU between 1967 and 1969. Each year leading up to the Colorado State–Wyoming game, the game ball is carried in a running shuttle relay by the ROTC detachment of the visiting team along US 287 to the Colorado–Wyoming border, where the home team's ROTC detachment receives it and runs the game ball to the stadium hosting the game. The trophy is guarded by the ROTC unit of the past year's winning school during the game.

Series results

Colorado State victoriesWyoming victories
Bronze Boot trophy at the University of Wyoming in 2007.

Men's basketball

Border War
First meeting January 27, 1911[2]
Colorado State 19, Wyoming 17
Latest meeting March 1, 2017
Colorado State 78, Wyoming 76
Next meeting January 13, 2018 in Laramie
Statistics
Meetings total 223
All-time series Wyoming leads, 131–92
Largest victory Colorado State, 43–10 (February 28, 1925)[2]
Longest win streak Wyoming, 31 (1940–1951)[2]
Longest unbeaten streak Colorado State, 11 (1911–1916)[2]
Current win streak Colorado State, 2 (2017–present)[2]

The "Border War" between Colorado State and Wyoming also extends to men's basketball.[3] The ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia considers Colorado State to be Wyoming's "fiercest rival".[4] Wyoming has a 131–92 series lead over Colorado State as of January 7, 2015.[3][5]

Notable men's basketball games

  • January 27, 1951: Colorado State beat AP #20 ranked Wyoming 62–38.[6]
  • February 14, 1987: Wyoming won 81–78 in triple overtime. Wyoming's Reggie Fox made a tying three pointer to force the second overtime, and Turk Boyd also hit a three to force the third overtime. The ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia considers this the greatest Border War game of all time.[4]
  • January 23, 1988: Colorado State beat #17 Wyoming 54–49.[6]
  • March 11, 1988 (WAC Men's Basketball Tournament semifinal): #14 Wyoming beat Colorado State 60–58 and would eventually become tournament champions. With two seconds left and the game tied at 58, Eric Leckner caught a three-quarter-court-length inbounds pass at the top of the key, turned, and made a 19-foot buzzer-beating jumper falling down, to win the game for Wyoming.[7]
  • March 9, 2000: In both schools' first seasons in the Mountain West Conference, Wyoming beat Colorado State 74–68 in quarterfinal round of the inaugural MWC basketball tournament, held at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
  • March 13, 2003: In the quarterfinal round of the MWC Tournament, #6 seed Colorado State beat #3 Wyoming 74–71. Colorado State would go on to win the tournament and a berth in the NCAA Tournament.[8]
  • February 6, 2010: Colorado State won at Fort Collins over Wyoming, 80–64. In the days before the game, a Colorado State student's Facebook post proposing a "Cowboys vs. Indians" theme in which Colorado State fans would dress in Native American style. This post attracted backlash and discussion within campus, and the student deleted his post and apologized for it.[9]
  • March 6, 2013: Colorado State won at Laramie, 78–56. However, this game became controversial because Wyoming students chanted "alcoholic" at Colorado State coach Larry Eustachy, a recovering alcoholic.[10] At the game, fliers created by interns at the Wyoming athletics marketing office were distributed and made light of an infamous 2003 photo showing Eustachy, then the head coach at Iowa State, partying with University of Missouri students after the Missouri Tigers beat Iowa State.[11][12] Wyoming's athletic director apologized for the students' behavior.[12]

Men's basketball results

Rankings are from the AP Poll. Source for results:[2]

Colorado State victoriesWyoming victories

Women's basketball

The first women's basketball game between Colorado State and Wyoming was on January 29, 1975 in Laramie, with a 69–46 win for Colorado State.[14] As of January 7, 2015, the series is tied 45–45, after Colorado State beat Wyoming 58–55 for the Rams' first win at Laramie since 2002.[15][16]

Women's basketball results

Date Winning Team Losing Team Site Notes about game
January 30, 2016 Colorado State 63 Wyoming 42 Fort Collins
February 20, 2016 Colorado State 62 Wyoming 57 Laramie

See also

References

  1. "CSU offering discounted student tickets for Saturday's Border War". Colorado State Rams. October 31, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Wyoming Series Record vs. COLORADO STATE" (PDF), 2014 Wyoming Cowboy Men's Basketball Media Guide, University of Wyoming, pp. 87–88, 2014
  3. 1 2 "Border War: Pokes Visit Rams for Marquee MW Matchup". University of Wyoming. January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2015. ...the Cowboys own a 131–92 advantage in the all-time series with Rams.
  4. 1 2 ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: Ballantine. p. 514. ISBN 0345513924.
  5. "McManamen Shoots Wyoming Past Colorado State, 60–54". University of Wyoming. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Rams vs. Ranked Opponents (AP)" (PDF), Colorado State Rams 2014–15 Men's Basketball Media Guide, Colorado State University, p. 132, 2014
  7. Holbreich, Curt (March 12, 1988). "WAC Basketball Tournament Roundup : Leckner's Shot Saves Wyoming at the Buzzer". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  8. "2003 Men's Basketball Review". Colorado State Rams. Archived from the original on May 1, 2003. Boxscore
  9. Whaley, Monte (February 5, 2010). "Push for American Indian garb at CSU game draws fire". Denver Post. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  10. Frederickson, Ben (March 7, 2013). "'Alcoholic' chants toward Colorado State's Eustachy crossed the line". Casper Star Tribune. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  11. Witosky, Tom (April 28, 2003). "Eustachy's party behavior called 'poor judgment'". Des Moines Register. Archived from the original on December 26, 2004. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  12. 1 2 "Wyoming officials apologize to Eustachy for students' 'alcoholic' taunt". The Coloradoan. March 8, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  13. 1 2 Wyoming 2014 media guide, p. 160.
  14. http://issuu.com/csurams/docs/fullguide_7d9e93cdb6d003/91?e=1681024/10056874
  15. "Game notes: CSU travels north to challenge Wyoming in Border War". Colorado State University. January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  16. "Women's basketball recap: CSU snaps 13-year streak at Wyoming". Colorado State University. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
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