November 2, 1968 – The inaugural CSU-Wyoming football game for the “Bronze Boot” was played in Fort Collins. Wyoming won the first encounter for the boot, 46-14.
November 3, 1951 – Colorado College All-American Earl “Dutch” Clark was selected in the inaugural College Football Hall of Fame class.
November 3, 1990 – Colorado’s Eric Bieniemy fumbled four times in the first three quarters but redeemed himself with four touchdowns in the fourth quarter to rally the Buffaloes to a 27-12 win.
November 3, 1990 – In Colorado Mesa’s 79-22 at Fort Lewis, two national records were set – Mesa’s Richie Hahn made 11 consecutive extra points, the most in a single game, and he kicked off 14 times, 12 returned by FLC’s Johnny Cox for 234 yards, the former also a national all-time best.
November 4, 1995 – Adams State’s Chris Perry caught ten passes for 255 yards and five touchdowns in the Indians’ 52-21 win over Colorado Mesa in Alamosa. Four scores came in the second quarter, covering 29, 57, 7, and 38 yards, a Division II record for TD receptions in a quarter.
November 4, 2000 – Colorado had 14 quarterback sacks at Missouri, the second-most in NCAA history in a 28-18 win over the Tigers.
November 6, 1937 – CU All-American Byron White single-handedly beats Utah 17-7 at Salt Lake City. He returned a punt 95 yards, scored on a 57-yard run, and kicked a field goal and two extra points, accounting for all of Buff’s points.
November 6, 1982 – Air Force won its first of 21 Commander-in-Chief trophies with a 27-9 win at Army.
November 6, 1982 – Nick Pannunzio and Herman Heard connected on a record-tying 99-yard touchdown pass in CSU Pueblo’s 33-24 win at Adams State.
November 7, 2009 – Fort Lewis’ Justin Johnson caught 19 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns in a 40-21 win over Western New Mexico in Durango
November 8, 1969 – In Air Force’s 38-13 win over Utah State at Falcon Stadium, Ernie Jennings caught seven passes for 175 yards and five touchdowns, tying the NCAA record in the latter.
November 10, 1984 – Fort Lewis won its first (and only) RMAC football title, finishing with a 7-0-1 league record after a season-ending 30-29 win at New Mexico Highlands.
November 10, 2001 – Cortlen Johnson became the first (and to date only) player in CU history to have 100 or more yards rushing and receiving in the same game in Colorado’s 40-27 win at Iowa State. He had 27 carries for 172 yards and six receptions for 105, with a touchdown in each variety.
November 11, 1989 – The longest head coaching run in college football in the state ends, as Colorado College’s Gerry Carle coached his final game after 33 seasons coaching the Tigers. He coached 292 games from 1957 through 1989, with a 137-150-5 record.
November 12, 1977 – It was the last home game – and second to last overall – for Air Force head coach Ben Martin. The Falcons won his final home game, 34-28 over Vanderbilt.
November 13, 1971 – Colorado’s Charlie Davis sets the school’s all-time single game rushing 342 yards on 34 carries in a 40-6 win over Oklahoma State.
November 15, 1975 – Freshman Ray Overstreet rushed for 303 yards and seven touchdowns in a 78-7 win for Adams State over Colorado Mesa in Grand Junction. The seven TDs, one short of the NAIA record, covered distances of 3, 2, 4, 41, 12, 58 and 42 yards.
November 15, 1975 – Colorado State Clark Kemble made an NCAA-record 63-yard field in a 31-9 loss to Arizona in Fort Collins.
November 15, 1986 – In his final home game, Colorado State’s Steve Bartalo rushed for 150 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Rams to a 32-27 win over New Mexico.
November 15, 2008 – After 126 seasons of intercollegiate football, Colorado College played its final game, a 20-7 loss at the Centre Colonels in Danville, Ky.
November 18, 1961 – Colorado clinched a tie for the Big Eight Conference title by defeating Nebraska 7-0 in Lincoln.
November 18, 1989 – The Pueblo Crusaders won the semi-pro football championship with a 21-14 win over the Colorado Springs Spirit at Dutch Clark Stadium.
November 19, 1994 – A “trifecta” of news as Colorado defeated Iowa State 41-20. Rashaan Salaam rushes for 259 yards to push him over 2,000 for the season. Kordell Stewart became the all-time leader in total offense for the Big Eight Conference, and Bill McCartney announced after the game that he was resigning after 13 years as CU’s head coach.
November 19, 1994 – Colorado State earned its first Western Athletic Conference since joining the league in 1968 with a 44-42 win at Fresno State.
November 20, 1982 – Air Force defeated Notre Dame 30-17 for its first win over the Irish.
November 22, 1941 – The longest-tenured head football coach in state history, Colorado A&M’s Harry Hughes, apparently had coached his final game in a 22-7 win at BYU. He returned briefly on an interim basis to finish off the 1946 season. Hughes compiled a 126-96-18 record (.563) in 31-plus seasons at the program’s reins, winning eight RMAC titles.
November 22, 1958 – It wasn’t known then, but CSU’s 15-14 win over CU in Boulder would be the last meeting between the two until 1983.
November 23, 1968 – The Air Force had an offensive explosion, defeating Colorado 58-35 in Boulder. AFA amassed 530 yards on offense and had a turnover-free game, with Ernie Jennings rushing for 124 yards and two touchdowns, with Jim DeOrio adding 115 and three scores.
November 23, 2001 – Nebraska rolled into Folsom Field ranked first in the BCS Standings and 9½-point favorites, but the Buffaloes posted a 62-36 win. Chris Brown scored six touchdowns.
November 23, 2007 – Though it wasn’t known at the time, but Sonny Lubick won his last game as head coach at Colorado State, a 36-28 verdict over Wyoming at Hughes Stadium.
November 24, 1888 – The first intercollegiate football game between schools less than 20 miles apart in the state was played in Golden, with Colorado Mines defeating Denver, 6-4.
November 24, 1892 – One of the state’s oldest high school football rivalries is born, when Pueblo Central defeated Pueblo Centennial, 4-0.
November 24, 1910 – Colorado College won the first-ever Rocky Mountain (Faculty) Athletic Conference title by defeating DU 6-5 in a Thanksgiving Day game before 10,000 fans in the Mile High City.
November 24, 1960 – This Thanksgiving Day game marked the end of DU football as the Pioneers won the last game in program history, 21-12, over Colorado State.
November 24, 1962 – Bud Davis coached the Buffaloes to a 34-10 upset over Air Force in Boulder in his final game as CU’s interim head coach.
November 25, 1926 – The first college football game in the state is broadcast on radio, once again on KOA, which selected the annual CU-DU Thanksgiving Day clash at DU Stadium. The station remained off-the-air from the previous night until the 2 p.m. kickoff; Denver won the game, 20-9.
November 26, 2016 – Colorado clinches the Pac-12 South Division with a 27-22 win over No. 21 Utah.
November 29, 1906 – A tradition in the state begins with Thanksgiving Day games with two colleges playing, Colorado Mines and Colorado; the first ended in a 0-0 tie.
November 29, 1997 – Arvada West won its first state football championship since 1972 with a 21-14 win over Bear Creek. It was Dave Logan’s first of 11 state titles at four different high schools.
November 30, 1882 – Colorado College was the first college to field a football team, and it won its first game, 10-8, over the Sigafus Hose Company, a team of volunteer firemen, in Colorado Springs.
November 30, 1985 – In one of the greatest upsets in Colorado high school football, Lakewood, with 27 players on its roster, manhandled heavily favored Cherry Creek, 47-8, in the 4A championship game.
