Bronze Boot

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Bronze Boot
Wyoming (20) Colorado St. (20)
1968 1969
1970 1971
1972 1973
1977 1978
1981 1983
1984 1987
1988 1989
1991 1992
1996 1998
2003 2006		 1974 1975
1976 1979
1980 1982
1985 1986
1990 1993
1994 1995
1997 1999
2000 2001
2002 2004
2005 2007

The Bronze Boot is awarded to each season's winner of the College football game between the Colorado State University and the University of Wyoming. The annual Wyoming-Colorado State football game has evolved into one of the most bitterly contested rivalries in college football. The teams have waged the "Border War" ninety-eight times since the schools began playing in 1899, playing every year except 1901, 1902, 1906, 1907, 1918, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1943, 1944, and 1945. In fact, this is one of the oldest interstate rivalries west of the Mississippi River, and the oldest west of the Missouri. The series is the oldest rivalry for both schools and the "Border War" has been played in three different centuries.

[edit] History of the trophy

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. Jeff Romero, Sr., a Colorado State graduate and Army ROTC instructor at CSU between 1967 and 1969. Each year leading up to the Wyoming-Colorado State game, the game ball is carried in a running shuttle relay by the ROTC detachment of the visiting team down US 287 to the Wyoming-Colorado state 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.

The series is currently tied at 20-20. Colorado State leads the all-time series between the two, 54-40-5.

[edit] Trophy game results

Wyoming victories are shaded ██ gold. Colorado State victories shaded in ██ green.

Date Site Winning team Losing team Series
November 2, 1968  Fort Collins  Wyoming  46  Colorado State       14  WYO 1-0
October 4, 1969 Laramie Wyoming 39 Colorado State 3 WYO 2-0
October 10, 1970 Fort Collins Wyoming 16 Colorado State 6 WYO 3-0
October 2, 1971 Laramie Wyoming 17 Colorado State 6 WYO 4-0
October 14, 1972 Fort Collins Wyoming 28 Colorado State 9 WYO 5-0
October 20, 1973 Laramie Wyoming 35 Colorado State 3 WYO 6-0
November 2, 1974 Fort Collins Colorado State       11 Wyoming 6 WYO 6-1
October 4, 1975 Laramie Colorado State 3 Wyoming 0 WYO 6-2
October 30, 1976 Fort Collins Colorado State 19 Wyoming 16 WYO 6-3
October 29, 1977 Laramie Wyoming 29 Colorado State 13 WYO 7-3
October 28, 1978 Fort Collins Wyoming 13 Colorado State 3 WYO 8-3
 September 29, 1979  Laramie Colorado State 20 Wyoming 16 WYO 8-4
November 1, 1980 Fort Collins Colorado State 28 Wyoming 25 WYO 8-5
October 31, 1981 Laramie Wyoming 55 Colorado State 21 WYO 9-5
September 11, 1982 Fort Collins Colorado State 9 Wyoming 3 WYO 9-6
November 19, 1983 Laramie Wyoming 42 Colorado State 17 WYO 10-6
October 27, 1984 Fort Collins Wyoming 43 Colorado State 34 WYO 11-6
October 26, 1985 Laramie Colorado State 30 Wyoming 19 WYO 11-7
October 25, 1986 Fort Collins Colorado State 20 Wyoming 15 WYO 11-8
October 31, 1987 Laramie Wyoming 20 Colorado State 15 WYO 12-8
October 29, 1988 Fort Collins Wyoming 48 Colorado State 14 WYO 13-8
November 4, 1989 Laramie Wyoming 56 Colorado State 35 WYO 14-8
November 3, 1990 Fort Collins Colorado State 17 Wyoming 8 WYO 14-9
October 26, 1991 Laramie Wyoming 35 Colorado State 28 WYO 15-9
October 24, 1992 Fort Collins Wyoming 31 Colorado State 14 WYO 16-9
November 20, 1993 Laramie Colorado State 41 Wyoming 21  WYO 16-10 
November 5, 1994 Fort Collins Colorado State 35 Wyoming 24 WYO 16-11
October 28, 1995 Laramie Colorado State 31 Wyoming 24 WYO 16-12
November 16, 1996 Fort Collins Wyoming 25 Colorado State 24 WYO 17-12
October 18, 1997 Laramie Colorado State 14 Wyoming 7 WYO 17-13
November 7, 1998 Fort Collins Wyoming 27 Colorado State 19 WYO 18-13
October 23, 1999 Laramie Colorado State 24 Wyoming 13 WYO 18-14
November 16, 2000 Fort Collins Colorado State 37 Wyoming 13 WYO 18-15
September 29, 2001 Laramie Colorado State 42 Wyoming 14 WYO 18-16
October 12, 2002 Fort Collins Colorado State 44 Wyoming 36 WYO 18-17
November 1, 2003 Laramie Wyoming 35 Colorado State 28 WYO 19-17
October 22, 2004 Fort Collins Colorado State 30 Wyoming 7 WYO 19-18
October 22, 2005 Fort Collins Colorado State 39 Wyoming 31 Tied 19-19
October 21, 2006 Laramie Wyoming 24 Colorado State 0 WYO 20-19
November 23, 2007 Fort Collins Colorado State 36 Wyoming 28 Tied 20-20

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