Colorado State University is a public land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States. It is the flagship university of the Colorado State University System. Colorado State University is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". It was founded in 1870 as Colorado Agricultural College and assumed its current name in 1957.
Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium was an outdoor college football stadium in the western United States, located in Fort Collins, Colorado. It was the home field of the Colorado State Rams of the Mountain West Conference from 1968 through 2016; the team moved in 2017 to the new on-campus Colorado State Stadium.
The Rocky Mountain Showdown is the name given to the Colorado–Colorado State football rivalry. It is an American college football intrastate rivalry between the University of Colorado Buffaloes and the Colorado State University Rams; the winner of the game receives the Centennial Cup. It began in 1893 and was played annually from 1899 to 1958, except for 1901, 1905, and 1943–44. It was revived in 1983 and played periodically until it became an annual rivalry once again from 1995 to 2019.
The Colorado State Rams are the athletic teams that represent Colorado State University (CSU). Colorado State's athletic teams compete along with 8 other institutions in the Mountain West Conference, which is an NCAA Division I conference and sponsors Division I FBS football. The Conference was formed in 1999, splitting from the former 16-member Western Athletic Conference. CSU has won nine MWC tournament championships and won or shared 11 regular season titles. Rams football teams won or shared the Mountain West title in 1999, 2000 and 2002.
Harry Walker Hughes was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, baseball, and track, and college athletics administrator. From 1911 to 1941, he served as the head football coach and athletic director at the Agricultural College of Colorado, renamed Colorado A&M in 1935 and now known as Colorado State University, compiling a record of 126–96–18.
James William Kaylor IV is a former American football punter who played at Colorado State University from 2004 to 2007. He ranked fourth nationally in punting average in 2005 and was named to the Sophomore All-America Team and the All-Mountain West Conference team. He also received a Coca-Cola Community All-American Award in 2007. He punted for over 7,500 yards during his career at Colorado State and ranks second in school history with an average of 44.0 yards per punt.
The Colorado State Rams football program represents Colorado State University and is a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Mountain West Conference. The Rams have long-standing rivalries with Colorado, Wyoming, and Air Force. The team is currently led by head coach Jay Norvell, who was hired in December 2021.
The 2012 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rams were led by first year head coach Jim McElwain and played their home games at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for sixth place.
Canvas Stadium, officially Sonny Lubick Field at Canvas Stadium, is an outdoor college football stadium in the western United States, located on the campus of Colorado State University (CSU) in Fort Collins, Colorado.
The 1960 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the Skyline Conference during the 1960 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Don Mullison, the Rams compiled a 2–8 record, finished last in the Skyline Conference, and were outscored by opponents by a total of 240 to 92.
The 1961 Colorado State Rams football team was an American football team that represented Colorado State University in the Skyline Conference during the 1961 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Don "Tuffy" Mullison, the Rams compiled a 0–10 record, finished last in the Skyline Conference, and were outscored by a total of 249 to 74.
The 1962 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University as an independent during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Mike Lude, the Rams lost all ten games and were outscored 269 to 66. The winless season extended the program's losing streak to 26 games, dating back to October 1960. The streak was broken with a win in the 1963 season opener.
The 1970 Colorado State Rams football team was an American football team that represented Colorado State University in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In its first season under head coach Jerry Wampfler, the team compiled a 4–7 record and was outscored by a total of 256 to 206.
The 1977 Colorado State Rams football team was an American football team that represented Colorado State University in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In its fifth season under head coach Sark Arslanian, the team compiled a 9–2–1 record.
The 1967 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University as an independent during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. In their sixth season under head coach Mike Lude, the Rams compiled a 4–5–1 record.
The 1974 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. In their second season under head coach Sark Arslanian, the Rams compiled a 4–6–1 record.
The 2021 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rams were led by second–year head coach Steve Addazio and played their home games at Sonny Lubick Field at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado, as members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference.
David Michael Roddy is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Colorado State Rams.
The 2022 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University as a member of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference (MW) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Jay Norvell, the Rams compiled an overall record of 3–9 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing fifth in the MW's Mountain Division. Colorado State played home games at Sonny Lubick Field at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado,
The 2021–22 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team represented Colorado State University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rams, led by tenth year head coach Ryun Williams, played their home games at Moby Arena, and are members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 9–9 in Mountain West play to finish in 6th place in the conference. The Rams advanced to the championship game of the Mountain West women's basketball tournament, beating 11 seed San Jose State, and upsetting 3 seed Wyoming and 2 seed New Mexico, before falling short to 1 seed UNLV 75–65 in the championship. The Rams earned an invite to the 2022 WNIT, where they fell to Portland in the 1st round, 72–63.
