The Bronze Boot Trophy Winners

Last Modified Nov 28, 2024 04:35 GMT
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Wyoming with the Bronze Boot. Image Credits: Getty Images

The Bronze Boot trophy is presented to the winners of the Colorado State-Wyoming rivalry game, also called the Border War. The Colorado State Rams and the Wyoming Cowboys represent the Colorado State University and the University of Wyoming, respectively, and compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and the Mountain West Conference. Both Wyoming and Colorado State have faced off 116 times, as of November 2024.

What is the rivalry between the Colorado State Rams and the Wyoming Cowboys called?

The rivalry between the Colorado State Rams and the Wyoming Cowboys is called Border War and the teams play to get their hands on the Bronze Boot Trophy.

The Bronze Boot is a traveling trophy introduced by the ROTC detachments of both colleges in 1968. This is a size-8 boot worn by Captain Dan J. Romero, the CSU ROTC throughout his service period during the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1967. The trophy is encased in bronze and mounted on a wooden base and has been presented to the winners of the Colorado State-Wyoming rivalry every year since 1968. The members of both, the Colorado State and Wyoming ROTC detachments run a part on U.S. Highway 287 and then meet at the border of the two states to exchange the ball. There, the ROTC department of the home team receives the ball and runs it to the stadium thereby hosting the game. Moreover, the winning team also hoists and parades the Bronze Boot every year around the field which symbolizes the football programs of the two colleges and their ROTC programs.

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The Bronze Boot Trophy Winners Year by Year

The Colorado State Rams and the Wyoming Cowboys have faced off against each other 116 times, as of November 2024. The two teams first encountered each other on November 30, 1899, when Colorado State (then Colorado Agricultural) defeated Wyoming 12-0. However, Wyoming obtained their first victory of the rivalry on November 24, 1910, by defeating Colorado State (Colorado Agricultural), 10-0. Notably, Wyoming became the first winner of the Bronze Boot trophy when it defeated Colorado State 46-14 on November 2, 1968. Colorado State won the trophy for the first time on November 2, 1974, by defeating Wyoming 11-6. As of 2024, Colorado State is leading the rivalry against its opponents with a 60-51-5 record.

However, the two teams will face off for the final time in 2025 as Colorado State will leave the Mountain West Conference to join the Pac-12 Conference in July 2026, as per the University of Wyoming's official website. This means the rivalry between these two teams will not take place in 2026 and 2027. It will resume again in 2028 and will continue through 2035 as both these colleges have agreed to face off in the rivalry every year from 2038 to 2035. The following table shows all the winners of the Bronze Boot trophy every year since 1968 as well as the scores of the rivalries till present -

No.DateLocation Winning Team Score Losing team Score
1November 30, 1899LaramieColorado Agricultural12Wyoming0
2November 24, 1900Fort CollinsColorado Agricultural16Wyoming0
3November 14, 1903Fort CollinsColorado Agricultural17Wyoming0
4November 24, 1904LaramieTie6Tie6
5November 25, 1905Fort CollinsColorado Agricultural34Wyoming5
6November 14, 1908LaramieColorado Agricultural20Wyoming0
7October 16, 1909Fort CollinsColorado Agricultural32Wyoming3
8November 24, 1910LaramieWyoming10Colorado Agricultural0
9November 30, 1911Fort CollinsWyoming27Colorado Agricultural0
10November 28, 1912LaramieColorado Agricultural33Wyoming0
11November 27, 1913Fort CollinsColorado Agricultural61Wyoming0
12October 24, 1914LaramieColorado Agricultural48Wyoming10
13November 6, 1915LaramieColorado Agricultural48Wyoming0
14September 30, 1916Fort CollinsColorado Agricultural40Wyoming0
15October 6, 1917LaramieWyoming6Colorado Agricultural0
16September 27, 1919LaramieColorado Agricultural28Wyoming0
17October 4, 1919Fort CollinsColorado Agricultural14Wyoming0
18October 2, 1920LaramieColorado Agricultural13Wyoming0
19October 16, 1920Fort CollinsColorado Agricultural42Wyoming0
20October 1, 1921Fort CollinsTie7Tie7
21October 14, 1922LaramieColorado Agricultural60Wyoming0
22September 29, 1923Fort CollinsColorado Agricultural33Wyoming0
23November 26, 1925Fort CollinsColorado Agricultural40Wyoming0
24October 4, 1929LaramieColorado Agricultural20Wyoming7
25November 8, 1930Fort CollinsWyoming21Colorado Agricultural6
26November 7, 1931LaramieColorado Agricultural26Wyoming6
27November 24, 1932Fort CollinsColorado Agricultural23Wyoming0
28September 30, 1933LaramieColorado Agricultural7Wyoming0
29November 3, 1934Fort CollinsColorado Agricultural16Wyoming0
30September 28, 1935LaramieColorado A&M12Wyoming3
31October 17, 1936LaramieTie0Tie0
32October 16, 1937Fort CollinsWyoming7Colorado A&M0
33October 1, 1938Fort CollinsTie0Tie0
34November 4, 1939Fort CollinsColorado A&M22Wyoming0
35October 5, 1940LaramieTie0Tie0
36October 4, 1941Fort CollinsColorado A&M27Wyoming0
37September 26, 1942Fort CollinsColorado A&M10Wyoming0
38October 5, 1946LaramieColorado A&M7Wyoming0
39November 22, 1947Fort CollinsColorado A&M21Wyoming6
40October 16, 1948LaramieColorado A&M21Wyoming20
41October 1, 1949Fort CollinsWyoming8Colorado A&M0
42October 7, 1950LaramieWyoming34Colorado A&M0
43October 13, 1951Fort CollinsColorado A&M14Wyoming7
44October 11, 1952LaramieColorado A&M14Wyoming0
45October 10, 1953LaramieWyoming21Colorado A&M14
46October 9, 1954Fort CollinsWyoming34Colorado A&M0
47October 8, 1955LaramieColorado A&M14Wyoming13
48October 6, 1956Fort CollinsWyoming20Colorado A&M12
49October 12, 1957LaramieWyoming27Colorado State13
50October 18, 1958Fort CollinsWyoming7Colorado State6
51October 10, 1959LaramieWyoming29Colorado State0
52October 15, 1960Fort CollinsWyoming40Colorado State8
53October 14, 1961LaramieWyoming18Colorado State7
54October 27, 1962Fort CollinsWyoming28Colorado State7
55October 12, 1963LaramieWyoming21Colorado State3
56September 19, 1964LaramieWyoming31Colorado State7
57September 25, 1965Fort CollinsWyoming33Colorado State14
58October 29, 1966Fort CollinsColorado State12#10 Wyoming10
59September 30, 1967LaramieWyoming13Colorado State10
60November 2, 1968Fort CollinsWyoming46Colorado State14
61October 4, 1969Laramie#19 Wyoming39Colorado State3
62October 10, 1970Fort CollinsWyoming16Colorado State6
63October 2, 1971LaramieWyoming17Colorado State6
64October 14, 1972Fort CollinsWyoming28Colorado State9
65October 20, 1973LaramieWyoming35Colorado State3
66November 2, 1974Fort CollinsColorado State11Wyoming6
67October 4, 1975LaramieColorado State3Wyoming0
68October 30, 1976Fort CollinsColorado State19Wyoming16
69October 29, 1977LaramieWyoming29Colorado State13
70October 28, 1978Fort CollinsWyoming13Colorado State3
71September 29, 1979LaramieColorado State20Wyoming16
72November 1, 1980Fort CollinsColorado State28Wyoming25
73October 31, 1981LaramieWyoming55Colorado State21
74September 11, 1982Fort CollinsColorado State9Wyoming3
75November 19, 1983LaramieWyoming42Colorado State17
76October 27, 1984Fort CollinsWyoming43Colorado State34
77October 26, 1985LaramieColorado State30Wyoming19
78October 25, 1986Fort CollinsColorado State20Wyoming15
79October 31, 1987LaramieWyoming20Colorado State15
80October 29, 1988Fort Collins#10 Wyoming48Colorado State14
81November 4, 1989LaramieWyoming56Colorado State35
82November 3, 1990Fort CollinsColorado State17#19 Wyoming8
83October 26, 1991LaramieWyoming35Colorado State28
84October 24, 1992Fort CollinsWyoming31Colorado State14
85November 20, 1993LaramieColorado State41Wyoming21
86November 5, 1994Fort Collins#14 Colorado State35Wyoming24
87October 28, 1995LaramieColorado State31Wyoming24
88November 16, 1996Fort Collins#23 Wyoming25Colorado State24
89October 18, 1997LaramieColorado State14Wyoming7
90November 7, 1998Fort CollinsWyoming27Colorado State19
91October 23, 1999LaramieColorado State24Wyoming13
92November 16, 2000Fort CollinsColorado State37Wyoming13
93September 29, 2001LaramieColorado State42Wyoming14
94October 12, 2002Fort CollinsColorado State44Wyoming36
95November 1, 2003LaramieWyoming35Colorado State28
96October 22, 2004Fort CollinsColorado State30Wyoming7
97October 22, 2005Fort CollinsColorado State39Wyoming31
98October 21, 2006LaramieWyoming24Colorado State0
99November 23, 2007Fort CollinsColorado State36Wyoming28
100November 22, 2008LaramieColorado State31Wyoming20
101November 27, 2009Fort CollinsWyoming17Colorado State16
102November 20, 2010LaramieWyoming44Colorado State0
103December 3, 2011Fort CollinsWyoming22Colorado State19
104November 3, 2012LaramieWyoming45Colorado State31
105October 19, 2013LaramieColorado State52Wyoming22
106October 25, 2014Fort CollinsColorado State45Wyoming31
107November 7, 2015LaramieColorado State26Wyoming7
108October 1, 2016Fort CollinsWyoming38Colorado State17
109November 4, 2017LaramieWyoming16Colorado State13
110October 26, 2018Fort CollinsWyoming34Colorado State21
111November 22, 2019LaramieWyoming17Colorado State7
112November 5, 2020Fort CollinsColorado State34Wyoming24
113November 6, 2021LaramieWyoming31Colorado State17
114November 12, 2022Fort CollinsWyoming14Colorado State13
115November 3, 2023LaramieWyoming24Colorado State15
116November 15, 2024Fort CollinsColorado State24Wyoming10

FAQs on The Bronze Boot Trophy Winners

A. The Bronze Boot trophy is presented to the winners of the Colorado State-Wyoming rivalries in sports like college football.

A. The Colorado State Rams are the rivals of the Wyoming Cowboys in college football.

A. The Bronze boot came from Captain Dan J. Romero, the CSU ROTC instructor. It was born by him during the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1967.

A. Colorado State football team is called Colorado State Rams.


A. Colorado State Rams is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States.

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