CU, Air Force Resume Football Rivalry In 2020, 2022 - CUBuffs.com
BOULDER — The last time the University of Colorado and the Air Force Academy met on the gridiron, The Godfather Part II was still two months away from premiering in theatres. But on Wednesday, CU athletic director Rick George and his Air Force counterpart Jim Knowlton jointly announced that the two schools, located just 84 miles apart, will resume their football rivalry with a home-and-home series set for the years... 12, 2020, with the Buffaloes returning the game on Sept. it will be the second game of those seasons for both schools. Colorado leads the all-time series by a 12-4 count, with seven of the games being decided by 10 points or less. The series has had many interesting twists, from AFA winning the first encounter at the end of the 1958 season that led to a change in CU head coaches. the ’62 game where CU defeated a heavily favored Falcon team to send coach Bud Davis out with a win. and a 49-19 CU win at the Academy in 1970 when the Falcons were ranked 10th in the nation having already accepted a bid to the Sugar Bowl. “Nearly two generations have come and gone since we last played Air Force in football, and I’ve often heard from fans that they’d like to see them back on our schedule. Source: www.cubuffs.com
