The Colorado Buffaloes (0-1, Pac-12) haven’t gone south on Interstate 25 to Colorado Springs since 1974. A lot has changed since then. If you put the time-frame into reference, Queen Elizabeth II was twenty-two years post coronation when CU and Air Force last played at the Academy.
The last time CU squared off against AFA, 2019, turned into a nail-biting 30-23 OT loss for the Buffs on Folsom Field three years ago under then-new head coach Mel Tucker. Now fast-forward a few years and one CU coaching change and the Buffs are 18 point underdogs.
The Buffaloes and Falcons had a 10-year span of contests from 1964-74 in which CU dominated all but one of them— a 58-35 barn burner in 1968.