# Air Force–Colorado State football rivalry

The Air Force–Colorado State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry in Colorado between the U.S. Air Force Academy Falcons and Colorado State University Rams. The Ram–Falcon Trophy is awarded to the winner of the game.

## Ram–Falcon Trophy

The origin of the Ram–Falcon Trophy is traced back to Shelly Godkin, a former ROTC commander at Colorado State. The trophy was carved by local Fort Collins artist, Bill Wrage, who donated several artistic works to Colorado State University. It was first awarded in 1980, when formerly independent Air Force joined Colorado State in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC); CSU won 21–9 on September 6. Both teams moved to the new Mountain West Conference in 1999; Air Force leads the trophy series 28–16 (.636).

## Series results

Rankings are from the AP Poll.
| Air Force victories | Colorado State victories | Tie games |
| No. | Date | Location | Winner | Score |
| 1 | November 30, 1957 | Denver | Colorado State | 20–7 |
| 2 | October 11, 1958 | Denver | Air Force | 36–6 |
| 3 | September 24, 1960 | Denver | Air Force | 32–8 |
| 4 | November 4, 1961 | Denver | Air Force | 14–9 |
| 5 | September 22, 1962 | Colorado Springs | Air Force | 34–0 |
| 6 | September 28, 1963 | Colorado Springs | Air Force | 69–0 |
| 7 | October 3, 1964 | Colorado Springs | Air Force | 14–6 |
| 8 | October 22, 1966 | Colorado Springs | Colorado State | 41–21 |
| 9 | October 28, 1967 | Colorado Springs | Tie | 17–17 |
| 10 | October 19, 1968 | Fort Collins | Air Force | 31–0 |
| 11 | October 25, 1969 | Colorado Springs | #20 Air Force | 28–7 |
| 12 | October 3, 1970 | Colorado Springs | #10 Air Force | 37–22 |
| 13 | October 23, 1971 | Fort Collins | #20 Air Force | 37–22 |
| 14 | October 7, 1972 | Fort Collins | #19 Air Force | 52–13 |
| 15 | October 25, 1975 | Fort Collins | Colorado State | 47–10 |
| 16 | October 16, 1976 | Colorado Springs | Colorado State | 27–3 |
| 17 | October 14, 1978 | Colorado Springs | Colorado State | 31–13 |
| 18 | October 27, 1979 | Fort Collins | Colorado State | 20–6 |
| 19 | September 6, 1980 | Fort Collins | Colorado State | 21–9 |
| 20 | October 3, 1981 | Colorado Springs | Air Force | 28–14 |
| 21 | October 16, 1982 | Colorado Springs | Colorado State | 21–11 |
| 22 | September 3, 1983 | Fort Collins | Air Force | 34–13 |
| 23 | September 29, 1984 | Colorado Springs | Air Force | 52–10 |
| 24 | October 19, 1985 | Fort Collins | #10 Air Force | 35–19 |
| 25 | September 27, 1986 | Colorado Springs | Air Force | 24–7 |
| 26 | September 26, 1987 | Fort Collins | Air Force | 27–19 |
| 27 | September 3, 1988 | Fort Collins | Air Force | 29–23 |
| 28 | September 30, 1989 | Fort Collins | #24 Air Force | 46–21 |
| 29 | September 1, 1990 | Colorado Springs | Colorado State | 35–33 |
| 30 | September 7, 1991 | Fort Collins | Air Force | 31–26 |
| 31 | October 17, 1992 | Colorado Springs | Colorado State | 32–28 |
| 32 | September 11, 1993 | Fort Collins | Colorado State | 8–5 |
| No. | Date | Location | Winner | Score |
| 33 | September 3, 1994 | Colorado Springs | Colorado State | 34–21 |
| 34 | September 16, 1995 | Colorado Springs | Colorado State | 27–20 |
| 35 | November 2, 1996 | Colorado Springs | Colorado State | 42–41 |
| 36 | September 20, 1997 | Fort Collins | Air Force | 24–0 |
| 37 | September 17, 1998 | Colorado Springs | Air Force | 30–27 |
| 38 | November 18, 1999 | Fort Collins | Colorado State | 41–21 |
| 39 | November 11, 2000 | Colorado Springs | Air Force | 44–40 |
| 40 | November 8, 2001 | Fort Collins | Colorado State | 28–21 |
| 41 | October 31, 2002 | Colorado Springs | #24 Colorado State | 31–12 |
| 42 | October 16, 2003 | Fort Collins | Colorado State | 30–20 |
| 43 | November 20, 2004 | Colorado Springs | Air Force | 47–17 |
| 44 | September 29, 2005 | Fort Collins | Colorado State | 41–23 |
| 45 | October 12, 2006 | Colorado Springs | Air Force | 24–21 |
| 46 | October 13, 2007 | Fort Collins | Air Force | 45–21 |
| 47 | November 8, 2008 | Colorado Springs | Air Force | 38–17 |
| 48 | October 31, 2009 | Fort Collins | Air Force | 34–16 |
| 49 | October 9, 2010 | Colorado Springs | #25 Air Force | 49–27 |
| 50 | November 26, 2011 | Fort Collins | Air Force | 45–21 |
| 51 | September 29, 2012 | Colorado Springs | Air Force | 42–21 |
| 52 | November 30, 2013 | Fort Collins | Colorado State | 58–13 |
| 53 | November 28, 2014 | Colorado Springs | Air Force | 27–24 |
| 54 | October 17, 2015 | Fort Collins | Colorado State | 38–23 |
| 55 | November 12, 2016 | Colorado Springs | Air Force | 49–46 |
| 56 | October 28, 2017 | Fort Collins | Air Force | 45–28 |
| 57 | November 22, 2018 | Colorado Springs | Air Force | 27–19 |
| 58 | November 16, 2019 | Fort Collins | Air Force | 38–21 |
| 59 | November 13, 2021 | Fort Collins | Air Force | 35–21 |
| 60 | November 19, 2022 | Colorado Springs | Air Force | 24–12 |
| 61 | October 28, 2023 | Fort Collins | #19 Air Force | 30–13 |
| 62 | October 19, 2024 | Colorado Springs | Colorado State | 21–13 |
| Series: Air Force leads 39–22–1 |||||