Colorado State Rams football
Season Coach Bowl Opponent Result
1949 Bob Davis Raisin Bowl Occidental L 20-21
1990 Earle Bruce Freedom Bowl Oregon W 32-31
1994 Sonny Lubick Holiday Bowl Michigan L 14-24
1995 Sonny Lubick Holiday Bowl Kansas State L 21-54
1997 Sonny Lubick Holiday Bowl Missouri W 35-24
1999 Sonny Lubick Liberty Bowl Southern Miss L 17-23
2000 Sonny Lubick Liberty Bowl Louisville W 22-17
2001 Sonny Lubick New Orleans Bowl North Texas W 45-20
2002 Sonny Lubick Liberty Bowl TCU L 3-17
2003 Sonny Lubick San Francisco Bowl Boston College L 21-35
2005 Sonny Lubick Poinsettia Bowl Navy L 30-51
2008 Steve Fairchild New Mexico Bowl Fresno State W 40-35
2013 Jim McElwain New Mexico Bowl Washington State W 48-45
2014 Dave Baldwin ( interim ) Las Vegas Bowl Utah L 10-45
2015 Mike Bobo Arizona Bowl Nevada L 23-28
2016 Mike Bobo Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Idaho L 50-61
2017 Mike Bobo New Mexico Bowl Marshall L 28-31
Bowl games
Colorado State has played in seventeen bowl games . They have a bowl record of 6–11 .
The Colorado State Rams football program, established in 1893, represents Colorado State University and is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and Mountain West Conference. Rams football teams have had relative success over the years, including winning or sharing the Mountain West title in 1999, 2000 and 2002. The team's head coach role is vacant as of December 2019. The Rams completed a 49-season tenure at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium, located four miles west of the school's campus in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, in 2016. The university completed construction of Canvas Stadium, a new on-campus facility, in 2017. The first game at Canvas Stadium (then named Colorado State Stadium for only the 2017 season) was played on August 26, 2017, when the Rams defeated the Oregon State Beavers 58-27. The Rams have long-standing rivalries with Colorado, Wyoming, and Air Force.