July 08, 2021 | Football
Buffaloes Sign Contracts With Wyoming, SMU, North Texas and Oklahoma State
        BOULDER — The University of Colorado has added four football opponents – for a total of seven games – to its future football schedules, athletic director Rick George announced Thursday.
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        Wyoming fills a vacancy in 2025 that was created when a previously scheduled game against Missouri was moved to 2031, as the Tigers needed dates to rekindle their rivalry with Kansas. The Cowboys will visit Boulder on Saturday, Sept. 20 that season, the final non-conference game after CU hosts Georgia Tech on Aug. 30 and travels to play the University of Houston on Sept. 6. The schools have met just six times since 1947, when they were both members of the Mountain States Conference, and not since 2009; CU leads the series by a 24-2-1 count.
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        Next up is a home-and-home with Southern Methodist, as the Mustangs will visit Boulder on Aug. 31, 2030, with CU returning the game on Sept. 6, 2031 in Dallas.  The two schools, though just under 700 miles apart, will be meeting for the first time on the gridiron. The former will be the 2030 season opener, with the latter the second week of the 2031 campaign, following Missouri visiting Folsom Field the previous Saturday.
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        Another home-and-home series with a state of Texas school follows, both season openers in the 2032 and 2033 seasons. North Texas will play in Boulder on Sept. 4, 2032, with the Buffaloes returning the game on Sept. 3, 2033 in Denton, which is about 20 miles northwest of Dallas. The two have met one previous time, when CU defeated the Mean Green, 52-21, in 2004 in Boulder. CU is the latest Power 5 opponent UNT has scheduled into home-and-homes, as they have agreements with Baylor, Missouri and Texas Tech on the books.
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        The final two-game future series completed at this time is with longtime rival Oklahoma State from CU's days in the Big Eight and Big 12. The Buffaloes will play in Stillwater for the first time since 2009 when they visit on Sept. 13, 2036, with the Cowboys visiting Boulder for the first time since 2008 when they travel her on Sept. 12, 2037. The two last met in the 2016 Alamo Bowl, with OSU coming away with a 38-8 victory; Colorado still leads the series, 26-20-1.
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        With the Buffaloes annually recruiting in Texas, George and head coach Karl Dorrell both felt it was important to have more of a presence in the state when it came to scheduling games. School officials are exploring other future games in the state and region. The Buffaloes already had trips to TCU (in 2023) and the aforementioned to Houston (in 2025) on their future gridiron schedules.
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        Season tickets for the 2021 season are currently on sale, as are tickets for the Sept. 11 Texas A&M game in Denver (the latter through Ticketmaster here). Mini-plan packages are also on available, and single game tickets for the six home football games at Folsom Field are now available for purchase.  More information on purchasing football tickets can be found here.
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        CU also has a First Responders Ticket donation program available for Texas A&M where fans are encouraged to send local First Responders to the game for $25. Link is here: https://offer.fevo.com/military-appreciation-month-kvp9zdh-ffa3476?fevoUri=military-appreciation-month-kvp9zdh-ffa3476%2F.
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        CU's future schedules are essentially now complete through 2031, with the exception of one game needed in both 2029 and 2031:
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        Wyoming fills a vacancy in 2025 that was created when a previously scheduled game against Missouri was moved to 2031, as the Tigers needed dates to rekindle their rivalry with Kansas. The Cowboys will visit Boulder on Saturday, Sept. 20 that season, the final non-conference game after CU hosts Georgia Tech on Aug. 30 and travels to play the University of Houston on Sept. 6. The schools have met just six times since 1947, when they were both members of the Mountain States Conference, and not since 2009; CU leads the series by a 24-2-1 count.
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        Next up is a home-and-home with Southern Methodist, as the Mustangs will visit Boulder on Aug. 31, 2030, with CU returning the game on Sept. 6, 2031 in Dallas.  The two schools, though just under 700 miles apart, will be meeting for the first time on the gridiron. The former will be the 2030 season opener, with the latter the second week of the 2031 campaign, following Missouri visiting Folsom Field the previous Saturday.
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        Another home-and-home series with a state of Texas school follows, both season openers in the 2032 and 2033 seasons. North Texas will play in Boulder on Sept. 4, 2032, with the Buffaloes returning the game on Sept. 3, 2033 in Denton, which is about 20 miles northwest of Dallas. The two have met one previous time, when CU defeated the Mean Green, 52-21, in 2004 in Boulder. CU is the latest Power 5 opponent UNT has scheduled into home-and-homes, as they have agreements with Baylor, Missouri and Texas Tech on the books.
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        The final two-game future series completed at this time is with longtime rival Oklahoma State from CU's days in the Big Eight and Big 12. The Buffaloes will play in Stillwater for the first time since 2009 when they visit on Sept. 13, 2036, with the Cowboys visiting Boulder for the first time since 2008 when they travel her on Sept. 12, 2037. The two last met in the 2016 Alamo Bowl, with OSU coming away with a 38-8 victory; Colorado still leads the series, 26-20-1.
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        With the Buffaloes annually recruiting in Texas, George and head coach Karl Dorrell both felt it was important to have more of a presence in the state when it came to scheduling games. School officials are exploring other future games in the state and region. The Buffaloes already had trips to TCU (in 2023) and the aforementioned to Houston (in 2025) on their future gridiron schedules.
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        Season tickets for the 2021 season are currently on sale, as are tickets for the Sept. 11 Texas A&M game in Denver (the latter through Ticketmaster here). Mini-plan packages are also on available, and single game tickets for the six home football games at Folsom Field are now available for purchase.  More information on purchasing football tickets can be found here.
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        CU also has a First Responders Ticket donation program available for Texas A&M where fans are encouraged to send local First Responders to the game for $25. Link is here: https://offer.fevo.com/military-appreciation-month-kvp9zdh-ffa3476?fevoUri=military-appreciation-month-kvp9zdh-ffa3476%2F.
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        CU's future schedules are essentially now complete through 2031, with the exception of one game needed in both 2029 and 2031:
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Date   Opponent                Site
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