Gophers Add Colorado in 2012 & 2013

January 26, 2006 - The University of Minnesota has reached an agreement for future non-conference football games with the University of Colorado, Minnesota Director of Athletics Joel Maturi announced today. Minnesota will host Colorado in 2012 on Sept. 8. The Gophers will return the favor by traveling to Boulder, Colo., to face the Buffaloes in 2013 on Sept. 7. The 2012 game will mark the first time the two schools have met since Colorado defeated Minnesota 21-20 at the Metrodome in 1992. The Gophers and Buffaloes have played three times overall with the other two games coming in Minneapolis in 1972 and in Boulder in 1991.