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1993: Lubick era
Sonny Lubick began his fifteen-season CSU head-coaching tenure in 1993.
Checked 2026-10-26 · Sources: Colorado State History — official source
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1994: Conference success
Lubick’s Rams began a run of six conference titles in nine seasons.
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2007: Coaching tenure ends
Lubick’s CSU head-coaching tenure concluded after the 2007 season.
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2016: Field naming gift
A 2016 gift supported the Sonny Lubick Field name.
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2017: Campus return
The new stadium returned football to campus after fifty years.
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2018: Naming agreement
CSU announced a Canvas Credit Union agreement in April 2018.
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2018: Canvas name
The stadium was officially renamed June 5, 2018.
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1892–93: Student football beginnings
Students organized a Colorado Agricultural College football team in December 1892, and the first games followed in 1893. The school’s historical account places those early games off campus, within sight of Old Main. This was the beginning of the program later known as the Colorado State Rams.
Checked 2026-11-03 · Sources: Memorable Moments: 130 Years of CSU Football, Part I - Colorado State Athletics
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1915–16: Early conference champions
Harry Hughes took over the football program in 1911. His Aggies became conference champions in 1915 with an unbeaten, untied season, then followed with another title and a 6–0–1 record in 1916. The school’s account describes this as an early turning point for the program.
Checked 2026-11-03 · Sources: Memorable Moments: 130 Years of CSU Football, Part I - Colorado State Athletics
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1943–44: A wartime interruption
Colorado State’s historical account records that no football team was fielded in 1943 or 1944 during World War II. The interruption came after the Hughes coaching era and during the tenure of his successor, Julius “Hans” Wagner.
Checked 2026-11-03 · Sources: Memorable Moments: 130 Years of CSU Football, Part I - Colorado State Athletics
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1948–49: The first bowl team
Bob Davis’s 1948 Colorado A&M team earned the program’s first bowl invitation. The Aggies faced Occidental in Fresno’s Raisin Bowl on January 1, 1949, losing 21–20. The school’s retrospective describes a team and campus in transition, with both Aggies and Rams used as nicknames.
Checked 2026-11-03 · Sources: Memorable Moments: Remembering the Raisin Bowl Aggies - Colorado State Athletics
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1870 and 1957: The university behind the Rams
Colorado’s territorial governor signed legislation establishing a Morrill Act college at Fort Collins on February 11, 1870. The institution received the name Colorado State University on May 1, 1957. CSU historian James Hansen places the renaming within the university’s postwar expansion in enrollment, research and facilities.
Checked 2026-11-03 · Sources: Dr. James Hansen, Author of Democracy's College in the Centennial State, Reflects on CSU's 150th Anniversary - History | Colorado State University
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