Wyoming and Colorado may be rivals in college sports, but they are partners when it comes to getting people home safe. When the Wyoming Cowboys take on the Colorado State Rams in football Saturday, October 25, it will mark the 117th game in the historic Border War rivalry. One of the oldest rivalry games in college football, this year’s Border War will take place at 5:30 p.m., in Laramie. Over 32,000 fans of both Colorado State and Wyoming will descend upon War Memorial Stadium for the game. To help make sure every fan gets to the game and home safely, law enforcement from Wyoming and Colorado will be out en masse conducting a bi-state, multiagency impaired driving enforcement operation.

Coordinated Enforcement efforts will be conducted in Albany and Laramie counties in Wyoming, as well as Larimer and Weld counties in Colorado, before, during, and after the game. Agencies involved in Wyoming include the Wyoming Highway Patrol, Laramie Police Department, Albany County Sheriff’s Office, University of Wyoming Police Department, Laramie County Sheriff’s Office, Pine Bluffs Police Department, and the Cheyenne Police Department.

Agencies involved in Colorado include the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office, Fort Collins Police Department, Loveland Police Department, CSU Police Department, and the Colorado State Patrol. 

In 2024, there were 107 lives lost on Wyoming’s highways. Of those, 31 involved impaired driving. So far in 2025, there have already been 34 deaths involving alcohol out of 101 total lives lost on our highways.

The Wyoming Highway Patrol urges drivers to help keep Wyoming’s roadways safe by calling the Report Every Drunk Driver Immediately (REDDI) hotline at (800) 442-9090 to report suspected drunk drivers. Callers should be prepared to provide the dispatcher with a description of the vehicle, its location, and the direction of travel.