Colorado Buffaloes | |
2024 Colorado Buffaloes | |
Established: 1890 First season: 1890 Stadium: Folsom Field Headquarters: University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado | |
Division/Conference affiliation | |
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League | NCAA |
Division | Division I |
Conference | PAC-12 |
Current uniforms | |
Team colors | (black, white, gold) |
Fight song | Fight CU |
Mascot | Ralphie |
Personnel | |
Athletic Director | Rick George |
Head coach | Deion Sanders |
Championships | |
National | 1 (1990) |
Conference | 26 |
Division titles | 5 (4 Big 12 North) (1 Pac-12 South) |
Bowl wins | 12 |
Conference affilations | |
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Stadiums | |
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Website: Official ESPN |
The Colorado Buffaloes football team are a collegiate football team representing the University of Colorado Boulder, located in Boulder, Colorado. The Buffaloes are currently a member of the Big 12 Conference in NCAA Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Previously Colorado was a member of the Pacific-12 Conference. The Buffaloes play their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder and are currently coached by Deion Sanders.
History[]
Beginning in 1890, Colorado football has enjoyed much success throughout its more than 125 years of competitive play.
The Buffaloes have appeared in numerous bowl games (29 appearances in bowl games (12–17), 36th all-time), and won 27 conference championships, 5 division championships and a national championship.
Folsom Field was built in 1924 and has since been the Buffaloes' home stadium. The road game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers on November 24, 2006 was Colorado's 1,100th football game. The game on September 12, 2015 against Massachusetts was the school's 1,200th football game.
Recent season results[]
2020s[]
Season | Coach | Record |
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2024 | Deion Sanders | |
2023 | Deion Sanders | 4-8 |
2022 | Karl Dorrell; Mike Sanford | 1-11 |
2021 | Karl Dorrell | 4-8 |
2020 | Karl Dorrell | 4-2 |
2010s[]
Season | Coach | Record |
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2019 | Mel Tucker | 5-7 |
2018 | Mike MacIntyre; Kurt Roper | 5-7 |
2017 | Mike MacIntyre | 5-7 |
2016 | Mike MacIntyre | 10-4 |
2015 | Mike MacIntyre | 4-9 |
2014 | Mike MacIntyre | 2-10 |
2013 | Mike MacIntyre | 4-8 |
2012 | Jon Embree | 1-11 |
2011 | Jon Embree | 3-10 |
2010 | Dan Hawkins; Brian Cabral | 5-7 |
2000s[]
Season | Coach | Record |
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2009 | Dan Hawkins | 3-9 |
2008 | Dan Hawkins | 5-7 |
2007 | Dan Hawkins | 6-7 |
2006 | Dan Hawkins | 2-10 |
2005 | Gary Barnett; Mike Hankwitz | 7-6 |
2004 | Gary Barnett | 8-5 |
2003 | Gary Barnett | 5-7 |
2002 | Gary Barnett | 9-5 |
2001 | Gary Barnett | 10-3 |
2000 | Gary Barnett | 3-8 |
1990s[]
Season | Coach | Record |
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1999 | Gary Barnett | 7-5 |
1998 | Rick Neuheisel | 8-4 |
1997 | Rick Neuheisel | 0-11 |
1996 | Rick Neuheisel | 10-2 |
1995 | Rick Neuheisel | 10-2 |
1994 | Bill McCartney | 11-1 |
1993 | Bill McCartney | 8-3-1 |
1992 | Bill McCartney | 9-2-1 |
1991 | Bill McCartney | 8-3-1 |
1990 | Bill McCartney | 11-1-1 |
1980s[]
Season | Coach | Record |
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1989 | Bill McCartney | 11-1 |
1988 | Bill McCartney | 8-4 |
1987 | Bill McCartney | 7-4 |
1986 | Bill McCartney | 6-6 |
1985 | Bill McCartney | 7-5 |
1984 | Bill McCartney | 1-10 |
1983 | Bill McCartney | 4-7 |
1982 | Bill McCartney | 2-8-1 |
1981 | Chuck Fairbanks | 3-8 |
1980 | Chuck Fairbanks | 1-10 |
1970s[]
Season | Coach | Record |
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1979 | Chuck Fairbanks | 3-8 |
1978 | Bill Mallory | 6-5 |
1977 | Bill Mallory | 7-3-1 |
1976 | Bill Mallory | 8-4 |
1975 | Bill Mallory | 9-3 |
1974 | Bill Mallory | 5-6 |
1973 | Eddie Crowder | 5-6 |
1972 | Eddie Crowder | 8-4 |
1971 | Eddie Crowder | 10-2 |
1970 | Eddie Crowder | 6-5 |
1960s[]
Season | Coach | Record |
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1969 | Eddie Crowder | 8-3 |
1968 | Eddie Crowder | 4-6 |
1967 | Eddie Crowder | 9-2 |
1966 | Eddie Crowder | 7-3 |
1965 | Eddie Crowder | 6-2-2 |
1964 | Eddie Crowder | 2-8 |
1963 | Eddie Crowder | 2-8 |
1962 | Bud Davis | 2-8 |
1961 | Sonny Grandelius | 9-2 |
1960 | Sonny Grandelius | 6-4 |
1950s[]
Season | Coach | Record |
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1959 | Sonny Grandelius | 5-5 |
1958 | Dallas Ward | 6-4 |
1957 | Dallas Ward | 6-3-1 |
1956 | Dallas Ward | 8-2-1 |
1955 | Dallas Ward | 6-4 |
1954 | Dallas Ward | 7-2-1 |
1953 | Dallas Ward | 6-4 |
1952 | Dallas Ward | 6-2-2 |
1951 | Dallas Ward | 7-3 |
1950 | Dallas Ward | 5-4-1 |
1940s[]
Season | Coach | Record |
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1949 | Dallas Ward | 3-7 |
1948 | Dallas Ward | 3-6 |
1947 | Jim Yeager | 4-5 |
1946 | Jim Yeager | 5-4-1 |
Conference affiliations[]
- Independent (1890–1892)
- Colorado Football Association (1893–1904)
- Independent (1905)
- Colorado Football Association (1906–1908)
- Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference (1909)
- Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference (1910–1937)
- Mountain States Conference (1938–1947)
- Big Eight Conference (1948–1995)
- Big 12 Conference (1996–2010)
- Pac-12 Conference (2011–2023)
- Big 12 Conference (2024–present)
Championships[]
National championships[]
Colorado has won one national championship in program history.[1]Template:Rp This consensus national championships is claimed by the school.[1]Template:Rp[2]
Season | Head Coach | Selectors | Record | Bowl | Result |
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1990 | Bill McCartney | AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, FACT, FB News, Football Research, FW, Matthews, NCF, NFF, Sporting News, USA/CNN | 11–1–1 | Orange | W 10–9 |
- 1990 season
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- Main article: 1990 Colorado Buffaloes
Colorado won its first national championship in 1990 under the direction of head coach Bill McCartney, who helmed the team from 1982 to 1994. The national title was split with Georgia Tech who won the United Press International Coaches Poll, whereas Colorado won the Associated Press and Football Writers Association of America polls. The largest arguments against Colorado were that they had a loss and a tie, whereas Georgia Tech had a tie and no losses, and Colorado's "unfair" win in the Fifth Down Game against Missouri. Another major controversy was a Colorado's Orange Bowl win over Notre Dame, which Colorado won in part because of a controversial clipping call that brought back a Notre Dame touchdown. The major argument for Colorado was that they played a more difficult schedule than Georgia Tech.[3] Colorado capped the season with a 10–9 win over Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl, a rematch of the 1989 season Orange Bowl Game which Notre Dame won 21–6. Colorado's tie came against Tennessee, who was ranked #8, the first week of the season when Colorado was ranked #5. The second week gave the Buffs a scare, scoring with 12 seconds left in the game on a 4th and Goal attempt. The next week gave Colorado its only loss of the season, losing 23–22 to Illinois and dropping Colorado to #20 in the polls. Colorado then went on to beat teams ranked (at the time) #22 Texas, #12 Washington, #22 Oklahoma, and #3 Nebraska. They ended the season 7–0 in the Big Eight Conference for the second straight season. They then capped the season with a win over Notre Dame who were number 1 until a loss in their second to last game of the regular season.[4]
Conference championships[]
Colorado has won 27 conference championships in over a century of college play, spanning through five conferences.
Year | Conference | Head Coach | Overall record | Conference record |
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1894 | Colorado Football Association | Harry Heller | 8–1 | 5–0 |
1895 | Colorado Football Association | Fred Folsom | 5–1 | 3–0 |
1896 | Colorado Football Association | Fred Folsom | 5–0 | 2–0 |
1897 | Colorado Football Association | Fred Folsom | 7–1 | 2–0 |
1901 | Colorado Football Association | Fred Folsom | 5–1–1 | 2–0 |
1902 | Colorado Football Association | Fred Folsom | 5–1 | 4–0 |
1903 | Colorado Football Association | Dave Cropp | 8–2 | 4–0 |
1908† | Colorado Football Association | Fred Folsom | 5–2 | 3–1 |
1909 | Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Fred Folsom | 6–0 | 3–0 |
1910 | Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Fred Folsom | 6–0 | 3–0 |
1911 | Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Fred Folsom | 6–0 | 4–0 |
1913 | Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Fred Folsom | 5–1–1 | 3–0–1 |
1923 | Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Myron E. Witham | 9–0 | 7–0 |
1924 | Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Myron E. Witham | 8–1–1 | 5–0–1 |
1934 | Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Bill Saunders | 6–1–2 | 6–1 |
1935 | Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Bunny Oakes | 5–4 | 5–1 |
1937 | Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Bunny Oakes | 8–1 | 7–0 |
1939 | Mountain States Conference | Bunny Oakes | 5–3 | 5–1 |
1942 | Mountain States Conference | James J. Yeager | 7–2 | 5–1 |
1943 | Mountain States Conference | James J. Yeager | 5–2 | 2–0 |
1944 | Mountain States Conference | Frank Potts | 6–2 | 2–0 |
1961 | Big Eight Conference | Sonny Grandelius | 9–2 | 7–0 |
1976† | Big Eight Conference | Bill Mallory | 8–4 | 5–2 |
1989 | Big Eight Conference | Bill McCartney | 11–1 | 7–0 |
1990 | Big Eight Conference | Bill McCartney | 11–1–1 | 7–0 |
1991† | Big Eight Conference | Bill McCartney | 8–3–1 | 6–0–1 |
2001 | Big 12 Conference | Gary Barnett | 10–3 | 7–1 |
† Co-champions
Division championships[]
Year | Division | Coach | Overall record | Conference record |
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2001† | Big 12 North | Gary Barnett | 10–3 | 7–1 |
2002 | Big 12 North | Gary Barnett | 9–5 | 7–1 |
2004† | Big 12 North | Gary Barnett | 8–5 | 4–4 |
2005 | Big 12 North | Gary Barnett | 8–5 | 4–4 |
2016 | Pac-12 South | Mike MacIntyre | 10–4 | 8–1 |
† Co-champions
All-Americans[]
The following is a list of Consensus All-Americans from CU as listed in April 2017 in NCAA record books.[5]
- 1943 Robert Hall, Colorado (AP-2)
- 1953 Gary Knafelc, Colorado (AP-3)
- 1954 Frank Bernardi, Colorado (AP-2)
- 1956 John Bayuk, Colorado (INS-2; CP-3)
- 1960 Joe Romig, Colorado (WC)
- 1961 Joe Romig, Colorado (WC, TSN, FWAA)
- 1961 Jerry Hillebrand, Colorado (FWAA)
- 1967 Dick Anderson, Colorado (AP, NEA)
- 1968 Mike Montler, Colorado (AP, AFCA)
- 1969 Bobby Anderson, Colorado (AP, UPI, NEA, TSN)
- 1970 Pat Murphy, Colorado (WC)
- 1970 Don Popplewell, Colorado (AP, UPI, NEA, FWAA, WC, CP, FN)
- 1971 Herb Orvis, Colorado (WC, AFCA, TSN)
- 1971 Cliff Branch, Colorado (FN)
- 1972 Cullen Bryant, Colorado (UPI, NEA, AFCA, TSN, Time)
- 1972 Bud Magrum, Colorado (FWAA)
- 1973 Bo Matthews, Colorado (Time)
- 1973 J.V. Cain, Colorado (TSN, Time)
- 1975 Troy Archer, Colorado (Time)
- 1975 Pete Brock, Colorado (TSN, NEA, Time)
- 1975 Dave Logan, Colorado (TSN)
- 1975 Mark Koncar, Colorado (AP)
- 1976 Don Hasselbeck, Colorado (TSN)
- 1978 Matt Miller, Colorado (UPI)
- 1979 Mark Haynes, Colorado (AP)
- 1979 Stan Brock, Colorado (TSN)
- 1986 Barry Helton, Colorado (AP, UPI, TSN)
- 1988 Keith English, Colorado (AP)
- 1989 Tom Rouen, Colorado (AP, UPI, WC, FWAA)
- 1989 Kanavis McGhee, Colorado (WC)
- 1989 Alfred Williams, Colorado (UPI, AFCA, FWAA, FN)
- 1989 Darian Hagan, Colorado (TSN)
- 1989 Joe Garten, Colorado (AP, UPI, AFCA, FWAA, TSN)
- 1990 Alfred Williams, Colorado (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
- 1990 Joe Garten, Colorado (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
- 1990 Eric Bieniemy, Colorado (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
- 1991 Joel Steed, Colorado (WC)
- 1991 Jay Leeuwenburg, Colorado (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
- 1992 Mitch Berger, Colorado (UPI)
- 1992 Deon Figures, Colorado (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
- 1992 Michael Westbrook, Colorado (NEA)
- 1994 Chris Hudson, Colorado (Associated Press, Walter Camp, FWAA-Writers, Scripps-Howard)
- 1994 Michael Westbrook, Colorado (Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, Sporting News)
- 1994 Rashaan Salaam, Colorado (Associated Press, Walter Camp, FWAA-Writers, AFCA-Coaches, Scripps-Howard, Sporting News, Football News)
- 1995 Bryan Stoltenberg, Colorado (UPI, Walter Camp, FN)
- 1995 Heath Irwin, Colorado (AP)
- 1996 Matt Russell, Colorado (AP, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, TSN)
- 1996 Chris Naeole, Colorado (AP, AFCA-Coaches, Walter Camp, FN)
- 1996 Rae Carruth, Colorado (TSN)
- 1999 Ben Kelly, Colorado (FN, CNNSI-KR)
- 2001 Roman Hollowell, Colorado (TSN, CNNSI-PR)
- 2001 Andre Gurode, Colorado (AP, TSN, PFW, CNNSI)
- 2001 Daniel Graham, Colorado (Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA, AP, TSN, PFW, FN)
- 2002 Mark Mariscal, Colorado (AP, AFCA-Coaches, Walter Camp, TSN, CNNSI, ESPN)
- 2002 Wayne Lucier, Colorado (TSN)
- 2002 Chris Brown, Colorado (AFCA-Coaches)
- 2004 John Torp, Colorado (ESPN)
- 2005 Mason Crosby, Colorado (Associated Press, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Weekly, ESPN, CBS Sports, College Football News, Rivals.com)
- 2006 Mason Crosby, Colorado (Walter Camp Foundation, Pro Football Weekly)
- 2007 Jordon Dizon, Colorado (Associated Press, Walter Camp, Sporting News, ESPN, College Football News, Rivals.com)
- 2010 Nate Solder, Colorado (AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, ESPN, PFW, SI)
Logos/Uniforms[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records,2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association (August 2018). Retrieved on December 12, 2018. ISBN .
- ↑ 1990 National Champions. CUBuffs.com. Retrieved on December 13, 2018.
- ↑ Archived copy. Archived from the original on 2009-01-29. Retrieved on 2009-01-03.
- ↑ The McMNC for 1990: Georgia Institute of Technology – rec.sport.football.college | Google Groups. Groups.google.com. Retrieved on 2013-04-22.
- ↑ NCAA Football Award Winners (PDF). NCAA Football Records. NCAA (2009).
External Links[]
- Colorado Buffaloes football article at Wikipedia