1976 Colorado Buffaloes football team
1976 Colorado Buffaloes football | |
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Big Eight co-champion | |
Orange Bowl, L 10–27 vs. Ohio State | |
Conference | Big Eight Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 16 |
AP | No. 16 |
1976 record | 8–4 (5–2 Big 8) |
Head coach | Bill Mallory (3rd season) |
Home stadium | Folsom Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Oklahoma + | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Oklahoma State + | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Colorado + | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Nebraska | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Iowa State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1976 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the Big Eight Conference (Big 8) during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. In their third season under head coach Bill Mallory, the Buffaloes compiled an 8–4 record (5–2 against Big 8 opponents), finished in a three-way tie for the Big 8 championship, and outscored their opponents, 305 to 225.[1] The team played its home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. They went to the Orange Bowl for the first time since 1962, and were defeated by the Ohio State Buckeyes 27-10.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result |
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September 11 | at Texas Tech* | L 7–24 | ||
September 18 | at Washington* | W 21–7 | ||
September 25 | Miami (FL)* | W 33–3 | ||
October 2 | Drake* |
| W 45–24 | |
October 9 | No. 6 Nebraska |
| L 12–24 | |
October 16 | at Oklahoma State | W 20–10 | ||
October 23 | No. 16 Iowa State |
| W 33–14 | |
October 30 | No. 13 Oklahoma | No. 19 |
| W 42–31 |
November 6 | at No. 16 Missouri | No. 14 | L 7–16 | |
November 13 | Kansas | No. 19 |
| W 40–17 |
November 20 | at Kansas State | No. 15 | W 35–28 | |
January 1 | vs. No. 11 Ohio State* | No. 12 | L 10–27 | |
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References
- ↑ "1976 Colorado Buffaloes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
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