1981 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1981 Big 8 football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

Colorado Buffaloes football
1981 Colorado Buffaloes football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1981 record	3–8 (2–5 Big 8)
Head coach	Chuck Fairbanks (3rd season)
Home stadium	Folsom Field; (Capacity: 51,463)

The 1981 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was Chuck Fairbanks' final season as head coach.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 12	Texas Tech*	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado	W 45–27	34,884
September 19	Washington State*	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado	L 10–14	35,277
September 26	No. 11 BYU*	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado	L 20–41	43,259
October 3	at No. 16 UCLA*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles	L 7–27	40,347
October 10	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska (Rivalry)	L 0–59	76,168
October 17	Oklahoma State	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado	W 11–10	36,101
October 24	at No. 14 Iowa State	Cyclone Stadium • Ames, Iowa	L 10–17	50,103
October 31	at No. 19 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma	L 0–49	75,638
November 7	Missouri	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado	L 14–30	35,782
November 14	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas	L 0–27	31,500
November 21	Kansas State	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado	W 24–21	23,921
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

1981 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
SS	`31`	Jeff Donaldson	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

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Colorado Buffaloes football
Venues	Campus fields (1890–1901) Gamble Field (1901–1924) Folsom Field (1924–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado State: Rocky Mountain Showdown Nebraska Utah: Rumble in the Rockies
Culture & lore	Ralphie the Buffalo "CU Fight Song" "Golden Buffalo" Marching band Fifth Down Game (1990) Miracle at Michigan
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
National championship seasons in bold

1981 Big 8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 11 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 20 Oklahoma	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Kansas	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
No. 19 Missouri	3	–	4	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	4	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Colorado	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll