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 |
Record | 8–4 (5–2 Big 8) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | George Belu (3rd season) |
Offensive scheme | I formation |
Defensive coordinator | Bob Reublin (3rd season) |
Base defense | 5–2 |
MVP | Tony Reed |
Captain | Emery Moorehead |
Home stadium | Folsom Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Colorado + | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Oklahoma State + | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Oklahoma + | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Iowa State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Nebraska | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 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 on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.
On New Year's night, Colorado played in the Orange Bowl for the first time in fifteen years, [2] but were defeated 27–10 by the Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference. [3] [4]
The Buffaloes earned the Orange Bowl bid because they defeated the other teams involved in the three-way tie for first, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. [5] [6] [7] CU's next appearance in a bowl game was nine years away.
Colorado defeated Oklahoma for the first time in four years; their next win over the Sooners was thirteen years away.
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 11 | at Texas Tech* | L 7–24 | 44,132 | |||
September 18 | at Washington* | ABC | W 21–7 | 43,383 | ||
September 25 | Miami (FL)* | W 33–3 | 48,882 | |||
October 2 | Drake* |
| W 45–24 | 45,318 | ||
October 9 | No. 6 Nebraska |
| L 12–24 | 53,538 | ||
October 16 | at Oklahoma State | W 20–10 | 39,000 | |||
October 23 | No. 16 Iowa State |
| W 33–14 | 48,667–51,413 | ||
October 30 | No. 13 Oklahoma | No. 19 |
| W 42–31 | 53,380 | |
November 6 | at No. 16 Missouri | No. 14 | L 7–16 | 64,830 | ||
November 13 | Kansas | No. 19 |
| W 40–17 | 47,668–47,850 | |
November 20 | at Kansas State | No. 15 | W 35–28 | 16,500 | ||
January 1, 1977 | vs. No. 11 Ohio State* | No. 12 | NBC | L 10–27 | 65,537 | |
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