| 1975 Colorado Buffaloes football | |
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Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, L 21–38 vs. Texas | |
| Conference | Big Eight Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 16 |
| Record | 9–3 (5–2 Big 8) |
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| Offensive coordinator | George Belu (2nd season) |
| Offensive scheme | I formation |
| Defensive coordinator | Bob Reublin (2nd season) |
| Base defense | 5–2 |
| MVP | Dave Williams |
| Captain | Pete Brock, Mike McCoy, Bob Simpson, Dave Williams |
| Home stadium | Folsom Field |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Oklahoma + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Nebraska + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Colorado | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1975 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado in the Big Eight Conference (Big 8) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. Led by second-year head coach Bill Mallory, the Buffaloes compiled a 9–2 regular season record (5–2 in Big 8, third),[1] and played home games on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.
In the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, Colorado fell to ninth-ranked Texas to finish at 9–3.[2] Ranked sixteenth in the final AP poll, the Buffaloes outscored their opponents 331 to 251.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 13 | California* | W 34–27 | 46,211 | ||||
| September 20 | Wyoming* |
| W 27–10 | 46,032 | [3] | ||
| September 27 | Wichita State* |
| W 52–0 | 46,613 | [4] | ||
| October 4 | at No. 1 Oklahoma | No. 19 | L 20–21 | 70,286–71,118 | |||
| October 10 | at Miami (FL)* | No. 13 | W 23–10 | 18,901 | |||
| October 18 | No. 10 Missouri | No. 12 |
| W 31–20 | 50,239 | ||
| October 25 | at No. 4 Nebraska | No. 10 | L 21–63 | 76,509 | |||
| November 1 | at Iowa State | No. 16 | W 28–27 | 42,613 | |||
| November 8 | Oklahoma State | No. 14 |
| W 17–7 | 47,759 | ||
| November 15 | at No. 17 Kansas | No. 10 | ABC | W 24–21 | 40,120 | ||
| November 22 | Kansas State | No. 9 |
| W 33–7 | 44,345 | ||
| December 27 | vs. No. 9 Texas* | No. 10 | ABC | L 21–38 | 52,728 | ||
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Personnel
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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References
- ↑ "Colorado breezes by K-State". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 23, 1985. p. 7B.
- ↑ "Longhorns turn the tide with third-quarter surge". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 28, 1985. p. 7B.
- ↑ "Hard-running Buffaloes pound Wyoming, 27-10". Fort Collins Coloradoan. September 21, 1975. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Another Buffalo barrage overwhelms Wichita 52–0". The Daily Sentinel. September 28, 1975. Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "1975 Colorado Buffaloes Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ↑ "1975 Football Schedule". University of Colorado Boulder. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ↑ "Colorado Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). University of Colorado Boulder. p. 44. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
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