2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team

2016 Colorado Buffaloes football
2016 Colorado Buffaloes football
Pac-12 South Division champion
Pac-12 Championship Game, L 10–41 vs. Washington
Alamo Bowl, L 8–38 vs. Oklahoma State
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 17
Record	10–4 (8–1 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike MacIntyre (4th season);
Co-offensive coordinator	Brian Lindgren (4th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Darrin Chiaverini (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Jim Leavitt (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Folsom Field
Uniform

2016 Pac-12 Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 4 Washington x$^	8	–	1	12	–	2
Washington State	7	–	2	8	–	5
No. 12 Stanford	6	–	3	10	–	3
California	3	–	6	5	–	7
Oregon State	3	–	6	4	–	8
Oregon	2	–	7	4	–	8
South Division
No. 17 Colorado x	8	–	1	10	–	4
No. 3 USC	7	–	2	10	–	3
No. 23 Utah	5	–	4	9	–	4
Arizona State	2	–	7	5	–	7
UCLA	2	–	7	4	–	8
Arizona	1	–	8	3	–	9
Championship: Washington 41, Colorado 10
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Mike MacIntyre, they played their home games on-campus at Folsom Field in Boulder and were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 10–4, 8–1 in Pac-12 play to win their first Pac-12 South Division Title. They represented the South Division in the 2016 Pac-12 Football Championship Game where they lost to Washington. They were invited to the Alamo Bowl where they lost to Oklahoma State. It was their first winning season since 2005.

Personnel

2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TB	`19`	Michael Adkins	Jr
WR	`16`	Jaleel Awini	Sr
WR	`84`	David Bagby	Sr
OL	`69`	Mo Bandi	Fr
TB	`35`	Beau Bisharat	Fr
TE	`99`	Brian Boatman	Sr
WR	`4`	Bryce Bobo	Jr
TE	`43`	Chris Bounds	Fr
G	`70`	Shane Callahan	Sr
WR	`87`	Xavier Cochrane	So
TE	`80`	Derek Coleman	Fr
WR	`89`	Kevin Dement	So
OL	`62`	Justin Eggers	Fr
WR	`17`	Kabian Ento	Jr
TB	`21`	Kyle Evans	So
WR	`1`	Shay Fields	Jr
TE	`5`	George Frazier (C)	Jr
WR	`88`	Danny Galloway	Jr
QB	`7`	Jordan Gehrke	Sr
TB	`10`	Dino Gordan	Fr
WR	`83`	Sean Grundman	Jr
TB	`45`	Tanner Grzesiek	Jr
OT	`64`	Aaron Haigler	Fr
WR	`27`	Joseph Hall	Jr
TE	`38`	Chris Hill	Sr
G	`79`	Jonathan Huckins	Jr
WR	`6`	Johnny Huntley	Fr
OT	`76`	Jeromy Irwin (C)	Jr
TE	`81`	Sean Irwin	Sr
WR	`85`	Justin Jan	Fr
WR	`8`	Anthony Julmisse	Fr
G	`75`	Josh Kaiser	So
TE	`86`	Dylan Kenney	So
C	`74`	Alex Kelley	Sr
G	`68`	Gerrad Kough	Jr
OT	`71`	Sam Kronshage	Jr
TB	`29`	Donovan Lee	Jr
TB	`23`	Phillip Lindsay (C)	Jr
OT	`78`	John Lisella	So
QB	`13`	Sefo Liufau (C)	Sr
G	`56`	Tim Lynott	Fr
OL		Chance Lytle	Fr
WR	`14`	Jay MacIntyre	So
QB	`17`	Casey Marksberry	Fr
QB	`16`	Tyler McGarry	Fr
OT	`60`	Dillion Middlemiss	Fr
OT	`73`	Isaac Miller	Fr
QB	`12`	Steven Montez	Fr
QB	`15`	Sam Noyer	Fr
WR	`82`	Robert Orban	Jr
QB	`9`	T.J. Patterson	Jr
OL	`65`	Colby Pursell	Fr
WR	`3`	Derrion Rakestraw	Fr
WR	`2`	Devin Ross	Jr
OL	`61`	Kolten Smith	Fr
G	`66`	Colin Sutton	Jr
TB	`48`	Joey Tuggle	Jr
OL	`77`	Hunter Vaughn	Fr
WR	`18`	Lee Walker	So
C	`53`	Sully Wiefels	Sr
WR	`9`	Juwann Winfree	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`4`	Chidobe Awuzie	Sr
S	`40`	Cameron Beemster	Jr
OLB	`57`	Sam Bennion	Fr
CB	`41`	Andrew Bergner	Jr
DB	`2`	Ronnie Blackmon	Fr
DE	`92`	Jordan Carrell	Sr
DE	`59`	Timothy Coleman	Jr
CB	`37`	Lucas Cooper	Fr
OLB	`42`	N.J. Falo	So
S	`7`	Nick Fisher	So
NT	`56`	Jase Franke	So
ILB	`32`	Rick Gamboa	So
OLB	`98`	Jimmie Gilbert	Sr
ILB	`44`	Addison Gillam	Jr
OLB	`96`	Terran Hasselbach	So
OLB	`46`	Trent Headley	Jr
OLB	`94`	Tyler Henington	Sr
OLB	`99`	Aaron Howard	Sr
DB	`29`	Uryan Hudson	Fr
DE	`52`	Leo Jackson	Jr
LB	`36`	Akil Jones	Fr
DT	`54`	Samson Kafovalu	Sr
S	`1`	Afolabi Laguda	Jr
LB	`20`	Drew Lewis	So
NT	`91`	Eddy Lopez	So
OLB	`34`	Pookie Maka	Fr
DE	`93`	Michael Mathewes	So
OLB	`95`	Derek McCartney	Jr
S	`25`	Ryan Moeller	Jr
CB	`26`	Isaiah Oliver	So
ILB	`31`	Kenneth Olugbode (C)	Sr
OLB	`3`	Deaysean Rippy	Sr
DL	`90`	Terriek Roberts	Fr
DB	`39`	Jaisen Sanchez	So
S	`33`	Chase Sanders	Fr
ILB	`30`	Ryan Severson	Sr
ILB	`47`	Christian Shaver	Jr
LB	`45`	Jacob Stoltenberg	Fr
ILB	`27`	Travis Talianko	Sr
S	`28`	Daniel Talley	So
S	`9`	Tedric Thompson	Sr
DE	`55`	Brent Tonz	Fr
DB	`22`	Kyle Trego	So
NT	`72`	Lyle Tuiloma	Fr
DT	`58`	Josh Tupou	Sr
DB	`5`	Trey Udoffia	Fr
DE	`50`	Frank Umu	Fr
CB	`23`	Ahkello Witherspoon	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LS	`63`	J.T. Bale	Fr
PK	`10`	Diego Gonzalez	Sr
PK	`15`	Chris Graham	Jr
PK	`48`	Cutler Halverson	Jr
P	`89`	Alex Kinney	So
PK	`95`	Nick Porter	Fr
PK	`49`	Davis Price	Fr
P	`28`	Cameron Silzer	Jr

Head coach

Mike MacIntyre

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Klayton Adams
Gary Bernardi
Darrin Chiaverini
Charles Clark
Daniel Da Prato
Corey Edsall
Darian Hagan
John Hughes
Jim Jeffcoat
Jim Leavitt
Brian Lindgren
Nate Taye
Matt Thompson
Peter Tuitupou
Joe Tumpkin
Chidera Uzo-Diribe

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2016-Nov-06

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	vs. Colorado State*		Sports Authority Field at Mile High Denver, CO (rivalry)	ESPN	W 44–7	69,850
September 10	3:30 p.m.	Idaho State*		Folsom Field Boulder, CO	P12N	W 56–7	39,505
September 17	1:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Michigan*		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	BTN	L 28–45	110,042
September 24	3:30 p.m.	at Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	P12N	W 41–38	53,974
October 1	12:30 p.m.	Oregon State		Folsom Field Boulder, CO	P12N	W 47–6	46,839
October 8	2:00 p.m.	at USC	No. 21	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	P12N	L 17–21	68,302
October 15	6:00 p.m.	Arizona State		Folsom Field Boulder, CO	P12N	W 40–16	48,588
October 22	1:00 p.m.	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	P12N	W 10–5	44,535
November 3	7:00 p.m.	UCLA	No. 15	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	FS1	W 20–10	43,761
November 12	8:00 p.m.	at Arizona	No. 12	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FS1	W 49–24	41,068
November 19	1:30 p.m.	No. 22 Washington State	No. 10	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	FOX	W 38–24	48,658
November 26	5:30 p.m.	No. 22 Utah	No. 9	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (Rumble in the Rockies)	FOX	W 27–22	52,301
December 2	7:00 p.m.	vs. No. 4 Washington	No. 8	Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, CA (Pac-12 Championship Game)	FOX	L 10–41	47,118
December 29	7:00 p.m.	vs. No. 12 Oklahoma State*	No. 10	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 8–38	59,815
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 1 released prior to game All times are in Mountain time

Source:^[1]

Conference opponents not played this season: California; Washington was played in the conference championship game, but was not scheduled in the regular season

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	—	RV	RV	—	RV	21	RV	RV	23	21	16	12	9	9	11	17
Coaches	—	RV	RV	—	RV	23	RV	RV	23	20	15	12	9	9	11	15
CFP	Not released									15	12	10	9	8	10	Not released

Game summaries

Vs. Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	0	0	7	7
Buffaloes	21	10	6	7	44

Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	0	7	0	7
Buffaloes	14	35	7	0	56

At Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	21	0	7	0	28
#4 Wolverines	7	17	14	7	45

At Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	16	10	7	8	41
Ducks	7	10	21	0	38

Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	3	3	0	0	6
Buffaloes	13	24	3	7	47

At USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Buffaloes	0	0	7	10	17
Trojans	7	7	0	7	21

Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils	7	3	3	3	16
Buffaloes	7	16	10	7	40

At Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	0	7	0	3	10
Cardinal	3	0	0	2	5

UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	7	3	0	0	10
#21 Buffaloes	7	0	3	10	20

At Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Buffaloes	7	21	14	7	49
Wildcats	0	10	0	14	24

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Cougars	14	3	7	0	24
#12 Buffaloes	7	7	14	10	38

Utah

#22 Utah Utes at #9 Colorado Buffaloes

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
#22 Utes	7	0	6	9	22
#9 Buffaloes	7	6	7	7	27

at Folsom Field • Boulder, CO

Date: November 26, 2016
Game time: 5:30 p.m. MT
TV: FOX
Source^[2]

Game information

First quarter

(9:17) UTAH TD: Boobie Hobbs 55-yard punt return (Andy Phillips PAT).
(0:00) COLO TD: Sefo Liufau 2-yard rush (Davis Price PAT).

Second quarter

(9;20) COLO FG: Chris Graham 25-yard field goal.
(5:21) COLO FG: Chris Graham 19-yard field goal.

Third quarter

(11:54) UTAH FG: Andy Phillips 22-yard field goal.
(2:58) UTAH FG: Andy Phillips 22-yard field goal.
(0:00) COLO TD: Sefo Liufau 6-yard pass to Shay Fields (Davis Price PAT).

Fourth quarter

(13:53) UTAH FG: Andy Phillips 23-yard field goal.
(10:56) COLO TD: Kenneth Olugbode 10-yard fumble return (Davis Price PAT).
(1:3$) UTAH TD: Troy Williams 7-yard pass to Demari Simpkins (2-pt. no good).

Top passers

UTAH –
COLO –

Top rushers

UTAH –
COLO –

Top receiving

UTAH –
COLO –

vs Washington (Pac-12 Championship game)

Colorado Buffaloes vs Washington Huskies (Pac-12 Championship game)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Buffaloes	7	0	3	0	10
#4 Huskies	7	7	17	10	41

at Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, CA

Date: December 2, 2016
Game time: 7:00 p.m. MT
Game attendance: 47,118
TV: FOX

Game information

First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Top passers

WASH –
COLO –

Top rushers

WASH –
COLO –

Top receiving

WASH –
COLO –

vs Oklahoma State (Alamo Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Cowboys	3	14	14	7	38
#11 Buffaloes	0	0	0	8	8

Awards and honors

Season Awards
Person	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Mike MacIntyre	Pac-12 Coach of the Year	September 30, 2016	^[3]
Mike MacIntyre	Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award	December 1, 2016	^[4]

References

↑ "2016 Colorado Buffaloes Football Schedule". University of Colorado Boulder Department of Athletics. December 26, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
↑ http://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=400869170 ESPN Box Score: Utah at Colorado
↑ Nick Kosmider (November 29, 2016). "Colorado Buffaloes' Mike MacIntyre named Pac-12 football coach of the year". Denver Post. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
↑ Bailey, Jeff. "Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre named Walter Camp Coach of the Year". Denver Post. Retrieved December 1, 2016.

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[1] "2016 Colorado Buffaloes Football Schedule". University of Colorado Boulder Department of Athletics. December 26, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2015.

[2] ttp://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=400869170 ESPN Box Score: Utah at Colorado

[3] Nick Kosmider (November 29, 2016). "Colorado Buffaloes' Mike MacIntyre named Pac-12 football coach of the year". Denver Post. Retrieved November 30, 2016.

[4] Bailey, Jeff. "Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre named Walter Camp Coach of the Year". Denver Post. Retrieved December 1, 2016.

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