1980 Colorado Buffaloes football team

The 1980 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Colorado finished with the worst record in school history to date, including a loss to Oklahoma in which 63 records were set.

1980 Colorado Buffaloes football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
1980 record110 (16 Big 8)
Head coachChuck Fairbanks (2nd season)
Home stadiumFolsom Field
(Capacity: 51,463)
1980 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Oklahoma $ 7 0 0  10 2 0
No. 7 Nebraska 6 1 0  10 2 0
Missouri 5 2 0  8 4 0
Iowa State 3 4 0  7 4 0
Oklahoma State 3 4 0  4 7 0
Kansas State 2 5 0  4 7 0
Kansas 1 6 0  2 8 1
Colorado 1 6 0  1 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 13at UCLA*L 14–5637,205
September 20at LSU*L 20–2374,999
September 27Indiana*L 7–4940,219
October 4No. 12 Oklahoma
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, Colorado
ESPNL 42–8250,217
October 11Drake*
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, Colorado
L 22–4137,689
October 18at No. 16 MissouriL 7–4572,333
October 25No. 9 Nebraska
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, Colorado (rivalry)
L 7–4551,989
November 1Iowa State
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, Colorado
W 17–941,567
November 8at Oklahoma StateL 7–4250,000
November 15Kansas
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, Colorado
L 3–4224,187
November 22at Kansas StateL 14–1717,510
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1980 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
SE 2 Reggie Harden Jr
QB 12 Scott Kingdom Jr
QB 16 Randy Essington Fr
QB, RB 19 Charles Davis (C) Jr
WB 28 Lyndell Hawkins Sr
HB, P 29 Lance Olander Sr
FB 42 Willie Beebe Jr
C 51 Rich Umphrey Jr
OT 61 Art Dale Johnson Sr
C 63 Vince Rafferty Fr
OG 64 Bo Halamandaris Sr
OG 65 Joe Bell Sr
OG 66 Doug Krahenbuhl Jr
OT 72 Brant Thurston (C) Sr
OT 74 Bob Sebro Jr
OT 75 Roger Gunter Jr
OT 76 Bruce Campbell Sr
SE 80 Ricky Ward Jr
TE 84 Bob Niziolek Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
S 17 Larry Lillo Jr
CB 20 Ricky Bynum Jr
CB 22 Victor Scott Fr
S 31 Jeff Donaldson Fr
ILB 38 Steve Doolittle (C) Sr
ILB 40 Bob Humble So
S 41 Brad Chace So
S 46 Ellis Wood So
OLB 53 Kevin Hood So
OLB 55 Scott Hardison Fr
OLB 56 Rod Butler So
DE 90 Pete Perry Jr
DE 96 Graham Harrison Jr
NT Dan Ralph
CB Tim Stampley
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
PK 3 Tom Field So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Ray Braun (DL)
  • Gary Cabe (WR)
  • Gene Hochevar (OC/QB)
  • Ron Hubbard (AdmA/OL)
  • Lannie Julias (DL)
  • Doug Knotts (DC/LB)
  • Pete Levine (RB)
  • Ron Marciniak (OL)
  • Dick Moseley (DB)
  • John Sanders (TE)
  • Jim Webster (LB)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

References


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