1970 Colorado Buffaloes football team
American college football season
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The 1970 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado in the Big Eight Conference during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Eddie Crowder, the Buffaloes were 6–4 in the regular season (3–4 in Big 8, fourth), and played their home games on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.
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Liberty Bowl, L 3–17 vs. Tulane | |
| Conference | Big Eight Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 16 |
| Record | 6–5 (3–4 Big 8) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Chet Franklin (2nd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Switching T / Slot-I Triple option |
| Defensive coordinator | Don James (3rd season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| MVP | Don Popplewell |
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| Home stadium | Folsom Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Nebraska $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Oklahoma | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In a nationally televised game on ABC, No. 18 Colorado upset fourth-ranked Penn State 41–13 in Boulder in late September, breaking a 23-game winning (and 31-game undefeated) streak.[1][2] The Buffaloes moved up to eighth in the AP poll, but were upset the next week by a point at Kansas State, led by quarterback Lynn Dickey.[3]
Invited to the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee, the No. 19 Buffaloes were upset by Tulane to finish at 6–5.[4][5]
In December, CU defensive coordinator Don James became the head coach at Kent State in Ohio;[6] four years later he was hired at Washington in Seattle. He led the Huskies for eighteen seasons, including a shared national championship in 1991.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | at Indiana* | W 16–9 | 42,471 | [7] | ||||
| September 26 | No. 4 Penn State* | No. 18 | ABC | W 41–13 | 42,850 | [8] | ||
| October 3 | at Kansas State | No. 8 | L 20–21 | 40,200 | [9] | |||
| October 10 | 1:30 p.m. | Iowa State | No. 17 |
| W 61–10 | 40,840 | [10] | |
| October 17 | Oklahoma | No. 13 |
| L 15–23 | 47,700 | [11] | ||
| October 24 | Missouri | No. 19 | L 16–30 | 57,000 | [12] | |||
| October 31 | No. 4 Nebraska |
| ABC | L 13–29 | 50,881 | [13] | ||
| November 7 | Kansas |
| W 45–29 | 37,250 | [14] | |||
| November 14 | at Oklahoma State | W 30–6 | 18,000 | [15] | ||||
| November 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Air Force* | W 49–19 | 45,447 | [16] | |||
| December 12 | vs. Tulane* | ABC | L 3–17 | 44,640 | [4][5][17] | |||
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Roster
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