1974 Colorado Buffaloes football team
American college football season
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The 1974 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado in the Big Eight Conference during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. In their first season under head coach Bill Mallory, the Buffaloes compiled a 5–6 record (3–4 in Big 8, fifth), and were outscored 307 to 226. Home games were played on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record5–6 (3–4 Big 8)
Headcoach
- Bill Mallory (1st season)
OffensivecoordinatorGeorge Belu (1st season)
| 1974 Colorado Buffaloes football | |
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| Conference | Big Eight Conference |
| Record | 5–6 (3–4 Big 8) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | George Belu (1st season) |
| Offensive scheme | I formation |
| Defensive coordinator | Bob Reublin (1st season) |
| Base defense | 5–2 |
| MVP | Harvey Goodman |
| Captains | |
| Home stadium | Folsom Field |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Oklahoma $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Nebraska | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hired in January, Mallory was previously the head coach at undefeated Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he led the 1973 Miami Redskins football team to an undefeated season.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 14 | at No. 9 LSU* | L 14–42 | 70,274 | [2] | ||
| September 21 | at No. 6 Michigan* | L 0–31 | 91,203 | [3] | ||
| September 28 | No. 11 Wisconsin* | W 24–21 | 50,512 | [4] | ||
| October 5 | at Air Force* | W 28–27 | 38,354 | [5] | ||
| October 12 | Iowa State |
| W 34–7 | 50,793 | [6] | |
| October 19 | No. 2 Oklahoma |
| L 14–49 | 51,777 | [7] | |
| October 26 | at Missouri | L 24–30 | 61,023 | [8] | ||
| November 2 | No. 9 Nebraska |
| ABC | L 15–31 | 52,049 | [9] |
| November 9 | Kansas |
| W 17–16 | 48,831 | [10] | |
| November 16 | at No. 18 Oklahoma State | ABC | W 37–20 | 38,500 | [11] | |
| November 23 | at Kansas State | L 19–33 | 12,000 | [12] | ||
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