1974 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1974 Colorado Buffaloes football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record5–6 (3–4 Big 8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGeorge Belu (1st season)
Offensive schemeI formation
Defensive coordinatorBob Reublin (1st season)
Base defense5–2
MVPHarvey Goodman
CaptainJeff Geiser, Doug Payton, Greg Westbrooks
Home stadiumFolsom Field
Seasons
← 1973
1975 →
1974 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 14at No. 9 LSU*
L 14–4270,274[2]
September 21at No. 6 Michigan*
L 0–3191,203
September 28No. 11 Wisconsin*
W 24–2150,512
October 5at Air Force*
W 28–2738,354
October 12Iowa Statedagger
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
W 34–750,593
October 19No. 2 Oklahoma
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
L 14–4951,777
October 26at Missouri
L 24–3061,023
November 2No. 9 Nebraska
ABCL 15–3152,049
November 9Kansas
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
W 17–1647,701–48,831
November 16at No. 18 Oklahoma State
ABCW 37–2038,500
November 23at Kansas State
L 19–3317,128
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "Buffs' post to Mallory". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. January 12, 1974. p. 9.
  2. ^ "LSU whittless Colorado, 42–14". The Pensacola News Journal. September 15, 1974. Retrieved October 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1974 Colorado Buffaloes Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  4. ^ "1974 Football Schedule". University of Colorado Boulder. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  5. ^ "Colorado Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). University of Colorado Boulder. p. 43. Retrieved October 23, 2023.


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