Game Archive

No. 16 Missouri – The Origins of Homecoming

//posted 10.18.1980

— October 18th – at Missouri No.16 Missouri 45, Colorado 7 — When the Buffs made their way to Columbia, Missouri, for their first game after the Drake debacle, the Missouri Tigers were well on their way to their third of four straight bowl appearances in the 1978-81 era. Missouri came into the game with a 4-1 mark, and played with the confidence of a winning program, easily taking out the Buffs, 45-7. Missouri was led by senior quarterback Phil Bradley and future NFL Hall of Fame tight end Kellen …

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Drake … Beneath Nadir, or, “Who the Hell is Drake?”

//posted 10.11.1980

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— October 11th – Boulder Drake 41, Colorado 22 — Colorado bounced back from the 82-42 Oklahoma debacle by out-gaining the supposedly out-manned Drake Bulldogs, 379 yards to 347. This was not sufficient, however, to prevent a 41-22 loss to a Drake team the Buffs had surely scheduled as a breather game between games against ranked Big Eight opponents. Colorado certainly had no reason to be overconfident against any team, but they played as if they only needed to put on their pads in order to record their first win of 1980. …

No. 12 Oklahoma – 82-42 – Open up the record books

//posted 10.4.1980

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— October 4th – Boulder No. 12 Oklahoma 82, Colorado 42 — The score says it all. 82-42. If you have never seen these numbers before, consider yourself fortunate. The headline in the October 5, 1980, Rocky Mountain News was: “Buffs humiliated by Sooners 82-42”. The statistics border on the unbelievable. The total number of points scored by two teams, 124, set a modern day NCAA record, as did the total number of touchdowns by both teams (18). In all, at least 51 NCAA, Big Eight Conference, Colorado/Oklahoma team, or Folsom …

Indiana – My first home game / Sports Illustrated & Chuck Fairbanks’ desk

//posted 9.27.1980

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— September 27th – Boulder Indiana 49, Colorado 7 — Fresh off the near comeback at Baton Rouge, there was at least some cause for hope against visiting Indiana. After all, the Buffs had beaten the Hoosiers the previous year in Bloomington, 17-16. In the 1979 game, Colorado had given Chuck Fairbanks his first win as the Buffs’ head coach. On that day, an 0-3 CU squad had beaten a 3-0 Indiana team, and had done so on the road. With that backdrop of cautious optimism, a crowd of 40,219 …

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LSU – “Buffs Gain Pride But Not Win”

//posted 9.20.1980

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— September 20th – at LSU LSU 23, Colorado 20 — Playing at Louisiana State the second week of the season, Colorado faced an LSU team that had been to bowls the previous three seasons, but was still looking to improve. After consecutive 8-4 seasons, the Tigers had managed a 7-5 record in 1979. Still, the 1979 Tiger squad had been good enough to embarrass the Buffs in Boulder, 44-0. LSU came into the 1980 game 1-1 on the new season, having been shut out by Florida State (16-0), and returning …

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UCLA – Buffs down 56-0 … at halftime!

//posted 9.13.1980

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— National and Big Eight recap – 1980 — In college football in 1980 it was the Year of the Dog – as in the Bulldogs from the University of Georgia. Georgia went 12-0, earning its 2nd-ever national championship by defeating Notre Dame, 17-10, in the Sugar Bowl. The Bulldogs were led by running back Herschel Walker. Notre Dame finished the season on a two game losing streak, falling to 9-2-1 in Dan Devine’s last season as head coach. In the Big Eight, Oklahoma continued its domination of the league. …