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November 15, 1980

Kansas – “We’re just a very poor football team right now”

— November 15th – Boulder Kansas 42, Colorado 3 — One week after the Oklahoma State Cowboys posted 42 points against the hapless Buffs, Kansas also scored 42 points against the paper-thin Colorado defense, taking down the Buffs, 42-3. The...

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November 8, 1980

Oklahoma State – Buffs “Healers to the Sick”

— November 8th – at Stillwater Oklahoma State 42, Colorado 7 — The early November match-up against Oklahoma State in Stillwater represented perhaps the Buffs’ last best chance at a victory in 1980. Colorado was 1-7 on the season, but the...

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November 1, 1980

Iowa State – First win (only win) of a record-setting season

— November 1st – Boulder Colorado 17, Iowa State 9 — In its history, Colorado has had as much success against the Cyclones from Ames as it had against any team in the Big Eight. Coming into the 1980 season,...

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October 25, 1980

No. 9 Nebraska – What are our school colors again?

— October 25th – Boulder No. 9 Nebraska 45, Colorado 7 — Just what the Buffs needed. An 0-6 season record, with once-beaten and 9th-ranked Huskers coming to town. Nebraska, led by running backs Jarvis Redwine and sophomore sensation Roger...

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October 18, 1980

No. 16 Missouri – The Origins of Homecoming

— 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...

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October 11, 1980

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

— 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...

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October 4, 1980

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

— 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: ...

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September 27, 1980

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

— 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...

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September 20, 1980

LSU – “Buffs Gain Pride But Not Win”

— 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. ...

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September 13, 1980

UCLA – Buffs down 56-0 … at halftime!

— 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...

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September 1, 1980

The Book Which Became a Website – An Introduction to CU at the Game

— CU AT THE GAME – An Introduction — Beginning in the fall of 1980, my freshman year at the University of Colorado in Boulder, I began to accumulate large quantities of CU memorabilia. Programs, newspaper clippings, ticket stubs, pennants,...

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August 26, 1980

“Fanaticism” – 1970’s overview – Chuck Fairbanks

— CU at the Game – Background for 1980 — “Fanaticism” “A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.” – Winston Churchill — Before winding the clock all the way back to 1980, we...

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