1969 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1969 Colorado Buffaloes football
Liberty Bowl, W 47–33 vs. Alabama
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Ranking
APNo. 16
Record8–3 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorChet Franklin (1st season)
Offensive schemeSlot-I triple option
Defensive coordinatorDon James (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
MVPBobby Anderson
CaptainBobby Anderson, Bill Collins, Mike Pruett
Home stadiumFolsom Field
Seasons
← 1968
1970 →
1969 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Missouri + 6 1 0 9 2 0
No. 11 Nebraska + 6 1 0 9 2 0
No. 16 Colorado 5 2 0 8 3 0
Oklahoma 4 3 0 6 4 0
Kansas State 3 4 0 5 5 0
Oklahoma State 3 4 0 5 5 0
Iowa State 1 6 0 3 7 0
Kansas 0 7 0 1 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado in the Big Eight Conference during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Eddie Crowder, Colorado finished the regular season at 7–3 (5–2 in Big 8, third), and played their home games on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.

Invited to the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee,[1][2] the Buffs defeated Alabama 47–33 to complete the season at 8–3;[3][4] CU outscored its opponents 276 to 227 and climbed to sixteenth in the final AP poll.

  1. ^ "Colorado favored to drop Alabama". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. December 12, 1969. p. 22.
  2. ^ Land, Charles (December 12, 1969). "Offense big thing for Tide". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). p. 16.
  3. ^ Land, Charles (December 13, 1969). "Buffaloes rumble past Tide, 47-33". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). p. 1.
  4. ^ Shearer, Ed (December 14, 1969). "Anderson-powered Buffaloes beat Tide". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1B.