1973 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1973 Colorado Buffaloes football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record5–6 (2–5 Big 8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKay Dalton (2nd season)
Offensive schemePro-I
Defensive coordinatorDan Radakovich (2nd season)
Base defense5–2
MVPJ. V. Cain
CaptainRandy Geist, William McDonald
Home stadiumFolsom Field
Seasons
← 1972
1974 →
1973 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Oklahoma $ 7 0 0 10 0 1
No. 7 Nebraska 4 2 1 9 2 1
No. 18 Kansas 4 2 1 7 4 1
No. 17 Missouri 3 4 0 8 4 0
Oklahoma State 2 3 2 5 4 2
Colorado 2 5 0 5 6 0
Kansas State 2 5 0 5 6 0
Iowa State 2 5 0 4 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado in the Big Eight Conference during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. Led by 11-year head coach Eddie Crowder, the Buffaloes compiled an overall record of 5–6 overall with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the Big 8. Colorado played home games on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.

After rallying to defeat No. 7 Missouri to improve to 5–2, CU dropped its final four games and incurred its first losing season in five years. Also the athletic director since 1965, Crowder stepped down as head coach in December;[1] he was succeeded in January 1974 by Bill Mallory, the head coach at undefeated Miami University in Ohio.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Crowder quits as Buff coach". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 23, 1973. p. 5C.
  2. ^ "Buffs' post to Mallory". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. January 12, 1974. p. 9.
  3. ^ "Bill Mallory takes post". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). January 12, 1974. p. 11.
  4. ^ "Miami's Mallory off to Colorado". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. January 12, 1974. p. 16.