2018 Colorado Buffaloes football team

2018 Colorado Buffaloes football
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Record5–7 (2–7 Pac-12)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorKlayton Adams (6th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorDarrin Chiaverini (3rd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorD. J. Eliot (2nd season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumFolsom Field
Uniform
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 13 Washington xy$   7 2     10 4  
No. 10 Washington State x   7 2     11 2  
Stanford   6 3     9 4  
Oregon   5 4     9 4  
California   4 5     7 6  
Oregon State   1 8     2 10  
South Division
Utah xy   6 3     9 5  
Arizona State   5 4     7 6  
USC   4 5     5 7  
Arizona   4 5     5 7  
UCLA   3 6     3 9  
Colorado   2 7     5 7  
Championship: Washington 10, Utah 3
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado in the Pac-12 Conference during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Mike MacIntyre, the Buffaloes played their home games on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder and finished at 5–7 (2–7 in Pac-12, last in South Division).

Despite a promising 5–0 start and a top twenty ranking, the Buffaloes lost their final seven games. The low point came during homecoming on October 27, when Colorado blew a 31–3 third-quarter lead to struggling Oregon State and lost by seven in overtime. MacIntyre was fired on November 18, the day after the sixth consecutive setback, a 30–7 home loss to rival Utah.[1]

Mel Tucker, the defensive coordinator at Georgia, was hired as head coach in early December.[2]

  1. ^ "Colorado fires football coach Mike MacIntyre after six-game losing streak". Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Howell, Brian (December 5, 2018). "Done deal: CU Buffs to hire Mel Tucker as head coach". Boulder Daily Camera. Retrieved December 5, 2018.