1971 Colorado Buffaloes football team
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| 1971 Colorado Buffaloes football | |
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Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl champion | |
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, W 29–17 vs. Houston | |
| Conference | Big Eight Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 7 |
| AP | No. 3 |
| Record | 10–2 (5–2 Big 8) |
| Head coach |
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| Defensive coordinator | Jerry Claiborne[1][2] (1st season) |
| MVP | Cliff Branch |
| Captain | Brian Foster, Bill Kralicek, Herb Orvis |
| Home stadium | Folsom Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Nebraska $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 13 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Oklahoma | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Colorado | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1971 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the Big Eight Conference during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Eddie Crowder, the Buffaloes were 9–2 in the regular season (5–2 in Big 8, third),[3][4] and played their home games on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.
Invited to the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl against host Houston, seventh-ranked Colorado defeated the #15 Cougars 29–17 to finish at 10–2,[5] outscoring their opponents 320–220. The Buffs climbed to third in the final AP poll, behind Nebraska and Oklahoma, also of the Big Eight (and their only two losses, both on the road).[6]
Colorado's next bowl win came nineteen years later. This was the first season of artificial turf at Folsom Field; natural grass returned 28 years later in 1999.
In his only season in Boulder, Jerry Claiborne was the defensive coordinator,[2] previously the head coach for a decade at Virginia Tech.[1] He left to become head coach at Maryland for a decade, then at his alma mater Kentucky for eight years.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 11 | at No. 9 LSU* | W 31–21 | 70,099 | [7] | |||
| September 18 | Wyoming* | No. 12 | W 56–13 | 40,729 | |||
| September 25 | at No. 6 Ohio State* | No. 10 | W 20–14 | 85,538 | |||
| October 2 | Kansas State | No. 6 |
| W 31–21 | 47,740 | ||
| October 9 | at Iowa State | No. 5 | W 24–14 | 31,535 | |||
| October 16 | at No. 2 Oklahoma | No. 6 | L 17–45 | 61,826 | |||
| October 23 | Missouri | No. 11 |
| W 27–7 | 45,129 | ||
| October 30 | at No. 1 Nebraska | No. 9 | ABC | L 7–31 | 67,776 | ||
| November 6 | at Kansas | No. 13 | W 35–14 | 35,299 | |||
| November 13 | Oklahoma State | No. 12 |
| W 40–6 | 40,211 | ||
| November 20 | Air Force* | No. 10 |
| W 53–17 | 46,362 | ||
| December 31 | vs. No. 15 Houston* | No. 7 | ABC | W 29–17 | 54,720 | ||
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Roster
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Offense
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- Source:[11]
Game summaries
[edit]Ohio State
[edit]| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Colorado | 6 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Ohio St | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
- Date: September 25, 1971
- Game time: 1:30 p.m.
- Game weather: Cloudy, 64 °F (18 °C)
- Game attendance: 85,586
- Box Score
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Oklahoma State
[edit]- Charles Davis 342 rush yards (conference record)[12]
NFL Draft
[edit]Two Buffaloes were selected in the 1972 NFL draft
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | Franchise |
| Herb Orvis | Defensive tackle | 1 | 16 | Detroit Lions |
| Cliff Branch | Wide receiver | 4 | 98 | Oakland Raiders |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Colorado hires Claiborne". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). UPI. January 23, 1971. p. 17.
- ^ a b "Crowder quits as Buff coach". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 23, 1973. p. 5C.
- ^ "Buffs, Cyclones eye bowl bids". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). November 19, 1971. p. 13.
- ^ "Colorado dumps Air Force, 53-17". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 21, 1971. p. 5B.
- ^ "Buffs triumph as Texan stars". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 1, 1972. p. 2B.
- ^ "Huskers solid No. 1". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. Associated Press. January 4, 1972. p. 20.
- ^ "Buff sophomore riddles LSU". The Sunday Oklahoman. September 12, 1971. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1971 Colorado Buffaloes Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ "1971 Football Schedule". University of Colorado Boulder. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ "Colorado Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). University of Colorado Boulder. p. 40. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ "Probable starters for CU-KU battle". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). November 5, 1971. p. 13.
- ^ "Buffs roll past Oklahoma State." Eugene Register-Guard. 1971 Nov 14. Retrieved 2021-Dec-06.
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