1969 Colorado Buffaloes football team
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| AP | No. 16 |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1969 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 1969 college football season. The Buffaloes offense scored 276 points while the defense allowed 227 points. Led by head coach Eddie Crowder, the Buffaloes competed in the Liberty Bowl.
Schedule
September 20Tulsa*
W 35–14 34,784 September 27No. 2 Penn State*
L 3–27 51,535 October 4Indiana*
- Folsom Field
- Boulder, Colorado
W 30-7 31,534 October 11at Iowa State
W 14–0 29,160 October 18at No. 12 Oklahoma
L 30–42 60,400
October 25No. 5 Missouri
- Folsom Field
- Boulder, Colorado
W 31–24 41,886 November 1at NebraskaNo. 18
L 7–20 67,035 November 8at Kansas
W 17–14 37,893 November 15Oklahoma State
- Folsom Field
- Boulder, Colorado
W 17–14 29,500 November 22Kansas State
- Folsom Field
- Boulder, Colorado
W 45–32 37,400 December 13vs. Alabama*
ABCW 47–33 50,144
Personnel
Coaching staff
- Head Coach: Eddie Crowder
- Assistants: Chet Franklin (OC), Don James (DC), Ken Blair (DE), Rick Duval (WR), C.B. McGowan (backs), Jim Mora (DL), Steve Ortmayer (OL), Steve Sidwell (LB), Augie Tammariello (OL), Dan Stavely (Freshmen)
Starters
- Offense: QB Jim Batten/Paul Arendt, TB Bobby Anderson, FB Ward Walsh, WR Bob Matsen, SE Monte Huber, TE Mike Pruett, TT Jim Phillips, TG Dick Melin, C Don Popplewell, SG Dennis Havig, ST Eddie Fusiek
- Defense: LE Herb Ovis, LT Dave Perini/Bill Collins, RT Dave Capra, RE Bill Brundige, OLB Bill Blanchard, MLB Phil Iriwn, OLB Rick Ogle, LCB Jim Cooch, LS Pat Murphy, RS Pete Jacobsen, RCB Eric Harris
- Specialists: PK Dave Haney, P Dick Robert
Team players drafted into the NFL
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Bobby Anderson | Running back | 1 | 11 | Denver Broncos |
| Bill Brundige | Defensive tackle | 2 | 43 | Washington Redskins |
| Eric Harris | Defensive back | 3 | 69 | St. Louis Cardinals |
References
- ^ 2011 Colorado football record book
- ^ 2011 Colorado football record book
- ^ 2011 Colorado football record book
- ^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1970.htm
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