1987 Colorado Buffaloes football team

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1987 Big Eight Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 6 Nebraska	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Oklahoma State	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Colorado	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Missouri	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Kansas	0	–	6	–	1			1	–	9	–	1
Kansas State	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	10	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

September 1212:00 PMOregon*

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, Colorado

KCNCL 7–10 40,521 September 1912:00 PMStanford*

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, Colorado

KCNCW 31–17 45,073 September 261:00 PMWashington State*

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, Colorado

W 26–17 43,527 October 31:00 PMat Colorado State*

• Hughes Stadium
• Fort Collins, Colorado (Rocky Mountain Showdown)

W 29–16 38,129 October 101:00 PMat No. 19 Oklahoma State

• Lewis Field
• Stillwater, Oklahoma

L 17–42 42,800 October 1712:00 PMKansas

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, Colorado

KCNCW 35–10 43,514 October 245:30 PMat No. 1 Oklahoma

• Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
• Norman, Oklahoma

ESPNL 6–24 75,004 October 3112:30 PMat Iowa State

• Cyclone Stadium
• Ames, Iowa

W 42–10 34,920 November 712:00 PMMissouri

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, Colorado

KCNCW 27–10 44,050 November 2112:10 PMat Kansas State

• KSU Stadium
• Manhattan, Kansas

W 41–0 12,500 November 282:00 PMNo. 5 Nebraska

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, Colorado (Rivalry)

ESPNL 7–24 52,026

Roster

1987 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TB 49 Eric Bienemy Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 12 Dave McCloughan Fr LB 96 Kanavis McGhee Fr LB 94 Alfred Williams Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bill McCartney Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster