2012 Colorado Buffaloes football team

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2012 Pac-12 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 7 Stanford xy$		8	–	1					12	–	2
No. 2 Oregon x%		8	–	1					12	–	1
No. 20 Oregon State		6	–	3					9	–	4
Washington		5	–	4					7	–	6
California		2	–	7					3	–	9
Washington State		1	–	8					3	–	9
South Division
UCLA x		6	–	3					9	–	5
Arizona State		5	–	4					8	–	5
USC		5	–	4					7	–	6
Arizona		4	–	5					8	–	5
Utah		3	–	6					5	–	7
Colorado		1	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Stanford 27, UCLA 24
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by second-year head coach and alumnus Jon Embree, the Buffaloes played their home games on-campus at Folsom Field in Boulder and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. On November 25, 2012 head coach Jon Embree was fired after compiling a 4–21 record including 1–11 in his final year, the worst year in the history of Colorado Buffaloes football.

Previous season

Colorado finished the 2011 season with a record of 3–10, 2–7 in Pac-12 play, tied for last place in the South Division.

Schedule

September 12:00 p.m.vs. Colorado State*

• Sports Authority Field at Mile High
• Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)

FXL 17–22 58,607 September 81:00 p.m.Sacramento State (FCS)*

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, CO

P12NL 28–30 46,843 September 156:00 p.m.at Fresno State*

• Bulldog Stadium
• Fresno, CA

CBSSNL 14–69 27,513 September 222:00 p.m.at Washington State

• Martin Stadium
• Pullman, WA

FXW 35–34 31,668 September 294:00 p.m.UCLA

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, CO

P12NL 14–42 46,893 October 117:00 p.m.Arizona State

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, CO

ESPNL 17–51 45,161 October 204:00 p.m.at No. 11 USC

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

P12NL 6–50 83,274 October 271:00 p.m.at No. 2 Oregon

• Autzen Stadium
• Eugene, OR

P12NL 14–70 57,521 November 312:00 p.m.No. 15 Stanford

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, CO

FXL 0–48 44,138 November 1011:30 a.m.at Arizona

• Arizona Stadium
• Tucson, AZ

FXL 31–56 51,236 November 1711:30 a.m.Washington

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, CO

FXL 3–38 43,148 November 231:00 p.m.Utah

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, CO (Rumble in the Rockies)

FXL 35–42 46,052

Postseason

On November 25, 2012, the university announced that Athletic Director Mike Bohn had fired head coach Jon Embree.