1974 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1974 Colorado Buffaloes football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	5–6 (3–4 Big 8)
Head coach	Bill Mallory (1st season)
Home stadium	Folsom Field

1974 Big Eight Conference football standings

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

The 1974 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the Big Eight Conference (Big 8) during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. In their first season under head coach Bill Mallory, the Buffaloes compiled a 5–6 record (3–4 against Big 8 opponents), finished in fifth place in the Big 8, and were outscored by their opponents, 307 to 226. The team played its home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 14	at No. 9 LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 14–42
September 21	at No. 6 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–31
September 28	No. 11 Wisconsin*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	W 24–21
October 5	at Air Force*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	W 28–27
October 12	Iowa State	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	W 34–7
October 19	No. 2 Oklahoma	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	L 14–49
October 26	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	L 24–30
November 2	No. 9 Nebraska	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	L 15–31
November 9	Kansas	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	W 17–16
November 16	at No. 18 Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 37–20
November 23	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 19–33
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game