1980 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1980 Colorado Buffaloes football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	1–10 (1–6 Big 8)
Head coach	Chuck Fairbanks (2nd season)
Home stadium	Folsom Field (Capacity: 51,463)

1980 Big Eight Conference football standings

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

The 1980 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Colorado finished with the worst record in school history to date, including a loss to Oklahoma in which 63 records were set.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 13	at UCLA*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles		L 14–56	37,205
September 20	at LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana		L 20–23	74,999
September 27	Indiana*	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		L 7–49	40,219
October 4	No. 12 Oklahoma	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	ESPN	L 42–82	50,217
October 11	Drake*	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		L 22–41	37,689
October 18	at No. 16 Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		L 7–45	72,333
October 25	No. 9 Nebraska	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado (rivalry)		L 7–45	51,989
November 1	Iowa State	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 17–9	41,567
November 8	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma		L 7–42	50,000
November 15	Kansas	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		L 3–42	24,187
November 22	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas		L 14–17	17,510
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1980 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class SE 2 Reggie Harden Jr QB 12 Scott Kingdom Jr QB 16 Randy Essington Fr QB, RB 19 Charles Davis (C) Jr WB 28 Lyndell Hawkins Sr HB, P 29 Lance Olander Sr FB 42 Willie Beebe Jr C 51 Rich Umphrey Jr OT 61 Art Dale Johnson Sr C 63 Vince Rafferty Fr G 64 Bo Halamandaris Sr G 65 Joe Bell Sr G 66 Doug Krahenbuhl Jr OT 72 Brant Thurston (C) Sr OT 74 Bob Sebro Jr OT 75 Roger Gunter Jr OT 76 Bruce Campbell Sr SE 80 Ricky Ward Jr TE 84 Bob Niziolek Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 17 Larry Lillo Jr CB 20 Ricky Bynum Jr CB 22 Victor Scott Fr S 31 Jeff Donaldson Fr ILB 38 Steve Doolittle (C) Sr ILB 40 Bob Humble So S 41 Brad Chace So S 46 Ellis Wood So OLB 53 Kevin Hood So OLB 55 Scott Hardison Fr OLB 56 Rod Butler So DE 90 Pete Perry Jr DE 96 Graham Harrison Jr NT Dan Ralph CB Tim Stampley	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 3 Tom Field So	Head coach Chuck Fairbanks Coordinators/assistant coaches Ray Braun (DL) Gary Cabe (WR) Gene Hochevar (OC/QB) Ron Hubbard (AdmA/OL) Lannie Julias (DL) Doug Knotts (DC/LB) Pete Levine (RB) Ron Marciniak (OL) Dick Moseley (DB) John Sanders (TE) Jim Webster (LB) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster