1978 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 1978 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the Big Eight Conference during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Bill Mallory, the Buffaloes were 6–5 overall and 2–5 in the Big 8.
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Conference | Big Eight |
1978 record | 6–5 (2–5 Big 8) |
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Home stadium | Folsom Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Oklahoma + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Nebraska + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Missouri | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colorado won its first five games, all at home, but then lost five of six and Mallory was fired on November 21 by athletic director Eddie Crowder, the previous head coach.[1] Mallory was succeeded by Chuck Fairbanks, the head coach of the New England Patriots in the NFL and formerly at conference foe Oklahoma.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result |
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September 9 | Oregon* | W 24–7 | ||
September 16 | Miami (FL)* |
| W 17–7 | |
September 23 | San Jose State* | No. 19 |
| W 22–7 |
September 30 | Northwestern* | No. 16 |
| W 55–7 |
October 7 | Kansas | No. 13 |
| W 17–7 |
October 14 | at Oklahoma State | No. 13 | L 20–24 | |
October 21 | No. 5 Nebraska |
| L 14–52 | |
October 28 | at No. 13 Missouri | W 28–27 | ||
November 4 | at No. 1 Oklahoma | L 7–28 | ||
November 11 | at Kansas State | L 10–20 | ||
November 18 | Iowa State |
| L 16–20 | |
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- Source:[2]
References
- "Colorado dismisses Mallory". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 22, 1978. p. 23.
- College Football at Sports-Reference.com
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