1988 Colorado Buffaloes football team

The 1988 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The eight wins were the most by a Colorado team since 1976. They played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. Head coach Bill McCartney was in his seventh year leading the Buffaloes as their head coach.

1988 Colorado Buffaloes football
Freedom Bowl, L 1720 vs. BYU
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
1988 record84 (43 Big 8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGerry DiNardo (5th season)
Offensive schemeWishbone/I-Formation
Defensive coordinatorMike Hankwitz (1st season)
Base defense3–4
MVPEric Bieniemy
Captains
  • Don DeLuzio
  • Erik Norgard
Home stadiumFolsom Field
(Capacity: 51,463)
1988 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Nebraska $ 7 0 0  11 2 0
No. 14 Oklahoma 6 1 0  9 3 0
No. 11 Oklahoma State 5 2 0  10 2 0
Colorado 4 3 0  8 4 0
Iowa State 3 4 0  5 6 0
Missouri 2 5 0  3 7 1
Kansas 1 6 0  1 10 0
Kansas State 0 7 0  0 11 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 10Fresno State*KCNCW 45–332,417
September 17at No. 19 Iowa*W 24–2167,700
September 24Oregon State*
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
W 28–2141,297
October 1at Colorado State*W 27–2333,979
October 8No. 13 Oklahoma State
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
KCNCL 21–4141,854
October 15at KansasKCNCW 21–922,500
October 22No. 9 Oklahoma
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
ESPNL 14–1749,716
October 29Iowa State
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
KCNCW 24–1237,241
November 5at MissouriW 45–836,931
November 12at No. 7 NebraskaNo. 19KCNCL 0–776,359
November 19Kansas State
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
KCNCW 56–1432,617
December 29vs. BYU*RaycomL 17–2035,941
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

Game summaries

at Iowa

1 234Total
Colorado 14 037 24
No. 19 Iowa 0 1470 21


[2]

at Nebraska

Colorado at Nebraska
1 234Total
Colorado 0 000 0
No. 7 Nebraska 0 070 7


References

  1. 2011 Colorado football information guide
  2. Gainesville Sun. 1988 Sep 18. Retrieved 2017-Aug-27.


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