2020 Colorado Buffaloes football team

The 2020 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Buffaloes were led by first-year lead coach Karl Dorrell and played their home games on campus at Folsom Field as a member of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference.

2020 Colorado Buffaloes football
Alamo Bowl, L 23–55 vs. Texas
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
2020 record4–2 (3–1 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDarrin Chiaverini (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorTyson Summers (2nd season)
Home stadiumFolsom Field
(Capacity: 50,183)
Uniform
2020 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
North Division
Washington x  3 –1     3 –1  
Stanford  4 –2     4 –2  
Oregon y$  3 –2     4 –3  
California  1 –3     1 –3  
Washington State  1 –3     1 –3  
Oregon State  2 –5     2 –5  
South Division
No. 21 USC xy  5 –0     5 –1  
Colorado  3 –1     4 –2  
Utah  3 –2     3 –2  
Arizona State  2 –2     2 –2  
UCLA  3 –4     3 –4  
Arizona  0 –5     0 –5  
Championship: Oregon 31, USC 24
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Pac-12 suspended the season on August 11, but later decided to begin play on November 6. In addition to the title game on December 18, the conference seeded all remaining teams for a game during that weekend.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll.

On August 11, 2020, the Pac-12 Conference suspended all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 3, the Pac-12 announced a resumption of the 2020 football season featuring a seven-game conference-only schedule, starting on November 7 and ending with the Pac-12 Championship game on December 18.

Previous season
Main article: 2019 Colorado Buffaloes football team

The Buffaloes finished the 2019 season 5–7 and 3–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place in the South Division.

Schedule

Colorado had games scheduled against Colorado State, Fresno State and Texas A&M. These games were canceled on July 10, due to the Pac-12 Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
November 75:00 p.m.UCLA
ESPN2W 48–42554
November 141:30 p.m.at Stanford
ESPNW 35–32—
November 218:00 p.m.Arizona State
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
ESPN2No Contest
November 281:30 p.m.at No. 18 USC
ABCNo Contest
November 283:00 p.m.San Diego State*
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
P12NW 20–10—
December 55:00 p.m.at Arizona
FS1W 24–13—
December 1210:00 a.m.UtahNo. 21
FOXL 21–38—
December 197:00 p.m.vs. OregonNo. 25
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
FS1No Contest
December 297:00 p.m.vs. No. 20 Texas*
ESPNL 23–5510,822

[3]

Awards and Honors

Weekly awards
DateWeekAwardPlayerPosition
Nov. 91Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week[4]Jarek BroussardRB
Nov. 162Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week[4]Sam NoyerQB
Nov. 162Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week[4]Nate LandmanLB
Nov. 299[lower-alpha 1]Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week[5]Nate LandmanLB
Nov. 304Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week[4]Nate Landman (2)LB
Dec. 75Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week[4]Jarek Broussard (2)RB
  1. National week numbering

Individual Awards
  • Jarek Broussard - Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year[6]
  • Karl Dorrell - Pac-12 Coach of the Year[6]
  • Brenden Rice - Pac-12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year Honorable Mention[6]
  • Christian Gonzalez - Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Honorable Mention[6]

All-Pac-12 Team

1st Team[6]

2nd Team

  • Sam Noyer (QB)
  • Will Sherman (OL)
  • Mustafa Johnson (DL)
  • Jaylen Jackson (ST)

Honorable Mention

  • Frank Fillip (OL)
  • Terrance Lang (DL)
  • Isaiah Lewis (DB)
  • Casey Roddick (OL)
  • Dimitri Stanley (WR)
  • Carson Wells (LB)

References
  1. Pac-12 Conference. "Pac-12 announces resumption of football, basketball & winter sports seasons". Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. "2020 Colorado Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  4. "Pac-12 Football Players of the Week - Week Five | Pac-12". pac-12.com.
  5. https://waltercamp.org/buffalo-rb-jaret-patterson-and-colorado-lb-nate-landman-named-walter-camp-fbs-players-of-the-week-presented-by-generation-ucan/
  6. "2020 Pac-12 Football All-Conference honors and annual awards announced | Pac-12". pac-12.com.
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