Year: | 1975 |
Team: | Colorado Buffaloes |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Big Eight Conference |
Short Conf: | Big 8 |
Aprank: | 16 |
Record: | 9–3 |
Conf Record: | 5–2 |
Head Coach: | Bill Mallory |
Hc Year: | 2nd |
Off Coach: | George Belu |
Oc Year: | 2nd |
Off Scheme: | I formation |
Def Coach: | Bob Reublin |
Dc Year: | 2nd |
Def Scheme: | 5–2 |
Mvp: | Dave Williams |
Captain: | Pete Brock, Mike McCoy, Bob Simpson, Dave Williams |
Stadium: | Folsom Field |
Bowl: | Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl |
Bowl Result: | L 21–38 vs. Texas |
The 1975 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado in the Big Eight Conference (Big 8) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. Led by second-year head coach Bill Mallory, the Buffaloes compiled a 9–2 regular season record (5–2 in Big 8, third),[1] and played home games on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.
In the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, Colorado fell to ninth-ranked Texas to finish at 9–3.[2] Ranked sixteenth in the final AP poll, the Buffaloes outscored their opponents 331 to 251.