1972 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1972 Colorado Buffaloes football
Gator Bowl, L 3–24 vs. Auburn
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. T–14
AP	No. 16
1972 record	8–4 (4–3 Big 8)
Head coach	Eddie Crowder (10th season)
Offensive scheme	Slot-I triple option
Defensive coordinator	Dan Radakovich (1st season)
Base defense	4–4
MVP	John Stearns
Captain	Cullen Bryant
Captain	Rick Kay
Captain	Chuck Mandrill
Home stadium	Folsom Field
Seasons

1972 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Oklahoma	6	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
#4 Nebraska	5	–	1	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
#16 Colorado	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Missouri	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	4	–	1			5	–	6	–	1
Kansas	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 9	California*	No. 2	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 20–10	50,751
September 16	Cincinnati*	No. 2	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 56–14	50,171
September 23	at Minnesota*	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis		W 38–6	42,703
September 30	at Oklahoma State	No. 3	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma		L 6–31	38,500
October 7	at Kansas State	No. 12	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas		W 38–17	40,000
October 14	No. 18 Iowa State	No. 13	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 34–22	51,668
October 21	No. 2 Oklahoma	No. 9	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	ABC	W 20–14	52,022
October 28	at Missouri	No. 7	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		L 17–20	55,550
November 4	No. 3 Nebraska	No. 15	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado (rivalry)	ABC	L 10–33	52,128
November 11	Kansas	No. 16	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 33–8	50,304
November 18	at Air Force*	No. 15	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, Colorado		W 38–7	47,191
December 28	vs. No. 6 Auburn*	No. 13	Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Florida (Gator Bowl)	ABC	L 3–24	71,114
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:

Roster

• TE J.V. Cain, Jr.

Game summaries

Oklahoma

#2 Oklahoma at Colorado

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma 0 7 0 7 14 • Colorado 0 0 14 6 20 Date: Saturday, October 22 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Game attendance: 52,022 Source: Ocala Star-Banner Scoring summary 2 OKLA Robertson 17 yard run (Fulcher kick) OKLA 7-0 3 COL Campbell 43 yard run (kick failed) OKLA 7-6 3 COL Keyworth 6 yard pass from Johnson (Matthews run) COL 14-7 4 COL Lima 33 yard field goal COL 17-7 4 COL Lima 33 yard field goal COL 20-7 4 OKLA Pruitt 10 yard pass from Robertson (Fulcher kick) COL 20-14

External links

• College Football Data Warehouse – Colorado Buffaloes (1970–1974)
• Sports Reference – 1972 Colorado football season