1977 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1977 Colorado Buffaloes football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1977 record	7–3–1 (3–3–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Bill Mallory (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	George Belu
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Bob Reublin
Base defense	5–2
MVP	James Mayberry
Captain	Brian Cabral
Captain	Tom Perry
Captain	Leon White
Home stadium	Folsom Field
Seasons

1977 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#7 Oklahoma	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Iowa State	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
#12 Nebraska	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Colorado	3	–	3	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Missouri	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas	2	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado Boulder in the Big Eight Conference during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Bill Mallory, the Buffaloes were 7–3–1 overall and 3–3–1 in the Big 8.

Colorado was a defending conference co-champion and won its first five games to reach third in the polls in October, its highest rank in five years. A disappointing 2–3–1 finish knocked them out of a bowl berth.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	Stanford*	No. 12	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 27–21	50,482
September 17	Kent State*	No. 12	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 42–0	46,164
September 24	New Mexico*	No. 8	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 42–7	47,152
October 1	at Army*	No. 7	Michie Stadium West Point, New York		W 31–0	34,548
October 8	Oklahoma State	No. 6	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 29–13	52,904
October 15	at Kansas	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		T 17–17	39,320
October 22	at No. 18 Nebraska	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (Rivalry)		L 15–33	76,486
October 29	Missouri	No. 15	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		L 14–24	52,908
November 5	at No. 19 Iowa State		Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa		W 12–7	50,000
November 12	at No. 3 Oklahoma		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma	ABC	L 14–52	71,184
November 19	Kansas State		Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 23–0	43,873
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll

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Roster

1977 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 21 Kozlowski, MikeMike Kozlowski 5.0 !Jr T 79 Brock, StanStan Brock 3.0 !So	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bill Mallory (4th year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster