1980 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1980 Colorado Buffaloes football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1980 record	1–10 (1–6 Big 8)
Head coach	Chuck Fairbanks (2nd season)
Home stadium	Folsom Field (Capacity: 51,463)
Seasons

1980 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#3 Oklahoma †	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
#7 Nebraska	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Missouri	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
Colorado	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Colorado finished with the worst record in school history to date, including a loss to Oklahoma in which 63 records were set.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 13	at UCLA*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles		L 14–56	37,205
September 20	at LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana		L 20–23	74,999
September 27	Indiana*	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		L 7–49	40,219
October 4	No. 12 Oklahoma	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	ESPN	L 42–82	50,217
October 11	Drake*	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		L 22–41	37,689
October 18	at No. 16 Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		L 7–45	72,333
October 25	No. 9 Nebraska	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado (Rivalry)		L 7–45	51,989
November 1	Iowa State	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 17–9	41,567
November 8	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma		L 7–42	50,000
November 15	Kansas	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		L 3–42	24,187
November 22	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas		L 14–17	17,510
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1980 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class SE 2 Harden, ReggieReggie Harden 5.0 !Jr QB 12 Kingdom, ScottScott Kingdom 5.0 !Jr QB 16 Essington, RandyRandy Essington 1.0 !Fr QB, RB 19 Davis, CharlesCharles Davis (C) 5.0 !Jr WB 28 Hawkins, LyndellLyndell Hawkins 7.0 !Sr HB, P 29 Olander, LanceLance Olander 7.0 !Sr FB 42 Beebe, WillieWillie Beebe 5.0 !Jr C 51 Umphrey, RichRich Umphrey 5.0 !Jr OT 61 Johnson, Art DaleArt Dale Johnson 7.0 !Sr C 63 Rafferty, VinceVince Rafferty 1.0 !Fr OG 64 Halamandaris, BoBo Halamandaris 7.0 !Sr OG 65 Bell, JoeJoe Bell 7.0 !Sr OG 66 Krahenbuhl, DougDoug Krahenbuhl 5.0 !Jr OT 72 Thurston, BrantBrant Thurston (C) 7.0 !Sr OT 74 Sebro, BobBob Sebro 5.0 !Jr OT 75 Gunter, RogerRoger Gunter 5.0 !Jr OT 76 Campbell, BruceBruce Campbell 7.0 !Sr SE 80 Ward, RickyRicky Ward 5.0 !Jr TE 84 Niziolek, BobBob Niziolek 7.0 !Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 17 Lillo, LarryLarry Lillo 5.0 !Jr CB 20 Bynum, RickyRicky Bynum 5.0 !Jr CB 22 Scott, VictorVictor Scott 1.0 !Fr S 31 Donaldson, JeffJeff Donaldson 1.0 !Fr ILB 38 Doolittle, SteveSteve Doolittle (C) 7.0 !Sr ILB 40 Humble, BobBob Humble 3.0 !So S 41 Chace, BradBrad Chace 3.0 !So S 46 Wood, EllisEllis Wood 3.0 !So OLB 53 Hood, KevinKevin Hood 3.0 !So OLB 55 Hardison, ScottScott Hardison 1.0 !Fr OLB 56 Butler, RodRod Butler 3.0 !So DE 90 Perry, PetePete Perry 5.0 !Jr DE 96 Harrison, GrahamGraham Harrison 5.0 !Jr NT Ralph, DanDan Ralph CB Stampley, TimTim Stampley	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 3 Field, TomTom Field 3.0 !So	Head coach Chuck Fairbanks Coordinators/assistant coaches Ray Braun (DL) Gary Cabe (WR) Gene Hochevar (OC/QB) Ron Hubbard (AdmA/OL) Lannie Julias (DL) Doug Knotts (DC/LB) Pete Levine (RB) Ron Marciniak (OL) Dick Moseley (DB) John Sanders (TE) Jim Webster (LB) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster