1986 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1986 Colorado Buffaloes football
Bluebonnet Bowl, L 9–21 vs. Baylor
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1986 record	6–6 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Bill McCartney (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Gerry DiNardo (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Wishbone
Defensive coordinator	Lou Tepper (4th season)
Base defense	3–4
Captain	Steve Beck
Captain	Eric Coyle
Captain	Barry Remington
Home stadium	Folsom Field (Capacity: 51,463)
Seasons

1986 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#3 Oklahoma †	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
Colorado	6	–	1	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
#5 Nebraska	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Kansas	0	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. Colorado started out the season 0–4, but ended up finishing as the runner-up in the Big Eight Conference; however, they beat Nebraska for the first time since 1967.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	Colorado State*	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	KCNC	L 7–23	45,109
September 13	at Oregon*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon		L 30–32	26,155
September 20	at Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio		L 10–13	88,404
September 27	No. 10 Arizona*	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	Raycom	L 21–24	41,024
October 11	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri	Raycom	W 17–12	42,780
October 18	Iowa State	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 31–3	41,215
October 25	No. 3 Nebraska	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 20–10	52,440
November 1	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	Raycom	W 31–14	36,900
November 8	Kansas	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 17–10	37,056
November 15	No. 4 Oklahoma	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	Raycom	L 0–28	52,707
November 22	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas		W 49–3	14,700
December 31	vs. No. 14 Baylor*	Rice Stadium Houston, Texas (Bluebonnet Bowl)	Raycom	L 9–21	40,470
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Staff

HC: Bill McCartney

Ast: Lou Tepper (AHC/DC/ILB), Gerry DiNardo (OC/TE), Gary Barnett (QB/FB), Steve Bernstein (DB), Mike Hankwitz (OLB), Steve Logan (RB), Oliver Lucas (WR), Les Miles (OL), Ron Vanderlinden (DL)

Game summaries

Nebraska

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total #3 Nebraska 0 0 7 3 10 • Colorado 7 3 0 10 20 Date: October 25 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Scoring summary 1 COL Jeff Campbell 39-yard run (Dave DeLine kick) Colorado 7–0 2 COL Dave DeLine 57-yard field goal Colorado 10–0 3 NEB Steve Taylor 2-yard run (Klein kick) Colorado 10–7 4 COL Lance Carl 52-yard pass from O.C. Oliver (DeLine kick) Colorado 17–7 4 NEB Dale Klein 29-yard field goal Colorado 17–10 4 COL Dave DeLine 36-yard field goal Colorado 20–10

The fans tore down the goal posts as the Buffaloes defeated Nebraska for the first time since 1967, a streak of 18 games, and the first win in Boulder against them since 1960. "This is a moment in our program we'll always cherish", said Colorado head coach Bill McCartney. "Up to this point I don't think we've beaten a great team. We did today. And I think we have a rivalry now."

Oklahoma State

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Colorado 3 0 14 14 31 Oklahoma St 0 14 0 0 14 Date: November 1 Location: Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma Scoring summary 1 COL DeLine 47-yard field goal Colorado 3–0 2 OKST Dykes 17-yard pass from Gundy (O'Connell kick) Oklahoma St 7–3 2 OKST Thomas 3-yard run (O'Connell kick) Oklahoma St 14–3 3 COL Oliver 23-yard pass from Hatcher (DeLine kick) Oklahoma St 14–10 3 COL Hatcher 1-yard run (DeLine kick) Colorado 17–14 4 COL Weatherspoon recovered fumble in end zone (DeLine kick) Colorado 24–14 4 COL Smith 2-yard run (DeLine kick) Colorado 31–14