1986 Colorado State Rams football team

Template:Infobox college sports team season Template:1986 Western Athletic Conference football standings The 1986 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). In its fifth season under head coach Leon Fuller, the team compiled a 6–5 record overall and 4–4 mark against WAC opponents. Colorado State's senior quarterback, Kelly Stouffer, passed for 2,604 yards and 7 touchdown's.

Other statistical leaders on the 1986 Colorado State team included Steve Bartalo with 1,419 rushed yards and J. D. Brookhart with 581 receiving yards.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 6	at Colorado*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	W 23–7	45,109
September 13	at Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona	L 10–37	49,003
September 20	Northern Arizona*	Hughes Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	W 46–14
September 27	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	L 7–24
October 3	at BYU	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	W 24–20
October 18	Hawaii	Hughes Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	W 31–7
October 25	Wyoming	Hughes Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	W 20–15
November 1	San Diego State	Hughes Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	L 26–27	14,127
November 8	at Utah	Rice Stadium Salt Lake City	L 28–38
November 15	New Mexico	Hughes Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	W 32–27
November 22	at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas	L 19–21
*Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL[]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Kelly Stouffer	Quarterback	1	6	St. Louis Cardinals^[4]^[5]
Steve Bartalo	Running back	6	143	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Steve DeLine	Kicker	7	189	San Francisco 49ers

References[]

↑ "1986 Colorado State Rams Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/colorado-state/1986.html. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
↑ "1986 Colorado State Rams schedule and results". https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/colorado-state/1986-schedule.html.
↑ 1986 Colorado State Rams football schedule. CSURams.com. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
↑ Zimmerman, Paul (April 11, 1988). "A lonely road to the NFL". Sports Illustrated: 63. https://www.si.com/vault/1988/04/11/117470/a-lonely-road-to-the-nfl-quarterback-kelly-stouffer-the-cardinals-first-draft-pick-in-1987-is-still-holding-out.
↑ "SEAHAWKS TRADE FOR STOUFFER". The Washington Post. April 21, 1988. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/04/21/seahawks-trade-for-stouffer/a3255cca-f53f-49bd-b8d0-ebe8a1834a2c/.

[1] "1986 Colorado State Rams Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/colorado-state/1986.html. Retrieved May 3, 2020.

[2] "1986 Colorado State Rams schedule and results". https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/colorado-state/1986-schedule.html.

[3] 1986 Colorado State Rams football schedule. CSURams.com. Retrieved May 2, 2020.

[4] Zimmerman, Paul (April 11, 1988). "A lonely road to the NFL". Sports Illustrated: 63. https://www.si.com/vault/1988/04/11/117470/a-lonely-road-to-the-nfl-quarterback-kelly-stouffer-the-cardinals-first-draft-pick-in-1987-is-still-holding-out.

[5] "SEAHAWKS TRADE FOR STOUFFER". The Washington Post. April 21, 1988. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/04/21/seahawks-trade-for-stouffer/a3255cca-f53f-49bd-b8d0-ebe8a1834a2c/.

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