1969 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1969 Colorado Buffaloes football
1969 Colorado Buffaloes football
Liberty Bowl, W 47–33 vs. Alabama
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 16
Record	8–3 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach	Eddie Crowder (7th season);
Offensive coordinator	Chet Franklin (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Slot-I triple option
Defensive coordinator	Don James (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
MVP	Bobby Anderson
Captains	Bobby Anderson; Bill Collins; Mike Pruett;
Home stadium	Folsom Field

1969 Big Eight Conference football standings
	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Missouri +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Nebraska +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 16	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Kansas State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Kansas	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado in the Big Eight Conference during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Eddie Crowder, Colorado finished the regular season at 7–3 (5–2 in Big 8, third), and played their home games on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.

Invited to the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee,^[1]^[2] the Buffs defeated Alabama 47–33 to complete the season at 8–3;^[3]^[4] CU outscored its opponents 276 to 227 and climbed to sixteenth in the final AP poll.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Tulsa*		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 35–14	34,784
September 27	at No. 2 Penn State*		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA		L 3–27	51,535
October 4	Indiana*		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 30–7	31,258–31,534	^[5]
October 11	at Iowa State		Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA		W 14–0	29,160
October 18	at No. 12 Oklahoma		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		L 30–42	60,400
October 25	No. 5 Missouri		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 31–24	41,886
November 1	at Nebraska	No. 18	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		L 7–20	67,035
November 8	at Kansas		Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 17–14	37,893
November 15	Oklahoma State		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 17–14	29,500
November 22	Kansas State		Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)		W 45–32	37,400
December 13	vs. Alabama*		Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	ABC	W 47–33	50,144	^[6]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1969 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB, RB	`11`	Bobby Anderson	Sr
HB	`25`	Steve Engel

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`77`	Bill Brundige	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach: Eddie Crowder
Assistants: Chet Franklin (OC), Don James (DC), Ken Blair (DE), Rick Duval (WR), C.B. McGowan (backs), Jim Mora (DL), Steve Ortmayer (OL), Steve Sidwell (LB), Augie Tammariello (OL), Dan Stavely (Freshmen)

Offense: QB Jim Batten/Paul Arendt, TB Bobby Anderson, FB Ward Walsh, WR Bob Matsen, SE Monte Huber, TE Mike Pruett, TT Jim Phillips, TG Dick Melin, C Don Popplewell, SG Dennis Havig, ST Eddie Fusiek
Defense: LE Herb Ovis, LT Dave Perini/Bill Collins, RT Dave Capra, RE Bill Brundige, OLB Bill Blanchard, MLB Phil Iriwn, OLB Rick Ogle, LCB Jim Cooch, LS Pat Murphy, RS Pete Jacobsen, RCB Eric Harris
Specialists: PK Dave Haney, P Dick Robert

Four Buffaloes were selected in the 1970 NFL draft, which was seventeen rounds (442 selections).

^ "Colorado favored to drop Alabama". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. December 12, 1969. p. 22.
^ Land, Charles (December 12, 1969). "Offense big thing for Tide". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). p. 16.
^ Land, Charles (December 13, 1969). "Buffaloes rumble past Tide, 47-33". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). p. 1.
^ Shearer, Ed (December 14, 1969). "Anderson-powered Buffaloes beat Tide". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1B.
^ "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 14. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
^ Land, Charles (December 14, 1969). "Buffaloes rumble past Tide, 47–33". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 1. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
^ "1969 Colorado Buffaloes Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
^ "1969 Football Schedule". University of Colorado Boulder. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
^ "Colorado Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). University of Colorado Boulder. p. 38. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
^ "Probable starters". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). November 7, 1969. p. 8.
^ "Colorado football roster". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). December 12, 1969. p. 21.
^ "1970 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.

Colorado Buffaloes football
Venues	Campus fields (1890–1901) Gamble Field (1901–1924) Folsom Field (1924–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado State: Rocky Mountain Showdown Kansas State Nebraska Utah: Rumble in the Rockies
Culture & lore	Ralphie the Buffalo "CU Fight Song" "Golden Buffalo" Marching band Fifth Down Game Miracle at Michigan Coach Prime
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold