1977 Colorado Buffaloes football team

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.

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	Stanford*	No. 12	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 27–21	50,482	[1]
September 17	Kent State*	No. 12	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 42–0	46,164	[2]
September 24	New Mexico*	No. 8	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 42–7	47,152	[3]
October 1	at Army*	No. 7	Michie Stadium West Point, NY		W 31–0	34,548	[4]
October 8	Oklahoma State	No. 6	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 29–13	52,904	[5]
October 15	at Kansas	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		T 17–17	39,320	[6]
October 22	at No. 18 Nebraska	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		L 15–33	76,486	[7]
October 29	Missouri	No. 15	Folsom Field Boulder, CI		L 14–24	52,908	[8]
November 5	at No. 19 Iowa State		Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 12–7	50,000	[9]
November 12	at No. 3 Oklahoma		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ABC	L 14–52	71,184	[10]
November 19	Kansas State		Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)		W 23–0	43,873	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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