The 1940 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an
American football
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team that represented the
University of Colorado
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as a member of the
Mountain States Conference
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(MSC) during the
1940 college football season
The 1940 college football season was the 72nd season of college football, intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the 1940 Big Ten Conference football season, Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conferen ...
. Led by first-year head coach
Frank Potts, the Buffaloes compiled an overall record of 5–3–1 with a mark of 4–1–1 in conference play, tying for second place in the MSC.
Colorado was ranked at No. 68 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the
Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.
Schedule
After the season
NFL Draft
The following Buffaloes were selected in the
1941 NFL Draft
The 1941 National Football League Draft was held on December 10, 1940, at the Willard InterContinental Washington, Willard Hotel in Washington D.C. With the List of first overall National Football League Draft picks, first overall pick of the draf ...
following the season.
References
Colorado
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Colorado Buffaloes football seasons
Colorado Buffaloes football
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