The 1973 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the

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in the Big Eight Conference during the

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. Led by eleventh-year head coach

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, the Buffaloes were 5–6 overall (2–5 in Big 8, tied for sixth), and played their home games on campus at

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in Boulder, Colorado. After rallying to defeat #7

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to improve to 5–2, CU dropped its final four games and incurred its first losing season in five years. Also the athletic director since 1965, Crowder stepped down as head coach in December; he was succeeded in January 1974 by Bill Mallory, the head coach at undefeated

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Schedule

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Roster

References

External links

University of Colorado Athletics
– 1973 football roster

– 1973 Colorado football season

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