The 1977 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the
University of Colorado Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado syst ...
in the
Big Eight Conference
The Big Eight Conference was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football. It was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Associatio ...
during the
1977 NCAA Division I football season. Led by fourth-year head coach
Bill Mallory
William Guy Mallory (May 30, 1935 – May 25, 2018) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Miami University (1969–1973), the University of Colorado at Boulder (1974–1978), Northern Illinois Universi ...
, the Buffaloes were overall and 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 finish knocked them out of a
bowl berth.
Schedule
:
[2011 Colorado football information guide.]
Roster
References
External links
University of Colorado Athletics– 1977 football roster
– 1977 Colorado Buffaloes
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
Colorado Buffaloes football seasons
Colorado Buffaloes football
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