The 1991 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the

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in the

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. The team was coached by 10th year head coach

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, played their home games in

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in Boulder, Colorado, and were members of the Big Eight Conference. They finished with a record of 8–3–1 (6–0–1 Big 8) to finish as co-conference champions, and they lost to

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30–25 in the 1991 Blockbuster Bowl. In the final

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and Coaches' Poll, Colorado was ranked #20 in both polls.

Schedule

Personnel

Season summary

Wyoming

Baylor

Minnesota

At Stanford

Missouri

At Oklahoma

At Kansas State

Nebraska

At Oklahoma State

Kansas

At Iowa State

Colorado clinched share of Big Eight conference title for third straight season.

Blockbuster Bowl (vs Alabama)

References

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