1969 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1969 Colorado Buffaloes football
1969 Colorado Buffaloes football
Liberty Bowl, W 47–33 vs. Alabama
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 16
Record	8–3 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach	Eddie Crowder (7th season);
Offensive coordinator	Chet Franklin (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Slot-I triple option
Defensive coordinator	Don James (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
MVP	Bobby Anderson
Captain	Bobby Anderson, Bill Collins, Mike Pruett
Home stadium	Folsom Field
	Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

The 1969 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado in the Big Eight Conference during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Eddie Crowder, Colorado finished the regular season at 7–3 (5–2 in Big 8, third), and played their home games on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.

1969 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Missouri +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Nebraska +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Colorado	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Kansas State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Kansas	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Invited to the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee,^[1]^[2] the Buffs defeated Alabama 47–33 to complete the season at 8–3;^[3]^[4] CU outscored its opponents 276 to 227 and climbed to sixteenth in the final AP poll.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Tulsa*		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 35–14	34,784
September 27	at No. 2 Penn State*		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA		L 3–27	51,535
October 4	Indiana*		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 30–7	31,258–31,534	^[5]
October 11	at Iowa State		Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA		W 14–0	29,160
October 18	at No. 12 Oklahoma		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		L 30–42	60,400
October 25	No. 5 Missouri		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 31–24	41,886
November 1	at Nebraska	No. 18	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		L 7–20	67,035
November 8	at Kansas		Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 17–14	37,893
November 15	Oklahoma State		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 17–14	29,500
November 22	Kansas State		Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)		W 45–32	37,400
December 13	vs. Alabama*		Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	ABC	W 47–33	50,144	^[6]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1969 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB, RB	`11`	Bobby Anderson	Sr
HB	`25`	Steve Engel

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`77`	Bill Brundige	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Source:^[10]^[11]

Head coach: Eddie Crowder
Assistants: Chet Franklin (OC), Don James (DC), Ken Blair (DE), Rick Duval (WR), C.B. McGowan (backs), Jim Mora (DL), Steve Ortmayer (OL), Steve Sidwell (LB), Augie Tammariello (OL), Dan Stavely (Freshmen)

Offense: QB Jim Batten/Paul Arendt, TB Bobby Anderson, FB Ward Walsh, WR Bob Matsen, SE Monte Huber, TE Mike Pruett, TT Jim Phillips, TG Dick Melin, C Don Popplewell, SG Dennis Havig, ST Eddie Fusiek
Defense: LE Herb Ovis, LT Dave Perini/Bill Collins, RT Dave Capra, RE Bill Brundige, OLB Bill Blanchard, MLB Phil Iriwn, OLB Rick Ogle, LCB Jim Cooch, LS Pat Murphy, RS Pete Jacobsen, RCB Eric Harris
Specialists: PK Dave Haney, P Dick Robert

Four Buffaloes were selected in the 1970 NFL Draft, which was seventeen rounds (442 selections).

Source:^[12]