Year: | 1969 |
Team: | Colorado Buffaloes |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Big Eight Conference |
Short Conf: | Big 8 |
Aprank: | 16 |
Record: | 8–3 |
Conf Record: | 5–2 |
Head Coach: | Eddie Crowder |
Hc Year: | 7th |
Off Coach: | Chet Franklin |
Oc Year: | 1st |
Off Scheme: | Slot-I triple option |
Def Coach: | Don James |
Dc Year: | 2nd |
Def Scheme: | 4–3 |
Mvp: | Bobby Anderson |
Captain: | Bobby Anderson, Bill Collins, Mike Pruett |
Stadium: | Folsom Field |
Bowl: | Liberty Bowl |
Bowl Result: | W 47–33 vs. Alabama |
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.
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.
Four Buffaloes were selected in the 1970 NFL draft, which was seventeen rounds (442 selections).
Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL club |
Running back | 1 | 11 | Denver Broncos | |
Defensive tackle | 2 | 43 | Washington Redskins | |
Defensive back | 3 | 69 | St. Louis Cardinals | |
Running back | 5 | 125 | Cleveland Browns | |