1986 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1986 Colorado Buffaloes football
Bluebonnet Bowl, L 9–21 vs. Baylor
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1986 record	6–6 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Bill McCartney
Offensive coordinator	Gerry DiNardo
Offensive scheme	Wishbone
Defensive coordinator	Lou Tepper
Base defense	3-4
Captain	Steve Beck
Captain	Eric Coyle
Captain	Barry Remington
Home stadium	Folsom Field (Capacity: 51,463)

1986 Big 8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
Colorado	6	–	1	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
#5 Nebraska	5	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Kansas	0	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. Colorado started out the season 0–4, but ended up finishing as the runner-up in the Big Eight Conference; however, they beat Nebraska for the first time since 1967.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	Colorado State*	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	KCNC	L 7–23	45,109
September 13	at Oregon*	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR		L 30–32	26,155
September 20	at Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		L 10–13	88,404
September 27	#10 Arizona*	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	Raycom	L 21–24	41,024
October 11	at Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	Raycom	W 17–12	42,780
October 18	Iowa State	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO		W 31–3	41,215
October 25	#3 Nebraska	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO		W 20–10	52,440
November 1	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK	Raycom	W 31–14	36,900
November 8	Kansas	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO		W 17–10	37,056
November 15	#4 Oklahoma	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	Raycom	L 0–28	52,707
November 22	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS		W 49–3	14,700
December 31	vs. #14 Baylor*	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX (Bluebonnet Bowl)	Raycom	L 9–21	40,470
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Staff

HC: Bill McCartney

Ast: Lou Tepper (AHC/DC/ILB), Gerry DiNardo (OC/TE), Gary Barnett (QB/FB), Steve Bernstein (DB), Mike Hankwitz (OLB), Steve Logan (RB), Oliver Lucas (WR), Les Miles (OL), Ron Vanderlinden (DL)

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Game notes

Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nebraska	0	0	7	3	10
• Colorado	7	3	0	10	20

Date: October 25
Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, CO

Scoring summary

1	COL	Jeff Campbell 39-yard run (Dave DeLine kick)	COL 7-0

2	COL	Dave DeLine 57-yard field goal	COL 10-0

3	NEB	Steve Taylor 2-yard run (Klein kick)	COL 10-7

4	COL	Lance Carl 52-yard pass from O.C. Oliver (DeLine kick)	COL 17-7

4	NEB	Dale Klein 29-yard field goal	COL 17-10

4	COL	Dave DeLine 36-yard field goal	COL 20-10

The fans tore down the goal posts as the Buffaloes defeated Nebraska for the first time since 1967, a streak of 18 games, and the first win in Boulder against them since 1960. "This is a moment in our program we'll always cherish," said Colorado head coach Bill McCartney. "Up to this point I don't think we've beaten a great team. We did today. And I think we have a rivalry now." ^[2]

Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colorado	3	0	14	14	31
Oklahoma St	0	14	0	0	14

Date: November 1
Location: Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK

Scoring summary

1	COL	DeLine 47-yard field goal	Colorado 3-0

2	OKST	Dykes 17-yard pass from Gundy (O'Connell kick)	Oklahoma St 7-3

2	OKST	Thomas 3-yard run (O'Connell kick)	Oklahoma St 14-3

3	COL	Oliver 23-yard pass from Hatcher (DeLine kick)	Oklahoma St 14-10

3	COL	Hatcher 1-yard run (DeLine kick)	Colorado 17-14

4	COL	Weatherspoon recovered fumble in end zone (DeLine kick)	Colorado 24-14

4	COL	Smith 2-yard run (DeLine kick)	Colorado 31-14

References

1 2 2010 Colorado football information guide
↑ "No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Nebraska get roughed up." Gainesville Sun. 1986 Oct 26.

Colorado Buffaloes football

Venues	Folsom Field (1924–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado State: Rocky Mountain Showdown Nebraska Utah: Rumble in the Rockies

Culture & lore	Ralphie the Buffalo "CU Fight Song" University of Colorado "Golden Buffalo" Marching Band Fifth Down Game (1990) Miracle at Michigan

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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