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1964 Colorado

2–⁠8 (1–⁠6 Big Eight), coached by Eddie Crowder.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 1964, game by game: lost at USC 0–21; lost vs. Oregon State 7–14; lost vs. Kansas State 14–16; lost at Oklahoma State 10–14; won at Iowa State 14–7; lost vs. No. 5 Nebraska 3–21; lost vs. Oklahoma 11–14; lost at Missouri 7–16; lost at Kansas 7–10; won vs. Air Force 28–23+7−21Lost 0–21 at USC-21USCLost 7–14 vs. Oregon State-7Oregon StateLost 14–16 vs. Kansas State-2Kansas StateLost 10–14 at Oklahoma State-4Oklahoma StateWon 14–7 at Iowa State+7Iowa StateLost 3–21 vs. No. 5 Nebraska-18No. 5 NebraskaLost 11–14 vs. Oklahoma-3OklahomaLost 7–16 at Missouri-9MissouriLost 7–10 at Kansas-3KansasWon 28–23 vs. Air Force+5Air Force
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atUSCL 0–⁠2119%
Sep 26vsOregon StateL 7–⁠1441%
Oct 3vsKansas StateL 14–⁠1661%
Oct 10atOklahoma StateL 10–⁠1429%
Oct 17atIowa StateW 14–⁠734%
Oct 24vs5NebraskaL 3–⁠2122%
Oct 31vsOklahomaL 11–⁠1430%
Nov 7atMissouriL 7–⁠1617%
Nov 14atKansasL 7–⁠1019%
Nov 21vsAir ForceW 28–⁠2339%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Air Force 28–⁠23; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 112th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1964.

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠6 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
101–⁠156
Coach
Eddie Crowder
Elo
1385 −29 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.3 No. 64 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jerry McClurg and Ted Somerville
Most valuable player
Tom Kresnak

Drafted in 1965

The 1965 draft
Rd 6Bill Symons RBGreen Bay Packers

All-Big Eight

4 second team

Second team

  • Sam HarrisEAP-2
  • Stan IrvineOTAP-2
  • Steve SidwellLBAP-2
  • Ted SomervilleDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska6–⁠19–⁠26
Oklahoma5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Kansas5–⁠26–⁠4
Missouri4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Oklahoma State3–⁠44–⁠6
Kansas State3–⁠43–⁠7
Colorado1–⁠62–⁠8
Iowa State0–⁠71–⁠8–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.