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1974 Colorado

5–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Big Eight), coached by Bill Mallory.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 1974, game by game: lost at No. 9 LSU 14–42; lost at No. 6 Michigan 0–31; won vs. No. 11 Wisconsin 24–21; won at Air Force 28–27; won vs. Iowa State 34–7; lost vs. No. 2 Oklahoma 14–49; lost at Missouri 24–30; lost vs. No. 9 Nebraska 15–31; won vs. Kansas 17–16; won at No. 18 Oklahoma State 37–20; lost at Kansas State 19–33+27−35Lost 14–42 at No. 9 LSU-28No. 9 LSULost 0–31 at No. 6 Michigan-31No. 6 MichiganWon 24–21 vs. No. 11 Wisconsin+3No. 11 WisconsinWon 28–27 at Air Force+1Air ForceWon 34–7 vs. Iowa State+27Iowa StateLost 14–49 vs. No. 2 Oklahoma-35No. 2 OklahomaLost 24–30 at Missouri-6MissouriLost 15–31 vs. No. 9 Nebraska-16No. 9 NebraskaWon 17–16 vs. Kansas+1KansasWon 37–20 at No. 18 Oklahoma State+17No. 18 Oklahoma StateLost 19–33 at Kansas State-14Kansas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14at9LSUL 14–⁠4232%
Sep 21at6MichiganL 0–⁠3122%
Sep 28vs11WisconsinW 24–⁠2160%
Oct 5atAir ForceW 28–⁠2746%
Oct 12vsIowa StateW 34–⁠756%
Oct 19vs2OklahomaL 14–⁠4927%
Oct 26atMissouriL 24–⁠3040%
Nov 2vs9NebraskaL 15–⁠3131%
Nov 9vsKansasW 17–⁠1657%
Nov 16at18Oklahoma StateW 37–⁠2029%
Nov 23atKansas StateL 19–⁠3361%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kansas State 33–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 77th-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 1974.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 5th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
226–⁠307
Coach
Bill Mallory
Elo
1521 −22 this season
SP+ rating
9.2 No. 41 of 124; offense No. 14, defense No. 82
SRS
6.2 No. 42 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
George Belu
Defensive coordinator
Bob Reublin
Captains
Jeff Geiser, Doug Payton and Greg Westbrooks
Most valuable player
Harvey Goodman
Offense
I formation
Defense
5–⁠2

Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 4Rod Perry DBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 5Harvey Goodman OTSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 6Doug Payton OGAtlanta Falcons
Rd 7Wayne Mattingly OTPittsburgh Steelers

All-Big Eight

2 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠011–⁠01
Nebraska5–⁠29–⁠39
Missouri5–⁠27–⁠4
Oklahoma State4–⁠37–⁠5
Colorado3–⁠45–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠54–⁠7
Kansas1–⁠64–⁠7
Kansas State1–⁠64–⁠7

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