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1975 Colorado

9–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Big Eight), coached by Bill Mallory, finished No. 16 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 1975, game by game: won vs. California 34–27; won vs. Wyoming 27–10; won vs. Wichita State 52–0; lost at No. 1 Oklahoma 20–21; won at Miami 23–10; won vs. No. 10 Missouri 31–20; lost at No. 4 Nebraska 21–63; won at Iowa State 28–27; won vs. Oklahoma State 17–7; won at No. 17 Kansas 24–21; won vs. Kansas State 33–7; lost vs. No. 9 Texas 21–38+52−42Won 34–27 vs. California+7CaliforniaWon 27–10 vs. Wyoming+17WyomingWon 52–0 vs. Wichita State+52Wichita StateLost 20–21 at No. 1 Oklahoma-1No. 1 OklahomaWon 23–10 at Miami+13MiamiWon 31–20 vs. No. 10 Missouri+11No. 10 MissouriLost 21–63 at No. 4 Nebraska-42No. 4 NebraskaWon 28–27 at Iowa State+1Iowa StateWon 17–7 vs. Oklahoma State+10Oklahoma StateWon 24–21 at No. 17 Kansas+3No. 17 KansasWon 33–7 vs. Kansas State+26Kansas StateLost 21–38 vs. No. 9 Texas-17No. 9 Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsCaliforniaW 34–⁠2755%
Sep 20vsWyomingW 27–⁠1082%
Sep 27vsWichita StateW 52–⁠082%
Oct 4at1OklahomaL 20–⁠2117%
Oct 10atMiamiW 23–⁠1055%
Oct 18vs10MissouriW 31–⁠2047%
Oct 25at4NebraskaL 21–⁠6327%
Nov 1atIowa StateW 28–⁠2751%
Nov 8vsOklahoma StateW 17–⁠759%
Nov 15at17KansasW 24–⁠2141%
Nov 22vsKansas StateW 33–⁠784%
Dec 27Bowls & playoffvs9TexasAstro-Bluebonnet BowlL 21–⁠3841%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 38–⁠21 in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl; No. 16 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 19
  2. Wk 6: 13
  3. Wk 7: 12
  4. Wk 8: 10
  5. Wk 9: 16
  6. Wk 10: 14
  7. Wk 11: 10
  8. Wk 12: 9
  9. Wk 13: 9
  10. Wk 14: 10
  11. Final: 16

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 1975.

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Big Eight
AP final
No. 16 peak No. 9
Points
331–⁠251
Coach
Bill Mallory
Elo
1612 +98 this season
SP+ rating
19.1 No. 15 of 132; offense No. 5, defense No. 57
SRS
16.4 No. 15 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
George Belu
Defensive coordinator
Bob Reublin
Captains
Pete Brock, Mike McCoy, Bob Simpson and Dave Williams
Most valuable player
Dave Williams
Offense
I formation
Defense
5–⁠2

Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 1Pete Brock CNew England Patriots
Rd 1Troy Archer DTNew York Giants
Rd 1Mark Koncar OTGreen Bay Packers
Rd 3Steve Young OTTampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 3Dave Logan WRCleveland Browns
Rd 3Mike McCoy DBGreen Bay Packers
Rd 7David Williams RBDallas Cowboys

All-Big Eight

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Don HasselbeckEAP-1; UPI-1
  • Mike KoncarOTAP-1; UPI-1
  • Terry KunzBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Gary CampbellLBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠111–⁠11
Nebraska6–⁠110–⁠29
Colorado5–⁠29–⁠316
Kansas4–⁠37–⁠5
Oklahoma State3–⁠47–⁠4
Missouri3–⁠46–⁠5
Iowa State1–⁠64–⁠7
Kansas State0–⁠73–⁠8

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