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1980 Colorado

1–⁠10 (1–⁠6 Big Eight), coached by Chuck Fairbanks.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 1980, game by game: lost at UCLA 14–56; lost at LSU 20–23; lost vs. Indiana 7–49; lost vs. No. 12 Oklahoma 42–82; lost vs. Drake 22–41; lost at No. 16 Missouri 7–45; lost vs. No. 9 Nebraska 7–45; won vs. Iowa State 17–9; lost at Oklahoma State 7–42; lost vs. Kansas 3–42; lost at Kansas State 14–17+8−42Lost 14–56 at UCLA-42UCLALost 20–23 at LSU-3LSULost 7–49 vs. Indiana-42IndianaLost 42–82 vs. No. 12 Oklahoma-40No. 12 OklahomaLost 22–41 vs. Drake-19DrakeLost 7–45 at No. 16 Missouri-38No. 16 MissouriLost 7–45 vs. No. 9 Nebraska-38No. 9 NebraskaWon 17–9 vs. Iowa State+8Iowa StateLost 7–42 at Oklahoma State-35Oklahoma StateLost 3–42 vs. Kansas-39KansasLost 14–17 at Kansas State-3Kansas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13atUCLAL 14–⁠5629%
Sep 20atLSUL 20–⁠2326%
Sep 27vsIndianaL 7–⁠4944%
Oct 4vs12OklahomaL 42–⁠8223%
Oct 11vsDrakeL 22–⁠4150%
Oct 18at16MissouriL 7–⁠4512%
Oct 25vs9NebraskaL 7–⁠4514%
Nov 1vsIowa StateW 17–⁠936%
Nov 8atOklahoma StateL 7–⁠4229%
Nov 15vsKansasL 3–⁠4243%
Nov 22atKansas StateL 14–⁠1736%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kansas State 17–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 124th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
160–⁠451
Coach
Chuck Fairbanks
Elo
1301 −152 this season
SP+ rating
-15.7 No. 120 of 133; offense No. 56, defense No. 132
SRS
−12.6 No. 118 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Gene Hochevar
Defensive coordinator
Doug Knotts
Captains
Charles Davis, Steve Doolittle and Brant Thurston
Most valuable player
Lance Olander
Offense
Multiple
Defense
3–⁠4

Drafted in 1981

The 1981 draft
Rd 7Steve Doolittle LBBuffalo Bills

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Art WoodsPAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1980 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1980 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠010–⁠23
Nebraska6–⁠110–⁠27
Missouri5–⁠28–⁠4
Kansas3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠2
Oklahoma State2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Iowa State2–⁠56–⁠5
Kansas State1–⁠63–⁠8
Colorado1–⁠61–⁠10

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