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1982 Colorado

2–⁠8–⁠1 (1–⁠5–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Bill McCartney.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 1982, game by game: lost vs. California 17–31; won at Washington State 12–0; lost vs. Wyoming 10–24; lost vs. No. 9 UCLA 6–34; lost vs. No. 7 Nebraska 14–40; tied at Oklahoma State 25–25; lost vs. Iowa State 14–31; lost vs. No. 17 Oklahoma 10–45; lost at Missouri 14–35; won vs. Kansas 28–3; lost at Kansas State 10–33+25−35Lost 17–31 vs. California-14CaliforniaWon 12–0 at Washington State+12Washington StateLost 10–24 vs. Wyoming-14WyomingLost 6–34 vs. No. 9 UCLA-28No. 9 UCLALost 14–40 vs. No. 7 Nebraska-26No. 7 NebraskaTied 25–25 at Oklahoma State0Oklahoma StateLost 14–31 vs. Iowa State-17Iowa StateLost 10–45 vs. No. 17 Oklahoma-35No. 17 OklahomaLost 14–35 at Missouri-21MissouriWon 28–3 vs. Kansas+25KansasLost 10–33 at Kansas State-23Kansas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsCaliforniaL 17–⁠3154%
Sep 18atWashington StateW 12–⁠020%
Sep 25vsWyomingL 10–⁠2446%
Oct 2vs9UCLAL 6–⁠3422%
Oct 9vs7NebraskaL 14–⁠4016%
Oct 16atOklahoma StateT 25–⁠2527%
Oct 23vsIowa StateL 14–⁠3137%
Oct 30vs17OklahomaL 10–⁠4518%
Nov 6atMissouriL 14–⁠3518%
Nov 13vsKansasW 28–⁠340%
Nov 20atKansas StateL 10–⁠3329%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kansas State 33–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 119th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
2–⁠8–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠5–⁠1 tied for 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
160–⁠301
Coach
Bill McCartney
Elo
1349 −45 this season
SP+ rating
-10.3 No. 85 of 109; offense No. 82, defense No. 84
SRS
−8.4 No. 83 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bill McCartney
Defensive coordinator
Dale Evans
Captains
Dave Hestera and Mark Shoop
Most valuable player
Ray Cone
Offense
Multiple
Defense
3–⁠4

All-Big Eight

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠012–⁠13
Oklahoma6–⁠18–⁠416
Oklahoma State3–⁠2–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Kansas State3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Missouri2–⁠3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠2
Iowa State1–⁠5–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠2
Colorado1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1

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