1983 Colorado

4–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Bill McCartney.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 1983, game by game: lost at Michigan State 17–23; won vs. Colorado State 31–3; won vs. Oregon State 38–14; lost vs. Notre Dame 3–27; lost vs. Missouri 20–59; lost at Iowa State 10–22; lost at No. 1 Nebraska 19–69; lost vs. Oklahoma State 14–40; won at Kansas 34–23; lost at Oklahoma 28–41; won vs. Kansas State 38–21+28−50Lost 17–23 at Michigan State-6Michigan StateWon 31–3 vs. Colorado State+28Colorado StateWon 38–14 vs. Oregon State+24Oregon StateLost 3–27 vs. Notre Dame-24Notre DameLost 20–59 vs. Missouri-39MissouriLost 10–22 at Iowa State-12Iowa StateLost 19–69 at No. 1 Nebraska-50No. 1 NebraskaLost 14–40 vs. Oklahoma State-26Oklahoma StateWon 34–23 at Kansas+11KansasLost 28–41 at Oklahoma-13OklahomaWon 38–21 vs. Kansas State+17Kansas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Kansas State 38–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 110th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
252–⁠342
Coach
Bill McCartney
Elo
1396 −3 this season
SP+ rating
-4.4 No. 70 of 108; offense No. 34, defense No. 91
SRS
−4.0 No. 72 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ron Taylor
Defensive coordinator
Lou Tepper
Captains
Victor Scott and Steve Vogel
Most valuable player
Victor Scott
Offense
Multiple
Defense
3–⁠4

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 2Victor Scott DBDallas Cowboys

All-Big Eight

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1983 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1983 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠012–⁠12
Oklahoma5–⁠28–⁠4
Missouri5–⁠27–⁠5
Oklahoma State3–⁠48–⁠4
Iowa State3–⁠44–⁠7
Kansas2–⁠54–⁠6–⁠1
Colorado2–⁠54–⁠7
Kansas State1–⁠63–⁠8

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