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1984 Colorado

1–⁠10 (1–⁠6 Big Eight), coached by Bill McCartney.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 1984, game by game: lost vs. Michigan State 21–24; lost at Oregon 20–27; lost at Notre Dame 14–55; lost vs. No. 17 UCLA 16–33; lost at Missouri 7–52; won vs. Iowa State 23–21; lost vs. No. 5 Nebraska 7–24; lost at No. 10 Oklahoma State 14–20; lost vs. Kansas 27–28; lost vs. No. 9 Oklahoma 17–42; lost at Kansas State 6–38+7−45Lost 21–24 vs. Michigan State-3Michigan StateLost 20–27 at Oregon-7OregonLost 14–55 at Notre Dame-41Notre DameLost 16–33 vs. No. 17 UCLA-17No. 17 UCLALost 7–52 at Missouri-45MissouriWon 23–21 vs. Iowa State+2Iowa StateLost 7–24 vs. No. 5 Nebraska-17No. 5 NebraskaLost 14–20 at No. 10 Oklahoma State-6No. 10 Oklahoma StateLost 27–28 vs. Kansas-1KansasLost 17–42 vs. No. 9 Oklahoma-25No. 9 OklahomaLost 6–38 at Kansas State-32Kansas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsMichigan StateL 21–⁠2456%
Sep 15atOregonL 20–⁠2735%
Sep 22atNotre DameL 14–⁠5521%
Sep 29vs17UCLAL 16–⁠3326%
Oct 6atMissouriL 7–⁠5221%
Oct 13vsIowa StateW 23–⁠2152%
Oct 20vs5NebraskaL 7–⁠2413%
Oct 27at10Oklahoma StateL 14–⁠2011%
Nov 3vsKansasL 27–⁠2844%
Nov 10vs9OklahomaL 17–⁠4220%
Nov 17atKansas StateL 6–⁠3841%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kansas State 38–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 122nd-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 1984.

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
172–⁠364
Coach
Bill McCartney
Elo
1313 −118 this season
SP+ rating
-15.9 No. 96 of 106; offense No. 78, defense No. 99
SRS
−12.7 No. 92 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Gerry DiNardo
Defensive coordinator
Lou Tepper
Captains
Lee Rouson and George Smith
Most valuable player
George Smith
Offense
Single set back, split-back
Defense
3–⁠4

All-Big Eight

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Lee RousonRBUPI-2
  • Junior IliDown linemenAP-2
  • George SmithDTUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1984 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1984 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska6–⁠110–⁠24
Oklahoma6–⁠19–⁠2–⁠16
Oklahoma State5–⁠210–⁠27
Kansas4–⁠35–⁠6
Missouri2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Kansas State2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Colorado1–⁠61–⁠10
Iowa State0–⁠5–⁠22–⁠7–⁠2

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