1979 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1979 Colorado Buffaloes football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1979 record	3–8 (2–5 Big 8)
Head coach	Chuck Fairbanks (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Doug Dickey (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Doug Knotts (1st year)
Base defense	3-4
Captain	Stan Brock Mark Haynes Brian McCabe Laval Short Bill Solomon
Home stadium	Folsom Field

1979 Big 8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#9 Nebraska	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma State	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Missouri	3	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Colorado	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Kansas	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	Oregon*	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado	ESPN	L 19–33	44,274
September 15	LSU*	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado		L 0–44	46,642
September 22	Drake*	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado		L 9–13	40,126
September 29	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana		W 17–16	36,100
October 6	at No. 3 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma		L 24–49	71,187
October 20	Missouri	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado		L 7–13	51,123
October 27	at No. 2 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		L 10–38	76,158
November 3	at Iowa State	Cyclone Stadium • Ames, Iowa		L 10–24	47,100
November 10	Oklahoma State	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado		L 20–21	41,148
November 17	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas		W 31–17	31,125
November 24	Kansas State	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado		W 21–6	41,643
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Note: The game against Oregon was the first college football game ever televised by ESPN.

Offense: QB Bill Solomon, HB Lance Olander/Charles Davis, FB Willie Beebe, SE Donnie Holmes, WB Kazell Pugh, TE Bob Niziolek/Greg Willett/Doug Krahenbuhl, LT Stan Brock, LG Paul Butero, C Roger Gunter/Bob Sebro, RG Art Dale Johnson/Guy Thurston, RT Karry Kelley
Defense: LE George Visger, NT Laval Short, RE Kevin Sazama, OLB Steve Doolittle, ILB Bill Roe, ILB Charles Scott, OLB Brian McCabe/Bob Humble, LCB Mark Haynes, SS Mike E. Davis, FS Tim Roberts, RCB Jesse Johnson/Tim Stampley
Specialists: K Tom Field, P Lance Olander

Colorado Buffaloes football

Venues	Campus fields (pre-1898) Gamble Field (1898–1924) Folsom Field (1924–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado State: Rocky Mountain Showdown Nebraska Utah: Rumble in the Rockies

Culture & lore	Ralphie the Buffalo "CU Fight Song" "Golden Buffalo" Marching band Fifth Down Game (1990) Miracle at Michigan

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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