1960 Colorado Buffaloes football team
| 1960 Colorado Buffaloes football | |
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| Conference | Big Eight Conference |
| Record | 7–3 (6–1 Big 8) |
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| MVP | Joe Romig |
| Captain | Bill Elkins |
| Home stadium | Folsom Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Missouri $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Kansas† | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1960 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado in the Big Eight Conference during the 1960 NCAA University Division football season. Led by second-year head coach Sonny Grandelius, the Buffaloes compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a conference mark of 5–2 placing third in the Big 8. Big Eight official stripped Kansas of their win over Colorado, but both schools and the NCAA credit the win to Kansas, yet place Colorado second in the conference standings and Kansas third.[1] Home games were played on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.
For the first time since joining the conference in 1948, Colorado defeated both Oklahoma and Nebraska in the same season; they tied both in 1952.
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 24 | at Baylor* | L 0–26 | 29,000 | |||
| October 1 | Kansas State | W 27–7 | 23,500 | |||
| October 8 | Arizona* |
| W 35–16 | 34,153 | ||
| October 15 | at Iowa State | W 21–6 | 20,000 | |||
| October 22 | Nebraska |
| W 19–6 | 43,000 | ||
| October 29 | Oklahoma |
| W 7–0 | 46,000 | ||
| November 5 | at No. 2 Missouri | No. 18 | L 6–16 | 37,500 | ||
| November 12 | at Kansas | W 6–34Δ[1] | 33,000 | |||
| November 19 | at Oklahoma State | W 13–6 | 22,000 | |||
| November 26 | Air Force* |
| L 6–16 | 39,140 | [2] | |
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Coaching staff[edit]
- Bob Ghilotti (ends)
- Chuck Boerio (defense)
- Carl "Buck" Nystrom (line)
- John Polonchek (backs)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Morey, Earl (December 9, 1960). "Big Eight voted 5-3 to strip KU's title in Bert Coan action". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). p. 1.
The Big Eight faculty committee, meeting in Kansas City, found that Kansas violated league rules in recruiting Coan and order the Jayhawks to forfeit their last two victories-over Colorado and Missouri.
- ^ "92 Yard TD Run Help Falcons Top Colorado". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. Associated Press. November 27, 1960. p. D7. Retrieved December 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "1960 Colorado Buffaloes Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ "1960 Football Schedule". University of Colorado Boulder. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ "Colorado Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). University of Colorado Boulder. p. 29. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
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