1974 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1974 Big Eight Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1974 Colorado Buffaloes football
1974 Colorado Buffaloes football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1974 record	5–6 (3–4 Big 8)
Head coach	Bill Mallory (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	George Belu (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Reublin (1st season)
Home stadium	Folsom Field
	Seasons ← 1973 1975 →

The 1974 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado in the Big Eight Conference during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. In their first season under head coach Bill Mallory, the Buffaloes compiled a 5–6 record (3–4 in Big 8, fifth), and were outscored 307 to 226.^[1]^[2] Home games were played on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.

Hired in January, Mallory was previously the head coach at undefeated Miami University in Ohio.^[3]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 14	at No. 9 LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 14–42
September 21	at No. 6 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–31
September 28	No. 11 Wisconsin*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	W 24–21
October 5	at Air Force*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	W 28–27
October 12	Iowa State	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	W 34–7
October 19	No. 2 Oklahoma	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	L 14–49
October 26	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	L 24–30
November 2	No. 9 Nebraska	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	L 15–31
November 9	Kansas	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	W 17–16
November 16	at No. 18 Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 37–20
November 23	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 19–33
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1974 Colorado Buffaloes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
^ "2015 Media Guide" (PDF). CUBuffs.com. Colorado Athletic Department. 2015. pp. 128–130. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
^ "Buffs' post to Mallory". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. January 12, 1974. p. 9.

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1974 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
Missouri	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
No. 9 Nebraska	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Colorado	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Kansas	1	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll