1969 Colorado Buffaloes football team

American college football season

1969 Colorado Buffaloes football

Liberty Bowl, W 47–33 vs. Alabama

Conference| Big Eight Conference
Ranking
AP| No. 16
Record| 8–3 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach|

* Eddie Crowder (7th season)

Offensive coordinator| Chet Franklin (1st season)
Offensive scheme| Slot-I triple option
Defensive coordinator| Don James (2nd season)
Base defense| 4–3
MVP| Bobby Anderson
Captain| Bobby Anderson, Bill Collins, Mike Pruett
Home stadium| Folsom Field

Seasons

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1970 ->

1969 Big Eight Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 6 Missouri \+  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 11 Nebraska \+  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 16 Colorado | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
Oklahoma | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Kansas State | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Oklahoma State | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Iowa State | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
Kansas | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 9  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado in the Big Eight Conference during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Eddie Crowder, Colorado finished the regular season at 7–3 (5–2 in Big 8, third), and played their home games on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.

Invited to the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee,[1][2] the Buffs defeated Alabama 47–33 to complete the season at 8–3;[3][4] CU outscored its opponents 276 to 227 and climbed to sixteenth in the final AP poll.

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 20| Tulsa*| |

* Folsom Field
* Boulder, CO

| | W 35–14| 34,784|
September 27| at No. 2 Penn State*| |

* Beaver Stadium
* University Park, PA

| | L 3–27| 51,535|
October 4| Indiana*| |

* Folsom Field
* Boulder, CO

| | W 30–7| 31,258–31,534| [5]
October 11| at Iowa State| |

* Clyde Williams Field
* Ames, IA

| | W 14–0| 29,160|
October 18| at No. 12 Oklahoma| |

* Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
* Norman, OK

| | L 30–42| 60,400|
October 25| No. 5 Missouri| |

* Folsom Field
* Boulder, CO

| | W 31–24| 41,886|
November 1| at Nebraska| No. 18|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lincoln, NE (rivalry)

| | L 7–20| 67,035|
November 8| at Kansas| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Lawrence, KS

| | W 17–14| 37,893|
November 15| Oklahoma State| |

* Folsom Field
* Boulder, CO

| | W 17–14| 29,500|
November 22| Kansas State| |

* Folsom Field
* Boulder, CO (rivalry)

| | W 45–32| 37,400|
December 13| vs. Alabama*| |

* Memphis Memorial Stadium
* Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)

| ABC| W 47–33| 50,144| [6]

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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## Personnel[edit]

### Roster[edit]

1969 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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QB, RB | `11` | Bobby Anderson | Sr
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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DT | `77` | Bill Brundige | Sr
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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Head coach

* Eddie Crowder (7th year)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

* Chet Franklin (OC)
* Don James (DC)

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

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Roster

Source:[10][11]

### Coaching staff[edit]

* Head coach: Eddie Crowder
* Assistants: Chet Franklin (OC), Don James (DC), Ken Blair (DE), Rick Duval (WR), C.B. McGowan (backs), Jim Mora (DL), Steve Ortmayer (OL), Steve Sidwell (LB), Augie Tammariello (OL), Dan Stavely (Freshmen)

### Starters[edit]

* Offense: QB Jim Batten/Paul Arendt, TB Bobby Anderson, FB Ward Walsh, WR Bob Matsen, SE Monte Huber, TE Mike Pruett, TT Jim Phillips, TG Dick Melin, C Don Popplewell, SG Dennis Havig, ST Eddie Fusiek
* Defense: LE Herb Ovis, LT Dave Perini/Bill Collins, RT Dave Capra, RE Bill Brundige, OLB Bill Blanchard, MLB Phil Iriwn, OLB Rick Ogle, LCB Jim Cooch, LS Pat Murphy, RS Pete Jacobsen, RCB Eric Harris
* Specialists: PK Dave Haney, P Dick Robert

## NFL Draft[edit]

Three Buffaloes were selected in the 1970 NFL Draft, which was seventeen rounds (442 selections).

Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL club

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Bobby Anderson | Running back | 1 | 11 | Denver Broncos
Bill Brundige | Defensive tackle | 2 | 43 | Washington Redskins
Eric Harris | Defensive back | 3 | 69 | St. Louis Cardinals

Source:[12]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Colorado favored to drop Alabama". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. December 12, 1969. p. 22.
2. ^ Land, Charles (December 12, 1969). "Offense big thing for Tide". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). p. 16.
3. ^ Land, Charles (December 13, 1969). "Buffaloes rumble past Tide, 47-33". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). p. 1.
4. ^ Shearer, Ed (December 14, 1969). "Anderson-powered Buffaloes beat Tide". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1B.
5. ^ "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 14. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
6. ^ Land, Charles (December 14, 1969). "Buffaloes rumble past Tide, 47–33". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 1. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
7. ^ "1969 Colorado Buffaloes Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
8. ^ "1969 Football Schedule". University of Colorado Boulder. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
9. ^ "Colorado Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). University of Colorado Boulder. p. 38. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
10. ^ "Probable starters". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). November 7, 1969. p. 8.
11. ^ "Colorado football roster". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). December 12, 1969. p. 21.
12. ^ "1970 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.

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Colorado Buffaloes football

Venues|

* Campus fields (1890–1901)
* Gamble Field (1901–1924)
* Folsom Field (1924–present)

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* Bowl games
* Colorado State: Rocky Mountain Showdown
* Kansas State
* Nebraska
* Utah: Rumble in the Rockies

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* "CU Fight Song"
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* Fifth Down Game
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