1960 Colorado Buffaloes football team

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 college 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.

1960 Colorado Buffaloes football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	7–3 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Sonny Grandelius (2nd season)
MVP	Joe Romig
Captain	Bill Elkins
Home stadium	Folsom Field
Seasons ← 1959 1961 →

1960 Big Eight Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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
$ – Conference champion † Kansas' conference victories against Colorado and Missouri were forfeited by Big Eight sanctions, though both are recognized as Kansas victories by Kansas and the NCAA.[1] Rankings from AP Poll

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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	at Baylor*		Baylor Stadium Waco, TX	L 0–26	29,000	[2]
October 1	Kansas State		Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	W 27–7	23,500
October 8	Arizona*		Folsom Field Boulder, CO	W 35–16	34,153	[3]
October 15	at Iowa State		Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA	W 21–6	20,000
October 22	Nebraska		Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	W 19–6	43,000
October 29	Oklahoma		Folsom Field Boulder, CO	W 7–0	46,000
November 5	at No. 2 Missouri	No. 18	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	L 6–16	37,500
November 12	at Kansas		Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	W 6–34Δ[1]	33,000
November 19	at Oklahoma State		Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 13–6	22,000
November 26	Air Force*		Folsom Field Boulder, CO	L 6–16	39,000–39,140	[4]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Δ (Kansas forfeited) Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Coaching staff

• Bob Ghilotti (ends)
• Chuck Boerio (defense)
• Carl "Buck" Nystrom (line)
• John Polonchek (backs)