1977 Colorado Buffaloes football team

The 1977 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado Boulder in the Big Eight Conference during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Bill Mallory, the Buffaloes were 7–3–1 overall and 3–3–1 in the Big 8.

1977 Colorado Buffaloes football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	7–3–1 (3–3–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Bill Mallory (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	George Belu (4th season)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Bob Reublin (4th season)
Base defense	5–2
MVP	James Mayberry
Captains	Brian Cabral Tom Perry Leon White
Home stadium	Folsom Field
Seasons ← 1976 1978 →

1977 Big Eight Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Iowa State	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 12 Nebraska	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Colorado	3	–	3	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Missouri	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas	2	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Colorado was a defending conference co-champion and won its first five games to reach third in the polls in October, its highest rank in five years. A disappointing 2–3–1 finish knocked them out of a bowl berth.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	Stanford*	No. 12	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 27–21	50,482	[1]
September 17	Kent State*	No. 12	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 42–0	46,164	[2]
September 24	New Mexico*	No. 8	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 42–7	47,152	[3]
October 1	at Army*	No. 7	Michie Stadium West Point, NY		W 31–0	34,548	[4]
October 8	Oklahoma State	No. 6	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 29–13	52,904	[5]
October 15	at Kansas	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		T 17–17	39,320	[6]
October 22	at No. 18 Nebraska	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		L 15–33	76,486	[7]
October 29	Missouri	No. 15	Folsom Field Boulder, CI		L 14–24	52,908	[8]
November 5	at No. 19 Iowa State		Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 12–7	50,000	[9]
November 12	at No. 3 Oklahoma		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ABC	L 14–52	71,184	[10]
November 19	Kansas State		Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)		W 23–0	43,873	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1977 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Steve Gaunty Jr QB 8 Bill Solomon So RB 21 Mike Kozlowski Jr QB 12 Jeff Knapple Jr RB 39 James Mayberry Jr OT 79 Stan Brock So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 49 Brian Cabral Sr CB 44 Mark Haynes So DB 28 Odis McKinney Sr DE 80 Randy Westendorf Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bill Mallory (4th year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

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