The 1976 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado Boulder in the Big Eight Conference (Big 8) during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. In their third season under head coach Bill Mallory, the Buffaloes compiled an 8–4 record (5–2 against Big 8 opponents), finished in a three-way tie for the Big 8 championship, and outscored their opponents, 305 to 225.[1] The team played its home games on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.
On New Year's night, Colorado played in the Orange Bowl for the first time in fifteen years,[2] but were defeated 27–10 by the Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference.[3][4]
The Buffaloes earned the Orange Bowl bid because they defeated the other teams involved in the three-way tie for first, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.[5][6][7] CU's next appearance in a bowl game was nine years away.
Colorado defeated Oklahoma for the first time in four years; their next win over the Sooners was thirteen years away.
^"1976 Colorado Buffaloes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
^"Co-champs hoping to get respect". Lakeland Ledger. (Florida). Associated Press. January 1, 1977. p. 1B.
^"Injured QB leads OSU in Orange". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. January 2, 1977. p. D2.
^"Rod Gerald rallies Buckeyes". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 2, 1977. p. 1B.
^"Buffaloes praying for OU win". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. November 22, 1976. p. 20.
^"Mallory excited about Orange Bowl". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. November 27, 1976. p. 12.
^"Color Colorado orange". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. November 27, 1976. p. 3B.
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