1984 Colorado Buffaloes football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record1–10 (1–6 Big 8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGerry DiNardo (1st season)
Offensive schemeSingle set back / split-back
Defensive coordinatorLou Tepper (2nd season)
Base defense3–4
MVPGeorge Smith
Captains
Home stadiumFolsom Field
Seasons
← 1983
1985 →
1984 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Nebraska + 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 6 Oklahoma + 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 1
No. 7 Oklahoma State 5 – 2 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Kansas 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Missouri 2 – 4 – 1 3 – 7 – 1
Kansas State 2 – 4 – 1 3 – 7 – 1
Colorado 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
Iowa State 0 – 5 – 2 2 – 7 – 2
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado in the Big Eight Conference during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Bill McCartney, the Buffaloes finished at 1–10 (1–6 in Big 8, seventh),[1] their sixth consecutive losing season. Home games were played on campus at sixty-year-old Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.[2]

The season was marked by the trauma late in the second game at Oregon on September 15, as sophomore tight end Ed Reinhardt of Littleton suffered a career-ending, life-threatening brain injury.[3][4][5][6] Airlifted to Denver a month later,[7][8][9] he was in a coma for 62 days and was partially paralyzed.[10]

Colorado's sole win came in mid-season, by two points over last-place Iowa State on homecoming.[11] The Buffs' previous one-win season was four years earlier; the next was in 2012.

The following spring, McCartney switched to a wishbone offense for 1985.[12]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 8Michigan State*
MH CableL 21–2435,825
September 15at Oregon*
L 20–2725,048
September 22at Notre Dame*
L 14–5559,075
September 29No. 17 UCLA*
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
L 16–3338,925
October 6at Missouri
KATZL 7–5238,662
October 13Iowa Statedagger
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
WOIW 23–2136,762
October 20No. 5 Nebraska
L 7–2451,124
October 27at No. 10 Oklahoma State
KATZL 14–2047,800
November 3Kansas
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
KOODL 27–2833,166
November 10No. 9 Oklahoma
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
KTVYL 17–4238,888
November 17at Kansas State
L 6–3817,600
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[13]

Roster

1984 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR Loy Alexander Jr
G Shaun Beard Sr
WR Ron Brown Jr
WR Jo Jo Collins
OL Eric Coyle
TE Phil Cross
RB Dion Dyson
TE Jon Embree So
WR Drew Ferrando
OL Jeff Glenn
C William Gulley Jr
OT Tim Harper So
RB Mark Hatcher
G Junior Iii Sr
QB Craig Keenan
QB Derek Marshall
RB Eric McCarty Fr
QB Chuck Page
TE 88 Ed Reinhardt Injured So
RB Lee Rouson (C) Sr
OT 79 Pat Ryan So
RB Sam Smith
QB Steve Vogel Sr
RB Anthony Weatherspoon
OL Jimmy Webb
TE Troy Wolf
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DL Calvin Beaty
DB John Bennett
LB Alan Chrite
FS Kent Davis Sr
LB Don Fairbanks Jr
DT Curt Koch So
LB Miles Kusayanagi
LB Dan McMillen Jr
NG Don Muncie Sr
DB John Nairn
DB Lyle Pickens
SS Mickey Pruitt So
LB Barry Remington So
CB Alvin Rubalcaba Sr
LB Darin Schubeck Jr
DT George Smith (C) Sr
DB Tommy Streeter
CB Solomon Wilcots Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 17 Allan Braun Sr
K Dave DeLine
K Larry Eckel
P Barry Helton
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt
Source:[14]

References

  1. ^ "K-State breezes past Buffs, 38-6". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. November 18, 1984. p. 4B.
  2. ^ Woodling, Chuck (November 4, 1984). "Jayhawks dodge bullets, nudge Colorado 28-27". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). p. 1B.
  3. ^ Bellamy, Ron (September 16, 1984). "Player critically injured". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1A.
  4. ^ "Buffs decked by Ducks, 27-20". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. September 16, 1984. p. 4B.
  5. ^ Conrad, John (September 17, 1984). "Football player still comatose". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1A.
  6. ^ Clark, Bob (September 22, 1984). "Reinhardt's parents prepared to wait". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1A.
  7. ^ Withers, Bud (October 16, 1984). "'All we can say is thank you'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  8. ^ "Reinhardt transferred to Colorado". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 17, 1984. p. 1B.
  9. ^ "Reinhardt's condition 'improving'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 6, 1984. p. 2B.
  10. ^ "Alumni Recognition Award Winner - Ed Reinhardt". University of Colorado at Boulder. 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  11. ^ "Vogel ignites Colorado to first win of season". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. October 14, 1984. p. 8B.
  12. ^ "On the run: Surprising Buffaloes stampeding thanks to new wishbone". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 24, 1985. p. 6B.
  13. ^ 2011 Colorado football information guide
  14. ^ "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 15, 1984. p. 2B.


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