2016 Colorado Buffaloes football
Pac-12 South Division champion
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 17
Record10–4 (8–1 Pac-12)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorBrian Lindgren (4th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorDarrin Chiaverini (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorJim Leavitt (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumFolsom Field
Uniform
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 4 Washington x$^   8 – 1     12 – 2  
Washington State   7 – 2     8 – 5  
No. 12 Stanford   6 – 3     10 – 3  
California   3 – 6     5 – 7  
Oregon State   3 – 6     4 – 8  
Oregon   2 – 7     4 – 8  
South Division
No. 17 Colorado x   8 – 1     10 – 4  
No. 3 USC   7 – 2     10 – 3  
No. 23 Utah   5 – 4     9 – 4  
Arizona State   2 – 7     5 – 7  
UCLA   2 – 7     4 – 8  
Arizona   1 – 8     3 – 9  
Championship: Washington 41, Colorado 10
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Mike MacIntyre, they played their home games on-campus at Folsom Field in Boulder and were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 10–4, 8–1 in Pac-12 play to win their first Pac-12 South Division Title. They represented the South Division in the 2016 Pac-12 Football Championship Game where they lost to Washington. They were invited to the Alamo Bowl where they lost to Oklahoma State. It was their first winning season since 2005.

Personnel

2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TB 19 Michael Adkins Jr
WR 16 Jaleel Awini Sr
WR 84 David Bagby Sr
OL 69 Mo Bandi Fr
TB 35 Beau Bisharat Fr
TE 99 Brian Boatman Sr
WR 4 Bryce Bobo Jr
TE 43 Chris Bounds  Fr
G 70 Shane Callahan  Sr
WR 87 Xavier Cochrane So
TE 80 Derek Coleman Fr
WR 89 Kevin Dement So
OL 62 Justin Eggers Fr
WR 17 Kabian Ento Jr
TB 21 Kyle Evans So
WR 1 Shay Fields Jr
TE 5 George Frazier (C) Jr
WR 88 Danny Galloway Jr
QB 7 Jordan Gehrke  Sr
TB 10 Dino Gordan  Fr
WR 83 Sean Grundman Jr
TB 45 Tanner Grzesiek Jr
OT 64 Aaron Haigler  Fr
WR 27 Joseph Hall Jr
TE 38 Chris Hill Sr
G 79 Jonathan Huckins Jr
WR 6 Johnny Huntley Fr
OT 76 Jeromy Irwin (C) Jr
TE 81 Sean Irwin Sr
WR 85 Justin Jan Fr
WR 8 Anthony Julmisse Fr
G 75 Josh Kaiser So
TE 86 Dylan Kenney So
C 74 Alex Kelley Sr
G 68 Gerrad Kough Jr
OT 71 Sam Kronshage Jr
TB 29 Donovan Lee Jr
TB 23 Phillip Lindsay (C) Jr
OT 78 John Lisella So
QB 13 Sefo Liufau (C) Sr
G 56 Tim Lynott  Fr
OL Chance Lytle Fr
WR 14 Jay MacIntyre So
QB 17 Casey Marksberry Fr
QB 16 Tyler McGarry Fr
OT 60 Dillion Middlemiss  Fr
OT 73 Isaac Miller  Fr
QB 12 Steven Montez  Fr
QB 15 Sam Noyer Fr
WR 82 Robert Orban Jr
QB 9 T.J. Patterson Jr
OL 65 Colby Pursell Fr
WR 3 Derrion Rakestraw Fr
WR 2 Devin Ross Jr
OL 61 Kolten Smith Fr
G 66 Colin Sutton Jr
TB 48 Joey Tuggle Jr
OL 77 Hunter Vaughn Fr
WR 18 Lee Walker So
C 53 Sully Wiefels  Sr
WR 9 Juwann Winfree Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 4 Chidobe Awuzie Sr
S 40 Cameron Beemster Jr
OLB 57 Sam Bennion Fr
CB 41 Andrew Bergner Jr
DB 2 Ronnie Blackmon Fr
DE 92 Jordan Carrell Sr
DE 59 Timothy Coleman Jr
CB 37 Lucas Cooper  Fr
OLB 42 N.J. Falo So
S 7 Nick Fisher So
NT 56 Jase Franke So
ILB 32 Rick Gamboa So
OLB 98 Jimmie Gilbert Sr
ILB 44 Addison Gillam Jr
OLB 96 Terran Hasselbach So
OLB 46 Trent Headley Jr
OLB 94 Tyler Henington  Sr
OLB 99 Aaron Howard  Sr
DB 29 Uryan Hudson Fr
DE 52 Leo Jackson Jr
LB 36 Akil Jones Fr
DT 54 Samson Kafovalu Sr
S 1 Afolabi Laguda Jr
LB 20 Drew Lewis So
NT 91 Eddy Lopez So
OLB 34 Pookie Maka Fr
DE 93 Michael Mathewes So
OLB 95 Derek McCartney Jr
S 25 Ryan Moeller Jr
CB 26 Isaiah Oliver So
ILB 31 Kenneth Olugbode (C) Sr
OLB 3 Deaysean Rippy  Sr
DL 90 Terriek Roberts Fr
DB 39 Jaisen Sanchez So
S 33 Chase Sanders Fr
ILB 30 Ryan Severson Sr
ILB 47 Christian Shaver Jr
LB 45 Jacob Stoltenberg Fr
ILB 27 Travis Talianko Sr
S 28 Daniel Talley So
S 9 Tedric Thompson Sr
DE 55 Brent Tonz  Fr
DB 22 Kyle Trego So
NT 72 Lyle Tuiloma  Fr
DT 58 Josh Tupou Sr
DB 5 Trey Udoffia Fr
DE 50 Frank Umu Fr
CB 23 Ahkello Witherspoon Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
LS 63 J.T. Bale  Fr
PK 10 Diego Gonzalez Sr
PK 15 Chris Graham Jr
PK 48 Cutler Halverson Jr
P 89 Alex Kinney So
PK 95 Nick Porter  Fr
PK 49 Davis Price Fr
P 28 Cameron Silzer Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2016-Nov-06

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m.vs. Colorado State*
ESPNW 44–769,850
September 103:30 p.m.Idaho State*
P12NW 56–739,505
September 171:30 p.m.at No. 4 Michigan*
BTNL 28–45110,042
September 243:30 p.m.at Oregon
P12NW 41–3853,974
October 112:30 p.m.Oregon State
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
P12NW 47–646,839
October 82:00 p.m.at USCNo. 21
P12NL 17–2168,302
October 156:00 p.m.Arizona Statedagger
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
P12NW 40–1648,588
October 221:00 p.m.at Stanford
P12NW 10–544,535
November 37:00 p.m.UCLANo. 15
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
FS1W 20–1043,761
November 128:00 p.m.at ArizonaNo. 12
FS1W 49–2441,068
November 191:30 p.m.No. 22 Washington StateNo. 10
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
FOXW 38–2448,658
November 265:30 p.m.No. 22 UtahNo. 9
FOXW 27–2252,301
December 27:00 p.m.vs. No. 4 WashingtonNo. 8
FOXL 10–4147,118
December 297:00 p.m.vs. No. 12 Oklahoma State*No. 10
ESPNL 8–3859,815
Source:[1]

Conference opponents not played this season: California; Washington was played in the conference championship game, but was not scheduled in the regular season

Rankings

Further information: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP—RVRV—RV21RVRV23211612991117
Coaches—RVRV—RV23RVRV23201512991115
CFPNot released1512109810Not released

Game summaries

Vs. Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 0 0 7 7
Buffaloes 21 10 6 7 44

See also: 2016 Colorado State Rams football team and Rocky Mountain Showdown

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 0 7 0 7
Buffaloes 14 35 7 0 56

See also: 2016 Idaho State Bengals football team

At Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes 21 0 7 0 28
#4 Wolverines 7 17 14 7 45

See also: 2016 Michigan Wolverines football team

At Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes 16 10 7 8 41
Ducks 7 10 21 0 38

See also: 2016 Oregon Ducks football team

Oregon State

1 2 3 4 Total
Beavers 3 3 0 0 6
Buffaloes 13 24 3 7 47

See also: 2016 Oregon State Beavers football team

At USC

1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Buffaloes 0 0 7 10 17
Trojans 7 7 0 7 21

See also: 2016 USC Trojans football team

Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sun Devils 7 3 3 3 16
Buffaloes 7 16 10 7 40

See also: 2016 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

At Stanford

1 2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes 0 7 0 3 10
Cardinal 3 0 0 2 5

See also: 2016 Stanford Cardinal football team

UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 7 3 0 0 10
#21 Buffaloes 7 0 3 10 20

See also: 2016 UCLA Bruins football team

At Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Buffaloes 7 21 14 7 49
Wildcats 0 10 0 14 24

See also: 2016 Arizona Wildcats football team

Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Cougars 14 3 7 0 24
#12 Buffaloes 7 7 14 10 38

See also: 2016 Washington State Cougars football team

Utah

See also: 2016 Utah Utes football team and Rumble in the Rockies
#22 Utah Utes at #9 Colorado Buffaloes
Period 1 2 34Total
#22 Utes 7 0 6922
#9 Buffaloes 7 6 7727

at Folsom Field • Boulder, CO

  • Date: November 26, 2016
  • Game time: 5:30 p.m. MT
  • TV: FOX
  • Source[2]
Game information

vs Washington (Pac-12 Championship game)

See also: 2016 Washington Huskies football team and 2016 Pac-12 Football Championship Game
Colorado Buffaloes vs Washington Huskies (Pac-12 Championship game)
Period 1 2 34Total
#9 Buffaloes 7 0 3010
#4 Huskies 7 7 171041

at Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, CA

  • Date: December 2, 2016
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. MT
  • Game attendance: 47,118
  • TV: FOX
Game information

vs Oklahoma State (Alamo Bowl)

See also: 2016 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team and 2016 Alamo Bowl (December)
1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Cowboys 3 14 14 7 38
#11 Buffaloes 0 0 0 8 8

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "2016 Colorado Buffaloes Football Schedule". University of Colorado Boulder Department of Athletics. December 26, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  2. ^ http://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=400869170 ESPN Box Score: Utah at Colorado
  3. ^ Nick Kosmider (November 29, 2016). "Colorado Buffaloes' Mike MacIntyre named Pac-12 football coach of the year". Denver Post. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  4. ^ Bailey, Jeff. "Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre named Walter Camp Coach of the Year". Denver Post. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
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