1983 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1983 Colorado Buffaloes football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record4–7 (2–5 Big 8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRon Taylor (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorLou Tepper (1st season)
Base defense3–4
MVPVictor Scott
Captains
  • Victor Scott
  • Steve Vogel
Home stadiumFolsom Field
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
1983 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Nebraska $ 7 0 0 12 1 0
Missouri 5 2 0 7 5 0
Oklahoma 5 2 0 8 4 0
Oklahoma State 3 4 0 8 4 0
Iowa State 3 4 0 4 7 0
Kansas 2 5 0 4 6 1
Colorado 2 5 0 4 7 0
Kansas State 1 6 0 3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado in the Big Eight Conference during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Bill McCartney, the Buffaloes finished at 4–7 (2–5 in Big 8, tied for sixth),[1] their fifth consecutive losing season. Home games were played on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.

Colorado revived the dormant intrastate rivalry with Colorado State after 25 years,[2] and posted a winning record after three games for the first time since 1978.

Down by two touchdowns in the season finale, junior quarterback Steve Vogel came off the bench and rallied CU to a 17-point home win over last-place Kansas State to avoid the conference cellar.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Vogel rallies Colorado to 38-21 triumph over Kansas State". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. November 20, 1983. p. 6B.
  2. ^ "Colorado 31, Colorado State 3". Sunday Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). wire services. September 18, 1983. p. D2.

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