2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team

2016 Colorado Buffaloes football
2016 Colorado Buffaloes football
Pac-12 South Division champion
Pac-12 Championship Game, L 10–41 vs. Washington
Alamo Bowl, L 8–38 vs. Oklahoma State
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 17
Record	10–4 (8–1 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike MacIntyre (4th season);
Co-offensive coordinator	Brian Lindgren (4th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Darrin Chiaverini (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Jim Leavitt (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Folsom Field
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Pac-12 Conference football standings
v t e
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.