1982 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1982 Colorado Buffaloes football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1982 record	2–8–1 (1–5–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Bill McCartney
Home stadium	Folsom Field (Capacity: 51,463)

1982 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#3 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0			12	–	1	–	0
#16 Oklahoma	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma State	3	–	2	–	2			4	–	5	–	2
Kansas State	3	–	3	–	1			6	–	5	–	1
Missouri	2	–	3	–	2			5	–	4	–	2
Iowa State	1	–	5	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Kansas	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	7	–	2
Colorado	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 11	California*		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO		L 17–31	35,103
September 18	at Washington State*		Joe Albi Stadium • Spokane, WA	KWGN	W 12–0	30,923
September 25	Wyoming		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO		L 10–24	40,593
October 2	#9 UCLA*		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO		L 6–34	38,702
October 9	#7 Nebraska		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO (Rivalry)	ABC	L 14–40	53,022
October 16	at Oklahoma State		Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK		T 25–25	47,250
October 23	Iowa State		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	ABC	L 14–31	40,581
October 30	#17 Oklahoma		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO		L 10–45	43,908
November 6	at Missouri		Faurot Field • Columbia, MO		L 14–35	46,312
November 13	Kansas		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO		W 28–3	35,114
November 20	at Kansas State		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS		L 10–33	24,300
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total • Colorado 3 6 0 3 12 Washington St 0 0 0 0 0 Date: September 18 Location: Joe Albi Stadium, Spokane, WA Source: [1]

Scoring summary 1 6:16 COL Field 31 yard field goal COL 3-0 2 COL Field 39 yard field goal COL 6-0 2 COL Field 44 yard field goal COL 9-0 4 COL Field 24 yard field goal COL 12-0

Colorado's first road win since 1979 versus Kansas