1986 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1986 Colorado Buffaloes football
Bluebonnet Bowl, L 9–21 vs. Baylor
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1986 record	6–6 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Bill McCartney
Offensive coordinator	Gerry DiNardo
Offensive scheme	Wishbone
Defensive coordinator	Lou Tepper
Base defense	3-4
Captain	Steve Beck
Captain	Eric Coyle
Captain	Barry Remington
Home stadium	Folsom Field (Capacity: 51,463)

1986 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#3 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
Colorado	6	–	1	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
#5 Nebraska	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Kansas	0	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. Colorado started out the season 0–4, but ended up finishing as the runner-up in the Big Eight Conference; however, they beat Nebraska for the first time since 1967.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	Colorado State*		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	KCNC	L 7–23	45,109
September 13	at Oregon*		Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR		L 30–32	26,155
September 20	at Ohio State*		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		L 10–13	88,404
September 27	#10 Arizona*		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	Raycom	L 21–24	41,024
October 11	at Missouri		Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	Raycom	W 17–12	42,780
October 18	Iowa State		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO		W 31–3	41,215
October 25	#3 Nebraska		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO		W 20–10	52,440
November 1	at Oklahoma State		Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK	Raycom	W 31–14	36,900
November 8	Kansas		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO		W 17–10	37,056
November 15	#4 Oklahoma		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	Raycom	L 0–28	52,707
November 22	at Kansas State		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS		W 49–3	14,700
December 31	vs. #14 Baylor*		Rice Stadium • Houston, TX (Bluebonnet Bowl)	Raycom	L 9–21	40,470
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Staff

HC: Bill McCartney

Ast: Lou Tepper (AHC/DC/ILB), Gerry DiNardo (OC/TE), Gary Barnett (QB/FB), Steve Bernstein (DB), Mike Hankwitz (OLB), Steve Logan (RB), Oliver Lucas (WR), Les Miles (OL), Ron Vanderlinden (DL)

Game notes

Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 0 7 3 10 • Colorado 7 3 0 10 20 Date: October 25 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, CO

Scoring summary 1 COL Jeff Campbell 39-yard run (Dave DeLine kick) COL 7-0 2 COL Dave DeLine 57-yard field goal COL 10-0 3 NEB Steve Taylor 2-yard run (Klein kick) COL 10-7 4 COL Lance Carl 52-yard pass from O.C. Oliver (DeLine kick) COL 17-7 4 NEB Dale Klein 29-yard field goal COL 17-10 4 COL Dave DeLine 36-yard field goal COL 20-10

The fans tore down the goal posts as the Buffaloes defeated Nebraska for the first time since 1967, a streak of 18 games, and the first win in Boulder against them since 1960. "This is a moment in our program we'll always cherish," said Colorado head coach Bill McCartney. "Up to this point I don't think we've beaten a great team. We did today. And I think we have a rivalry now."

Oklahoma State

1 2 3 4 Total • Colorado 3 0 14 14 31 Oklahoma St 0 14 0 0 14 Date: November 1 Location: Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK

Scoring summary 1 COL DeLine 47-yard field goal Colorado 3-0 2 OKST Dykes 17-yard pass from Gundy (O'Connell kick) Oklahoma St 7-3 2 OKST Thomas 3-yard run (O'Connell kick) Oklahoma St 14-3 3 COL Oliver 23-yard pass from Hatcher (DeLine kick) Oklahoma St 14-10 3 COL Hatcher 1-yard run (DeLine kick) Colorado 17-14 4 COL Weatherspoon recovered fumble in end zone (DeLine kick) Colorado 24-14 4 COL Smith 2-yard run (DeLine kick) Colorado 31-14