1986 Colorado Buffaloes football team

	Conf					Overall
1986 Big 8 football standings
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 and beating Nebraska for the first time since 1967.

1 Schedule
2 Roster
3 Staff
4 References

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	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	WOI	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.

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Roster

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)