2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team


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 Division 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.

Previous season

Colorado finished the 2015 season 10-4, 8-1 in Pac-12 play to finish in first place in the South Division.

Schedule

Personnel

Rankings

Game summaries

vs. Colorado State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
63–22–22015CU, 27–24OT

Idaho State

at Michigan

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–31997MICH, 27–3

at Oregon

Overall recordLast meetingResult
8–122015ORE, 41–24

Oregon State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–52015CU, 17–13

at USC

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–102015USC, 27–24

Arizona State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–72015ASU, 48–23

at Stanford

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–62015STAN, 42–10

UCLA

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–92015UCLA, 35–31

at Arizona

Overall recordLast meetingResult
13–52015ARIZ, 38–31

Washington State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–62015WSU, 27–3

Utah

Overall recordLast meetingResult
31–28–32015UTAH, 20–14

vs Washington (Pac-12 Championship Game)

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–9–12014WASH, 38–23

vs Oklahoma State (Alamo Bowl)

Overall recordLast meetingResult
26–19–12009OSU, 31–28

Awards and honors

PersonAwardDate AwardedRef.
Mike MacIntyrePac-12 Coach of the YearSeptember 30, 2016
Mike MacIntyreWalter Camp Coach of the Year AwardDecember 1, 2016