2012 Colorado Buffaloes football team

2012 Colorado Buffaloes football
Conference Pac-12 Conference
Division South Division
2012 record 1–11 (1–8 Pac-12)
Head coach Jon Embree (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator Greg Brown (2nd year)
Home stadium Folsom Field
(Capacity: 53,613)
2012 Pac-12 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
North Division
#7 Stanford xy$   8 1         12 2  
#2 Oregon x%   8 1         12 1  
#20 Oregon State   6 3         9 4  
Washington   5 4         7 6  
California   2 7         3 9  
Washington State   1 8         3 9  
South Division
UCLA x   6 3         9 5  
Arizona State   5 4         8 5  
USC   5 4         7 6  
Arizona   4 5         8 5  
Utah   3 6         5 7  
Colorado   1 8         1 11  
Championship: Stanford 27, UCLA 24
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
As of January 8, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by second-year head coach and alumnus Jon Embree, the Buffaloes played their home games on-campus at Folsom Field in Boulder and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. On November 25, 2012 head coach Jon Embree was fired after compiling a 4–21 record including 1–11 in his final year, the worst year in the history of Colorado Buffaloes football.[1]

Previous season

Colorado finished the 2011 season with a record of 3–10, 2–7 in Pac-12 play, tied for last place in the South Division.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 2:00 p.m. vs. Colorado State* Sports Authority Field at Mile HighDenver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown) FX L 17–22   58,607[2]
September 8 1:00 p.m. Sacramento State (FCS)* Folsom FieldBoulder, CO P12N L 28–30   46,843
September 15 6:00 p.m. at Fresno State* Bulldog StadiumFresno, CA CBSSN L 14–69   27,513
September 22 2:00 p.m. at Washington State Martin StadiumPullman, WA FX W 35–34   31,668
September 29 4:00 p.m. UCLA Folsom Field • Boulder, CO P12N L 14–42   46,893
October 11 7:00 p.m. Arizona State Folsom Field • Boulder, CO ESPN L 17–51   45,161
October 20 4:00 p.m. at No. 11 USC Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA P12N L 6–50   83,274
October 27 1:00 p.m. at No. 2 Oregon Autzen StadiumEugene, OR P12N L 14–70   57,521
November 3 12:00 p.m. No. 15 Stanford Folsom Field • Boulder, CO FX L 0–48   44,138
November 10 11:30 a.m. at Arizona Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ FX L 31–56   51,236
November 17 11:30 a.m. Washington Folsom Field • Boulder, CO FX L 338   43,148
November 23 1:00 p.m. Utah Folsom Field • Boulder, CO (Rumble in the Rockies) FX L 3542   46,052
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Postseason

On November 25, 2012, the university announced that Athletic Director Mike Bohn had fired head coach Jon Embree.[3]

References

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