2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team

2016 Colorado Buffaloes football
Pac-12 South Division champion
Pac-12 Championship Game, L 10–41 vs. Washington
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
CFP	No. 8
2016 record	10–3 (8–1 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike MacIntyre (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Lindgren/Darrin Chiaverini (4th/1st year)
Offensive scheme	Pro–style
Defensive coordinator	Jim Leavitt (2nd year)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Folsom Field (Capacity: 50,183)

2016 Pac-12 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 4 Washington xy$^		8	–	1					12	–	1
Washington State		7	–	2					8	–	4
No. 16 Stanford		6	–	3					9	–	3
California		3	–	6					5	–	7
Oregon State		3	–	6					4	–	8
Oregon		2	–	7					4	–	8
South Division
No. 11 Colorado xy		8	–	1					10	–	3
No. 9 USC		7	–	2					9	–	3
Utah		5	–	4					8	–	4
Arizona State		2	–	7					5	–	7
UCLA		2	–	7					4	–	8
Arizona		1	–	8					3	–	9
Championship: Washington 41, Colorado 10
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of December 4, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team represents the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by 4th-year head coach Mike MacIntyre, they play their home games on-campus at Folsom Field in Boulder and are members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference.

Previous season

Colorado finished the 2015 season 4–9, 1–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place in the South Division.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	vs. Colorado State*		Sports Authority Field at Mile High • Denver, CO (Rivalry)	ESPN	W 44–7	69,850
September 10	3:30 p.m.	Idaho State*		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	P12N	W 56–7	39,505
September 17	1:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Michigan*		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	BTN	L 28–45	110,042
September 24	3:30 p.m.	at Oregon		Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N	W 41–38	53,974
October 1	12:30 p.m.	Oregon State		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	P12N	W 47–6	46,839
October 8	2:00 p.m.	at USC	No. 21	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	P12N	L 17–21	68,302
October 15	6:00 p.m.	Arizona State		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	P12N	W 40–16	48,588
October 22	1:00 p.m.	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	P12N	W 10–5	44,535
November 3	7:00 p.m.	UCLA	No. 21	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	FS1	W 20–10	43,761
November 12	8:00 p.m.	at Arizona	No. 16	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	FS1	W 49–24	41,068
November 19	1:30 p.m.	No. 20 Washington State	No. 12	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	FOX	W 38–24	48,658
November 26	5:30 p.m.	No. 21 Utah	No. 9	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO (Rumble in the Rockies)	FOX	W 27–22	52,301
December 2	7:00 p.m.	vs. No. 4 Washington	No. 9	Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, CA (Pac-12 Championship Game)	FOX	L 10–41	47,118
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

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Personnel

2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TB 19 Adkins, MichaelMichael Adkins Jr WR 16 Awini, JaleelJaleel Awini Sr WR 84 Bagby, DavidDavid Bagby Sr OL 69 Bandi, MoMo Bandi Fr TB 35 Bisharat, BeauBeau Bisharat Fr TE 99 Boatman, BrianBrian Boatman Sr WR 4 Bobo, BryceBryce Bobo Jr TE 43 Bounds, ChrisChris Bounds  Fr OG 70 Callahan, ShaneShane Callahan  Sr WR 87 Cochrane, XavierXavier Cochrane So TE 80 Coleman, DerekDerek Coleman Fr WR 89 Dement, KevinKevin Dement So OL 62 Eggers, JustinJustin Eggers Fr WR 17 Ento, KabianKabian Ento Jr TB 21 Evans, KyleKyle Evans So WR 1 Fields, ShayShay Fields Jr TE 5 Frazier, GeorgeGeorge Frazier (C) Jr WR 88 Galloway, DannyDanny Galloway Jr QB 7 Gehrke, JordanJordan Gehrke  Sr TB 10 Gordan, DinoDino Gordan  Fr WR 83 Grundman, SeanSean Grundman Jr TB 45 Grzesiek, TannerTanner Grzesiek Jr OT 64 Haigler, AaronAaron Haigler  Fr WR 27 Hall, JosephJoseph Hall Jr TE 38 Hill, ChrisChris Hill Sr OG 79 Huckins, JonathanJonathan Huckins Jr WR 6 Huntley, JohnnyJohnny Huntley Fr OT 76 Irwin, JeromyJeromy Irwin (C) Jr TE 81 Irwin, SeanSean Irwin Sr WR 85 Jan, JustinJustin Jan Fr WR 8 Julmisse, AnthonyAnthony Julmisse Fr OG 75 Kaiser, JoshJosh Kaiser So TE 86 Kenney, DylanDylan Kenney So C 74 Kelley, AlexAlex Kelley Sr OG 68 Kough, GerradGerrad Kough Jr OT 71 Kronshage, SamSam Kronshage Jr TB 29 Lee, DonovanDonovan Lee Jr TB 23 Lindsay, PhillipPhillip Lindsay (C) Jr OT 78 Lisella, JohnJohn Lisella So QB 13 Liufau, SefoSefo Liufau (C) Sr OG 56 Lynott, TimTim Lynott  Fr OL Lytle, ChanceChance Lytle Fr WR 14 MacIntyre, JayJay MacIntyre So QB 17 Marksberry, CaseyCasey Marksberry Fr QB 16 McGarry, TylerTyler McGarry Fr OT 60 Middlemiss, DillionDillion Middlemiss  Fr OT 73 Miller, IsaacIsaac Miller  Fr QB 12 Montez, SteveSteve Montez  Fr QB 15 Noyer, SamSam Noyer Fr WR 82 Orban, RobertRobert Orban Jr QB 9 Patterson, T.J.T.J. Patterson Jr OL 65 Pursell, ColbyColby Pursell Fr WR 3 Rakestraw, DerrionDerrion Rakestraw Fr WR 2 Ross, DevinDevin Ross Jr OL 61 Smith, KoltenKolten Smith Fr OG 66 Sutton, ColinColin Sutton Jr TB 48 Tuggle, JoeyJoey Tuggle Jr OL 77 Vaughn, HunterHunter Vaughn Fr WR 18 Walker, LeeLee Walker So C 53 Wiefels, SullySully Wiefels  Sr WR 9 Winfree, JuwannJuwann Winfree Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 4 Awuzie, ChidobeChidobe Awuzie Sr S 40 Beemster, CameronCameron Beemster Jr OLB 57 Bennion, SamSam Bennion Fr CB 41 Bergner, AndrewAndrew Bergner Jr DB 2 Blackmon, RonnieRonnie Blackmon Fr DE 92 Carrell, JordanJordan Carrell Sr DE 59 Coleman, TimothyTimothy Coleman Jr CB 37 Cooper, LucasLucas Cooper  Fr OLB 42 Falo, N.J.N.J. Falo So S 7 Fisher, NickNick Fisher So NT 56 Franke, JaseJase Franke So ILB 32 Gamboa, RickRick Gamboa So OLB 98 Gilbert, JimmieJimmie Gilbert Sr ILB 44 Gillam, AddisonAddison Gillam Jr OLB 96 Hasselbach, TerranTerran Hasselbach So OLB 46 Headley, TrentTrent Headley Jr OLB 94 Henington, TylerTyler Henington  Sr OLB 99 Howard, AaronAaron Howard  Sr DB 29 Hudson, UryanUryan Hudson Fr DE 52 Jackson, LeoLeo Jackson Jr LB 36 Jones, AkilAkil Jones Fr DT 54 Kafovalu, SamsonSamson Kafovalu Sr S 1 Laguda, AfolabiAfolabi Laguda Jr LB 20 Lewis, DrewDrew Lewis So NT 91 Lopez, EddyEddy Lopez So OLB 34 Maka, PookiePookie Maka Fr DE 93 Mathewes, MichaelMichael Mathewes So OLB 95 McCartney, DerekDerek McCartney Jr S 25 Moeller, RyanRyan Moeller Jr CB 26 Oliver, IsaiahIsaiah Oliver So ILB 31 Olugbode, KennethKenneth Olugbode (C) Sr OLB 3 Rippy, DeayseanDeaysean Rippy  Sr DL 90 Roberts, TerriekTerriek Roberts Fr DB 39 Sanchez, JaisenJaisen Sanchez So S 33 Sanders, ChaseChase Sanders Fr ILB 30 Severson, RyanRyan Severson Sr ILB 47 Shaver, ChristianChristian Shaver Jr LB 45 Stoltenberg, JacobJacob Stoltenberg Fr ILB 27 Talianko, TravisTravis Talianko Sr S 28 Talley, DanielDaniel Talley So S 9 Thompson, TedricTedric Thompson Sr DE 55 Tonz, BrentBrent Tonz  Fr DB 22 Trego, KyleKyle Trego So NT 72 Tuiloma, LyleLyle Tuiloma  Fr DT 58 Tupou, JoshJosh Tupou Sr DB 5 Udoffia, TreyTrey Udoffia Fr DE 50 Umu, FrankFrank Umu Fr CB 23 Witherspoon, AhkelloAhkello Witherspoon Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 63 Bale, J.T.J.T. Bale  Fr PK 10 Gonzalez, DiegoDiego Gonzalez Sr PK 15 Graham, ChrisChris Graham Jr PK 48 Halverson, CutlerCutler Halverson Jr P 89 Kinney, AlexAlex Kinney So PK 95 Porter, NickNick Porter  Fr PK 49 Price, DavisDavis Price Fr P 28 Silzer, CameronCameron Silzer Jr	Head coach Mike MacIntyre Coordinators/assistant coaches Klayton Adams Gary Bernardi Darrin Chiaverini Charles Clark Daniel Daprato Corey Edsall Darian Hagan John Hughes Jim Jeffcoat Jim Leavitt Brian Lindgren Nate Taye Matt Thompson Peter Tuitupou Joe Tumpkin Chidera Uzo-Diribe Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2016-Nov-06

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	NR	RV	RV	NR	RV	21	RV	RV	23	21	16	12	9	9
Coaches	NR	RV	RV	NR	RV	23	RV	RV	23	20	15	12	9	9
CFP	Not released									15	12	10	9	8		Not released

Game summaries

vs. Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	0	0	7	7
Buffaloes	21	10	6	7	44

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
63–22–2	2015	CU, 27–24^OT

Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	0	7	0	7
Buffaloes	14	35	7	0	56

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	21	0	7	0	28
#4 Wolverines	7	17	14	7	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–3	1997	MICH, 27–3

at Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	16	10	7	8	41
Ducks	7	10	21	0	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–12	2015	ORE, 41–24

Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	3	3	0	0	6
Buffaloes	13	24	3	7	47

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–5	2015	CU, 17–13

at USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Buffaloes	0	0	7	10	17
Trojans	7	7	0	7	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–10	2015	USC, 27–24

Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils	7	3	3	3	16
Buffaloes	7	16	10	7	40

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–7	2015	ASU, 48–23

at Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	0	7	0	3	10
Cardinal	3	0	0	2	5

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–6	2015	STAN, 42–10

UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	7	3	0	0	10
#21 Buffaloes	7	0	3	10	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–9	2015	UCLA, 35–31

at Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Buffaloes	7	21	14	7	49
Wildcats	0	10	0	14	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–5	2015	ARIZ, 38–31

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Cougars	14	3	7	0	24
#12 Buffaloes	7	7	14	10	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–6	2015	WSU, 27–3

Utah

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–28–3	2015	UTAH, 20–14

#22 Utah Utes at #9 Colorado Buffaloes

	1	2	3	4	Total
#22 Utes	7	0	6	9	22
#9 Buffaloes	7	6	7	7	27

at Folsom Field • Boulder, CO

• Date: November 26, 2016
• Game time: 5:30 p.m. MT
• TV: FOX
• Source^[2]

Game information

First Quarter (9:17) UTAH TD: Boobie Hobbs 55-yard punt return (Andy Phillips PAT). (0:00) COLO TD: Sefo Liufau 2-yard rush (Davis Price PAT). Second Quarter (9;20) COLO FG: Chris Graham 25-yard field goal. (5:21) COLO FG: Chris Graham 19-yard field goal. Third Quarter (11:54) UTAH FG: Andy Phillips 22-yard field goal. (2:58) UTAH FG: Andy Phillips 22-yard field goal. (0:00) COLO TD: Sefo Liufau 6-yard pass to Shay Fields (Davis Price PAT). Fourth Quarter (13:53) UTAH FG: Andy Phillips 23-yard field goal. (10:56) COLO TD: Kenneth Olugbode 10-yard fumble return (Davis Price PAT). (1:3$) UTAH TD: Troy Williams 7-yard pass to Demari Simpkins (2-pt. no good). Top Passers UTAH – COLO – Top Rushers UTAH – COLO – Top Receiving UTAH – COLO –

vs Washington (Pac-12 Championship Game)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–9–1	2013	WASH, 38–23

Colorado Buffaloes vs Washington Huskies (Pac-12 Championship Game)

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Buffaloes	7	0	3	0	10
#4 Huskies	7	7	17	10	41

at Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, CA

• Date: December 2, 2016
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. MT
• Game attendance: 47,118
• TV: FOX

Game information
First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Top Passers WASH – COLO – Top Rushers WASH – COLO – Top Receiving WASH – COLO –

Awards and honors

Season Awards Person Award Date Awarded Ref. Mike MacIntyre Pac-12 Coach of the Year September 30, 2016 [3] Mike MacIntyre Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award December 1, 2016 [4]

References

1. "2016 Colorado Buffaloes Football Schedule". University of Colorado Boulder Department of Athletics. December 26, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
2. http://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=400869170 ESPN Box Score: Utah at Colorado
3. Nick Kosmider (November 29, 2016). "Colorado Buffaloes' Mike MacIntyre named Pac-12 football coach of the year". Denver Post. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
4. Bailey, Jeff. "Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre named Walter Camp Coach of the Year". Denver Post. Retrieved 1 December 2016.