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 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.

2016 Colorado Buffaloes football
Pac-12 South Division champion
Pac-12 Championship Game, L 10–41 vs. Washington
Alamo Bowl, L 8–38 vs. Oklahoma State
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 17
Record	10–4 (8–1 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike MacIntyre (4th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Brian Lindgren (4th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Darrin Chiaverini (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Jim Leavitt (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Folsom Field
Uniform

2016 Pac-12 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 4 Washington x$^		8	–	1					12	–	2
Washington State		7	–	2					8	–	5
No. 12 Stanford		6	–	3					10	–	3
California		3	–	6					5	–	7
Oregon State		3	–	6					4	–	8
Oregon		2	–	7					4	–	8
South Division
No. 17 Colorado x		8	–	1					10	–	4
No. 3 USC		7	–	2					10	–	3
No. 23 Utah		5	–	4					9	–	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 Rankings from AP Poll

Personnel

2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TB 19 Michael Adkins Jr WR 16 Jaleel Awini Sr WR 84 David Bagby Sr OL 69 Mo Bandi Fr TB 35 Beau Bisharat Fr TE 99 Brian Boatman Sr WR 4 Bryce Bobo Jr TE 43 Chris Bounds  Fr G 70 Shane Callahan  Sr WR 87 Xavier Cochrane So TE 80 Derek Coleman Fr WR 89 Kevin Dement So OL 62 Justin Eggers Fr WR 17 Kabian Ento Jr TB 21 Kyle Evans So WR 1 Shay Fields Jr TE 5 George Frazier (C) Jr WR 88 Danny Galloway Jr QB 7 Jordan Gehrke  Sr TB 10 Dino Gordan  Fr WR 83 Sean Grundman Jr TB 45 Tanner Grzesiek Jr OT 64 Aaron Haigler  Fr WR 27 Joseph Hall Jr TE 38 Chris Hill Sr G 79 Jonathan Huckins Jr WR 6 Johnny Huntley Fr OT 76 Jeromy Irwin (C) Jr TE 81 Sean Irwin Sr WR 85 Justin Jan Fr WR 8 Anthony Julmisse Fr G 75 Josh Kaiser So TE 86 Dylan Kenney So C 74 Alex Kelley Sr G 68 Gerrad Kough Jr OT 71 Sam Kronshage Jr TB 29 Donovan Lee Jr TB 23 Phillip Lindsay (C) Jr OT 78 John Lisella So QB 13 Sefo Liufau (C) Sr G 56 Tim Lynott  Fr OL Chance Lytle Fr WR 14 Jay MacIntyre So QB 17 Casey Marksberry Fr QB 16 Tyler McGarry Fr OT 60 Dillion Middlemiss  Fr OT 73 Isaac Miller  Fr QB 12 Steven Montez  Fr QB 15 Sam Noyer Fr WR 82 Robert Orban Jr QB 9 T.J. Patterson Jr OL 65 Colby Pursell Fr WR 3 Derrion Rakestraw Fr WR 2 Devin Ross Jr OL 61 Kolten Smith Fr G 66 Colin Sutton Jr TB 48 Joey Tuggle Jr OL 77 Hunter Vaughn Fr WR 18 Lee Walker So C 53 Sully Wiefels  Sr WR 9 Juwann Winfree Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 4 Chidobe Awuzie Sr S 40 Cameron Beemster Jr OLB 57 Sam Bennion Fr CB 41 Andrew Bergner Jr DB 2 Ronnie Blackmon Fr DE 92 Jordan Carrell Sr DE 59 Timothy Coleman Jr CB 37 Lucas Cooper  Fr OLB 42 N.J. Falo So S 7 Nick Fisher So NT 56 Jase Franke So ILB 32 Rick Gamboa So OLB 98 Jimmie Gilbert Sr ILB 44 Addison Gillam Jr OLB 96 Terran Hasselbach So OLB 46 Trent Headley Jr OLB 94 Tyler Henington  Sr OLB 99 Aaron Howard  Sr DB 29 Uryan Hudson Fr DE 52 Leo Jackson Jr LB 36 Akil Jones Fr DT 54 Samson Kafovalu Sr S 1 Afolabi Laguda Jr LB 20 Drew Lewis So NT 91 Eddy Lopez So OLB 34 Pookie Maka Fr DE 93 Michael Mathewes So OLB 95 Derek McCartney Jr S 25 Ryan Moeller Jr CB 26 Isaiah Oliver So ILB 31 Kenneth Olugbode (C) Sr OLB 3 Deaysean Rippy  Sr DL 90 Terriek Roberts Fr DB 39 Jaisen Sanchez So S 33 Chase Sanders Fr ILB 30 Ryan Severson Sr ILB 47 Christian Shaver Jr LB 45 Jacob Stoltenberg Fr ILB 27 Travis Talianko Sr S 28 Daniel Talley So S 9 Tedric Thompson Sr DE 55 Brent Tonz  Fr DB 22 Kyle Trego So NT 72 Lyle Tuiloma  Fr DT 58 Josh Tupou Sr DB 5 Trey Udoffia Fr DE 50 Frank Umu Fr CB 23 Ahkello Witherspoon Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 63 J.T. Bale  Fr PK 10 Diego Gonzalez Sr PK 15 Chris Graham Jr PK 48 Cutler Halverson Jr P 89 Alex Kinney So PK 95 Nick Porter  Fr PK 49 Davis Price Fr P 28 Cameron Silzer Jr	Head coach Mike MacIntyre Coordinators/assistant coaches Klayton Adams Gary Bernardi Darrin Chiaverini Charles Clark Daniel Da Prato 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

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. 15	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	FS1	W 20–10	43,761
November 12	8:00 p.m.	at Arizona	No. 12	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FS1	W 49–24	41,068
November 19	1:30 p.m.	No. 22 Washington State	No. 10	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	FOX	W 38–24	48,658
November 26	5:30 p.m.	No. 22 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. 8	Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, CA (Pac-12 Championship Game)	FOX	L 10–41	47,118
December 29	7:00 p.m.	vs. No. 12 Oklahoma State*	No. 10	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 8–38	59,815
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 1 released prior to game All times are in Mountain time

Source:

Conference opponents not played this season: California; Washington was played in the conference championship game, but was not scheduled in the regular season

Rankings

Further information: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	—	RV	RV	—	RV	21	RV	RV	23	21	16	12	9	9	11	17
Coaches	—	RV	RV	—	RV	23	RV	RV	23	20	15	12	9	9	11	15
CFP	Not released									15	12	10	9	8	10	Not released

Game summaries

Vs. Colorado State

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

See also: 2016 Colorado State Rams football team and Rocky Mountain Showdown

Idaho State

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

See also: 2016 Idaho State Bengals football team

At Michigan

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

See also: 2016 Michigan Wolverines football team

At Oregon

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

See also: 2016 Oregon Ducks football team

Oregon State

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

See also: 2016 Oregon State Beavers football team

At USC

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

See also: 2016 USC Trojans football team

Arizona State

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

See also: 2016 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

At Stanford

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

See also: 2016 Stanford Cardinal football team

UCLA

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

See also: 2016 UCLA Bruins football team

At Arizona

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

See also: 2016 Arizona Wildcats football team

Washington State

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

See also: 2016 Washington State Cougars football team

Utah

See also: 2016 Utah Utes football team and Rumble in the Rockies

#22 Utah Utes at #9 Colorado Buffaloes

Period	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

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)

See also: 2016 Washington Huskies football team and 2016 Pac-12 Football Championship Game

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

Period	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 –

vs Oklahoma State (Alamo Bowl)

See also: 2016 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team and 2016 Alamo Bowl (December)

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Cowboys	3	14	14	7	38
#11 Buffaloes	0	0	0	8	8

Awards and honors

Season Awards

Person	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Mike MacIntyre	Pac-12 Coach of the Year	September 30, 2016
Mike MacIntyre	Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award	December 1, 2016