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1984 Colorado Buffaloes football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1984

| team = Colorado Buffaloes

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Big Eight Conference

| short_conf = Big 8

| record = 1–10

| conf_record = 1–6

| head_coach = Bill McCartney

| hc_year = 3rd

| off_coach = Gerry DiNardo

| oc_year = 1st

| off_scheme = Single set back, split-back

| def_coach = Lou Tepper

| dc_year = 2nd

| def_scheme = 3–4

| mvp = George Smith

| captain = Lee Rouson

| captain2 = George Smith

| stadium = Folsom Field

}}

{{1984 Big Eight Conference football standings}}

The 1984 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado in the Big Eight Conference during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Bill McCartney, the Buffaloes finished at 1–10 (1–6 in Big 8, seventh),{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rJwyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E-kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4424%2C4105629 |work=Lawrence Daily Journal-World |location=(Kansas) |agency=Associated Press |title=K-State breezes past Buffs, 38-6 |date=November 18, 1984 |page=4B}} their sixth consecutive losing season. Home games were played on campus at sixty-year-old Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n5wyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E-kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6233%2C710174 |work=Lawrence Daily Journal-World |location=(Kansas) |last=Woodling |first=Chuck |title=Jayhawks dodge bullets, nudge Colorado 28-27 |date=November 4, 1984 |page=1B}}

The season was marked by the trauma late in the second game at Oregon on September 15, as sophomore tight end Ed Reinhardt of Littleton suffered a career-ending, life-threatening brain injury.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9qxjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6114%2C3848486 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |last=Bellamy |first=Ron |title=Player critically injured |date=September 16, 1984 |page=1A}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y6syAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DukFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4106%2C3010672 |work=Lawrence Daily Journal-World |location=(Kansas) |agency=Associated Press |title=Buffs decked by Ducks, 27-20 |date=September 16, 1984 |page=4B}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=96xjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6084%2C4213015 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |last=Conrad |first=John |title=Football player still comatose |date=September 17, 1984 |page=1A}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_KxjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6167%2C5202393 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |last=Clark |first=Bob |title=Reinhardt's parents prepared to wait |date=September 22, 1984 |page=1A}} Airlifted to Denver a month later,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aedVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2259%2C3935047 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |last=Withers |first=Bud |title='All we can say is thank you' |date=October 16, 1984 |page=1B}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=audVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3620%2C4079899 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |title=Reinhardt transferred to Colorado |date=October 17, 1984 |page=1B}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Nd1VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WeEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2854%2C1513365 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Reinhardt's condition 'improving' |date=November 6, 1984 |page=2B}} he was in a coma for 62 days and was partially paralyzed.{{cite web |url=https://www.colorado.edu/homecoming/alumni-awards/alumni-recognition-award/alumni-recognition-award-winner-ed-reinhardt |publisher=University of Colorado at Boulder |title=Alumni Recognition Award Winner - Ed Reinhardt |date=2016 |accessdate=November 21, 2021}}

Colorado's sole win came in mid-season, by two points over last-place Iowa State on homecoming.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sKsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_-gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6894%2C2777242 |work=Lawrence Daily Journal-World |location=(Kansas) |agency=Associated Press |title=Vogel ignites Colorado to first win of season |date=October 14, 1984 |page=8B}} The Buffs' previous one-win season was four years earlier; the next was in 2012.

The following spring, McCartney switched to a wishbone offense for 1985.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gmtfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6i4MAAAAIBAJ&pg=5706%2C2361308 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=On the run: Surprising Buffaloes stampeding thanks to new wishbone |date=October 24, 1985 |page=6B}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1984

| poll = AP

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 8

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Michigan State

| site_stadium = Folsom Field

| site_cityst = Boulder, CO

| tv = MH Cable

| score = 21–24

| attend = 35,825

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/jackson-citizen-patriot-spartans-survive/170177164/|work=Jackson Citizen Patriot|title=Spartans survive close call|date=September 9, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 15

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Oregon

| site_stadium = Autzen Stadium

| site_cityst = Eugene, OR

| score = 20–27

| attend = 25,047

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sunday-oregonian-uos-big-plays-spe/170141238/|work=The Sunday Oregonian|title=UO's big plays, special teams corral Colorado|date=September 16, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 22

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Notre Dame

| site_stadium = Notre Dame Stadium

| site_cityst = Notre Dame, ID

| score = 14–55

| attend = 59,075

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-grand-rapids-press-notre-dame-wins-a/166924300/|work=The Grand Rapids Press|title=Notre Dame wins a mercy killing, 55–14|date=September 23, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 29

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = UCLA

| opprank = 17

| site_stadium = Folsom Field

| site_cityst = Boulder, CO

| score = 16–33

| attend = 38,925

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-ucla-collars-buffs-behind-le/170139090/|work=Tulsa World|title=UCLA collars Buffs behind Lee, Green|date=September 30, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 6

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Missouri

| site_stadium = Faurot Field

| site_cityst = Columbia, MO

| tv = KATZ

| score = 7–52

| attend = 38,662

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salina-journal-mizzou-rips-buffs-52/170185781/|work=The Salina Journal|title=Mizzou rips Buffs, 52–7|date=October 7, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 13

| w/l = w

| homecoming = y

| opponent = Iowa State

| site_stadium = Folsom Field

| site_cityst = Boulder, CO

| tv = WOI

| score = 23–21

| attend = 36,762

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sioux-city-journal-colorado-gets-fir/170185089/|work=The Sioux City Journal|title=Colorado gets first win at Iowa State's expense|date=October 14, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 20

| w/l = l

| opponent = Nebraska

| opprank = 5

| site_stadium = Folsom Field

| site_cityst = Boulder, CO

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 7–24

| attend = 51,124

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-nonpareil-lackluster-nu-rall/170185897/|work=The Daily Nonpareil|title='Lackluster' NU rallies for victory over Buffs|date=October 21, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 27

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Oklahoma State

| opprank = 10

| site_stadium = Lewis Field

| site_cityst = Stillwater, OK

| tv = KATZ

| score = 14–20

| attend = 47,800

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/okmulgee-daily-times-pokes-outlast-buffs/170185994/|work=Okmulgee Daily Times|title=Pokes outlast Buffs 20–14|date=October 28, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 3

| w/l = l

| opponent = Kansas

| site_stadium = Folsom Field

| site_cityst = Boulder, CO

| tv = KOOD

| score = 27–28

| attend = 33,166

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-kansas-rally-pin/170186132/|work=The Des Moines Register|title=Kansas rally pins 28–27 loss on Colorado|date=November 4, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 10

| w/l = l

| opponent = Oklahoma

| opprank = 9

| site_stadium = Folsom Field

| site_cityst = Boulder, CO

| tv = KTVY

| score = 17–42

| attend = 38,888

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-ous-big-plays-send/170186304/|work=The Daily Oklahoman|title=OU's big plays send Colorado to 42–17 loss|date=November 11, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 17

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Kansas State

| site_stadium = KSU Stadium

| site_cityst = Manhattan, KS

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 6–38

| attend = 17,600

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-sentinel-k-state-spoils-buffs/170186411/|work=The Daily Sentinel|title=K-State spoils Buffs' Big Eight finale 38–6|date=November 18, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=1984 Colorado Buffaloes Schedule and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/colorado/1984-schedule.html |website=College Football @ Sports-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=April 26, 2025 }}{{cite web |author= |title=1984 Football Schedule |url=https://cubuffs.com/sports/football/schedule/1984 |publisher=University of Colorado Boulder |access-date=April 26, 2025 }}{{cite web |author= |title=Colorado Football 2024 Record Book |url=https://static.cubuffs.com/custompages/football/2024_Record_Book/2024_Record_Book.pdf |publisher=University of Colorado Boulder |page=54.p |access-date=April 26, 2025 }}

Roster

{{American football roster/Header

| year = 1984

| team = Colorado Buffaloes

| teamcolors = f

| offensive_players=

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{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Jo Jo|last=Collins|pos=WR}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Eric|last=Coyle|pos=OL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Phil|last=Cross|pos=TE}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Dion|last=Dyson|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=so|first=Jon|last=Embree|pos=TE|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Drew|last=Ferrando|pos=WR}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Jeff|last=Glenn|pos=OL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=jr|first=William|last=Gulley|pos=C}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=so|first=Tim|last=Harper|pos=T}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Mark|last=Hatcher|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=sr|first=Junior|last=Iii|pos=G}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Craig|last=Keenan|pos=QB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Derek|last=Marshall|pos=QB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=fr|first=Eric|last=McCarty|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Chuck|last=Page|pos=QB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=88|class=so|first=Ed|last=Reinhardt|pos=TE|inj=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=sr|first=Lee|last=Rouson|pos=RB||note=C|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=79|class=So|first=Pat|last=Ryan|pos=OT}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Sam|last=Smith|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=sr|first=Steve|last=Vogel|pos=QB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Anthony|last=Weatherspoon|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Jimmy|last=Webb|pos=OL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Troy|last=Wolf|pos=TE}}

| defensive_players=

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Calvin|last=Beaty|pos=DL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=John|last=Bennett|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Alan|last=Chrite|pos=LB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=sr|first=Kent|last=Davis|pos=FS}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=jr|first=Don|last=Fairbanks|pos=LB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=so|first=Curt|last=Koch|pos=DT}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Miles|last=Kusayanagi|pos=LB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=jr|first=Dan|last=McMillen|pos=LB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=sr|first=Don|last=Muncie|pos=NG}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=John|last=Nairn|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Lyle|last=Pickens|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=so|first=Mickey|last=Pruitt|pos=SS|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=so|first=Barry|last=Remington|pos=LB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=sr|first=Alvin|last=Rubalcaba|pos=CB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=jr|first=Darin|last=Schubeck|pos=LB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=sr|first=George|last=Smith|pos=DT|note=C}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Tommy|last=Streeter|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=jr|first=Solomon|last=Wilcots|pos=CB|link=y}}

| special_teams_players=

{{American football roster/Player|num=17|class=Sr|first=Allan|last=Braun|pos=P}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Dave|last=DeLine|pos=K}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Larry|last=Eckel|pos=K}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Barry|last=Helton|pos=P}}

}}

{{American football roster/Footer|roster_url=

| head_coach = *Bill McCartney

| asst_coach =

| accessdate=

}}

{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9axjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3297%2C3514981 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |title=Starting lineups |date=September 15, 1984 |page=2B}}

References

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