1969 Colorado Buffaloes football team

The 1969 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado in the Big Eight Conference during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Eddie Crowder, Colorado finished the regular season at 7–3 (5–2 in Big 8, third), and played their home games on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.

Invited to the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee,^[1][2] the Buffs defeated Alabama 47–33 to complete the season at 8–3;^[3][4] CU outscored its opponents 276 to 227 and climbed to sixteenth in the final AP poll.

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Tulsa*		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 35–14	34,784	[5]
September 27	at No. 2 Penn State*		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA		L 3–27	51,342	[6]
October 4	Indiana*		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 30–7	31,354	[7]
October 11	at Iowa State		Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA		W 14–0	29,000	[8]
October 18	at No. 12 Oklahoma		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		L 30–42	60,450	[9]
October 25	No. 5 Missouri		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 31–24	41,886	[10]
November 1	at Nebraska	No. 18	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		L 7–20	67,084	[11]
November 8	at Kansas		Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 17–14	37,000	[12]
November 15	Oklahoma State		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 17–14	29,500	[13]
November 22	Kansas State		Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)		W 45–32	37,400	[14]
December 13	vs. Alabama*		Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	ABC	W 47–33	50,144	[15]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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• Head coach: Eddie Crowder
• Assistants: Chet Franklin (OC), Don James (DC), Ken Blair (DE), Rick Duval (WR), C.B. McGowan (backs), Jim Mora (DL), Steve Ortmayer (OL), Steve Sidwell (LB), Augie Tammariello (OL), Dan Stavely (Freshmen)

• Offense: QB Jim Batten/Paul Arendt, TB Bobby Anderson, FB Ward Walsh, WR Bob Matsen, SE Monte Huber, TE Mike Pruett, TT Jim Phillips, TG Dick Melin, C Don Popplewell, SG Dennis Havig, ST Eddie Fusiek
• Defense: LE Herb Ovis, LT Dave Perini/Bill Collins, RT Dave Capra, RE Bill Brundige, OLB Bill Blanchard, MLB Phil Iriwn, OLB Rick Ogle, LCB Jim Cooch, LS Pat Murphy, RS Pete Jacobsen, RCB Eric Harris
• Specialists: PK Dave Haney, P Dick Robert

Four Buffaloes were selected in the 1970 NFL draft, which was seventeen rounds (442 selections).

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