2010 Colorado Buffaloes football team

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2010 Colorado Buffaloes football
Colorado Buffaloes wordmark.svg
Conference Big 12 Conference
DivisionNorth
Record5–7 (2–6 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Eric Kiesau (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorRon Collins (5th season)
Home stadium Folsom Field
(Capacity: 53,613)
Uniform
Big12-Uniform-CU-2010.png
Seasons
←  2009
2011  →
2010 Big 12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 20 Nebraska xy  6 –2   10 –4  
No. 18 Missouri x  6 –2   10 –3  
Kansas State  3 –5   7 –6  
Iowa State  3 –5   5 –7  
Colorado  2 –6   5 –7  
Kansas  1 –7   3 –9  
South Division
No. 6 Oklahoma xy$  6 –2   12 –2  
No. 13 Oklahoma State x  6 –2   11 –2  
No. 19 Texas A&M x  6 –2   9 –4  
Baylor  4 –4   7 –6  
Texas Tech  3 –5   8 –5  
Texas  2 –6   5 –7  
Championship: Oklahoma 23, Nebraska 20
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fifth-year head coach Dan Hawkins for the first nine games and interim head coach Brian Cabral for the final three games. Colorado played their homes game at Folsom Field. It was also the final season as members the Big 12 Conference in the North Division for Colorado, before joining the Pac-12 Conference for the 2011 season. The Buffaloes failed to qualify for a bowl game, as they finished the season 5–7, 2–6 in Big 12 play, which included a historical collapse in their game against Kansas, allowing 35 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to lose the game 52–45.

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Hawkins was fired on November 9 by Colorado athletic director Mike Bohn. [1] Three days prior to the dismissal, Hawkins' 3–5 (0–4) Buffaloes suffered a fourth-quarter meltdown that saw the 2–6 Kansas Jayhawks overcome a 28-point deficit and outscore Colorado 35–0 in the final 11:05 of the game. It was the biggest collapse in Colorado football history. Hawkins had never secured a winning season during his tenure at Colorado, finishing with a record of 19–39 and in the midst of a 17-game road losing streak. Bohn promoted Associate head coach Brian Cabral to fill in as interim Head Coach for the remainder of the 2010 season, as the University prepared for national search to replace Hawkins. [1] [2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 412:00 p.m.vs. Colorado State *
 The Mtn. W 24–360,989 [3]
September 1112:30 p.m.at California *
 FSN L 7–5255,440 [4]
September 181:30 p.m. Hawai'i *
W 31–1347,840 [5]
October 25:00 p.m. Georgia *
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
FSNW 29–2752,855 [6]
October 95:00 p.m.at No. 22 Missouri
FSNL 0–2662,965 [7]
October 165:00 p.m. Baylor
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
 FCS Central L 25–3148,953 [8]
October 231:30 p.m. Texas Tech Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
L 24–2747,655 [9]  
October 307:15 p.m.at No. 11 Oklahoma
ESPN2 L 10–4384,173 [10]
November 612:00 p.m.at Kansas
L 45–5240,851 [11]
November 1311:30 a.m. Iowa State
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
FCS CentralW 34–1442,722 [12]
November 2011:10 a.m. Kansas State
PPVW 44–3641,147 [13]
November 261:30 p.m.at No. 15 Nebraska
ABC L 17–4585,646 [14]

[15]

Game summaries

Georgia

1234Total
Georgia3147327
•Colorado7715029
  • Source:
Scoring summary
17:47COLMatthew Bahr 4-yard pass from Tyler Hansen (Aric Goodman kick)COL 7-0
14:58UGA Blair Walsh 33-yard field goalCOL 7-3
213:15COLBrian Lockridge 1-yard run (Aric Goodman kick)COL 14-3
211:08UGA A. J. Green 3-yard pass from Aaron Murray (Blair Walsh kick)COL 14-10
27:53UGAA. J. Green 39-yard pass from Aaron Murray (Blair Walsh kick)UGA 17-14
310:40UGAMarlon Brown 8-yard pass from Aaron Murray (Blair Walsh kick)UGA 24-14
37:46COLTyler Hansen 2-yard run (Cody Hawkins to Ryan Deehan pass)UGA 24-22
34:39COLRodney Stewart 11-yard run (Aric Goodman kick)COL 29-24
412:30UGABlair Walsh 20-yard field goalCOL 29-27

Colorado honored the 1990 national championship team during the week.

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  14. ↑ "Colorado Buffaloes vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  15. ↑ "Football - 2010 Schedule/Results". The Official Home of Colorado Athletics. Retrieved March 11, 2010.
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