2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 football 2016 Colorado Buffaloes Colorado Buffaloes wordmark.svg 125 Pac-12 Conference South Division Pac-12 15 17 10–4 8–1 Mike MacIntyre 4th Brian Lindgren 4th Darrin Chiaverini 1st Spread Jim Leavitt 2nd 4–3 Folsom Field 250px Pac-12 South Division champion Pac-12 Championship Game L 10–41 vs. Washington Alamo Bowl L 8–38 vs. Oklahoma State 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. This would be the last bowl game for the Buffaoes in a full season until 2024. Personnel 2016 Colorado Buffaloes y 19 Jr Michael Adkins TB 16 Sr Jaleel Awini WR 84 Sr David Bagby WR 69 Fr Mo Bandi OL 35 Fr Beau Bisharat TB 99 Sr Brian Boatman TE 4 Jr Bryce Bobo WR 43 Fr Chris Bounds TE y 70 Sr Shane Callahan OG y 87 So Xavier Cochrane WR 80 Fr Derek Coleman TE 89 So Kevin Dement WR 62 Fr Justin Eggers OL 17 Jr Kabian Ento WR 21 So Kyle Evans TB 1 Jr Shay Fields WR y 5 Jr George Frazier TE C 88 Jr Danny Galloway WR 7 Sr Jordan Gehrke QB y 10 Fr Dino Gordan TB y 83 Jr Sean Grundman WR 45 Jr Tanner Grzesiek TB 64 Fr Aaron Haigler OT y 27 Jr Joseph Hall WR 38 Sr Chris Hill TE 79 Jr Jonathan Huckins OG 6 Fr Johnny Huntley WR 76 Jr Jeromy Irwin OT C 81 Sr Sean Irwin TE 85 Fr Justin Jan WR 8 Fr Anthony Julmisse WR 75 So Josh Kaiser OG 86 So Dylan Kenney TE 74 Sr Alex Kelley C 68 Jr Gerrad Kough OG 71 Jr Sam Kronshage OT 29 Jr Donovan Lee TB 23 Jr Phillip Lindsay TB C y 78 So John Lisella OT 13 Sr Sefo Liufau y QB C 56 Fr Tim Lynott OG y Fr Chance Lytle OL 14 So Jay MacIntyre WR 17 Fr Casey Marksberry QB 16 Fr Tyler McGarry QB 60 Fr Dillion Middlemiss OT y 73 Fr Isaac Miller OT y 12 Fr Steven Montez QB y y 15 Fr Sam Noyer QB 82 Jr Robert Orban WR 9 Jr T.J. Patterson QB 65 Fr Colby Pursell OL 3 Fr Derrion Rakestraw WR 2 Jr Devin Ross WR 61 Fr Kolten Smith OL 66 Jr Colin Sutton OG 48 Jr Joey Tuggle TB 77 Fr Hunter Vaughn OL 18 So Lee Walker WR 53 Sr Sully Wiefels C y 9 Jr Juwann Winfree WR y 4 SR Chidobe Awuzie CB y 40 Jr Cameron Beemster S 57 Fr Sam Bennion OLB 41 Jr Andrew Bergner CB 2 Fr Ronnie Blackmon DB 92 Sr Jordan Carrell DE y 59 Jr Timothy Coleman DE 37 Fr Lucas Cooper CB y 42 So N.J. Falo OLB 7 So Nick Fisher S 56 So Jase Franke NT 32 So Rick Gamboa ILB 98 Sr Jimmie Gilbert OLB 44 Jr Addison Gillam ILB 96 So Terran Hasselbach OLB 46 Jr Trent Headley OLB 94 Sr Tyler Henington OLB y 99 Sr Aaron Howard OLB y 29 Fr Uryan Hudson DB 52 Jr Leo Jackson DE 36 Fr Akil Jones LB 54 Sr Samson Kafovalu DT 1 Jr Afolabi Laguda S 20 So Drew Lewis LB 91 So Eddy Lopez NT 34 Fr Pookie Maka OLB 93 So Michael Mathewes DE 95 Jr Derek McCartney OLB 25 Jr Ryan Moeller S 26 So Isaiah Oliver CB y 31 Sr Kenneth Olugbode ILB C 3 Sr Deaysean Rippy OLB y 90 Fr Terriek Roberts DL 39 So Jaisen Sanchez DB 33 Fr Chase Sanders S 30 Sr Ryan Severson ILB 47 Jr Christian Shaver ILB 45 Fr Jacob Stoltenberg LB 27 Sr Travis Talianko ILB 28 So Daniel Talley S 9 Sr Tedric Thompson S y 55 Fr Brent Tonz DE y 22 So Kyle Trego DB 72 Fr Lyle Tuiloma NT y 58 Sr Josh Tupou DT y 5 Fr Trey Udoffia DB 50 Fr Frank Umu DE 23 Sr Ahkello Witherspoon CB y 63 Fr J.T. Bale LS y 10 Sr Diego Gonzalez PK 15 Jr Chris Graham PK 48 Jr Cutler Halverson PK 89 So Alex Kinney P 95 Fr Nick Porter PK y 49 Fr Davis Price PK 28 Jr Cameron Silzer P http://static.cubuffs.com/custompages/football/2016_Info_Guide/part-1-1-144.pdf 2016-Nov-06 Mike MacIntyre 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 Schedule 2016 AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 1 released prior to game Mountain September 2 6:00 p.m. w y y Colorado State Sports Authority Field at Mile High Denver, CO rivalry ESPN 44–7 69,850 September 10 3:30 p.m. w y Idaho State Folsom Field Boulder, CO P12N 56–7 39,505 September 17 1:30 p.m. l y y Michigan 4 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI BTN 28–45 110,042 September 24 3:30 p.m. w y Oregon Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR P12N 41–38 53,974 October 1 12:30 p.m. w Oregon State Folsom Field Boulder, CO P12N 47–6 46,839 October 8 2:00 p.m. l y 21 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA P12N 17–21 68,302 October 15 6:00 p.m. w y Arizona State Folsom Field Boulder, CO P12N 40–16 48,588 October 22 1:00 p.m. w y Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA P12N 10–5 44,535 November 3 Thursday 7:00 p.m. w 15 UCLA Folsom Field Boulder, CO FS1 20–10 43,761 November 12 8:00 p.m. w y 12 Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ FS1 49–24 41,068 November 19 1:30 p.m. w 10 Washington State 22 Folsom Field Boulder, CO FOX 38–24 48,658 November 26 5:30 p.m. w 9 Utah 22 Folsom Field Boulder, CO Rumble in the Rockies FOX 27–22 52,301 December 2 7:00 p.m. l y 8 Washington 4 Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, CA Pac-12 Championship Game FOX 10–41 47,118 December 29 7:00 p.m. l y y 10 Oklahoma State 12 Alamodome San Antonio, TX Alamo Bowl ESPN 8–38 59,815 2016 Colorado Buffaloes Football Schedule http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-16/2016-colorado-buffaloes-football-schedule.php University of Colorado Boulder Department of Athletics December 26, 2015 December 26, 2015 Rankings 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings 15 9 NR NR RV RV RV RV NR NR RV RV 21 23 RV RV RV RV 23 23 21 20 15 16 15 12 12 12 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 11 11 10 17 15 Game summaries Vs. Colorado State Rams 0 0 0 7 Buffaloes 21 10 6 7 2016 Colorado State Rams football team Rocky Mountain Showdown Idaho State Bengals 0 0 7 0 Buffaloes 14 35 7 0 2016 Idaho State Bengals football team At Michigan Buffaloes 21 0 7 0 #4 Wolverines 7 17 14 7 2016 Michigan Wolverines football team At Oregon Buffaloes 16 10 7 8 Ducks 7 10 21 0 2016 Oregon Ducks football team Oregon State Beavers 3 3 0 0 Buffaloes 13 24 3 7 2016 Oregon State Beavers football team At USC #21 Buffaloes 0 0 7 10 Trojans 7 7 0 7 2016 USC Trojans football team Arizona State Sun Devils 7 3 3 3 Buffaloes 7 16 10 7 2016 Arizona State Sun Devils football team At Stanford Buffaloes 0 7 0 3 Cardinal 3 0 0 2 2016 Stanford Cardinal football team UCLA Bruins 7 3 0 0 #21 Buffaloes 7 0 3 10 2016 UCLA Bruins football team At Arizona #16 Buffaloes 7 21 14 7 Wildcats 0 10 0 14 2016 Arizona Wildcats football team Washington State #20 Cougars 14 3 7 0 #12 Buffaloes 7 7 14 10 2016 Washington State Cougars football team Utah 2016 Utah Utes football team Rumble in the Rockies Colorado Buffaloes; text-align:center; autocollapse #22 Utah Utes at #9 Colorado Buffaloes November 26, 2016 5:30 p.m. MT #22 Utes 7 0 6 9 #9 Buffaloes 7 6 7 7 Folsom Field • Boulder, CO 52,301 FOX Sourcehttp://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=400869170 ESPN Box Score: Utah at Colorado 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 – Troy Williams – 13/40, 160 yards, TD, 2 INT COLO – Sefo Liufau – 23/44, 270 yards, TD Top rushers UTAH – Joe Williams – 26 carries, 97 yards COLO – Sefo Liufau – 21 carries, 59 yards, TD Top receiving UTAH – Tim Patrick – 5 receptions, 78 yards COLO – Devin Ross – 9 receptions, 94 yards vs Washington (Pac-12 Championship game) 2016 Washington Huskies football team 2016 Pac-12 Football Championship Game Colorado Buffaloes ;text-align:center; autocollapse Colorado Buffaloes vs Washington Huskies (Pac-12 Championship game) December 2, 2016 7:00 p.m. MT #9 Buffaloes 7 0 3 0 #4 Huskies 7 7 17 10 Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, CA 47,118 FOX 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) 2016 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team 2016 Alamo Bowl (December) #13 Cowboys 3 14 14 7 #11 Buffaloes 0 0 0 8 Awards and honors Season AwardsPersonAwardDate awardedRef. Mike MacIntyre Pac-12 Coach of the Year September 30, 2016 http://www.denverpost.com/2016/11/29/mike-macintyre-pac-12-coach-of-the-year-2016-colorado-buffaloes/ Colorado Buffaloes’ Mike MacIntyre named Pac-12 football coach of the year Denver Post November 29, 2016 Nick Kosmider November 30, 2016 Mike MacIntyre Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award December 1, 2016 Bailey Jeff Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre named Walter Camp Coach of the Year http://www.denverpost.com/2016/12/01/mike-macintyre-named-walter-camp-coach-of-year-2016/ Denver Post 1 December 2016 References Colorado Category:Colorado Buffaloes football seasons Colorado Buffaloes football