1980 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1980 Colorado Buffaloes football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1980 record	1–10 (1–6 Big 8)
Head coach	Chuck Fairbanks (2nd year)
Home stadium	Folsom Field (Capacity: 51,463)

1980 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#3 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
#7 Nebraska	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Missouri	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
Colorado	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 13	at UCLA*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		L 14–56	37,205
September 20	at LSU*		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA		L 20–23	74,999
September 27	Indiana*		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO		L 7–49	40,219
October 4	#12 Oklahoma		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	ESPN	L 42–82	50,217
October 11	Drake*		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO		L 22–41	37,689
October 18	at #16 Missouri		Faurot Field • Columbia, MO		L 7–45	72,333
October 25	#9 Nebraska		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO (Rivalry)		L 7–45	51,989
November 1	Iowa State		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO		W 17–9	41,567
November 8	at Oklahoma State		Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK		L 7–42	50,000
November 15	Kansas		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO		L 3–42	24,187
November 22	at Kansas State		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS		L 14–17	17,510
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.