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2006 Colorado Buffaloes football team

2006 Colorado Buffaloes football
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Conference Big 12 Conference
Division North
2006 record 2–10 (2–6 Big 12)
Head coach Dan Hawkins
Offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich
Defensive coordinator Ron Collins
Base defense 4–3 Cover 2
Home stadium Folsom Field
(Capacity: 53,750)
Seasons
← 2005
2007 →
2006 Big 12 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Northern Division
Nebraska x   6 – 2         9 – 5  
Missouri   4 – 4         8 – 5  
Kansas State   4 – 4         7 – 6  
Kansas   3 – 5         6 – 6  
Colorado   2 – 6         2 – 10  
Iowa State   1 – 7         4 – 8  
Southern Division
#11 Oklahoma x$   7 – 1         11 – 3  
#13 Texas   6 – 2         10 – 3  
Texas A&M   5 – 3         9 – 4  
Texas Tech   4 – 4         8 – 5  
Oklahoma State   3 – 5         7 – 6  
Baylor   3 – 5         4 – 8  
Championship: Oklahoma 21, Nebraska 7
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
• Montana State 3 3 7 6 19
Colorado 3 7 0 0 10
  • Date: September 2
  • Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, CO
  • Game attendance: 45,513
  • TV announcers (Buff Vision): Mark Johnson (Play-by-play), Larry Zimmer (Color) & Bobby Anderson (Sideline)
1 2 3 4 Total
Colorado 7 3 0 0 10
• Colorado St 7 7 0 0 14
1 2 3 4 Total
• Arizona State 7 7 0 7 21
Colorado 3 0 0 0 3
1 2 3 4 Total
Colorado 3 7 3 0 13
• Georgia 0 0 0 14 14
1 2 3 4 Total
Colorado 3 3 7 0 13
• Missouri 14 7 7 0 28
1 2 3 4 OT 2OT 3OT Total
• Baylor 0 10 0 7 7 7 3 34
Colorado 7 0 3 7 7 7 0 31
  • Date: October 7
  • Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, CO
  • Game attendance: 47,065
1 2 3 4 Total
Texas Tech 0 0 0 6 6
• Colorado 7 13 3 7 30
  • Date: October 14
  • Location: Fplsom Field, Boulder, Colorado
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. MST
  • Game attendance: 50,233

The 2006 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The previous year's team won the Big 12 North Conference. That marked the fourth Big 12 North championship for the Buffs in the past 5 years. The team has its 23rd new head coach Dan Hawkins. The Sporting News gave out the only A+ to Colorado in the category of coaching hire. The Buffaloes will play their home games in Folsom Field.

They finished the season 2–10 (2–6 in the Big 12 Conference) and had some major disappointments. Mason Crosby did not perform as well as last season (19 for 27) and the Hawkins era didn't start as many had expected with his success at Boise State. The offense appeared to struggle to learn the new system and early quarterback uncertainty did not allow the team to have consistency. The defense performed excellently at times and was good overall, but without the offense producing points, Colorado would lose, though many games were close.

With a new head coach, a new offensive system and the loss of several key players such as Joel Klatt (QB), Joe Klopfenstein (TE), Quinn Sypniewski (TE), Lawrence Vickers (TB) and John Torp (P), Colorado faced some challenges to hang on to their Big 12 North Title. (Jeremy Bloom, listed in the 2006 NFL Draft as being from Colorado had not played football for Colorado since the 2004 season and thus is not a loss for this year)


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