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2011 Colorado Buffaloes football team

2011 Colorado Buffaloes football
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Conference Pac-12 Conference
Division South Division
2011 record 3–10 (2–7 Pac-12)
Head coach Jon Embree (1st year)
Offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy (1st year)
Defensive coordinator Greg Brown (1st year)
MVP Toney Clemons
Tyler Hansen
Captain Tyler Hansen
Captain Jon Major
Captain Ryan Miller
Captain Anthony Perkins
Home stadium Folsom Field
(Capacity: 53,613)
Seasons
← 2010
2012 →
2011 Pac-12 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
North Division
#4 Oregon xy$   8 – 1         12 – 2  
#7 Stanford x%   8 – 1         11 – 2  
Washington   5 – 4         7 – 6  
California   4 – 5         7 – 6  
Oregon State   3 – 6         3 – 9  
Washington State   2 – 7         4 – 8  
South Division
#6 USC *   7 – 2         10 – 2  
UCLA xy   5 – 4         6 – 8  
Utah   4 – 5         8 – 5  
Arizona State   4 – 5         6 – 7  
Arizona   2 – 7         4 – 8  
Colorado   2 – 7         3 – 10  
Championship: Oregon 49, UCLA 31
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • * – USC ineligible for championship and post-season due to NCAA sanctions
As of January 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
Colorado State 7 0 0 7 14
• Colorado 0 14 7 7 28
1 2 3 4 Total
Arizona 3 7 7 12 29
• Colorado 7 13 14 14 48
1 2 3 4 Total
• Colorado 7 3 7 0 17
Utah 0 0 14 0 14

The 2011 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach and alumnus Jon Embree, the Buffaloes played their home games on-campus at Folsom Field in Boulder and were first-year members of the newly expanded Pac-12 Conference. They finished with a record of 3–10, 2–7 in Pac-12 play, in a tie for last place in the South Division.

National Signing Day was on February 2, 2011 and Colorado signed high school athletes from around the country.

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Colorado lost their 18th consecutive road game with their 34–17 loss to Hawaii on September 3 in Jon Embree's debut as Colorado head coach. The Buffaloes' last road win came on October 27, 2007 against Texas Tech. Hawaii quarterback Bryant Moniz ran for a career-best 121 yards and three touchdowns and threw for one touchdown and 20 completions on 33 attempts. Although Hawaii led most of the evening, Colorado made it interesting at the start of the fourth quarter, and took advantage of a fumble by Moniz; the Buffaloes cut the lead to 24–17 with a 34-yard field goal by placekicker Will Oliver. That was the last Colorado score, as Hawaii scored the game's last 10 points to secure the win.

Although both teams are members of the Pac-12, this game counted as a non-conference game in the standings as this game was scheduled before Colorado joined the Pac-12.

Things started off rough for Cal, but after a failure at 4th and goal for Colorado and later a field goal, Cal capitalized on the momentum shift and raced out to a 16–6 lead at halftime. Cal continue to score, but the Buffaloes rebounded strongly by outgaining Cal offensively and later tied the game. In overtime, Colorado was held to a field goal and Zach Maynard later connected to Keenan Allen for a game winning touchdown.


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