1948 Colorado Buffaloes football team

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1948 Colorado Buffaloes football

Conference	Big Seven Conference
Record	3–6 (2–3 Big 7)
Head coach	Dallas Ward (1st season)
Captain	Bob Spicer
Home stadium	Folsom Field
Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

1948 Big Seven Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Oklahoma $	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Missouri	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Kansas	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Colorado	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Nebraska	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Big Seven Conference during the 1948 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Dallas Ward, the Buffaloes compiled an overall record of 3–6 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the Big 7.

Colorado was ranked at No. 82 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	New Mexico*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	L 6–9	16,125
October 2	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 7–40	21,000
October 9	Nebraska	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	W 19–6	19,516
October 16	at Iowa State	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA	L 7–18	14,530
October 23	Kansas State	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	W 51–7	19,518
October 30	at Utah*	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	L 12–14	17,003
November 6	Utah State*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	W 28–14	10,322
November 13	at No. 20 at Missouri	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	L 13–27	22,500
November 20	Colorado A&M	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	L 25–29	13,998
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

v t e Colorado Buffaloes football
Venues	Campus fields (1890–1901) Gamble Field (1901–1924) Folsom Field (1924–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado State: Rocky Mountain Showdown Kansas State Nebraska Utah: Rumble in the Rockies
Culture & lore	Ralphie the Buffalo "CU Fight Song" "Golden Buffalo" Marching band Fifth Down Game Miracle at Michigan
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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