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2006 COLORADO Football — SEASON ENDING NOTES RELEASE NUMBER 13 (December 23, 2006)
QUICKLY SPEAKING…
The Colorado Buffaloes completed their 117th season of intercollegiate football with a 2-10 2007 COLORADO SCHEDULE record, finishing fifth in the Big 12 North with a 2-6 record… Though just Colorado’s third 10- SEPT. 1 #Colorado State OCT. 20 *KANSAS loss season in its history, the Buffs were in every setback (the 10 were by a combined 112 Sept. 8 at Arizona State Oct. 27 *at Texas Tech points; CU’s six in 2005 were by 162 and the previous 22 by 472, or 21.5 per setback)… The SEPT. 15 FLORIDA STATE NOV. 3 *MISSOURI 37-14 season-ending loss at No. 23 Nebraska marked the 1,100th game in school history, but SEPT. 22 MIAMI-OHIO Nov. 10 *at Iowa State SEPT. 29 *OKLAHOMA NOV. 23 *NEBRASKA was CU’s 14th in a row to ranked teams… Colorado did not go to a bowl for just the fifth time Oct. 6 *at Baylor #—in Denver since 1984, and this was just school’s fourth losing season in that time frame (1997, 2000, Oct. 13 *at Kansas State *—Big 12 Conference Game 2003 and 2006)… PK Mason Crosby garnered a second straight All-American honor.
SEASON POSITIVES
There were many positives in 2006 for the Colorado Buffaloes. A look at some of what stood out that will help set the table for the future: