The 2013 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the
University of Colorado at Boulder
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during the
2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season
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The regular season began on August 29, 2013, and ended on ...
. Led by first-year head coach
Mike MacIntyre
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MacIntyre began his coaching career in 1990 as a grad ...
, the
Buffaloes played their home games on-campus at
Folsom Field
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Opened in 1924, the horseshoe-shaped s ...
in
Boulder
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and were members of the
Pac-12 Conference
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. Head coach Mike MacIntyre was hired after the firing of
Jon Embree
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concluding the 2012 season.
Recruiting
National Signing Day
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was on February 6, 2013 and Colorado signed high school athletes from around the country.
Schedule
:
Conference opponents not played this season:
Stanford
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,
Washington State
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* The non-conference home game against Fresno State on September 15 was canceled due to effects from the
Boulder Creek flash floods. On September 30, Charleston Southern was added as a replacement opponent to be played on October 19.
Game summaries
Colorado State
Central Arkansas
Oregon State
Oregon
Arizona State
Charleston Southern
Colorado's game vs Fresno State on September 14 was canceled due to flooding, making Colorado need to add a 12th game. On September 30, Charleston Southern was granted a waiver to play a 13th regular season game to be able to play Colorado.
Arizona
1st quarter scoring:
2nd quarter scoring:
3rd quarter scoring:
4th quarter scoring:
UCLA
1st quarter scoring: COLO – Will Oliver 23-yard field goal; UCLA –
Devin Fuller 76-yard pass from
Brett Hundley
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(
Kaʻimi Fairbairn
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kick)
2nd quarter scoring: COLO – Paul Richardson 7-yard pass from Sefo Liufau (Will Oliver kick); UCLA – Hundley 11-yard run (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Devin Fuller 6-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); COLO – Oliver 47-yard field goal
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Hundley 1-yard run (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Damien Thigpen 5-yard run (Fairbairn kick)
4th quarter scoring: COLO – Tony Jones 2-yard run (Oliver kick); UCLA – Fairbairn 45-yard field goal; UCLA – Oliver 37-yard field goal; UCLA – Fuller 8-yard run (Fairbairn kick)
Washington
California
USC
Notes
* September 2, 2013 – Paul Richardson, WR, was named Pac-12 Conference offensive player of the week
References
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Colorado
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Colorado Buffaloes football seasons
Colorado Buffaloes football
The Colorado Buffaloes football program represents the University of Colorado Boulder in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level, and is a member of the Big 12 Conference. The team was a charter member of the Big 12 before leaving to jo ...