The 2023 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the
University of Colorado Boulder
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as a member of the
Pac-12 Conference
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during the
2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season
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. This was the program's 13th and final year in the Pac-12 before they
rejoined the
Big 12 Conference
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in 2024. The Buffaloes were led by first-year head coach
Deion Sanders
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. They played their home games on campus at
Folsom Field
Folsom Field is an outdoor college football stadium located on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. It is the home field of the Colorado Buffaloes of the Big 12 Conference.
Opened in 1924, the horseshoe-shaped s ...
in
Boulder, Colorado
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. The Colorado Buffaloes football team drew an average home attendance of 53,180 in 2023, the 36th highest in college football.
Preseason
Spring game
The Colorado Buffaloes spring game was held on April 22, 2023 at Folsom Field. The 2023 spring game sold out for the first time since
1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
and was the highest attended spring game to date in
program history with 47,277 in attendance. The game was televised nationally by
ESPN
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and was the only spring game to air on the main network.
Schedule
The Colorado Buffaloes and the Pac-12 announced the 2023 football schedule on January 18, 2023.
Rankings
Game summaries
at No. 17 TCU
vs Nebraska
vs Colorado State
at No. 10 Oregon
vs No. 8 USC
at Arizona State
vs Stanford
at No. 23 UCLA
vs No. 16 Oregon State
vs No. 21 Arizona
at Washington State
at Utah
Personnel
Roster
Depth chart
Recruiting class
Transfers
Outgoing
Incoming
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 ...