Bluebonnet Bowl – CU At the Game

No. 14 Baylor – Bluebonnet Bowl – “On the Road Again”

//posted 12.31.1986

— On the Road Again — The 1986 season was a watershed in Colorado football history. Yes, the Buffs had finished 1985 with a winning season (7-5), and had gone to a bowl game for the first time in almost a decade, but it is the 1986 season which is seen as the turning point in Buff fortunes. Still, when the Buffs opened the 1986 campaign 0-4, it was hard not to consider that 1985 was an aberration, and that the aura of losing was once again to permeate the …

Kansas State – Despite 6-1 Big 8 record, Buffs sweat out bowl bid

//posted 11.22.1986

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— November 22nd – at Kansas State Colorado 49, Kansas State 3 — Colorado rebounded from the poor offensive showing against the Sooners with its highest scoring output of the season, routing the Wildcats from Kansas State, 49-3. Quarterback Mark Hatcher did not play, but it didn’t matter, as backup freshman quarterback Marc Walters was perfect in the air, completing all four passes he threw for 111 yards and a touchdown. On the ground, the Buffs rambled for 407 yards and six touchdowns. Walters chipped in 88 yards and two touchdowns, …

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No. 14 Baylor – Bluebonnet Bowl – “On the Road Again”

Kansas State – Despite 6-1 Big 8 record, Buffs sweat out bowl bid