Colorado Buffaloes football
Football team of University of Colorado Boulder
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| 2025 | Shedeur Sanders was drafted 144th overall and Travis Hunter was drafted 2nd overall in the NFL draft. |
| 2025 | Shedeur Sanders' and Travis Hunter's uniform numbers 2 and 12 are retired in the same year they conclude their playing tenure with the Colorado Buffaloes. |
| 2024 | Passing, rushing, and total offense leaderboards began incorporating bowl game statistics into career record calculations. |
| 2024 | Shedeur Sanders achieves the highest single-season total offense record with 4,084 yards and leads the team with 41 touchdowns in the 2024 season. |
| 2024 | Sanders records a 462-yard total offense performance in a game against North Dakota State. |
| 2024 | Travis Hunter set a single-season record with 15 receiving touchdowns. He scored 3 receiving touchdowns in games against North Dakota State and Oklahoma State. |
| 2024 | Travis Hunter achieved a single-season record of 1,258 receiving yards. Jimmy Horn Jr. set a single-game record of 198 yards against North Dakota State. |
| 2024 | Travis Hunter continues his strong performance with 96 receptions in a single season and 13 receptions against Colorado State. LaJohntay Wester also records 11 receptions against Oklahoma State. |
| 2024 | Sanders continues his exceptional performance with 4-touchdown games against North Dakota State, Oklahoma State, and Colorado State. |
| 2024 | Shedeur Sanders breaks the single-season passing yards record with 4,134 yards and sets a new single-season passing touchdown record with 37 touchdowns. |
| 2024 | Passing, rushing, and total offense leaderboards first incorporated bowl game statistics for the Colorado Buffaloes. |
| 2024 | Travis Hunter won multiple awards including the Chuck Bednarik Award, Fred Biletnikoff Award, Lott IMPACT Trophy, Paul Hornung Award, and was named Academic All-American of the Year. |
| 2024 | Shedeur Sanders won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. |
| 2024 | Travis Hunter finished 1st in Heisman Trophy voting as a Cornerback/Wide Receiver (CB/WR), receiving 2,231 points. Shedeur Sanders finished 8th as a Quarterback (QB), receiving 47 points. |
| 2024 | Under Deion Sanders, participated in the Alamo Bowl, losing 14-36 to BYU with 64,261 in attendance on ABC. |
| 2024 | Nebraska won against Colorado 28-10. |
| 2024 | Colorado Buffaloes returned to the Big 12 Conference after 13 seasons in the Pac-12. |
| 2023 | Alejandro Mata joins the Colorado Buffaloes, achieving the highest career field goal percentage of 81.5%. |
| 2023 | Sanders records a notable 478-yard total offense performance in a game against TCU. |
| 2023 | Dylan Edwards achieved 3 receiving touchdowns in a game against TCU. |
| 2023 | Omarion Miller set a single-game record of 196 receiving yards against USC. |
| 2023 | Sanders achieves multiple 4-touchdown games against Stanford, TCU, Colorado State, and USC. |
| 2023 | Travis Hunter begins playing as cornerback/wide receiver (CB/WR) for the Colorado Buffaloes football team, starting his tenure that will last until 2024. |
| 2023 | Shedeur Sanders begins playing as quarterback (QB) for the Colorado Buffaloes football team, starting his tenure that will last until 2024. |
| 2023 | Travis Hunter is named a Consensus All-American for Colorado, recognized by AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, SI, Athlon Sports, and Phil Steele. |
| 2023 | Travis Hunter won the Paul Hornung Award. |
| 2023 | Colorado Buffaloes maintained their long-standing lead in the rivalry series against Colorado State Rams, with an all-time record of 67 wins, 22 losses, and 2 ties in the Rocky Mountain Showdown. |
| 2023 | Colorado defeated Nebraska 36-14 in Boulder after a 3-year break. |
| November 1 2023 | Colorado revealed its Big 12 conference opponents for the football seasons from 2024 through 2027. |
| 2022 | Leah Mayer placed third in the US Baton Twirling Championships, showcasing her national-level competitive twirling skills. |
| 2022 | Cliff Branch, wide receiver who played for Colorado from 1972 to 1988, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, recognizing his outstanding career and contributions to professional football. |
| 2022 | Rashaan Salaam inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame |
| 2022 | As of the end of the 2022 season, Utah leads the all-time series against Colorado with a record of 34 wins, 32 losses, and 3 ties. |
| December 3 2022 | Deion Sanders was announced as the new Head Football Coach of the Colorado Buffaloes, following Mike Sanford's interim period after Karl Dorrell's firing. |
| 2021 | Leah Mayer achieved a perfect performance record, completing every halftime performance with the Golden Buffalo Marching Band without dropping her baton. |
| 2020 | Jarek Broussard recorded 301 rushing yards in a single game against Arizona. |
| 2020 | Due to COVID-19 disruptions, NCAA ruled that the season would not count against players' athletic eligibility, allowing players an extra year of potential play. |
| 2020 | Athletic director Rick George announced plans to potentially re-issue retired uniform numbers 24, 67, and 11, with support from the original players or their families, though the numbers remain unused. |
| September 7 2019 | Colorado mounted an improbable comeback, winning against Nebraska 34-31 in overtime after being down 17-0 at halftime. |
| 2018 | Laviska Shenault Jr. recorded a single-season 1,011 receiving yards. |
| 2018 | Laviska Shenault Jr. records 86 receptions in a single season. |
| 2018 | Colorado traveled to Lincoln and won 33-28, their first win against Nebraska since 2007 and first win in Lincoln since 2004. |
| November 18 2018 | Mike MacIntyre was fired as head coach after a six-game losing streak, despite starting the season 5-0 with wins against rivals. |
| 2017 | Shay Fields completes his receiving career, having played from 2014 to 2017. Laviska Shenault Jr. begins his receiving career, playing from 2017 to 2019. |
| 2017 | Phillip Lindsay recorded 1,254 rushing yards in a single season and scored 281 rushing yards in a single game against Arizona. |
| 2017 | Rashaan Salaam's uniform number 19 was posthumously retired by the Colorado Buffaloes, honoring his impactful career as a running back from 1992-1994. |
| 2016 | Shay Fields recorded 9 receiving touchdowns for the season and 3 receiving touchdowns in a game against Oregon State. |
| 2016 | Phillip Lindsay scored 15 rushing touchdowns and recorded 1,252 rushing yards in a single season. |
| 2016 | Herb Orvis inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame |
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