The 2020 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Buffaloes were led by first-year lead coach Karl Dorrell and played their home games on campus at Folsom Field as a member of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference.
On August 11, 2020, the Pac-12 Conference suspended all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 3, the Pac-12 announced a resumption of the 2020 football season featuring a seven-game conference-only schedule, starting on November 7 and ending with the Pac-12 Championship game on December 18.
Schedule Colorado had games scheduled against Colorado State, Fresno State and Texas A&M. These games were canceled on July 10, due to the Pac-12 Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On November 26, Colorado's scheduled game at USC for November 28 was canceled after a COVID-19 outbreak within the USC program. The Pac-12 then announced that Colorado would instead play San Diego State in a non-conference game at home on November 28.
Original 2020 Colorado Buffaloes schedule Date Opponent Site September 5 at Colorado State* Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown) September 12 Fresno State* Folsom Field • Boulder, CO September 19 at Texas A&M* Kyle Field • College Station, TX September 26 Oregon Folsom Field • Boulder, CO October 9 at Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ October 17 UCLA Folsom Field • Boulder, CO October 24 Arizona State Folsom Field • Boulder, CO October 31 at USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA November 7 Washington State Folsom Field • Boulder, CO November 14 at Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA November 21 at Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA November 28 Utah Folsom Field • Boulder, CO (Rumble in the Rockies)
Coaching staff Name Title Karl Dorrell Head coach Darrin Chiaverini Offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach Tyson Summers Defensive coordinator/inside linebackers coach Taylor Embree Tight ends coach Darian Hagan Running backs coach Danny Langsdorf Pass game coordinator/ quarterbacks coach Demetrice Martin Cornerbacks coach Brett Maxie Safeties coach Brian Michalowski Outside linebackers coach Mitch Rodrigue Offensive line coachChris Wilson Defensive line coach
Awards and honors Weekly awards Nov. 9 1 Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week Jarek Broussard RB Nov. 16 2 Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week Sam Noyer QB Nov. 16 2 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week Nate Landman LB Nov. 29 9 Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week Nate Landman LB Nov. 30 4 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week Nate Landman (2) LB Dec. 7 5 Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week Jarek Broussard (2) RB
End of year awards
Individual Jarek Broussard - Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year Karl Dorrell - Pac-12 Coach of the Year Brenden Rice - Pac-12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year Honorable Mention Christian Gonzalez - Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Honorable Mention
All-Pac-12 Team 1st Team
Jarek Broussard (RB) Nate Landman (LB)
2nd Team Sam Noyer (QB) Will Sherman (OL) Mustafa Johnson (DL) Jaylen Jackson (ST)
Honorable mention Frank Fillip (OL) Terrance Lang (DL) Isaiah Lewis (DB) Casey Roddick (OL) Dimitri Stanley (WR) Carson Wells (LB)
Players drafted into the NFL
6 197 Will Sherman OT New England Patriots
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