The 1974 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado in the Big Eight Conference during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. In their first season under head coach Bill Mallory, the Buffaloes compiled a 5–6 record (3–4 in Big 8, fifth), and were outscored 307 to 226. Home games were played on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.

Hired in January, Mallory was previously the head coach at undefeated Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he led the 1973 Miami Redskins football team to an undefeated season.^[1]

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	at No. 9 LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		L 14–42	70,274	[2]
September 21	at No. 6 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI		L 0–31	91,203	[3]
September 28	No. 11 Wisconsin*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 24–21	50,512	[4]
October 5	at Air Force*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO		W 28–27	38,354	[5]
October 12	Iowa State	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 34–7	50,793	[6]
October 19	No. 2 Oklahoma	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		L 14–49	51,777	[7]
October 26	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO		L 24–30	61,023	[8]
November 2	No. 9 Nebraska	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	ABC	L 15–31	52,049	[9]
November 9	Kansas	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 17–16	48,831	[10]
November 16	at No. 18 Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	ABC	W 37–20	38,500	[11]
November 23	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)		L 19–33	12,000	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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