In 1890, football was introduced into the Colorado Buffalo College's athletics program. Representing the University of Colorado in Boulder, the earliest team games were played against Utah and the School of Mines. Currently headed by Coach Dan Hawkins, the Colorado Buffaloes College Football Team is a member of the North Division in the Big 12 conference. In the North Division Championship, it has won four times in 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005 respectively. The team has won numerous games and ranks 16th on the all-time win list and 22nd in winning percentage. Their standing has been 280-132-10 at home.

Their home games are played at the horse-shoe shaped Folsom field, which is located in their campus and named after one of the most renowned football coaches Fred Folsom. The stadium was built in 1924 and ever since, all their games have been played in the said stadium, including games with their bitter rival Nebraska. Other competing schools like Colorado State, Missouri, and Kansas State are also on the list. The stadium's current seating capacity is 53,750. The Buffaloes? school colors are silver, gold and black, which represent the mineral wealth of the state. The team was also called ?Silver Helmets? and ?Frontiersmen? by the press people before finally changing it to the ?Buffaloes.? The name ?Buffaloes? was coined after a homecoming game against Utah.

Like Folsom, the team has also created a lot of notable football personalities, including The list of greats include Byron White (who did not only make it big as a football player but was also appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States), Kordell Stewart, Alfred Williams, Daniel Graham, Eric Bieniemy (member of CU's prestigious 25-member "All-Century Football Team," and the only active player at the time to be selected to the group honoring the first 100 years of Colorado Buffalo football), Michael Westbrook, Dick Anderson (who was later elevated to the Hall of Fame and now part of the Miami Dolphins? Honor Roll), Mark Haynes, Dave Logan, former New York Mets catcher John Stearns and PGA Tour golfer Hale Irwin. Other Hall of Famers include Joe Romig are Bobby Anderson (who is the brother of Dick Anderson).

In 1990, they shared the national championship title with Georgia Tech, which they won under the direction of the head coach Bill McCartney. It was also in 1990 that they were awarded an Associated Press National Championship. Other success of the team include eight Colorado Football Association Championships, once Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference, 7 RMFAC Championships, among others.

Present at all football games is the school's mascot Ralphie, which is a buffalo that leads the entire football team onto the football field during the first half and the second half. In any sport, it is always exciting to watch opposing teams battle it out for a championship title. Grab tickets now and ioin other supporters of the Colorado Buffaloes and experience watching their games from the sidelines. The team competes against Iowa State on Saturday, November 8, 2008.