colorado return touchdowns alltime including playoffs

The Colorado Buffaloes have scored 95 touchdown returns in the regular season and postseason all-time.

	TEAM	RET TD	SEASON	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Colorado		1977	11	29	617	21.3	56.1	0	34	267	7.9	24.3	0
2	Colorado		1978	11	26	606	23.3	55.1	1	39	268	6.9	24.4	0
3	Colorado		1979	11	39	760	19.5	69.1	0	31	222	7.2	20.2	0
4	Colorado		1980	11	42	974	23.2	88.5	2	25	77	3.1	7.0	0
5	Colorado		1981	11	37	826	22.3	75.1	0	20	138	6.9	12.5	1
6	Colorado		1982	11	26	516	19.8	46.9	0	20	191	9.6	17.4	0
7	Colorado		1983	11	38	637	16.8	57.9	0	19	146	7.7	13.3	0
8	Colorado		1984	11	29	432	14.9	39.3	0	39	354	9.1	32.2	0
9	Colorado		1985	11	11	169	15.4	15.4	0	32	281	8.8	25.5	0
10	Colorado		1986	11	32	681	21.3	61.9	0	33	331	10.0	30.1	0
11	Colorado		1987	11	24	521	21.7	47.4	0	28	199	7.1	18.1	0
12	Colorado		1988	11	23	447	19.4	40.6	0	30	279	9.3	25.4	0
13	Colorado		1989	11	21	548	26.1	49.8	0	29	464	16.0	42.2	0
14	Colorado		1990	12	29	499	17.2	41.6	0	40	595	14.9	49.6	2
15	Colorado		1991	11	26	410	15.8	37.3	0	35	399	11.4	36.3	0
16	Colorado		1992	11	27	510	18.9	46.4	0	50	579	11.6	52.6	0
17	Colorado		1993	11	17	294	17.3	26.7	0	35	349	10.0	31.7	0
18	Colorado		1994	11	29	505	17.4	45.9	0	32	287	9.0	26.1	0
19	Colorado		1995	11	24	477	19.9	43.4	0	23	245	10.7	22.3	0
20	Colorado		1996	11	25	406	16.2	36.9	0	26	174	6.7	15.8	0
21	Colorado		1997	11	36	958	26.6	87.1	1	20	182	9.1	16.5	0
22	Colorado		1998	11	29	726	25.0	66.0	0	28	449	16.0	40.8	3
23	Colorado		1999	11	32	716	22.4	65.1	2	33	220	6.7	20.0	0
24	Colorado	4	2000	11	26	532	20.5	48.4	0	16	285	17.8	25.9	2
25	Colorado	7	2001	12	28	541	19.3	45.1	0	30	522	17.4	43.5	2
	Average	3.7		10.1	24.7	516.6	20.9	44.1	0.2	22.6	225.2	10.0	19.2	0.4
	Total	95		574	1,210	25,311	20.9	44.1	9	1,109	11,037	10.0	19.2	21

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More Colorado Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

733

Lewis

RUSH

218

Welch

REC

454

Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

18.6

137th

OPP PPG

25.4

94th

RUSH YDS/G

140.8

108th

PASS YDS/G

253.4

54th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	Kansas State	0-1	3-1
13	Kansas	0-1	2-2
14	West Virginia	0-2	3-2
15	Colorado	0-2	2-3
16	TCU	0-2	2-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	UTAH	@	COLO	10:15 PM
Sat 10/24	COLO	@	OKST	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	KSU	@	COLO	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	COLO	@	ASU	1:00 PM
Fri 11/13	HOU	@	COLO	10:15 PM

Last Game

Texas Tech

5 - 0

Final

Colorado

2 - 3

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,588

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

341.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
6	Troy	3	2	.600
7	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
8	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
9	Marshall	3	2	.600
10	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
11	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
12	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200