18 Facts About Colorado Buffaloes

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Colorado Buffaloes are the athletic teams that represent the University of Colorado.

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Colorado Buffaloes has won 29 national championships in its history, with 20 in skiing, the most recent coming in 2015.

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The Colorado Buffaloes joined the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association, commonly known as the Big Six.

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On June 10, 2010, the Colorado Buffaloes announced that they would join the Pacific-10 Conference, soon renamed the Pac-12 Conference, in all sports beginning on July 1, 2011.

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Colorado Buffaloes is the only Pac-12 school and one of only four Power 5 schools that do not sponsor baseball, the other three being Iowa State, Syracuse, and Wisconsin.

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Colorado Buffaloes is one of the dominant programs in the NCAA in skiing, winning 20 total national championships, including 19 NCAA Championships, most recently in 2015.

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The Colorado Buffaloes have won 28 RMISA championships, most recently in 2017.

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8.

The Colorado Buffaloes have had 53 individuals connected to the school participate in the Olympics 85 times.

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Colorado Buffaloes has had 100 individual National Champions, including Magnus Boee sweeping the men's Nordic titles and Cassidy Gray winning the women's GS championship in 2021.

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High altitude at Boulder, Colorado Buffaloes adds aerobic stress to distance runners and is known to produce a competitive edge when altitude-trained athletes compete at sea level.

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Colorado Buffaloes has won five NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships and three NCAA Women's Cross Country Championships (2000, 2004, 2018).

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Since joining the Pac-12 Conference, the Colorado Buffaloes men won their first six conference titles and the Colorado Buffaloes women have claimed four conference titles, including three consecutive following a shot lapse (2011, 2015, 2016, 2017).

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Baseball, wrestling, men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's swimming, and women's diving comprised the seven programs that were discontinued on June 11, 1980, due to Colorado Buffaloes is the only Pac-12 school and one of only four Power 5 schools that do not sponsor baseball, the other three being Iowa State, Syracuse and Wisconsin.

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Colorado Buffaloes has a very active and developed club sports system with over 30 sports.

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15.

The Colorado Buffaloes are led by head coach Murray Wallace, assisted by John Barkmeier Chris Dyas, Justin Holshuh, Conor Sears, and Steve Brown.

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16.

The Colorado Buffaloes have consistently been ranked among the top college rugby teams in the country.

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17.

The oldest, "Glory Colorado Buffaloes", is sung to the tune of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and has been around nearly as long as the school.

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18.

Glory Colorado Buffaloes is considered to represent all campuses of the University.

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