The 1973 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado in the Big Eight Conference during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Eddie Crowder, the Buffaloes were 8âÂÂ3 in the regular season (4âÂÂ3 in Big 8, tied for third), and played their home games on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.
In the Gator Bowl, Colorado fell to sixth-ranked Auburn to finish at 8âÂÂ4, and dropped to sixteenth in the final AP poll.