The 2012 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado Boulder in the Pac-12 Conference during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by second-year head coach and alumnus Jon Embree, the Buffaloes played home games on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.
The season was a disaster for the Buffaloes, who were regularly blown out by their opponents. CU lost to FCS Sacramento State, 30âÂÂ28, and only managed a single win with a late comeback at Washington State (who would finish last in the Pac-12 North) 35âÂÂ34, in Mike Leach's first season with the Cougars. Among those losses, they lost 69âÂÂ14 at Fresno State, got shut out 48âÂÂ0 at home vs Stanford, 70âÂÂ14 at Oregon, 51âÂÂ17 to Arizona State, 42-14 vs UCLA, and 50âÂÂ6 at USC. The Buffaloes lost by about 28 points a game, and allowed 46 points a game (worst in the FBS that year).
Two days after the season on November 25, Embree was fired; he compiled a record, including 1âÂÂ11 in his final year. To date, this is the worst season in program history. Since 1917, CU previously had one-win seasons twice (1980, 1984; both 1âÂÂ10).
On November 25, 2012, the university announced that Athletic Director Mike Bohn had fired head coach Jon Embree.