Colorado

Crowder had not only overcome the stigma and limitations of scandal and probation, but had brought Colorado to the elite of the Big Eight Conference with a 9-2 season that included a Bluebonnet Bowl win over Miami in a 31-21 game that found soph QB Bob Anderson the MVP. FB Wilmer Cooks and HB William Harris who played three years with three NFL teams were fine rushers but young Anderson led the team with 625 yards and 1515 total yards. Much of the rushing credit could go to All Conference center Mike Montler. The defense picked up the pace too, led by Dick Anderson, Bob's older brother. The All American safety was the school's career tackle and interception leader, and feared by receivers to the tune of his later election to the College Football Hall Of Fame. Anderson was a key to the Dolphins Super Bowl defenses and a three-time Pro Bowl performer in his pro career that spanned 1968 through '77. DT Frank Bosch played well enough to be drafted by the Redskins and play a few seasons for them. A slight change was made to the helmet design from '66, with the thin rounded "Charger" style numbers being replaced by black three-inch full block style numerals on the sides of the helmet.