2011 Colorado football schedule released

Colorado now knows who they will face in the first season of the Pac-12.

Colorado received its schedule from the conference and the Buffs will take on two teams in the current top 15 at home, including the current No. 1 Oregon Ducks in Boulder in 2011. The Buffs are slated to host traditional Pac-10 powerhouse the USC Trojans in Boulder.

The Buffs will travel to Hawaii to open the season Sept. 3. The opponent home opener on Sept. 10 has yet to be determined.

Oregon will come to Folsom Field Oct. 22 for Family Weekend. Other top programs the Buffs will face include Big Ten contender Ohio State, and new conference rivals USC, Arizona, currently ranked 15th in the BCS, and Utah.

The 2011 schedule (*—Pac-12 game; HC—Homecoming, FW—Family Weekend)
Date              Opponent                                                Site
Sept.  3         at Hawaii                                                 Honolulu
SEPT. 10      HOME TBA                                             BOULDER
Sept. 17       Colorado State                                      Denver
Sept. 24       at Ohio State                                          Columbus
OCT. 1         *WASHINGTON STATE (HC)            BOULDER
Oct.  8         *at Stanford                                             Palo Alto
Oct. 15        *at Washington                                      Seattle
OCT. 22      *OREGON (FW)                                       BOULDER
Oct. 29        *at Arizona State                                   Tempe
NOV. 5        *SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA               BOULDER
NOV. 12      *ARIZONA                                               BOULDER
Nov. 19       *at UCLA                                                  Pasadena
Nov. 26       *at Utah                                                  Salt Lake City
Dec. 3           Pacific-12 Championship Game      Campus Site TBD

*Denotes conference game.

Contact Staff Writer Mark McNeillie at Mark.mcneillie@colorado.edu.