Colorado Buffaloes Football Schedule Change: Two Friday Games Added

The Colorado Buffaloes matchups against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Houston Cougars have been moved from Saturday to Friday night. Colorado’s opening game against Georgia will now be played on Friday, August 29.

Additionally, the Buffaloes road game against on the road Houston Cougars has been moved from Saturday, September 13 to Friday, September 12.

Since Deion Sanders took over as coach of Colorado in 2023, they have played on Friday three times. The Buffaloes record in these games is 1-2, with a win over the Oklahoma State Cowboys and losses to the Stanford Cardinal and the Washington State Cougars.

How does the rest of the Buffaloes schedule shake out?

2025 Colorado Buffaloes Football Schedule 

Friday, Aug. 29 vs. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Saturday, Sep. 6 vs. Delaware Blue Hens

Friday, Sep. 12 at Houston Cougars

Saturday, Sep. 20 vs. Wyoming Cowboys 

Saturday, Sep. 27 vs. BYU Cougars

Saturday, Oct. 4 at TCU Horned Frogs

Saturday, Oct. 11 vs. Iowa State Cyclones 

Saturday, Oct. 18 BYE WEEK

Saturday, Oct. 25 at Utah Utes

Saturday, Nov. 1 vs. Arizona Wildcats

Saturday, Nov. 8 at West Virginia Mountaineers

Saturday, Nov. 15 BYE WEEK

Saturday, Nov. 22 vs. Arizona State Sun Devils

Saturday, Nov. 29 at Kansas State Wildcats

Colorado Buffaloes 2025 Outlook  

It will be a new look for the Colorado Buffaloes in the 2025 season in coach Deion Sanders third year at the helm. The Buffaloes projected starting quarterback this fall is Liberty Flames transfer Kaidon Salter. Salter will be taking over under center for quarterback Shedeur Sanders. 

Sanders was the starting quarterback for Colorado in 2023 and 2024, throwing for 7,364 yards and 31 touchdowns in his 24 games. Sanders entered the 2025 NFL Draft and is projected to be one of the first quarterbacks taken off of the board. 

Colorado will also be without 2024 Heisman trophy winner, cornerback/wide receiver Travis Hunter. Like Sanders, Hunter played at Colorado in 2023 and 2024 and is entering the 2025 NFL Draft. He is projected as an early first round pick. 

It will be a major transition period, but Coach Sanders took over a 1-11 program in 2023 and turned them into a nine win team just two years later. If he could retool a program from the ground up that quickly, there is no reason to think he can't do it again with the infrastructure he has already installed. They are recruiting and hitting the portal well heading into 2025.