Colorado’s football schedule next season got a late change Thursday when the Buffaloes swapped out Miami (Ohio) for Toledo.
Miami was originally scheduled to play the Buffaloes on Sept. 12 in Oxford, Ohio. But several schools in the Mid-American Conference, of which Miami and Toledo are members, adjusted their schedules.
Colorado will travel to Toledo to face the Rockets on Friday, Sept. 11. ESPN will televise the game.
It will be CU’s first nonconference game on a Friday since 1975, when it played at Miami (Fla.) and won 23-10. The Buffs regularly play Nebraska on the day after Thanksgiving.
CU’s game at Miami (Ohio) was supposed to be the back end of a home-and-home series with the RedHawks. CU defeated Miami 42-0 in Boulder in 2007.
The contract required Miami to pay CU $750,000 if it canceled the game. But that payment was waived after Toledo stepped in.
The new agreement between CU and Miami will bring the RedHawks’ basketball team to Boulder next season.
Colorado’s 2009 schedule
Sept. 5 … Colorado State, TBA
Sept. 11 … at Toledo, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Sept. 19 … Wyoming, TBA
Oct. 1 … at West Virginia, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Oct. 10 … at Texas, TBA
Oct. 17 … Kansas, TBA
Oct. 24 … at Kansas State, TBA
Oct. 31 … Missouri, TBA
Nov. 7 … Texas A&M, TBA
Nov. 14 … at Iowa State, TBA
Nov. 19 … at Oklahoma State, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Nov. 27 … Nebraska, 1:30 p.m. (ABC)
