1990 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1990 Colorado Buffaloes football
AP national champion Big Eight champion Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 10–9 vs. Notre Dame
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 1
1990 record	11–1–1 (7–0 Big 8)
Head coach	Bill McCartney
Home stadium	Folsom Field (Capacity: 51,463)

1990 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#1 Colorado $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	1
#24 Nebraska	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
#17 Oklahoma	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Kansas	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Kansas State	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado Boulder in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buffaloes offense scored 338 points while the defense allowed 160 points. Led by head coach Bill McCartney, Colorado competed against Notre Dame in the 1991 Orange Bowl. The Buffaloes defeated the Fighting Irish 10–9 and at season's end were awarded the AP national championship.

Fifth Down Game

The Fifth Down Game is the name of a college football game that included a play that the crew officiating the game permitted to occur in error. The fifth down play enabled the Buffaloes to defeat the Missouri Tigers by scoring a touchdown on the last play of their game on October 6, 1990. The ensuing controversy cast doubt on Colorado's claim to Division I-A's 1990 national championship. It has been called one of the top memorable moments and blunders in college football history.^[1][2] The bowl victory over Notre Dame was also memorable as a Greg Davis clipping penalty on a punt return denied a late go-ahead touchdown by Notre Dame's "Rocket" Ismail.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 26	1:00 PM	vs. No. 8 Tennessee*	No. 5	Anaheim Stadium • Anaheim, CA (Pigskin Classic)	NBC	T 31–31	33,485
September 6	6:00 PM	Stanford*	No. 6	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	ESPN	W 21–17	50,699
September 15	1:30 PM	at No. 21 Illinois*	No. 9	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	ABC	L 23–22	64,351
September 22	5:30 PM	at No. 22 Texas*	No. 20	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	ESPN	W 29–22	77,373
September 29	1:30 PM	No. 12 Washington*	No. 20	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	PSN	W 20–14	52,868
October 6	12:30 PM	at Missouri	No. 12	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO ("The 5th Down")	KCNC	W 33–31	46,856
October 13	11:30 AM	Iowa State	No. 14	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	KCNC	W 28–12	51,861
October 20	11:00 AM	at Kansas	No. 14	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	KCNC	W 41–10	40,000
October 27	12:30 PM	No. 22 Oklahoma	No. 10	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	CBS	W 32–23	51,967
November 3	2:00 PM	at No. 3 Nebraska	No. 9	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Rivalry)	ESPN	W 27–12	76,464
November 10	1:00 PM	Oklahoma State	No. 4	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	KCNC	W 41–22	51,873
November 17	12:10 PM	Kansas State	No. 2	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	KCNC	W 64–3	51,136
January 1, 1991	6:00 PM	No. 5 Notre Dame*	No. 1	Orange Bowl Stadium • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	NBC	W 10–9	77,062
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

Personnel

1990 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class C 55 Adams, JimJim Adams Jr TB 44 Arterberry, DavidDavid Arterberry So TB 31 Bell, MattMatt Bell So TB 1 Bienemy, EricEric Bienemy Sr TE 84 Blatt, JasonJason Blatt Fr TE 81 Boman, JonJon Boman Jr TB 34 Brooks, DarnellDarnell Brooks Fr TE 32 Brown, DavidDavid Brown Sr TE 87 Brown, SeanSean Brown Jr OT 78 Campbell, BryanBryan Campbell So TB 6 Collier, DennisDennis Collier So FB 25 Dobbins, RobertRobert Dobbins Fr TE 85 Embree, SeanSean Embree So TE 88 Fauria, ChristianChristian Fauria Fr QB 18 Foster, RomanRoman Foster So QB 10 Freeman, MikeMike Freeman So OG 62 Garten, JoeJoe Garten Sr C 71 Gottlieb, ErezErez Gottlieb So QB 3 Hagan, DarianDarian Hagan Jr WR 46 Hall, ChrisChris Hall Fr OT 77 Hansen, JimJim Hansen So WR 26 Hayward, JulianJulian Hayward So OG 79 Heasley, RussRuss Heasley Jr FB 22 Hemingway, GeorgeGeorge Hemingway Sr WR 25 Henry, MarkMark Henry Jr WB Hestra, DanDan Hestra Fr FB 33 Hill, JamesJames Hill Fr OG 73 Ivey, RogerRoger Ivey Fr OG 74 Jackson, DolynDolyn Jackson Fr WR 84 Jackson, JamesJames Jackson Fr WR 80 James, RobbieRobbie James Jr WR 88 Johnson, Charles E.Charles E. Johnson Fr QB 4 Johnson, Charles S.Charles S. Johnson Jr QB 1 Joseph, VanceVance Joseph Fr TB 7 Kahl, KentKent Kahl Fr WR 89 Keys, JackJack Keys So FB 38 Lee, CharlesCharles Lee Fr C 52 Leeuwenburg, JayJay Leeuwenburg Jr WB 23 Lindsey, GregGreg Lindsey Fr OT 65 Loest, GregGreg Loest Fr WB 28 Mitchell, ErikErik Mitchell Fr OT 70 Mixon, ThomasThomas Mixon Fr OT 60 Moles, ClintClint Moles So WB 5 Oliver, O.C.O.C. Oliver Sr WB 36 Orvis, J.C.J.C. Orvis Sr FB 49 Phillips, ScottScott Phillips Fr FB 20 Phipps, KellyKelly Phipps Fr WB 26 Allegri, JasonJason Allegri Fr WR 9 Pritchard, MikeMike Pritchard Sr FB 30 Senna, TonyTony Senna Jr WB 42 Simmons, MichaelMichael Simmons Sr WR 86 Smith, RicoRico Smith Jr TB 35 Snowden, ChuckChuck Snowden Fr OT 76 Solomon, ArielAriel Solomon Sr C 51 Stearnes, RudyRudy Stearnes Fr OT 61 Stortz, ChrisChris Stortz Fr OG 66 Todd, DanDan Todd Fr TE 82 Van Horn, DougDoug Van Horn Fr OT 72 Vander Poel, MarkMark Vander Poel Sr OT 63 West, DerekDerek West Fr WB 12 Westbrook, MichaelMichael Westbrook Fr TB 41 Yago, RogerRoger Yago Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 29 Agnew, DerekDerek Agnew Fr S 5 Anderson, BlakeBlake Anderson Fr LB 90 Barnett, NormNorm Barnett Fr LB 50 Berti, TonyTony Berti Fr S 30 Bickel, MatthewMatthew Bickel Fr LB 19 Biekert, GregGreg Biekert So CB 13 Bradford, RonnieRonnie Bradford So LB 34 Brown, ChadChad Brown So DT 59 Browne, KennyKenny Browne Fr NT 39 Brunner, JeffJeff Brunner Fr LB 55 Campbell, DeShannonDeShannon Campbell Fr S 31 Colter, SpencerSpencer Colter Jr S 21 Davis, DwayneDwayne Davis So LB 40 DeGoler, ScottScott DeGoler Sr DT 89 Dyet, BrianBrian Dyet Fr DT 97 Elder, MarcellousMarcellous Elder So CB 2 Figures, DeonDeon Figures So LB 88 Fisher, RichardRichard Fisher Fr CB 15 Gibbs, DavidDavid Gibbs Sr LB 91 Gray, LamarrLamarr Gray Sr LB 92 Guest, RodellRodell Guest Jr S 6 Hamilton, EricEric Hamilton So DT 95 Howe, GarryGarry Howe Sr CB 47 Hudson, ChrisChris Hudson Fr LB 51 Hull, AlfredAlfred Hull Fr LB 43 Hutchins, RobRob Hutchins Sr S 17 James, TimTim James Sr LB 48 Johnson, TerryTerry Johnson Sr LB 58 Kaiser, NoahNoah Kaiser Fr LB 41 Katovisch, JohnJohn Katovisch Fr CB 12 McCloughan, DaveDave McCloughan Sr LB 96 McGhee, KanavisKanavis McGhee Sr LB 98 Motley, MikeMike Motley Sr S 37 Nelson, TateTate Nelson So S 45 O'Donnell, ChrisChris O'Donnell Jr DT 75 Perkins, JasonJason Perkins So LB 57 Polk, WilliamWilliam Polk So DT 99 Renfro, LeonardLeonard Renfro Fr LB 53 Robinson, JasonJason Robinson Fr LB 46 Rose, PaulPaul Rose Sr S 49 Schrant, JimJim Schrant Fr S 4 Shaw, AaronAaron Shaw Fr DT 76 Smith, CoreyCorey Smith Fr CB 38 Starr, ScottScott Starr So NT 93 Steed, JoelJoel Steed Jr LB 64 Sudberry, ColtonColton Sudberry Fr S 27 Thomas, GregGreg Thomas Jr CB 19 Thomas, RyanRyan Thomas Fr CB 14 Walden, JeffJeff Walden Fr LB 94 Williams, AlfredAlfred Williams Sr LB 81 Williams, DennisDennis Williams Fr LB 56 Woolfork, RonRon Woolfork Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 20 Archibald, JimJim Archibald Fr PK 9 Beck, DanielDaniel Beck Fr PK 23 Blake, JustinJustin Blake Fr PK 14 Blottiaux, PatPat Blottiaux So PK 16 Harper, JimJim Harper Jr PK 1 Johnson, BranonBranon Johnson Fr P 17 Kochevar, JeffJeff Kochevar Jr P 21 Mayer, RonRon Mayer Fr PK 85 Miller, JasonJason Miller Fr P 10 Rouen, TomTom Rouen Sr	Head coach Bill McCartney Coordinators/assistant coaches Gary Barnett Mike Barry Brian Cabral Gerry DiNardo Don Frease Mike Hankwitz Oliver Lucas Bob Simmons Ron Vanderlinden Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2016-Jan-17

Season summary

Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total • Colorado 0 0 0 27 27 Nebraska 0 6 6 0 12 Date: November 3 Location: Memorial Stadium Game attendance: 76,464 Game weather: Rain TV announcers (ESPN): Sean McDonough and Mike Gottfried

Scoring summary Q2 NEB Barrios 26 yard field goal NEB 3–0 Q2 NEB Barrios 44 yard field goal NEB 6–0 Q3 NEB Mitchell 48 yard pass from Joseph (pass failed) NEB 12–0 Q4 COL Bieniemy 1 yard run (Harper kick) NEB 12–7 Q4 COL Bieniemy 2 yard run (pass failed) COL 13–12 Q4 COL Bieniemy 3 yard run (Harper kick) COL 20–12 Q4 COL Bieniemy 5 yard run (Harper kick) COL 27–12

• Eric Bieniemy 38 Rush, 137 Yds

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Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Mike Pritchard	Wide Receiver	1	13	Atlanta Falcons
Alfred Williams	Linebacker	1	18	Cincinnati Bengals
Eric Bieniemy	Running Back	2	39	San Diego Chargers
Kanavis McGhee	Linebacker	2	55	New York Giants
Dave McCloughan	Defensive Back	3	69	Indianapolis Colts
Mark Vander Poel	Tackle	4	96	Indianapolis Colts
Joe Garten	Center	6	164	Green Bay Packers
Tim James	Defensive Back	8	202	New York Jets

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Awards and honors

• Alfred Williams, Butkus Award^[5]

References

1. "College Football's Best of the Last 20 Years". USA Today. November 19, 2002. Retrieved November 21, 2006.
2. Mandell, Ted (September 25, 2005). "Heart Stoppers And Hail Marys" (Book/CD). Hardwood Press. Archived from the original on November 23, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2006.
3. Gainesville Sun. 1990 Nov 4. Retrieved 2015-Nov-05.
4. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1991.htm
5. http://football.about.com/cs/history/a/butkusaward.htm