1990 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1990 Colorado Buffaloes football
Consensus 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 (9th season)
Offensive scheme	I-Bone option
Defensive coordinator	Mike Hankwitz (3rd season)
Home stadium	Folsom Field (Capacity: 51,463)
Seasons

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 defeated Notre Dame 10–9 in the 1991 Orange Bowl to conclude the season.

Colorado was selected national champions by AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, FB News, Football Research, FW, Matthews, NFF, Sporting News, and USA/CNN, and co-champion by both FACT and NCF -all NCAA-designated major selectors. Georgia Tech took the UPI Coaches poll title, with both Washington and Miami receiving national titles from other selectors.

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 22–23	64,351
September 22	5:30 PM	at No. 22 Texas*	No. 20	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 (Fifth Down Game)	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 Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Personnel

1990 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class C 55 Adams, JimJim Adams 5.0 !Jr TB 44 Arterberry, DavidDavid Arterberry 3.0 !So TB 31 Bell, MattMatt Bell 3.0 !So TB 1 Bienemy, EricEric Bienemy 7.0 !Sr TE 84 Blatt, JasonJason Blatt 1.0 !Fr TE 81 Boman, JonJon Boman 5.0 !Jr TB 34 Brooks, DarnellDarnell Brooks 1.0 !Fr TE 32 Brown, DavidDavid Brown 7.0 !Sr TE 87 Brown, SeanSean Brown 5.0 !Jr OT 78 Campbell, BryanBryan Campbell 3.0 !So TB 6 Collier, DennisDennis Collier 3.0 !So FB 25 Dobbins, RobertRobert Dobbins 1.0 !Fr TE 85 Embree, SeanSean Embree 3.0 !So TE 88 Fauria, ChristianChristian Fauria 1.0 !Fr QB 18 Foster, RomanRoman Foster 3.0 !So QB 10 Freeman, MikeMike Freeman 3.0 !So OG 62 Garten, JoeJoe Garten 7.0 !Sr C 71 Gottlieb, ErezErez Gottlieb 3.0 !So QB 3 Hagan, DarianDarian Hagan 5.0 !Jr WR 46 Hall, ChrisChris Hall 1.0 !Fr OT 77 Hansen, JimJim Hansen 3.0 !So WR 26 Hayward, JulianJulian Hayward 3.0 !So OG 79 Heasley, RussRuss Heasley 5.0 !Jr FB 22 Hemingway, GeorgeGeorge Hemingway 7.0 !Sr WR 25 Henry, MarkMark Henry 5.0 !Jr WB Hestra, DanDan Hestra 1.0 !Fr FB 33 Hill, JamesJames Hill 1.0 !Fr OG 73 Ivey, RogerRoger Ivey 1.0 !Fr OG 74 Jackson, DolynDolyn Jackson 1.0 !Fr WR 84 Jackson, JamesJames Jackson 1.0 !Fr WR 80 James, RobbieRobbie James 5.0 !Jr WR 88 Johnson, Charles E.Charles E. Johnson 1.0 !Fr QB 4 Johnson, Charles S.Charles S. Johnson 5.0 !Jr QB 1 Joseph, VanceVance Joseph 1.0 !Fr TB 7 Kahl, KentKent Kahl 1.0 !Fr WR 89 Keys, JackJack Keys 3.0 !So FB 38 Lee, CharlesCharles Lee 1.0 !Fr C 52 Leeuwenburg, JayJay Leeuwenburg 5.0 !Jr WB 23 Lindsey, GregGreg Lindsey 1.0 !Fr OT 65 Loest, GregGreg Loest 1.0 !Fr WB 28 Mitchell, ErikErik Mitchell 1.0 !Fr OT 70 Mixon, ThomasThomas Mixon 1.0 !Fr OT 60 Moles, ClintClint Moles 3.0 !So WB 5 Oliver, O.C.O.C. Oliver 7.0 !Sr WB 36 Orvis, J.C.J.C. Orvis 7.0 !Sr FB 49 Phillips, ScottScott Phillips 1.0 !Fr FB 20 Phipps, KellyKelly Phipps 1.0 !Fr WB 26 Allegri, JasonJason Allegri 1.0 !Fr WR 9 Pritchard, MikeMike Pritchard 7.0 !Sr FB 30 Senna, TonyTony Senna 5.0 !Jr WB 42 Simmons, MichaelMichael Simmons 7.0 !Sr WR 86 Smith, RicoRico Smith 5.0 !Jr TB 35 Snowden, ChuckChuck Snowden 1.0 !Fr OT 76 Solomon, ArielAriel Solomon 7.0 !Sr C 51 Stearnes, RudyRudy Stearnes 1.0 !Fr OT 61 Stortz, ChrisChris Stortz 1.0 !Fr OG 66 Todd, DanDan Todd 1.0 !Fr TE 82 Van Horn, DougDoug Van Horn 1.0 !Fr OT 72 Vander Poel, MarkMark Vander Poel 7.0 !Sr OT 63 West, DerekDerek West 1.0 !Fr WB 12 Westbrook, MichaelMichael Westbrook 1.0 !Fr TB 41 Yago, RogerRoger Yago 7.0 !Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 29 Agnew, DerekDerek Agnew 1.0 !Fr S 5 Anderson, BlakeBlake Anderson 1.0 !Fr LB 90 Barnett, NormNorm Barnett 1.0 !Fr LB 50 Berti, TonyTony Berti 1.0 !Fr S 30 Bickel, MatthewMatthew Bickel 1.0 !Fr LB 19 Biekert, GregGreg Biekert 3.0 !So CB 13 Bradford, RonnieRonnie Bradford 3.0 !So LB 34 Brown, ChadChad Brown 3.0 !So DT 59 Browne, KennyKenny Browne 1.0 !Fr NT 39 Brunner, JeffJeff Brunner 1.0 !Fr LB 55 Campbell, DeShannonDeShannon Campbell 1.0 !Fr S 31 Colter, SpencerSpencer Colter 5.0 !Jr S 21 Davis, DwayneDwayne Davis 3.0 !So LB 40 DeGoler, ScottScott DeGoler 7.0 !Sr DT 89 Dyet, BrianBrian Dyet 1.0 !Fr DT 97 Elder, MarcellousMarcellous Elder 3.0 !So CB 2 Figures, DeonDeon Figures 3.0 !So LB 88 Fisher, RichardRichard Fisher 1.0 !Fr CB 15 Gibbs, DavidDavid Gibbs 7.0 !Sr LB 91 Gray, LamarrLamarr Gray 7.0 !Sr LB 92 Guest, RodellRodell Guest 5.0 !Jr S 6 Hamilton, EricEric Hamilton 3.0 !So DT 95 Howe, GarryGarry Howe 7.0 !Sr CB 47 Hudson, ChrisChris Hudson 1.0 !Fr LB 51 Hull, AlfredAlfred Hull 1.0 !Fr LB 43 Hutchins, RobRob Hutchins 7.0 !Sr S 17 James, TimTim James 7.0 !Sr LB 48 Johnson, TerryTerry Johnson 7.0 !Sr LB 58 Kaiser, NoahNoah Kaiser 1.0 !Fr LB 41 Katovisch, JohnJohn Katovisch 1.0 !Fr CB 12 McCloughan, DaveDave McCloughan 7.0 !Sr LB 96 McGhee, KanavisKanavis McGhee 7.0 !Sr LB 98 Motley, MikeMike Motley 7.0 !Sr S 37 Nelson, TateTate Nelson 3.0 !So S 45 O'Donnell, ChrisChris O'Donnell 5.0 !Jr DT 75 Perkins, JasonJason Perkins 3.0 !So LB 57 Polk, WilliamWilliam Polk 3.0 !So DT 99 Renfro, LeonardLeonard Renfro 1.0 !Fr LB 53 Robinson, JasonJason Robinson 1.0 !Fr LB 46 Rose, PaulPaul Rose 7.0 !Sr S 49 Schrant, JimJim Schrant 1.0 !Fr S 4 Shaw, AaronAaron Shaw 1.0 !Fr DT 76 Smith, CoreyCorey Smith 1.0 !Fr CB 38 Starr, ScottScott Starr 3.0 !So NT 93 Steed, JoelJoel Steed 5.0 !Jr LB 64 Sudberry, ColtonColton Sudberry 1.0 !Fr S 27 Thomas, GregGreg Thomas 5.0 !Jr CB 19 Thomas, RyanRyan Thomas 1.0 !Fr CB 14 Walden, JeffJeff Walden 1.0 !Fr LB 94 Williams, AlfredAlfred Williams 7.0 !Sr LB 81 Williams, DennisDennis Williams 1.0 !Fr LB 56 Woolfork, RonRon Woolfork 1.0 !Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 20 Archibald, JimJim Archibald 1.0 !Fr PK 9 Beck, DanielDaniel Beck 1.0 !Fr PK 23 Blake, JustinJustin Blake 1.0 !Fr PK 14 Blottiaux, PatPat Blottiaux 3.0 !So PK 16 Harper, JimJim Harper 5.0 !Jr PK 1 Johnson, BranonBranon Johnson 1.0 !Fr P 17 Kochevar, JeffJeff Kochevar 5.0 !Jr P 21 Mayer, RonRon Mayer 1.0 !Fr PK 85 Miller, JasonJason Miller 1.0 !Fr P 10 Rouen, TomTom Rouen 7.0 !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

Tennessee

See also: 1990 Tennessee Volunteers football team and Pigskin Classic

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Stanford

See also: 1990 Stanford Cardinal football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	1987	W 31–17

Illinois

#9 Colorado at #21 Illinois

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Buffaloes 7 10 2 3 22 • Fighting Illini 3 7 7 6 23 Date: October 6 Location: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, IL Game attendance: 64,351           Scoring summary Q1 ILL Doug Higgins 29-yard field goal ILL 3–0 COL George Hemingway 2-yard run (Harper kick) COL 7–3 Q2 COL Harper 54-yard field goal COL 10–3 COL Michael Simmons 32-yard pass from Darian Hagan (Harper kick) COL 17–3 0:28 ILL Elbert Turner 8-yard pass from Jason Verduzco (Higgins kick) COL 17–10 Q3 2:28 ILL Shawn Wax 4-yard pass from Jason Verduzco (Higgins kick) Tied 17–17 COL Safety, Greg Biekert tackled Griffith in end zone COL 19–17 Q4 12:44 COL Harper 26-yard field goal COL 22–17 1:18 ILL Howard Griffith 1-yard run (conversion failed) ILL 23–22

See also: 1990 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1989	W 38–7

Texas

See also: 1990 Texas Longhorns football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	1989	W 27–6

Washington

See also: 1990 Washington Huskies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–3–1	1989	W 45–28

Missouri

#12 Colorado at Missouri

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Buffaloes 7 7 3 16 33 Tigers 14 0 7 10 31 Date: October 6 Location: Faurot Field, Columbia, MO Game attendance: 46,856 Referee: J. C. Louderback               Scoring summary Q1 11:10 MIZ Bailey 19-yard pass from Kiefer (Jacke kick) MIZ 7–0 3:19 COL Bieniemy 29-yard run (Harper kick) Tied 7–7 1:55 MIZ Mays 49-yard pass from Kiefer (Jacke kick) MIZ 14–7 Q2 1:45 COL Pritchard 68-yard run (Harper kick) Tied 14–14 Q3 10:51 COL Harper 35-yard FG COL 17–14 7:30 MIZ Jones 13-yard run (Jacke Kick) MIZ 21–17 Q4 13:56 COL Pritchard 70-yard pass from Johnson (Harper kick) COL 24–21 11:11 MIZ Jacke 45-yard FG Tied 24–24 3:41 COL Harper 39-yard FG COL 27–24 2:32 MIZ Mays 38-yard pass from Kiefer (Jacke kick) MIZ 31–27 0:00 COL Johnson 1-yard run (conversion failed) COL 33–31

Main article: Fifth Down Game (1990)

See also: 1990 Missouri Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–33–3	1989	W 49–3

Iowa State

See also: 1990 Iowa State Cyclones football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
33–10–1	1989	W 52–17

Kansas

See also: 1990 Kansas Jayhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
29–15–3	1989	W 49–17

Oklahoma

See also: 1990 Oklahoma Sooners football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–34–1	1989	W 20–3

Nebraska

#9 Colorado at #3 Nebraska

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Buffaloes 0 0 0 27 27 Cornhuskers 0 6 6 0 12 Date: November 3 Location: Memorial Stadium Game attendance: 76,464 Game weather: Rain 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

See also: 1990 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Colorado–Nebraska football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–34–1	1989	W 27–21

• Eric Bieniemy 38 Rush, 137 Yds

Oklahoma State

See also: 1990 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–15–1	1989	W 41–17

Kansas State

See also: 1990 Kansas State Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
33–12	1989	W 59–11

Notre Dame (Orange Bowl)

#5 Notre Dame vs. #1 Colorado

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Fighting Irish 0 6 3 0 9 • Buffaloes 0 3 7 0 10 Date: January 1 Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, FL Game attendance: 77,062     Scoring summary Q2 CU Jim Harper 22-yard field goal CU 3–0 7:32 ND Ricky Watters 2-yard run (PAT blocked) ND 6–3 Q3 ND Craig Hentrich 24-yard field goal ND 9–3 CU Eric Bieniemy 1-yard run (Harper kick) 'CU 10–9

Main article: 1991 Orange Bowl

See also: 1990 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	1990	L 6–21

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

Awards and honors

• Alfred Williams, Butkus Award

References

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