1993 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1993 Colorado Buffaloes football
Aloha Bowl champion
Aloha Bowl, W 41–30 vs. Fresno State
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 16
1993 record	8–3–1 (5–1–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Bill McCartney (12th season)
Offensive coordinator	Elliot Uzelac (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Hankwitz (6th season)
Home stadium	Folsom Field (Capacity: 51,748)
Seasons

1993 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#3 Nebraska †	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
#16 Colorado	5	–	1	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
#20 Kansas State	4	–	2	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
#17 Oklahoma ‡	4	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Kansas	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	7	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Iowa State	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Oklahoma State	0	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
*† – Bowl Coalition representative as champion ‡ – Bowl Coalition at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by head coach Bill McCartney and played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. The Buffaloes participated as members of the Big 8 Conference.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	5:30 PM	Texas*	No. 11	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	ESPN	W 36–14	52,125
September 11	12:00 PM	No. 24 Baylor*	No. 10	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	KCNC	W 45–21	50,281
September 18	9:30 PM	at No. 20 Stanford*	No. 7	Stanford Stadium Stanford, California	ESPN	L 37–41	52,100
September 25	1:30 PM	No. 3 Miami (FL)*	No. 13	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	ABC	L 29–35	52,391
October 9	12:00 PM	Missouri	No. 20	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	KCNC	W 30–18	52,147
October 16	1:30 PM	at No. 9 Oklahoma	No. 20	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma	ABC	W 27–10	64,213
October 23	12:10 PM	at Kansas State	No. 16	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas	KCNC	T 16–16	33,728
October 30	1:30 PM	No. 6 Nebraska	No. 20	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado (Rivalry)	ABC	L 17–21	52,277
November 6	1:00 PM	at Oklahoma State	No. 23	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	KCNC	W 31–14	30,200
November 13	12:00 PM	Kansas	No. 21	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	KCNC	W 38–14	52,139
November 20	12:00 PM	at Iowa State	No. 18	Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa	KCNC	W 21–16	23,797
December 25	3:30 PM	vs. No. 25 Fresno State*	No. 17	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl)	ABC	W 41–30	44,009
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Season summary

Missouri

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Missouri 0 3 0 15 18 • Colorado 3 10 14 3 30 Date: October 9 Location: Folsom Field

Scoring summary Q1 COL Berger 25 yard field goal COL 3–0 Q2 MU Pooler 23 yard field goal Tie 3–3 Q2 COL Warren 28 yard pass from Stewart (Berger kick) COL 10–3 Q2 COL Berger 23 yard field goal COL 13–3 Q3 COL Stewart 1 yard run (Berger kick) COL 20–3 Q3 COL Warren 12 yard run (Berger kick) COL 27–3 Q4 MU Holly 17 yard pass from Handy (Ofodile pass from Handy) COL 27–11 Q4 COL Berger 32 yard field goal COL 30–11 Q4 MU Ofodile 11 yard pass from Handy (Pooler kick) COL 30–18