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

Main article: Fifth Down Game (1990)

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	5.0 !Jr
TB	`44`	Arterberry, DavidDavid Arterberry	3.0 !So
TB	`31`	Bell, MattMatt Bell	3.0 !So
TB	`1`	Bienemy, EricEric Bienemy	57.0 !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	57.0 !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	57.0 !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	57.0 !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	57.0 !Sr
WB	`36`	Orvis, J.C.J.C. Orvis	57.0 !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	57.0 !Sr
FB	`30`	Senna, TonyTony Senna	5.0 !Jr
WB	`42`	Simmons, MichaelMichael Simmons	57.0 !Sr
WR	`86`	Smith, RicoRico Smith	5.0 !Jr
TB	`35`	Snowden, ChuckChuck Snowden	1.0 !Fr
OT	`76`	Solomon, ArielAriel Solomon	57.0 !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	57.0 !Sr
OT	`63`	West, DerekDerek West	1.0 !Fr
WB	`12`	Westbrook, MichaelMichael Westbrook	1.0 !Fr
TB	`41`	Yago, RogerRoger Yago	57.0 !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	57.0 !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	57.0 !Sr
LB	`91`	Gray, LamarrLamarr Gray	57.0 !Sr
LB	`92`	Guest, RodellRodell Guest	5.0 !Jr
S	`6`	Hamilton, EricEric Hamilton	3.0 !So
DT	`95`	Howe, GarryGarry Howe	57.0 !Sr
CB	`47`	Hudson, ChrisChris Hudson	1.0 !Fr
LB	`51`	Hull, AlfredAlfred Hull	1.0 !Fr
LB	`43`	Hutchins, RobRob Hutchins	57.0 !Sr
S	`17`	James, TimTim James	57.0 !Sr
LB	`48`	Johnson, TerryTerry Johnson	57.0 !Sr
LB	`58`	Kaiser, NoahNoah Kaiser	1.0 !Fr
LB	`41`	Katovisch, JohnJohn Katovisch	1.0 !Fr
CB	`12`	McCloughan, DaveDave McCloughan	57.0 !Sr
LB	`96`	McGhee, KanavisKanavis McGhee	57.0 !Sr
LB	`98`	Motley, MikeMike Motley	57.0 !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	57.0 !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	57.0 !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	57.0 !Sr

Head coach

Bill McCartney

Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

^[3]

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

^[4]

Awards and honors

Alfred Williams, Butkus Award^[5]

References

↑ "College Football's Best of the Last 20 Years". USA Today. November 19, 2002. Retrieved November 21, 2006.
↑ 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.
↑ Gainesville Sun. 1990 Nov 4. Retrieved 2015-Nov-05.
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1991.htm
↑ http://football.about.com/cs/history/a/butkusaward.htm

1990 Colorado Buffaloes football—AP & USA Today/CNN national champions

Head coach: Bill McCartney

Colorado Buffaloes football

Venues	Campus fields (pre-1898) Gamble Field (1898–1924) Folsom Field (1924–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado State: Rocky Mountain Showdown Nebraska Utah: Rumble in the Rockies

Culture & lore	Ralphie the Buffalo "CU Fight Song" "Golden Buffalo" Marching band Fifth Down Game (1990) Miracle at Michigan

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

College football national champions (poll era)

1936–1949	1936: Minnesota (AP, DS) / Pittsburgh (BS, HS) 1937: Pittsburgh (AP, BS, DS, HS) / California 1938: TCU (AP) / Tennessee (BS, HS) / Notre Dame (DS) 1939: Texas A&M (AP, BS, HS) / USC (DS) 1940: Minnesota (AP, BS, DS, HS) / Stanford 1941: Minnesota (AP, BS) / Alabama (HS) 1942: Ohio State (AP, BS) / Georgia (HS) 1943: Notre Dame 1944: Army (AP, BS, HS) / Ohio State 1945: Army 1946: Notre Dame (AP) / Army (BS, HS) 1947: Notre Dame (AP) / Michigan (AP [post-bowl], BS, HS) 1948: Michigan 1949: Notre Dame

1950s	1950: Oklahoma 1951: Tennessee (AP, Coaches) / Michigan State / Maryland / Georgia Tech (BS) / Illinois (BS) 1952: Michigan State (AP, Coaches, BS) / Georgia Tech (INS) 1953: Maryland (AP, Coaches, INS) / Notre Dame (BS) 1954: Ohio State (AP, BS, INS) / UCLA (FWAA, Coaches) 1955: Oklahoma 1956: Oklahoma 1957: Auburn (AP) / Ohio State (Coaches, BS, FWAA, INS) 1958: LSU (AP, Coaches, BS, FN) / Iowa (FWAA) 1959: Syracuse

1960s	1960: Minnesota (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ole Miss (FWAA) / Iowa BS) 1961: Alabama (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ohio State (FWAA) 1962: USC 1963: Texas 1964: Alabama (AP, Coaches) / Arkansas (FWAA) / Notre Dame (FN, NFF) 1965: Alabama (AP, FWAA) / Michigan State (Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) 1966: Notre Dame (AP, Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Michigan State (NFF) 1967: USC 1968: Ohio State 1969: Texas

1970s	1970: Nebraska (AP, FN, FWAA) / Texas (NFF, Coaches) / Ohio State (NFF) 1971: Nebraska 1972: USC 1973: Notre Dame (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Alabama (Coaches) 1974: Oklahoma (AP, FN) / USC (FWAA, NFF, Coaches) 1975: Oklahoma 1976: Pittsburgh 1977: Notre Dame 1978: Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF) / USC (Coaches, FN) 1979: Alabama

1980–1991	1980: Georgia 1981: Clemson 1982: Penn State 1983: Miami (FL) 1984: BYU 1985: Oklahoma 1986: Penn State 1987: Miami (FL) 1988: Notre Dame 1989: Miami (FL) 1990: Colorado (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF, USAT/CNN) / Georgia Tech (Coaches) 1991: Miami (FL) (AP) / Washington (Coaches, FN, FWAA, UPI/NFF)

Big Eight Conference football champions

MVIAA	Nebraska & Iowa (1907) Kansas (1908) Missouri (1909) Nebraska (1910) Iowa State & Nebraska (1911) Iowa State & Nebraska (1912) Missouri & Nebraska (1913) Nebraska (1914) Nebraska (1915) Nebraska (1916) Nebraska (1917) Missouri (1919) Oklahoma (1920) Nebraska (1921) Nebraska & Drake (1922) Nebraska (1923) Missouri (1924) Missouri (1925) Oklahoma A&M (1926) Missouri (1927)

Big Six	Nebraska (1928) Nebraska (1929) Kansas (1930) Nebraska (1931) Nebraska (1932) Nebraska (1933) Kansas State (1934) Nebraska (1935) Nebraska (1936) Nebraska (1937) Oklahoma (1938) Missouri (1939) Nebraska (1940) Missouri (1941) Missouri (1942) Oklahoma (1943) Oklahoma (1944) Missouri (1945) Kansas & Oklahoma (1946) Kansas & Oklahoma (1947)

Big Seven	Oklahoma (1948) Oklahoma (1949) Oklahoma (1950) Oklahoma (1951) Oklahoma (1952) Oklahoma (1953) Oklahoma (1954) Oklahoma (1955) Oklahoma (1956) Oklahoma (1957) Oklahoma (1958) Oklahoma (1959)

Big Eight	Missouri (1960) Colorado (1961) Oklahoma (1962) Nebraska (1963) Nebraska (1964) Nebraska (1965) Nebraska (1966) Oklahoma (1967) Kansas & Oklahoma (1968) Missouri & Nebraska (1969) Nebraska (1970) Nebraska (1971) Nebraska (1972) Oklahoma (1973) Oklahoma (1974) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1975) Colorado, Oklahoma, & Oklahoma State (1976) Oklahoma (1977) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1978) Oklahoma (1979) Oklahoma (1980) Nebraska (1981) Nebraska (1982) Nebraska (1983) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1984) Oklahoma (1985) Oklahoma (1986) Oklahoma (1987) Nebraska (1988) Colorado (1989) Colorado (1990) Colorado & Nebraska (1991) Nebraska (1992) Nebraska (1993) Nebraska (1994) Nebraska (1995)

National championships in bold

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