1991 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1991 Colorado Buffaloes football
Big Eight co-champion
Blockbuster Bowl, L 25–30 vs. Alabama
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 20
1991 record	8–3–1 (6–0–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Bill McCartney (10th season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Hankwitz (4th season)
Home stadium	Folsom Field (Capacity: 51,748)
Seasons ← 1990 1992 →

1991 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 15 Nebraska +	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
No. 20 Colorado +	6	–	0	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
No. 16 Oklahoma	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Kansas State	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Kansas	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	5	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Missouri	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Oklahoma State	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	10	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 1991 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by 10th year head coach Bill McCartney, played their home games in Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado, and were members of the Big Eight Conference. They finished with a record of 8–3–1 (6–0–1 Big 8) to finish as co-conference champions, and they lost to Alabama 30–25 in the 1991 Blockbuster Bowl. In the final AP Poll and Coaches' Poll, Colorado was ranked #20 in both polls.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	5:30 pm	Wyoming*	No. 12	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	ESPN	W 30–13	52,155
September 14	12:00 pm	No. 23 Baylor*	No. 12	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	KCNC	L 14–16	50,754
September 21	12:00 pm	Minnesota*	No. 19	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	KCNC	W 58–0	52,147
September 28	1:30 pm	at Stanford*	No. 17	Stanford Stadium Stanford, California	ABC	L 21–28	57,394
October 12	12:00 pm	Missouri	No. 25	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	KCNC	W 55–7	52,315
October 19	1:30 pm	at No. 12 Oklahoma	No. 22	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma	ABC	W 34–17	72,926
October 26	12:10 pm	at Kansas State	No. 16	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas	KCNC	W 10–0	31,987
November 2	5:30 pm	No. 9 Nebraska	No. 15	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado (Rocky Road Showdown)	ESPN	T 19–19	52,319
November 9	12:30 pm	at Oklahoma State	No. 14	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	KCNC	W 16–12	25,000
November 16	12:00 pm	Kansas	No. 16	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	KCNC	W 30–24	51,768
November 23	12:00 pm	at Iowa State	No. 15	Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa	KCNC	W 17–14	36,256
December 28	7:00 pm	vs. No. 8 Alabama*	No. 15	Joe Robbie Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida (Blockbuster Bowl)	CBS	L 25–30	52,644
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries[]

Wyoming[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Buffaloes	9	7	7	7	30
Cowboys	10	3	0	0	13

Baylor[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Buffaloes	14	0	0	0	14
#24 Bears	7	3	3	3	16

Minnesota[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#15 Buffaloes	28	10	10	10	58
Golden Gophers	0	0	0	0	0

Stanford[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	28	0	0	0	28
#11 Buffaloes	0	0	0	21	21

Missouri[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Buffaloes	20	14	14	7	55
Tigers	7	0	0	0	7

Oklahoma[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Sooners	3	14	0	0	17
#20 Buffaloes	20	7	0	7	34

Kansas State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
#19 Buffaloes	3	0	7	0	10

Nebraska[]

Nebraska at Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total Cornhuskers 3 6 3 7 19 Buffaloes 7 5 7 0 19 Date: November 2 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Game attendance: 52,319

Scoring summary Q1 11:20 NEB Bennett 27 yard field goal NEB 3–0 Q1 7:20 COLO Hagan 11 yard run (Harper kick) COLO 7–3 Q2 6:54 COLO Harper 27 yard field goal COLO 10–3 Q2 1:17 NEB Bostick 49 yard pass from McCant (kick blocked) COLO 10–9 Q2 1:17 COLO Biekert 85 blocked PAT return COLO 12–9 Q3 5:12 NEB Bennett 35 yard field goal Tie 12–12 Q3 0:27 COLO Hagan 4 yard run (Harper kick) COLO 19–12 Q4 6:41 NEB D. Brown 7 yard run (Bennett kick) Tie 19–19

Oklahoma State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	3	3	3	3	12
#22 Buffaloes	13	0	0	3	16

Kansas[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Buffaloes	0	20	10	0	30
Jayhawks	3	14	7	0	24

at Iowa State[]

Colorado at Iowa State

1 2 3 4 Total • Buffaloes 0 10 7 0 17 Cyclones 7 7 0 0 14 Date: November 23 Location: Cyclone Stadium, Ames, Iowa Game attendance: 36,256

Blockbuster Bowl[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Crimson Tide	7	3	13	7	30
#15 Buffaloes	7	5	7	6	25

Roster[]

1991 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 88 Christian Fauria Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 19 Greg Biekert Jr CB 13 Ronnie Bradford Jr LB 34 Chad Brown Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bill McCartney Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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