1995 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1995 Colorado Buffaloes football
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 38–6 vs. Oregon
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 5
1995 record	10–2 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach	Rick Neuheisel (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Karl Dorrell (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	A. J. Christoff (1st season)
Home stadium	Folsom Field (Capacity: 51,808)
Seasons ← 1994 1996 →

1995 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0			12	–	0	–	0
No. 5 Colorado	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Kansas State	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 9 Kansas	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	8	–	0
Missouri	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buffaloes offense scored 444 points while the defense allowed 240 points. Led by head coach Rick Neuheisel, the Buffaloes competed in the Cotton Bowl Classic.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 pm	at No. 21 Wisconsin*	No. 14	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin	ABC	W 43–7	79,015
September 9	7:45 pm	Colorado State*	No. 10	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	ESPN	W 42–14	52,848
September 16	12:00 pm	Northeast Louisiana*	No. 9	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 66–14	49,223
September 23	1:30 pm	No. 3 Texas A&M*	No. 7	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado (College GameDay)	ABC	W 29–21	53,849
September 30	6:45 pm	at No. 10 Oklahoma	No. 4	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma (College GameDay)	ESPN	W 38–17	75,004
October 7	12:00 pm	No. 24 Kansas	No. 4	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	PSN	L 24–40	52,330
October 21	11:00 am	at Iowa State	No. 9	Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa	PSN	W 50–28	34,669
October 28	1:30 pm	No. 2 Nebraska	No. 7	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado (rivalry) (College GameDay)	ABC	L 21–44	54,063
November 4	1:00 pm	at Oklahoma State	No. 10	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma		W 45–32	30,050
November 11	12:00 pm	Missouri	No. 9	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	PSN	W 21–0	50,645
November 18	1:30 pm	at No. 7 Kansas State	No. 9	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas	ABC	W 27–17	42,454
January 1	11:30 am	vs. No. 12 Oregon*	No. 7	Cotton Bowl Dallas (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	W 38–6	58,214
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Roster[]

1995 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 14 Koy Detmer Jr WR 21 Rae Carruth Jr G 63 Heath Irwin Sr C 64 Bryan Stoltenberg Sr WR 82 Mike McCormick Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class FS 6 T. J. Cunningham Sr DE 95 Daryl Price Sr LB 16 Matt Russell Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 17 Neil Voskeritchian Sr	Head coach Rick Neuheisel Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	13	14	10	9	7	4	4 (6)	9	9	7	10	9	9	8	7	7	5
Coaches Poll	13	–	10	10	8	5	6	10	9	7	12	10 т	9	8	7	7	4

Game summaries[]

at Wisconsin[]

Colorado State[]

Northeast Louisiana[]

Texas A&M[]

at Oklahoma[]

Colorado at Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 4 Buffaloes 0 14 14 10 38 No. 10 Sooners 3 14 0 0 17 Date: September 30 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma Game attendance: 75,004 TV announcers (ESPN): Ron Franklin & Mike Gottfried

Scoring summary 1 6:53 OU Jerry Alexander 21 yard field goal OU 3-0 2 11:23 OU Eric Moore 1 yard run (Jerry Alexander kick) OU 10-0 2 9:10 COL Phil Savoy 19 yard pass from John Hessler (Neil Voskeritchian kick) OU 10-7 2 5:42 OU JaJuan Penny 20 yard pass from Eric Moore (Jerry Alexander kick) OU 17-7 2 0:17 COL Rae Carruth 11 yard pass from John Hessler (Neil Voskeritchian kick) OU 17-14 3 6:54 COL Rae Carruth 71 yard pass from John Hessler (Neil Voskeritchian kick) COL 21-17 3 2:27 COL Lendon Henry 28 yard pass from John Hessler (Neil Voskeritchian kick) COL 28-17 4 7:46 COL Phil Savoy 42 yard pass from John Hessler (Neil Voskeritchian kick) COL 35-17 4 5:02 COL Neil Voskeritchian 28 yard field goal COL 38-17

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Kansas[]

Kansas at Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 24 Jayhawks 9 14 3 14 40 No. 4 Buffaloes 14 3 7 0 24 Date: October 7 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Game attendance: 52,330 Television network: PSN

Scoring summary 1 KU Jeff McCord 35-yard field goal KU 3–0 1 KU Manolito Jones 31-yard blocked punt return (kick failed) KU 9–0 1 CU Rae Carruth 58-yard pass from John Hessler (kick) KU 9–7 1 2:31 CU Chris Anderson 17-yard pass from John Hessler (kick) CU 14–9 2 14:31 KU L.T. Levine 4-yard run (McCord kick) KU 16–14 2 3:41 CU Neil Voskeritchian 19-yard field goal CU 17–16 2 0:23 KU June Henley 2-yard run (McCord kick) KU 23–17 3 9:38 CU Herchell Troutman 23-yard pass from John Hessler (kick) CU 24–23 3 1:50 KU Jeff McCord 31-yard field goal KU 26–24 4 14:24 KU June Henley 43-yard run (McCord kick) KU 33–24 4 9:27 KU Isaac Byrd 7-yard pass from Mark Williams (McCord kick) KU 40–24

at Iowa State[]

Nebraska[]

Nebraska at Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 2 Cornhuskers 21 10 3 10 44 No. 7 Buffaloes 7 7 7 0 21 Date: October 28 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Game attendance: 54,063

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at Oklahoma State[]

Missouri[]

at Kansas State[]

vs. Oregon (Cotton Bowl)[]

Oregon vs. Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total No. 12 Ducks 6 0 0 0 6 • No. 7 Buffaloes 0 13 19 6 38 Date: January 1 Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas Game attendance: 58,214 TV announcers (CBS): Tim Ryan and Steve Davis

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Team players drafted into the NFL[]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Heath Irwin	Guard	4	101	New England Patriots
Daryl Price	Defensive end	4	128	San Francisco 49ers
Bryan Stoltenberg	Center	6	192	San Diego Chargers
T.J. Cunningham	Defensive back	6	209	Seattle Seahawks
Kerry Hicks	Defensive tackle	7	234	Carolina Panthers

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References[]