1992 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1992 Colorado Buffaloes football
Fiesta Bowl, L 22–26 vs. Syracuse
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 13
Record9–2–1 (5–1–1 Big 8)
Head coach
Offensive schemeI formation
Defensive coordinatorMike Hankwitz (5th season)
Base defense5-2
Home stadiumFolsom Field
Seasons
← 1991
1993 →
1992 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Nebraska $ 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 13 Colorado % 5 – 1 – 1 9 – 2 – 1
No. 22 Kansas 4 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Oklahoma 3 – 2 – 2 5 – 4 – 2
Oklahoma State 2 – 4 – 1 3 – 7 – 1
Kansas State 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Iowa State 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Missouri 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Bowl Coalition representative as champion
    % – Bowl Coalition at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 1992 college 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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 512:00 pmColorado State*No. 12
KCNCW 37–1752,164
September 1211:00 amat Baylor*No. 12
KCNCW 57–3834,202
September 195:00 pmat Minnesota*No. 11
W 21–2033,719
September 261:30 pmIowa*No. 10
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
ABCW 28–1252,355
October 86:00 pmat MissouriNo. 9
ESPNW 6–037,183
October 175:30 pmOklahomaNo. 7
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
ESPNT 24–2452,454
October 2412:00 pmKansas StateNo. 9
KCNCW 54–752,235
October 312:00 pmat No. 8 NebraskaNo. 8
ESPNL 7–5276,287
November 712:00 pmOklahoma StatedaggerNo. 16
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
KCNCW 28–051,559
November 141:30 pmat No. 20 KansasNo. 13
ABCW 25–1843,000
November 2112:00 pmIowa StateNo. 11
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
KCNCW 31–1049,133
January 12:30 pmvs. No. 6 Syracuse*No. 10
NBCL 22–2670,224
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

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Personnel

1992 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 88 Christian Fauria So
QB Vance Joseph Jr
RB 19 Rashaan Salaam Fr
QB 10 Kordell Stewart So
C 64 Bryan Stoltenberg Fr
WR 12 Michael Westbrook So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 19 Greg Biekert Sr
CB 13 Ronnie Bradford Sr
LB 34 Chad Brown Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 17 Mitch Berger Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Season summary

Colorado State

See also: Rocky Mountain Showdown
1 2 3 4 Total
Colorado St 0 10 7 0 17
Colorado 7 7 10 13 37

First meeting since 1989

  • CU - Westbrook 48 pass from Stewart (Blottiaux kick)
  • CU - Johnson 60 pass from Stewart (Blottiaux kick)
  • CSU - Ivlow 67 run (Rantzau kick)
  • CSU - Rantzau 36 FG
  • CU - Blottiaux 20 FG
  • CU - Fauria 17 pass from Stewart (Blottiaux kick)
  • CSU - Ward 9 run (Rantzau kick)
  • CU - Blottiaux 28 FG
  • CU - Blottiaux 29 FG
  • CU - Westbrook 6 pass from Stewart
  • Rushing: CSU Ivlow 6-152; CU Warren 14-66
  • Passing: CSU Hill 10-23-115; CU Stewart 21-36-1-409
  • Receiving: CSU Primus 4-81; CU Westbrook 7-130

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External videos
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At Baylor

1 2 3 4 Total
Colorado 7 26 3 21 57
Baylor 3 7 14 14 38
  • BU - Weir 28 FG
  • CU - Fauria 7 pass from Stewart (Blottiaux kick)
  • CU - Blottiaux 50 FG
  • CU - Johnson 35 pass from Stewart (Blottiaux kick)
  • CU - Safety, Joe grounding in end zone
  • CU - Warren 1 run (Blottiaux kick)
  • CU - Westbrook 52 pass from Stewart (Blottiaux kick)
  • BU - Mims 80 pass from Joe (Weir kick)
  • BU - Strait 5 runn (Weir kick)
  • CU - Blottiaux 28 FG
  • BU - Bonner 33 pass from Joe (Weir kick)
  • CU - Warren 4 run (Blottiaux kick)
  • CU - Warren 14 run (Blottiaux kick)
  • BU - McFarland 46 interception return (Strait run)
  • CU - Leomiti 39 pass from Tobin (Blottiaux kick)
  • BU - Miller 30 pass from Joe (pass failed)
  • Rushing: CU Warren 19-41, BU Mims 4-22
  • Passing: CU Stewart 16-17-251, BU Joe 6-20-262
  • Receiving: CU Westbrook 11-186, BU Miller 2-82

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References

  1. ^ 2013 Colorado Football Information Guide
  2. ^ Gainesville Sun. "Football." pg. 4C. 1992-Sep-06. Retrieved 2023-Jan-19.
  3. ^ Gainesville Sun. "College Football Summaries." pg. 5C. 1992-Sep-13. Retrieved 2023-Jan-19.


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