1992 Colorado Buffaloes football team
American college football season
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The 1992 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1992 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by 11th-year year head coach Bill McCartney, the Buffaloes compiled an overall record of 9–2–1 in a mark of 5–1–1 in conference play, placing second in the Big 8. Colorado was invited to the Fiesta Bowl, where the Buffalos lost to Syracuse. The team was ranked No. 13 in the final AP poll and the final Coaches Poll. Colorado played home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.
| 1992 Colorado Buffaloes football | |
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Fiesta Bowl, L 22–26 vs. Syracuse | |
| Conference | Big Eight Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 13 |
| AP | No. 13 |
| Record | 9–2–1 (5–1–1 Big 8) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Les Steckel (1st season) |
| Offensive scheme | Single set back |
| Defensive coordinator | Mike Hankwitz (5th season) |
| Base defense | 3–4 |
| MVP | Greg Biekert |
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| Home stadium | Folsom Field |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 5 | 12:00 pm | Colorado State* | No. 12 | KCNC | W 37–17 | 52,164 | [1] | |
| September 12 | 11:00 am | at Baylor* | No. 12 | KCNC | W 57–38 | 34,202 | [2] | |
| September 19 | 5:00 pm | at Minnesota* | No. 11 | W 21–20 | 33,719 | [3] | ||
| September 26 | 1:30 pm | Iowa* | No. 10 |
| ABC | W 28–12 | 52,355 | [4] |
| October 8 | 6:00 pm | at Missouri | No. 9 | ESPN | W 6–0 | 37,183 | [5] | |
| October 17 | 5:30 pm | Oklahoma | No. 7 |
| ESPN | T 24–24 | 52,454 | [6] |
| October 24 | 12:00 pm | Kansas State | No. 9 |
| KCNC | W 54–7 | 52,235 | [7] |
| October 31 | 2:00 pm | at No. 8 Nebraska | No. 8 | ESPN | L 7–52 | 76,287 | [8] | |
| November 7 | 12:00 pm | Oklahoma State | No. 16 |
| KCNC | W 28–0 | 51,559 | [9] |
| November 14 | 1:30 pm | at No. 20 Kansas | No. 13 | ABC | W 25–18 | 43,000 | [10] | |
| November 21 | 12:00 pm | Iowa State | No. 11 |
| KCNC | W 31–10 | 37,382 | [11] |
| January 1 | 2:30 pm | vs. No. 6 Syracuse* | No. 10 | NBC | L 22–26 | 70,224 | [12] | |
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Game summaries
Colorado State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| 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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 Full game |
At Baylor
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| 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
Roster
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