1992 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1992 Colorado Buffaloes football
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)
Head coach	Bill McCartney (11th season)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Mike Hankwitz (5th season)
Base defense	5-2
Home stadium	Folsom Field
Seasons ←  1991 1993  →

1992 Big Eight Conference football standings

v t e	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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	12:00 pm	Colorado State *	No. 12	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	KCNC	W 37–17	52,164
September 12	11:00 am	at Baylor *	No. 12	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX	KCNC	W 57–38	34,202
September 19	5:00 pm	at Minnesota *	No. 11	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		W 21–20	33,719
September 26	1:30 pm	Iowa *	No. 10	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ABC	W 28–12	52,355
October 8	6:00 pm	at Missouri	No. 9	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	ESPN	W 6–0	37,183
October 17	5:30 pm	Oklahoma	No. 7	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ESPN	T 24–24	52,454
October 24	12:00 pm	Kansas State	No. 9	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	KCNC	W 54–7	52,235
October 31	2:00 pm	at No. 8 Nebraska	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ESPN	L 7–52	76,287
November 7	12:00 pm	Oklahoma State	No. 16	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	KCNC	W 28–0	51,559
November 14	1:30 pm	at No. 20 Kansas	No. 13	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	ABC	W 25–18	43,000
November 21	12:00 pm	Iowa State	No. 11	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	KCNC	W 31–10	49,133
January 1	2:30 pm	vs. No. 6 Syracuse *	No. 10	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	NBC	L 22–26	70,224
*Non-conference game Homecoming 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 Bill McCartney Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured 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
Full game

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.