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American college football season

1988 Colorado Buffaloes football
Freedom Bowl, L 17–20 vs. BYU
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record8–4 (4–3 Big 8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGerry DiNardo (5th season)
Offensive schemeWishbone/I-Formation
Defensive coordinatorMike Hankwitz (1st season)
Base defense3–4
MVPEric Bieniemy
Captains
  • Don DeLuzio
  • Erik Norgard
Home stadiumFolsom Field
Seasons← 19871989 →
1988 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Nebraska $ 7 – 0 – 0 11 – 2 – 0
No. 14 Oklahoma 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 11 Oklahoma State 5 – 2 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Colorado 4 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Iowa State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Missouri 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 1
Kansas 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
Kansas State 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the Big Eight Conference during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Bill McCartney, Colorado finished the regular season at 8–3 (4–3 in Big 8, fourth), and played their home games on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.

The eight wins were the most by the Buffaloes in twelve years, with narrow losses to ninth-ranked Oklahoma and #7 Nebraska.

Ranked twentieth in the coaches' poll, Colorado was invited to the Freedom Bowl in Anaheim, California, but was upset 17–20 by BYU of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), led by redshirt freshman quarterback Ty Detmer.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 10Fresno State*KCNCW 45–332,417
September 17at No. 19 Iowa*W 24–2167,700
September 24Oregon State*
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
W 28–2141,297
October 1at Colorado State*W 27–2333,979
October 8No. 13 Oklahoma State
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
KCNCL 21–4141,854
October 15at KansasKCNCW 21–922,500
October 22No. 9 Oklahoma
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
ESPNL 14–1749,716
October 29Iowa State
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
KCNCW 24–1237,241
November 5at MissouriW 45–836,931
November 12at No. 7 NebraskaNo. 19KCNCL 0–776,359
November 19Kansas StateKCNCW 56–1432,617
December 29vs. BYU*RaycomL 17–2035,941
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Personnel

1988 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB Sal Aunese
RB 1 Eric Bieniemy So
WR Jeff Campbell
RB J.J. Flannigan
QB Darian Hagan
RB George Hemingway
QB Charles S. Johnson
WR Eric Kissick
TE John Perak
WR Mike Pritchard
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB Don DeLuzio
DB Deon Figures
LB Kanavis McGhee
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K Pat Biottiaux
K Ken Culbertson
P Keith English
K Eric Hannah
P Mark Henry
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Season summary

Fresno State

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At Iowa

Colorado at #19 Iowa
1 234Total
• Colorado 14 037 24
Iowa 0 1470 21
Scoring summary
Q15:28COLFlannigan 5 yard run (Hannah kick)COL 7–0
Q12:20COLAunese 17 yard run (Hannah kick)COL 14–0
Q26:44IOWAHanks 8 yard blocked punt return (Skillett kick)COL 14–7
Q22:42IOWAHudson 3 yard run (Skillett kick)Tie 14–14
Q39:13COLHannah 28 yard field goalCOL 17–14
Q33:20IOWAWard 19 yard pass from Hartlieb (Skillett kick)IOWA 21–17
Q41:55COLAunese 1 yard run (Hannah kick)COL 24–21
See also: 1988 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
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Oregon State

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At Colorado State

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Oklahoma State

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At Kansas

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Oklahoma

#8 Oklahoma Sooners (5–1) at Colorado Buffaloes (5–1)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Oklahoma 7 7 0317
Colorado 6 8 0014

at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado

  • Date: October 22, 1989
  • Game time: 8:00 p.m. EDT
  • Game attendance: 49,716
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Chris Fowler

External videos
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Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP OU CU
1 Oklahoma Charles Thompson 11-yard touchdown run, R.D. Lashar kick good 7 0
1 Colorado 35-yard field goal by Ken Culbertson 7 3
1 Colorado 26-yard field goal by Ken Culbertson 7 6
2 Colorado Eric Bieniemy 24-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass good 7 14
2 Oklahoma Anthony Stafford 2-yard touchdown run, R.D. Lashar kick good 14 14
4 8:15 14 71 Oklahoma 22-yard field goal by R.D. Lashar 17 14
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 17 14

Iowa State

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At Missouri

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At Nebraska

#19 Colorado at #7 Nebraska
1 234Total
Colorado 0 000 0
• Nebraska 0 070 7
See also: 1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
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Kansas State

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Freedom Bowl (vs BYU)

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References

  1. ^ "Buffs win humbly, 56-14". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. November 20, 1988. p. 5B.
  2. "Oklahoma edges Buffs". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. October 23, 1988. p. 2B.
  3. ^ "Cornhuskers barely beat Buffaloes, 7-0". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. November 13, 1988. p. 3B.
  4. Robinson, Doug (December 29, 1988). "Cougars, Buffaloes both have plenty of questions Freedom Bowl will answer". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D1.
  5. "BYU's Detmer decks CU, 20-17". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. December 30, 1988. p. 4D.
  6. Robinson, Doug (December 30, 1988). "BYU edges Colorado in Ty-pical fashion". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D1.
  7. 2011 Colorado football information guide
  8. "Colorado ambushes Iowa, 24-21". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. September 18, 1988. p. 3B.
  9. "1988 Oklahoma at Colorado box score". SoonerStats.com. 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  10. "Fourth quarter kick gives Oklahoma win." Gainesville Sun. 1989 Oct 23. Retrieved 2022-Dec-28.
  11. "Oklahoma 17, Colorado 14." Eugene Register-Guard. 1989 Oct 23. Retrieved 2022-Dec-28.
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