1995 Colorado Buffaloes football team

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.

1995 Colorado Buffaloes football
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 5
1995 record10–2 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKarl Dorrell (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorA. J. Christoff (1st season)
Home stadiumFolsom Field
(Capacity: 51,808)
1995 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 pmat No. 21 Wisconsin*No. 14ABCW 43–779,015
September 97:45 pmColorado State*No. 10ESPNW 42–1452,848
September 1612:00 pmNortheast Louisiana*No. 9
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, Colorado
W 66–1449,223
September 231:30 pmNo. 3 Texas A&M*No. 7
ABCW 29–2153,849
September 306:45 pmat No. 10 OklahomaNo. 4ESPNW 38–1775,004
October 712:00 pmNo. 24 KansasNo. 4
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, Colorado
PSNL 24–4052,330
October 2111:00 amat Iowa StateNo. 9PSNW 50–2834,669
October 281:30 pmNo. 2 NebraskaNo. 7
ABCL 21–4454,063
November 41:00 pmat Oklahoma StateNo. 10W 45–3230,050
November 1112:00 pmMissouriNo. 9
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, Colorado
PSNW 21–050,645
November 181:30 pmat No. 7 Kansas StateNo. 9ABCW 27–1742,454
January 111:30 amvs. No. 12 Oregon*No. 7CBSW 38–658,214

Roster

1995 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
FS 6 T. J. Cunningham Sr
DE 95 Daryl Price Sr
LB 16 Matt Russell Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 17 Neil Voskeritchian Sr
Head coach
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 234Total
No. 4 Buffaloes 0 141410 38
No. 10 Sooners 3 1400 17

[1]

Kansas

Kansas at Colorado
1 234Total
No. 24 Jayhawks 9 14314 40
No. 4 Buffaloes 14 370 24


at Iowa State

Nebraska

Nebraska at Colorado
1 234Total
No. 2 Cornhuskers 21 10310 44
No. 7 Buffaloes 7 770 21


[2]

at Oklahoma State


Missouri


at Kansas State


vs. Oregon (Cotton Bowl)

Oregon vs. Colorado
1 234Total
No. 12 Ducks 6 000 6
No. 7 Buffaloes 0 13196 38


[3]

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Heath IrwinGuard4101New England Patriots
Daryl PriceDefensive end4128San Francisco 49ers
Bryan StoltenbergCenter6192San Diego Chargers
T.J. CunninghamDefensive back6209Seattle Seahawks
Kerry HicksDefensive tackle7234Carolina Panthers

[4]

References


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