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Iowa State – Salaam’s 2,055 overshadowed by Coach Mac

//posted 11.19.1994

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November 19th – Boulder #7 Colorado 41, Iowa State 20

A game between a 9-1 team and an 0-9-1 to finish off the regular season would normally not bear much attention. The 41-20 final score, after the Buffs nursed a 20-13 lead into the fourth quarter, would not have merited much notice nationally. For local writers, though, the game presented a year’s worth of headlines. “Christian Fauria snares six catches; becomes Big Eight all-time tight end reception leader” would have been apropos. As would have been “CU posts 576 yards of offense, sets team record for season average -495.3?, or “Kordell Stewart becomes Big Eight all-time leader for total offense”.

All worthy events, but they were all overshadowed. First by Rashaan Salaam, then by the team’s thirteen-year head coach.

Salaam was effective against Iowa State, rushing for almost 200 yards and a touchdown in the game’s first three quarters. The Buffs, though, could not put away the winless Cyclones, leading only 20-13 at the start of the fourth quarter. Salaam was still 13 yards shy of the 2000-yard mark as the Buffs, leading 27-13 after a 23-yard run by Kordell Stewart to open the quarter, faced a first-and-ten at the…

Kansas

//posted 11.12.1994

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November 12th – @ Kansas #7 Colorado 51, Kansas 26

Kordell Stewart, who had the previous week become the first player in Big Eight history to pass for 6,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in a career, piled up 249 yards of total offense against the Jayhawks as the Buffs rolled to an easy 51-26 win. Stewart’s 51-yard pass to Michael Westbrook in the game’s opening drive paved the way for a 17-yard touchdown run by Rashaan Salaam as the Buffs sprinted to an early 7-0 lead on their way to a 24-7 halftime cushion.

On the day, Colorado posted 639 yards on offense, the seventh highest total in team history. Rashaan Salaam rushed for 232 yards and three scores in becoming the Buffs’ single-season record holder for rushing yards (passing Eric Bieniemy’s 1,628 yards in 1990), touchdowns (Bobby Anderson – 18 in 1969), and points (Byron “Whizzer” White – 122 in 1937). Not to be outdone, two Buff receivers placed their names in the record books as well. Michael Westbrook, who had six catches for 117 yards against Kansas, passed Charles Johnson (1991-93) to become the Buffs’ all-time leading receiver, while tight end Christian Fauria passed Dave Hestera (1981-83)…

Oklahoma State

//posted 11.5.1994

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November 5th – Boulder #7 Colorado 17, Oklahoma State 3

The main distraction for the Colorado Buffaloes for Homecoming, 1994, was not the Homecoming festivities, nor was it the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Rather, the Buffs greatest concern was lethargy. OSU was 3-4-1 on the year, with its only wins coming in non-conference contests against the likes of Northern Illinois, Tulsa, and North Texas. The glow of the national spotlight was gone, as for the first time in a month, CU’s game would not be shown by a national network.

After opening the game as if the game was of no consequence, the Buffs played just well enough to secure a 17-3 win. Oklahoma State took the opening kickoff and marched 73 yards down the field, taking up almost half of the first quarter before settling for a 24-yard field goal. On OSU’s second series, sophomore safety Steve Rosga intercepted a Tone Jones pass and returned it 25 yards to the Cowboy 30-yard line. Three plays later, Kordell Stewart ran the ball in from 27 yards out to give the Buffs a 7-3 lead. A one-yard touchdown pass from Stewart to freshman receiver Phil Savoy just before half gave the Buffs…

#19 Kansas State

//posted 10.22.1994

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October 22nd – Boulder #2 Colorado 35, #19 Kansas State 21

The Kansas State Wildcats were the real deal in 1994. Coming off of a 9-2-1 season in 1993, KSU had re-established itself as the #3 team in the Big Eight in 1994. The Wildcats only blemish coming into Boulder was a 17-6 loss to Nebraska, and K-State wanted nothing more than to knock off the 2nd-rated Buffs to make its own national statement. They almost did.

The 5:30 p.m. kickoff represented CU’s third nationally televised night home game of the season. Not wanting to disappoint the ESPN audience, the Buffs took a 14-7 halftime lead behind a 53-yard touchdown scamper by Rashaan Salaam and an eight-yard run by Kordell Stewart. But the Wildcats, led by quarterback Chad May, were not to go quietly into the night.

Twice in the third quarter, KSU rallied to tie the Buffs, the second time on running back J.J. Smith’s three-yard run with 11 seconds remaining in the quarter. Smith’s score, his third of the game, tied the score at 21. Entering the fourth quarter, CU knew that its season’s hopes rested on the final 15 minutes.

CU’s offense, which would account for 339…

No. 4 Michigan – “The Catch”

//posted 9.24.1994

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September 24th – @ Michigan #7 Colorado 27, #4 Michigan 26

While there is much to be said about the final six seconds of the 1994 Colorado/Michigan game, the set-up is equally important. Both teams had the opportunity to dominate the game, but fell short. Momentum swayed back and forth before 106,427 fans, the largest crowd to witness a Colorado football game in school history. Midway through the second quarter, the Buffs were putting on a show for the Wolverine faithful. Up 14-3, CU threatened to make the game a rout after Kordell Stewart hit Michael Westbrook on a 27-yard touchdown with 7:54 remaining in the half.

But for the next two full quarters it was all Michigan. Wolverine running back Tim Biakabutuka scored on a four yard run to pull UM to within 14-9 with 1:14 before halftime. Going for a two point conversion to pull the Wolverines to within a field goal of the Buffs, quarterback Todd Collins was intercepted by Buffs’ linebacker Matt Russell, preserving a five point lead for Colorado.

The third quarter was a nightmare for the Buffs, as Michigan posted 17 unanswered points to take a 26-14 lead. Less than five minutes into…

#10 Wisconsin – Badger Mania at Folsom

//posted 9.17.1994

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Badger Mania

The Wisconsin Badgers came to Boulder September 17th for a night game to be nationally televised by ESPN.

The Badgers were also 1-0 on the 1994 season, having dispatched Eastern Michigan, 56-0. Wisconsin, ranked 10th in the nation, had been the feel-good story of 1993, having come from nowhere to post a 10-1-1 record. Claiming a share of the Big 10 title for the first time in over three decades, the Badgers made their first trip to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl since 1962. A 21-16 win over UCLA capped a magical year.

Out to prove that 1993 had been no fluke, the 1994 Wisconsin team was loaded. Fifteen starters returned for head coach Barry Alvarez, who had turned around a program which had finished 1-10 only four years earlier. Five All-Big Ten offensive players, including Big Ten MVP running back Brent Moss, returned to lead a potent attack. Colorado would certainly have its hands full.

And that was just on the field.

Off the field, another battle was to take place, as the “Cheeseheads” from Wisconsin descended on Boulder.

Amongst the most legendary of all tailgaters, the Wisconsin faithful took to Boulder like, well, foam to beer. …

Northeastern Louisiana – Break out the record books

//posted 9.3.1994

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Buffalo Sports News makes some eerily uncanny preseason predictions

In its two editions leading up to the start of the 1994 season, the Buffalo Sports News captured more about the upcoming year than could have been known at the time. In prophetic tones, the August 18th edition featured a cover photo of quarterback coach Rick Neuheisel giving directions to quarterback Kordell Stewart with the headline reading: “On Target: Rick Neuheisel has quarterback Kordell Stewart and CU’s passing attack aimed to win in 1994.” The next issue, dated August 29th, featured a photo of Rashaan Salaam, proclaiming: “A New Man: Fueled by a dramatic change in attitude, Rashaan Salaam is finally poised for his dream season.”

How true both statements would prove to be would be first tested in what amounted to the Buffs’ only “pre-season” game. For their opener, CU would face off against the Northeast Louisiana Indians, playing in their first ever game as a Division I-A school (after having some measure of success as a Division I-AA school). The heavily favored Buffs entered the game ranked #8 in the first poll of the 1994 season.

September 3rd – Boulder #8 Colorado 48, Northeast Louisiana 13

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Pre-season: 1994 – Adios, Southwest Conference – CU returns 16 starters

//posted 8.1.1994

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Adios, Southwest Conference

Quick – Name the last eight members of the Southwest Conference.

Not so easy, is it?

Entering the 1994 season, the long-anticipated demise of the SWC became official. The 1994 and 1995 campaigns would be the last for the storied conference. After 80 seasons, the Southwest Conference would fold up its tents; its teams left to a new future.

Arkansas, the only Southwest member outside of the state of Texas, had defected to the Southeastern Conference in 1990. Now Texas, Texas A & M, Baylor, and Texas Tech, commencing with the 1996 season, would join the Big Eight to form the Big 12. Southern Methodist, Rice, and Texas Christian, meanwhile, would join the Western Athletic Conference. The Houston Cougars, originally set adrift to fend for itself as an independent, would eventually settle upon an affiliation with Conference USA.

Why would a conference as steeped in history as the SWC fold? Several reasons were proposed: 1) the increased popularity of the NFL in Texas had eroded the state’s college fan base; 2) the widely-held belief that the conference was made up of two teams (Texas and Texas A&M) and a series of woeful second-tier teams; and 3) the…

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Iowa State – Salaam’s 2,055 overshadowed by Coach Mac

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Oklahoma State

#19 Kansas State

No. 4 Michigan – “The Catch”

#10 Wisconsin – Badger Mania at Folsom

Northeastern Louisiana – Break out the record books

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