AP Poll national champion FWAA national champion NFF national champion Big Eight champion Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 10–9 vs. Notre Dame
Conference
Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches
No. 2
AP
No. 1
Record
11–1–1 (7–0 Big 8)
Head coach
Bill McCartney (9th season)
Offensive coordinator
Gerry DiNardo (12 games) Gary Barnett (bowl game)
Offensive scheme
I-Bone option[1]
Defensive coordinator
Mike Hankwitz (3rd season)
Home stadium
Folsom Field
Seasons
← 1989
1991 →
1990 Big Eight Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 1 Colorado $
7
–
0
–
0
11
–
1
–
1
No. 24 Nebraska
5
–
2
–
0
9
–
3
–
0
No. 17 Oklahoma
5
–
2
–
0
8
–
3
–
0
Iowa State
2
–
4
–
1
4
–
6
–
1
Kansas
2
–
4
–
1
3
–
7
–
1
Kansas State
2
–
5
–
0
5
–
6
–
0
Missouri
2
–
5
–
0
4
–
7
–
0
Oklahoma State
2
–
5
–
0
4
–
7
–
0
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1990 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado Boulder as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buffaloes offense scored 338 points while the defense allowed 160 points. Led by head coach Bill McCartney, Colorado defeated Notre Dame 10–9 in the 1991 Orange Bowl to conclude the season.
Despite the infamous Fifth Down Game controversy against a 4-7 Missouri Tigers football team, Colorado was selected national champions by AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, FB News, Football Research, FW, Matthews, NFF, Sporting News, and USA/CNN, and co-champion by both FACT and NCF -all NCAA-designated major selectors.[2] Georgia Tech took the UPI Coaches poll title,[3] with both Washington and Miami receiving national titles from other selectors.[2]
Georgia Tech finished the season undefeated (with its record only blemished by a tie), and subsequently split the national championship with Colorado.[4]
The victory in the Orange Bowl was Colorado's first bowl win in nineteen years.
^"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ab2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records(PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2018. p. 114. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
^Stone, Gene (January 3, 1991). "Tech Scores Split Decision, is Voted No. 1 by Coaches". Gadsden Times. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
^"1990 NCAA Division IA Football Power Ratings". Archived from the original on January 29, 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2009.
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