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1993 Colorado

8–⁠3–⁠1 (5–⁠1–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Bill McCartney, finished No. 16 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 1993, game by game: won vs. Texas 36–14; won vs. No. 24 Baylor 45–21; lost at No. 20 Stanford 37–41; lost vs. No. 3 Miami 29–35; won vs. Missouri 30–18; won at No. 9 Oklahoma 27–10; tied at Kansas State 16–16; lost vs. No. 6 Nebraska 17–21; won at Oklahoma State 31–14; won vs. Kansas 38–14; won at Iowa State 21–16; won vs. No. 25 Fresno State 41–30+24−6Won 36–14 vs. Texas+22TexasWon 45–21 vs. No. 24 Baylor+24No. 24 BaylorLost 37–41 at No. 20 Stanford-4No. 20 StanfordLost 29–35 vs. No. 3 Miami-6No. 3 MiamiWon 30–18 vs. Missouri+12MissouriWon 27–10 at No. 9 Oklahoma+17No. 9 OklahomaTied 16–16 at Kansas State0Kansas StateLost 17–21 vs. No. 6 Nebraska-4No. 6 NebraskaWon 31–14 at Oklahoma State+17Oklahoma StateWon 38–14 vs. Kansas+24KansasWon 21–16 at Iowa State+5Iowa StateWon 41–30 vs. No. 25 Fresno State+11No. 25 Fresno State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsTexasW 36–⁠1470%
Sep 11vs24BaylorW 45–⁠2167%
Sep 18at20StanfordL 37–⁠4147%
Sep 25vs3MiamiL 29–⁠3546%
Oct 9vsMissouriW 30–⁠1881%
Oct 16at9OklahomaW 27–⁠1040%
Oct 23atKansas StateT 16–⁠1663%
Oct 30vs6NebraskaL 17–⁠2153%
Nov 6atOklahoma StateW 31–⁠1477%
Nov 13vsKansasW 38–⁠1478%
Nov 20atIowa StateW 21–⁠1679%
Dec 25Bowls & playoffvs25Fresno StateAloha BowlW 41–⁠3055%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Fresno State 41–⁠30 in the Aloha Bowl; No. 16 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 7th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 11
  2. Wk 2: 11
  3. Wk 3: 10
  4. Wk 4: 7
  5. Wk 5: 13
  6. Wk 6: 19
  7. Wk 7: 20
  8. Wk 8: 20
  9. Wk 9: 16
  10. Wk 10: 20
  11. Wk 11: 23
  12. Wk 12: 21
  13. Wk 13: 18
  14. Wk 14: 18
  15. Wk 15: 18
  16. Wk 16: 17
  17. Final: 16

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1993.

Record
8–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠1–⁠1 2nd in Big Eight
AP final
No. 16 peak No. 7
Points
368–⁠250
Coach
Bill McCartney
Elo
1712 +84 this season
SP+ rating
21.0 No. 10 of 105; offense No. 12, defense No. 25
SRS
16.6 No. 15 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Elliot Uzelac
Defensive coordinator
Mike Hankwitz
Captains
Charles Johnson and Ron Woolfork
Most valuable player
Charles Johnson
Offense
Single set back
Defense
3–⁠4

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 1Charles Johnson WRPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 2Sam Rogers LBBuffalo Bills
Rd 4Ronnie Woolfork LBMiami Dolphins
Rd 6Lamont Warren RBIndianapolis Colts
Rd 6Mitch Berger PPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 7Dennis Collier DBChicago Bears

All-Big Eight

6 first team, 7 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠011–⁠13
Colorado5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠3–⁠116
Kansas State4–⁠2–⁠19–⁠2–⁠120
Oklahoma4–⁠39–⁠317
Kansas3–⁠45–⁠7
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠7–⁠1
Iowa State2–⁠53–⁠8
Oklahoma State0–⁠73–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.