American college football season
The 1994 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 1994 college football season . The Buffaloes offense scored 439 points while the defense allowed 235 points. The team was led by head coach Bill McCartney .
The Buffaloes' only loss of the season came on the road against eventual consensus national champion Nebraska . Colorado, ranked #2 at the time, was in line to play for the national title as part of the Bowl Coalition . They were leapfrogged in the polls by the Cornhuskers, who had been ranked #3, and finished the regular season ranked #4.
The Buffaloes competed in the 1995 Fiesta Bowl , which they won 41–24 over unranked Notre Dame .
The problem of scheduling bowl match-ups for top-ranked teams led to the dissolution of the Bowl Coalition and the creation of the Bowl Alliance (#2 ranked Penn State was not eligible as a member of the Big Ten Conference to play the #1 ranked team). Notre Dame, playing as an independent, had its own agreement with the Bowl Coalition, which allowed the Fiesta Bowl to choose them as an at-large opponent over more highly ranked teams.
Season summary
Northeast Louisiana
Northeast Louisiana at Colorado
1
2 3 4 Total
Indians
3
3 0 7
13
• No. 8 Buffaloes
7
21 14 6
48
Date: September 3Location: Folsom Field Game attendance: 48,114 Scoring summary Q1 NLU Miller 36 yard field goal NLU 3–0 Q1 COL Salaam 1 yard run (Voskeritchian kick) COL 7–3 Q2 NLU Miller 43 yard field goal COL 7–6 Q2 COL Salaam 9 yard run (Voskeritchian kick) COL 14–6 Q2 COL Stewart 6 yard run (Voskeritchian kick) COL 21—6 Q2 COL Kidd 44 yard pass from Stewart (Voskeritchian kick) COL 28–6 Q3 COL Stewart 58 yard run (Voskeritchian kick) COL 35–6 Q3 COL Salaam 15 yard run (Voskeritchian kick) COL 42–6 Q4 COL Troutman 13 yard run (kick failed) COL 48–6 Q4 NLU S. Williams 10 yard pass from Philyaw (Miller kick) COL 48–13
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Wisconsin
Michigan
Colorado at Michigan
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 7 Buffaloes
7
7 0 13
27
No. 4 Wolverines
0
9 17 0
26
Scoring summary 1 COL Rashaan Salaam 2-yard run (Voskeritchian kick) COL 7–0 2 11:34 MICH Remy Hamilton 33-yard field goal COL 7–3 7:54 COL Michael Westbrook 27-yard pass from Kordell Stewart (Voskeritchian kick) COL 14–3 1:14 MICH Tim Biakabutuka 4-yard run (pass failed) COL 14–9 3 10:43 MICH Tyrone Wheatley 6-yard run (Hayes pass from Collins) MICH 17–14 7:40 MICH Hamilton 20-yard field goal MICH 20–14 2:43 MICH Amani Toomer 65-yard pass from Todd Collins (run failed) MICH 26–14 4 2:16 COL Rashaan Salaam 2-yard run (Voskeritchian kick) MICH 26–21 0:00 COL Westbrook 64-yard pass from Stewart COL 27–26
The Miracle at Michigan refers to the final play that occurred during the game played on September 24, 1994, between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan . The game was decided on Colorado quarterback Kordell Stewart 's 64-yard Hail Mary pass to Michael Westbrook , which gave the play its name.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Texas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas State
Nebraska
Colorado at Nebraska
1
2 3 4 Total
No. 2 Buffaloes
0
0 7 0
7
• No. 3 Cornhuskers
7
10 7 0
24
Scoring summary 1 NEB Cory Schlesinger 14-yard run (Tom Sieler kick)NEB 7–0 2 9:01 NEB Sieler 24-yard field goal NEB 10–0 0:36 NEB Clinton Childs 2-yard run (Sieler kick) NEB 17–0 3 10:42 NEB Eric Alford 30-yard pass from Brook Berringer (Sieler kick) NEB 24–0 1:06 COL Rashaan Salaam 6 run (Neil Voskeritchian kick) NEB 24–7
Oklahoma State
Kansas
Iowa State
Fiesta Bowl
Colorado vs. Notre Dame
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 4 Buffaloes
10
21 3 7
41
Fighting Irish
3
7 7 7
24
