1987 Colorado Buffaloes football team

The 1987 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1987 Colorado Buffaloes football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1987 record	7–4 (4–3 Big 8)
Head coach	Bill McCartney (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Gerry DiNardo (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Wishbone
Defensive coordinator	Lou Tepper (5th season)
Base defense	3–4
MVP	Mickey Pruitt
Captains	Mark Hatcher Barry Helton Mickey Pruitt
Home stadium	Folsom Field (Capacity: 51,463)

1987 Big Eight Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 6 Nebraska	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Oklahoma State	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Colorado	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Missouri	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Kansas	0	–	6	–	1			1	–	9	–	1
Kansas State	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	10	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	12:00 pm	Oregon*	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	KCNC	L 7–10	40,521
September 19	12:00 pm	Stanford*	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	KCNC	W 31–17	45,073
September 26	1:00 pm	Washington State*	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 26–17	43,527
October 3	1:00 pm	at Colorado State*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, Colorado (Rocky Mountain Showdown)		W 29–16	38,129
October 10	1:00 pm	at No. 19 Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma		L 17–42	42,800
October 17	12:00 pm	Kansas	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	KCNC	W 35–10	43,514
October 24	5:30 pm	at No. 1 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma	ESPN	L 6–24	75,004
October 31	12:30 pm	at Iowa State	Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa		W 42–10	34,920
November 7	12:00 pm	Missouri	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	KCNC	W 27–10	44,050
November 21	12:10 pm	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas		W 41–0	12,500
November 28	2:00 pm	No. 5 Nebraska	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado (rivalry)	ESPN	L 7–24	52,026
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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Roster

1987 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Sal Aunese So RB 49 Eric Bienemy Fr RB J.J. Flannigan QB Mark Hatcher RB O.C. Oliver QB Rick Wheeler	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 12 Dave McCloughan Fr LB 96 Kanavis McGhee Fr S Mickey Pruitt LB 94 Alfred Williams Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bill McCartney Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington St	7	0	3	7	17
Colorado	3	16	0	7	26

• Attendance: 43,527
• COL: Culbertson 25 FG
• WSU: Swinton 13 Rosenbach (Adams kick)
• COL: Culbertson 27 FG
• COL: Pruitt 18 Interception (Culbertson kick)
• COL: Flannigan 3 Run (kick failed)
• WSU: Adams 32 FG
• WSU: Leighton 16 Rosenbach (Adams kick)
• COL: Aunese 22 Run (Hannah kick)
• Passing: WSU Rosenbach 26/52, 264 Yds, 2 TD, 2 INT, COL Aunese 1/3, 30 Yds
• Rushing: WSU Rosenbach 15/34, COL Aunese 22/185, TD
• Receiving: WSU Broussard 8/55, COL Bieniemy 1/30

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References

1. 2011 Colorado football information guide
2. "Third-stringer carries Colorado over WSU." Eugene Register-Guard. 1987 Sep 27. Retrieved 2019-Jan-08.