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Colorado Buffaloes Football History and Heisman Trophy Winners

Discover the CU Buffaloes Greatest Moments, Heisman History and Top Football Legends

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Colorado National Champions
The Colorado football program claimed its first national championship in 1990 when Head Coach Bill McCartney's squad posted an 11-1-1 record that included a 10-9 Orange Bowl win over Notre Dame. CU gained the AP national title while Georgia Tech won the UPI award.

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The Buffaloes have played in Folsom Field since 1924. The venue seats 50,183 fans. Originally named Colorado Stadium, the stadium was renamed in 1944 following the death of Coach Fred Folsom.

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Rashaan Salaam Heisman Winner
1994 Heisman Winner Rashaan Salaam

Salaam Rushes For Colorado's First Heisman Trophy

Salaam won the 1994 Heisman Trophy after rushing for a school-record 2,055 yards and 24 TD’s.  Salaam’s performance helped spark the Buffaloes to an 11-1 record including a Fiesta Bowl victory over Notre Dame.  The achievement marked the first time a Colorado player had joined the list of Heisman winners.


Four consecutive 200-yard games helped Salaam to gain momentum in
the Heisman race that also featured a strong push from Penn State’s Ki-Jana Carter.

The exclamation mark on Salaam beat Carter by 842 points in the Heisman voting and left for the NFL with a year of eligibility remaining.  The former Colorado
RB was drafted in the first round of the 1995 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears with the 21st pick.  Salaam played for four NFL teams and amassed 1,684 career rushing yards and 13 TD’s.  Sallam was named the 1995 UPI NFC Rookie of the Year.

Salaam’s life came to a tragic end on December 5, 2016.  The former CU and NFL star was found in a park in Boulder, Colorado following his apparent suicide. 

COLORADO: MASCOT: RALPHIE

 

The great CU Ralphie Mascot tradition is now romping through the Pac 12 Conference

The great CU Ralphie Mascot
tradition is now romping through the Pac 12 Conference

colorado1One of college football’s most grand entrance into a stadium is takes place at Colorado’s Folsom Field when the school’s football team follows its mascot’s charge.  With Ralphie’s storming the field generating flashbacks from the old west, visiting teams learn first hand what intimidation is all about.  The raging moment that features more than 1000 pounds of stampeding flesh darting toward the visiting sideline takes place before the game and the third quarter.

The first buffalo sighting at CU took place in 1934, following the school’s embracing of the Buffalo nickname.  A buffalo calf and a real cowboy keeper were paid $25 to support the school during a late season victory over the University of Denver.

Perhaps country music singer Charlie Pride had Colorado’s Buffalo mascot in mind when he sang: “Let the chips fall, let them fall where they may.”  The old saying that “You better what your step
when the chips are down,” might have also applied to the mascot’s naming.

 
 
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