2019 Colorado Buffaloes football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
|year = 2019
|team = Colorado Buffaloes
|sport = football
|image = Colorado Buffaloes wordmark.svg
|image_size = 125
|conference = Pac-12 Conference
|division = South Division
|short_conf = Pac-12
|CFPRank =
|CoachRank =
|APRank =
|record = 5–7
|conf_record = 3–6
|head_coach = Mel Tucker
|hc_year = 1st
|off_coach = Jay Johnson
|oc_year = 1st
|off_scheme = Multiple
|def_coach = Tyson Summers
|dc_year = 1st
|def_scheme = 4–3
|stadium = Folsom Field
|uniform = 250px
|champion =
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}}
{{2019 Pac-12 football standings}}
The 2019 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado in the Pac-12 Conference during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Mel Tucker, the Buffaloes played their home games on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder and finished at 5–7 (3–6 in Pac-12, fifth in the South Division).
Previously the defensive coordinator at Georgia, Tucker left after just one season at CU for Michigan State of the Big Ten Conference.
Preseason
=Pac-12 media days=
==Pac-12 media poll==
In the 2019 Pac-12 preseason media poll, Colorado was voted to finish in last place in the South Division.{{cite web|url=https://pac-12.com/article/2019/07/22/utah-picked-pac-12-favorite-preseason-media-poll|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724141929/https://pac-12.com/article/2019/07/22/utah-picked-pac-12-favorite-preseason-media-poll|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 24, 2019|title=Utah picked as Pac-12 favorite in preseason media poll|date=July 24, 2019|website=pac-12.com}}
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|align="center" Colspan="3" |Media poll (South Division) |
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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Colorado Buffaloes|Predicted finish|Team|Votes (1st place)}} |
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| 1 | Utah | 206 (33) |
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| 2 | USC | 167 (2) |
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| rowspan="2"|3 | Arizona State | 118 |
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| UCLA | 118 |
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| 5 | Arizona | 85 |
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| 6 | Colorado | 46 |
Coaching staff
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Name | Title |
---|---|
Mel Tucker | Head coach |
Darrin Chiaverini | Assistant head coach/wide receivers coach |
Jay Johnson | Offensive coordinator/ quarterbacks coach |
Tyson Summers | Defensive coordinator/safeties coach |
Jimmy Brumbaugh | Defensive line coach |
Ross Els | Inside linebackers/special teams Coach |
Darian Hagan | Running backs coach |
Chris Kapilovic | Offensive line coach/Run Game Coordinator |
Brian Michalowski | Outside linebackers coach |
Al Pupunu | Tight ends coach |
Travares Tillman | Defensive backs coach |
Schedule
Colorado's 2019 schedule began on Friday, August 30 with a non-conference neutral site game against in-state rival Colorado State in Denver. The Buffaloes will then play two more non-conference games at home, first against traditional Big Eight Conference rival Nebraska, now a member of the Big Ten Conference, and then against in-state foe Air Force, a member of the Mountain West Conference along with Colorado State. In Pac-12 Conference play, Colorado will play the other members of the South Division and draws Oregon, Stanford, Washington, and Washington State from the North Division. They will not play California or Oregon State as part of the regular season.
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2019
| poll = AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game
| timezone = Mountain
| time = y
| tv = y
| attend = y
| homecoming = y
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{tooltip|August 30|Friday}}
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away =
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| rank =
| opponent = Colorado State
| opprank =
| stadium = Empower Field at Mile High
| cityst = Denver, CO
| gamename = Rocky Mountain Showdown
| tv = ESPN
| score = 52–31
| attend = 66,997
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 7
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away =
| nonconf = y
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Nebraska
| opprank = 25
| stadium = Folsom Field
| cityst = Boulder, CO
| gamename = rivalry
| tv = FOX
| score = 34–31
| overtime = OT
| attend = 52,829
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 14
| time = 11:00 a.m.
| w/l = l
| away =
| nonconf = y
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Air Force
| opprank =
| stadium = Folsom Field
| cityst = Boulder, CO
| gamename =
| tv = P12N
| score = 23–30
| overtime = OT
| attend = 49,282
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 21
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| nonconf =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Arizona State
| opprank = 24
| stadium = Sun Devil Stadium
| cityst = Tempe, AZ
| gamename =
| tv = P12N
| score = 34–31
| attend = 45,786
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 5
| time = 2:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away =
| nonconf =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Arizona
| opprank =
| stadium = Folsom Field
| cityst = Boulder, CO
| gamename =
| tv = P12N
| score = 30–35
| attend = 52,569
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{tooltip|October 11|Friday}}
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Oregon
| opprank = 13
| stadium = Autzen Stadium
| cityst = Eugene, OR
| gamename =
| tv = FS1
| score = 3–45
| attend = 50,521
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 19
| time = 5:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Washington State
| opprank =
| stadium = Martin Stadium
| cityst = Pullman, WA
| gamename =
| tv = ESPNU
| score = 10–41
| attend = 28,514
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{tooltip|October 25|Friday}}
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away =
| nonconf =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = USC
| opprank =
| stadium = Folsom Field
| cityst = Boulder, CO
| gamename =
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 31–35
| attend = 48,913
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 2
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = UCLA
| opprank =
| stadium = Rose Bowl
| cityst = Pasadena, CA
| gamename =
| tv = P12N
| score = 14–31
| attend = 47,118
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 9
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away =
| nonconf =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Stanford
| opprank =
| stadium = Folsom Field
| cityst = Boulder, CO
| gamename =
| tv = P12N
| score = 16–13
| attend = 49,224
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 23
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away =
| nonconf =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Washington
| opprank =
| stadium = Folsom Field
| cityst = Boulder, CO
| gamename =
| tv = ESPN
| score = 20–14
| attend = 44,618
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 30
| time = 5:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Utah
| opprank = 6
| stadium = Rice–Eccles Stadium
| cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| gamename = Rumble in the Rockies
| tv = ABC
| score = 15–45
| attend = 46,879
}}
}}
:{{small|Source:}}{{cite web|url=https://fbschedules.com/ncaa-2019/team/colorado|title=2019 Colorado Football Schedule|website=FBSchedules.com|access-date=February 25, 2019}}
Game summaries
=Vs. Colorado State=
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|Road=Rams
|R1=7 |R2=14|R3=3 |R4=7
|Home=Buffaloes
|H1=7 |H2=17|H3=14 |H4=14
}}
{{see also|2019 Colorado State Rams football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Nebraska=
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|Road=No. 25 Cornhuskers
|R1=7|R2=10|R3=0|R4=14|R5=0
|Home=Buffaloes
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=7|H4=24|H5=3}}
{{see also|2019 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Air Force=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Falcons
|R1=6 |R2=14|R3=0 |R4=3 |R5=7
|Home=Buffaloes
|H1=10|H2=0 |H3=0 |H4=13|H5=0
}}
{{see also|2019 Air Force Falcons football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At Arizona State=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Buffaloes
|R1=14|R2=10|R3=7 |R4=3
|Home=No. 24 Sun Devils
|H1=0 |H2=21|H3=3 |H4=7
}}
{{see also|2019 Arizona State Sun Devils football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Arizona=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Wildcats
|R1=7 |R2=7 |R3=14 |R4=7
|Home=Buffaloes
|H1=3 |H2=17|H3=7 |H4=3
}}
{{see also|2019 Arizona Wildcats football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At Oregon=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Buffaloes
|R1=3
|R2=0
|R3=0
|R4=0
|Home=No. 13 Ducks
|H1=7
|H2=17
|H3=14
|H4=7
}}
{{see also|2019 Oregon Ducks football team}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryStart |VisitorName=Colorado|HomeName=Oregon|state=collapsed}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=1
| Time=11:37
| Team=Oregon
| DrivePlays=9
| DriveLength=75
| DriveTime=3:23
| Type=RecTD
| Receiver=Jacob Breeland
| QB=Justin Herbert
| yards=7
| Kicker=Camden Lewis
| kickresult=good
| Visitor=0
| Home=7
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=1
| Time=2:46
| Team=Colorado
| DrivePlays=13
| DriveLength=72
| DriveTime=4:47
| Type=FG
| yards=27
| Kicker=James Stefanou
| Visitor=3
| Home=7
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=2
| Time=14:10
| Team=Oregon
| DrivePlays=11
| DriveLength=62
| DriveTime=3:36
| Type=FG
| yards=32
| Kicker=Camden Lewis
| Visitor=3
| Home=10
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=2
| Time=7:39
| Team=Oregon
| DrivePlays=7
| DriveLength=69
| DriveTime=2:42
| Type=RushTD
| Runner=Cyrus Habibi-Likio
| yards=1
| Kicker=Camden Lewis
| kickresult=good
| Visitor=3
| Home=17
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=2
| Time=0:20
| Team=Oregon
| DrivePlays=8
| DriveLength=80
| DriveTime=1:07
| Type=RushTD
| Runner=Jaylon Redd
| yards=3
| Kicker=Camden Lewis
| kickresult=good
| Visitor=3
| Home=24
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=3
| Time=12:54
| Team=Oregon
| DrivePlays=5
| DriveLength=40
| DriveTime=1:23
| Type=RecTD
| Receiver=Jaylon Redd
| QB=Justin Herbert
| yards=13
| Kicker=Camden Lewis
| kickresult=good
| Visitor=3
| Home=31
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=3
| Time=10:40
| Team=Oregon
| DrivePlays=1
| DriveLength=7
| DriveTime=0:04
| Type=RushTD
| Runner=Cyrus Habibi-Likio
| yards=3
| Kicker=Camden Lewis
| kickresult=good
| Visitor=3
| Home=38
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=4
| Time=14:36
| Team=Oregon
| DrivePlays=6
| DriveLength=85
| DriveTime=2:17
| Type=RushTD
| Runner=Cyrus Habibi-Likio
| yards=1
| Kicker=Camden Lewis
| kickresult=good
| Visitor=3
| Home=45
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEnd |Visitor=3|Home=45}}
{{Clear}}
=At Washington State=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Buffaloes
|R1=3 |R2=0 |R3=7 |R4=0
|Home=Cougars
|H1=21|H2=3 |H3=7 |H4=10
}}
{{see also|2019 Washington State Cougars football team}}
{{Clear}}
=USC=
{{see also|2019 USC Trojans football team}}
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|titlestyle={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Colorado Buffaloes}}; ;text-align:center;
|state=collapsed
|title=USC Trojans at Colorado Buffaloes
|date={{tooltip|October 25, 2019|Friday}}
|time=7:00 p.m. MST
|road=Trojans
|R1=7|R2=7|R3=7|R4=14
|home=Buffaloes
|H1=3|H2=14|H3=14|H4=0
|stadium=Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado
|attendance=48,913
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|referee=
|TV=ESPN2
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|reference=
|scoring=
;First quarter
- USC (14:01) – #8 Amon-Ra St. Brown 37 yard run TD
(#40 Chase McGrath kick) – USC 7–0 - COL (9:04) – #48 James Stefanou 22 yard Field Goal – USC 7–3
;Second quarter
- COL (14:55) – #12 Steven Montez to #3 K.D. Nixon 7 yard pass TD
(#48 James Stefanou kick) – COL 10–7 - COL (5:52) – #12 Steven Montez to #3 K.D. Nixon 7 yard pass TD
(#48 James Stefanou kick) – COL 17–7 - USC (2:48) – #9 Kedon Slovis to #23 Kenan Christon 3 yard pass TD
(#40 Chase McGrath kick) – COL 17–14
;Third quarter
- COL (14:15) – #12 Steven Montez to #2 Laviska Shenault Jr. 71 yard pass TD
(#48 James Stefanou kick) – COL 24–14 - USC (12:15) – #9 Kedon Slovis to #21 Tyler Vaughns 21 yard pass TD
(#40 Chase McGrath kick) – COL 24–21 - COL (9:16) – #12 Steven Montez 17 yard run TD
(#48 James Stefanou kick) – COL 31–21
;Fourth quarter
- USC (11:25) – #9 Kedon Slovis to #6 Michael Pittman Jr. 44 yard pass TD
(#40 Chase McGrath kick) – COL 31–28 - USC (2:15) – #9 Kedon Slovis to #6 Michael Pittman Jr. 37 yard pass TD
(#40 Chase McGrath kick) – USC 35–31
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;Passing
- USC – #9 Kedon Slovis – 30/44 406 Yds – 4 TD 1 int
- COL – #12 Steven Montez – 27/43 324 Yds – 3 TD
;Rushing
- USC – #23 Kenan Christon – 14 Runs 76 Yds
- COL – #8 Alex Fontenot – 16 Runs 57 Yds
;Receiving
- USC – #6 Michael Pittman Jr. – 7 Rec 156 Yds – 2 TD
- COL – #2 Laviska Shenault – 9 Rec 172 Yds – 1 TD
}}
{{Clear}}
=At UCLA=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Buffaloes
|R1=0 |R2=7 |R3=0 |R4=7
|Home=Bruins
|H1=17|H2=0 |H3=7 |H4=7
}}
{{see also|2019 UCLA Bruins football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Stanford=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Cardinal
|R1=3 |R2=3 |R3=0 |R4=7
|Home=Buffaloes
|H1=7 |H2=3 |H3=0 |H4=6
}}
{{see also|2019 Stanford Cardinal football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Washington=
{{see also|2019 Washington Huskies football team}}
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle= {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Colorado Buffaloes}} ;text-align:center;
|state=autocollapse
|title= Washington at Colorado – Game summary
|date= November 23, 2019
|time= 7:00 p.m. PST
|road= Huskies
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=7|R4=7
|home= Buffaloes
|H1=3|H2=10|H3=7|H4=0
|stadium= Folsom Field • Boulder, CO
|attendance= 44,618
|weather=
|referee=
|TV= FOX
|TVAnnouncers=
|stats=
;Top passers
- UW – Jacob Eason: 21/34, 206 yards, 1 touchdown, 1 interception
- CU – Steven Montez: 17/28, 223 yards, 1 touchdown
;Top rushers
- UW – Richard Newton: 12 rushes, 32 yards, 1 touchdown
- CU – Alex Fontenot: 24 rushes, 105 yards, 1 touchdown
;Top receiving
- UW – Hunter Bryant: 5 receptions, 82 yards
- CU – Laviska Shenault: 7 receptions, 100 yards, 1 touchdown
}}
{{Clear}}
=At Utah=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Buffaloes
|R1=7 |R2=0 |R3=0 |R4=8
|Home=No. 6 Utes
|H1=0 |H2=17|H3=14|H4=14
}}
{{see also|2019 Utah Utes football team}}
{{Clear}}
Players drafted into the NFL
{{see also|2020 NFL draft}}
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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Colorado Buffaloes| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club}} | ||||
2 | 42 | Laviska Shenault | WR | Jacksonville Jaguars |
3 | 103 | Davion Taylor | OLB | Philadelphia Eagles |
7 | 226 | Arlington Hambright | OT | Chicago Bears |