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2005 Champs Sports Bowl Clemson vs. Colorado Clemson Tigers Colorado Buffaloes 2005 Record: ............................................... 7-4 (4-4 ACC) 2005 Record: ............................................ 7-5 (5-3 Big 12) Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Rankings: ........................ #23 AP, #23 ESPN/USA Today Rankings: ..................................................................... NR 5:04 PM (EST) Location: ...................................................... Clemson, SC Location: ....................................................... Boulder, CO Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium (65,438) Colors: ......................... Burnt Orange & Northwest Purple Colors: .............................................. Silver, Gold, & Black Orlando, FL Enrollment: ............................................................ 17,181 Enrollment: ............................................................ 29,151 Head Coach: ........... Tommy Bowden (West Virginia ‘77) Interim Head Coach: ........ Mike Hankwitz (Michigan ‘70) Television: ESPN Record at Clemson (seasons): ............... 51-33 (7th) Record at Colorado: ............................................. 0-0 Play by Play: Ron Franklin Home Record: ................................................... 32-12 Bowl Record: ........................................................ 0-0 Color: Bob Davie Away Record: .................................................... 17-18 Career Record: ..................................................... 1-7 Sideline: Holly Rowe Bowl Record: ........................................................ 2-3 Offensive Coordinator:..Shawn Watson (Southern Illinois ‘82) ACC Record: ..................................................... 32-24 Defensive Coordinator: ... Mike Hankwitz (Michigan ‘70) National Radio: Sports USA Network Career Record (seasons): ....................... 69-37 (9th) Sports Information Contact: ......................... David Plati Play-By-Play: Eli Gold Record vs. Colorado: ........................................... 0-0 Email: ................................. [email protected] Color: Tony Graziani Offensive Coordinator: ............... Rob Spence (Iona ‘81) Office Phone: .................................... (303) 492-5626 Defensive Coordinator:..Vic Koenning (Kansas State ‘83) Fax: ..................................................... (303) 492-3811 Clemson Radio: Clemson Tiger Sports Network Athletic Website: .............................. ClemsonTigers.com Athletic Website: ......................................... CUBuffs.com Play-By-Play: Pete Yanity Color: Will Merritt Sideline: Chad Carson Clemson Bowl Information Series History: Colorado leads 1-0 Clemson vs. Current Big 12 Teams: 6-9 overall, 3-3 in Clemson Practice Schedule bowl games Date Site Time 12-23 Thunder Field 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM Tickets: Available 12-24 Thunder Field 2:15 PM - 4:45 PM 1-800-CLEMSON 12-25 Thunder Field 3:15 PM - 5:45 PM Note: Field is adjacent to Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium. ClemsonTigers.com Media Practice Policy Opening flex periods and the first 20 minutes of prac- tice will be open to the media. Head Coach Tommy Bowden and players will be available after practice. See Brian Clemson’s 2005 Results Hennessy each day at the practice site for specific requests. Date Opponent (Rank) Result Score Media Hotel Sept. 3 Texas A&M (17,17) W 25-24 The Orlando Marriott Downtown will serve as the Sept. 10 * at Maryland W 28-24 media hotel. The address is 400 West Livingston Street; Sept. 17 * Miami (FL) (13,13) L ^^^30-36 Orlando, FL 32801. The phone number for the hotel is Sept. 24 * Boston College (NR,25) L ^13-16 (407) 843-6664. The room rate for media staying at the NCAA Stat Ranking Comparison Oct. 1 * at Wake Forest L 27-31 hotel is $99 per night. A reservation form distributed by Category Clemson Colorado Oct. 13 * at N.C. State W 31-10 Florida Citrus Sports is required to reserve a room. Reser- Scoring Offense 27.0 (56) 24.6 (70) Oct. 22 Temple W 37-7 vations will not be accepted over the phone. The deadline Total Offense 386.4 (49) 350.5 (77) Oct. 29 * at Georgia Tech L 9-10 to book a room at the media rate was December 12. Rush Offense 152.4 (51) 118.1 (91) Nov. 5 * Duke W 49-20 A limited number of parking passes, issued on a pri- Pass Offense 234.0 (42) 232.4 (43) Nov. 12 * Florida State (17,16) W 35-14 ority basis, for use by the media on gameday are available. Pass Efficiency Offense 135.5 (39) 120.9 (68) Nov. 19 at South Carolina (19,21) W 13-9 Parking passes can be applied for duing the credential ap- Scoring Defense 18.3 (13) 24.6 (70) plication process. They will be distributed along with media Total Defense 334.1 (30) 347.8 (44) Date Opponent (Rank) TV Time credentials at Media Registration at the media headquar- Rush Defense 130.0 (33) 95.3 (9) Dec. 27 $ Colorado ESPN 5:04 ters. Directions to the reserved media lots are on the back Pass Defense 204.1 (41) 252.6 (91) of the passes. Television stations with satellite trucks must Pass Efficiency Defense 111.8 (25) 118.5 (41) * - ACC game; ^ - one overtime; $ - Champs Sports Bowl at notify Brett Sowell to secure a parking area near the sta- Interceptions by Defense 14 (27) 13 (39) Orlando, FL; Note: Home games in bold; all times are PM dium. The media entrance on gameday is Service Gate D Turnover Margin per Game +0.91 (14) +0.08 (55) and EST; rankings by AP,USA. in the stadium’s Southwest corner. The press box at Florida Turnovers Gained 24 (32) 22 (40) Citrus Bowl Stadium is equipped with wireless internet. Turnovers Lost 14 (8) 21 (56) Net Punting 29.7 (114) 38.2 (8) Clemson Team Hotel Punt Returns 7.1 (84) 10.4 (43) SID Information The Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, FL. Kickoff Returns 22.1 (32) 19.2 (88) The team will arrive on Thursday, December 22. SID Office Phone: ..................................... (864) 656-2114 Note: National rankings in parentheses; rankings are prior SID Fax: .................................................... (864) 656-0299 Ticket Information to the bowl season. Overnight Mailing Address: ........ Jervey Athletic Center; Tickets are available. Call 1-800-CLEMSON to pur- 100 Perimeter Road; Clemson, SC 29634 chase tickets. Clemson’s ticket allotment is 12,000. Assistant AD/Head SID & Football Contact: .................. Tim Bourret, Notre Dame ‘77 Bowl Payout Credits Bourret Email: .................... [email protected] Clemson and Colorado will each receive an amount Bourret Office Phone: ................... (864) 656-1921 of $750,000. The 2005 Clemson Champs Sports Bowl Media Bourret Cell Phone: ...................... (864) 356-3791 Guide was written and edited by Sports Information Di- Assistant SID/Secondary Football Contact: .................. Clemson Personnel Update rector Tim Bourret. Layout, design, and editorial as- Brian Hennessy, Clemson ‘98 • Donnell Clark (DT) - Starting defensive tackle for first half sistance was executed by Assistant Sports Information Hennessy Email: .............. [email protected] of the season. Suffered a torn ACL against Temple on Director Brian Hennessy. Special thanks to Kyle Hennessy Office Phone: ............... (864) 656-1921 October 22 and will miss the bowl game. Tucker and Dr. Harold Vigodsky in the production of Hennessy Cell Phone: .................. (864) 986-9046 • Kelvin Grant (WR) - Suffered a torn ACL in practice on this bowl guide. Clemson Ticket Office Phone: ............ 1-800-CLEMSON October 5 and will miss the bowl game. Thanks to John Schaffhauser of Canton, MS for Champs Sports Bowl Website: ................ FCSports.com • Zach Green (OT) - Has missed the entire season due to a the design of the outside covers. Photos used for the Champs Sports Bowl Media Contact: ....... Brett Sowell stomach problem. Expected to return in 2006. design by Mark Crammer, Tommy Crumpton, Roy Sowell Email: ...................... [email protected] • Charlie Whitehurst (QB) - Had minor arthroscopic sur- Philpott, Randy Rampey, and Vern Verna. Sowell Office Phone: ............ (407) 423-2476 x117 gery on a shoulder on December 1. Expected to be ready Printing by Martin Printing Company of Easley, SC. Sowell Fax: .................................... (407) 425-8451 for the bowl game. 2005 Champs Sports Bowl 2005 Tiger Football vs. 1 2005 Clemson Personnel Overview Overview ACC in turnover margin at +0.91 per game, ranking game and forced a second overtime before the Hur- Clemson enters the Champs Sports Bowl with 14th in the country in that category. ricanes finally won in the third extra period. a 7-4 record and is ranked #23 nationally in both the Tight ends Bobby Williamson and Thomas AP and Coaches poll. The Tigers are on a three- Offense Hunter have combined for 19 receptions and 194 game winning streak and have won those games The Clemson offense is led by senior quarter- yards. Williamson caught a touchdown pass from by a combined score of 97-43, including consecu- back Charlie Whitehurst. The graduate student Whitehurst in the win at N.C. State. Cole Downer tive wins over top-20 ranked teams for the first time from Duluth, GA has thrown for 2,278 yards and has has returned to the lineup after missing four games since 1983. completed 67 percent of his passes. Whitehurst due to injury. He was the first Tiger tight end to catch Clemson opened the 2005 season with a 25- also has 11 touchdown passes and has a pass effi- a touchdown pass since 2003 when he hauled in a 24 win over #17 Texas A&M, as Jad Dean set a ciency rating of 134.3. scoring pass in the Miami (FL) game. Tiger record with