2020 COLORADO FOOTBALL PRESEASON INFORMATION June 4, 2020 2020 COLORADO FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS 2020 COLORADO Schedule series 2019 Results (Won 5, Lost 7; 3-6 Pac-12) S 5 at Colorado State 67-22- 2 A 30 (Fri.) Colorado State (Denver) W 52-31 66,997 S 12 FRESNO STATE 4- 2- 0 S 7 NEBRASKA (OT) W 34-31 52,829 S 19 at Texas A&M 6- 3- 0 S 14 AIR FORCE (OT) L 23-30 49,282 S 26 *OREGON 9-13- 0 S 21 *at Arizona State W 34-31 45,786 O 9 (Fri.) *at Arizona 14- 8- 0 O 5 *ARIZONA (Family Weekend) L 30-35 52,569 O 17 *UCLA (Family Weekend) 4-11- 0 O 11 *at Oregon L 3-45 50.529 O 24 *ARIZONA STATE (Homecoming) 3- 8- 0 O 19 *at Washington State L 10-41 28.514 O 31 *at Southern California 0-14- 0 O 25 *SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA L 31-35 48,913 N 7 *WASHINGTON STATE 6- 7- 0 N 2 *at UCLA L 14-31 47,118 N 14 *at Stanford 5- 6- 0 N 9 *STANFORD (Homecoming) W 16-13 49,224 N 21 *at Washington 6-12- 1 N 23 *WASHINGTON W 20-14 44,618 N 28 *UTAH 32-31- 3 N 30 *at Utah L 15-45 46,879 D 4 Pac-12 Championship (at Las Vegas, Nev.) *—Pac-12 game; BYE WEEK: Oct. 3 Head Coach: Karl Dorrell (UCLA ‘86) 2019 Record: 5-7 Record at Colorado: 0-0 (first season) Pac-12: 3-6 (5th/6, South Division) Career I-A Record: 35-27 (five seasons) National Ranking: N/A Office Telephone: 303/492-5330 Twitter: k_dorrell Bowl: N/A Location: Boulder, Colo. (Pop., 102,500) President: Mark Kennedy (St. John’s [Minn.] ‘78) Enrollment: 33,246 (full-time) Chancellor: Dr. Phil DiStefano (Ohio State ’68) Nickname: Buffaloes Mascot: Ralphie VI (live buffalo) Athletic Director: Rick George (Illinois ‘82) Conference: Pac-12 Colors: Silver, Gold & Black Football Contacts: All-Time Record: 710-515-36 (130 seasons) Assoc. AD/Sports Information: David Plati (303/492-5626; Website: CUBuffs.com Twitter/Instagram: @cubuffs, @CUBuffsfootball (FB) [email protected]) Stadium: Folsom Field (50,183; natural grass/opened in 1924) Assistant AD/Sports Information: Curtis Snyder (720/218-4796) Program Quick Notes: The 2020 season will be the 131st of intercollegiate football at Colorado; CU is 710-515-36 all-time, 26th in overall wins and 38th in winning percentage (.577) ... Colorado played seven bowl teams in 2019; opponents combined for an 85-68 record ... The 2020 opener at Colorado State ends a run of seven straight seasons CU opened the year with a non-Saturday game; it will also the Buffs first visit to Fort Collins since 1996 ... The Buffs are scheduled to visit Texas A&M on September 19, the first meeting between the two since 2009, when CU won in Boulder, 35-34, when both were still members of the Big 12 Conference ... Colorado has had its last 113 games televised nationally or regionally, upping its total to 291 (out of 370) dating back to 1990 (79%); 65 of CU’s last 71 regular season non-conference games (92%) have also been on the tube ... CU has been ranked 304 times in its history, tied for the 28th most all-time ... Since 1989, CU has played the seventh most ranked teams in the nation (139), trailing LSU (158), Alabama (157), Florida (156), Ohio State (148) and Michigan (147) ... CU’s 47 wins over ranked teams dating back to ‘89 are tied for the 20th most in the nation (fifth in the Pac-12, behind USC 70, Oregon 57, Washington 54 and UCLA 53); all-time, Colorado’s 70 wins over ranked teams are the 23rd most in history ... Through the Spring ’20 semester, the team owned a 2.76 cumulative grade point average (its best-ever) and has 20 straight semesters over a 2.5 for the term (data collected since 1996). Lettermen Returning: 61 (26 offense, 32 defense, 3 specialists) Lettermen Lost: 27 (14 offense, 10 defense, 3 specialists) Career/2019 starts in parenthesis; calculated by those with six-plus starts in 2019 or by who played the majority of snaps at a position.] Starters Returning (15)—Offense 7: TB Alex Fontenot (11/11), LG Kary Kutsch (12/12), WR K.D. Nixon (19/11), RG Colby Pursell (17/5), TE Brady Russell (14/11), LT Will Sherman (21/12), WR Dimitri Stanley (10/8). Defense 8: DE Mustafa Johnson (21/9), ILB Akil Jones (6/6), ILB Nate Landman (24/12), DE Terrance Lang (12/11), S Darrion Rakestraw (11/9), NT Jalen Sami (11/11), CB K.J. Trujillo (6/6), OLB Carson Wells (16/10). Others Returning With Significant Starting/Game Experience (19; any previous starts listed)—WR Daniel Arias, WR Maurice Bell, CB Mehki Blackmon (5/2), OT Frank Fillip (2/2), WR Jaylon Jackson, DE Janaz Jordan (2/2), CB Tarik Luckett (2/2), TB Jaren Mangham (1/1), CB Chris Miller (4/2), OLB Mark Perry (1/1), TE Jared Poplawski, OG Casey Roddick (2/2), DE Na’im Rodman (2/2), TB Deion Smith, ILB Jonathan Van Diest (5/5). Starters Lost (9)—Offense 5: WR Tony Brown (14/8), OT Arlington Hambright, OT (12/12), OG Tim Lynott, Jr. (45/12), QB Steven Montez (39/12), WR Laviska Shenault (17/9). Defense 4: CB Delrick Abrams (19/11), S Mikial Onu (11/11), OLB Davion Taylor (20/10), OLB Alex Tchangam (4/4). Others Lost With Significant Starting/Game Experience (7; any previous starts listed)—TE Beau Bisharat (1/1), OLB Jacob Collier (2/0), OLB Nu’umotu Falo (1/0), S Aaron Maddox (3/3), TE Jaren Harris (1/1), OG Jack Shutack (5/5), S Trey Udoffia (11/0). Specialists Returning (3)— PK Tyler Francis, PK Evan Price, PK James Stefanou. Specialists Lost (3)— SN J.T. Bale, P Alex Kinney, P/PK Davis Price. Other Special Team Players Returning (13; Coverage/Return/FG PAT Units)— CB Curtis Appleton, WR Daniel Arias, TE Legend Brumbaugh, TB Joe Davis, OLB Joshka Gustav, S Isaiah Lewis, OG Chance Lytle, DT Nico Magri, OLB Jamar Montgomery, ILB Chase Newman, OLB Alec Pell, OG Hunter Vaughn. Stat Rankings A look where CU ranked statistically as a team in 2019 in both the Pac-12 and NCAA (both include bowl stats): Pac12 NCAA Category Stat Pac12 NCAA Category Stat Pac12 NCAA Category Stat 5th 79th RUSHING OFFENSE ........... 150.3 8th 61st RUSHING DEFENSE ........... 153.6 10th 92nd PUNT RETURNS ............... 5.7 10th 61st PASSING OFFENSE ............ 238.2 10th 123rd PASSING DEFENSE ........... 288.3 6th 44th KICKOFF RETURNS ........... 21.8 9th 83rd TOTAL OFFENSE ................ 388.5 8th 104th TOTAL DEFENSE ................ 441.9 4th 37th NET PUNTING ................... 39.64 8th 48th 3rd DOWN EFFICIENCY...... 41.3 12th 125th 3rd DOWN EFF DEFENSE ... 47.4 6th 43rd TURNOVER MARGIN ......... +0.25 10th 100th SCORING OFFENSE ........... 23.5 9th 96th SCORING DEFENSE ........... 31.8 3rd 49th TIME OF POSSESSION ...... 30:35 2020 COACHING STAFF Head Coach Karl Dorrell (UCLA ‘86) Asst. Director of Player Personnel Chandler Dorrell (Vanderbilt ’17) Assistant to Head Coach Emily Funke (Texas A&M ‘19) Quality Control/Offense Reggie Moore (UCLA ‘91) Offensive Coordinator / Receivers Darrin Chiaverini (Colorado ’99) Quality Control/Defense Bryan Cook (Ithaca ‘98) Passing Game Coordinator / Quarterbacks Danny Langsdorf (Linfield ’95) Quality Control/Defense William Vlachos (Alabama ‘11) Offensive Line Mitch Rodrigue (Nicholls State ‘88) Quality Control/Special Teams Chris Reinhart (Vanderbilt ‘09) Running Backs Darian Hagan (Colorado ’96) Quality Control/Recruiting Junior Tanuvasa (N.M. Highlands ’09) Tight Ends Taylor Embree (UCLA ’12) Director of Player Engagement Cymone George (Georgia Southern ’12) Defensive Coordinator / Inside Linebackers Tyson Summers (Presbyterian ‘02) Graphic Designer Bo Savage (Bethany College ’15) Cornerbacks Demetrice Martin (Excelsior ‘06) Recruiting Assistant Sam Beckenstein (Alabama ’18) Defensive Line Chris Wilson (Oklahoma ‘92) Recruiting Assistant Matt Pick (Colorado State ’18) Outside Linebackers Brian Michalowski (Arizona State ‘11) Recruiting Assistant Nate Randall (Gonzaga ’19) Safeties Brett Maxie (Texas Southern ‘85) Recruiting Assistant Thomas Wells (Chadron State ’10) Offensive Graduate Assistant Jason Grossman (Akron ‘19) Director of Football Video Jamie Guy (Cincinnati ’98) Offensive Graduate Assistant Donovan Williams (Louisiana ’16) Video Analysis Manager Zachary Peters (Oklahoma ’09) Defensive Graduate Assistant B.J. Johnson (Georgia Southern ‘16) Director of Strength & Conditioning Drew Wilson (King’s College ‘00) Defensive Graduate Assistant Aziz Shittu (Stanford ‘16) Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach Justin Geyer (Mt. St. Joseph ’10) Director of Football Operations Bryan McGinnis (San Jose State ’07) Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach D.D. Goodson (Colorado ’15) Asst. Director of Football Operations Scott Unrein (Colorado ‘11) Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach Cody Stout (Indianapolis ’14) Director of Player Personnel Bob Lopez (Illinois State ’77) Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach Teddy O’Connor (New Hampshire ’12) STAFF CHANGES Mel Tucker left for the head coaching position at Michigan State on February 12; he coached just the 2019 season at Colorado. Karl Dorrell was then named the 27th head coach in Colorado history on February 23, retaining four assistants off Tucker’s staff: Darrin Chiaverini and Darian Hagan (who were retained by Tucker off Mike MacIntyre’s last staff in 2018); Dorrell also retained Brian Michalowski and Tyson Summers along with Drew Wilson (strength and conditioning) and his entire staff, Bryan Cook (quality control) and several members of the support staff. 2020 LETTERMAN PICTURE Colorado has 61 lettermen returning for the 2020 season (57 from the 2019 team, two each from 2017 and 2018); they break down into 26 on offense, 32 on defense and three specialists; the Buffs lose 26 lettermen off the 2019 squad (14 offense/9 defense/3 specialists).