2019 COLORADO FOOTBALL POST-SPRING INFORMATION April 27, 2019 2019 COLORADO FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS 2019 COLORADO Schedule series 2018 Results (Won 5, Lost 7; 2-7 Pac-12) A 30 (Fri.) Colorado State (Denver) 66-22- 2 A 31 (Fri.) Colorado State (Denver) W 45-13 70,158 S 7 NEBRASKA 19-49- 2 S 8 at Nebraska W 33-28 89,853 S 14 AIR FORCE 12- 4- 0 S 15 NEW HAMPSHIRE W 45-15 42,360 S 21 *at Arizona State 2- 8- 0 S 28 (Fri.) *UCLA W 38-16 46,814 O 5 *ARIZONA (Family Weekend) 14- 7- 0 O 6 *ARIZONA STATE W 28-21 52,681 O 11 (Fri.) *at Oregon 9-12- 0 O 13 *at Southern California L 20-31 57,615 O 19 *at Washington State 6- 6- 0 O 20 *at Washington L 13-27 68,798 O 25 (Fri.) *SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 0-13- 0 O 27 *OREGON STATE (OT) L 34-41 48,050 N 2 *at UCLA 4-10- 0 N 2 (Fri.) *at Arizona L 34-42 43,080 N 9 *STANFORD (Homecoming) 4- 6- 0 N 10 *WASHINGTON STATE L 7-31 45,587 N 23 *WASHINGTON 5-12- 1 N 17 *UTAH L 7-30 39,360 N 30 *at Utah 32-30- 3 N 24 *at California L 21-33 34,457 D 6 Pac-12 Championship (at Santa Clara, Calif.) *—Pac-12 game; BYE WEEKS: Sept. 28, Nov. 16. Head Coach: Mel Tucker (Wisconsin ‘95) 2018 Record: 5-7 Record at Colorado: 0-0 (first season) Pac-12: 2-7 (6th/6, South Division) Career I-A Record: 0-0 (first season) National Ranking: N/A Office Telephone: 303/492-5330 Twitter: @Coach_mtucker Bowl: N/A Location: Boulder, Colo. (Pop., 102,500) President: Bruce Benson (Colorado ‘64) Enrollment: 33,246 (full-time) Chancellor: Dr. Phil DiStefano (Ohio State ’68) Nickname: Buffaloes Colors: Silver, Gold & Black Athletic Director: Rick George (Illinois ‘82) Conference: Pac-12 Football Contacts: Website: CUBuffs.com Twitter/Instagram: @cubuffs, @CUBuffsfootball (FB) Assoc. AD/Sports Information: David Plati (303/492-5626) Stadium: Folsom Field (50,183; natural grass/opened in 1924) Assistant AD/Sports Information: Curtis Snyder (720/218-4796) Program Quick Notes: The 2019 season will be the 130th of intercollegiate football at Colorado (and the 150th anniversary ffor college football overall); CU is 705-508-36 all-time, 25th in overall wins and 36th in winning percentage (.579) ... Colorado played five bowl teams in 2018; opponents combined for a 70-80 record (FBS foes were 66-73) ... With the 2019 opener against Colorado State in Denver set for Friday, Aug. 30, the Buffaloes will open the season with a non-Saturday game for the seventh straight year (two Thursday, four Friday and one Sunday since 2012) ... It will be just the ninth game in August in program history ... Colorado has had its last 101 games televised nationally or regionally, upping its total to 279 (out of 358) dating back to 1990 (78%); 62 of CU’s last 68 regular season non-conference games (92%) have also been on the tube … CU has been ranked 304 times in its history, the 26th most all-time… Since 1989, CU has played the seventh most ranked teams in the nation (135), trailing Alabama (153), Florida (152), LSU (150), Ohio State (142), Michigan (141) and Florida State (136) ... CU’s 45 wins over ranked teams dating back to ‘89 are the 20th most in the nation (fifth in the Pac-12, behind USC 69, Oregon 55, Washington 52 and UCLA 51); all-time, Colorado’s 68 wins over ranked teams are the 23rd most in history ... Through the Fall ’18 semester, the team owned a 2.64 cumulative grade point average and has 16 straight semesters over a 2.5 for the term (data collected since 1996). Lettermen Returning: 63 (30 offense, 27 defense, 6 specialists) Lettermen Lost: 26 (12 offense, 13 defense, 1 specialist) Career/2018 starts in parenthesis; calculated by those with six-plus starts in 2018 or by who played the majority of snaps at a position.] Starters Returning (14)—Offense 8: WR Tony Brown (6/6), OG Tim Lynott, Jr. (33/9), QB Steven Montez (27/12), WR K.D. Nixon (8/8), C Colby Pursell (12/12), WR Laviska Shenault (8/8), LT Will Sherman (9/9), OG Brett Tonz (6/6). Defense 6: CB Delrick Abrams (8/8), DE Mustafa Johnson (12/12), ILB Nate Landman (12/12), OLB Davion Taylor (10/10), OLB Carson Wells (6/6), CB Dante Wigley (15/8). Others Returning With Significant Starting/Game Experience (18; any previous starts listed)— TB Beau Bisharat, CG Mehki Blackmon (3/3), CB/KR Ronnie Blackmon, OLB Jacob Callier (2/2), OLB Nu’umotu Falo, OT Frank Fillip (2/2), TE Darrion Jones, DE Terrance Lang (1/1), S Aaron Maddox, CB Chris Miller (2/2), OG Jake Moretti (2/2), QB Sam Noyer, TE Jared Poplawski, S Darrion Rakestraw (2/2), TE Brady Russell (3/3), WR Dimitri Stanley (2/2), OLB Alex Tchangam, CB Trey Udoffia (11/4). Starters Lost (11)—Offense 5: OG/OT Aaron Haigler (27/11), OT Josh Kaiser (15/10), WR Jay MacIntyre (27/9, TB Travon McMillian (9/9), WR Juwann Winfree (7/6). Defense 6: DE Israel Antwine (11/11), DT Javier Edwards (21/12), FS Nick Fisher (14/12), ILB Rick Gamboa (49/12), ILB/OLB Drew Lewis (18/6), SS Evan Worthington (23/9). Others Lost With Significant Starting/Game Experience (8; any previous starts listed)—TE Chris Bounds (5/3), WR Kabion Ento (2/1), TB Kyle Evans (4/4), DT Jase Franke (5/0), WR Donovan Lee (5/0), DE Chris Mulumba (10/0), S Daniel Talley, S Kyle Trego. Specialists Returning (6)— SN J.T. Bale, PK Tyler Francis, P Alex Kinney, PK/P Davis Price, PK Evan Price, PK James Stefanou. Specialists Lost (1)— P Bailey Landwehr. Other Special Team Players Returning (10; Coverage/Return/FG PAT Units)— WR Daniel Arias, CB Lucas Cooper, TB Alex Fontenot, CB Kevin George, QB/H Josh Goldin, S Hasaan Hypolite, ILB Akil Jones, OG Kary Kutsch, S Isaiah Lewis, DT Nico Magri, ILB Jonathan Van Diest, OG Hunter Vaughn. Base Spring Roster (96 players/71 scholarship)—18 seniors (11 fifth-year), 20 juniors, 29 sophomores, 29 freshmen (17 redshirt/5 2nd-year/7 true). Stat Rankings A look where CU ranked statistically as a team in 2018 in both the Pac-12 and NCAA (both include bowl stats): Pac12 NCAA Category Stat Pac12 NCAA Category Stat Pac12 NCAA Category Stat 9th 99th RUSHING OFFENSE ........... 143.0 6th 44th RUSHING DEFENSE ........... 145.6 8th 76th PUNT RETURNS ................ 7.9 4th 45th PASSING OFFENSE ............ 249.6 7th 74th PASSING DEFENSE ........... 234.7 6th 57th KICKOFF RETURNS ............ 20.7 8th 74th TOTAL OFFENSE ................ ` 392.6 5th 52nd TOTAL DEFENSE ............... 380.3 7th 55th NET PUNTING .................... 37.9 11th 101st 3rd DOWN EFFICIENCY...... 36.1 4th 40th 3rd DOWN EFF DEFENSE .. 36.6 8th 90th TURNOVER MARGIN ......... -0.33 7th 79th SCORING OFFENSE ........... 27.1 9th 70th SCORING DEFENSE ........... 27.3 7th 74th TIME OF POSSESSION ....... 29:37 2019 COACHING STAFF Head Coach Mel Tucker (Wisconsin ‘95) Director of Football Operations Bryan McGinnis (San Jose State ’07) Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks Jay Johnson (Northern Iowa ’92) Asst. Director of Football Operations Scott Unrein (Colorado ‘11) Offensive Line / Run Game Coordinator Chris Kapilovic (Missouri State ‘90) Director of Recruiting Cymone George (Georgia Southern ’12) Receivers Darrin Chiaverini (Colorado ’99) Director of Player Personnel Geoff Martzen (Fresno State ’11) Running Backs Darian Hagan (Colorado ’96) Director of Quality Control/Offense William Peagler (Clemson ’10) Tight Ends Al Pupunu (Utah ’06) Director of Quality Control/Defense Bryan Cook (Ithaca ‘98) Defensive Coordinator / Safeties Tyson Summers (Presbyterian ‘02) Director of Quality Control/Special Teams Reed Heim (Austin ‘00) Defensive Backs Travares Tillman (Georgia Tech ’10) Recruiting Assistant Tessa Akers (Georgia Southern ’17) Defensive Line Jimmy Brumbaugh (Auburn ‘04) Recruiting Assistant Cory Hall (Colorado ’16) Inside Linebackers / Special Teams Coord. Ross Els (Nebraska-Omaha ’88) Recruiting Assistant Blake Lane (Georgia Southern ’17) Outside Linebackers Brian Michalowski (Arizona State ‘11) Recruiting Assistant Matt Pick Offensive Graduate Assistant Jack Harris (Colorado ’13) Director of Strength & Conditioning Drew Wilson (King’s College ‘00) Offensive Graduate Assistant Cordae Hankton (Southern ’17) Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach Justin Geyer (Mt. St. Joseph ’10) Defensive Graduate Assistant Dalmin Gibson (Dickinson State ‘14) Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach Cody Stout (Indianapolis ’14) Defensive Graduate Assistant Blaine Miller (Grove City College ’12) Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach D.D. Goodson (Colorado ’15) Offensive Intern Matt Goggans (N. Carolina Central ’14) Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach Teddy O’Connor (New Hampshire ’12) STAFF CHANGES Mike MacIntyre was dismissed after six seasons coaching the Buffaloes on Nov. 18, 2018; his teams were 30-44 overall and 14-39 in Pac-12 Conference games. Mel Tucker was then named the 26th head coach in Colorado history on Dec. 5. Tucker brought several of his colleagues from the University of Georgia to fill out his first-ever coaching staff, but did retain three assistants off MacIntyre’s staff: Darrin Chiaverini, Ross Els and Darian Hagan. Also remaining on staff are Bryan McGinnis and Scott Unrein (football operations), graduate assistants Dalmin Gibson and Jack Harris, recruiting assistant Cory Hall and the entire strength and conditioning staff under Drew Wilson. (All but one coach who were not retained from the previous staff have found other full-time positions: Mike MacIntyre (Ole Miss), Klayton Adams (Indianapolis Colts, Gary Bernardi (San Diego State), Kwahn Drake and D.J.