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This bowl is also remembered for a controversial finish. Ismail returned a punt 92 yards for a likely game-winning touchdown with 43 seconds left. This could have sealed the victory for Notre Dame and cost Colorado a share of the national championship. However, the touchdown was called back on a
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Two players named Charles Johnson played in the 1991 Orange Bowl for Colorado. One of these, the backup quarterback who was named co-MVP, is mentioned in this article. However, this player never played in the NFL and has no Knowledge page because he is deemed non-notable. The other
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This cost Hentrich his 73 straight successful PAT attempts, a school record. Things would turn sour for the Buffaloes, however, as Hagan ruptured his tendon in his left knee just before the half, where the score remained the same.
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in a very controversial game in which Colorado was mistakenly given an extra down. The winning touchdown was scored on that play, and it was allowed to stand. That game is often referred to as the "
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After a scoreless first quarter, Colorado's Jim Harper kicked a 22-yard field goal for the game's first points. A few minutes later, on 2nd and goal, tailback
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The win gave the Buffaloes their first and (to date) only national championship, shared with
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More than a month later, Colorado quarterback Charles Johnson scored a touchdown to beat
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which resulted in Notre Dame's No. 1 ranking falling to Colorado. Sophomore quarterback
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both losses occurred when they were first in the polls, and at home. The first was a
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on November 17, as Craig Fayak kicked a 34-yard field goal to hand the Irish a
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plunged in from two yards to give the Fighting Irish the lead. But when
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with less than three minutes remaining, and there was no additional
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rallied from 21 points down and chose to kick an extra point for a
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accounted for 1,726 all-purpose yards, putting him on the
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weren't far behind, second in both polls, and won the
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Simpson 298:Chris Zorich 224: 202: 164: 159: 150: 143: 130: 125: 116: 109: 96: 87: 68: 61: 15: 2534:Orange Bowl 2037:semifinals. 1484:Orange Bowl 1327:Blockbuster 774:First Downs 720:Colorado – 619:Citrus Bowl 531:24–21 loss, 458:and the #1 449:independent 433:Orange Bowl 405:>  393: < 360:Dick Enberg 272:Orange Bowl 63:Independent 2523:Categories 1539:Notre Dame 1295:California 953:References 760:Notre Dame 757:Statistics 748:Statistics 735:No scoring 683:No scoring 535:Rick Mirer 527:Penn State 500:Notre Dame 475:Notre Dame 376:(Sideline) 374:Bob Trumpy 365:Bill Walsh 355:Announcers 329:Attendance 203:Notre Dame 1377:(Dec. 31) 1369:(Dec. 31) 1361:(Dec. 29) 1353:(Dec. 29) 1345:(Dec. 29) 1337:(Dec. 28) 1329:(Dec. 28) 1321:(Dec. 27) 1313:(Dec. 25) 1305:(Dec. 15) 906:Aftermath 862:Turnovers 580:31–31 tie 575:Tennessee 429:bowl game 89:Lou Holtz 1441:(Jan. 1) 1433:(Jan. 1) 1425:(Jan. 1) 1417:(Jan. 1) 1409:(Jan. 1) 1401:(Jan. 1) 1393:(Jan. 1) 1385:(Jan. 1) 1297:(Dec. 8) 766:Colorado 648:blocked 627:Nebraska 588:Missouri 584:scoring. 549:Colorado 523:Stanford 518:loss to 479:Colorado 306:Favorite 278:Location 225:Colorado 56:(10–1–1) 1499:History 1359:Holiday 1351:Freedom 1319:Liberty 900:Source: 824:73–295 813:9–19–0 810:13–31–3 791:54–186 742:Source: 672:Scoring 631:11–0–1. 462:of the 441:Florida 424:of the 422:edition 367:(Color) 343:Network 316:Referee 286:Florida 268:Stadium 152:Coaches 118:Coaches 1415:Cotton 1407:Fiesta 1391:Orange 1367:Copper 890:35:36 821:67–265 788:36–123 610:voting 591:33–31, 561:10–1–1 398:  332:77,062 258:Season 2023:, or 2009:Notes 1548:Games 1439:Sugar 1423:Gator 1343:Peach 1311:Aloha 925:Notes 887:24:24 879:6–50 846:7–40 625:over 623:45–21 516:36–31 489:Teams 437:Miami 310:Pick 282:Miami 197:Total 70:Big 8 53:(9–2) 2000:2023 1995:2022 1980:2019 1975:2018 1970:2017 1965:2016 1960:2015 1945:2013 1940:2012 1935:2011 1930:2010 1925:2009 1920:2008 1915:2007 1910:2006 1905:2005 1900:2004 1895:2003 1890:2002 1885:2001 1880:2000 1875:1999 1870:1998 1855:1995 1850:1994 1845:1993 1840:1992 1835:1991 1830:1990 1825:1989 1820:1988 1815:1987 1810:1986 1805:1985 1800:1984 1795:1983 1790:1982 1785:1981 1780:1980 1775:1979 1770:1978 1765:1977 1760:1976 1755:1975 1750:1974 1745:1973 1740:1972 1735:1971 1730:1970 1725:1969 1720:1968 1715:1967 1710:1966 1705:1965 1700:1964 1695:1963 1690:1962 1685:1961 1680:1960 1675:1959 1670:1958 1665:1957 1660:1956 1655:1955 1650:1954 1645:1953 1640:1952 1635:1951 1630:1950 1625:1949 1620:1948 1615:1947 1610:1946 1605:1945 1600:1944 1595:1943 1590:1942 1585:1941 1580:1940 1575:1939 1570:1938 1565:1937 1560:1936 1555:1935 1431:Rose 876:3–45 857:2–1 843:3–51 802:109 654:6–3. 512:9–2; 451:and 416:The 403:1992 395:1990 372:and 262:1990 250:Date 25:1991 854:2–2 835:50 799:141 780:19 573:#8 567:in 520:1–3 435:in 348:NBC 322:SWC 292:MVP 2525:: 2019:, 1239:. 1217:. 1198:. 1176:. 1157:. 1139:. 1117:. 1094:. 1075:. 1063:^ 1053:. 1035:. 1020:^ 1010:. 996:^ 986:. 968:. 933:^ 921:. 868:1 832:68 777:18 571:, 485:. 466:. 439:, 284:, 241:10 145:AP 111:AP 80:10 2485:† 2474:† 2448:# 2270:e 2263:t 2256:v 2070:e 2063:t 2056:v 1475:e 1468:t 1461:v 1273:e 1266:t 1259:v 915:. 865:5 324:) 238:0 235:7 232:3 229:0 219:9 216:0 213:3 210:6 207:0 194:4 191:3 188:2 185:1 165:1 160:1 131:6 126:5 77:9

Index

Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Colorado Buffaloes
Independent
Big 8
Lou Holtz
Bill McCartney
AP
Coaches
AP
Coaches
1990
Orange Bowl
Miami
Florida
Chris Zorich
Favorite
Referee
SWC
Network
NBC
Announcers
Dick Enberg
Bill Walsh
O.J. Simpson
Bob Trumpy
Orange Bowl
1990
1992
edition
college football

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