1988 Freedom Bowl

August 2023 1988 Freedom Bowl Freedom Bowl V 1988 BYU Cougars Brigham Young University Colorado Buffaloes University of Colorado 8–4 WAC 8–3 Big 8 Lavell Edwards Bill McCartney NR NR NR 20 7 0 7 6 7 7 0 3 December 29 Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California Colorado by 3 points 35,941 Mizlou List of announcers of major college bowl games Mike Haffner, Jim Grabowski The 1988 Freedom Bowl in Anaheim, California, pitted former Mountain States Conference rivals BYU and Colorado for the first time in a bowl game. It was only the second time the two teams met one another in football since the Buffaloes joined the Big Eight forty years earlier; the Buffaloes were favored in this bowl by three points.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q7BRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=920DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3314%2C7834483 Pittsburgh Post=Gazette The latest line December 29, 1988 12 BYU (8–4, 5–3 WAC, third) came into the game in a bit of a tailspin after losing three of its final four regular season games.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RU4pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LIQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2214%2C5516599 Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah Robinson Doug Cougars, Buffaloes both have plenty of questions Freedom Bowl will answer December 29, 1988 D1 Colorado (8–3, 4–3 Big 8, fourth) was a program on the rise, but a year away from becoming a fixture in the top ten. Game summary BYU fell into an early hole after a pair of one-yard touchdown runs from halfback Eric Bieniemy gave Colorado a 14–7 lead at halftime. The Cougars rallied in the second half after backup quarterback Ty Detmer was inserted into the game. Detmer completed 11-of-19 passes for 129 yards in the second half. Trailing 17–14 in the fourth quarter, BYU eventually won the game on a pair of field goals - from 31 and 35 yards - by placekicker Jason Chaffetz,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Rk4pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LIQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6559%2C5741092 Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah Robinson Doug BYU edges Colorado in Ty-pical fashion December 30, 1988 D1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kUIyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HeYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4785%2C6884695 Lawrence Daily Journal-World Kansas Associated Press BYU's Detmer decks CU, 20-17 December 30, 1988 4D a future congressman. In the stats department, BYU ran for 152 yards on 42 carries while the Buffaloes ran for 273 yards on 60 carries. In passing, BYU had 168 yards on 15-of-28 combined, with one interception. Colorado was 5-for-16 with 64 yards and two interceptions.http://www.cuatthegame.com/1988/byu-freedom-bowl-blues/ Colorado v. BYU – Freedom Bowl Blues – CU at the Gamehttp://byucougars.com/m-football/byu-bowl-games-15 BYU Bowl Games | the Official Site of BYU Athletics 2015-08-03 2015-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20150715064906/http://byucougars.com/m-football/byu-bowl-games-15 dead http://www.deseretnews.com/article/650216409/Comeback-win-helped-Cougs-return-to-championship-form.html?pg=all https://web.archive.org/web/20150924044739/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/650216409/Comeback-win-helped-Cougs-return-to-championship-form.html?pg=all dead September 24, 2015 Comeback win helped Cougs return to championship form Deseret News 20 December 2006 Aftermath The bowl game served as a springboard for both programs over the next couple of seasons. Colorado went undefeated in the regular season in 1989, but lost the Orange Bowl; they claimed a split national championship in 1990, while Detmer won the Heisman Trophy the same year and led BYU to a top-ten ranking at two different points. References 2 Freedom Bowl Category:Freedom Bowl Category:1980s in Anaheim, California Category:BYU Cougars football bowl games Category:Colorado Buffaloes football bowl games Freedom Bowl Category:December 1988 sports events in the United States