 The Orange Bowl victory over Notre Dame was considered very controversial as well, due to a clipping call on Notre Dame on a punt return touchdown late in the game by Raghib Ismail when Colorado held a 10–9 lead, which would be the final score after Notre Dame was assessed the penalty.A blocked extra point by Colorado turned out to be the winning margin.Colorado would be crowned 1990 national champion in the AP poll of sportswriters.