Happy birthday, Colorado — and Colorado sports.

Leading into the state’s 150th birthday Aug. 1, The Denver Gazette has partnered with the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame to publicize the definitive list of Colorado’s top 150 sports moments.

Colorado Sports Hall of Fame historian Dave Plati and a committee of 10 compiled and will release the list every week until the No. 1 moment on July 31. Plati and Broncos icon Jim Saccomano will unveil the list weekly on a Colorado Sports Hall of Fame podcast at coloradosports.org/podcast/.

Today’s top moment in Colorado sports history:

No. 116

Oct. 6, 1990

Not exactly the greatest moment, but certainly a memorable one since it has occurred three times in history: CU’s 33-31 win at Missouri made major headlines. Trailing 31-27, the Buffs had a first-and-goal at the Mizzou 3; quarterback Charles Johnson spiked the ball, and then Eric Bieniemy rushed up the middle to the 1; he was stopped short on his next try, and Johnson spiked the ball to stop the clock with two seconds left. Johnson then scored on a dive up the middle — on what turned out to be fifth down. What happened is that the chain crew never moved the down marker from second to third. Mizzou’s Omni-Turf was also in terrible condition, and the correct shoe was needed to avoid slipping. The Tigers never informed CU of that fact, and coaches documented 92 slips and falls by Buff players — 16 of which were documented and shown on ESPN’s College GameDay the next Saturday.

—Dave Plati, Colorado Sports Hall of Fame historian