UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE www.CUBuffs.com Fieldhouse Annex #50, 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0357 © 2007 CU Athletics Telephone 303/492-5626 (FAX: 303/492-3811; E-mail: [email protected]) David Plati (Associate AD/Sports Information), Lindsay Lew (Associate SID), Andrew Green (Assistant SID), Troy Andre (Assistant SID/ COLORADO Internet Managing Editor), Linda Poncin (Assistant SID), Allie Musso (Assistant SID), Erich Schubert (Graduate Assistant). 2007 COLORADO BUFFALO Football Game 11—IOWA STATE November 10 / 10:30 a.m. MST / Ames RELEASE NUMBER 11 (November 5, 2007) FCS (Regional) | KOA-RADIO | SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO (Ch. 140) | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) QUICKLY SPEAKING… The Colorado Buffaloes (5-5, 3-3 Big 12) play their regular season road finale this Saturday, traveling to Ames to take on the Iowa State Cyclones (2-8, 1-5 Big 12) in a 10:30 a.m. kickoff at Jack Trice Stadium (55,000)… The game will be televised on a limited regional basis by the fledgling Fox College Sports Network, with Andrew Monaco (play-by-play) and Richard Baldinger (analyst) to call the action; currently in about four million homes, it is available on the Front Range (Comcast Ch. 414 in Denver/Boulder, Ch. 172 Colorado Springs)… CU coach Dan Hawkins is sniffing the century mark as he takes a second crack at winning No. 100 in his career, entering this game with a 99-38-1 record as a collegiate head coach (60-26 in Division I-A/FBS)… Colorado is also going for its 400th win all-time in conference play this Saturday… This is also the 500th road game in school history (in opponent stadiums, neutral sites not included), as the Buffs are 29 games over .500 on the road (255-226-18, .529)… The Buffs need one win (or two if they’re bowl bound) to avoid back-to-back losing seasons for the first time in 22 years (a six-year run between 1979-84); that’s the 18th longest active run in the NCAA without going below .500 two straight years… CU is coming off a 55-10 loss to No. 9 Missouri in Boulder; the Buffs tend to rebound well after a loss to a top 10 team, as Colorado is 14-5 in its next game since 1993 after an in-season loss to one of the top 10 teams in the AP poll… The Buffs are 3-4 against teams that beat them in 2006 (wins over CSU, Oklahoma and Baylor; losses to Arizona State, Kansas State, Kansas and Minnesota); they can pull even with a win over Nebraska in the season finale… There are about 5,000 for the home finale against Nebraska on Nov. 23… CUBuffs.com features game day updates and live stats for all games. DEPTH CHART & ROSTER: PAGES 49-51 FRESHMAN RECORD ON HORIZON Through 10 games, starts have been made by 41 freshmen (25 redshirt, 16 true); that is one off of the school record, which was 42 in 1998 (34 redshirt, 8 true). This is the fourth time freshmen have accounted for 40 starts, as that many started in 1987 and 1991; the 16 starts by true frosh likely won’t reach the record 29 set in ’91… two other times CU had 20 or more true newbies make starts, in 1987 (23) and 1980 (20). STAT OF THE WEEK Colorado’s defense has generally done a pretty good job when the opponent has taken over in plus territory. So far, the enemy has started 20 drives on CU’s side of the 50, with just 11 scores (7 touchdowns). And the Buffs haven’t surrendered a lot of long marches, either; of 39 drives started at or inside the opponent 20, only six times have they driven for a touchdown (whereas CU has done it eight times in 25 situations). OBSCURE NOTES OF THE WEEK ¾ Misery Loves Company. Or so they say, but for only the third time ever, the Buffs and Denver Broncos both lost on the same weekend by 20 or most points, and the first time by 30 or more. Colorado lost 55-10 to Missouri, while Denver lost 44-7 at Detroit (a combined 82 points). The only other occasions where both lost by 20 or more happened in 1960 (Nov. 12, Kansas 34, CU 6 in Lawrence; Nov. 133, Dallas Texans 34, Denver 7 in Dallas) and in 1972 (Sept. 30: Oklahoma State 31, CU 6 in Stillwater; Oct. 1, Kansas City 45, Denver 24 in Denver). ¾ Third Quarter Head Scratcher. Colorado has been outscored 102-59 after halftime (third quarter), yet have outgained the opponent in the quarter by 1,005 to 978. The difference? CU has seven turnoves in the quarter to the opponents two; that’s the CU high for a quarter and the opponent low for same. 2007 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (5-5, 3-3 BIG 12) 2007 Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That Sept. 1 NR Colorado State (Denver) NR FSN W 31-28 (OT) 1-8 58-19-2 PK Eberhart ties it and wins it with two FG; McKnight 108 rec yds, TD Sept. 8 NR at Arizona State NR FSN L 14-33 8-1 0- 2-0 Buffs take early 14-0 lead, but ASU scores last 33 in 102 degree heat SEPT. 15 NR FLORIDA STATE NR ESPN L 6-16 6-3 0- 2-0 First encounter went FSU’s way by 47-7 in Tallahassee in 2003 SEPT. 22 NR MIAMI-OHIO NR none W 42- 0 5-5 1- 0-0 CU rolls up 634 yards (359 rushing, most since ’02) , limits Miami to 139 SEPT. 29 NR OKLAHOMA (H) 3 FSN W 27-24 8-1 17-39-2 Buffs defeat top 5 team for first time since ’01 Big 12 title game (Texas) Oct. 6 NR at Baylor NR none W 43-23 3-7 9- 6-0 Sumler (3 TDs), Eberhart (5 FGs) pace CU as Buffs race to 40-9 lead Oct. 13 NR at Kansas State NR ESPN2 L 20-47 5-4 43-19-1 Buffs play catch-up after falling behind early; Charles 171, 1 TD rushing OCT. 20 NR KANSAS (FW) 15 ESPN L 14-19 9-0 41-23-3 Colorado D limits potent KU offense but CU rally falls short in last minute Oct. 27 NR at Texas Tech NR ABC W 31-26 7-3 5- 4-0 Wheatley’s 3 INTs, Dizon INT/TD key first win by road team in series NOV. 3 NR MISSOURI 9 FSN L 10-55 8-1 31-38-3 Tigers hand CU third-worst home loss in history, score last 48 points Nov. 10 NR at Iowa State NR FCS^ 10:30a 2-8 47-13-1 CU leads 24-7 all-time in Ames, with wins in 10 of last 11 NOV. 23 NEBRASKA ABC 10:00a 4-6 17-46-2 NU win in Lincoln in ’06 snapped 4-game winning streak by road team (All times mountain. KEY: *—AP rank at game time; —Big 12 Conference game; H—Homecoming; FW—Family Weekend) 2007 Colorado Football: The Media Page 2 MEDIA SERVICES ¾ Coach Dan Hawkins holds a Tuesday press luncheon in the Dal Ward Athletic Center, starting at 11:30 a.m. with lunch, followed by Hawkins beginning the interview session promptly at Noon. This year’s dates: Sept. 4-11-18-25, Oct. 2-9-16-23-30, Nov. 6-19 (Monday)-27, Dec. TBA (bowl). NOTE that there is no organized press luncheon on Nov. 13 (bye week). The press conference portion of the luncheon is streamed live on www.CUBuffs.com (in the BuffsTV area); all press conferences on CUBuffs.com are free and thus do not require access codes. ¾ Hawkins can be heard Mondays on the Big 12 Football Teleconference Call at 10:40 a.m. MT. All coaches participate; please call 706/679-2026 for access (media only—you must register). A teleconference replay is available after 2 p.m. MT the same day by phone (706/634-1618) or on www.Big12sports.com. ¾ Video highlights of CU football games are available anytime provided by the Big 12 Conference through www.CollegePressBox.tv. Highlights will be in files in Quicktime format, with all available for viewing prior to downloading. First-time visitors will need to register on-line for access; information: contact Ted Gangi at 214/909- 9314 or [email protected]. Special requests can also be made through CU’s BuffVision (Deric Swanson or Eric Pelloni: 303-735-3637). ¾ The Colorado lockerroom (home and road) is closed after games; following the customary 10-minute cooling off period, players will be made available (a list of players will be solicited immediately following the game; no cutoff to request players). ¾ Colorado’s regular season football practices are closed to the general public (exception: Sundays) but are open to the media (exception: Thursdays). The first 25 minutes of practices (Sun-Tues-Wed) in-season are open for photography/video needs from the end zones and sidelines. Extensive parameters listed in CU media policies. ¾ This year’s standard meeting/practice schedule (mountain time, pre-time change): Sunday (3:15-5:00, 5:15-6:15); Monday (off); Tuesday (2:30-3:40/4:00-6:30), Wednesday (2:30-3:40/4:00-6:30), Thursday (2:30-3:40/4:00-6:00), Friday (3:00-4:00, evening meetings). ¾ Interviews with Colorado players are allowed post-practice on Sundays, pre- and post-practice on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and pre-practice Thursdays (the cutoff moves up to pre-Wednesday practice for Friday games).