GAME 6—Southern California COLORADO LOOKING for FIRST-EVER WIN AGAINST TROJANS (0-10) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2016 210 P.M
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE www.CUBuffs.com Fieldhouse Annex #50, 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309‐0357 © 2016 CU Athletics Telephone 303/492‐5626 (FAX: 303/492‐3811; E‐mail: [email protected]; [email protected]) David Plati (Associate AD/SID), Jason Clay (Associate SID), Troy Andre (Assistant SID/Internet Managing Editor), Linda Sprouse (Assistant SID), COLORADO Andy Schlichting (Assistant SID), Neill Woelk (Contributing Editor/CUBuffs.com), B.G. Brooks (CUBuffs.com), Ryan Megay (Grad Asst./Football) 2016 COLORADO BUFFALO Football WEEKLY RELEASE, NOTES & STATISTICS GAME 6—southern california COLORADO LOOKING FOR FIRST-EVER WIN AGAINST TROJANS (0-10) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2016 210 p.m. MDT Los Angeles Coliseum (93,607) Los Angeles, Calif. RELEASE NUMBER 6 (October 4, 2016) PAC-12 NETWORK (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) The No. 21 (AP)/23 (USA Today Coaches) Colorado Buffaloes (4-1, 2-0 league start since 2002...The Buffs are 2-19-1 all-time in the state of Pac-12) hit the conference road and head to sunny SoCal to face the California; the two wins came in the ’96 Holiday Bowl in San Diego (33-21 Southern California Trojans (2-3, 1-2 Pac-12) in a 2:10 p.m. MDT kickoff over Washington) and over UCLA in 2002 (31-17 at the Rose Bowl); CU has this Saturday, Oct. 8 at the Los Angeles Coliseum ... The game will be lost nine straight in the Golden State ... Colorado is coming off its largest televised nationally on the Pac-12 Network, with a national radio broadcast margin of victory in a conference game in some 24 years, a 47-6 verdict over on SiriusXM Ch. 81 ... Colorado is ranked for the first time in nearly 11 years Oregon State in Boulder (the 41-point margin the most since a 54-7 (since November 6, 2005) … CU is the only undefeated team in league play drubbing of Kansas State in 1992) ... USC’s record is a bit deceiving, as all in the Pac-12 South Division—the last time the Buffs led a division by three of its losses are to ranked teams, and it is looking for its second straight themselves was after the games of Oct. 6, 2007, when they were 2-0 in the win after blitzing Arizona State, 41-20, last Saturday (it was 41-6 at one point) Big 12 North, a half-game up on Kansas and Missouri, which were both 1-0 ... ... At CU’s Homecoming on Oct. 15, the Buffs and the National Football Colorado is looking for its first-ever win against USC, as the Trojans own a Foundation will honor Herb Orvis (’71), who will become the seventh player 10-0 lead (the only school to win that many games against Colorado from the and eighth associated with CU to be enshrined in the College Football Hall of onset) in a series that dates back to 1927 ... CU is 4-1 for the first time since Fame this December (more on page 41) ... Visit CUBuffs.com/media as 2005 (and hasn’t been 5-1 since 2001); the Buffs are 2-0 in conference play your one stop for everything, including our on-line media guide and live stats. since opening 2-0 in 2007 in the Big 12 and are gunning for their first 3-0 DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 53; ROSTER ON PAGES 54-55 CU-USC (PAC12/National): Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play) / Anthony Herron (color) / Lewis Johnson (sideline reporter) / Michael Molinari (producer) STAT OF THE WEEK Colorado has 26 touchdown drives this season, totaling 1,743 yards (average length of 67.0 yards, including penalty yardage), 21 of which have consumed less than three minutes, and 14 of those under two minutes. CU has gained 1,707 yards on 179 plays on those drives, or 9.5 yards per play. OBSCURE NOTE(S) OF THE WEEK Did you know that the Buffaloes are one of only eight teams in the country that have four different wide receivers who have caught at least one pass of over 50 yards this season? Shay Fields (four), Bryce Bobo, Kabion Ento and Devin Ross (one each) have collected those long gainers, seven among them totaling 424 yards. CU is joined on the list by Oklahoma, Penn State, Southern Miss, TCU, Texas Tech, Toledo and Western Kentucky. Sustainability: Colorado has started 22 drives either inside (13) or at its own 20 (9) this season … but the Buffaloes haven’t been daunted by the task at hand, scoring eight times when starting with that poor field position (52 points overall, 7 TDs). The opponent? Just one TD for 7 points in 14 such drives. 14.6. That’s what CU is averaging per pass completion this season, the top figure in the Pac-12 and 22nd in the nation (seventh for those teams averaging 30+ attempts per game). The school record is 23.8 set in 1988, but the Buffs were transitioning from the wishbone to the I-Bone then and threw 125 passes all year, completing 54. Colorado’s high in recent years came in 2002 – averaging 12.4 yards per completion. CU’s 9.77 yards per attempt is tied for the eighth-best in the nation; the Buffs haven’t averaged over eight yards per attempt for 20 years (8.56 in 1996 when the quarterback was Koy Detmer). 2016 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (4-1, 2-0 Pac-12) 2016 Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That or ’15 rewind Sept. 2 NR Colorado State (N; Denver) NR ESPN W 44- 7 2-3 64-22-2 Liufau returns from Lisfranc injury with 384 yards/TO; defense holds CSU to 225 SEPT. 10 RV IDAHO STATE NR PACMT W 56- 7 2-3 1- 0-0 CU scores on 7 of first 8 possessions en route to a record 49-0 lead at the half Sept. 17 RV at Michigan 4 BTN L 28-45 5-0 1- 4-0 Buffs sprint out to 21-7 lead but injuries, Jabrill Peppers help Michigan rally Sept. 24 NR at Oregon RV PAC12 W 41-38 2-3 9-12-0 CU snaps 6-game losing streak to the Ducks, CU’s second Pac-12 opener win OCT. 1 RV OREGON STATE (FW) NR PAC12 W 47- 6 1-3 4- 5-0 Largest margin of victory in a league game in 24 years; best start (4-1) since ’05 Oct. 8 21 at Southern California RV PAC12 2:10p 2-3 0-10-0 USC rallies to win 27-24 in ’15 after CU took 17-3 lead (2Q); CU led for 32:43 OCT. 15 ARIZONA STATE (HC) PAC12 6:00p 4-1 0- 7-0 Two fluky TDs (fumble advance, tipped pass) aides ASU cause in 92 degree heat Oct. 22 at Stanford TBA TBA 3-1 3- 6-0 Game tied 7-7 after 1Q; Cardinal score 14 in last 2 minutes of half to go up 28-7 NOV. 3 UCLA (N) FS-1 7:00p 3-2 2- 9-0 Buffs put 1,054 yards on UCLA “D” last two years but come up 8 pts short (0-2) Nov. 12 at Arizona TBA TBA 2-3 13- 5-0 Colorado takes 24-17 lead into 4th Qtr but Wildcats rally with three late TDs NOV. 19 WASHINGTON STATE TBA TBA 2-2 5- 4-0 Cougars defeated Buffs for the first time in four tries in home state NOV. 26 UTAH TBA TBA 4-1 31-28-3 All five games in Pac-12 play down-to-the-wire (decided by total of 27 points) Dec. 2 Pac-12 Championship Game FOX 7:00p at Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif. (North vs. South division winners) (All times mountain. KEY: *—AP rank at time of game; —Pac-12 Conference game; N—Night game; HC—Homecoming; FW—Family Weekend.) 2016 COLORADO FOOTBALL The Media Page Page 2 registered members of the media instant access to COLORADO MEDIA SERVICES PRONUNCIATION GUIDE obtain head shots of all CU coaches and athletes as Head coach Mike MacIntyre holds a Tuesday well as action shots of key players. Registration is Coaches/Staff press luncheon, located in the Champions Center easy: for a login and password, simply log on to Darrin CHIAVERINI (shiv-er-re-knee) (third floor, room 319). All will start at 11:30 a.m. Darian HAGAN (hay-gun) www.cubuffs.com/photodatabase. Registration can Jim LEAVITT (lev-it) with lunch, followed by MacIntyre promptly at Noon also be found through CUBuffs.com by selecting Players and select players before and/or afterwards "Sports Information" from the "Athletics" menu 16 Jaleel AWINI (juh-leal ah-we-knee) depending on class conflicts. This year’s dates: Aug. located on the top navigation bar and click on “Enter 4 CHIDOBE AWUZIE (chih-doe-bey / ah-wooz-yeh) 30; Sept. 6-13-20-27; Oct. 4-11-18; Nov. 1-8-15- Media Center.” 57 Sam BENNION (ben-yun) 22-29; Dec. TBA (bowl). The press conference The Pac-12 Mountain Network is the 35 Beau BISHARAT (bish-er-rot) portions are streamed live on www.CUBuffs.com television home of the Buffaloes; it produces a variety 4 Bryce BOBO (bo-bo) 92 Jordan CARRELL (carol) (in the BuffsTV area); press conferences on of programming featuring all 12 member institutions. 17 KABION ENTO (kay-be-on / N-toe) CUBuffs.com do not require access codes. 52 N.J.