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0 FARI UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE www.CUBuffs.com 2150 Stadium Drive (574 Champions Center), 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0357 © 2019 CU Athletics Telephone 303/492-5626 (E-mail/FB contacts: [email protected]; [email protected]) David Plati (Associate AD/SID), Curtis Snyder (Assistant AD), Troy Andre (Associate SID/+CUBuffs.com Managing Editor), Linda Sprouse (Associate SID), COLORADO Seth Pringle (Assistant SID), Shaun Wicen (Assistant SID), Neill Woelk (Contributing Editor/CUBuffs.com), Rob Livingston (Graduate Assistant) GAME 4 2019 COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE, NOTES & STATISTICS BUFFS OPEN THEIR NINTH SEASON IN THE PAC-12 IN THE ARIZONA DESERT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2019 8:10 p.m. MDT Sun Devil Stadium (55,000) Tempe, Ariz. RELEASE NUMBER 4 (September 16, 2019) PAC-12 NETWORK (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) BUFFALO BITS … The Colorado Buffaloes (2-1, 0-0 Pac-12) open their ninth season as a the tie the game; against Nebraska the previous week, it was from being down member of the Pac-12 Conference on the road, traveling to Tempe, Ariz., this 17-0 late in the third quarter; against the Falcons, CU trailed 23-10 when it Saturday, Sept. 21, to face the No. 24 (AP/USA Today Coaches) Arizona State took possession with 10:23 remaining ... Air Force scored on its first play in Sun Devils (3-0, 0-0 Pac-12) in an 8:10 p.m. MDT kickoff at Sun Devil OT and then stopped the Buffs on a 4th-&-12 from its 16 to earn the win ... Stadium ... The Sun Devils lead the series by an 8-2 margin, with the Buffs It was the first meeting between the two since 1974, and the loss snapped a looking for their first-ever win in Tempe against ASU (0-5) ... This will be the 13-game winning streak against non-conference schools in the state’s ninth night game in the series, with ASU owning a 6-2 margin those previous borders dating back to 2015 ... Arizona State is coming off a huge road win at evening affairs ... Colorado has won two of the last three games in the series, No. 18 Michigan State, 10-7; in fact, the Sun Devils have allowed just 7 points and had a 10-point lead at one point in the last game in Tempe ... CU is 3-5 in each of their first three games (CU opened the ’78 season allowing 7 in its in Pac-12 conference openers (2-1 on the road), averaging 37 points in its first five games) ... Against likely most odds, CU has won 32 of the last 41 three wins and 20.4 in the five losses ... The Buffs are 81-42-2 all-time in pregame coin flips (78 percent) ... The PDF version of the 2019 CU Media conference openers, including a 4-15-1 mark against ranked teams ... The Guide can be found on-line at www.cubuffs.com/CUFBMG19 ... Buffaloes are coming off a 30-23 overtime loss to Air Force in Boulder, CUBuffs.com/media is all things Buff (on-line media guide, live stats, etc.). though did rally for the second straight week from a double-figure deficit to DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 56; ROSTERS ON PAGES 57-59; STAT PAGES 60-68 CU-AFA (P12N /National): Ted Robinson (play-by-play) / Yogi Roth (color) / Lewis Johnson (sideline reporter) / Michael Molinari (producer) STATS OF THE WEEK Fourth Quarter Buffaloes. Colorado has outscored the opponent 51-24 in the fourth quarter this season, and owns a 507-330 edge in yards (393- 181 the last two games). That’s already more points than the Buffs scored in the fourth period in all of 2018 (39), and almost half the yardage (1,037). Looking back at the last six games of 2018 (all losses), CU was outscored 67-3 in the final stanza and outgained by 598-460. The school record for the most points in a fourth quarter in 130 in 2018, though CU has scored 100 or more in the quarter 11 times (just three times in 12-game seasons; once again, CU does not include bowl stats in its season records). OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK Colorado was 7-of-7 against Air Force on 3rd/4th-&-5 or less in last Saturday’s 30-23 overtime setback (5-of-5 on third down, 2-of-2 on fourth). TB Jaren Mangham converted four of those, WR Laviska Shenault two and TB Alex Fontenot one. Shenault also earned four other first downs on third down with 8, 15, 6 and 8 yards to go. In all, Shenault earned nine first downs on 11 touches, plus a touchdown on a short run that tied the game that is not credited with a first down (as in the NFL). 2019 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (2-1, 0-0 Pac-12) 2019 Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That or ’18 rewind Aug. 30 --- Colorado State (N; Denver) --- ESPN W 52-31 1-2 67-22-2 The last M Showdown in Denver ends with CU’s fifth straight win over the Rams SEPT. 7 --- NEBRASKA 25 FOX W 34-31 (OT) 2-1 20-49-2 Offseason conditioning enables Buffs to rally from down 17-0 to dominate late SEPT. 14 --- AIR FORCE --- PAC12 L 23-30 (OT) 2-0 12- 5-0 AFA wins first meeting since ‘74, though CU rallied down 13 to send game into OT Sept. 21 --- at Arizona State (N) 24 PAC12 8:10 p.m. 3-0 2- 8-0 Shenault’s 4 TDs (2 rushing/2 receiving) lead Buffs to win over the Sun Devils OCT. 5 ARIZONA (FW) TBA TBA 2-1 14- 7-0 Wild see-saw affair sees combined 59 points in second and third quarters Oct. 11 at Oregon (N) FS-1 8:00 p.m. 2-1 9-12-0 Last meeting: CU, 41-38 in ’16 at Eugene (Montez: 333, 3 TD pass, 135, 1 TD run) Oct. 19 at Washington State TBA TBA 3-0 6- 6-0 Buffs score first but WSU takes control in last three quarters, run 94 plays on Off OCT. 25 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (N) ESPN2 7:00 p.m. 2-1 0-13-0 USC takes control with 21 points in last half of second quarter (up 21-7 at half) Nov. 2 at UCLA TBA TBA 0-3 4-10-0 22-point win is largest by CU in series (four previous games decided by 21 points) NOV. 9 STANFORD (HC) TBA TBA 1-2 4- 6-0 Buffs won last meeting in 2016 at Stanford (10-5) NOV. 23 WASHINGTON TBA TBA 2-1 6-11-1 UW up 14-13 at half; has now outscored CU 67-6 in last three second halves Nov. 30 at Utah TBA TBA 3-0 32-30-3 Utes snap 7-7 halftime tie with 23 second half points Dec. 6 Pac-12 Championship Game ABC 6:00 p.m. at Levi’s Stadium (Santa Clara, Calif.; game moves to Las Vegas in 2020) (KEY: *—AP rank at time of game; —Pac-12 Conference game; N—Night game; HC—Homecoming; FW—Family Weekend. All times mountain) 2019 COLORADO FOOTBALL The Media Page Page 2 Collegepressbox.com is the official media COLORADO MEDIA SERVICES PRONUNCIATION GUIDE website for Division I football. Access and download Head coach Mel Tucker holds a Tuesday weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, Coaches/Staff media luncheon, located in the Champions Center headshots, logos and more for each conference and its Jimmy BRUMBAUGH (brum-bah) (third floor, room 319). All will start at 11:30 a.m. with Darrin CHIAVERINI (shiv-ah-ree-knee) member schools. Register for access at: Chris KAPILOVIC (kuh-pil-oh-vick) lunch, followed by Tucker promptly at Noon and select www.collegepressbox.com/register. Brian MICHALOWSKI (michael-ow-ski) players before and/or afterwards depending on class The Pac-12 Mountain Network is the Al PUPUNU (puh-pooh-new) conflicts. This year’s dates: Sept. 3-10-17; Oct. 1-8- TRAVARES Tillman (truh-varr-es) television home of the Buffaloes; it produces a variety 15-22-29; Nov. 5-19-26; Dec. 3-TBA (bowl). The of programming featuring all 12 member institutions. Players press conference portions are streamed live on 10 JASH Allen (jash) www.CUBuffs.com (in the BuffsTV area); press THE BUFFS ON THE INTERNET 22 Daniel ARIAS (are-e-us) conferences on CUBuffs.com do not require access 84 Clayton BACA (bah-cah) The official CU site on the Internet can be found 35 Beau BISHARAT (bish-er-rot) codes. (TV Pool Assignments for 2019: KCNC will at www.CUBuffs.com has the most up-to-date 25 MEHKI Blackmon (muh-kye as in eye) coordinate all CU press luncheons). information, releases, game notes, press conference 21 JAREK BROUSSARD (jerek brew-sard) Note: The Front Range Huddle kicked off the media 15 Legend BRUMBAUGH (brum-bah) broadcasts (free), articles by longtime journalist and luncheons for the season on Aug. 22 in Denver. 44 Jacob CALLIER (cal-yee-A) CUBuffs.com contributing editor Neill Woelk along The Pac-12 Teleconference Call that used 6 Curtis CHIAVERINI (shiv-ah-ree-knee) with podcasts/video by the voice of the Buffs, Mark 22 Grant CICCARONE (sis-a-roan) take place on Tuesdays are no more; lack of Johnson; the direct link to the Football Media 57 John DEITCHMAN (dych-mon) participation from those media on the call contributed Center is cubuffs.com/ColoradoMediaCenter.