0 FARI UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE www.CUBuffs.com 2150 Stadium Drive (574 Champions Center), 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0357 © 2021 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), Ben Rossi (Graduate Assistant) 2021 COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE, NOTES & STATISTICS FIRST NON-CSU GAME IN DENVER SINCE 1947 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2021 1:31 p.m. MDT Empower Field at Mile High Stadium (76,125) Denver, Colo. RELEASE NUMBER 2 (September 6, 2021) FOX (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) BUFFALO BITS … The Colorado Buffaloes (1-0, 0-0 Pac-12) will host the No. 6 (AP, Coaches) 1979 and Georgia in 2010 (CU lost to the Tigers but beat the Bulldogs) ... CU won Texas A&M Aggies (1-0, 0-0 SEC) at Empower Field at Mile High this Saturday its sixth straight season opener with a 35-7 win over FCS/Big Sky Northern in a 1:31 p.m. MDT kickoff with FOX Sports on hand to televise to a national Colorado on Sept. 3, the school’s first lid-lifter in Boulder since 2009, not audience ... Oddsmakers have installed the Aggies as a 17-point favorite at the counting last year’s pandemic adjusted schedule; the Buffs methodically pulled start of the week ... The NCAA classifies it as a neutral site game, despite it being way for the victory after a scoreless first quarter ... Texas A&M did the same in its just 25 miles down the road in Denver, where the Buffaloes are 55-35-3 all-time 41-10 win over Kent State; the Aggies led 10-3 at halftime and then scored 17 (26-11-1 against teams not based in Denver, mostly Colorado State and Colorado points in the third quarter ... The 11 FBS opponents on the 2021 Colorado Mines; see list on page 9) ... CU has played 25 games to date in seven current schedule combined for a 39-33 record in the COVID-19 shortened 2020 NFL venues, owning a record of 16-9 (12-4 in Denver), and is 21-21-1 all-time season (a 54.2 winning percentage); With most teams returning many players in 43 games in pro venues ... As for Texas A&M, it played six regular season games from 2019 with the NCAA eligibility exception, those same 11 teams were 87- against Arkansas last decade in the home of the Dallas Cowboys, AT&T Stadium 55 (.613) ... CUBuffs.com/media is all things Buff (on-line media guide, game ... This will be just the third visit by an SEC team to the state of Colorado to play notes, live stats, etc.). the Buffs, not including former Big 8/12 mates Missouri and A&M; LSU visited in DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 59; ROSTERS ON PAGES 60-62; STATISTICS 63-71 CU-A&M TV (FOX): Joe Davis (play-by-play) / Brock Huard (color) / (no sideline reporter) / Bo Garrett (producer) STAT OF THE WEEK 93. As in Colorado has played 93 games in Denver with a record of 55-35-3, but the last 19 were against Colorado State in the Rocky Mountain Showdown (1998- 2019); the last game in Denver prior had been against the University of Denver in 1947. That game on Nov. 27 of that year was the final conference game for the Buffaloes in the Mountain States Conference (also called the Skyline League); DU won 26-20, as Colorado was off to join the Big Seven Conference in 1948. Denver was a regular Thanksgiving opponent for CU, as many of the 44 games in the series came on Turkey Day; the two never played again and DU dropped the sport in 1961. OBSCURE NOTE(S) OF THE WEEK Becker Makes History. When Cole Becker trotted on to the field to try (and make) CU’s first PAT kick of the season last Friday night in the 35-7 win over Northern Colorado, he became just the fifth true freshman placekicker in school history to score at least one point in a Buff season opener. He joined Tom Field (1979 vs. Oregon), Mason Crosby (2003 vs. Colorado State), Will Oliver (2011 at Hawaii) and James Stefanou (2017 vs. Colorado State). He was bidding to tie the second-longest first career field goal made (53 yards), but the kick came up just short and hit the crossbar. Broussard Back-to-Back. TB Jarek Broussard scored CU’s first points of the year the last the two seasons; when Bobby Anderson did the same in 1967-68 (the fifth to do so twice in school history), it didn’t occur again until WR Roman Hollowell scored on a TD reception in 1999 and then on a punt return in 2001. Since, it’s become common place: TB Bobby Purify (2003-04), PK Mason Crosby (2005-06), WR Scotty McKnight (2007-08), WR Paul Richardson (2011-13) and WR Nelson Spruce (2012, 2014). No played has scored CU’s first points of a season three times. 2021 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (1-0, 0-0 Pac-12) Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That or ’20 rewind SEPT. 3 --- NORTHERN COLORADO (N) --- Pac12 W 35- 7 0-1 11- 2-0 Five different players score TDs as Buffs pull away in second half Sept. 11 Texas A&M (Denver) 6 FOX 1:31p 1-0 6- 3-0 Last played in 2009 when both were in the Big 12 (CU, 35-34 in Boulder) SEPT. 18 MINNESOTA Pac12 11:00a 0-1 3- 0-0 First of home-and-home; last meeting in 1992 at Minneapolis (CU, 21-20) Sept. 25 at Arizona State (N) TBA TBA 1-0 3- 8-0 ’20 game cancelled on 11/15 due to COVID-19 issues in the Sun Devil program OCT. 2 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TBA TBA 1-0 0-14-0 ’20 game cancelled on 11/26 due to COVID-19 issues in the Trojan program OCT. 16 ARIZONA (FW) TBA TBA 0-1 15- 8-0 Broussard (301 yards) and Buffs (407) run wild, rally from 13-0 down in 2nd Qtr Oct. 23 at California TBA TBA 0-1 4- 6-0 Only the sixth time in 11 years the two will meet with CU as a Pac-12 member Oct. 30 at Oregon TBA TBA 1-0 9-13-0 ’20 game cancelled on 12/14 when UO had to replace UW in P12 title game NOV. 6 OREGON STATE (HC) TBA TBA 0-1 5- 6-0 OSU rallied from down 31-3 to win 41-34 in OT in last meeting (2018 at Folsom Nov. 13 at UCLA TBA TBA 2-0 5-11-0 Buffs roll to 35-7 second quarter lead and hang on; Broussard has record night NOV. 20 WASHINGTON TBA TBA 0-1 6-12-1 CU’s 20-14 win in Boulder snapped UW’s 9-game winning streak in series Nov. 26 at Utah FOX/FS-1 TBA 1-0 32-32-3 Buffs led 21-10, Utes score last 28 in game; series tied for first time since ’52 Dec. 3 Pac-12 Championship Game ABC 6:00p at Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, Nev. KEY: *—AP rank at time of game; —Pac-12 Conference game; N—Night game; FW—Family Weekend; HC—Homecoming; All times mountain. 2021 COLORADO FOOTBALL The Media Page Page 2 Credentials. CU does not utilize an on-line COLORADO MEDIA SERVICES PRONUNCIATION GUIDE credential system; we prefer the personal touch. Email Head coach Karl Dorrell holds a Tuesday Dave Plati with request ([email protected]). Coaches/Staff media luncheon located in the UCHealth Champions Collegepressbox.com is the official media Darrin CHIAVERINI (shiv-ah-ree-knee) Karl DORRELL (door-el) Center (third floor, Room 319). All starts with lunch website for Division I football. Access and download at 11:15, with Dorrell taking the podium at Noon and Darian HAGAN (hay-gun) weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, DEMETRICE Martin (dee-meat-riss) select players before and/or afterward depending on headshots, logos and more for each conference and its Brian MICHALOWSKI (michael-ow-ski) class schedules. This year’s dates: Sept. 7-14-21-28, member schools. Register for access at: Mitch RODRIGUE (row-dreeg) Oct. 12-19-26, Nov. 2-9-16-23-30, Dec. TBA. The www.collegepressbox.com/register. Players press conference portions are streamed live on The Pac-12 Mountain Network is the 68 Edgar AMAYA (uh-my-uh) www.CUBuffs.com and Zoom access for interaction is: television home of the Buffaloes; it produces a variety 6 Daniel ARIAS (are-e-us) https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/97078740636. of programming featuring all 12 member institutions. 97 Allan BAUGH (baw) Season Interview Schedule. Dorrell will 6 MEKHI Blackmon (muh-kye as in eye) address the media after practice on Mondays and THE BUFFS ON THE INTERNET 87 Derek BEDELL (bey-dell) 23 JAREK BROUSSARD (jerek brew-sard) Wednesdays (has the luncheon on Tuesdays). The official CU site on the Internet can be found Interviews with players are allowed post-practice 69 GERAD Christian-LICHTENHAN (jared lick-tin-han) at www.CUBuffs.com has the most up-to-date 0 ASHAAD Clayton (ah-shod) Mondays (indoors), Tuesdays and Wednesdays; phone information, releases, game notes, press conference 57 John DEITCHMAN (dych-mon) interviews can be coordinated then or around their broadcasts (free), articles by longtime journalist and 18 Jeremiah DOSS (dawse) class schedules.