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2009 COLORADO BUFFALO Football Game NO. 10 — IOWA STATE CYCLONES November 14 / 12:00 p.m. MST / Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa RELEASE NUMBER 10 (November 10, 2009) No live television | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats)
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The Colorado Buffaloes (3-6, 2-3 Big 12) returns to the conference road for two games in a five-day span, starting with a visit to Ames to take on the Iowa State Cyclones (5-5, 2-4 Big 12) in a 12:00 p.m. MST kickoff at Jack Trice Stadium (50,000) … The game will not be televised on any basis, the only game in 2009 for the Buffs that won’t make the TV airwaves … The Buffs are still alive in the Big 12 North race; CU needs to win out over Iowa State, Oklahoma State and Nebraska, while Kansas State must lose its last two games to Nebraska and Missouri. While obviously a tough road to hoe, those five results is all that need to happen (see page 4 for a complete look) … The Buffaloes are coming off a 35-34 win over Texas A&M last Saturday, the most exciting offensive game of the day in the conference … CU’s last two visits to Ames have bordered on the bizarre: in 2005, kickoff was delayed for nearly an hour after a tornado passed within two miles of the stadium, and in 2007, officials waved off a 50- and then a 55- yard field goal at the end of the game by CU’s Kevin Eberhart, ruling that neither got off in time … This will be the eighth time since the Big 12 was formed in 1996 that the Buffaloes will have to play back-to- back conference games on the road, last doing so at Missouri and Texas A&M last year. CU owns a 0-3-5 mark in these twin-road packs (five splits, swept thrice) … About 4,700 seats remain for the Nov. 27 Nebraska game … Visit CUBuffs.com/gameday as your one stop for everything, including live stats for all games. DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 58; ROSTER ON PAGES 59-60
SIXTH DOUBLE-DIGIT COMEBACK in Hawkins era
Colorado rallied from 11 down, 21-10, to tie the game at 21 in the third in Boulder, with the sixth, the first one, in aDenver against Colorado State. quarter against Texas A&M last Saturday, only to see the Aggies score 10 A closer look: quick points to open the fourth quarter to go back up, 31-21. But the Trailed By Time, Qtr. Final Opponent (Date) Buffaloes persevered; CU pulled back to within 31-28 on a 7-yard run by TB 10 (21-31) 11:01, 4Q 35-34 TEXAS A&M (Nov. 7, 2009) Demetrius Sumler with 7:14 left, and then took the lead 35-34 on a 22- 11 (13-24) 9:14, 4Q 28-24 IOWA STATE (Nov. 8, 2008) yard pass from QB Tyler Hansen to TE Patrick Devenny with 2:04 left. 14 ( 7-21) 7:29, 2Q 31-24 EASTERN WASHINGTON (Sept. 6, 2008) 11 (24-35) 0:23, 2Q 65-51 NEBRASKA (Nov. 23, 2007) The Buffs then held on defense to secure the win, the sixth double-digit 17 ( 7-24) 12:23, 3Q 27-24 OKLAHOMA (Sept. 29, 2007) comeback in Dan Hawkins’ four years as head coach. Five have taken place 11 (17-28) 10:05, 3Q 31-28 OT; Colorado State (Sept. 1, 2007)
STAT OF THE WEEK
QB Tyler Hansen passed for 271 yards and rushed for a net 45 after sacks (60 yards’ worth) were deducted, still giving him 315 yards of total offense in the win over Texas A&M. QB Cody Hawkins had a 300-yard game against Toledo earlier in the year (335), thus there have now been 42 occasions in CU history where a player earned that many yards of total offense (seven over 400). Hansen’s ability to scramble and use his feet make him a threat to one day join Bobby Anderson and Kordell Stewart as the only players in school history to have 300 or more yards of total offense with at least 100 yards both rushing and passing. Anderson had 207 rushing and 146 passing in a 34-17 loss at Oklahoma State in 1968, while Stewart had 205 passing and 143 rushing in CU’s 41- 24 thrashing of Notre Dame in the 1995 Fiesta Bowl.
OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK