Game NO. 10 — IOWA STATE CYCLONES November 14 / 12:00 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 © 2009 CU Athletics Telephone 303/492‐5626 (FAX: 303/492‐3811; E‐mail: [email protected]; [email protected]) David Plati (Associate AD/Sports Information), Curtis Snyder (Associate SID), Andrew Green (Assistant SID), Troy Andre (Assistant SID/Internet Managing Editor), Linda Poncin (Assistant SID), Allie Musso (Assistant SID), Nick Bernal (Graduate Assistant/Football) COLORADO 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) QUICKLY SPEAKING… 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 CU is converting on third down tries between 15- and 25 yards at 33.3 percent (7-of-21); that’s a shade below of the opponent overall (33.6, 43-of-128). 2009 COLORADO RESULTS (3-6, 2-3 BIG 12) 2009 Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That SEPT. 6 NR COLORADO STATE (N) NR FSN L 17-23 3-7 59-20-2 CSU jumps out to 20-3 halftime lead; Buffs rally falls just short Sept. 11 NR at Toledo (N) NR ESPN L 38-54 4-5 0- 1-0 Rockets zoom to 30-3 lead, Buffs pull back to within 13 but can’t complete it SEPT. 19 NR WYOMING NR FCS-C W 24- 0 4-5 24- 2-1 Buff defense smothers Cowboys; Stewart 127 yds, 2 TDs paces offense Oct. 1 NR at West Virginia (N) NR ESPN L 24-35 7-2 1- 1-0 WVU pulls away with two fourth quarter TDs; Stewart: 105 yds/1 TD Oct. 10 NR at Texas (N) 2 ESPN L 14-38 9-0 7-11-0 Buffs lead 14-3 late in first half, but 3 UT returns for scores rally Horns OCT. 17 NR KANSAS (N; FW) 17 FSN W 34-30 5-4 42-24-3 CU zooms to 24-3 lead; Stewart TD, Brown & Brown PBU’s at gun rally Buffs Oct. 24 NR at Kansas State NR FCS-C L 6-20 6-4 44-20-1 Buffs take early 6-3 lead then sputter on offense; KSU 10 points off TO OCT. 31 NR MISSOURI (HC) NR FSN L 17-36 5-4 31-40-3 Tigers jump out to 33-0 lead, CU cuts to 33-17 in 3Q but could get no closer NOV. 7 NR TEXAS A & M NR FCS-C W 35-34 5-4 6- 3-0 Buffs rally from 31-21 down in 4Q; Hansen-to-Devenny/Goodman PAT wins it Nov. 14 NR at Iowa State NR none 12:00 p.m. 5-5 48-14-1 CU rallies from 11 down (9:14 4Q); Hawkins 4 TDs, Smith/Dykes GS TFL Nov. 19 at Oklahoma State (N) TBA 5:45 p.m. 7-2 26-18-1 Buffs fall behind 13-0 and tried to play catch-up the rest of the way NOV. 27 NEBRASKA ABC 1:30 p.m. 6-3 18-47-2 Henery 57-yard field goal with 1:43 remaining dashes CU postseason hopes Dec. 5 Big 12 Championship Game ABC 6:00 p.m. (Arlington, Texas) Buffs have second most appearances (4) in Big 12 title game (All times mountain. KEY: —Big 12 Conference game; N—Night game; HC—Homecoming; FW—Family Weekend.) 2009 COLORADO BUFFALO 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. 8-15-28 (Monday), Oct. 6-13-20-27, Nov. 3-10-16 (Monday)-23 (Monday), Dec. 1-Dec. TBA (bowl). NOTE that there is no organized press luncheon on Sept. 22 (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 (Aug. 31-Nov. 30) on the Big 12 Teleconference Call at 10:40 a.m. MT. All coaches participate; call the Big 12 office (469-524-1007) for access (media only—you must register). A teleconference replay is available after 3 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 XOS, with access managed by Collegiate Images. Contact Bob Burda at the Big 12 office for approval and access (469/524-1007; [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 11th through 30th minute of practices Tues.-Wed. (all of Sun.) in-season are open for photo/video needs from the end zones and sidelines.