2006 in review

Montana State ...... 3 3 7 6 — 19 MONTANA STATE 19 COLORADO...... 3 7 0 0 — 10 COLORADO 10 1 1 COLORADO — Mason Crosby 24 FG 3- 0 10:39 1Q Game One; September 2, 2006 Montana State — Jeff Hastings 35 FG 3- 3 5:58 1Q Montana State — Jeff Hastings 44 FG 3- 6 14:08 2Q BOULDER — Jeff Hastings connected on four field goals, the last a 41- COLORADO — James Cox 1 run (Mason Crosby kick) 10- 6 9:20 2Q yard effort with just 2:58 remaining to basically end any Colorado rally, Montana State — Michael Jefferson 10 pass from Cory Carpenter (Jeff Hastings kick) 10-13 10:36 3Q as Montana State defeated the Buffaloes 19-10 in the first game for new Montana State — Jeff Hastings 19 FG 10-16 5:12 4Q CU head coach Dan Hawkins. Montana State — Jeff Hastings 41 FG 10-19 2:58 4Q Montana State, ranked No. 22 in the I-AA national poll, hung around in the first half by playing solid defense and then outscored CU 13-0 after Attendance: 45,513 Time: 3:04 halftime to leave town with the win, its first over a Division I team since Weather: 54 degrees, cloudy skies, 4 mph winds from the north 1984. It was Colorado’s first-ever game against a non-Division I team since the divisional setup was created in 1978. Mason Crosby’s 24-yard field goal opened the scoring, as not only did TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO MONTANA ST. he give CU a 3-0 lead, he became Colorado’s all-time leading kick scorer First Downs...... 12 16 in the process. Hastings came back with 35- and 44-yard efforts to give Third Down Efficiency...... 5-14 7-18 MSU a 6-3 edge a minute into the second quarter. At that point, it seemed Fourth Down Efficiency...... 0-0 0-1 to light a fire under the Buffaloes, who answered with a 12-play, 74-yard Rushes—Net Yards ...... 32-106 35-50 drive capped by a 1-yard touchdown plunge by quarterback James Cox. Passing Yards ...... 110 238 CU would take that 10-6 lead into the lockerroom. Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 22-8-1 35-24-0 It stood to reason that CU would pull away in the second half, but no Total Offense ...... 216 288 one told Montana State, as the Bobcats did not allow another first down Return Yards...... -4 65 until 11 minutes remained in the game. In the meantime, Cory Carpenter Punts: No-Average...... 7-37.6 4-34.2 led MSU on a 7-play, 58-yard drive that ended with a 10-yard touchdown Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 4-1 1-0 pass to Michael Jefferson, and the Bobcats were ahead to stay at 13-10. Penalties/Yards...... 5/44 9/71 Quarterback Sacks—Yards...... 3-22 2-20 While CU struggled offensively, the defense hung in there with at two Time of Possession...... 26:33 33:27 goal line stands, stopping MSU on a 4th-and-goal from the 1 the first time Drives/Average Field Position...... 10/C26 12/MS37 and the second time holding the Bobcats to a 19-yard Hastings field goal. Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points)...... 2-2 (10) 3-4 (13) That 3-pointer made the score 16-10 with 5:12 to go; on the ensuing kick- off, Stephone Robinson fumbled at the Buff 26 and MSU recovered, set- ting the stage for Hastings’ fourth kick that sealed the upset. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS CU managed just 12 first downs and 216 yards on offense, its fewest Rushing—Colorado: Holliday 12-50, Charles 5-35, Ellis 4-12, Williams in a season opener since 1979. Montana State, which ran 70 plays, or 16 1-7, Robinson 1-6, Jackson 1-5, Cox 8-minus 9. Montana State: Groves more than the Buffs, amassed 288, though just 50 came on the ground on 23-58, Jefferson 2-17, Carpenter 6-minus 26, Team 4-minus 9. 35 tries. Passing—Colorado: Cox 22-8-0, 110, 0 td. Montana State: Carpenter 31-23-0,229, 1 td; Rolovich 4-1-0, 9, 0 td. NOTES—The loss ended a run of 20 season openers CU had won when scoring first… Crosby also tied Jeremy Aldrich for the most field goals Receiving—Colorado: Williams 2-51, Ellis 2-13, Geer 1-24, Charles made in a CU career with 48; he had broke the tie with Aldrich to assume 1-14, Barnett 1-6, Sprague 1-2. Montana State: Jefferson 10-87, all-time kick scorer status… MSU held CU to just 48 yards on 22 plays Wheaton 4-44, Groves 4-9, Lewis 3-65, Bostick 2-22, Toliver 1-11. once the Buffs crossed the 50… Cox hit Patrick Williams with a 42-yard pass on CU’s first offensive play of the game, the longest first play of the Punting—Colorado: Crosby 1-43.0 (0 In20), DiLallo 2-40.5 (41 long, 1 year in school history… MSU’s 288 yards on offense marked the 11th In20), Garden 4-34.8 (41 long, 1 In20). Montana State: Rolovich 3-35.0 time in 20 years the opponent failed to reach 300 in the season opener (47 long, 0 In20), Force 1-32.0.. against Colorado. Punt Returns—Colorado: Robinson 1-minus 4. Montana State: Lewis 3-52, Austin 2-13. Kickoff Returns—Colorado: Robinson 5-81, Th.Washington 1-21. Montana State: Jefferson 1-23. Interceptions—Colorado: none. Montana State: none. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Th.Washington 7,4—11; Dizon 5,5—10; Billingsley 6,2—8; Walters 5,2—7; Burney 4,3—7; Wright 4,3—7; Nicolas 5,1—6; B.Jones 2,3—5; Te.Washington 4,0—4. Montana State: Daly 8,2—10; Fuller 5.1—6; Austin 4,2—6; LeBlanc 3,3—6; Lowe 3,3—6.

Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Wright 1-5, Dizon 1/2-6, Boye-Doe 1/2-5, Th.Washington 1/2-3, Wheatley 1/2-3. Montana State: Daly 1-11, Lowe 1-9. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Dizon, Hypolite, Walters, Wright. Montana State: Fuller 2, Austin, Daly, LeBlanc.

118 NOTES—Matt DiLallo’s 73-yard punt to open the second quarter was the longest in school history by a freshman… Crosby became CU’s all-time COLORADO STATE 14 leader in field goals made with 49, but a 61-yard effort he drilled in the third quarter was wiped off the board when the officials allowed CSU a COLORADO 10 22 timeout at the very last second before the kick… DE Abraham Wright had Game Two; September 9, 2006 the first three-sack game by a Buff in exactly two years… The last five games in the CU-CSU series have been decided by a combined 22 points; that is the second closest quintet of games with any school in Colorado history, topped only by the five Nebraska games between 1996 and 2000 DENVER — Caleb Hanie ran for one touchdown and passed for anoth- being decided by 15 total points. er, and it was enough for Colorado State as defense ruled the day in the Rams 14-10 victory over Colorado in the Qwest Rocky Mountain Showdown presented by Dr Pepper. COLORADO...... 7 3 0 0 — 10 CU saw its three-game winning streak in the series snapped, though Colorado State ...... 7 7 0 0 — 14 early on it appeared that CSU might be in for a long afternoon after the Buffaloes marched 65 yards with the opening kickoff and took a 7-0 lead just five minutes into the game. COLORADO — Bernard Jackson 1 run (Mason Crosby kick) 7- 0 10:13 1Q Bernard Jackson, making his first start at quarterback, picked up two Colorado State — Caleb Hanie 3 run (Jason Smith kick) 7- 7 1:41 1Q first downs on the drive with runs of 10 and 14 yards, and scored the COLORADO — Mason Crosby 40 FG 10- 7 12:43 2Q touchdown himself on a 3-yard third down run. Tailback Byron Ellis got Colorado State — Kory Sperry 5 pass from Caleb Hanie Buffs started, as he carried the first two plays for 20 yards to drive the (Jason Smith kick) 10-14 4:07 2Q Buffs into CSU territory. Attendance: 65,701 Time: 2:48 The Rams tied the score two possessions later, as Hanie matched Weather: 65 degrees, partly cloudy skies, 2 mph winds from the east Jackson with a 3-yard scoring run, that effort capping a 71-yard drive. Early in the second quarter, the Buffs converted the only turnover of the game into a Mason Crosby field goal, as his boot from 40 yards out also TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO COLORADO ST. have CU its last lead of the day at 10-7. First Downs...... 9 16 Third Down Efficiency...... 4-12 5-13 No one knew at the time, but when Hanie hit Kory Sperry with a Fourth Down Efficiency...... 0-0 1-1 5-yard pass in the back of the end zone with 3:48 on the clock, the day’s Rushes—Net Yards ...... 33-75 34-15 scoring would come to an end. But the Rams made the lead stand in Passing Yards ...... 71 233 winning for just the 19th time in the 78-game series. Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 15-9-0 23-20-0 Hanie played the largest role in the win, as he completed his first 14 Total Offense ...... 146 248 passes and finished 20-of-23 for 233 yards, with Johnny Walker hauling in Return Yards...... 37 8 10 of those balls for 158 yards. Punts: No-Average...... 6-42.3 5-45.2 Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 1-0 1-1 CU had it struggles on offense for the second straight game, especial- Penalties/Yards...... 6/50 5/35 ly in the second half, when the Buffs earned just two first downs and had Quarterback Sacks—Yards...... 6-41 4-25 28 yards on offense. Though one score away from tying or taking the Time of Possession...... 25:53 34:07 lead, Colorado did not cross its 41-yard line on any of if its final three pos- Drives/Average Field Position...... 10/C33 10/CS29 sessions and had just 146 yards for the game. CSU couldn’t do a thing Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points)...... 2-2 (10) 2-4 (14) running the football, as the Rams had just 15 net rushing yards and had only 248 overall as well. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing—Colorado: Jackson 18-30, Ellis 8-28, Charles 2-10, Holliday 4-9, Barnett 1-minus 2. Colorado State: Johnson 14-17, J.Walker 2-14, Ohaeri 4-4, T.Walker 1-3, Hanie 13-minus 23. Passing—Colorado: Jackson 13-8-0, 70, 0 td; Cox 2-1-0, 1, 0 td. Colorado State: Hanie 23-20-0, 233, 1 td. Receiving—Colorado: Williams 5-37, Barnett 2-13, Geer 1-12, Holz 1-9. Colorado State: J.Walker 10-158, Sperry 4-9, Morton 3-22, Roberts 2-38, Hill 1-6. Punting—Colorado: DiLallo 6-42.3 (73 long, 1 In20). Colorado State: Kaylor 5-45.2 (51 long, 1 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: Robinson 4-37. Colorado State: Walker 2-8, Morton 1-0. Kickoff Returns— Colorado: none. Colorado State: none. Interceptions—Colorado: none. Colorado State: none. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Dizon 8,7—15; Th.Washington 4,8—12; Billingsley 2,4—6; Wright 5,0—5; Walters 3,2—5; Wheatley 3,2—5; Hypolite 2,2—4. Colorado State: Horinek 2,6—8; Radford 1,7—8; Nading 2,5—7; Rucks 3,3—6; Pagnotta 4,1—5; Adkins 2,3—5. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Wright 3-29, Dizon 2-7, Boye-Doe 1-5. Colorado State: Pagnotta 2-11, Adkins 1-4, Horinek 1/2-5; Nading 1/2-5. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: none. Colorado State: Nading 2.

119 NOTES—The game was reunion between head coaches Dan Hawkins (CU) and Dirk Koetter (ASU); Koetter hired Hawkins at Boise State in 1998 ARIZONA STATE 21 and Hawkins replaced him as head coach when he moved on to Arizona State after the 2000 season… TBS televised the game to a national audi- COLORADO 3 3 ence… After ASU took a 14-3 lead, it would run just 16 plays in plus terri- 3 tory for a net 39 yards, most of that coming on the last cosmetic touch- Game Three; September 16, 2006 down drive… The loss ended a six-game home winning streak in night games for the Buffaloes and marked just the 11th time in 117 seasons a CU team had opened a season 0-3. BOULDER — Hugh Charles rushed for 109 yards but was the only real offensive highlight for Colorado as the Buffaloes slowly succumbed to No. 22 Arizona State, 21-3. Arizona State ...... 7 7 0 7 — 21 ASU quarterback Rudy Carpenter threw for 248 yards and two touch- COLORADO...... 3 0 0 0 — 3 downs as the Sun Devils overcame two early fumbles and a 3-0 deficit to win the first game ever played between the schools from neighboring COLORADO — Mason Crosby 29 FG 3- 0 12:57 1Q states. Arizona State — Ryan Torain 8 run (Jesse Ainsworth kick) 3- 7 0:04 1Q Arizona State — Chris McGaha 18 pass from Rudy Carpenter Mason Crosby scored the only points on the night for the Buffs after (Jesse Ainsworth kick) 3-14 10:44 2Q Arizona State turned the ball over on the third play of the game. George Arizona State — Zach Miller 5 pass from Rudy Carpenter Hypolite recovered a Shaun DeWitty fumble at the Arizona State 17, and (Jesse Ainsworth kick) 3-21 1:33 4Q Crosby nailed a 29-yarder after CU moved the ball just five yards. It was one of four Arizona State turnovers in the game, and the only one Attendance: 47,723 Time: 3:21 Weather: 58 degrees, partly cloudy skies, 12-24 mph winds from the Colorado would convert into points. northwest The Sun Devils bounced back and drove to the Buff 2, but lost posses- sion when Carpenter fumbled the ball on the run and it hit the pylon on TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO ARIZONA ST. its way out of bounds. On their next drive though, the Sun Devils did get First Downs...... 13 24 the ball into the end zone as Ryan Torain capped a 10-play, 71-yard drive Third Down Efficiency...... 5-16 8-15 that put ASU ahead for good at 7-3. Carpenter then hooked up with Chis Fourth Down Efficiency...... 0-0 0-1 McGaha on an 18-yard TD pass to extend the lead to 14-3 when ASU got Rushes—Net Yards ...... 44-133 37-182 the ball back after a CU punt, the score set up by a 48-yard return by Passing Yards ...... 86 248 Terry Richardson. Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 18-8-1 37-21-2 Total Offense ...... 219 430 The schools then stopped each other on the next 15 possessions Return Yards...... 8 109 combined, including the very next drive when CU marched to the ASU 2 Punts: No-Average...... 7-41.6 3-31.3 where quarterback Bernard Jackson fumbled as he made his way to the Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 4-2 2-2 goal line with the Sun Devils’ Josh Barrett recovering the ball. Carpenter Penalties/Yards...... 4/38 11/73 threw his second TD pass, this one to Zach Miller, to close the scoring Quarterback Sacks—Yards...... 1-8 5-25 with 1:33 left after ASU recovered a fumbled punt return try by Cha’pelle Time of Possession...... 30:41 29:19 Brown at the Buff 20. Drives/Average Field Position...... 12/C28 12/A35 CU could not get untracked for a third straight time on offense, and Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points)...... 1-2 (3) 3-4 (21) failed to score in the second half for the third game in a row. The Buff defense held its own, limiting the potent ASU passing attack to just 10 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS plays of 10 or more yards (and just three of 20 or longer). The Sun Devils Rushing—Colorado: Charles 20-109, Ellis 5-12, Holliday 2-7, Jackson had 294 yards at halftime but mustered just 136 after intermission. 17-5. Arizona State: Herring 9-82, Torain 18-80, Carpenter 5-10, Nance 4-8, DeWitty 1-2. Passing—Colorado: Jackson 18-8-1, 86, 0 td. Arizona State: Carpenter 37-21-2, 248, 2 td. Receiving—Colorado: Charles 2-30, Williams 2-20, Goettsch 1-17, Geer 1-8, DeVree 1-6, Holz 1-5. Arizona State: Z.Miller 5-45, McGaha 4-40, Lewis 3-48, M.Jones 3-37, Kimbrough 2-26, Richardson 1-19, DeWitty 1-18, Burgess 1-13, Torain 1-2. Punting—Colorado: DiLallo 6-46.5 (53 long, 1 In20, 1 blk); Team 1-12,0. Arizona State: Johnson 3-31.3 (40 long, 2 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: C.Brown 1-1, Robinson 1-minus 2. Arizona State: Richardson 5-78. Kickoff Returns— Colorado: Wheatley 1-17, Robinson 1-14. Arizona State: none. Interceptions—Colorado: Wheatley 1-9, Billingsley 1-0. Arizona State: Hill 1-26. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Th.Washington 8,7—15; Dizon 7,5—12; Walters 8,3—11; Billingsley 6,3—9; B.Jones 4,4—8; Wright 4,3—7; Nicolas 3,3—6; Boye-Doe 3,1—4; Sims 3,1—4; Wheatley 3,1—4. Arizona State: Barrett 6,2—8; Tryon 5,2—7; Cantanese 5,0—5; James 4,1—5; Davis 4,1—5; Manutai 4,1—5. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Wright 1-8. Arizona State: Hill 1-7, Tryon 1-7, Kofe 1-4, Manutai 1-3, Caldwell 1/2-2, Marquardt 1/2-3. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Sims, Wheatley. Arizona State: Nixon.

120 only 54 yards on the ground, but the Bulldogs passed for 230, most in the GEORGIA 14 fourth quarter when making their comeback. NOTES—CU’s live buffalo mascot, Ralphie IV, made the trip and per- COLORADO 13 4 formed before the third largest crowd to ever see a Colorado football 4 team play (and the biggest to ever watch Ralphie)… Colorado gained 159 Game Four; September 23, 2006 yards in the first quarter (to UGA’s 22); Georgia had 156 in the fourth (to CU’ 41)… Crosby had a 26-yard field goal blocked after CU marched 68 yards to the UGA 9 on the first possession of the game. ATHENS, Ga. — Backup quarterback Joe Cox connected with tight end Martrez Milner on a 20-yard touchdown with just 46 seconds remaining to rally No. 9 Georgia to a 14-13 win over the upset-minded Colorado COLORADO...... 3 7 3 0 — 13 Buffaloes. Georgia...... 0 0 0 14 — 14 CU, in search of its first win for new head coach Dan Hawkins led the contest for exactly 48 minutes, building a 13-0 lead in silencing the 92,746 COLORADO — Mason Crosby 26 FG 3- 0 3:14 1Q in attendance at UGA’s Sanford Stadium for most of the afternoon. But COLORADO — Bernard Jackson 1 run (Mason Crosby kick) 10- 0 10:08 2Q once Cox entered the game, the Bulldogs came alive and were finally able COLORADO — Mason Crosby 36 FG 13- 0 11:25 3Q to move the ball against a stout Colorado defense. Georgia — Brannan Southerland 23 pass from Joe Cox He took over late in the third quarter and directed UGA deep into CU (Brandon Coutu kick) 13- 7 9:11 4Q territory, where the Buffs responded with the first of two fourth down Georgia — Martrez Milner 20 pass from Joe Cox (Brandon Coutu kick) 13-14 0:46 4Q stops inside the red zone. But on the next series, Cox threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Brannan Southerland to get the Bulldogs on the board with 9:11 remaining. Attendance: 92,746 Time: 3:06 Weather: 81 degrees, partly cloudy skies, 8 mph winds from the The Buffs had a chance to put the game away on the next series, and southwest seemed to be in business after Bernard Jackson completed a 14-yard pass on third down to Alvin Barnett to the CU 44. But on the next play, tailback Hugh Charles ran hard for nine yards but lost the ball, with Jeff TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO GEORGIA Owns recovering for UGA near midfield. First Downs...... 17 16 Third Down Efficiency...... 2-13 3-11 UGA earned a first down at the CU 18 after just two plays, but the Fourth Down Efficiency...... 0-0 0-2 Colorado defense again rose to the challenge. Ryan Walters threw Kregg Rushes—Net Yards ...... 39-173 27-54 Lumpkin for a 3-yard loss on 3rd-and-one at the CU 9, followed by Passing Yards ...... 140 230 Abraham Wright knocking down Cox’s pass on fourth down. But UGA Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 27-14-1 29-18-0 forced CU into punting with 2:29 left, setting up the winning scoring Total Offense ...... 313 284 drive. Return Yards...... 5 40 CU had methodically built its lead, getting on the board with 3:14 left Punts: No-Average...... 6-41.0 5-45.0 in the first quarter on a 26-yard Mason Crosby field goal. Then early in Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 1-1 3-2 the second quarter, the Buffs put together its most explosive offensive Penalties/Yards...... 9/81 5/45 drive of the season, marching 63 yards in just four plays. Jackson hit Quarterback Sacks—Yards...... 2-16 2-6 Dusty Sprague for 16 yards and followed it up with a 28-yard run to the Time of Possession...... 34:09 25:51 UGA 19. He then completed an 18-yard pass to Hugh Charles who took it Drives/Average Field Position...... 13/C31 12/G31 down to the 1, where Jackson took it over for a 10-0 lead. Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points)...... 3-4 (13) 1-3 (7) Crosby added a 36-yard field goal early in the third quarter after INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS George Hypolite sacked Georgia starting QB Matthew Stafford, forcing Rushing—Colorado: Jackson 15-85, Charles 18-72, Holliday 5-15, Ellis and recovering a fumble at the UGA 19. 1-1. Georgia: Lumpkin 12-52, Ware 6-18, Williams 1-3, Henderson 1-3, Colorado posted season offensive bests in every major category, Brown 3-minus 7, Stafford 4-minus 15. yards (313), rushing yards (173), passing yards (140), first downs (17) Passing—Colorado: Jackson 26-14-1, 140, 0 td; Team 1-0-0, 0. and time of possession (34:09). Defensively, the Buffs limited Georgia to Georgia: Cox 13-10-0, 154, 2 td; Stafford 16-8-0, 76, 0 td. Receiving—Colorado: Geer 7-71, Sprague 3-33, Charles 3-22, Barnett 1-14. Georgia: Milner 4-64, Massaquoi 3-29, Ware 3-20, Bryant 2-46, Southerland 2-29, Lumpkin 2-17, Harris 1-14, Brown 1-11. Punting—Colorado: DiLallo 6-41.0 (51 long, 1 In20). Georgia: Ely- Kelso 5-45.0 (51 long, 1 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: Robinson 1-5. Georgia: Henderson 4-39. Kickoff Returns— Colorado: Robinson 3-67. Georgia: Brown 2-62. Interceptions—Colorado: none. Georgia: Taylor 1-0. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: B.Jones 5,2—7; Wheatley 5,1—6; Billingsley 3,3—6; Wright 3,3—6; Th.Washington 3,2—5; Hypolite 4,0—4; Sipili 3,1—4; Te. Washington 3,0—3; Boye-Doe 2,1—3; Walters 2,1—3. Georgia: Taylor 9,4—13; Battle 8,1—9; K.Johnson 8,0—8; Brown 5,1—6; Oliver 4,2—6; Moss 3,2—5. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Hypolite 2-16. Georgia: Battle 1-4, Taylor 1-2. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Billingsley 3, Hypolite, Sims, Wheatley, Wright. Georgia: C.Johnson, Weston.

121 having just five in the first four games combined… The loss was Colorado’s ninth in a row, and its 12th straight setback to a ranked team; MISSOURI 28 it was just the third time in school history the Buffs opened a season with COLORADO 13 55 an 0-5 mark. Game Five; September 30, 2006 COLORADO...... 3 3 7 0 — 13 Missouri...... 14 7 7 0 — 28 COLUMBIA, Mo. — Chase Daniel threw four touchdown passes as he led Missouri to its first 5-0 start in 25 years as the Tigers kept the Missouri — Chase Coffman 2 pass from Chase Daniel Colorado Buffaloes winless on the season with a 28-13 victory. (Jeff Wolfert kick) 0- 7 10:58 1Q COLORADO — Mason Crosby 32 FG 3- 7 7:48 1Q It was another case of coulda-shoulda-woulda for CU, as the Buffs Missouri — Chase Coffman 9 pass from Chase Daniel turned in their finest offensive performance of the year, but struggles in (Jeff Wolfert kick) 3-14 2:48 1Q the red zone put a damper on their point production. Colorado had just COLORADO — Mason Crosby 36 FG 6-14 7:33 2Q one touchdown on five trips inside the Missouri 20, and scored a total of Missouri — Martin Rucker 1 pass from Chase Daniel six points on two field goals the other four times. (Jeff Wolfert kick) 6-21 0:11 2Q COLORADO — Bernard Jackson 1 run (Mason Crosby kick) 13-21 14:13 3Q Missouri came into the game with the nation’s No. 1 ranked defense, Missouri — Jared Perry 9 pass from Chase Daniel but CU shredded the Tigers for 154 yards in the first quarter alone. (Jeff Wolfert kick) 13-28 6:39 3Q However, Mizzou rolled up 148 yards of its own in the first stanza as Daniel threw a pair of short touchdown passes to Chase Coffman that Attendance: 57,824 Time: 3:02 sandwiched a 32-yard Mason Crosby field goal for a 14-3 MU lead. Crosby Weather: 69 degrees, cloudy skies, 5 mph winds from the northwest added a 36-yard kick midway through the second quarter to pull CU to within 14-6. But two easy scoring chances deep in Mizzou territory came up empty, as one pass sailed high and another bounced off a facemask. TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO MISSOURI Late in the first half, CU punter Matt DiLallo couldn’t handle a high First Downs...... 18 23 snap and he was tackled at his own 14, where six plays later Daniel threw Third Down Efficiency...... 3-12 11-18 his third TD pass, this one to Martin Rucker just 11 seconds before inter- Fourth Down Efficiency...... 0-5 0-1 mission. Down 21-6, many in attendance had CU pegged for dead, but the Rushes—Net Yards ...... 36-183 40-100 Buffs went deep on the first play of the second half, as Bernard Jackson Passing Yards ...... 190 253 connected with Dusty Sprague on a 63-yard pass play to the Tiger 2. A Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 27-13-0 37-23-2 facemask penalty cut that distance in half and Jackson scored himself Total Offense ...... 373 353 from a yard out to cut the deficit to 21-13 just 47 seconds into the third Return Yards...... 16 41 quarter. Punts: No-Average...... 2-49.5 3-34.7 Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 2-0 0-0 CU seemingly had thwarted an MU drive about eight minutes later, Penalties/Yards...... 6/56 4/26 but the officials both on the field and in the replay booth ruled against an Quarterback Sacks—Yards...... 2-11 4-24 interception by Terrence Wheatley. Mizzou then mounted an 8-play, 52- Time of Possession...... 28:14 31:46 yard drive capped by Daniel’s last TD pass, a 9-yard toss to Jared Perry Drives/Average Field Position...... 10/C28 11/M31 to close the day’s scoring. Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points)...... 3-5 (13) 4-4 (28) Colorado rushed for 183 yards on a Tiger defense that had allowed less than 43 the first four games of the year, and limited a potent MU INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS rushing attack to just 100 yards on 40 tries. But Missouri came up with Rushing—Colorado: Jackson 15-93, Charles 13-87, Williams 1-14, Ellis the big play when needed, usually on third down, as the Tigers convert- 4-8, Holliday 1-1, DiLallo 1-minus 20. Missouri: Temple 18-70, Jackson ed 11-of-18 times to break the Buffs spirit. 6-23, Goldsmith 5-10, Daniel 10-minus 1, Team 1-minus 2.

NOTES—Crosby’s second quarter field goal propelled him past Eric Passing—Colorado: Jackson 27-13-0, 190, 0 td. Missouri: Daniel 35- Bieniemy as he became CU’s all-time leading scorer; he ended the game 23-2, 253, 4 td; Coleman 1-0-0, 0; Saunders 1-0-0, 0. with 256 points, Bieniemy had 254 between 1987-90… Jackson had a Receiving—Colorado: Geer 3-39, Sprague 2-85, Barnett 2-19, Ellis 2- career-high 283 yards of total offense, including bests of 190 through the 13, Goettsch 2-11, Crawford 1-23, Robinson 1-0. Missouri: Rucker 6-66, air and 93 on the ground… CU had eight plays of 20 yards or longer after Franklin 4-51, Ekwerekwu 4-49, Coffman 4-31, Perry 2-25, Saunders 1- 13, Goldsmith 1-10, Temple 1-8. Punting—Colorado: DiLallo 2-49.5 (56 long, 1 In20). Missouri: Crossett 3-34.7 (45 long, 1 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: Robinson 1-1. Missouri: Saunders 1-41. Kickoff Returns— Colorado: Robinson 4-71. Missouri: Goldsmith 2-51. Interceptions—Colorado: Wheatley 1-15, C.Brown 1-0. Missouri: none. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: C.Brown 5,4—9; Billingsley 6,2—8; Walters 6,2—8; Dizon 5,2—7; Hypolite 5,1—6; Wright 5,1—6; Harris 3,3—6; Nicolas 3,3—6; Wheatley 5,0—5. Missouri: Harrington 4,7—11; Massey 5,5—10; Bacon 1,8—9; Overstreet 2,3—5; Jackson 2,2—4; Moore 2,2—4. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Wright 1-11, Boye-Doe 1-0. Missouri: Harrington 2-9, Smith 1-9, Williams 1-6. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Wheatley 3, Billingsley, Harris. Missouri: Overstreet 2, Massey, Moore.

122 Baylor ...... 0 10 0 7 7 7 3 — 34 BAYLOR 34 COLORADO ...... 7 0 3 7 7 7 0 — 31 COLORADO 31 (3 OT) 66 Game Six; October 7, 2006 COLORADO — Mell Holliday 32 run (Mason Crosby kick) 7- 0 10:07 1Q Baylor — Ryan Havens 47 FG 7- 3 11:35 2Q Baylor — Trey Payne 17 pass from Shawn Bell BOULDER — Joe Pawelek’s interception in the end zone in the third (Ryan Havens kick) 7-10 1:58 2Q overtime ended Colorado’s hopes for a rally, as well as for its first win of COLORADO —Mason Crosby 44 FG 10-10 2:35 3Q the season, as Baylor defeated the Buffaloes, 34-31. It was the 10th Baylor — Paul Mosley 28 run (Ryan Havens kick) 10-17 9:24 4Q straight loss for CU dating back to the 2005 season, tying the school COLORADO — Byron Ellis 9 run (Mason Crosby kick) 17-17 4:13 4Q record for consecutive defeats. Baylor — Paul Mosley 1 run (Ryan Havens kick) 17-24 …… OT1 COLORADO — Riar Geer 10 pass from Bernard Jackson CU had tied the game at 17-17 with 4:13 remaining in regulation on a (Mason Crosby kick) 24-24 …… OT1 9-yard touchdown run by Byron Ellis, as the 12-play, 80-yard drive swung COLORADO — Hugh Charles 25 run (Mason Crosby kick) 31-24 …… OT2 momentum back to the Buffaloes, who stopped the Bears cold on their Baylor — Trent Shelton 10 pass from Shawn Bell (Ryan Havens kick) 31-31 …… OT2 next series. But Baylor did the same to the Buffs, as CU couldn’t move the Baylor — Ryan Havens 22 FG 31-34 …… OT3 ball out beyond its 30 in the final two minutes in hopes of setting up a game winning field goal, thus the stage was set for overtime. Attendance: 47,065 Time: 3:28 Colorado won the overtime toss and elected to play defense, and the Weather: 76 degrees, partly cloudy skies, 4 mph winds from the Bears struck first, taking six plays to move 25 yards with Paul Mosley southeast scoring his second touchdown of the day in putting BU ahead, 24-17. CU had forced the Bears into a first-and-goal from the 19-yard line, but a pass TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO BAYLOR interference call gave them a first down at the 11. Colorado answered in four plays, as Bernard Jackson threw his first touchdown pass of the year First Downs...... 22 20 (and his career), finding Riar Geer in the center of the end zone on the Third Down Efficiency...... 8-17 9-16 10-yard play. Fourth Down Efficiency...... 1-1 1-1 Rushes—Net Yards ...... 49-276 26-110 In the second extra session, lightning struck for the Buffaloes as Hugh Passing Yards ...... 75 272 Charles ripped through a big hole on the left side and ran 25 yards for a Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 25-9-3 44-31-2 31-24 CU lead right in front of the student section. Baylor earned a first Total Offense ...... 351 382 down at the CU 13, and after a Mosley run set up a 2nd-and-7, Shawn Bell Return Yards...... 31 24 threw two straight incompletions leading to fourth down. Bell seemingly Punts: No-Average...... 4-51.8 4-49.8 had forever to find a receiver, and eventually found Trent Shelton by him- Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 1-0 1-1 self for the touchdown to tie the game for the fourth time. Penalties/Yards...... 4/28 8/87 Quarterback Sacks—Yards...... 2-14 0-0 The Bears came back in the third OT and converted a 3rd-and-14 to Time of Possession...... 33:21 26:39 get the 8-yard line, but the Buff defense stiffened, forcing a 22-yard field Drives/Average Field Position...... 14/C35 13/B40 goal by Ryan Havens. On CU’s first play, Charles was stopped at the line Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points)...... 2-3 (14) 4-5 (24) of scrimmage and then Jackson picked up four. Jackson then dropped back and tried to get the ball in the end zone to Tyson DeVree, but INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Pawelek read the play and picked off the ball, preserving the win for Baylor, just its second in 41 tries on the road in Big 12 play. Rushing—Colorado: Jackson 13-93, Charles 15-72, Holliday 11-65, Ellis 8-40, Sprague 1-11, Williams 1-minus 5. Baylor: Mosley 20-85, NOTES—Colorado rushed for 276 yards in the game, but gained just 75 Whitaker 3-40, Bell 2-minus 14, Team 1-minus 1. through the air; it was the most on the ground by the Buffs since picking Passing—Colorado: Jackson 24-9-3, 75, 1 td; Charles 1-0-0, 0. Baylor: up 331 against Iowa State in 2002… CU’s 31 points were the most since Bell 44-31-2, 272, 2 td. its last victory, a 41-12 triumph over Missouri in the eighth game of the 2005 season. Receiving—Colorado: Geer 4-29, Barnett 3-24, Crawford 1-15, Sprague 1-7. Baylor: Ziegler 7-71, Fenty 7-52, Shelton 5-56, Payne 3-28, Mosley 3-12, Parks 3-12, Whitaker 2-15, White 1-26. Punting—Colorado: DiLallo 4-51.8 (63 long, 2 In20). Baylor: Sepulveda 4-49.8 (62 long, 1 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: Robinson 2-22. Baylor: Sims 3-24. Kickoff Returns—Colorado: Robinson 1-10. Baylor: Davis 1-42, Baker 1-39. Interceptions—Colorado: Wheatley 2-0. Baylor: Arline 1-0, Ford 1-0, Pawelek 1-0. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Dizon 8,6—14; Harris 5,6—11; B.Jones 8,1—9; Hypolite 6,3—9; Th.Washington 4,4—8; Burney 5,2—7; Sims 5,2—7; Wright 4,3—7; Wheatley 5,1—6; C.Brown 2,4—6. Baylor: Pawelek 11,3—14; Crawford 5,6—11; Moore 6,4—10; Wilson 5,1—6; Jones 4,2—6. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Wright 2-14. Baylor: none. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Hypolite, Sims, Th.Washington, Wright. Baylor: Foreman, Pawelek, Stiggers, Wilson.

123 NOTES—Colorado ran 40 of its 65 plays in plus territory (for 201 yards)… Halftime ceremonies included introducing CU’s sixth class COLORADO 30 inducted into its Athletic Hall of Fame, and a special tribute for Bobby Anderson, who will be CU’s fourth College Football Hall of Fame inductee TEXAS TECH 6 77 this December. Game Seven, October 14, 2006 Texas Tech ...... 0 0 0 6 — 6 BOULDER — Bernard Jackson threw for two touchdowns and ran for COLORADO...... 7 13 3 7 — 30 a third with All-American Mason Crosby adding three field goals includ- ing a couple of long-range bombs as Colorado ended a 10-game losing COLORADO — Riar Geer 28 pass from Bernard Jackson streak with a dominant 30-6 victory over Texas Tech. (Mason Crosby kick) 7- 0 10:59 1Q COLORADO — Jarrell Yates 29 pass from Bernard Jackson The Buffaloes had a decisive edge in all three phases of the game — (Mason Crosby kick) 14- 0 12:55 2Q offense, defense and special teams — but excelled particularly on COLORADO —Mason Crosby 56 FG 17- 0 5:47 2Q defense in shutting down the Red Raiders explosive passing attack. CU COLORADO —Mason Crosby 26 FG 20- 0 0:05 2Q limited Tech to 245 yards through the air, 105 below its season average, COLORADO —Mason Crosby 53 FG 23- 0 4:06 3Q and a 104.2 rating, over 40 points shy of its number coming in. The Texas Tech — Danny Amendola 11 pass from Graham Harrell Buffaloes pitched a shutout until 9:04 remained in the game, when the (run failed) 23- 6 9:04 4Q Red Raiders got on the board largely due to a 54-yard pass play where CU COLORADO — Bernard Jackson 1 run (Mason Crosby kick) 30- 6 3:27 4Q missed two tackles. Colorado also did not commit a penalty for the fourth time in its history, the first time since Sept. 21, 1985. Attendance: 50,233 Time: 2:55 Weather: 57 degrees, cloudy skies (light rain/second half), 3 mph winds CU scored on its first possession for the sixth time in seven games, from the east but this time never looked back. Jackson piloted a five-play, 65-yard drive, capped with a 28-yard TD pass to tight end Riar Geer. The lead TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO TEXAS TECH grew to 14-0 on the first possession of the second quarter, as Jackson hit First Downs...... 20 14 a streaking Jarrell Yates in the corner of the end zone from 29 yards out; Third Down Efficiency...... 5-11 4-13 Jackson had a 35-yard run earlier in the drive. Crosby then added field Fourth Down Efficiency...... 0-1 1-2 goals of 56 and 26 yards, the former the second longest in the nation in Rushes—Net Yards ...... 46-228 15-31 2006 and the latter with just five second left before the half to bump the Passing Yards ...... 152 245 lead up to 20-0. Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 19-12-0 45-29-3 Crosby connected from 53 yards in the third quarter, set up by a Hugh Total Offense ...... 380 276 Charles 35 yard run, and then Jackson closed the scoring on a 1-yard run Return Yards...... 23 1 following a failed Tech onside kick attempt after its score. Punts: No-Average...... 3-44.3 5-44.2 Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 3-2 3-2 Charles finished with 119 yards on the ground, as the Buffs topped Penalties/Yards...... 0/0 7/52 200 yards rushing in consecutive games for the first time since late 2002, Quarterback Sacks—Yards...... 2-12 3-9 with Jackson accounting for 205 yards total offense. Defensively, many Time of Possession...... 32:40 27:20 players shined for the Buffaloes. Ryan Walters made the first two Drives/Average Field Position...... 12/C38 11/T21 interceptions of his career, linebacker Jordon Dizon recorded a career- Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points)...... 2-4 (10) 1-1 (6) high 16 tackles (11 solo), with end Abraham Wright making a key fourth down sack in the first half when Tech was bidding to slice CU’s two-TD INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS lead in half. Rushing—Colorado: Charles 17-119, Holliday 15-55, Jackson 14-54. Tech had just 276 yards overall, and only 31 rushing on 15 attempts. Texas Tech: Woods 10-38, Batch 1-4, Harrell 4-minus 11. CU allowed TTU just five plays in plus territory all game, including two Passing—Colorado: Jackson 17-11-0, 151, 2 td; Cox 1-1-0, 1; Team 1-0- for losses one being Wright’s sack, and an interception. 0, 0. Texas Tech: Harrell 39-26-3, 236, 1 td; Todd 6-3-0, 9, 0 td. Receiving—Colorado: Geer 4-46, Cantrell 2-38, Sprague 2-20, Barnett 2-11, Yates 1-29, Charles 1-8. Texas Tech: Woods7-78, Walker 7-56, Amendola 7-37, Filani 4-40, Morris 3-31, Batch1-3. Punting—Colorado: DiLallo 3-44.3 (46 long, 1 In20). Texas Tech: Reyes 5-44.2 (47 long, 2 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: Robinson 4-16, Te.Washington 0-5. Texas Tech: Amendola 2-1. Kickoff Returns— Colorado: Robinson 1-18. Texas Tech: Morris 2-29. Interceptions—Colorado: Walters 2-minus 2, Th.Washington 1-4. Texas Tech: none. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Dizon 11,5—16; Wheatley 5,4—9; Harris 8,0—8; Th.Washington 4,4—8; C.Brown 3,2—5; B.Jones 2,2—4; Walters 2,2—4; Te.Washington 2,1—3. Texas Tech: Stratton 9,6—15; McBath 6,2—8; Dawson 4,3—7; Hudler 5,1—6; Slaughter 5,1—6; Scott 2,4—6. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Wright 1-10, Wheatley 1-2. Texas Tech: Hudler 1-5, Stratton 1-2, Tillman 1-2. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Boye-Doe 2, Wheatley 2, C.Brown, Harris, Th.Washington. Texas Tech: Huffman.

124 CU had just 113 yards on offense, running only 44 plays to 75 by the Sooners as OU controlled the clock. Thaddaeus Washington recorded a OKLAHOMA 24 career-high 19 tackles with Jordan Dizon matching his career best with 15 as Colorado’s linebacker play shined in the contest. Washington also COLORADO 3 88 added four third down stops. Game Eight, October 21, 2006 NOTES—Colorado had just 46 yards, also on 44 plays, the last time the two teams met, which was in the 2004 Big 12 title game in Kansas City… OU averaged just 2.8 yards on 55 first and second plays, but converted NORMAN, Okla. — Allen Patrick rushed for 110 yards and a touch- 9-of-18 third down tries in gaining 119 on the down. down subbing for injured Heisman candidate Adrian Peterson to lead No. 20 Oklahoma to a 24-3 win over Colorado. Allen, only the second player to gain 100 yards against the Buffaloes COLORADO...... 0 0 0 3 — 3 in 21 games, needed 35 carries to get the yards, as CU’s linebackers made Oklahoma...... 10 0 0 14 — 24 him earn every one. With the temperature in the 40s all game with stiff winds in the 20-25 mile an hour range all evening, whichever team could Oklahoma — Manuel Johnson 3 pass from Paul Thompson establish the run when it was with the wind on offense would have the (Garret Hartley kick) 0- 7 7:49 1Q advantage, and it went to the Sooners. Oklahoma — Garret Hartley 46 FG 0-10 0:04 1Q The Buffaloes were handcuffed from the start on offense; going Oklahoma — Patrick Allen 2 run (Garret Hartley kick) 0-17 10:26 4Q against the wind in the first quarter, CU had just one first down 26 yards COLORADO —Mason Crosby 39 FG 3-17 6:13 4Q of offense while the Sooners built a 10-0 lead. Paul Thompson and Manuel Oklahoma — Chris Brown 4 run (Garret Hartley kick) 3-24 0:17 4Q Johnson hooked up on a three-yard touchdown pass to cap a 12-play, 61-yard effort the first time OU had the ball. OU also used good clock Attendance: 84,443 Time: 2:54 management at the end of the quarter, using two timeouts to assure a Weather: 46 degrees, cloudy skies, 24 mph winds from the north field goal attempt with the wind; Garret Hartley connected from 46 yards out with just four seconds left in the stanza and the Sooners had a two- score edge. TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO OKLAHOMA First Downs...... 5 17 That would cap the scoring for the next two quarters. CU had the Third Down Efficiency...... 3-13 9-18 ball in Sooner territory twice, with Bernard Jackson intercepted by Zach Fourth Down Efficiency...... 0-1 1-2 Latimer to end one drive. The other ended with aide of the wind, Rushes—Net Yards ...... 30-74 49-166 which blew a Mason Crosby 56-yard field goal attempt wide left. OU had Passing Yards ...... 39 105 just one real scoring threat in the span, but its first possession of the Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 14-3-1 26-17-0 second half against the wind died on an incomplete fourth down pass at Total Offense ...... 113 271 the CU 29. Return Yards...... 1 -1 Punts: No-Average...... 6-35.5 5-32.6 CU’s defense forced OU to punt from its own 20 late in the third quar- Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 4-1 2-1 ter, and seemingly would get the ball in great field position to mount a Penalties/Yards...... 3/20 5/35 last run at the Sooners. But Stephone Robinson fumbled the punt and the Quarterback Sacks—Yards...... 0-0 0-0 Sooners recovered at their own 46 and proceeded to go 54 yards in 12 Time of Possession...... 23:16 36:44 plays for the clinching touchdown. The Buffs did get on the board with a Drives/Average Field Position...... 11/C30 11/O36 39-yard field goal from Crosby to pull back to within 17-3 with 6:13 left, Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points)...... 0-0 (0) 3-3 (21) but OU recovered the onside kick try to squelch the comeback. The Sooners added a cosmetic touchdown with 17 seconds remaining to INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS inflate the final score. Rushing—Colorado: Jackson 10-54, Holliday 10-23, Charles 6-2, Williams 3-0, Team 1-minus 5. Oklahoma: Patrick 35-110, Thompson 5-26, Gutierrez 5-18, Brown 4-12. Passing—Colorado: Jackson 14-3-1, 39, 0 td. Oklahoma: Thompson 26-17-0, 105, 1 td. Receiving—Colorado: Crawford 1-22, DeVree 1-11, Williams 1-6. Oklahoma: Kelly 7-64, Finley 2-22, Zaslaw 2-12, Johnson 2-11, Iglesias 2-minus 4, Eldridge 1-3, Gutierrez 1-minus 3. Punting—Colorado: DiLallo 6-35.5 (49 long, 2 In20). Oklahoma: Cohen 5-32.6 (40 long, 2 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: Robinson 1-1. Oklahoma: Smith 2-minus 1. Kickoff Returns— Colorado: Te.Washington 2-40. Oklahoma: none. Interceptions—Colorado: none. Oklahoma: Latimer 1-0. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Th.Washington 12,7—19; Dizon 7,8—15; Harris 4,7—11; Nicolas 4,5—9; Te.Washington 6,2—8; B.Jones 6,1—7; Walters 5,1—6; Hypolite 3,2—5. Oklahoma: Alexander 6,5—11; Latimer 4,2—6; Baker 2,1—3; Thibodeaux 2,1—3; three tied with 1,2—3. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: none. Oklahoma: none. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: B.Jones, Th.Washington, Walters. Oklahoma: Harris, Latimer, Williams.

125 NOTES—The loss marked just the 15th time since 1976, but the second time this season, that CU could not hold on to a two-score lead (out of KANSAS 20 219 occasions)… James Cox’ career came to a premature ending when he suffered a broken thumb in the second quarter… CU dropped to 0-4 on COLORADO 15 9 the road, in danger of going winless away from home for the first time 9 since 1984. Game Nine, October 28, 2006

COLORADO...... 3 6 0 6 — 15 LAWRENCE, Kan. — Trailing 9-0 at halftime, the Kansas coaches Kansas ...... 0 0 7 13 — 20 decided to pull the redshirt off quarterback Todd Reesing, and the deci- sion proved to be a good one as the Jayhawks utilized the true fresh- man’s talents in rallying for a 20-15 win over the Colorado Buffaloes. COLORADO —Mason Crosby 37 FG 3- 0 4:51 1Q COLORADO —Mason Crosby 26 FG 6- 0 8:57 2Q Three Mason Crosby field goals, from 37, 26 and 32 yards, enabled CU COLORADO —Mason Crosby 32 FG 9- 0 0:41 2Q to build a 9-0 lead at halftime. The Jayhawk defense stiffened each time Kansas — Jon Cornish 22 pass from Todd Reesing the Buffs approached their goal line, and the turning point may have (Scott Webb kick) 9- 7 4:35 3Q come on CU’s first second half possession. Lionel Harris intercepted Kansas — Todd Reesing 3 run (Scott Webb kick) 9-14 14:30 4Q Reesing at the Kansas 40 to set CU up with a short field, but KU stopped Kansas — Derek Fine 5 pass from Todd Reesing (pass failed) 9-20 7:57 4Q Bernard Jackson cold on a 4th-and-1 try from its 14 to take over on COLORADO — Ryan Walters 95 fumble return (pass failed) 15-20 3:17 4Q downs, ending the threat. Attendance: 39,313 Time: 3:00 Two series later, Kansas got on the board thanks to a pair of big plays. Weather: 62 degrees, partly cloudy skies, 10 mph winds from the Reesing hit Jake Sharp with a 42-yard pass to the Colorado 34, and after northwest a pass interference penalty on Harris set the ‘Hawks up with a first down at the CU 22, Reesing hit Jon Cornish in the flat for what turned into a 22-yard touchdown. With the lead down to 9-7, the Buffs appeared poised TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO KANSAS to answer, marching to the KU 25. But on third down Jackson was inter- First Downs...... 18 14 cepted by Aqib Talib, who returned to pick 59 yards to the CU 24. Four Third Down Efficiency...... 3-15 8-15 plays later, Reesing took it in from three yards out to give KU the lead it Fourth Down Efficiency...... 0-1 0-1 would not relinquish. Rushes—Net Yards ...... 43-173 33-161 Passing Yards ...... 83 180 Reesing engineered another TD drive on KU’s next possession, con- Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 27-9-2 29-18-3 necting with Derek Fine on a 5-yard scoring pass producing a 20-9 Total Offense ...... 256 341 Jayhawk lead (Kansas inexplicably went for and missed a two-point try). Return Yards...... 114 75 The Buffs moved to their 44 but were intercepted on a halfback pass play, Punts: No-Average...... 5-44.2 4-42.2 and all KU literally had to do was run out the clock. Driving to the Buff 7, Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 1-0 3-1 Reesing was hit hard by Brandon Nicolas, with the resulting fumble Penalties/Yards...... 5/56 7/65 scooped up by Ryan Walters, who returned it 95 yards for a touchdown. Quarterback Sacks—Yards...... 2-12 3-13 CU’s two-point try went in and out of the hands of Alvin Barnett and the Time of Possession...... 31:35 28:25 KU lead remained at five. Drives/Average Field Position...... 12/C31 13/K31 Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points)...... 2-3 (6) 2-3 (13) An onside kick try by the Buffs failed, but the defense did hold KU to three plays and out. The Buffs had just 59 seconds and no timeouts to INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS work with and could not earn a first down. A 61-yard pass play at the end of the game was even wiped out as Jackson was over the line of scrim- Rushing—Colorado: Charles 15-78, Jackson 14-68, Holliday 10-27, mage, mirroring the way the second half had gone for Colorado. Ellis 2-3, Cox 2-minus 3. Kansas: Reesing 7-90, Cornish 23-80, McAnderson 1-0, Barmann 2-minus 9. CU forced four turnovers, but could muster just 256 yards on offense Passing—Colorado: Jackson 20-8-1, 71, 0 td; Cox 5-1-0, 12; Geer 1-0-1, in losing to Kansas for the first time since 2000. 0; Team 1-0-0, 0. Kansas: Barmann 18-11-2, 74, 0 td; Reesing 11-7-1, 106, 2 td. Receiving—Colorado: Barnett 3-26, Crawford 2-14, Sprague 1-19, Yates 1-14, Charles 1-6, Williams 1-4. Kansas: Murph 6-22, Fields 3-11, Cornish 2-27, Henry 2-23, Sharp 1-42, Foster 1-31, Lamb 1-16, Fine 1-5, McAnderson 1-3. Punting—Colorado: DiLallo 5-44.2 (51 long, 2 In20). Kansas: Tucker 4-42.2 (56 long, 1 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: McBride 1-5. Kansas: Lamb 2-16. Kickoff Returns— Colorado: Te.Washington 2-42. Kansas: Herford 2-45. Interceptions—Colorado: B.Jones 1-10, Harris 1-2, Wheatley 1-2. Kansas: Talib 2-59. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Th.Washington 5,5—10; Dizon 6,3—9; Walters 6,2—8; Boye-Doe 4,3—7; Harris 2,5—7; Wright 4,2—6; Te.Washington 4,1—5; Wheatley 4,1—5; C.Brown 3,2—5; Hypolite 2,3—5. Kansas: Kemp 8,3—11; Mortensen 5,4—9; Brorsen 5,2—7; McClinton 5,1—6; Webb 4,2—6; Wilder 4,2—6.

Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Wright 11/2-10, Hypolite 1/2-2. Kansas: Wilder 1-7, Como 1-5, Brorsen 1-1. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Wheatley 2, C. Brown, Walters, Th.Washington. Kansas: Talib 2, Como, Kemp, Webb, Wilder.

126 NOTES—CU dropped to 1-9 for just the third time in its history… The Buffs wore all black uniforms for the second time in 2006… This was just KANSAS STATE 34 the 20th time in CU’s 220-game scoring streak the Buffs waited to extend the streak until the second half… Jackson rushed for 105 yards, his first COLORADO 21 1100 career 100-yard game. Game Ten, November 4, 2006 Kansas State ...... 0 17 0 17 — 34 COLORADO...... 0 0 7 14 — 21 BOULDER — Josh Freeman completed 22-of-26 passes for 251 yards and two touchdowns, earning Big 12 Offensive player of the week honors in the process, to lead Kansas State to a 34-21 win over Colorado. Kansas State — Leon Patton 15 run (Jeff Snodgrass kick) 0- 7 13:20 2Q Kansas State — Yamon Figurs 9 pass from Josh Freeman The win enabled the Wildcats to become bowl-eligible for the first (Jeff Snodgrass kick) 0-14 6:53 2Q time since it won the Big 12 title in 2003, while the Buffaloes fell to 1-9 Kansas State — Jeff Snodgrass 46 FG 0-17 0:01 2Q for just the third time in their history, having dropped 13 of their last 14 COLORADO — Bernard Jackson 3 run (Mason Crosby kick) 7-17 1:48 3Q games. Kansas State — Jeff Snodgrass 27 FG 7-20 14:48 4Q COLORADO — Bernard Jackson 62 run (Mason Crosby kick) 14-20 13:26 4Q After a scoreless first quarter, Kansas State posted 17 unanswered Kansas State — Jordy Nelson 74 pass from Josh Freeman points in the second to force Colorado to play from behind the remain- (Jeff Snodgrass kick) 14-27 11:55 4Q der of the game. KSU had worked to the three-score lead on the strength Kansas State — Yamon Figurs 30 run (Jeff Snodgrass kick) 14-34 7:42 4Q of a 10-play, 66-yard touchdown drive, capped by a 15-yard run by Leon COLORADO — Tyson DeVree 1 pass from Bernard Jackson Patton, and two significantly shorter drives. The Wildcats moved to a (Mason Crosby kick) 21-34 5:20 4Q 14-0 lead three plays after recovering a Stephone Robinson fumble at the CU 16, as Yamon Figurs caught a 9-yard TD pass from Freeman. K-State Attendance: 42,696 Time: 3:01 added a Jeff Snodgrass 46-yard field goal with just one second left in Weather: 54 degrees, cloudy skies, 3 mph winds from the northeast the half. Despite just 64 yards in the first half, the Buffs still put up a fight and TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO KANSAS STATE offensively had their best half of the season, scoring 21 points while gain- First Downs...... 16 19 ing 306 yards after halftime, but it wouldn’t be enough. CU couldn’t Third Down Efficiency...... 4-11 8-14 punch it into the end zone on its first possession of the second half, driv- Fourth Down Efficiency...... 1-3 1-1 ing from its 14 to a first-and-goal at the KSU 3, where eventually a fourth Rushes—Net Yards ...... 40-225 38-188 down run by quarterback Bernard Jackson came up short at the KSU 1. Passing Yards ...... 145 251 Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 18-10-0 26-22-0 The next time CU had the ball, the Buffs did crack the scoreboard, Total Offense ...... 370 439 marching 64 yards in six plays, highlighted by a 40-yard run by Mell Return Yards...... 0 24 Holliday and a 3-yard touchdown run by Jackson. Snodgrass nailed a 27- Punts: No-Average...... 3-39.0 3-43.7 yard field goal after a couple of big plays by the Wildcats to run the KSU Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 3-1 0-0 lead back up to 20-7, and Jackson personally answered right back with a Penalties/Yards...... 3/19 5/35 62-yard run for a score to cut it to 20-14, the closest the Buffs would Quarterback Sacks—Yards...... 2-13 3-14 come. Just 91 seconds later, Jordy Nelson took a Freeman pass and Time of Possession...... 26:30 33:30 scored on a 74-yard play, 73 of the yards coming after the catch as he Drives/Average Field Position...... 10/C24 11/KS37 eluded no less than three would-be tacklers. Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points)...... 2-3 (14) 3-4 (17) Jackson connected with tight end Tyson DeVree on a fourth down, INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 1-yard touchdown pass to close the scoring for the Buffs, but it followed Rushing—Colorado: Jackson 17-105, Holliday 8-67, Charles 12-66, the last KSU score, a Figurs 30-yard run on a reverse that put the Wildcats Williams 1-6, Robinson 2-minus 19. Kansas State: Patton 12-96, up by 20. Those plays capped a wild fourth quarter, which saw the teams Johnson 21-63, Figurs 1-30, Freeman 4-minus 1. combine for 31 points and 332 yards. Passing—Colorado: Jackson 18-10-0, 145, 1 td. Kansas State: Freeman 26-22-0, 251, 2 td. Receiving—Colorado: Crawford 2-42, Williams 2-40, Barnett 1-32, Sprague 1-13, Geer 1-11, Charles 1-5, DeVree 1-1, Robinson 1-1. Kansas State: Nelson 5-117, Gonzalez 5-53, Figurs 3-24, Pooschke 3-12, Johnson 2-21, Norwood 2-11, Patton 1-8, Mastrud 1-5. Punting—Colorado: Garden 2-38.5 (40 long, 0 In20), DiLallo 1-40.0 (0 In20). Kansas State: Reyer 3-43.7 (48 long, 0 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: none. Kansas State: Figurs 3-24. Kickoff Returns— Colorado: Te.Washington 3-57, Ellis 1-14. Kansas State: none. Interceptions—Colorado: none. Kansas State: none. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Harris 10,2—12; Te.Washington 5,2—7; Dizon 6,0—6; B.Jones 3,3—6; Lucas 3,3—6; Burney 3,2—5; Hypolite 3,2—5; Nicolas 3,2—5; Wheatley 3,0—3; three with 2,1—3. Kansas State: Williams 5,3—8; Diles 4,3—7; Erker 5,1—6; Archer 2,3—5; Walker 2,2—4; J.Moore 1,3—4; Campbell 3,0—3; Jackson 3,0—3. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Dizon 1-7, Wright 1-6. Kansas State: Echols 1-5, Seiler 1-5, Campbell 1-4. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Te.Washington. Kansas State: Campbell, Jackson.

127 Iowa State...... 7 0 3 6 — 16 COLORADO 33 COLORADO...... 10 10 10 3 — 33 IOWA STATE 16 1111 COLORADO — Alvin Barnett 26 pass from Bernard Jackson Game Eleven, November 11, 2006 (Mason Crosby kick) 7- 0 13:32 1Q Iowa State — Jon Davis 21 pass from Bret Meyer (Bret Culbertson kick) 7- 7 8:33 1Q BOULDER — Bernard Jackson threw two touchdown passes and ran COLORADO — Mason Crosby 47 FG 10- 7 1:47 1Q for a third as Colorado concluded its home schedule and sent 23 seniors COLORADO — Bernard Jackson 5 run (Mason Crosby kick) 17- 7 6:52 2Q out with a 33-16 win over Iowa State. COLORADO — Mason Crosby 38 FG 20- 7 0:32 2Q Jackson completed 13-of-19 passes for 200 yards and the two scores, COLORADO — Mason Crosby 41 FG 23- 7 9:43 3Q the first a 26-yard laser to Alvin Barnett starting a run of seven consecu- COLORADO — Patrick Williams 39 pass from Bernard Jackson tive drives the Buffs scored on. It was by far Colorado’s best offensive (Mason Crosby kick) 30- 7 5:06 3Q game of the year, as CU rolled up a season-high 463 yards on offense. Iowa State — Bret Culbertson 27 FG 30-10 0:00 3Q COLORADO — Mason Crosby 42 FG 33-10 9:20 4Q Mell Holliday rushed for 126 yards, setting up four of the Buff scores Iowa State — Ryan Kock 5 run (pass failed) 33-16 3:58 4Q in logging a team season-high in single game yards. Two of those were Mason Crosby field goals, as the senior All-American kicked four in the Attendance: 43,056 Time: 2:55 game, the fourth time in his career and the second time against the Weather: 46 degrees, cloudy skies, 4 mph winds from the east Cyclones. With CU jumping to a 30-7 lead after scoring 23 consecutive points one Iowa State tied the score at 7-7, one of the most exciting moments of TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO IOWA STATE the game came when Crosby attempted a 65-yard field goal in the fourth First Downs...... 18 19 quarter, but the try came up less than a yard short. Third Down Efficiency...... 6-12 5-12 But there was plenty of excitement en route to that moment, as Fourth Down Efficiency...... 0-0 1-1 Crosby made kicks of 47, 38, 41 and 42 yards sandwiched around two Rushes—Net Yards ...... 38-263 30-102 other CU touchdowns. Jackson scored on a 5-yard run midway through Passing Yards ...... 200 209 the second quarter to cap a 15-play, 95-yard drive, CU’s longest of the Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 19-13-0 29-18-0 season, which put the Buffs ahead 17-7. Jackson then threw his second Total Offense ...... 463 311 scoring pass, this one to Patrick Williams from 39 yards out after the Return Yards...... 34 4 Buffs took possession on a punt, with that score building the Buffalo lead Punts: No-Average...... 1-58.0 5-43.0 to 30-7 with 5:06 left in the third quarter. Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 1-0 0-0 Iowa State played the game just three days after learning its head Penalties/Yards...... 10/93 7/46 coach, Dan McCarney, was forced to step down at the end of the season. Quarterback Sacks—Yards...... 2-15 1-6 The Cyclones matched CU’s first score on their first possession, march- Time of Possession...... 31:10 28:50 ing 86 yards in 10 plays with Bret Meyer and Jon Davis hooking up on a Drives/Average Field Position...... 9/C31 10/IS22 21-yard touchdown pass. Other than a field goal as the third quarter Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points)...... 3-3 (13) 2-2 (10) expired, the only other ISU score came following Crosby’s long field goal miss. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

NOTES—CU ran 39 plays in plus territory for 233 yards; ISU had just 20 Rushing—Colorado: Holliday 18-126, Jackson 9-69, Charles 11-68. for 102… The Buffs averaged 9.0 yards on 25 first down plays… CU had Iowa State: Kock 18-82, Meyer 8-12, Johnson 4-8. 314 yards in the first half, easily a season best for a half… CU wore all Passing—Colorado: Jackson 19-13-0, 200, 2 td. Iowa State: Meyer 28- black for the third time in 2006… The first quarter took just 31 minutes 17-0, 190, 1 td; Flynn 1-1-0, 19, 0 td. in real time to play… ISU started seven of its 10 drives inside or at its Receiving—Colorado: Barnett 4-77, Williams 4-71, Crawford 3-27, 20-yard line. DeVree 1-18, Geer 1-7. Iowa State: Moses 5-38, Flynn 5-37, Davis 4-49, Sumrall 3-66, Meyer 1-19. Punting—Colorado: DiLallo 1-58.0 (0 In20). Iowa State: Brandtner 5-43.0 (49 long, 1 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: McBride 3-34. Iowa State: Sumrall 1-4. Kickoff Returns—Colorado: Ellis 1-29, Charles 1-13. Iowa State: Moses 4-66. Interceptions—Colorado: none. Iowa State: none. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Dizon 6,6—12; B.Jones 5,5—10; Billingsley 4,5—9; Te.Washington 6,2—8; Sims 6,1—7; Sipili 2,3—5; Nicolas 2,2—4; Hypolite 3,0—3; Wright 3,0—3; four with 2,1—3 (Boye- Doe, C.Brown, Ligon, Th.Washington). Iowa State: Bowen 8,2—10; Banks 6,1—7; McKenzie 5,2—7; Berg 3,2—5; Moorehead 3,1—4; Singleton 3,1—4.

Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Lucas 1-4, Dizon 1/2-6, B.Jones 1/2-5. Iowa State: Bowen 1-6. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Sims, Te.Washington, Wheatley. Iowa State: Singleton.

128 COLORADO...... 7 0 7 0 — 14 NEBRASKA 37 Nebraska ...... 7 7 7 16 — 37 COLORADO 14 1122 Nebraska — Terrence Nunn 15 pass from Zac Taylor Game Twelve, November 24, 2006 (Jordon Congdon kick) 0- 7 5:08 1Q COLORADO — Riar Geer 14 pass from Bernard Jackson (Mason Crosby kick) 7- 7 1:31 1Q LINCOLN, Neb. — Zac Taylor threw for 249 yards and two touchdown Nebraska — Barry Turner 29 pass from Joe Ganz passes as No. 23 Nebraska had to use a lot of trickery in winning its ninth (Jordon Congdon kick) 7-14 4:14 2Q game of the season as the Cornhuskers ended a disappointing season for COLORADO — Mell Holliday 45 run (Mason Crosby kick) 14-14 11:51 3Q Colorado in dispatching the Buffaloes, 37-14. Nebraska — Brandon Jackson 2 run (Jordon Congdon kick) 14-21 4:49 3Q Nebraska — Safety, Adam Carriker tackles Mell Holliday In a classic “the final score did not indicate how close the game was,” in end zone 14-23 14:22 4Q the Huskers snapped a 14-14 tie late in the third quarter thanks to a pass Nebraska — Brandon Jackson 18 pass from Zac Taylor (Jordon Congdon kick) 14-30 10:16 4Q interference call on CU on a halfback pass, and then stole any remaining Nebraska — Kenny Wilson 7 run (Jordon Congdon kick) 14-37 0:23 4Q momentum from the Buffaloes with a safety to open the fourth quarter and then a successful field goal fake five minutes into the period that led to a touchdown. When the blitz was over, NU put 16 points on the score- Attendance: 85,800 Time: 3:23 board in less than 10 minutes to take control of the game. Weather: 54 degrees, partly cloudy skies, 21 mph winds from the north After forcing CU to punt on its first possession, NU’s Major Culbert got a piece of the ball on Matt DiLallo’s kick, the ball rolling 26 yards to set the Huskers up at their own 42. Taylor threw his first TD pass of the TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO NEBRASKA day to Terrence Nunn some 10 plays later, the drive aided by an alleged First Downs...... 14 24 face mask on CU’s Abraham Wright which replays showed not to be the Third Down Efficiency...... 5-13 8-15 case. The call nullified a third down sack and kept the drive alive. Fourth Down Efficiency...... 0-1 3-3 Rushes—Net Yards ...... 31-166 46-190 But the Buffaloes bounced right back and marched 75 yards in six Passing Yards ...... 131 278 plays to tie the score, with Bernard Jackson connecting with Riar Geer on Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 23-11-0 30-20-0 a 14-yard touchdown pass. Nebraska took a 14-7 lead into halftime, as Total Offense ...... 297 468 with just over four minutes left in the second quarter, Joe Ganz lined up Return Yards...... 12 0 where the field goal kicker normally would, took the snap, and then hit Punts: No-Average...... 6-41.8 4-39.0 defensive end Barry Turner with a 29-yard TD throw, as the play totally Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 1-0 2-2 fooled the Buffs. Penalties/Yards...... 8/74 10/70 Nebraska was driving to open the second half, but Lionel Harris Quarterback Sacks—Yards...... 1-8 4-40 forced Brandon Jackson to fumble at the CU 19, where Thaddaeus Time of Possession...... 24:11 35:49 Washington recovered and returned it to the 29. Four plays later, Mell Drives/Average Field Position...... 12/C23 12/N30 Holliday broke free for a 45-yard run that tied the game for the final time, Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points)...... 1-1 (7) 4-5 (28) as the Huskers would score the last 23 points of the game, the final seven coming on a cosmetic TD run with just 23 seconds left. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing—Colorado: Holliday 8-67, Charles 5-61, Ellis 6-22, Jackson Jordon Dizon had a career-high 19 tackles for the Buffaloes, who saw 12-16. Nebraska: Jackson 34-142, Lucky 4-21, Wilson 3-16, Taylor 2-11, NU run 76 plays to just their 54. Green 1-7, Purify 1-1, Ganz 1-minus 8. NOTES— The loss dropped CU to 2-10 on the season, just the third 10- Passing—Colorado: Jackson 23-11-0, 131, 1 td. Nebraska: Taylor 28- loss campaign in 117 years at the school… It was CU’s 14th straight loss 19-0, 249, 2 td; Ganz 1-1-0, 29, 1 td; Lucky 1-0-0, 0. to a ranked team… Holliday played his high school ball in Omaha but Receiving—Colorado: Crawford 5-79, Williams 2-13, Barnett 2-10, was denied the chance to walk-on at Nebraska, so his TD run was some Holz 1-15, Geer 1-14. Nebraska: Jackson 6-42, Nunn 4-52, Purify 3-51, “sweet revenge.” Swift 2-23, Erickson 1-57, Turner 1-29, Hardy 1-18, Mueller 1-5, Teafatiller 1-1. Punting—Colorado: DiLallo 5-45.0 (59 long, 1 In20), Team 1-26.0. Nebraska: Titchener 3-40.3 (43 long, 0 In20); Congdon 1-35.0 (1 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: McBride 2-2. Nebraska: Grixby 1-0. Kickoff Returns— Colorado: Te.Washington 3-55, Charles 2-34. Nebraska: Phillips 1-15, Lucky 1-14, Jackson 1-6. Interceptions—Colorado: none. Nebraska: none. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Dizon 9,10—19; Harris 7,4—11; Th.Washington 7,4—11; Sipili 4,3—7; Wheatley 6,0—6; Billingsley 3,3—6; Nicolas 3,3—6; Te.Washington 3,3—6. Nebraska: Jones 5,4— 9; Carriker 3,4—7; McKeon 4,2—6; Octavien 2,3—5; Thenarse 3,1—4; Steinkuhler 3,1—4. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Ligon 1-8. Nebraska: Carriker 2-18, McKeon 1-15, Dagunduro 1-7. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Kaynor, Sipili, Wheatley. Nebraska: Grixby, Shanle.

129 Final 2006 Statistics

Record: Won 2, Lost 10 (2-6 Big 12)

RESULTS/Attendance (N—Big 12 Game) Time Attendance RUSHING —avg. per— High S 2 MONTANA STATE ...... L 10-19 3:04 45,513 Player G Att Gain Loss NET att. game TD Long 10+ 5+ Game S 9 Colorado State (Denver) ...... L 10-14 2:48 65,701 Hugh Charles...... 12 139 800 21 779 5.6 64.9 1 44 25 62 119 S 16 ARIZONA STATE...... L 3-21 3:24 47,723 Bernard Jackson ...... 12 155 884 207 677 4.4 56.4 7 62t 31 69 105 S 23 at Georgia ...... L 13-14 3:06 92,746 Mell Holliday ...... 12 105 525 13 512 4.9 42.7 1 52 10 34 126 30 N t Missouri ...... 13-28 :02 57,824 S a L 3 Byron Ellis ...... 12 38 133 7 126 3.3 10.5 1 11 2 13 40 O7N BAYLOR...... (3 OT) L 31-34 3:28 47,065 O14 N TEXAS TECH ...... W 30- 6 2:55 50,233 Patrick Williams...... 12 7 31 9 22 3.1 1.8 0 14 1 3 14 O 21 N at Oklahoma...... L 3-24 2:54 84,443 Dusty Sprague...... 12 1 11 0 11 11.0 0.9 0 11 1 1 11 O 28 N at Kansas...... L 15-20 3:00 39,313 Alvin Barnett ...... 12 1 0 2 - 2 -2.0 -0.2 0 -2 0 0 - 2 N4N KANSAS STATE ...... L 21-34 3:01 42,696 James Cox...... 4 10 18 30 - 12 -1.2 -3.0 1 9 0 1 - 9 N 11 N IOWA STATE ...... W 33-16 2:55 43,056 Stephone Robinson ...... 12 3 6 19 - 13 -4.3 -1.1 0 6 0 1 6 N 24 N at Nebraska...... L 14-37 3:23 85,800 Matthew DiLallo...... 12 1 0 20 - 20 -20.0 -1.7 0 -20 0 0 - 20 SCORE-BY-QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT — Total Team (k-downs, snaps)...... - 1 0 5 - 5 -5.0 …… - -5 … … … COLORADO ...... 53 49 40 40 14 — 196 Opponents...... 55 58 31 106 17 — 267 PASSING –avg. per– Total Offense Player G Att - Com- Int Pct. Yards att. comp. TD Long Skd. Att. Yards Avg. Bernard Jackson 12 219- 108- 7 49.3 1,298 5.9 12.0 7 63 28/155 374 1975 5.3 olorado Opponents TEAM STATISTICS C James Cox ...... 4 30- 11- 0 36.7 124 4.1 11.3 0 42 3/27 40 112 2.8 FIRST DOWNS...... 182 222 Hugh Charles .... 12 1- 0- 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0/ 0 140 779 5.6 by rushing ...... 100 73 Riar Geer ...... 12 1- 0- 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0/ 0 1 0 0.0 by passing ...... 73 134 Team (spiked passes) - 3- 0- 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0/ 0 4 - 5 -1.3 by penalty ...... 9 15 FIRST DOWN PLAYS/YARDS ...... 304/1664 337/1550 NCAA Ratings: Jackson 103.3, Cox 71.4. average gain on first down ...... 5.5 4.6 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY...... 53-159 85-178 RECEIVING –avg. per– –high games– percentage ...... 33.3 47.8 Player G No. Yards rec. game TD Long 20+ 10+ rec yards FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY...... 2-13 9-17 Riar Geer...... 12 24 261 10.9 21.8 3 28t 3 13 7 7-71 percentage ...... 15.4 52.9 Alvin Barnett...... 12 21 232 11.0 19.3 1 38 3 8 4 4-77 RUSHING ATTEMPTS ...... 461 410 atrick Williams...... 12 9 42 12.7 20.2 1 42 3 9 yards gained ...... 2408 1630 P 1 2 5 4-71 yards lost...... 333 281 Cody Crawford...... 12 15 222 14.8 18.5 0 31 4 12 5 5-79 NET RUSHING YARDS ...... 2075 1349 Dusty Sprague...... 12 11 179 16.3 14.9 0 63 2 7 3 2-85 average per rush ...... 4.50 3.29 Hugh Charles ...... 12 9 85 9.4 7.1 0 33 1 3 3 2-30 average per game...... 172.9 112.4 Tyson DeVree...... 11 4 36 9.0 3.3 1 18 0 2 1 1-18 PASSING ATTEMPTS...... 254 390 Byron Ellis ...... 12 4 26 6.5 2.2 0 7 0 0 2 2-13 passes completed ...... 119 261 Nick Holz ...... 12 3 29 9.7 2.4 0 15 0 1 1 1-15 had intercepted...... 8 12 Dan Goettsch ...... 12 3 28 9.2 2.3 0 17 0 1 2 1-17 completion percentage ...... 46.9 66.9 NET PASSING YARDS ...... 1422 2742 Jarrell Yates...... 5 2 43 21.5 8.6 1 29t 1 2 1 1-29 average per attempt ...... 5. 60 7.03 Maurice Cantrell...... 12 2 38 19.0 3.2 0 20 1 2 2 2-38 average per completion ...... 11.9 10.5 Stephone Robinson..... 12 2 1 0.5 0.1 0 1 0 0 1 1- 1 average per game...... 118.5 228.5 QBs sacked/yards lost...... 31/182 25/172 SCORING Touchdowns————— 2Pt. TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS...... 715 800 Player G Total Rush Rec. Ret. PAT EP-EPA FG-FGA Saf DEX PTS TOTAL NET YARDS...... 3497 4091 Mason Crosby...... 12 0 0 0 0 0-0 19-19 19-28 -- -- 76 AVERAGE GAIN PER PLAY...... 4.89 5.11 Bernard Jackson...... 12 7 7 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -- -- 42 AVERAGE PER GAME...... 291.4 340.9 Riar Geer ...... 12 3 0 3 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 18 FUMBLES-LOST ...... 26-8 18-12 PENALTIES/YARDS ...... 63/559 83/640 Mell Holliday...... 12 2 2 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 12 Offensive ...... 35/276 55/354 Hugh Charles ...... 12 1 1 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 6 Defensive...... 18/187 16/170 James Cox ...... 4 1 1 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 6 Special Teams...... 10/96 12/116 Alvin Barnett...... 12 1 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 6 Bench/Fans/NCAA Unsportsmanlike...... 0/0 0/0 Tyson DeVree ...... 11 1 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 6 TURNOVERS (Margin: +8/+0.67) ...... 16 24 Byron Ellis ...... 12 1 1 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 6 TOTAL RETURN YARDS ...... 277 390 Ryan Walters...... 11 1 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 6 Punt Returns: No-Yards...... 22-123 32-299 Patrick Williams ...... 12 1 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 6 Interceptions: No-Yards...... 12-40 8-85 Misc. (Fumble/Blk. FG) Returns ...... 3-114 2-6 Jarrell Yates...... 5 1 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 6 KICKOFF RETURNS: No-Yards ...... 32-583 18-392 COLORADO ...... 12 20 12 7 1 0-1 19-19 19-28 0 0 196 average per return ...... 18.2 21.8 Opponents...... 12 34 12 22 0 0-3 31-31 10-14 1 0 267 PUNTS ...... 56 50 yards ...... 2353 2040 PUNTING In had Ret. Net Net average ...... 42.0 40.8 Player G No. Yards Avg. Long 20 50+ TB blk. Yds. Yds. Avg. yard deductions: returns/touchbacks...... 299/0 123/40 Matt DiLallo...... 12 47 2056 43.74 73 14 8 0 2 246 1810 38.5 net yards ...... 2054 1877 net average ...... 36.7 37.5 Mason Crosby...... 11 1 43 43.00 43 0 0 0 0 21 22 22.0 DEFENSIVE/tackles for loss...... 73-282 72-322 Isaac Garden ...... 2 6 216 36.00 41 1 0 0 0 32 184 30.7 quarterback sacks/yards ...... 25/172 31/182 Team...... 12 2 38 19.00 0 0 0 0 - 0 38 19.0 quarterback hurries...... 46 33 COLORADO ...... 12 56 2353 42.02 73 15 8 0 2 299 2054 36.7 passes broken up ...... 44 33 Opponents...... 12 50 2040 40.80 62 13 6 2 0 123 1877 37.5 forced fumbles...... 14 11 BLOCKED KICKS (Special Teams) ...... 0 3 FIELD GOALS G 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+ Total Pct. Long TIME OF POSSESSION ...... 348:13 371:47 Mason Crosby ...... 12 0-0 5-6 7-8 5-5 2-6 0-3 19-28 67.9 56 average per game...... 29:01 30:59 (24,63s)(40,61wl)(29,57wl)(26blk,26,36)(32,36)(36wl,44)(56,26,53)(56wl,39)(37,26,32)(51wl) TIME SPENT IN THE LEAD...... 269:22 327:27 (47,38,41,42,65s)(55wl) TIMES PENETRATED OPPONENT 20...... 32 41 COLORADO ...... 12 0-0 5-6 7-8 5-5 2-6 0-3 19-28 67.9 56 scores/td,fg ...... 23/11,12 32/27,5 Opponents...... 12 1-1 3-3 1-2 5-7 0-1 0-0 10-14 71.4 47 GOAL-TO-GO SITUATIONS...... 16 23 scores/td,fg ...... 12/9,3 19/17,2 TOTAL DRIVES ...... 135 138 PUNT RETURNS Player G No. Yards Avg. Long TD drives ended by: TD...... 19 34 FG Made/FG Miss ...... 19/9 10/4 Stephone Robinson...... 12 15 76 5.1 36 0 Punt...... 56 50 Chase McBride...... 4 6 41 6.8 20 0 Downs/TO ...... 11/13 8/22 Cha’pelle Brown ...... 12 1 1 1.0 1 0 SAF/Clock ...... 1/7 0/10 Terry Washington...... 12 0 5 … 5 0 TOTAL POINTS ...... 196 267 average per game ...... 16.3 22.3

130 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Tackles————--—– – For Loss– Miscellaneous –———— ATTENDANCE Pos Player G Plays UT AT — TOT Avg. Sacks Other 3DS QBP QCD FR FF PBU SIte G Attend.Average High W-L LB Jordon Dizon...... 12 679 80 57 — 137 11.4 4-26 7-13 17 2 2 2 1 1 In Boulder...... 6 276,286 46,047.7 50,233 2-4 LB Thaddaeus Washington.. 12 444 60 47 — 107 8.9 1/2- 3 6-18 9 2 1 1 1 4 On The Road.... 5 360,126 72,025.2 92,746 0-5 1 LB Brad Jones...... 12 644 41 31 — 72 6.0 /2- 5 0- 0 6 2 2 0 0 1 Neutral...... 1 65,701 65,701.0 65,701 0-1 DB Lionel Harris ...... 8 431 40 27 — 67 8.4 0- 0 3- 7 5 0 0 1 2 2 DB Terrence Wheatley...... 12 776 46 11 — 57 4.8 11/2- 5 2- 3 11 2 1 2 1 11 DB Ryan Walters...... 11 553 41 16 — 57 5.2 0- 0 1- 3 4 0 2 1 1 3 KICKOFF RETURNS DE Abraham Wright ...... 12 707 39 18 — 57 4.8 111/2-93 4-10 8 17 1 0 1 3 Player G No. Yards Avg. Long TD DT Brandon Nicolas...... 12 611 31 26 — 57 4.8 0- 0 4- 5 5 4 3 0 2 0 Byron Ellis...... 12 2 43 21.5 29 0 DB J.J. Billingsley...... 7 449 30 22 — 52 7.4 0- 0 2- 4 2 0 0 0 0 4 Thaddaeus Washington 12 1 21 21.0 21 0 DT George Hypolite...... 12 601 31 19 — 50 4.2 21/2-18 10-26 4 7 0 2 1 3 Terry Washington ...... 12 10 194 19.4 25 0 DE Walter Boye-Doe...... 12 588 33 16 — 49 4.1 21/2-10 3- 6 3 7 2 0 2 2 DB Terry Washington...... 11 460 36 12 — 48 4.4 0- 0 2- 5 9 0 0 0 1 2 Stephone Robinson...... 12 15 261 17.4 26 0 DB Cha’pelle Brown ...... 10 350 19 16 — 35 3.5 0- 0 3- 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 Terrence Wheatley...... 12 1 17 17.0 17 0 CB Michael Sipili...... 10 155 16 15 — 31 3.1 0- 0 0- 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 Hugh Charles ...... 12 3 47 15.7 18 0 DB Lorenzo Sims ...... 9 446 21 8 — 29 3.2 0- 0 0- 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 DB Benjamin Burney...... 9 195 14 9 — 23 2.6 0- 0 1- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 INTERCEPTION RETURNS DE Maurice Lucas ...... 11 167 5 9 — 14 1.3 1- 4 0- 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Player G No. Yards Avg. Long TD DE Alonzo Barrett ...... 11 144 6 6 — 12 1.1 0- 0 0- 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Terrence Wheatley...... 12 5 26 5.2 15 0 DE Alex Ligon...... 6 109 7 4 — 11 1.8 1- 8 1- 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 LB Marcus Burton...... 7 64 4 3 — 7 1.0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ryan Walters...... 11 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 DB Gardner McKay...... 6 66 3 1 — 4 0.7 0- 0 0- 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Brad Jones ...... 12 1 10 10.0 10 0 LB Joe Sanders ...... 3 36 1 3 — 4 1.3 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thad. Washington...... 12 1 4 4.0 4 0 DT Jason Brace...... 10 64 2 1 — 3 0.3 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lionel Harris ...... 9 1 2 2.0 2 0 DE Taj Kaynor...... 10 32 0 1 — 1 0.1 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 J.J. Billingsley ...... 7 1 0 0.0 0 0 DT Marcus Jones ...... 7 18 0 0 — 0 0.0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cha’pelle Brown ...... 12 1 0 0.0 0 0 LB Jeff Smart...... 4 7 0 0 — 0 0.0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DB Terry Wilson ...... 1 4 0 0 — 0 0.0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FUMBLE RETURNS Player G No. Yards Avg. Long TD TOUCHDOWN SAVES (14): Wheatley 4, Dizon 2, Sims 2, Wright 2, Harris, Walters, Te. Washington, Ryan Walters...... 11 1 95 95.0 95t 1 Th. Washington. Thad. Washington...... 12 1 10 10.0 10 0 INTERCEPTIONS CAUSED (4): Wright 2, Boye-Doe 1, Wheatley 1. SAFETIES (0). Alvin Barnett...... 12 1 9 9.0 9 0 SACKS FOR 0 (1; deducted from TFL count): Boye-Doe 1. SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS Player UT UT/20 AT AT/20 FF FR KD WB DP BLK RC FFC FDF Points Player UT UT/20 AT AT/20 FF FR KD WB DP BLK RC FFC FDF Points Terry Washington ...... 11 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 20 Dusty Sprague ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 3 Ben Carpenter ...... 6 2 40002010000=15Jarrell Yates ...... 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 = 3 Cha’pelle Brown ...... 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 9 Joel Adams...... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 2 R.J. Brown ...... 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 9 Maurice Cantrell...... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 2 Benjamin Burney...... 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 5 *Matthew DiLallo ...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 2 Lionel Harris ...... 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 5 Justin Drescher ...... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 2 Kevin Moyd...... 2 1 0 0001000010=5Dan Goettsch...... 0 0 0 0002000000=2 Joe Sanders...... 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 5 Jason Ackermann...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 Terrence Wheatley...... 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 5 J.J. Billingsley ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 Samson Jagoras...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 000000=4Hugh Charles ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000001=1 Gardner McKay ...... 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 4 Paul Creighton...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 Thaddaeus Washington..2100100000000=4Lorenzo Sims ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 Alvin Barnett...... 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 3 Jeff Smart ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 Marcus Burton ...... 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 3 Patrick Williams ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 Chad Cusworth ...... 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 3 Abraham Wright...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 Michael Sipili ...... 0 0 00001100001=3

BLOCKED KICKS SUMMARY (0)—None. (*—includes touchdown save vs. Missouri) (KEY: UT—Unassisted Tackle; UT/20—Unassisted Tackles Inside-the-20; AT—Assisted Tackle; AT/20—Assisted Tackle Inside-the-20; 3DS—Third/Fourth Down Stops (tackles, INTs or PBUs); QBP-Quarterback Pressure; QBC—Quarterback Chasedowns; FF—Forced Fumble; FR—Fumble Recovery (CU or Opp.); PBU—Passes Broken Up; KD— Knockdown Block on Kick Return; WB—Wedge Break; DP—Downed Punt (meaningful); BLK—Blocked Kick; RC—Recovered Blocked Kick, Punt or On-side kick; FFC—Forced Fair Catch; FDF—First Downfield (on kickoff). A defensive game played is credited only when a player is in for at least one defensive play; defensive tackles do not include special team tackles. NOTE: Defensive/special team statistics compiled from coaches’ video; NCAA/Big 12 Stats for Colorado ARE NOT ACCURATE.)

AT-A-GLANCE SUMMARIES First Downs Rushing Passing Total Off. Return Punting Fumbles Penalties Third QB Avg. Time of Game Score 1 2 3 4 Tot Ru Pa Pn Att Yards TD Att-Com-Int Yards TD Att Yards Yards No-Avg. No-Lost No/Yds Downs Sacks F.Pos. Poss. COLORADO 10 370012 831 32106 1 22- 8-0 110 0 54 216 -4 7-37.6 4-1 5/44 5-14 3-22 C 26 26:33 Montana State 19 337616 4 11 1 35 50 0 35-24-0 238 1 70 288 65 4-34.2 1-0 9/71 7-18 2-20 M 37 33:27 COLORADO 10 3700 9 531 33 75 1 15- 9-0 71 0 48 146 37 6-42.3 1-0 6/50 4-12 6-41 C 33 25:53 Colorado State 14 7 70016 3 12 1 34 15 0 23-20-0 233 1 57 248 8 5-45.2 1-1 5/35 5-13 4-25 CS 29 34:07 COLORADO 3 3 00013 8 50 44133 0 18- 8-1 86 0 62 219 8 7-41.6 4-2 4/38 5-16 1- 8 C 33 30:41 Arizona State 21 7 7 0724 8 14 237182 1 37-21-2 248 2 74 430 109 3-31.3 2-2 11/73 8-15 5-25 AS29 29:19 COLORADO 13 3 73017 8 90 39173 1 27-14-1 140 0 66 313 5 6-41.0 1-1 9/81 2-13 2-16 C 31 34:09 Georgia 14 0 0 0 14 16 4 11 1 27 54 0 29-18-0 230 2 56 284 40 5-45.0 3-2 5/45 3-11 2- 6 G 31 25:51 COLORADO 13 3 3 7 0 18 10 7 1 36 183 1 27-13-0 190 0 63 373 16 2-49.5 2-0 6/56 3-12 2-11 C 28 28:14 Missouri 28 1477023 5 16 2 40 100 0 37-23-2 253 4 77 353 41 3-34.7 0-0 5/60 11-18 4-24 M 31 31:46 COLORADO 31 70371422 15 5 2 49 276 3 25- 9-3 75 1 74 351 31 4-51.8 1-0 4/28 8-17 2-14 C 35 33:21 Baylor 34 0 10 0 7 17 20 5 14 1 26 110 2 44-31-2 272 2 70 382 24 4-49.8 1-1 8/87 9-16 0- 0 B 40 26:39 COLORADO 30 7133 720 10 9 1 46 228 1 19-12-0 152 2 65 380 23 3-44.3 3-2 0/ 0 5-11 2-12 C 38 28:14 Texas Tech 6 000614 4 10 0 15 31 0 45-29-3 245 1 60 276 1 5-44.2 3-2 7/52 4-13 3- 9 TT21 31:46 COLORADO 3 0003 5 230 30 74 0 14- 3-1 39 0 44 113 1 6-35.5 4-1 3/20 3-13 0- 0 C 30 23:16 Oklahoma 24 10 0 0 14 17 10 7 0 49 166 2 26-17-0 105 1 75 271 -1 5-32.6 2-1 5/35 9-18 0- 0 O 36 36:44 COLORADO 15 360618 11 5 2 43 173 0 27- 9-2 83 0 70 256 114 5-44.2 1-0 5/56 3-15 2-12 C 31 31:35 Kansas 20 0071314 482 33161 1 29-18-3 180 2 62 341 75 4-42.2 3-1 7/65 8-15 3-13 K 31 28:25 COLORADO 21 0071416 961 40225 2 18-10-0 145 1 58 370 0 3-39.7 3-1 3/19 4-11 2-13 C 24 26:30 Kansas State 34 0 17 0 17 19 991 38188 2 26-22-0 251 2 64 439 24 3-43.7 0-0 5/35 8-14 3-14 KS37 33:30 COLORADO 33 10 10 10 3 18 990 38263 1 19-13-0 200 2 57 463 34 1-58.0 1-0 10/93 6-12 2-15 C 31 31:10 Iowa State 16 703619 6 11 2 30 102 1 29-18-0 209 1 59 311 4 5-43.0 0-0 7/46 5-12 1- 6 IS 22 28:50 COLORADO 14 707014 590 31166 1 23-11-0 131 1 54 297 12 6-41.8 1-0 8/74 5-13 1- 8 C 23 24:11 Nebraska 37 7771624 11 11 2 46 190 2 30-20-0 278 3 76 468 0 4-39.0 2-2 10/70 8-15 4-40 N 30 35:49

131 SCORING DRIVES (Game-By-Game) Drive Analysis Opponent Plays Yards Time Result Qtr How Quarterback DISTANCE COLORADO OPPONENT Montana State 7 52 2:40 FG 1 Crosby 24 FG Cox Length TD FG TD FG Montana State 12 74 4:40 TD 2 Cox 1 run Cox (minus) — 0— 0 Colorado State 9 65 4:47 TD 1 Jackson 3 run Jackson 0— 9 0402 10—19 0122 Colorado State 4 3 1:27 *FG 2 Crosby 40 FG Jackson 20—29 2 14 1 Arizona State 4 5 1:20 *FG 1 Crosby 29 FG Jackson 30—39 1 20 1 Georgia 12 55 5:23 FG 1 Crosby 26 FG Jackson 40—49 1231 Georgia 4 63 1:31 TD 2 Jackson 1 run Jackson 50—59 06100 60—69 6 35 2 Georgia 4 1 2:03 *FG 3 Crosby 36 FG Jackson 70—79 3 06 1 Missouri 8 68 2:59 FG 1 Crosby 32 FG Jackson 80—89 5 03 0 Missouri 9 37 4:01 FG 2 Crosby 36 FG Jackson 90—99 1010 Missouri 2 65 0:35 TD 3 Jackson 1 run Jackson GAME OPENING DRIVES Baylor 11 80 4:53 TD 1 Holliday 32 run Jackson COLORADO OPPONENT Game Pts FD Yds Pts FD Yds Baylor 12 66 6:42 FG 3 Crosby 44 FG Jackson Montana State 3 2 52 0 0 7 Baylor 12 80 5:06 TD 4 Ellis 9 run Jackson Colorado State 7 3 55 0 0 0 Baylor 4 25 …… TD OT1 Geer 10 pass from Jackson Jackson Arizona State 3 0 5 0* 0 -2 Georgia 0 4 88 0 1 20 Baylor 1 25 …… TD OT2 Charles 25 run Jackson Missouri 3 3 68 7 4 66 Texas Tech 5 65 2:14 TD 1 Geer 28 pass from Jackson Jackson Baylor 7 4 80 0* 1 35 Texas Tech 5 80 1:49 TD 2 Yates 29 pass from Jackson Jackson Texas Tech 7 3 80 0 0 7 Oklahoma 0 0 5 7 4 61 Texas Tech 6 9 2:46 FG 2 Crosby 56 FG Jackson Kansas 0 1 18 0 0 9 Texas Tech 9 62 2:36 *FG 2 Crosby 26 FG Jackson Kansas State 0 0 4 0 2 37 Texas Tech 5 39 2:32 FG 3 Crosby 53 FG Jackson Iowa State 7 3 80 7 5 76 Texas Tech 10 41 5:34 TD 4 Jackson 1 run Jackson Nebraska 0 1 12 7 4 48 Oklahoma 11 51 4:00 FG 5 Crosby 39 FG Jackson SECOND HALF OPENING DRIVES COLORADO OPPONENT Kansas 14 53 5:04 FG 1 Crosby 37 FG Jackson Game Pts FD Yds Pts FD Yds Kansas 9 51 4:20 FG 2 Crosby 26 FG Jackson Montana State 0 0 6 7 2 58 Kansas 5 16 0:49 FG 2 Crosby 32 FG Jackson Colorado State 0 1 11 0 0 - 5 Arizona State 0* 4 63 0* 1 12 Kansas State 6 64 2:14 TD 3 Jackson 3 run Jackson Georgia 3 0 14 0* 1 - 1 Kansas State 4 80 1:17 TD 4 Jackson 62 run Jackson Missouri 7 1 64 0 3 48 Kansas State 11 67 2:13 TD 4 DeVree 1 pass from Jackson Jackson Baylor 0 0 -1 0 0 - 3 Iowa State 4 80 1:24 TD 1 Barnett 26 pass from Jackson Jackson Texas Tech 0 0 5 0 0 0 Oklahoma 0 0 6 0 3 56 Iowa State 12 41 6:35 FG 1 Crosby 47 FG Jackson Kansas 0 1 9 0* 0 5 Iowa State 15 95 7:51 TD 2 Jackson 5 run Jackson Kansas State 0 6 90 0 1 26 Iowa State 7 48 2:31 FG 2 Crosby 38 FG Jackson Iowa State 3 1 25 0 1 6 Nebraska 7* 3 71 0* 1 61 Iowa State 5 25 2:35 FG 3 Crosby 41 FG Jackson (*—drive ended by a turnover.) Iowa State 1 39 0:39 TD 3 Williams 39 pass from Jackson Jackson POSSESSIONS AT-A-GLANCE Iowa State 11 55 5:35 FG 4 Crosby 42 FG Jackson Avg. 3-Plays Snaps/ Nebraska 6 75 3:26 TD 1 Geer 14 pass from Jackson Jackson No. Snaps & Out* TD Nebraska 4 71 1:34 *TD 3 Holliday 45 run Jackson Colorado 135 5.30 44 37.6 Opponent 138 5.80 35 23.5 (*—scored following a turnover.) (*—less if there is a turnover; must not have earned a first down or scored a touchdown.)

LONGEST PLAYS COLORADO OPPONENT Yards Opponent Player(s) Yards Opponent Player(s) 63 Missouri Dusty Sprague pass from Bernard Jackson 74 Kansas State Jody Nelson pass from Josh Freeman (TD) 62 Kansas State Bernard Jackson run (TD) 63 Kansas Todd Reesing run 52 Iowa State Mell Holliday run 57 Nebraska Dan Erickson pass from Zac Taylor 45 Nebraska Mell Holliday run (TD) 54 Texas Tech Shannon Woods pass from Graham Harrell 44 Nebraska Hugh Charles run 42 Baylor Brandon Whitaker run 42 Montana State Patrick Williams pass from James Cox 42 Kansas Jake Sharp pass from Todd Reesing 40 Kansas State Mell Holliday run 34 Georgia A.J. Bryant pass from Joe Cox 39 Iowa State Patrick Williams pass from Bernard Jackson (TD) 34 Kansas State Leon Patton run 38 Iowa State Alvin Barnett pass from Bernard Jackson (TD) 32 Colorado State Johnny Walker pass from Caleb Haney 35 Texas Tech Hugh Charles run 31 Nebraska Brandon Jackson run 35 Texas Tech Bernard Jackson run 30 Montana State Michael Jefferson pass from Cory Carpenter 33 Arizona State Hugh Charles pass from Bernard Jackson 30 Kansas State Yamon Figurs run (TD) 33 Missouri Hugh Charles run 30 Iowa State R.J. Sumrall pass from Bret Meyer 32 Kansas State Alvin Barnett pass from Bernard Jackson 29 Montana State Josh Lewis pass from Cory Carpenter 32 Baylor Mell Holliday run (TD) 29 Colorado State Luke Roberts pass from Caleb Haney 31 Nebraska Cody Crawford pass from Bernard Jackson 29 Arizona State Jamaal Lewis pass from Rudy Carpenter 30 Missouri Bernard Jackson run 28 Baylor Paul Mosley run (TD) Number of plays 20-plus yards in length: 35 (18 pass, 17 rush) Number of plays 20-plus yards in length: 41 (32 pass, 9 rush) Number of plays 40-plus yards in length: 7 ( 2 pass, 5 rush) Number of plays 40-plus yards in length: 6 ( 4 pass, 2 rush) RETURNS RETURNS Type Yards Opponent Player Type Yards Opponent Player KICKOFF 29 Iowa State Byron Ellis KICKOFF 42 Baylor Braelon Davis PUNT 36 Colorado State Stephone Robinson PUNT 48 Arizona State Terry Richardson INTERCEPTION 15 Missouri Terrence Wheatley INTERCEPTION 59 Kansas Aqib Talib FUMBLE 95 Kansas Ryan Walters (TD) FUMBLE 5 Arizona State Josh Barrett Number of returns 20+ yards in length: 15 (12 kickoff, 2 punt, 0 interception, 1 fumble, 0 misc.) Number of returns 20+ yards in length: 14 (8 kickoff, 4 punt, 2 interception, 0 fumble, 0 misc.) Number of returns 30+ yards in length: 2 ( 0 kickoff, 1 punt, 0 interception, 1 fumble, 0 misc.) Number of returns 30+ yards in length: 6 (3 kickoff, 2 punt, 1 interception, 0 fumble, 0 misc.)

132 FIRST DOWN RUSHING THIRD-FOURTH DOWN RUSHING 3/4-&-1 Player Att. Yards Avg. FD TD Long Player Att. FD Pct. Yards Avg. TD Att FD Hugh Charles ...... 84 460 5.5 13 1 35 James Cox...... 4 3 75.0 8 2.0 1 3- 3 Mell Holliday...... 51 234 4.6 3 1 45t Hugh Charles...... 7 4 57.1 20 2.9 0 1- 1 Bernard Jackson...... 41 226 5.5 8 2 28 Mell Holliday ...... 17 8 47.1 105 6.2 1 5- 5 Byron Ellis ...... 20 77 3.9 1 1 11 Bernard Jackson ...... 35 13 37.1 188 5.4 1 5- 2 Dusty Sprague ...... 1 11 11.0 1 0 11 Byron Ellis...... 3 1 33.3 9 3.0 0 1- 1 Patrick Williams...... 3 9 3.0 0 0 7 Stephone Robinson...... 2 0 0.0 0 0 6 Patrick Williams ...... 1 0 0.0 3 3.0 0 0- 0 Matt DiLallo ...... 1 0 0.0 -20 -20.0 0 0- 0 FIRST DOWN PASSING Team ...... 1 0 0.0 -5 -5.0 0 0- 0 Player Att-Com-Int Pct. Yards FD TD Long Sacked Bernard Jackson...... 77-38- 1 49.4 623 25 4 63 9/41 THIRD-FOURTH DOWN PASSING James Cox ...... 14- 5- 0 35.7 65 2 0 42 0/ 0 Player Att-Com-Int Pct. Yards FD TD Long Sacked Riar Geer...... 1- 0- 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 Team...... 1- 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 Bernard Jackson ...... 78-33- 6 42.3 335 24 2 33 13/80 James Cox...... 13- 4- 0 30.8 33 1 0 12 0/ 0 FIRST DOWN RECEIVING Player No. Yards Avg. FD TD Long THIRD-FOURTH DOWN RECEIVING Alvin Barnett...... 9 138 15.3 4 1 38 Player No. Yards Avg. FD TD Long Patrick Williams...... 8 126 15.8 3 1 42 Riar Geer...... 9 64 7.1 5 1 11 Riar Geer...... 7 91 13.0 5 1 23 Cody Crawford...... 6 95 15.8 6 0 26 Cody Crawford...... 5 80 16.0 4 0 31 Patrick Williams...... 7 73 10.4 5 0 19 Dusty Sprague...... 3 89 29.7 3 0 63 Hugh Charles ...... 4 37 9.3 2 0 33 Jarrell Yates...... 2 43 21.5 2 1 29t Alvin Barnett...... 4 31 7.8 3 0 14 Hugh Charles ...... 2 32 16.0 2 0 18 Tyson DeVree...... 2 29 14.5 2 0 18 Dusty Sprague...... 2 34 17.0 2 0 22 Byron Ellis ...... 2 14 7.0 0 0 7 Byron Ellis ...... 2 12 6.0 0 0 6 Maurice Cantrell...... 1 20 20.0 1 0 20 Tyson DeVree...... 2 7 3.5 1 1 6 Dan Goettsch ...... 1 17 17.0 1 0 17 Nick Holz ...... 1 15 15.0 1 0 15 Nick Holz ...... 1 9 9.0 0 0 9

NON-OFFENSIVE SCORES (1) vs. Opponent Player Play By Opponent (0) Player Play Kansas Ryan Walters 95 fumble return None

QUARTERBACK SACKS Montana (3-22): Wright 1-5, Dizon 1/2 -6, Boye-Doe 1/2 -5, Th. Washington 1/2 -3, Wheatley 1/2 -3; Colorado State (6-41): Wright 3-29, Dizon 2-7, Boye-Doe 1-5; Arizona State (1-8): Wright 1-8; Georgia (2-16): Hypolite 2-16; Missouri (2-11): Wright 1-11, Boye-Doe 1-0; Baylor (2-14): Wright 2-14; Texas Tech (2-12): Wright 1-10, Wheatley 1-2; Oklahoma (0-0); Kansas (2-12): Wright 11/2 -10, Hypolite 1/2 -2; Kansas State (2-13): Dizon 1-7, Wright 1-6; Iowa State (2-15): Lucas 1-4, Dizon 1/2 -6, B.Jones 1/2 -5; Nebraska (1-8): Ligon 1-8.

2006 COLORADO BUFFALO SINGLE-GAME HIGHS Individual Team Bests/Highs LONGEST SCORING RUN— 62, Bernard Jackson vs. Kansas State MOST FIRST DOWNS— 22, vs. Baylor LONGEST NON-SCORING RUN— 52, Mell Holliday vs. Iowa State MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS— 49, vs. Baylor LONGEST SCORING PASS— 39, Patrick Williams from Bernard Jackson vs. Iowa State MOST RUSHING YARDS— 276, vs. Baylor LONGEST NON-SCORING PASS— 63, Bernard Jackson-to-Dusty Sprague at Georgia MOST PASS ATTEMPTS— 28, at Kansas LONGEST KICKOFF RETURN— 29, Byron Ellis vs. Iowa State MOST COMPLETIONS— 14, at Georgia LONGEST PUNT RETURN— 36, Stephone Robinson vs. Colorado State MOST INTERCEPTIONS THROWN— 3, vs. Baylor LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURN— 15, Terrence Wheatley at Georgia MOST PASSING YARDS— 200, vs. Iowa State LONGEST PUNT— 73, Matt DiLallo vs. Colorado State MOST OFFENSIVE PLAYS— 74, vs. Baylor LONGEST FIELD GOAL— 56, Mason Crosby vs. Texas Tech MOST TOTAL OFFENSE— 463, vs. Iowa State MOST TOUCHDOWNS— 2, Bernard Jackson vs. Kansas State FEWEST FUMBLES— 1, on six occasions MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS— 20, Hugh Charles vs. Arizona State MOST FUMBLES— 4, vs. Montana State, vs. Arizona State, at Oklahoma MOST RUSHING YARDS— 126, Mell Holliday vs. Iowa State FEWEST TURNOVERS— 0, on four occasions (CSU, Missouri, Iowa State, Nebraska) MOST PASS ATTEMPTS— 27, Bernard Jackson at Missouri MOST TURNOVERS— 3, vs. Arizona State & vs. Baylor MOST PASS COMPLETIONS— 14, Bernard Jackson at Georgia MOST TIME OF POSSESSION— 34:09, at Georgia LONGEST TOUCHDOWN DRIVE— 95 yards (15 plays), vs. Iowa State MOST INTERCEPTIONS THROWN— 3, Bernard Jackson vs. Baylor LONGEST FIELD GOAL DRIVE— 68 yards (8 plays), at Missouri MOST PASSING YARDS— 200, Bernard Jackson vs. Iowa State MOST TOUCHDOWN PASSES— 2, Bernard Jackson vs. Texas Tech, Iowa State Defensive Bests MOST RECEPTIONS— 7, Riar Geer at Georgia FEWEST FIRST DOWNS ALLOWED— 14, by Texas Tech & Kansas MOST RECEIVING YARDS— 85, Dusty Sprague at Missouri FEWEST RUSHING ATTEMPTS ALLOWED— 15, by Texas Tech MOST TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS— 42, Bernard Jackson at Missouri FEWEST RUSHING YARDS ALLOWED— 15, by Colorado State MOST TOTAL OFFENSE— 283, Bernard Jackson at Missouri FEWEST PASS ATTEMPTS ALLOWED— 23, by Colorado State MOST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED— 5, Mason Crosby vs. Iowa State FEWEST PASS COMPLETIONS ALLOWED— 17, by Oklahoma MOST FIELD GOALS MADE— 4, Mason Crosby vs. Iowa State FEWEST PASSING YARDS ALLOWED— 105, by Oklahoma MOST TACKLES— 19, Thaddaeus Washington at Oklahoma; Jordon Dizon at Nebraska MOST INTERCEPTIONS— 3, vs. Texas Tech & at Kansas MOST SOLO TACKLES— 12, Thaddaeus Washington at Oklahoma FEWEST TOTAL PLAYS ALLOWED— 56, by Georgia MOST INTERCEPTIONS— 2, Terrence Wheatley vs. Baylor; Ryan Walters vs. Texas Tech FEWEST TOTAL YARDS ALLOWED— 248, by Colorado State MOST QUARTERBACK SACKS— 3, Abraham Wright vs. Colorado State MOST FUMBLES FORCED— 2, on five occasions MOST TACKLES FOR LOSS— 4, Abraham Wright vs. Colorado State MOST TURNOVERS GAINED— 5, vs. Texas Tech MOST PASSES BROKEN UP— 3, J.J. Billingsley at Georgia & Terrence Wheatley at Missouri MOST PASSES BROKEN UP— 7, at Georgia; vs. Texas Tech MOST THIRD/FOURTH DOWN STOPS— 4, Thaddaeus Washington at Oklahoma MOST QUARTERBACK SACKS— 6, vs. Colorado State MOST QUARTERBACK HURRIES— 4, Abraham Wright vs. Arizona State MOST QUARTERBACK HURRIES— 8, vs. Arizona State MOST SPECIAL TEAM POINTS— 4, Terry Washington vs. Montana State, CSU, Texas Tech MOST TACKLES FOR LOSS— 10, vs. Colorado State

133 GAME-BY-GAME INDIVIDUAL CHARTS

RUSHING PASSING CHARLES COX ELLIS HOLLIDAY JACKSON ROBINSON WILLIAMS COX JACKSON Opponent Att Yds TD Att Yds TD Att Yds TD Att Yds TD Att Yds TD Att Yds TD Att Yds TD A-C-I Yds TD A-C-I Yds TD Montana State ...... 5 35 0 8 - 9 1 4 12 0 12 50 0 1 5 0 1 6 0 1 7 0 22- 8-0 110 0 0- 0- 0 0 0 Colorado State...... 2 10 0 0 0 0 8 28 0 4 9 0 18 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2- 1-0 1 0 13- 8- 0 70 0 Arizona State ...... 20 109 0 -----DNP----- 5 12 0 2 7 0 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------DNP------18- 8- 1 86 0 Georgia ...... 18 72 0 -----DNP----- 1 1 0 5 15 0 15 85 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------DNP------26-14-1 140 0 Missouri ...... 13 87 0 -----DNP----- 4 8 0 2 1 0 15 93 1 0 0 0 1 14 0 ------DNP------27-13-0 190 0 Baylor ...... 15 72 1 -----DNP----- 8 40 1 11 65 1 13 93 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 0 ------DNP------24- 9-3 75 1 Texas Tech...... 17 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 55 0 14 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1- 1-0 1 0 17-11-0 151 2 Oklahoma...... 6 2 0 -----DNP----- 0 0 0 10 23 0 10 54 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 ------DNP------14- 3-1 39 0 Kansas ...... 15 78 0 2 - 3 0 2 3 0 10 27 0 14 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5- 1-0 12 0 20- 8-1 71 0 Kansas State ...... 12 66 0 ----- INJ ----- 0 0 0 8 67 0 17 105 2 2 -19 0 1 6 0 ------INJ ------18-10-0 145 1 Iowa State...... 11 68 0 ----- INJ ----- 0 0 0 18 126 0 9 69 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------INJ ------19-13-0 200 2 Nebraska ...... 5 61 0 ----- INJ ----- 6 22 0 8 67 1 12 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------INJ ------23-11-0 131 1

RECEIVING BARNETT CHARLES CRAWFORD DeVREE ELLIS GEER GOETTSCH ROBINSON SPRAGUE WILLIAMS YATES Opponent No Yds TD No Yds TD No Yds TD No Yds TD No Yds TD No Yds TD No Yds TD No Yds TD No Yds TD No Yds TD No Yds TD Montana State ...... 1 6 0 1 14 0 0 0 0 ------DNP------2 13 0 1 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 51 0 ------DNP------Colorado State...... 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 37 0 ------DNP------Arizona State ...... 0 0 0 2 30 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 0 ------DNP------Georgia ...... 1 14 0 3 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33 0 0 0 0 ------DNP------Missouri ...... 2 19 0 0 0 0 1 23 0 0 0 0 2 13 0 3 39 0 2 11 0 1 0 0 2 85 0 0 0 0 ------DNP------Baylor ...... 3 24 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Texas Tech...... 2 11 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 46 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 0 0 0 0 1 29 1 Oklahoma...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 Kansas ...... 3 26 0 1 6 0 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 0 1 4 0 1 14 0 Kansas State ...... 1 32 0 1 5 0 2 42 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 13 0 2 40 0 0 0 0 Iowa State...... 4 77 1 0 0 0 3 27 0 1 18 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 71 1 ------DNP------Nebraska ...... 2 10 0 0 0 0 5 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 0 ------DNP------

DEFENSIVE BARRETT BILLINGSLEY BOYE-DOE BROWN, C. BURNEY BURTON DIZON Opponent UT, AT-TK TFL Other UT, AT-TK PD Other UT, AT-TK TFL Other UT, AT-TK PD Other UT, AT-TK PD Other UT, AT-TK TFL Other UT, AT-TK TFL Other Montana State...... 0, 0— 0 0-0 …… 6, 2— 8 0 ……. 5, 1— 6 1-1 1/2-QBS 2, 1— 3 0 …… 4, 3— 7 0 1-TFL 1, 1— 2 0- 0 …… 5, 5—10 2- 8 3DS Colorado State ..... 0, 0— 0 0-0 …… 2, 4— 6 0 ……. 3, 0— 3 0-0 1-QBS 1, 1— 2 0 …… 0, 1— 1 0 …… 1, 0— 1 0- 0 FF 8, 7—15 2- 7 3DS Arizona State...... 1, 2— 3 0-0 QCD 6, 3— 9 0 INT 3, 1— 4 0-0 1-3DS 0, 1— 1 0 …… 1, 1— 2 0 …… 1, 1— 2 0- 0 …… 7, 5—12 0- 0 2-3DS,FF Georgia...... 1, 0— 1 0-0 …… 3, 3— 6 3 2-3DS 2, 1— 3 1-1 1-QBH ------DNP ------0, 0— 0 0 …… 0, 0— 0 0- 0 …… 2, 0— 2 0- 0 3DS Missouri...... 0, 1— 1 0-0 …… 6, 2— 8 1 ……. 4, 1— 5 1-0 QBS 5, 4— 9 0 INT,TFL 0, 0— 0 0 …… 1, 1— 2 0- 0 …… 5, 2— 7 1- 2 3DS Baylor...... ------INJ------INJ------2, 2— 4 0-0 QBH 2, 4— 6 0 …… 5, 2— 7 0 …… ------ST ONLY------8, 6—14 0- 0 3DS Texas Tech...... 0, 0— 0 0-0 …… ------INJ------2, 0— 2 0-0 FF,2-PD 3, 2— 5 1 …… ------ST ONLY------ST ONLY------11, 5—16 0- 0 3DS,FR Oklahoma ...... 0, 1— 1 0-0 …… ------INJ------3, 1— 4 1-4 QBH ------ST ONLY------1, 0— 1 0 …… 0, 0— 0 0- 0 …… 7, 8—15 3- 7 2-3DS,FR Kansas...... 0, 0— 0 0-0 …… ------INJ------4, 3— 7 1-1 FF,QBH 3, 2— 5 1 TFL,3DS ------ST ONLY------0, 0— 0 0- 0 …… 6, 3— 9 0- 0 3DS Kansas State...... 2, 1— 3 0-0 3DS ------INJ------1, 2— 3 0-0 …… 1, 0— 1 0 …… 3, 2— 5 0 …… ------INJ------6, 0— 6 1- 7 3DS,QBS Iowa State ...... 1, 0— 1 0-0 …… 4, 5— 9 0 TFL 2, 1— 3 0-0 …… 2, 1— 3 0 …… 0, 0— 0 0 …… ------INJ------6, 6—12 1- 6 3DS,QBS Nebraska...... 1, 1— 2 0-0 …… 3, 6— 6 0 TFL 2, 3— 5 0-0 …… 0, 0— 0 0 …… ------ST ONLY------INJ------9,10—19 2- 2 …… Texas ...... 3, 2— 5 0-0 …… 8, 0— 8 1 ……. ———-DNP-——— –———DNP–——— 6, 0— 6 2 …… 5, 1—6 0-0 3DS 6, 0— 6 1- 1 ……

HYPOLITE B. JONES KAYNOR **HARRIS** LUCAS McKAY NICOLAS Opponent UT, AT-TK TFL Other UT, AT-TK TFL Other UT, AT-TK TFL Other UT, AT-TK PD Other UT, AT-TK TFL Other UT, AT-TK PD Other UT, AT-TK TFL Other Montana State...... 2, 1— 3 0-0 PBU,QBH 2, 3— 5 0- 0 ……. 0, 0— 0 0 ……. ------ST ONLY------1, 1— 2 0-0 …… 0, 0— 0 0 …… 5, 1— 6 0- 0 3DS Colorado State ..... 2, 2— 4 2-3 QBH 0, 4— 4 0- 0 ……. ———-DNP-——— ------ST ONLY------0, 0— 0 0-0 …… ------INJ ------1, 3— 4 0- 0 QBH Arizona State...... 1, 2— 3 0-0 FR 4, 4— 8 0- 0 ……. 0, 1— 1 0 ……. ------ST ONLY------0, 0— 0 0-0 …… ------INJ ------3, 3— 6 1- 1 QBH Georgia...... 4, 0— 4 3-18 2-QBS,FR 5, 2— 7 0- 0 2-3DS 0, 0— 0 0 ……. 1, 0— 1 0 ……. 0, 0— 0 0-0 …… ------ST ONLY------1, 1— 2 0- 0 FF Missouri...... 5, 1— 6 1-6 …… 3, 2— 5 0- 0 ……. 0, 0— 0 0 ……. 3, 3— 6 1 ……. 0, 0— 0 0-0 …… ------ST ONLY------3, 3— 6 0- 0 QCD Baylor...... 6, 3— 9 3-10 QBH,PBU 8, 1— 9 0- 0 3DS ———-DNP-——— 5, 6—11 0 3DS 0, 3— 3 0-0 QBH ------ST ONLY------1, 2— 3 1- 1 3DS,QBH Texas Tech...... 0, 2— 2 0-0 QBH 2, 2— 4 0- 0 ……. 0, 0— 0 0 ……. 8, 0— 8 1 3DS 0, 0— 0 0-0 QBH 0, 0— 0 0 …… 0, 0— 0 0- 0 QBH Oklahoma ...... 3, 2— 5 3-5 …… 6, 1— 7 0- 0 3DS 0, 0— 0 0 ……. 4, 7—11 0 ……. 0, 1— 1 0-0 …… 1, 0— 1 0 3DS 4, 5— 9 0- 0 3DS Kansas...... 2, 3— 5 1-2 3DS 1, 1— 2 0- 0 INT 0, 0— 0 0 ……. 2, 5— 7 0 3-3DS,INT ------DNP------2, 0— 2 0 3DS 3, 1— 4 1- 1 FF Kansas State...... 3, 2— 5 1-2 …… 3, 3— 6 0- 0 3DS,QCD 0, 0— 0 0 ……. 10, 2—12 0 3DS,TFL 3, 3— 6 0-0 …… 0, 1— 1 0 …… 3, 2— 5 1- 2 …… Iowa State ...... 3, 0— 3 0-0 …… 5, 5—10 1- 5 QBS,QBH 0, 0— 0 0 ……. ------ST ONLY------1, 1— 2 1-4 3DS 0, 0— 0 0 …… 2, 2— 4 0- 0 3DS Nebraska...... 0, 1— 1 0-0 …… 2, 3— 5 0- 0 3DS,QBH 0, 0— 0 0 PBU 7, 4—11 0 2-FF, FR 0, 0— 0 0-0 …… ------ST ONLY------3, 3— 6 0- 0 3DS

SIMS SIPILI WALTERS Te. WASHINGTON Th. WASHINGTON WHEATLEY WRIGHT Opponent UT,AT-TK PD Other UT,AT-TK TFL Other UT,AT-TK PD Other UT,AT-TK TFL Other UT,AT-TK TFL Other UT,AT-TK PD Other UT,AT-TK TFL Other Montana State...... 0, 2— 2 0 …… 2, 1— 3 0-0 …… 5, 2— 7 1 …… 4, 0— 4 0-0 2-3DS 7, 4—11 2- 4 FF,3DS 4, 1— 5 0 QBS 4, 3— 7 2- 8 QBS Colorado State ..... 1, 1— 2 0 …… 1, 0— 1 0-0 …… 3, 2— 5 0 3DS,QCD 1, 0— 1 0-0 3DS 4, 8—12 0- 0 …… 3, 2— 5 0 2-3DS,FR 5, 0— 5 4-30 3-QBS Arizona State...... 3, 1— 4 1 3DS 2, 2— 4 0-0 3DS,QBH 8, 3—11 0 …… 2, 1— 3 0-0 3DS 8, 7—15 1- 1 …… 3, 1— 4 1 3DS,FF,INT 4, 3— 7 1- 8 4-QBH Georgia...... 2, 0— 2 1 …… 3, 1— 4 0-0 …… 2, 1— 3 0 FF,TFL 3, 0— 3 0-0 …… 3, 2— 5 2- 9 …… 5, 1— 6 1 3DS,FR 3, 3— 6 0- 0 3DS,PBU Missouri...... 3, 1— 4 0 …… 0, 0— 0 0-0 …… 6, 2— 8 0 QCD ------ST ONLY------2, 0— 2 0- 0 …… 5, 0— 5 3 INT,3DS 5, 1— 6 2-15 QBS,2-QBH Baylor...... 5, 2— 7 1 …… ------ST ONLY------INJ ------0, 0— 0 0-0 …… 4, 4— 8 0- 0 PBU 5, 1— 6 0 2-INT,3DS 4, 3— 7 2-14 2-QBS,CI Texas Tech...... 1, 0— 1 0 …… 0, 2— 2 0-0 …… 2, 2— 4 0 2-INT 2, 1— 3 0-0 3DS 4, 4— 8 1- 4 INT,PBU 5, 4— 9 2 QBS 1, 0— 1 1-10 QBS,FF,PBU Oklahoma ...... ------ST ONLY------ST ONLY------5, 1— 6 1 …… 6, 2— 8 2-5 2-3DS,FF 12, 7—19 0- 0 4-3DS,PD 3, 0— 3 0 …… 4, 0— 4 1- 2 2-QBH Kansas...... ------ST ONLY------1, 1— 2 0-0 3DS 6, 2— 8 1 FR/TD 4, 1— 5 0-0 …… 5, 5—10 0- 0 PBU 4, 1— 5 2 INT,3DS 4, 2— 6 2-10 11/2-QBS Kansas State...... ------ST ONLY------1, 2— 3 0-0 …… 2, 0— 2 0 …… 5, 2— 7 0-0 3DS,PBU 2, 1— 3 0- 0 …… 3, 0— 3 0 ……. 1, 2— 3 1- 6 QBS Iowa State ...... 6, 1— 7 1 2-3DS 2, 3— 5 0-0 3DS 2, 0— 2 0 …… 6, 2— 8 0-0 PBU 2, 1— 3 0- 0 …… 0, 0— 0 0 ……. 3, 0— 3 0- 0 …… Nebraska...... 0, 0— 0 0 …… 4, 3— 7 0-0 PBU 0, 1— 1 0 …… 3, 3— 6 0-0 3DS 7, 4—11 1- 1 3-3DS,FR 6, 0— 6 1 2-3DS,TFL 1, 1— 2 0- 0 QBH

134 MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS

DRIVE ENGINEERING Drives Drives Ended By———————————————— Points Pts./ Quarterback **Directing Offense Quarterback Started TD FG FGA PNT DWN TRN SAF CLK RPL Yielded Drive Drive Efficiency* Plays Yards Avg. BERNARD JACKSON ...... 124 18 18 8 48 11 13 1 7 0 180 1.45 29.0% 37.6% 647 3274 5.1 JAMES COX...... 11 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.91 18.2% 27.3% 64 228 3.6 COLORADO...... 135 19 19 9 56 11 13 1 7 (0) 190 1.41 28.1% 36.7% 711 3502 4.9 OPPONENTS ...... 138 34 10 4 50 8 22 0 10 (0) 267 1.93 31.9% 37.5% 794 4103 5.2 [*—second number is the percentage the QB has put his team in position to score, allowing for missed field goals and minus drives ended by the clock. **—excludes kneel-downs, spiked passes and fake/muffed punt plays when not actually directing offense: CU 4-(-5), Opponent 6-(-12)]. KICKOFF ANALYSIS No. Opp. OSY ASY YARDAGE SUMMARY Kicker Total Ret. FC MF NA TB In20 EZ+ OB OnS SQB OSY Ret. ASY Ret. Team Plays 20+ 10+ 5+ 0 Neg. MASON CROSBY ...... 46 17 0 0 0 28 8 12 1 (3) (0) 989 394 O22 O23 Colorado 715 35 126 274 174 77 OPPONENTS ...... 51 32 0 0 0 17 10 12 2 (2) (0) 1090 680 C21 C21 Opponent 800 41 148 322 182 81 (KEY: MF—muffed; NA—no attempt at a return; EZ+—through or over end zone; OSY—Opponent Starting Yardline; ASY—Average Starting Yardline; Ret—averages using returned kicks only. Onsides (OnS), short squibs (SQB) and free kicks are omitted in figuring the above; out-of-bounds are not; returns may not add to team totals due to those credited on on-side kicks; free kicks following safeties NOT included.) FREE KICKS: Crosby 1. FIRST DOWN TENDENCIES Rushing————- Passing————-- Overall————— Times Gained——————— Miscellany— Second Half Team Plays Yards Avg. Plays Yards Avg. Plays Yards Avg. 20+ 10+ 5+ 2- 0 Neg. TD QBS TO Att Yds Avg. COLORADO ...... 202 1017 5.0 102 647 6.3 304 1664 5.47 18 55 123 141 64 27 9 9 5 146 807 5.53 Opponents ...... 192 792 4.1 145 758 5.2 337 1550 4.60 16 53 125 166 75 29 9 10 8 179 882 4.93 (*—kept like the NFL in that quarterback sacks are deducted from passing to present the accurate picture.) YARDS GAINED ANALYSIS 1st Down——— 2nd Down———- 3rd Down———-- 4th Down——- Season————— *By Quarter—————— Opp. Territory Breakdown Team Att Yards Avg. Att Yards Avg. Att Yards Avg. Att Yards Avg. Att. Yards Avg. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Att. Yards Avg. + 0 – COLORADO...... 304 1664 5.5 238 1237 5.2 160 602 3.8 13 -6 -0.5 715 3497 4.89 1030 864 791 770 303 1405 4.6 464 174 77 Opponents ...... 337 1550 4.6 268 1314 4.9 178 1144 6.4 17 83 4.9 800 4091 5.11 950 712 1060 1297 371 1701 4.6 537 182 81 *—Overtime Yards: Colorado 42, Opponent 72. #—Colorado’s third down play count is one more than efficiency count due to penalty replay where play counted but had the down over. Drives In Opponent Territory (minus drives with 50+ yard scores): Colorado 67/134 (50.0%, 21.0 yards per drive); Opp. 77/137 (56.2%, 22.1 ypd). THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS 3rd Down and————————————————————————————————————————— Second Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11-14 15-19 20+ Rush Pass Half Total Pct. COLORADO...... 13-14 7-11 7-17 5-12 3-11 1-13 2- 9 4- 9 2-11 4-14 3-21 2-12 0- 5 28-62 25- 97 25-79 53-159 33.3 Opponents ...... 10-15 7-11 11-12 7-10 13-19 8-14 7-17 5-15 4-10 6-20 4-19 3- 8 0- 8 24-47 61-131 43-95 85-178 47.8 AVERAGE YARDS TO GO: Colorado 7.6 (159/1209); Opponents 7.7 (178/1377). SECOND DOWN EFFICIENCY: Colorado 73-238 (30.7%; 1-4 yds: 31-56), Opponent 70-268 (26.1%; 1-4 yds: 23-53). TURNOVER ANALYSIS Location Own Territory————————— Opponent Territory———————————— By Quarter—————— Last 2 Min.** Team TO PTS (TD,FG) Pts. EZ/G-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 49-40 39-30 29-20 19-10 9-G/EZ Total (TD*) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT 1st-H 2nd-H COLORADO ...... 16 47 (6, 2) 20.4 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 4 1 3 = 16 (0) 0 5 3 7 1 0 (0) 2 (2) Opponents...... 24 28 (2, 5) 14.3 0 3 2 2 1 0 4 5 1 6 = 24 (1) 5 7 8 4 0 3 (1) 1 (0) First Offensive Play After Gaining Turnover: Colorado 21-75, 3.6 avg., 16 long, 0 TD (17-64 rush/4-1-0, 11 pass/2 10+); Opponent: 14-92, 6.6, 25 long, 0 TD (10-55 rush/4-3-0, 37 pass/4 10+). (*—interception or fumble returns for a touchdown; **—number in parenthesis is number of turnovers in last 2-minutes while team is protecting lead or trying to tie or go ahead.) AVERAGE STARTING FIELD POSITION FIRST DOWNS EARNED FUMBLES Colorado Opponent Player Rush Pass Rec. —Total 3/4 Player No-Lost Drives Started...... 135 138 BERNARD JACKSON...... 35 69 0 — 104 (37) COX...... 1-0 Cumulative Starting Yardlines...... 4068 4397 Average Field Position...... C30 O32 HUGH CHARLES...... 37 0 4 — 41 (6) DiLALLO ...... 1-0 Drives Started In Plus Territory...... 17 19 MELL HOLLIDAY ...... 21 0 0 — 21 (8) HOLLIDAY ...... 1-0 Scores/TD,FG...... 10/4,6 15/9,6 RIAR GEER...... 0 0 15 — 15 (5) Th.WASHINGTON...... 1-0 FGA/Punts/Downs/Clock ...... 1/1/2/0 1/1/1/1 CODY CRAWFORD...... 0 0 13 — 13 (6) WILLIAMS...... 1-0 Turnovers/Ran Out Clock...... 3/0 0/0 ALVIN BARNETT ...... 0012—12 (4) Te.WASHINGTON...... 2-0 Points ...... 46 74 PATRICK WILLIAMS...... 1 0 10 — 11 (5) C. BROWN ...... 1-1 Drives Started Inside/At Own 20 ...... 55 (32/23) 56 (28/28) DUSTY SPRAGUE ...... 1 0 9 — 10 (2) CHARLES ...... 2-2 SCORING PERCENTAGE INSIDE-THE-20 (Red Zone) JAMES COX...... 240—6 (4) JACKSON...... 10-2 Colorado Opponent TYSON DeVREE ...... 0 0 3 — 3 (1) ROBINSON...... 6-3 Times Penetrated Opponent 20...... 32 41 Total Scores ...... 23 32 BYRON ELLIS ...... 3 0 0 — 3 (1) Touchdowns (Rush/Pass) ...... 11 (8/3) 27 (10/17) MAURICE CANTRELL ...... 0 0 2 — 2 (0) Field Goals-Attempts...... 12-14 5-6 DAN GOETTSCH ...... 0 0 2 — 2 (0) Turnovers/Downs/Punts/Clock...... 2/5/0/0 4/3/0/1 JARRELL YATES ...... 0 0 2 — 2 (0) Scores From Outside the 20/TD,FG ...... 15/8,7 12/5,7 NICK HOLZ ...... 0 0 1 — 1 (1) Scoring Percentage (TD Pct.)...... 71.9 (34.4) 78.0 (65.9) *Ran Out Clock Not Trying To Score ...... 0 1 Third Down Efficiency ...... 7-24/29.2 21-34/61.8 Fourth Down Efficiency ...... 1-6/16.7 3-6/50.0 (*—not included in total count above; the 20 IS NOT in the Red Zone)

YARDS LOST DUE TO PENALTIES Colorado Opponent GOAL-TO-GO SITUATIONS Times Penalized After Offensive Gain ...... 17 13 Summary—————————- GTG Plays————- 1-Yard Line Yards Lost Due To Penalties...... 227 120 Team Total TD FG FGA TO DWN Plays TDs Pct. Plays TDs Touchdowns Cost ...... 0 1 COLORADO...... 16 9 3 0 2 1 41 9 22.0 6 5 First Downs Lost ...... 6 8 OPPONENTS...... 23 17 2 1 1 1 49 17 34.7 8 2

EXPANDED PUNTING Avg. No. Return Avg. Long Pct. Not Net Inside Own 25 Opp Terr. Adjusted 50 & Out Player Punts Yards Avg. Spot Ret. Yards Return Return Returned Avg. In20 / 10 / 5 TB FC 60+ No. Yds. Avg. No.Yards No. Yds. Avg MATT DiLALLO.. 47 2056 43.74 C31 27 246 9.1 48 42.6 38.51 14 / 4 / 0 0 3 2 19 853 44.9 2-77 45 1979 44.0 MASON CROSBY 14343.00 C41 1 21 21.0 21 0.0 22.00 0 / 0 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 … 0- 0 1 43 43.0 ISAAC GARDEN . 6 216 36.00 C29 4 32 8.0 12 33.3 30.67 1 / 0 / 0 0 1 0 2 60 30.0 0- 0 6 216 36.0 (Average Spot—the yardline where punts average from: DiLallo 47/1438; Crosby 1/41; Garden 6/174)

135 OFFENSIVE LINE STATISTICS

Play Count Player MSU CSU ASU UGA MU BU TTU OU KU KSU ISU NU Total BACKOWSKI ...... ------8 ------25 23 ------56 DANIELS...... 54 48 62 66 63 74 65 44 70 58 56 54 714 FENTON ...... 54 48 62 16 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 28 54 262 HARRISON ...... 54 48 54 66 63 74 65 19 47 58 ------548 HEAD ...... 54 ------1 --- 55 MacMARTIN ...... ------50 63 74 65 44 70 58 29 --- 453 POLUMBUS...... 54 48 62 66 63 74 65 44 70 58 57 54 715 D. SANDERS...... INJ 48 62 66 63 68 65 44 70 58 57 54 655 TIPTON ...... ------6 ------57 54 117

FG/PAT TEAM PLAY COUNT (47): Backowski 47, Daniels 47, Geer 47, Goettsch 47, Harrison 46, DeVree 44, D. Sanders 37, Creighton 33, Jagoras 14, Fenton 10, Ju.Adams 3, Head 1 (Snappers: Drescher 47; Holders: Holz 47; Kickers: Crosby 47). PUNT TEAM SNAPS (57, includes fakes): Drescher 57.

TB Hugh Charles QB Bernard Jackson TE Riar Geer

PK Mason Crosby ILB Jordon Dizon CB Terrence Wheatley

136 2006 Season Honors

ALL-AMERICA PK MASON CROSBY (first-team: Walter Camp, Pro Football Weekly; third-team: Associated Press, Rivals.com) FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN P MATT DiLALLO (first-team: collegefootballnews.com, Scripps/FWAA, Sporting News, Rivals.com) TE RIAR GEER (second-team: Sporting News, Rivals.com; third-team: collegefootballnews.com) ILB MICHAEL SIPILI (honorable mention: Sporting News) ALL-BIG 12 CONFERENCE PK MASON CROSBY (first-team: Associated Press, Big 12 Coaches, ESPN.com, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Kansas City Star, Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News; second-team: Dallas Morning News) OG BRIAN DANIELS (second-team: Associated Press; honorable mention: Big 12 Coaches) ILB JORDON DIZON (first-team: San Antonio Express-News; PK Mason Crosby second-team: Associated Press, Houston Chronicle, Kansas City Star; honorable mention: Big 12 Coaches) COLORADO CHAPTER/NFF COLLEGE FOOTBALL C MARK FENTON (honorable mention: Associated Press) HALL OF FAME PLAYERS-OF-THE-WEEK DT GEORGE HYPOLITE (honorable mention: Big 12 Coaches) ILB THADDAEUS WASHINGTON (second-team: Houston PK MASON CROSBY (November 11 vs. Iowa State: 4-5 FG, the Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News; honorable miss from 65, it went 64; 3-3 PAT, four of eight kickoffs for mention: Associated Press, Big 12 Coaches) touchbacks, three others inside-the-20) CB TERRENCE WHEATLEY (first-team: Big 12 Coaches; ILB JORDON DIZON (November 24 vs. Nebraska: 19 tackles, second-team: Associated Press, Dallas Morning News, 9 solo, two for losses) Houston Chronicle) DE ABRAHAM WRIGHT (first-team: Associated Press, Big 12 ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 CONFERENCE Coaches, Dallas Morning News, ESPN.com, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Kansas City Star, Houston Chronicle; S BENJAMIN BURNEY (first-team: Film Studies, 3.3 GPA) second-team: San Antonio Express-News) OLB BEN CARPENTER (first-team: Finance/Integrative Physiology, FRESHMAN ALL-BIG 12 3.9 GPA) OG BRIAN DANIELS (first-team: Finance, 3.5 GPA) OT PAUL BACKOWSKI (first-team: The Sporting News) P MATT DiLALLO (first-team: The Sporting News) TE TYSON DeVREE (first-team: Geography, 3.2 GPA) TE RIAR GEER (first-team: The Sporting News) TB BYRON ELLIS (first-team: Integrative Physiology, 3.5 GPA) BIG 12 CONFERENCE PLAYERS-OF-THE-WEEK OT TYLER POLUMBUS (first-team: Business Management, 3.2 GPA) PK MASON CROSBY (Special Teams; October 14 vs. Texas Tech: WR DUSTY SPRAGUE (first-team: Business Management, 3.6 GPA) 3-3 FG, including 56 & 53-yarders, 3-3 PAT, five of seven ILB R.J. BROWN (second-team: Broadcast Journalism, 3.1 GPA) kickoffs for touchbacks) FS RYAN WALTERS (Defensive; October 14 vs. Texas Tech: 4 P MATT DiLALLO (second-team: Integrative Physiology, 3.1 GPA) tackles (two solo), two interceptions, two third down stops) ILB JORDON DIZON (second-team: Economics, 3.1 GPA) PK MASON CROSBY (Special Teams; November 11 vs. Iowa State: 4-5 FG, miss from 65, four of eight kickoffs for touchbacks, DT GEORGE HYPOLITE (second-team: Ethnic Studies, 3.2 GPA) three others inside-the-20) COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT CU ATHLETES-OF-THE-WEEK OLB BEN CARPENTER (first-team: 3.89 GPA, Finance/Integrative DT GEORGE HYPOLITE (September 18-24: vs. Georgia: Physiology) 4 tackles, three for losses including two quarterback sacks, forced fumble) OG BRIAN DANIELS (first-team: 3.53 GPA, Finance) P MATTHEW DiLALLO (October 2-8: vs. Baylor: 4-51.8 TB BYRON ELLIS (second-team: 3.5 GPA, Integrative Physiology) punting, 2 In20) PK MASON CROSBY (October 9-15: vs. Texas Tech: 3-3 FG, NFF SCHOLAR-ATHLETE including 56 & 53-yarders, 3-3 PAT, five of seven kickoffs for touchbacks) OG BRIAN DANIELS ILB THADDAEUS WASHINGTON (October 16-22: vs. Oklahoma: 19 tackles, 12 solo; four third down stops) NFF NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY QB BERNARD JACKSON (Oct. 30-Nov. 5: vs. Kansas State: 17 OLB BEN CARPENTER (first-team: 3.89 GPA, Finance/Integrative rushes for 105 yards, 2 TDs, 145 yards, 1 TD passing) Physiology) PK MASON CROSBY (November 6-12: vs. Iowa State: 4-5 FG, the OG BRIAN DANIELS (first-team: 3.53 GPA, Finance) miss from 65, it went 64; 3-3 PAT, four of eight kickoffs for touchbacks, three others inside-the-20)

137 Ted Hendricks Award (top defensive end): DE Abraham Wright (one of 42 on official watch list; one of 27 on official mid-season watch list) Rotary Lombardi Award (top down lineman within 5 yards of ball): C Mark Fenton, ILB Thaddaeus Washington (two of 101 candi- dates on official watch list) Bronko Nagurski Trophy (top defensive player): ILB Thaddaeus Washington (one of 56 candidates on official watch list) Dave Rimington Award (top center): C Mark Fenton (one of 40 candidates on official watch list) Outland Trophy (top interior lineman: OG Brian Daniels, C Mark Fenton (two of 54 candidates on official watch list) Doak Walker Award (top running back): TB Hugh Charles (one of 50 candidates on official watch list)

COLORADO TEAM AWARDS (Selected by players unless otherwise indicated) Lee Willard Award (outstanding freshman): TE Riar Geer Hang Tough Award (overcame the most adversity): QB Bernard OG Brian Daniels with CU College Football Jackson Hall of Fame Inductee Bobby Anderson Tyronee “Tiger” Bussey Award (perseverance over adversity, injury and/or illness): ILB Thaddaeus Washington COLORADO CHAPTER NATIONAL FOOTBALL Best Interview (selected by team beat media): DE Abraham Wright FOUNDATION/COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF Buffalo Heart Award (selected by “the fans behind the bench”): FAME ALL-COLORADO TEAM ILB Thaddaeus Washington PK MASON CROSBY (first-team) Dean Jacob Van Ek Award (academic excellence): OLB Ben Carpenter OG BRIAN DANIELS (first-team) Bill McCartney Award (special teams achievement): PK Mason P MATT DiLALLO (second-team) Crosby ILB JORDON DIZON (first-team) Regiment Award (greatest contribution with least recognition): TE RIAR GEER (second-team) WR Nick Holz DT GEORGE HYPOLITE (honorable mention) Derek Singleton Award (spirit, dedication, enthusiasm): DE CB TERRENCE WHEATLEY (first-team) Abraham Wright ILB THADDAEUS WASHINGTON (second-team) Tom McMahon Award (dedication and work ethic): ILB Jordon DE ABRAHAM WRIGHT (first-team) Dizon SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: PK MASON CROSBY Eddie Crowder Award (leadership): OG Brian Daniels Offensive Scout Award: QB Cody Hawkins ESPN ALL-MAYDAY TEAM Defensive Scout Award: DE Marquez Herrod (Selected by ESPN analyst Mark May, this team is comprised of the Special Teams Scout Award: TE Nate Solder toughest players in the game) ILB THADDAEUS WASHINGTON Not Awarded For 2006: Dave Jones Award (outstanding defensive player) OTHER IN-SEASON HONORS John Mack Award (outstanding offensive player) PK MASON CROSBY (Lou Groza Award Top Three Stars of the Zack Jordan Award (most valuable player, selected by teammates) Week vs. Texas Tech) COLORADO SPORTS HALL OF FAME POSTSEASON ALL-STAR GAMES PK MASON CROSBY (Special individual citation for 2006 and/or PK MASON CROSBY (Senior Bowl) career achievement) OG BRIAN DANIELS (East-West Shrine Game) C *MARK FENTON (Las Vegas All-American Bowl) C BRYCE MacMARTIN (Hula Bowl) CB LORENZO SIMS (North-South Game) ILB THADDAEUS WASHINGTON (Hula Bowl) *—game was cancelled. BUFFALOES ON NATIONAL LISTS (SEMIFINALIST, FINALIST, WATCH) Dick Butkus Award (top linebacker): ILB Jordon Dizon, ILB Thaddaeus Washington (two of 65 candidates on official watch list) Vincent Draddy Trophy (academic “Heisman”): OG Brian Daniels (one of 17 finalists) Lou Groza Award (top placekicker): PK Mason Crosby (one of 20 semifinalists) ILB Thaddaeus Washington 138 Game-By-Game Starters Colorado’s starting lineup for the 2006 season (bold indicates first career start): OFFENSE WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB TB FB (Other) Montana State Williams Barnett Polumbus Daniels Fenton Head Harrison Geer Cox Charles Jagoras Colorado State Williams Barnett Polumbus Daniels Fenton D.Sanders Harrison Geer Jackson Ellis Goettsch (TE) Arizona State Sprague Robinson Polumbus Daniels Fenton D.Sanders Harrison DeVree Jackson Ellis Goettsch (TE) Georgia Williams Barnett Polumbus Daniels Fenton D.Sanders Harrison Geer Jackson Ellis Crawford (WR) Missouri Sprague Robinson Polumbus Daniels MacMartin D.Sanders Harrison Geer Jackson Charles Crawford (WR) Baylor Holz Goettsch (TE) Polumbus Daniels MacMartin D.Sanders Harrison Geer Jackson Ellis Cantrell Texas Tech Williams Barnett Polumbus Daniels MacMartin D.Sanders Harrison Geer Jackson Charles Cantrell Oklahoma Williams Barnett Polumbus Daniels MacMartin D.Sanders Harrison Geer Jackson Charles Cantrell Kansas Holz Mackey Polumbus Daniels MacMartin D.Sanders Backowski Geer Jackson Charles Cantrell Kansas State Williams Barnett Polumbus Daniels MacMartin D.Sanders Harrison Goettsch Jackson Charles Creighton (TE) Iowa State Williams Barnett Polumbus Daniels MacMartin D.Sanders Tipton Geer Jackson Holliday Cantrell Nebraska Holz Barnett Polumbus Daniels Fenton D.Sanders Tipton DeVree Jackson Charles Creighton (TE)

DEFENSE LE DT NT RE MLB WLB SLB LCB FS SS RCB Montana State Wright Hypolite Nicolas Boye-Doe Th.Washington Dizon B.Jones Sims Burney Billingsley Wheatley Colorado State Wright Hypolite Nicolas Boye-Doe Th.Washington Dizon B.Jones Sims Walters Billingsley Wheatley Arizona State Wright Hypolite Nicolas Boye-Doe Th.Washington Dizon B.Jones Sims Walters Billingsley Wheatley Georgia Wright Hypolite Nicolas Boye-Doe Te.Washington (N) Dizon B.Jones Sims Walters Billingsley Wheatley Missouri Wright C.Brown (N) Nicolas Boye-Doe Sipili Burton B.Jones Sims Walters Billingsley Wheatley Baylor Wright Hypolite Nicolas Boye-Doe C.Brown (N) Dizon B.Jones Sims Burney Harris Wheatley Texas Tech Wright Hypolite Nicolas Boye-Doe Th.Washington Dizon C.Brown (N) Te.Washington Walters Harris Wheatley Oklahoma Wright Hypolite Nicolas Boye-Doe Th.Washington Dizon B.Jones Te.Washington Walters Harris Wheatley Kansas Wright Hypolite Nicolas Boye-Doe Th.Washington Dizon B.Jones Te.Washington Walters Harris Wheatley Kansas State Lucas Ligon C.Brown (N) Boye-Doe Th.Washington Dizon B.Jones Te.Washington Walters Harris Wheatley Iowa State Wright Ligon Nicolas Boye-Doe Th.Washington Dizon B.Jones Te.Washington Walters Billingsley Wheatley Nebraska Wright Ligon Nicolas Boye-Doe Sipili Dizon B.Jones Te.Washington Walters Harris Wheatley

(N)—Nickel back. CONSECUTIVE STARTS—Daniels 22, Polumbus 13, Boye-Doe 12, Wheatley 12. CAREER STARTS—Daniels 43, Billingsley 37, Dizon 34, Sims 31, Th. Washington 31. PLAYER PARTICIPATION (dressed/played): Montana State 91/54; Colorado State 92/55; Arizona State 92/54; Georgia 65/56; Missouri 69/57; Baylor 90/53; Texas Tech 92/59; Oklahoma 70/58; Kansas 70/59; Kansas State 90/56; Iowa State 90/58; Nebraska 68/56.

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