BUFFS VISIT CORVALLIS in FIRST of BACK-TO-BACK TRIPS to PACIFIC NORTHWEST SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2017 2:07 P.M
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE www.CUBuffs.com 2150 Stadium Drive (574 Champions Center), 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309‐0357 © 2017 CU Athletics Telephone 303/492‐5626 (FAX: 303/492‐3811; E‐mail (FB contacts): [email protected]; [email protected]) David Plati (Associate AD/SID), Jason Clay (Associate SID), Troy Andre (Associate SID/CUBuffs.com M.E.), Linda Sprouse (Associate SID), Andy Schlichting COLORADO (Assistant SID), Maggie Still (Assistant SID), Neill Woelk (Contributing Editor/CUBuffs.com), Ryan Megay (Grad Asst./Football) 2017 COLORADO BUFFALO Football WEEKLY RELEASE, NOTES & STATISTICS BUFFS VISIT CORVALLIS IN FIRST OF BACK-TO-BACK TRIPS TO PACIFIC NORTHWEST SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2017 2:07 p.m. MDT Reser Stadium (43,154) Corvallis, Ore. RELEASE NUMBER 7 (October 9, 2017) PAC-12 NETWORK (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) BUFFALO BITS … The Colorado Buffaloes (3-3, 0-3 Pac-12) have the first of two straight Cory Hall to in the interim head coaching position ... Colorado will remain on conference games in the Pacific Northwest this week, traveling to Corvallis to the Pac-12 road, heading back northwest to take on Washington State in take on the Oregon State Beavers (1-5, 0-3 Pac-12) in a 2:07 p.m. MDT Pullman; it will be the seventh time in seven years in the conference that the kickoff at Reser Stadium ... This will be CU’s third trip to OSU as a member of Buffs will play back-to-back road games (1-11 previously, never winning the the Pac-12, losing in 2013 but winning in 2015, which was CU’s first road leafe front end with the lone win a 17-14 verdcit at Utah to close their first year in win under Mike MacIntyre ... CU is coming off a 45-42 home loss to Arizona, the league) ... Colorado remains just two victories away from 700 all-time wins, a wild affair that saw the teams combine to score on 13 of 20 possessions, as the Buffs own a record of 698-496-36 (a .582 winning percentage), as the including eight straight scores in the second half ... TB Phillip Lindsay had Buffaloes are 25th on the all-time win list and is 36th in all-time winning a record night in the setback, becoming CU’s all-time leader in all-purpose percentage (29th for those schools with 1,000 or more games played in yards, an impressive accomplishment for a young man who tore his ACL his Division I-A) ... The Buffs will return home for the last Saturday of the month, senior year in high school ... Oregon State lost 38-10 last Saturday at USC; it hosting California in their annual homecoming game ... CUBuffs.com/media has a four-game losing streak, the last three coming to ranked opponents. On as your one stop for everything, including our on-line media guide and live Monday, Oct. 9, the Beavers announced that they and head coach Gary stats. Anderson mutually agreed to part ways; OSU promoted cornerbacks coach DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 60; ROSTER ON PAGES 61-63 CU-Oregon State (PAC-12 NETWORK/National): Ted Robinson (play-by-play) / Yogi Roth (color) / Jill Savage (sideline reporter) / David Feldman (producer) STAT OF THE WEEK In 1987, Colorado started tracking first downs earned; it caught on in the NFL a few years later but never in college, but it’s a cool stat: a player is credited with one when he earns one by rushing or receiving, and the quarterback also gets credited when throwing one. TB Phillip Lindsay had a game for the ages in this regard last Saturday against Arizona, as he tied the school mark for a non-quarterback with 17 (a record 16 of which were rushing); the late Rashaan Salaam set the mark on Oct. 1, 1994 when he had 15 rushing and two receiving. Even more remarkable was that 11 of those came on third (8) and fourth (3) downs: Lindsay was 8-of-11 on third downs and made all three of his fourth down tries. OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK WR Devin Ross had caught a pass in 20 straight regular season games (21 including the Alamo Bowl), dating to the 2015 season finale but was shut out against Arizona last Saturday; he had caught multiple passes in two of those games. WR Shay Fields now owns the longest streak at 19 (20 including the bowl); he’s caught two or more in 18 of those 19, including the first 17 of that run before UCLA limited him to one reception. WR Bryce Bobo has a streak of six straight games (all multiple receptions), while WR Jay MacIntyre has caught at least one in 10 straight games he’s appeared in, though he missed one with an injury. 2017 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (3-3, 0-3 Pac-12) 2017 Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That or ’16 rewind Sept. 1 RV Colorado State (N; Denver) NR PAC12 W 17- 3 4-2 65-22-2 Buffs go up 17-0 early, play first scoreless second half in eight seasons SEPT. 9 RV TEXAS STATE NR PAC12 W 37- 3 1-5 1- 0-0 Second straight game not allowing a TD a first to open a season since 1958 SEPT. 16 RV NORTHERN COLORADO NR PAC12 W 41-21 2-3 10- 2-0 CU wins first meeting with former in-state rival since 1934 game in Greeley SEPT. 23 RV WASHINGTON (N) 7 FS-1 L 10-37 6-0 5-11-1 Game plays out eerily similar to ’16 Pac-12 title game, as UW pulls away in 3Q Sept. 30 RV at UCLA NR ESPN2 L 23-27 3-2 3-10-0 Fourth straight tight game between the two (the four decided by 21 points) OCT. 7 NR ARIZONA (N; FW) NR PAC12 L 42-45 3-2 14- 6-0 Teams combine for 713 rush yards, record 608 by two players (Lindsay: 281) Oct. 14 NR at Oregon State NR PAC12 2:07 pm 1-5 4- 5-0 Largest margin of victory in a league game in 24 years; best start (4-1) since ’05 Oct. 21 at Washington State (N) ESPN 8:45 pm 6-0 6- 4-0 Liufau rolls up 453 total yards as CU outscores WSU 17-0 over final 16 minutes OCT. 28 CALIFORNIA (HC) TBA TBA 3-3 3- 5-0 Last meeting in 2014 a wild one: Cal rallies for 59-56 win in 2OT in Berkeley Nov. 4 at Arizona State TBA TBA 2-3 1- 7-0 Buffs finally break through against Sun Devils, rush for 315 yards and 5 TDs NOV. 11 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TBA TBA 5-1 0-11-0 USC leads 14-0 at half, CU ties game in fourth but Trojans fend off comeback Nov. 25 at Utah TBA TBA 4-1 32-28-3 Win clinches Pac-12 South title; last six games in series decided by 32 points Dec. 1 Pac-12 Championship Game (N) ESPN at Santa Clara, Calif. Buffs made first appearance in league title game in 2016 (L, 10-41 to Washington) All times mountain. (KEY: *—AP rank at time of game; —Pac-12 Conference game; N—Night game; HC—Homecoming; FW—Family Weekend.) 2017 COLORADO FOOTBALL The Media Page Page 2 obtain head shots of all CU coaches and athletes as well COLORADO MEDIA SERVICES PRONUNCIATION GUIDE as action shots of key players. Registration is easy: for Head coach Mike MacIntyre holds a Tuesday a login and password, simply log on to Coaches/Staff press luncheon, located in the Champions Center www.cubuffs.com/photodatabase. Registration can also ShaDon BROWN (shay-don) (third floor, room 319). All will start at 11:30 a.m. with Darrin CHIAVERINI (shiv-ah-ree-knee) be found through CUBuffs.com by selecting "Sports Darian HAGAN (hay-gun) lunch, followed by MacIntyre promptly at Noon and Information" from the "Athletics" menu located on the Players select players before and/or afterwards depending on top navigation bar and click on “Enter Media Center.” 57 Sam BENNION (ben-yun) class conflicts. This year’s dates: Aug. 29; Sept. 5-12- The Pac-12 Mountain Network is the 35 Beau BISHARAT (bish-er-rot) 19-26; Oct. 3-10-17-24-31; Nov. 7-21-28; Dec. 5- television home of the Buffaloes; it produces a variety 4 Bryce BOBO (bo-bo) TBA (bowl). The press conference portions are of programming featuring all 12 member institutions. 44 Jacob CALLIER (cal-e-yea) streamed live on www.CUBuffs.com (in the BuffsTV 88 Curtis CHIAVERINI (shiv-ah-ree-knee) area); press conferences on CUBuffs.com do not THE BUFFS ON THE INTERNET 89 Kevin DEMENT (duh-ment) require access codes. (TV Pool Assignments for 9 Javier EDWARDS (ha-vee-air) The official CU site on the Internet can be found 17 KABION ENTO (kay-be-on / N-toe) 2017: KCNC will coordinate all CU press luncheons). at www.CUBuffs.com, which has the most up-to-date 8 Alex FONTENOT (font-en-know) MacIntyre can be heard Tuesdays (Aug. 29-Nov. information, releases, game notes, press conference 56 JASE FRANKE (rhymes w/case; frank-E) 45 Tanner GRZESIEK (gress-ick) 21) on the Pac-12 Teleconference Call at 11:25 a.m. broadcasts (free), articles by former Boulder Camera MT, with a taped replay available after 4 p.m. MT those 64 Aaron HAIGLER (Hague-ler) sportswriter Neill Woelk and podcasts/video by the voice afternoons.