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0 FARI UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE www.CUBuffs.com 2150 Stadium Drive (574 Champions Center), 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0357 © 2019 CU Athletics Telephone 303/492-5626 (E-mail/FB contacts: [email protected]; [email protected]) David Plati (Associate AD/SID), Curtis Snyder (Assistant AD), Troy Andre (Associate SID/+CUBuffs.com Managing Editor), Linda Sprouse (Associate SID), COLORADO Seth Pringle (Assistant SID), Shaun Wicen (Assistant SID), Neill Woelk (Contributing Editor/CUBuffs.com), Rob Livingston (Graduate Assistant) GAME 5 2019 COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE, NOTES & STATISTICS BUFFS HOST UA IN HOME PAC-12 OPENER, ANNUAL FAMILY WEEKEND GAME SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2019 2:40 p.m. MDT Folsom Field (50,183) Boulder, Colo. RELEASE NUMBER 5 (September 30, 2019) PAC-12 NETWORK (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) BUFFALO BITS … The Colorado Buffaloes (3-1, 1-0 Pac-12) have their home conference week in the post-World War II Era (dating back to the 1946 season); CU is 2- opener this Saturday, October 5, against the Arizona Wildcats (3-1, 1-0 Pac- 5 after a bye since joining the Pac-12 in 2011 ... Prior to the bye last Saturday, 12) in a 2:30 p.m. MDT kickoff at Folsom Field ... Colorado is receiving votes the Buffaloes knocked off Arizona State in Tempe, 34-31, as PK James in the two major polls but did not crack the top 25 ... With CU and UA the last Stefanou kicked a 44-yard field goal with 2:03 left in the game in which CU two undefeated teams in Pac-12 play in the South Division, the winner this never trailed (and led for just under 34 minutes) ... CU has played UA and week will be in first place by themselves and will thus control its fate ... The ASU back-to-back one other time, doing so in 2015 (same order; Buffs Buffaloes lead the series by a 14-7 margin, but by just a 5-4 edge in Boulder dropped both) ... Arizona, playing without its starters QB Khalil Tate and RB ... In the eight games in the series since CU joined the Pac-12, the winner has J.J. Taylor, held off UCLA at home in winning 20-17. The Bruins missed a averaged 45 points per game (the loser has averaged 28.9) ... This game in 39-yard field goal with just seconds remaining that would have sent the game the centerpiece of CU’s annual Family Weekend; the Buffs are 19-8 in these into overtime... WR Laviska Shenault will celebrate his 21st birthday on games dating back to 1992 ... This ends a run of six straight night games in Arizona game day ... Against likely most odds, CU has won 33 of the last 42 the series ... CU is 2-6 in Pac-12 conference home openers, having won in pregame coin flips (79 percent) ... The PDF version of the 2019 CU Media two of the last three (over Oregon State in 2016 and over UCLA last year) ... Guide can be found on-line at www.cubuffs.com/CUFBMG19 ... Colorado is looking to open 2-0 in Pac-12 play for the second straight year CUBuffs.com/media is all things Buff (on-line media guide, live stats, etc.). and the third time in four seasons ... The Buffs are 28-23 following a bye DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 58; ROSTERS ON PAGES 59-61; STAT PAGES 62-70 CU-UA (P12N/National): Ted Robinson (play-by-play) / Yogi Roth (color) / Sam Peszek (sideline reporter) / Michael Molinari (producer) STAT OF THE WEEK Second Running ‘Em Out. Colorado is currently second in the nation in kickoff returns, averaging 33.5 yards for six returns to date (the average starting yardline on those is the opponent’s 36). The school record is 26.6 (36 returns) set back in 1997; CU averaged 25.0 the next year (29 returns) but has not averaged 24 or more since. (Utah State is the national leader at 34.7 for seven returns.) OBSCURE NOTES OF THE WEEK WR Laviska Shenault is a first down machine. In 16 career games, he has 138 touches on offense and has earned 72 first downs, along with six short touchdown plays where no first down is awarded (as is the case in the NFL). Thus, he has earned a first down or scored a touchdown on 78 of those 138 touches, an incredible percentage of 56.5 of the time. Air Force. Arizona State. Arizona. This is the first time since 1936 that CU is playing three straight games against schools that start with the same letter (in ’36, CU won three straight over Colorado Mines, Colorado A&M (State) and Colorado College. It will be the 11th time overall, playing three straight C schools nine times previously and three D schools once (CU has played two schools starting with the same letter 11 times: C, D, H, I, K, M, N, O, T, U, W). 2019 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (3-1, 1-0 Pac-12) 2019 Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That or ’18 rewind Aug. 30 --- Colorado State (N; Denver) --- ESPN W 52-31 1-4 67-22-2 The last M Showdown in Denver ends with CU’s fifth straight win over the Rams SEPT. 7 --- NEBRASKA 25 FOX W 34-31 (OT) 3-2 20-49-2 Offseason conditioning enables Buffs to rally from down 17-0 to dominate late SEPT. 14 --- AIR FORCE --- PAC12 L 23-30 (OT) 3-1 12- 5-0 AFA wins first meeting since ‘74, though CU rallied down 13 to send game into OT Sept. 21 --- at Arizona State (N) 24 PAC12 W 34-31 4-1 3- 8-0 Montez, Brown connect on 3 TD passes; Stefanou wins it with 44 FG (2:03 left) OCT. 5 --- ARIZONA (FW) --- PAC12 2:40 p.m. 3-1 14- 7-0 Wild see-saw affair sees combined 59 points in second and third quarters Oct. 11 at Oregon (N) FS-1 8:00 p.m. 3-1 9-12-0 Last meeting: CU, 41-38 in ’16 at Eugene (Montez: 333, 3 TD pass, 135, 1 TD run) Oct. 19 at Washington State TBA TBA 3-2 6- 6-0 Buffs score first but WSU takes control in last three quarters, run 94 plays on Off OCT. 25 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (N) ESPN2 7:00 p.m. 3-2 0-13-0 USC takes control with 21 points in last half of second quarter (up 21-7 at half) Nov. 2 at UCLA TBA TBA 1-4 4-10-0 22-point win is largest by CU in series (four previous games decided by 21 points) NOV. 9 STANFORD (HC) TBA TBA 2-3 4- 6-0 Buffs won last meeting in 2016 at Stanford (10-5) NOV. 23 WASHINGTON TBA TBA 4-1 6-11-1 UW up 14-13 at half; has now outscored CU 67-6 in last three second halves Nov. 30 at Utah TBA TBA 4-1 32-30-3 Utes snap 7-7 halftime tie with 23 second half points Dec. 6 Pac-12 Championship Game ABC 6:00 p.m. at Levi’s Stadium (Santa Clara, Calif.; game moves to Las Vegas in 2020) (KEY: *—AP rank at time of game; —Pac-12 Conference game; N—Night game; HC—Homecoming; FW—Family Weekend. All times mountain) 2019 COLORADO FOOTBALL The Media Page Page 2 Collegepressbox.com is the official media COLORADO MEDIA SERVICES PRONUNCIATION GUIDE website for Division I football. Access and download Head coach Mel Tucker holds a Tuesday weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, Coaches/Staff media luncheon, located in the Champions Center headshots, logos and more for each conference and its Jimmy BRUMBAUGH (brum-bah) (third floor, room 319). All will start at 11:30 a.m. with Darrin CHIAVERINI (shiv-ah-ree-knee) member schools. Register for access at: Chris KAPILOVIC (kuh-pil-oh-vick) lunch, followed by Tucker promptly at Noon and select www.collegepressbox.com/register. Brian MICHALOWSKI (michael-ow-ski) players before and/or afterwards depending on class The Pac-12 Mountain Network is the Al PUPUNU (puh-pooh-new) conflicts. This year’s dates: Sept. 3-10-17; Oct. 1-8- TRAVARES Tillman (truh-varr-es) television home of the Buffaloes; it produces a variety 15-22-29; Nov. 5-19-26; Dec. 3-TBA (bowl). The of programming featuring all 12 member institutions. Players press conference portions are streamed live on 10 JASH Allen (jash) www.CUBuffs.com (in the BuffsTV area); press THE BUFFS ON THE INTERNET 22 Daniel ARIAS (are-e-us) conferences on CUBuffs.com do not require access 84 Clayton BACA (bah-cah) The official CU site on the Internet can be found 35 Beau BISHARAT (bish-er-rot) codes. (TV Pool Assignments for 2019: KCNC will at www.CUBuffs.com has the most up-to-date 25 MEHKI Blackmon (muh-kye as in eye) coordinate all CU press luncheons). information, releases, game notes, press conference 21 JAREK BROUSSARD (jerek brew-sard) Note: The Front Range Huddle kicked off the media 15 Legend BRUMBAUGH (brum-bah) broadcasts (free), articles by longtime journalist and luncheons for the season on Aug. 22 in Denver. 44 Jacob CALLIER (cal-yee-A) CUBuffs.com contributing editor Neill Woelk along The Pac-12 Teleconference Call that used 6 Curtis CHIAVERINI (shiv-ah-ree-knee) with podcasts/video by the voice of the Buffs, Mark 22 Grant CICCARONE (sis-a-roan) take place on Tuesdays are no more; lack of Johnson; the direct link to the Football Media 57 John DEITCHMAN (dych-mon) participation from those media on the call contributed Center is cubuffs.com/ColoradoMediaCenter.