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 RETURN HOME TO FACE WILDCATS IN ANNUAL FAMILY WEEKEND GAME SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2017 6:07 p.m. MDT Folsom Field (50,183) Boulder, COlo. RELEASE NUMBER 6 (October 2, 2017) PAC-12 NETWORK (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) BUFFALO BITS … The Colorado Buffaloes (3-2, 0-2 Pac-12) return home this Saturday, Oct. 7 second of two opponents CU will play this year that had a bye prior to facing for their fifth game on seven inside the state of Colorado as they will host the the Buffaloes (Northern Colorado was the other, though that was unscheduled; Arizona Wildcats (2-2, 0-1 Pac-12) in a 6:07 p.m. MDT kickoff at Folsom its game at Florida was cancelled due to Hurricane Irma) ... The Buffs snapped Field ... The game is part of CU’s Family Weekend, the centerpiece of several a four-game overall losing streak to the Wildcats with a 49-24 win last year in events on campus as the fall semester completes its sixth of 15 weeks; the Tucson; though CU leads the series 14-5, UA has three of the last four in Buffs are 18-7 in Family Weekend games (list of page 4) ... Saturday will be Boulder ... Colorado remains just two victories away from 700 all-time wins, the 350th game (college/pro) that CU head coach Mike MacIntyre will be a as the Buffs own a record of 698-496-36 (a .582 winning percentage), as the part of ... The Buffaloes are coming off a 27-23 loss at UCLA, the fourth straight Buffaloes are 25th on the all-time win list and is 36th in all-time winning nip-and-tuck game in the series (CU trailed 14-10 at halftime and pulled to percentage (29th for those schools with 1,000 or more games played in within one on two occasions, but a 15-play, 6-plus minute drive by the Bruins Division I-A) ... The Buffs return home for its annual Family Weekend game that produced their final 3 points left CU with just 26 seconds to work with, on Oct. 7, hosting Arizona in a 6 p.m. game ... CUBuffs.com/media as your though the Buffs did drive to the UCLA 37) ... Arizona last played on Friday, one stop for everything, including our on-line media guide and live stats. Sept. 22, dropping a 30-24 decision at home to Utah; the Wildcats are the DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 57; ROSTER ON PAGES 58-60 CU-Arizona (PAC-12 NETWORK/National): JB Long (play-by-play) / Yogi Roth (color) / Jill Savage (sideline reporter) / David Feldman (producer) STAT OF THE WEEK TB Phillip Lindsay caught four passes at UCLA in CU’s 27-23 loss last Saturday, giving him 100 for his career. In what no doubt is a college football rarity, the Buffs have four active players with 100-plus receptions: WR Shay Fields (169), WR Devin Ross (120) and WR Bryce Bobo (113). Colorado is the only team in the nation with four players with at least 100 career receptions; a few others do have three. Prior to this season, the Buffaloes never had more than two players on the roster with 100 grabs. See additional notes on this on page 9. OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK Colorado is one of the top teams in the nation when its come to red zone defense this season. The opponent has made 13 trips inside-the-20 against CU, and while coming away with 10 scores, five have been field goals. So overall, the Buffs are tied for 40th in allowing scores 76.9 percent of the time, but when it comes to allowing touchdowns, the Buffs have allowed just five, or 38.5 percent; for teams that have allowed 10 or more penetrations of the red zone, that’s second only to Houston (33.3, 4 TDs in 12 trips). In addition, the Buffs are sixth in allowing just 1 passing score in the zone (Air Force, Buffalo, CSU, Utah State and Vanderbilt are the five who have allowed none). And once in the red zone, opponent have run 37 plays for a net 64 yards (1.7 per), and are just 3- of-10 on third down. 2017 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (3-2, 0-2 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 3-2 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 1-4 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 2-2 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 5-0 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 (FW) NR PAC12 6:07 pm 2-2 14- 5-0 A 28-0 run over 20-minute span jumps score from 14-10 to 42-10 late in 3rd Qtr Oct. 14 at Oregon State PAC12 2:00 pm 1-4 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 TBA TBA 5-0 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 3-2 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 4-1 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 4-0 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) (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.