GAME 9—UCLA BUFFS out to MAINTAIN SOUTH DIVISION LEAD VERSUS UCLA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2016 7:05 P.M MDT Folsom Field (50,183) Boulder, Colo
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RELEASE NUMBER 9 (October 31, 2016) FOX SPORTS 1 (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) The No. 21 AP/20 USA Today/Coaches Colorado Buffaloes (6-2, 4-1 Pac- 2 margin, as the Bruins won the first four in the early 1980s and CU 12) begin “the games to remember are played in November” against the countered with a sweep of a home-and-home set in 2002-03 ... Approaching UCLA Bruins (3-5, 1-4 Pac-12) in a 7:00 p.m. MDT kickoff this Thursday, the three-fourths point of the season, there are just 5 undefeated and 10 Nov. 3 at Folsom Field ... Colorado was ranked on Oct. 2 for the first time in one-loss teams remaining in FBS play ... Colorado is 31-20-2 all-time on nearly 11 years (since November 6, 2005) after opening 4-1, dropped out Thursdays (3-5 on non-Thanksgiving ones) ... In 2013, 31 schools hired new after losing the following week at USC, 21-17, but reappeared after its 10-5 head coaches; 24 remain at those institutions; of those two dozen schools, win at Stanford; the AP #21 rank is its highest since No. 17 in 2003—after only Western Michigan (P.J. Fleck, 8-0) and South Florida (Willie Taggart, 7- improving to 2-0 with a 16-14 win over UCLA ... The Buffs are 6-2 for the first 2) better fourth-year records than CU’s Mike MacIntyre ... Freshman CB time since 2005, opening that year 7-2 under head coach Gary Barnett ... Ronnie Blackmon will turn 19 on game day (Nov. 3) ... CU’s run of playing Colorado is alone at the top the standings in the Pac-12 South, owning a ½- on 23 consecutive weekends came to an end with the bye last Saturday (the game lead over both Utah and USC; USC owns the tiebreaker over the Buffs, Buffs’ first since Nov. 15, 2014); Colorado went into its off week with a 10-5 and CU and the Utes close the regular season in Boulder on Nov. 26 ... CU win at Stanford, the defensive battle being the third lowest scoring game in came into this year a combined 0-13 against Arizona State, Oregon and the FBS this fall ... UCLA is also coming off a weekend off after it lost at home Stanford since joining the Pac-12 in 2011 but have defeated all three this to Utah in high-scoring affair, 52-45 ... A reminder to turn your clocks back year; UCLA comes to town having won all five games as well since the Buffs one hour after next Saturday’s late games ... CUBuffs.com/media as your and Bruins became league mates (UCLA, USC and Washington are the one stop for everything, including our on-line media guide and live stats. remaining teams CU has not beaten) ... UCLA leads the all-time series by a 9- DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 60; ROSTER ON PAGES 61-62 CU-UCLA (FS-1/National): Joe Davis (play-by-play) / Brady Quinn (color) / Jenny Taft (sideline reporter) / Jeff Gowen (producer) STAT OF THE WEEK Three Picks: Colorado had three interceptions against Stanford, a season-best and actually its most since Sept. 7, 2013 when it swiped three against Central Arkansas. It was just the fourth time in nine seasons CU picked off that many in a game, and the first against an FBS foe since Nov. 12, 2011 (Arizona). OBSCURE NOTE(S) OF THE WEEK After last weekend's games (through Oct. 29), there are only six teams in the nation that have both their offense and defense ranked in the nation's top 25 in total offense AND total defense. Those teams are: Alabama (No. 17 offense, No. 4 defense), Baylor (4/25), Colorado (19/12), Louisville (1/10), Ohio State (20/6), and Southern Miss (22/16). Not coincidentally, five of those teams are also ranked in the Associated Press top 25: No. 1 Alabama, No. 5 Louisville, No. 6 Ohio State, No. 13 Baylor and No. 21 Colorado. The Buffaloes have previously finished in the top 25 in both six times, the last occasion 20 years ago: 1958 (25th offense/11th defense); 1961 (24/16), 1987 (24/24), 1989 (6/18), 1990 (14 and 25) and 1996 (15/23). 2016 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (6-2, 4-1 Pac-12) 2016 Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That or ’15 rewind Sept. 2 NR Colorado State (N; Denver) NR ESPN W 44- 7 4-4 64-22-2 Liufau returns from Lisfranc injury with 384 yards/TO; defense holds CSU to 225 SEPT. 10 RV IDAHO STATE NR PACMT W 56- 7 2-6 1- 0-0 CU scores on 7 of first 8 possessions en route to a record 49-0 lead at the half Sept. 17 RV at Michigan 4 BTN L 28-45 8-0 1- 4-0 Buffs sprint out to 21-7 lead but injuries, Jabrill Peppers help Michigan rally Sept. 24 NR at Oregon RV PAC12 W 41-38 3-5 9-12-0 CU snaps 6-game losing streak to the Ducks, CU’s second Pac-12 opener win OCT. 1 RV OREGON STATE (FW) NR PAC12 W 47- 6 2-6 4- 5-0 Largest margin of victory in a league game in 24 years; best start (4-1) since ’05 Oct. 8 21 at Southern California RV PAC12 L 17-21 5-3 0-11-0 USC leads 14-0 at half, CU ties game in fourth but Trojans fend off comeback OCT. 15 RV ARIZONA STATE (N; HC) RV PAC12 W 40-16 5-4 1- 7-0 Buffs finally break through against Sun Devils, rush for 315 yards and 5 TDs Oct. 22 RV at Stanford RV PAC12 W 10- 5 5-3 4- 6-0 CU’s fifth win the last 50 years with 13 or fewer points; snaps SU 4-game streak NOV. 3 21 UCLA (N) NR FS-1 7:05p 3-5 2- 9-0 Buffs put 1,054 yards on UCLA “D” last two years but come up 8 pts short (0-2) Nov. 12 at Arizona FS-1 8:00p 2-6 13- 5-0 Colorado takes 24-17 lead into 4th Qtr but Wildcats rally with three late TDs NOV. 19 WASHINGTON STATE TBA TBA 6-2 5- 4-0 Cougars defeated Buffs for the first time in four tries in home state NOV. 26 UTAH TBA TBA 7-2 31-28-3 All five games in Pac-12 play down-to-the-wire (decided by total of 27 points) Dec. 2 Pac-12 Championship Game FOX 7:00p at Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif. (North vs. South division winners) (All times mountain. KEY: *—AP rank at time of game; —Pac-12 Conference game; N—Night game; HC—Homecoming; FW—Family Weekend.) 2016 COLORADO FOOTBALL The Media Page Page 2 registered members of the media instant access to COLORADO MEDIA SERVICES PRONUNCIATION GUIDE obtain head shots of all CU coaches and athletes as Head coach Mike MacIntyre holds a Tuesday well as action shots of key players. Registration is Coaches/Staff press luncheon, located in the Champions Center easy: for a login and password, simply log on to Darrin CHIAVERINI (shiv-er-re-knee) (third floor, room 319). All will start at 11:30 a.m. Darian HAGAN (hay-gun) www.cubuffs.com/photodatabase. Registration can Jim LEAVITT (lev-it) with lunch, followed by MacIntyre promptly at Noon also be found through CUBuffs.com by selecting Players and select players before and/or afterwards depending "Sports Information" from the "Athletics" menu 16 Jaleel AWINI (juh-leal ah-we-knee) on class conflicts. This year’s dates: Aug. 30; Sept. located on the top navigation bar and click on “Enter 4 CHIDOBE AWUZIE (chih-doe-bey / ah-wooz-yeh) 6-13-20-27; Oct. 4-11-18; Nov. 1-8-15-22-29; Media Center.” 57 Sam BENNION (ben-yun) Dec. TBA (bowl). The press conference portions The Pac-12 Mountain Network is the 35 Beau BISHARAT (bish-er-rot) are streamed live on www.CUBuffs.com (in the television home of the Buffaloes; it produces a variety 4 Bryce BOBO (bo-bo) 92 Jordan CARRELL (carol) BuffsTV area); press conferences on CUBuffs.com do of programming featuring all 12 member institutions. 17 KABION ENTO (kay-be-on / N-toe) not require access codes. (TV Pool Assignments: 52 N.J. FALO (follow) KCNC 9/20, 10/18, 11/22; KDVR 9/13, 10/11, 11/15; THE BUFFS ON THE INTERNET 56 JASE FRANKE (rhymes w/case; frank-E) KMGH 9/06, 10/04, 11/08, KUSA 8/30, 9/27, 11/01; all The official CU site on the Internet can be 7 Jordan GEHRKE (gerr-key) on own 12/01.) 44 Addison GILLAM (gill-um) found at www.CUBuffs.com, which has the most up- MacIntyre can be heard Tuesdays (Aug.