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2013 COLORADO BUFFALO Football GAME 10—CALIFORNIA BUFFS, BEARS BOTH LOOKING FOR FIRST PAC-12 LEAGUE WIN IN 2013 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2013 3:37 p.m. MST Folsom Field (53,613), Boulder, Colo.
RELEASE NUMBER 10 (November 12, 2013) Pac-12 Networks (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats)
QUICKLY SPEAKING …
The Colorado Buffaloes (3-6, 0-6 Pac-12) return home for the first of two straight at Folsom Field, hosting the California Golden Bears (1-9, 0-7 Pac-12) this Saturday, Nov. 16, in a 3:37 p.m. mountain time kickoff … California leads the series, 4-2; this is the first conference game between the two since CU joined the Pac-12 in 2011—the meeting that year in Boulder was the back end of a home-and-home series that saw CU visit Berkeley in 2010, its final year in the Big 12 … This will be the first game between the two that isn’t in September; in fact, it will be the second latest visit to Boulder by a school in the Pacific Time Zone (until USC visits on Nov. 23); Oregon came to Boulder on Nov. 18, 1950, and left with a 21-7 loss to the Buffs … Colorado has the next two league games at home, the fourth time since joining the Pac-12; the Buffs split the pair in 2011 (lost to USC, beat UA), and lost both ends twice in ’12 (UCLA, ASU; UW, Utah) … This is the second time in seven series games that the two schools are playing with first-year head coaches (Mike MacIntyre, Sonny Dykes); back in 1982, they opened the season against each other with Bill McCartney (CU) and Joe Kapp (Cal) coaching their first games … Colorado is coming off a 59-7 loss at Washington, while Cal dropped a 62-28 decision to USC at home last Saturday ... CU-Southern California Television: the Pac-12 television partners exercised their option for a 6-day selection for four game on Nov. 23; CU’s home finale against USC can land in one of four places (in order of selection, all times MST): 5 p.m. (FOX), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN networks), 7:30 p.m. (Pac-12 Networks) or 2 p.m. (FOX Sports 1) ... The Buffs enter this game having dropped 14 straight Pac-12 games since winning the ’12 opener at Washington State ... HBO Real Sports and Bryant Gumbel were in town recently doing a piece on Ralphie, CU’s live buffalo mascot as part of its look at mascots nationally; it will air on Tuesday, Nov. 19 ... Visit CUBuffs.com/ Gameday as your one stop for everything, including our on-line media guide and live stats. DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 55; ROSTER ON PAGES 56-57
CU-California: Pac-12 Networks / Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play) / Anthony Herron (color analyst) / no sideline reporter / Aaron Owens (producer)
STAT OF THE WEEK
Colorado had just one penalty for four yards at Washington; that tied for the fifth-fewest in a game in CU history, and the least since the Buffs were flagged zero time against Texas Tech in 2006. Through nine games, the Buffaloes have just 43 penalties for 380 yards, numbers that rank 29th and 39th in the NCAA. Colorado is on target to have its fewest penalties since 1985, when the team had just 49 for 450 yards (in an 11-game season); that was the last season the Buffaloes were flagged under 60 times.
OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK
Colorado’s game at Washington took just 2 hours and 48 minutes to play; in fact, it was over so fast that CU’s team plane had yet to arrive at Sea-Tac International Airport when the Buffs’ busses arrived there postgame. It tied for the third fastest game for the Buffs in the last 24 seasons (dating back to 1990); the only two quicker ones were both that season, also against Washington as well as Iowa State, both 2:46 and both at Folsom Field. The game at Kansas in 1990 also took 2:48, and the 2006 game against Colorado State in Denver was played in 2:48, so the UW game this year was the fastest since then.
2013 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (3-6, 0-6 PAC-12)
2013 Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That or ’12 rewind Sept. 1 NR Colorado State (Denver) NR CBS-SN W 41-27 5-5 62-21-2 Wood throws for 400 yards/3 TD; Richardson hauls in 10 for 208/2 TDs in return SEPT. 7 NR CENTRAL ARKANSAS (N) (FCS-5) P12N W 38-24 5-5 1- 0-0 CU gets two INT return TDs and scores 21 4Q points in upending FCS No. 5 team SEPT. 14 NR FRESNO STATE NR P12N POSTPONED 9-0 4- 2-0 Game postponed due to record rainfall and subsequent flooding in Boulder Sept. 28 NR at Oregon State NR P12N L 17-44 6-3 2- 4-0 Beaver TD’s at end of first and start of second halves break open close 10-3 game OCT. 5 NR OREGON (FW) 2 P12N L 16-57 8-1 8-10-0 Oregon’s 755 yards second-most against CU; Buffs did lead early, 10-8 Oct. 12 NR at Arizona State (RV) P12N L 13-54 7-2 0- 5-0 ASU storms to 25-0 lead in first 10:15; freshman Liufau replaces Wood at QB OCT. 19 NR CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (FCS-23) P12N W 43-10 10-1 1- 0-0 Adkins sets CU frosh record with 4 TDs against Bucs, which replaced Fresno OCT. 26 NR ARIZONA (HC) NR P12N L 20-44 6-3 13- 3-0 UA scores final 17 points to pull away; Carey scores 4 TDs but nets just 119 yards Nov. 2 NR at UCLA 17 FS-1 L 23-45 7-2 2- 7-0 Two third quarter TDs enable Bruins to break open 21-13 game at half Nov. 9 NR at Washington (RV) P12N L 7-59 6-3 5- 8-1 Pair of late first half scores put UW up 31-7; three 3Q Buff TO’s seal game for UW NOV. 16 NR CALIFORNIA NR P12N 3:37p 1-9 2- 4-0 ’11 game was non-league affair (Cal 36-33 in OT/Boulder); thus first Pac-12 game NOV. 23 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (RV) TBA TBA 7-3 0- 7-0 Barkley throws 6 TD passes (in ’11 & ‘12); CU nets just two FGs in 5 redzone trips Nov. 30 at Utah TBA TBA 4-5 31-25-3 Back-to-back 100-yard KOR TDs by CU (Mosley), UU (Dunn), but latter won it (All times mountain. KEY: *—AP rank at time of game; —Pac-12 Conference game; N—Night game; HC—Homecoming; FW—Family Weekend.) 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / The Media Page Page 2
COLORADO FOOTBALL MEDIA SERVICES THE BUFFALOES ON THE INTERNET
Head coach Mike MacIntyre holds a Tuesday press luncheon, with this Colorado has its information available to both the media and fans alike on the year’s location in the Flatirons Club inside Balch Fieldhouse (access the room Internet. Visit the official CU site at www.CUBuffs.com for the latest by the back stairway on the north side of the building). All will start at 11:30 information, releases, game notes, press conference broadcasts (free) and a.m. with lunch, followed by MacIntyre promptly at Noon and select players articles by former Rocky Mountain News sportswriter B.G. Brooks. Go to afterwards depending on class conflicts. This year’s dates: Aug. 27; Sept. 3- www.CUBuffs.com/media and click on Media Center: it will link you to 10-24; Oct. 1-8-22-29; Nov. 5-12-19-26; Dec. 3-TBA (bowl); no presser everything you’ll need to know about CU football. Through the Pac-12, ahead of open Saturdays (Sept, 17, Oct. 15). The press conference portion of “BuffsTV” offers the opportunity to listen and/or watch live game action of the luncheon is streamed live on www.CUBuffs.com (in the BuffsTV area); several CU athletic teams. Breaking news with the program will be found here press conferences on CUBuffs.com are free and do not require access codes. first every time and delivered in full without others editing out what they might (TV Pool Assignments: KCNC 9/03, 10/1, 10/29, 11/19; KDVR 9/24, 10/22, deem unessential. 11/12, 12/03; KUSA 9/10, 10/8, 11/05, 11/26 (all on own 8/27). Audio. Colorado football and basketball can now be heard for free on the MacIntyre can be heard Tuesdays (Aug. 27-Nov. 26) on the Pac-12 Internet at either CUBuffs.com or KOA-Radio (or its sister station, KKZN/AM760 Teleconference Call at 11:15 a.m. MT, with a taped replay available after 4 for hoops). Links: www.CUBuffs.com, www.850koa.com, www.am760.net. p.m. MT those afternoons. All coaches participate; for access numbers to the BuffsTV. Weekly features are produced for CUBuffs.com can be found here: conference call and the replay, e-mail David Plati ([email protected]) http://www.cubuffs.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=3093348 with audio files available at www.pac-12.com). Video highlights of CU games are available through the Pac-12 Network and THE BUFFALOES ON THE AIRWAYS
Digital Xchange. There are a few restrictions in place; please work with Duane KOA-Radio in Denver (850 AM) originates the CU Football Network, with sports Lindberg at the Pac-12 to coordinate your needs ([email protected]). director Mark Johnson in his ninth year as the play-by-play voice of the Buffs. The Pac-12 Networks are available nationwide through many platforms; Larry Zimmer (analysis) is in his 40th season broadcasting Colorado football check with your local cable or satellite subscriber for more info. Comcast and (he handled play-by-play from 1971-81 and 1985-2003). Sideline duties will be Time Warner carry the Network in Colorado and DISH Network is the league’s handled by former Buff and NFL All-Pro linebacker Chad Brown (second year). satellite provider (there remains no deal with DirecTV). In the Boulder-Denver Cities on the network in addition to KOA/Denver: Alamosa (KALQ/94.5FM), area it can be found on Comcast 430 & 431 (840 HD); Pac-12 DISH channels Aspen (KFNO/106.1 FM, which also serves Eagle, 96.7FM; Roaring Fork, 94.3FM include 406 and 413 (along with 5453 and 5454 in its auxiliary area). and Old Snowmass, 93.9FM), Durango (KRSJ/100.5 FM), Grand Junction The Colorado lockerroom (home and road) is closed after games; following (KTMM/1340AM), Rifle (KNAM, 1490AM) and Steamboat Springs (KTYV/ the customary 10-minute cooling off period, players will be available (a list will 98.9FM). KOA has been the home to CU football for 69 of the last 72 years. be solicited immediately following the game; no cutoff to request players). Tuesdays at 7 p.m. (Aug. 27-Nov. 19), the CU Coaches Radio Show originates Colorado’s football practices are currently closed (to the media and general from Fate Brewery (1600 38th Street, Boulder), with Johnson and Zimmer as public); the first 20-25 minutes of the Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday hosts (it airs on KOA, or AM760 if a conflict with Colorado Rockies baseball). practices are open to the media for any photography/video needs (follow Satellite Radio: Sirius-XM is the satellite home of the Pac-12 and the Buffs; the parameters listed in CU’s media policies ). CU-Cal (KOA broadcast) will be on Sirius Channel 93 (XM 192). Thursday practices are entirely closed (except network TV). The Pac-12 Mountain Network is the television home of the Buffaloes; it This year’s standard meeting/practice schedule (mountain time, pre-time produces a variety of programming featuring all 12 member institutions. change): Sunday: 3:00-5:30/5:45-7:00; Monday: Off; Tuesday: 7:00- 8:30/8:45-11:00; Wednesday: 7:00-8:30/8:45-11:00; Thursday: 8:00- ROSTER CHANGES / DUPE NUMBER IDENTIFICATIONS 9:10/9:35-11:00), Friday (5:30-6:00 walkthrough/evening meetings). Daylight savings time ends on Sunday, Nov. 3 at 2:00 a.m. Number Changes: WR D.D. Goodson (now in #3); WR Bryce Bobo (now in #4); Interviews with Colorado players are allowed post-practice on Sundays, CB John Walker (now in #5); WR Jeff Thomas (now in #15); DB Richard Yates Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Phone interviews with out-of-town (now in #38); DE Andre Nichols (now in #89). media are allowed all four days in all time slots. Interviews on Mondays are at REDSHIRTING: CB Yuri Wright (also in #5). the discretion of the player, as it being the standard player day off (no DUPE NUMBERS: Those who appear below are in dupe number where both are meetings/practice), CU can’t arrange due to NCAA rules. likely to see action; CU jerseys also have name tags. Skin tone key: A—African- Collegepressbox.com is the official media website for Division I (FBS) football. American, C—Caucasian, P--Polynesian:
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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Coaches/Staff JERED Bell (jair-red) GERRAD KOUGH (jair-ed / coe) Kenneth OLUGBODE (oh-lew-bo-day) K.T. TU’UMALO (to-ooh-ma-low) Kent BAER (bear) Bryce BOBO (bo-bo) Sam KRONSHAGE (kronn-sage) MARKEIS Reed (mark-keese) CHIDERA UZO-DIRIBE Andy LaRUSSA (la-roo-suh) Nate BONSU (bon-sue) SEFO LIUFAU (seff-oh / loo-fow) Ryan SEVERSON (see-ver-son) (chee-derra / u-zoe dirr-E-bay) Toby NEINAS (nine-us) KAIWA Crabb (kuh-E-vee) Tyler McCULLOCH (muh-cull-ock) Kyle SLAVIN (slay-vinn) Paul VIGO (vee-go)
Players Brady DAIGH (day) MARQUES Mosley (mar-keese) TERREL Smith (terr-rell) CHELDON West (chell-dunn) DONTA ABRON (don-tay A-bron)) Jordan GEHRKE (gerr-key) Josh MOTEN (moat-in) Justin SOLIS (so-lease) De’JON Wilson (day-zhon) Vincent ARVIA (R-via) Addison GILLAM (gill-um) STEPHANE NEMBOT COLIN Sutton (kaw-lynn) CHIDOBE AWUZIE Samson KAFOVALU (steff-on name-bot) TEDRIC Thompson (teh-drick) (chih-doe-bey / ah-wooz-yeh) (kof-ah-va-loo) DARRAGH O’Neill (darr-uh) Josh TUPOU (two-poe) 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Game Summaries Page 3
GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS
Here are CU’s starters for the 2013 season (bold indicates first career start):
OFFENSE WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB TB FB
Colorado State Spruce Richardson Harris Crabb Handler Munyer Nembot Fernandez C. Wood Powell Goodson (WR) Central Arkansas Spruce Richardson Harris Crabb Handler Munyer Nembot Slavin C. Wood Powell Murphy Oregon State Spruce Richardson Harris Crabb Handler Munyer Nembot Fernandez C. Wood Powell A. Wood (TE) Oregon Spruce Richardson Harris Crabb Handler Munyer Nembot Fernandez C. Wood Powell Slavin (TE) Arizona State Spruce Richardson Harris Crabb Handler Munyer Nembot Fernandez C. Wood Powell Slavin (TE) Charleston Southern Spruce Richardson Harris Crabb Handler Munyer Nembot Slavin Liufau Adkins Powell Arizona Spruce Richardson Harris Crabb Handler Munyer Nembot Fernandez Liufau Powell Slavin (TE) UCLA Spruce Richardson Harris Crabb Handler Munyer Nembot Slavin Liufau Powell Goodson (WR) Washington Spruce Richardson Harris Crabb Handler Munyer Nembot Fernandez Liufau Powell Slavin (TE)
DEFENSE LDE DT NT RDE MLB WLB OLB LCB SS FS RCB Colorado State Parker Tupou Bonsu Uzo-Diribe Gillam Webb Greer Crawley Orms Bell Henderson Central Arkansas Parker Tupou Bonsu Uzo-Diribe Gillam Webb Greer Crawley Orms Bell Henderson Oregon State Gilbert Tupou Bonsu Uzo-Diribe Gillam Webb Awuzie (N) Crawley Orms Bell Henderson Oregon Parker Tupou Bonsu Uzo-Diribe Gillam Webb Greer Awuzie Orms Thompson Henderson Arizona State Parker Tupou Bonsu Uzo-Diribe Gillam Webb Walker (N) Crawley Orms Bell Henderson Charleston Southern Parker Tupou Solis Uzo-Diribe Gillam Webb Greer Crawley Orms Bell Henderson Arizona Parker Tupou Solis Uzo-Diribe Gillam Greer Awuzie (N) Crawley Orms Bell Henderson UCLA Parker Tupou Solis Uzo-Diribe Gillam Webb Awuzie (N) Hall Orms Bell Henderson Washington Parker Tupou Solis Uzo-Diribe Gillam Webb Awuzie (N) Crawley Orms Bell Henderson
(N)—Nickel back. CONSECUTIVE STARTS—Munyer 21, Spruce 18, Harris 14, Uzo-Diribe 14, Nembot 13. CAREER STARTS—Henderson 30, Uzo-Diribe 26, Orms 25, Handler 24, Munyer 24, D. Webb 24. PLAYER PARTICIPATION (dressed/played): Colorado State 80/54; Central Arkansas 74/57; Oregon State 70/57; Oregon 74/58; Arizona State 70/57; Charleston Southern 72/59; Arizona 76/57; UCLA 70/51; Washington 70/59.
INJURY UPDATE
Here’s a look at Colorado’s injury report as of Tuesday, November 12 (CU has produced an injury report weekly dating back to 1984, with few exceptions):
Pos Player Injury Notes Status/California OLB Woodson Greer neck suffered a stinger in practice on Nov. 6; missed Washington game and is limited in practice QUESTIONABLE FB Clay Jones neck suffered a neck sprain against Central Arkansas (Sept. 7), conditioning, practicing on a limited basis OUT WR Paul Richardson ankle suffered a sprained ankle against Arizona, reinjured at UCLA, was in a boot until pregame at Washington DAY-TO-DAY Out for the season: PK Justin Castor hip suffered an avulsion (severe flexor strain on Aug. 21) that required surgery OUT/SEASON TB Josh Ford ankle suffered a high ankle sprain (Aug. 11), underwent surgery (Aug. 19) OUT/WILL PETITION FOR 6TH YEAR OL Jeromy Irwin foot suffered a broken bone in his foot doing yard work at a friend’s house (July 30) SET TO REDSHIRT DB Josh Moten Achilles suffered initially in late May, was rehabbing and recently reinjured it a second time (late July) OUT/SEASON OT Marc Mustoe lower leg suffered a fractured fibula against Charleston Southern (Oct. 19); surgery this Thursday (Oct. 24) OUT/SEASON OLB Tommy Papilion knee suffered a torn ACL in the spring game (Apr. 13); he has elected to be a student coach OUT/SEASON S Terrel Smith shoulder underwent surgery on Sept. 5 to mend a chronic injury and is redshirting OUT/SEASON HIPAA: The players listed above have signed waivers for their injury information to be released/discussed with the media. NOTE: Injuries are reported in conjunction with the HIPAA laws. CU releases player name, body part (but no right or left ID’s), the general nature and playing status when it comes to reporting injuries. Status is listed as either OUT, DOUBTFUL, QUESTIONABLE, DAY-TO-DAY, PROBABLE or DEFINITE. Injuries will be updated in-game, postgame and the Monday after the game.
INJURY TURNAROUND
Four of the last five seasons, Colorado has endured some of its worst injury years on record; that has done a 180-degree turn this season. Two years ago, Colorado lost a total of 115 games in the two-deep to injuries, second only to the 20.8 percent (110 of 528) lost in 2008. The number jumped to 141 games lost when counting all players that were not ticketed to redshirt (with that 12.8 percent figure being the highest since the info started to be tracked in 1987). This year, CU has lost more games to injury for two chronic reasons (PK Justin Castor, hip; SS Terrell Smith, shoulder), a freak summer injury (OL Jeromy Irwin, who broke a bone in his foot while doing yard work) and a spring practice malady (QB Jordan Webb, torn ACL). Thus, CU has lost just 27 games at present due to injuries (19 in the two-deep): TB Josh Ford (9, severe high ankle sprain), FB Clay Jones (7, neck sprain), OL Marc Mustoe (3, fibula; the only player injured during the year who has been lost for the season), FB/TE Alex Wood (2, concussion), TB Michael Adkins (1, concussion), OG Brad Cotner (1, ankle), CB Kenneth Crawley (1, ankle), OLB Woodson Greer (1, stinger), DE Andre Nichols (1, back) and ILB/KR Ryan Severson (1, hamstring).
Below, 2013 is compared to those four seasons that were the worst regular seasons for injuries/illness for the CU program over the last 25 years (KEY: GL—Games lost to injury; GL/2—Games lost by 2-deep scrimmage players; MG—“Man games” as defined by as the total number of games if all players NOT ticketed to redshirt played every game; Pct. Lost – percentage of man games lost, knowing that in actuality, the number is higher as third-team players and reserves don’t see that much action; 2/MG—2-deep man games, or starting 22 positions plus backups):
Season G GL MG Pct. Lost GL/2 2/MG Pct. Lost Season G GL MG Pct. Lost GL/2 2/MG Pct. Lost 2013 9 27 684 3.9 19 396 4.8 2010 12 103 924 11.1 88 528 16.7 2012 12 108 984 11.0 71 528 13.4 2008 12 121 1008 12.0 110 528 20.8 2011 13 141 1066 12.8 115 572 20.1 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / General Page 4
2013 SENIORS
No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous College) Major TGD 99 BONSU, Nate DT 6- 1 285 Sr. 2L Allen, Texas (Allen) International Affairs & Political Science Dec. ‘13 40 CASTOR, Justin PK 6- 4 200 Sr. 3L Golden, Colo. (Arvada West) Business (Finance) May ‘14 99 FERNANDEZ, Scott TE 6- 3 250 Sr. 2L Broomfield, Colo. (Legacy) Sociology Dec. ‘13 29 FORD, Josh TB 5- 9 205 Sr. 2L Denver, Colo. (Mullen/Barton Community College) Sociology Dec. ‘13 55 HANDLER, Gus C 6- 3 290 Sr. 2L Barrington, Ill. (Barrington) History Aug. 13 75 HARRIS, Jack OT 6- 6 295 Sr. 2L Parker, Colo. (Chaparral) Anthropology & Sociology Graduated (May ’13) 69 IVERSON, Ryan SN 6- 0 225 Sr. 3L Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor) Communication Dec. ‘13 13 ORMS, Parker SS 5-11 190 Sr. 3L Wheat Ridge, Colo. (Wheat Ridge) Communication Dec. ‘13 41 SMITH, Terrel FS 5- 9 195 Sr. 3L Paterson, N.J. (Passaic County Tech) Communication Dec. ‘13 86 TURBOW, Alex WR 6- 1 190 Sr. VR San Luis Obispo, Calif. (San Luis Obispo) Communication Dec. ‘13 96 UZO-DIRIBE, Chidera DE 6- 3 250 Sr. 3L Corona, Calif. (Corona) Communication May ‘14 32 VIGO, Paul OLB 6- 1 200 Sr. 2L New Brunswick, N.J. (New Brunswick) Sociology Dec. ‘13 1 WEBB, Derrick ILB 6- 0 225 Sr. 3L Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven) Communication Graduated (May ’13) 8 WEBB, Jordan QB 6- 1 215 Sr. 1L Union, Mo. (Union/Kansas) Educational Equity & Cultural Diversity May ‘14 47 WOOD, Alex TE 6- 2 235 Sr. 1L Steamboat Springs, Colo. (Steamboat Springs) Communication Dec. ‘13 Career Ended By Injury/Student Assistant Coach 27 PAPILION, Tommy OLB 6- 4 215 Sr. 1L Englewood, Colo. (Cherry Creek/Arizona) Business (Finance) Dec. ‘13
GRADUATION REVIEW
Over the last decade, Colorado has had 195 of its 221 seniors graduate; these are the 2001-2012 senior classes, including those players who received medicals. That translates to 88.2 percent. Ten of the 12 seniors (or juniors graduating early) have earned degrees, with 25 of the 26 seniors in 2011 doing the same; 35 of the last 38 have graduated (92.1) starting with the 2006 senior class, 127 of 142 have earned degrees (89.4%). NCAA numbers will not match these (it doesn’t allow a school to count transfers who graduate, but it does count against a school if it had a player transfer; it also does not count walk-ons). It’s one of the reasons the numbers are skewed to be lower than they really are, especially at tougher academic schools like Colorado. TEAM GRADE POINT AVERAGE: The football team recorded its fifth consecutive semester with a 2.60 grade point average or higher for the Spring 2013 term, coming at exactly 2.600 for the semester.
COLORADO BY THE NUMBERS IN 2013
2:48 The game time at Washington, tied for the third fastest game involving CU since 1990 (there were two 2:46 games that year). 3 The number of interceptions Colorado had against Central Arkansas, matching the number the Buffaloes had in all of 2012. 3 The number of games in school history that have been postponed or cancelled, including Fresno State (Sept. 14) this year due to flooding. 3:12:40 The average length of CU’s games in 2013 (the quickest being 2:48 vs. Washington, the other five all between 3:00 and 3:28). 4 The number of touchdowns scored by TB Michael Adkins II against Charleston Southern, a school record by a freshman (rushing and overall). 5 The number of forced fumbles by DE Chidera Uzo-Diribe, two shy of the school record of seven set by ILB Jashon Sykes in 1999. 9 The number of true freshmen the Buffs have played in 2012 (3 offense/6 defense). 11 The number of first-time starters in 2012 for Colorado (4 offense/7 defense). 11 The number of third down stops by freshman ILB Addison Gillam (CU’s season record is 19 by ILB Jordan Dizon in 2007). 20 The number days between game two (Central Arkansas) and game four (at Oregon State, the longest in-season idle period since 1963) 23-24 Colorado was 3-of-3 in the red zone against CSU, thus is now 23-of-24 (14 TDs) when cracking the 20 in the last eight season openers. 28 The number of Colorado games played in less than three hours since 1990 (out of 288 games; includes two this year). 39 The number of “three-and-outs” by the opponent this season (opponent had 29 in all of 2012). 34.7 The opponents’ combined percentage on third down inside-the-CU 20 (43-of-124) in the last 59 games (dating to 2008). 36.4 The third down efficiency of opponents against Colorado in the state’s borders since the ’09 opener (157-of-431). 41.8 The average length (yards) of WR Paul Richardson’s 20 career touchdown receptions (836 total yards). 43.9 The average length of QB Connor Wood’s eight touchdown passes (covering 351 total yards). 50 The number of years it had been since CU had back-to-back open weeks within the same season (Nov. 23-30, 1963). 50 The number of consecutive PAT kicks PK Will Oliver has made (20-of-20 in 2013; streak dates back to 2011). 51.8 The average length (yards) of WR Paul Richardson’s 9 touchdown receptions in 2013 (465 total yards: 82, 75, 55, 30, 28, 60, 75, 7, 53). 52:57 The amount of time CU led in its 41-27 win over Colorado State (the Rams led for just 4:44). 88 The number of tackles by freshman ILB Addison Gillam, the most by a freshman in school annals. 93 The number of coaching wins at Colorado by Bill McCartney (93-55-5), who will become CU’s seventh inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame this December 10. 231 The yards gained by Colorado in the first quarter against Oregon (the Ducks had 262, thus a combined 493 in the quarter). 253 The number of carries by CU tailbacks until their first fumble in 2013 (Tony Jones, in the ninth game at Washington). 267 The number of passes by the opponent between CU interceptions (a 10-game span that started at Washington State on Sept. 22, 2012 and ended with Greg Henderson’s 46-yard return for a touchdown against Central Arkansas on Sept. 7, 2013). 299 The number of all-time wins Colorado has recorded at Folsom Field since it opened on Oct. 11, 1924. 509 Colorado’s total offense in the season opener (400 pass/109 rush), its most to open a season since it had 532 against CSU in 2000 and the seventh most ever by the Buffs in a season opener. 45.6 The percentage of plays (3,462 of 7,590) that CU underclassmen have played on defense in 2013 (Soph.: 1768, Fr.-RS: 236, Fr.: 1458) 4,376 The number of air miles Colorado will travel for three league road games in November (Los Angeles, Seattle, Salt Lake City). 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / General Page 5
Honor Candidates
There are a few Colorado players worthy of consideration for national and conference honors as the season; for those of you who have votes in such, please consider the below players that the coaching staff thought were deserving:
WR PAUL RICHARDSON Junior All-American Candidate / All-Pac 12 Candidate (BILETNIKOFF CANDIDATE) Jr. / 6-1 / 170 / Los Angeles, Calif. He is enjoying his finest season as a Buff, as he has been among the nation’s receiving leaders since week one, when he caught 10 passes for 208 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Colorado State ... He has 60 catches for 1,061 yards and 9 touchdowns, well on his way in each to new CU single-season records in each ... Second and fifth, respectively, in the Pac-12 and NCAA in receiving yards per game (117.9) ... He has 16 catches for over 20 yards and 34 over 10; his nine TD grabs have covered 465 yards, or 51.7 yards per ... He has earned 35 first downs, 34 receiving and one passing – he also threw a 75-yard touchdown pass to D.D. Goodson (more on pages 14-15).
PK WILL OLIVER Junior All-American Candidate (LOU GROZA AWARD SEMIFINALIST) Jr. / 5-11 / 190 / Los Angeles, Calif. Announced as one of 20 Lou Groza Award finalists on Nov. 4 (one of four from the Pac-12) … Has enjoyed a solid season, making good on all 20 point after touchdown kicks and 14-of-20 field goals ... Made a career long 53-yard field goal against Arizona, after matching his previous best of 52 in the opener against CSU (when he tied his career best of four) ... Has missed just once under 45 yards (9-of-10) ... He has made 50 straight PAT kicks dating back to 2011 ... Only 24 of his 43 kickoffs have been returned, with 10 of 18 touchbacks sailing through the end zone ... Since week three, only 13 kickoffs have been returned for 250 yards (19.2 per).
DE JERED BELL Junior All-Pac 12 Candidate Jr. / 6-1 / 195 / Ontario, Calif. He has already played more snaps this season (577) than he did as an underclassman (255; 201 last year) ... He has 48 tackles (36 solo), which includes seven third down stops and seven touchdown saves ... He has three interceptions, including one he returned 79 yards for a touchdown against Central Arkansas ... Also has four passes broken up and a forced fumble.
OT JACK HARRIS Junior All-Pac 12 Candidate Sr. / 6-7 / 295 / Parker, Colo. Made the successful transition to left tackle, replacing David Bakhtiari who opted for the NFL Draft (and is now starting for the Green Bay Packers) ... Is CU’s best offensive lineman, grading out to almost 90 percent for the season, including a 75.2 plus-play percentage ... He has 15 knockdown blocks and TD a block, and has allowed just two quarterback sacks and three pressures ... Has had 70 percent or greater plus plays in five of nine games and has graded out over 80 percent in eight.
CB GREG HENDERSON Junior All-Pac-12 Candidate Jr. / 5-11 / 190 / Corona, Calif. He has enjoyed his breakout season and is one of the top corners in the Pac-12 ... Led the league in interceptions the first half of the season and is still third with four ... Has played 667 snaps on the year (all but 23), recording 51 tackles, 36 of the solo variety ... Leads the league in passes defended with 14 (also has 10 deflections) ... Returned a fumble 53 yards for a touchdown against Colorado State ... Between tackles, interceptions and break-ups, he’s recorded a team-best 13 third down stops..
P DARRAGH O’NEILL Junior All-Pac 12 Candidate Jr. / 6-2 / 185 / Louisville, Colo. He doesn’t boom his kicks, but his hang time and placement is what has pleased both coaching staffs he’s kicked under ... He is averaged 41.2 per punt this year (47 kicks), with 18 of those inside-the-20 (14 inside-the-15, nine inside-the-10, two inside-the-5) ... Only 12 of his punts have been returned ... Average a bit lower than others because the average yard line he has punted from is the CU 38 (compared to the 30 in past years); he has punted 13 times inside opponent territory (35.8 average), but has placed 11 of those inside-the-20 (and 10 inside-the-15) ... Can kick with both legs (all but one punt this year has been right-footed).
DE CHIDERA UZO-DIRIBE Senior All-Pac 12 Candidate/ Ted Hendricks Award Mid-Season Watch List Sr. / 6-3 / 250 / Corona, Calif. He was named to the Hendricks midseason watch list on Nov. 11 … he has been a terror for offenses, as he leads the team with eight tackles for loss (two sacks), five forced fumbles, three passes broken up, seven quarterback hurries and a caused interception. He has 37 tackles overall (28 solo), including three third down stops.
SN RYAN IVERSON Senior All-American Candidate (Special Teams)/ Burlsworth Trophy Candidate Sr. / 6-0 / 225 / Newport Beach, Calif. One of the top specialty players in the nation, he’s handled almost 400 punt and placement snaps in his career and is someone opponents scheme against; his 4.6 speed enables him to make an extraordinary amount of forced fair catches (23 in his career, six this year) as well as tackles (13 career; two in 2013).
TB MICHAEL ADKINS II Freshman All-American / Freshman All-Pac 12 Candidate (Fr.) He did not play until the third game of the season, but has been a regular in the rotation since ... In his first career start (against Charleston Southern), he rushed for 137 yards on just 13 carries, the fourth-most yards by a true freshman in his first CU start, and he scored a Buff frosh record four touchdowns ... Currently second on the team in rushing with 395 yards with a healthy 5.6 yards per carry and five TDs ... He has 15 runs of 10 yards or longer, with 27 of five or more ... He missed the UCLA game with concussion symptoms.
CB/N CHIDOBE AWUZIE Freshman All-American / Freshman All-Pac 12 Candidate (Fr.) He worked his way into the top spot at the nickel position by the end of fall camp, and thus has already played 464 snaps from scrimmage ... He has 45 tackles on the season, which include six third down stops and two touchdown saves ... Had a career-high 12 tackles (5 solo) against Arizona ... Also has three PBU’s, a forced fumble, a recovery and a sack.
ILB ADDISON GILLAM Freshman All-American / Freshman All-Pac 12 Candidate (Fr.) He leads the team in tackles with 88, which is now the most ever recorded by a freshman at Colorado (the record was 85 by a redshirt frosh, 82 by a true freshman) ... Has a nose for the football, as he has 16 tackles at or behind the line of scrimmage (eight for losses, eight for zero gains) ... Numbers include 11 third down stops and three quarterback sacks ... Also has three passes broken up and a pair of TD saves ... Set a single game freshman record with 18 tackles (14 solo) against Oregon (more on page 7).
KR RYAN SEVERSON Freshman All-Pac 12 Candidate (Fr.) He has all of his action on special teams as the main kickoff return man (he missed one game with hamstring tightness) ... He’s come close to breaking the big one on a couple of occasions, and is currently sixth in the conference and 54th in the NCAA with a 22.6 average on 27 returns (with a long of 48).
BONSU’S UNIQUE ACADEMIC ROAD
Senior DT Nate Bonsu was CU’s 2013 nomination for the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award (he was not one of the 16 winners); he owns a 3.38 grade point average through his junior year and is majoring in International Affairs and Political Science at Colorado; in conjunction with those majors, he has learned to speak Arabic and is also earning an Entrepreneurship Certificate from CU’s Leeds School of Business. Here’s the course load he is taking this fall (all 3-credit classes): Advanced Arabic I, Principles of Business for Entrepreneurs, Writing a Venture Plan, Intro to Middle East History and Gender/Race/Class/Global Studies. Bonsu was a first-team Pac-12 All-Academic Team member as a junior, after earning second-team honors as a sophomore. He was named honorable mention Academic All-State by the Texas High School Coaches Association and earned status as a Texas Scholar and had a perfect score on the associated test. He hopes to go to law school after his football days are over and also wants to attend culinary school. 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / General Page 6
2013 IN-SEASON HONORS
The list of honors afforded the Buffaloes to date this season:
MIDSEASON ALL-AMERICAN Phil Steele’s College Football
ILB ADDISON GILLAM (fourth-team) WR PAUL RICHARDSON (second-team) MIDSEASON ALL-PAC 12 CONFERENCE Phil Steele’s College Football
ILB ADDISON GILLAM (first-team) WR PAUL RICHARDSON (first-team) PK WILL OLIVER (third-team) CB GREG HENDERSON (second-team) DE CHIDERA UZO-DIRIBE (second-team) P DARRAGH O’NEILL (third-team)
PAC-12 CONFERENCE PLAYERS-OF-THE-WEEK
WR PAUL RICHARDSON (September 1 vs. Colorado State: 10-208-20.8 avg.-2 TD receiving; 3 first downs earned, TD receptions of 82 and 75 yards)
COLORADO CHAPTER/NFF COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME PLAYERS-OF-THE-WEEK
WR PAUL RICHARDSON (September 1 vs. Colorado State: 10-208-20.8 avg.-2 TD receiving; 3 first downs earned, TD receptions of 82 and 75 yards) ILB ADDISON GILLAM (October 5 vs. Oregon: 18 tackles (14 solo), 2-7 TFL, 1-6 QBS; 4 third down stops, 1 tackle for zero)
CU ATHLETES-OF-THE-WEEK
ILB ADDISON GILLAM (August 26-September 1: vs. Colorado State: 14 tackles, 7 solo, two for losses including a sack, four third down stops and three tackles for zero.) FS JERED BELL (September 2-8: vs. Central Arkansas: career-high 8 tackles, 7 solo; interception return 79 yards for a touchdown) ILB ADDISON GILLAM (September 30-October 6: vs. Oregon: Cu freshman record 18 tackles, 14 solo, two for losses including four third down stops)
EARL CAMPBELL-TYLER ROSE AWARD NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
QB CONNOR WOOD (honorable mention: September 1 vs. Colorado State: 33-of-46 for 400 yards (3 TD/0 INT), 166.3 passer rating).
SUGAR BOWL-MANNING AWARD STARS OF THE WEEK (Eight players earn weekly honors and a winner is selected by vote on Facebook)
QB CONNOR WOOD (runner-up: September 1 vs. Colorado State: 33-of-46 for 400 yards (3 TD/0 INT), 166.3 passer rating).
ATHLON SPORTS CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
TB MICHAEL ADKINS II (Pac-12 Freshman of the Week: October 19 vs. Charleston Southern: 13-137, 4 TD rushing (CU freshman record for touchdowns) WR PAUL RICHARDSON (Pac-12 Offense: September 7 vs. Central Arkansas: 11-209-19.0 avg.-2 TD receiving; 6 first downs earned)
LOU GROZA AWARD NATIONAL STARS OF THE WEEK
PK WILL OLIVER (September 1 vs. Colorado State: 15 points: 4-of-4 field goals, 22, 41, 44, 52 yards; 3-of-3 PAT kicks; 2 touchbacks/kickoffs)
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PERFORMANCE AWARDS (CFPA) PERFORMERS OF THE WEEK
TB MICHAEL ADKINS II (honorable mention: October 19 vs. Charleston Southern: 13-137, 4 TD rushing (CU freshman record for touchdowns) DB GREG HENDERSON (honorable mention: September 7 vs. Central Arkansas: 4 tackles (all solo, one TFL), 3DS, PBU and a 46 yard INT return for a touchdown) PK WILL OLIVER (honorable mention: September 1 vs. Colorado State: 15 points: 4-of-4 field goals, 22, 41, 44, 52 yards; 3-of-3 PAT kicks; 2 touchbacks/kickoffs) PK WILL OLIVER (honorable mention: October 5 vs. Oregon: 10 points: 3-of-3 field goals, 33, 22, 31 yards; 1-of-1 PAT kicks; 2 touchbacks/kickoffs) PK WILL OLIVER (honorable mention: October 26 vs. Arizona: 2-3 FG (53-career long, 48), 2-2 PAT; 5 KO/4 TB) WR PAUL RICHARDSON (honorable mention: September 1 vs. Colorado State: 10-208-20.8 avg.-2 TD receiving; 3 first downs earned) WR PAUL RICHARDSON (honorable mention: October 5 vs. Oregon: 5-134-26.8 avg., 0 TD receiving; 1-of-1, 75 yards, 1 TD passing; 6 first downs earned) WR PAUL RICHARDSON (honorable mention: September 7 vs. Central Arkansas: 11-209-19.0 avg.-2 TD receiving; 6 first downs earned) DE CHIDERA UZO-DIRIBE (honorable mention: September 28 vs. Oregon State: 6 tackles (3 solo, two TFL including one QBS); 2 forced fumbles, 2 hurries) DE CHIDERA UZO-DIRIBE (honorable mention: October 5 vs. Oregon: 8 tackles (7 solo, three TFL including; 1 forced fumble, 1 third down stop)
LAS VEGAS BOWL’S PAC-12 CONFERENCE PLAYERS-OF-THE-WEEK
WR PAUL RICHARDSON (September 1 vs. Colorado State: 10-208-20.8 avg.-2 TD receiving; 3 first downs earned, TD receptions of 82 and 75 yards)
FWAA/TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL TEAM OF THE WEEK
COLORADO (honorable mention: September 14: recognized for team’s charitable work after the devastating Colorado floods from record rainfall)
BUFFALOES ON NATIONAL AWARD LISTS (WATCH LISTS / NOMINATIONS) Bednarik Award (top defensive player): DE Chidera Uzo-Diribe (one of 76 on official watch list) Biletnikoff Award (outstanding receiver): WR Paul Richardson (one of 75 on official watch list) Burlsworth Trophy (top current or former walk-on): SN Ryan Iverson (one of 53 on official watch list) Butkus Award (top linebacker): ILB Derrick Webb (one of 51 on official watch list) Doak Walker (top running back): TB Christian Powell (one of 63 on official watch list) Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award (most outstanding player with Texas roots): QB Connor Wood (one of 35 on official watch list) Lou Groza Award (most outstanding placekicker): PK Will Oliver (named one of 20 semifinalists on Nov. 4) Ray Guy Award (most outstanding punter): P Darragh O’Neill (one of 85 official midseason candidates) Rimington Award (most outstanding center): C Gus Handler (one of 44 on official watch list) Ted Hendricks Award (defensive end of the year): DE Chidera Uzo-Diribe (one of 18 on official midseason watch list) College Football Performance Awards (top player at each position): S Marques Mosley (one of 36 on kickoff return watch list); P Darragh O’Neill (one of 36 on punter watch list); WR Paul Richardson (one of 31 on receiver watch list)
NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION SCHOLAR-ATHLETE NOMINEE
DT NATE BONSU (International Affairs & Political Science; 3.38 grade point average) 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / General Notes Page 7
GILLAM MAKING BID FOR FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN
True freshman ILB Addison Gillam (6-3, 225), who hails from a small town in northern California (Palo Cedro) has been a big-time find the Buffaloes; originally committed to San Jose State when coach Mike MacIntyre was there, he decided to follow Mac and many of his assistants to Colorado. Gillam set a CU freshman record (true or redshirt) with 18 tackles in Colorado’s 57-16 loss to Oregon. In 86 plays, he had 14 unassisted stops, which included two tackles for loss, one a quarterback sack, along with a tackle for zero to give him three at or behind the line of scrimmage. Teammate Terrel Smith, who is redshirting after undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery, had held the true freshman mark of 17 (11 solo), which he set at Nebraska on Nov. 29, 2010. Gillam has 11 third down stops on the year (all in the first four games); the CU record for a season is 19, held by Jordan Dizon (2007). Gillam is CU’s leading tackler with 81 on the year (57 solo), and has recorded the most tackles by a freshman, true or redshirt, in school history. Since tackles started being tracked in 1964, a freshman has never led Colorado for the year; in fact, a sophomore has led the team only five times in these 49 seasons and not since Jashon Sykes last did so in 1999. CU’s all-time freshmen tackle leaders:
CU HISTORY / FRESHMEN WITH 50+ TACKLES (*—denotes redshirt) Player Season G Plays UT AT TOTAL TFL QBS 3DS Player Season G Plays UT AT TOTAL TFL QBS 3DS Addison Gillam 2013 9 618 57 31 88 8-32 3-25 11 Kenneth Crawley 2012 11 642 46 12 58 3- 9 0- 0 5 *Matt Russell 1993 11 434 48 37 85 13-38 4-19 6 Marques Mosley 2012 12 524 27 29 56 2-11 1-10 2 Jordan Dizon 2004 12 597 51 31 82 6-14 1- 6 7 *Mickey Pruitt 1984 11 ….. 27 28 55 2-15 1-11 6 J.J. Billingsley 2002 13 469 47 20 67 7-41 1-14 2 *Ted Johnson 1991 9 280 37 16 53 0- 0 0- 0 2 Terrell Smith 2010 6 414 30 30 60 2- 8 1- 6 3 Jashon Sykes 1998 11 392 31 21 52 7-26 2½-19 6 Greg Henderson 2011 13 823 44 14 58 4- 7 1- 0 6 Chad Brown 1989 11 310 45 5 50 2- 4 0- 0 7
SPEAKING OF TRUE FRESHMEN ... LIUFAU MAKES DEBUT
QB Sefo Liufau (seff-oh loo-fow) made his collegiate debut late in the first quarter at Arizona State, leading CU to a touchdown on his first drive (an 11-play, 80-yard march). In becoming the ninth true freshman to play for the Buffs this season, he went on to complete 18-of-26 passes for 169 yards and a touchdown; he also threw two interceptions, though one was off a deflection (his passer rating was 128.8). The last true freshman to appear in a game at quarterback for CU was Tyler Hansen, who made his debut in a 14-13 win against Kansas State in Boulder on Oct. 18, 2008; he completed 7-of-14 passes for 71 yards (1 TD/1 INT). Liufau then earned the starting nod the following week against Charleston Southern and performed well in CU’s 43-10 win; in the process, he became just the 10th freshman (six true, four redshirt) to start a game at quarterback for Colorado. The list (*—denotes season opener): Career Record Year Quarterback Class First Game As Starter Result Rushing Passing W L T Pct. 1980 Randy Essington Fr. at Missouri L 7-45 4-(-19), 0 td 22-11-1, 58, 0 td 3 14 1 .194 1981 Steve Vogel Fr.-RS at Iowa State L 10-17 2- (-3), 0 td 16-12-0, 89, 0 td 4 17 0 .190 1986 Marc Walters Fr. at Kansas State W 49- 3 18- 88, 2 td 4- 4-0, 111, 1 td 1 0 0 1.000 1992 Koy Detmer Fr. OKLAHOMA T 24-24 9-(-22), 0 td 50-33-5, 418, 2 td 14 3 1 .806 1999 Zac Colvin Fr.-RS at Iowa State W 16-12 6- (-1), 0 td 23-14-1, 116, 1 td 1 2 0 .333 2000 Craig Ochs Fr. at Texas A&M W 26-19 6- 6, 1 td 25-15-0, 239, 1 td 10 6 0 .625 2007 Cody Hawkins Fr.-RS *Colorado State (Denver) W 31-28 (OT) 3- 2, 0 td 31-18-1, 201, 2 td 11 17 0 .393 2008 Tyler Hansen Fr. at Missouri L 0-58 16- 30, 0 td 16-12-0, 72, 0 td 6 15 0 .286 2011 Nick Hirschman Fr.-RS at Arizona State L 14-48 0- 0, 0 td 7- 4-0, 52, 0 td 0 3 0 .000 2013 Sefo Liufau Fr. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W 43-10 3-(-8), 0 td 20-14-0, 198, 1 td 1 0 0 1.000
2013 / FRESHMEN STARTING QUARTERBACKS Liufau is one of 21 true freshmen to start a game at quarterback at an FBS school this season, the 13th to do at the time of his first start, against Charleston Southern. A look at those schools that have started freshmen at the signal caller spot in 2013 (*—denotes redshirt-freshman; #—denotes walk-on):
School Player (’13 starts) School Player (’13 starts) School Player (’13 starts) Air Force Nate Romine (3) Kent State *Colin Reardon (8) Tennessee *Nathan Peterman (1) Auburn Jeremy Johnson (1) Louisiana Tech *Ryan Higgins (5) Texas State Tyler Jones (6) California Jared Goff (10) Memphis *Paxton Lynch (8) Texas Tech #Baker Mayfield (5) Central Michigan *Cooper Rush (7) Minnesota *Mitch Leidner (2) Texas Tech Davis Webb (5) Colorado Sefo Liufau (4) Missouri *Maty Mauk (4) Tulane *Devin Powell (2) Connecticut Tim Boyle (4) Nevada *Tyler Stewart (1) Tulsa *Dane Evans (2) Eastern Michigan Brogan Roback (2) Nebraska *Tommy Armstrong, Jr. (5) Utah State Darell Garretson (3) Florida Atlantic Greg Hankerson (1) New Mexico State King Davis III (2) UTEP Mack Leftwich (1) Florida State *Jameis Winston (9) Penn State Christian Hackenberg (9) Vanderbilt Patton Robinette (2) Hawai’i Ikaika Woolsey (2) Purdue Danny Etling (4) West Virginia *Ford Childress (2) Houston John O’Korn (7) Southern Miss Nick Mullens (3) Western Kentucky Todd Porter (1) Idaho *Chad Chalich (7) Temple P.J. Walker (4) Western Michigan *Zach Terrell (2) Iowa State *Grant Rohach (1) Tennessee Joshua Dobbs (3)
TRUE FRESHMEN QB-RB RARE
QB Sefo Liufau and TB Michael Adkins, both true freshmen, both made their first career starts in CU’s 43-10 win over Charleston Southern. It marked the first time in CU history that two true freshmen at the quarterback and running back positions started their first career games in the same contest. The last time two true frosh started the same game was against Iowa State in 2008, when QB Tyler Hansen started his second game and TB Darrell Scott his first. Prior to that, you have to go back to 1986, in the next-to-last game of the year when QB Marc Walters made his only career start, doing so as a true frosh subbing for an injured Mark Hatcher, with HB O.C. Oliver starting that year for the sixth time. These are the only three games in CU history where true freshmen have started at the quarterback and running back positions. 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / General Notes Page 8
GILLAM, AWUZIE LATEST TRUE FRESHMEN TO SEE SIGNIFICANT ACTION ON DEFENSE
ILB Addison Gillam and CB/N Chidobe Awuzie are the latest true freshmen to make a splash on defense for the Buffaloes. Entering the season, just 12 true freshmen had played over 300 snaps from scrimmage, but six of those joined the list the last three seasons. Current junior CB Greg Henderson set the record in 2011 with 823 plays, with now-sophomore CB Kenneth Crawley second with 642 last year. Gillam already has played 618 snaps this fall, setting a freshman linebacker record (Jordon Dizon had the old mark of 597 in 2004). Awuzie became the 14th true frosh to crack the 300-play barrier, as he now has 464. A closer look at the most snaps played by true defensive freshmen (minimum 300):
Greg Henderson, CB (2011) ...... 823 Chidobe Awuzie, CB/N (2013) ...... 464 Kanavis McGhee, OLB (1987) ...... 323 Kenneth Crawley, CB (2012) ...... 642 Terrel Smith, S (2010) ...... 414 Alfred Williams, OLB (1987) ...... 320 Addison Gillam, ILB (2013) ...... 618 Jashon Sykes, ILB (1998) ...... 392 Ty Gregorak, ILB (1997) ...... 316 Jordan Dizon, ILB (2004) ...... 597 Deon Figures, CB (1988) ...... 358 Yuri Wright, CB (2012) ...... 310 Marques Mosley, FS (2012) ...... 524 Josh Tupou, DT (2012) ...... 343 Jimmie Gilbert, DE (2013) ...... 199
BALL SECURITY
Colorado running backs hadn’t suffered a fumble until the ninth game of the year at Washington (and of course, the first game after that fact was pointed out in these notes)—the first did not occur until the 254th carry. Regardless, the coaches have improved the ball security all around (CU has only 10 fumbles total in nine games, four of those by freshman ILB Ryan Severson who also is CU’s chief kickoff return man). Christian Powell (116 rushes, 120 total touches), Michael Adkins II (70, 79), Tony Jones (57, 68) and Donta Abron (21, all rushes) have combined for 264 rushing attempts and 288 total touches with just one fumble, when Jones was hit just shy of the ground at Washington, with the Huskies recovering (and returning 53 yards for a touchdown to add more misery to the play). Jones has just two fumbles in 269 career touches (198 rushes), while Powell has just two in 286 (274 rushes).
FEAST OR FAMINE
The last three weeks has seen a “feast or famine” situation for CU’s opponents in the Buffs’ current three-game losing streak: —First, in the 44-20 loss to Arizona, the Wildcats capitalized on the big play: it had the most 20-plus plays of the year against the Buffs at the time (10; CU had allowed 30 in the first six games of the season). Those 10 plays gained a whopping 373 yards (or 37.3 per), while the other 72 the ‘Cats ran gained 292, or 4.1 per. —Then, in the 45-23 loss at UCLA, the Bruins gained 317 yards on its 15 plays of 10 yards or longer, most significantly a 76-yard touchdown pass. The other 42 plays gained just 95 yards, or just 2.3 per; so if it appears the Buffs do seem to get a good number of stops, the math backs it up. —And in the 59-7 setback at Washington, the Huskies had a season-high 12 plays of 20 yards or more against the Buff defense (six rushes and six passes), with those netting 319 yards (or 26.6 per); six others between 15 and 19 yards gained 100 yards, thus the other 63 plays generated 209 yards, or 3.3 each.
TOUGHEST SCHEDULE
Colorado is playing one of the nation’s toughest schedules, as CU’s seven FBS opponents are a combined 39-18 (68.4 winning percentage), which does not includes those school’s results against the Buffs (they are otherwise 45-19). Through games of November 9, that worked to be the second toughest schedule in the Pac-12 (behind Utah), and the sixth hardest nationally. The two FCS foes the Buffs have faced are a combined 15-4.
RECORD WATCH
The list of records set or tied so far in 2013:
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (13) Most Rushing Touchdowns By Class/Game, Freshman—4, Michael Adkins II vs. Charleston Southern in Boulder, Oct. 19, 2013. RECORD Old Record: 3, Herchell Troutman vs. Texas at Austin, Oct. 1, 1994; and Christian Powell vs. Sacramento State in Boulder, Sept. 8, 2012. Highest Passing Efficiency Rating, Game (min. 40 att.)—166.3, Connor Wood vs. CSU in Denver, Sept. 1, 2013 (33-of-46, 400 yards, 3 td) RECORD Old Record: 162.3, Koy Detmer vs. Colorado State at Fort Collins, Sept. 7, 1996 (31-of-42, 364 yards, 2 td) Most Consecutive 300-yard Passing Games—2, Connor Wood, Sept. 1 & 7, 2013 TIED RECORD Most Receptions, Game—11, Paul Richardson vs. Central Arkansas, Sept. 7, 2013 (209 yards) TIED RECORD Most Receptions By Class/Game—11, Paul Richardson vs. Central Arkansas, Sept. 7, 2013 (209 yards) TIED RECORD Most Receptions, Two Consecutive Games—21, Paul Richardson, Sept. 1-7, 2013 RECORD Old Record: 19, Michael Westbrook, Sept. 12-19, 1992; Charles E. Johnson, Oct. 8-17, 1992. Most Receptions, Four Consecutive Games—31, Paul Richardson, Sept. 1-Oct. 5, 2013 TIED RECORD Most 200-Yard Receiving Games, Season—2, Paul Richardson, 2013 RECORD Most 200-Yard Receiving Games, Career—2, Paul Richardson, 2010-013 RECORD Most Games, Two Touchdown Receptions—6, Paul Richardson, 2010-13 RECORD Old Record: 5, Rae Carruth (1992-96) and Derek McCoy (2000-03) Most Tackles By A Freshman, Game—18, Addison Gillam vs. Oregon in Boulder, Oct. 5, 2013 (14 UT, 4 AT) RECORD Old Record: 17, on two occasions (one redshirt frosh, one true frosh) Most Tackles By A Freshman, Season—88, Addison Gillam, 2013 (57 UT, 31 AT) RECORD Old Record (freshman overall): 85, Matt Russell, 1993 (48 UT, 37 AT) Old Record (true freshman): 82, Jordan Dizon, 2004 (51 UT, 31 AT) Most Tackles By A Long Snapper, Career—13, Ryan Iverson, 2010-13 TIED RECORD
TEAM RECORDS (2) Most Consecutive Conference Games Lost—14, 2012-13 RECORD Worst Third Down Efficiency Game— 0-of-15 (0.0%), vs. Oregon in Boulder, Oct. 5, 2013 RECORD
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OLIVER NAMED SEMIFINALIST FOR GROZA AWARD
Will Oliver’s kicking prowess has consistently grabbed local headlines and now the national media is starting to stand up and take notice. In the midst of another solid season, CU’s junior kicker has been named as one of 20 semifinalists for the 2013 Lou Groza Award, handed out annually to the nation’s top placekicker. Oliver has connected on 14-of-20 field goal attempts (70 percent), including makes from 53 (career-long) and 52 yards out, and has been perfect on extra points (with a string of 50 in a row, all 20 this season). The fact that he is also doubling as a kickoff specialist this season for the first time in his career makes his achievements as a place kicker that much more impressive.
“It’s nice to get some recognition for the all the work I’ve put in,” said Oliver. “I think I’m headed in the right direction but I still think I have a ways to go to be as good as I can be.”
Oliver’s season began with him going a perfect 4-of-4 on field goals in the team’s win over Colorado State and has continued to steamroll in the weeks since. A month later he was perfect again, going 3-of-3 against Oregon. He boomed five kickoffs through the end zone in the team’s win over Charleston Southern then made a career-long 53 yarder against Arizona. Despite all of the success Oliver has enjoyed this season, it’s the mistakes that drive him and after missing twice in the loss at UCLA, Oliver knows he will have to get even better if he is to have a chance to win the award.
“I had a rough game last week,” said Oliver. “It was really eye-opening to me to struggle like that but as long as I take it one kick at a time and stay engaged I think I’ll have a chance to win it.”
Oliver is joined on the list by some of the best kicking talent in the country including four kickers from Pac-12. Arizona State’s Zane Gonzalez, Utah’s Andy Phillips and California’s Vincenzo D’Amato also made the list indicating that the position has become a strength throughout the conference.
“I think that’s really good for the conference,” said Oliver. “It’s great for all of us in the Pac-12 to have that competition and it’s a great motivational factor for me because there’s just so much talent.”
Oliver joins former kicker Mason Crosby as the only CU kickers to ever be named semifinalists for the prestigious award. Crosby was named a semifinalist twice and finished as the runner-up to winner Alexis Serna from Oregon State in 2005 in what was later revealed as a flawed balloting process. The list will be reduced to three finalists on Nov. 25 and on Dec. 12 the winner will be announced at the annual ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards Show.
UZO-DIRIBE EARNS SPOT ON HENDRICKS MIDSEASON WATCH LIST
On November 11, senior DE Chidera Uzo-Diribe was one of 18 players who advanced to the midseason watch list for the Ted Hendricks Award. The nation’s leader in forced fumbles with five, he’s been in on 37 tackles, 10 of which have been at or behind the line of scrimmage (eight for losses, including two sacks, and two tackles for zero). He also has seven pressures, three third down stops and three passes broken up.
He is joined on the list by two other Pac-12 players, Scott Chrichton (Oregon State) and Tony Washington (Oregon), as well as by Texas’ Jackson Jeffcoat, which presents a bit of a unique situation: Uzo-Diribe is coached by Jeffcoat’s father at CU, Jim Jeffcoat, the legendary Dallas Cowboy.
The Ted Hendricks Award is named in honor of college football’s first three-time first-team All-American. As a defensive end at the University of Miami, Hendricks used his agility, height and reach to block passes and kicks, force interceptions and pressure quarterbacks and running backs. He roamed the front line, read plays and blitzed on impulse, completely transforming the way the defensive end position was played. His professional career spanned 15 years and 215 consecutive games. It included four Super Bowl victories, eight Pro Bowl selections and inductions into the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame. It is in the spirit of Ted Hendricks’ aggressive style of play, winning attitude and determination that the Defensive End of the Year Award for college football’s premier defensive end is presented.
On-field performance, exceptional winning attitude, leadership abilities, contributions to school and community and academic preparedness are some of the criteria used to determine the Award’s winner. Members of the national media, head coaches, professional scouts and former winners are included in the Award’s voting committee. Candidates may represent any class as well as any four-year NCAA accredited school. The candidate’s primary position must be defensive end.
2012: FEWEST SENIORS SINCE 1995; 2013: TIED FOR THE SEVENTH FEWEST SINCE ‘82
In 2011, Colorado had its most seniors (28) since there were 30 on the roster in 1987; last fall, only eight players will be suiting up for the final time as Buffaloes— the fewest since seven did so in the 1995 season. It was the second smallest CU senior class since 1962 (the last 50 years), as only that 1995 team had fewer with seven (a rarity occurred that year: all seven CU seniors were invited to the Hula Bowl, likely the only time in college football history 100 percent of a school’s senior class was in the same postseason all-star game). In 2013, the count after injuries that have sidelined three seniors for the season stands at 13, which ties for the seventh fewest dating back to 1982. The counts:
1982—13 1986— 9 1989—14 1992—11 1995— 7 1998—13 2001—26 2004—11 2007—17 2010—16 1983—25 1987—30 1990—24 1993—19 1996—18 1999—22 2002—23 2005—20 2008—17 2011—28 1984—22 1988—10 1991—13 1994—13 1997—22 2000— 9 2003—21 2006—26 2009—16 2012— 8 1985—16 2013—13
In the program’s most recent heyday, 1989-96, when CU sported the fourth best record in college football (78-15-4), the average number of seniors per team was 14.9. The 1989 team that went 11-0 boasted just 14 seniors, and that 1995 team, minus 10 NFL draft selections in the first 71 picks, went 10-2 with just the seven seniors.
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SERIES HISTORY—CU vs. CALIFORNIA
The Colorado-California series is rather brief, with Cal leading by a 4-2 margin; the first four games all between 1968 and 1982 until the series resumed in 2010-11 with a home-and-home series that was arranged in 2004. The first game in the series was in Berkeley, with Cal breaking a scoreless halftime tie with a third quarter touchdown en route to a 10-0 win; that was the only game of the four in Berkeley until 2010. The three in-betweenl were in Boulder: in 1972, the No. 2-ranked Buffs methodically dispatched Cal, 20-10; in 1975, the Buffs captured a 34-27 victory, and in 1982, Cal came into Boulder and won in a rainstorm, 31-17. Though by 2011, both were members of the Pac-12 Conference, the game that year did not count in the league standings as it was the back end of the home-and-home agreement (CU was originally slated to join the Pac-12 in 2012); the game that year was a barn-burner, with Cal rallying for a 36- 33 overtime win after the Buffs had comeback from 10 down to take a 27-23 lead in the fourth quarter. CU coach Mike MacIntyre is 0-0 against Cal; Cal coach Sonny Dykes is 0-0 against Colorado (he was 1-2 against CU as a Texas Tech assistant). MacIntyre vs. Dykes. The two squared off against each other at their previous schools, Mac at San Jose State and Dykes at Louisiana Tech; LTU won two of the three games, but they were all high scoring affairs: 38-45, 28-38, 52-43, or 244 points combined in the three games, which averaged 1,000 yards total offense (SJSU 1482, LTU 1517, or 2,999 yards combined in the three games).
SerieS DID YOU KNOW?—The 1982 game was one of the occasional though rare instances where both programs were playing their first game under a new head coach: Bill McCartney for Colorado and Joe Kapp for California. Cal won the game in a rain storm, 31-17, and McCartney got his first win the following Saturday at Washington State (12-0) en route to a 2-8-1 season. Cal finished the year with a 7-4 mark, ending of course with a 25-20 win over a John Elway-led Stanford team in the infamous game where Stanford’s band had run out on to the field at the end.
Series SIGNATURE ANNIVERSARY GAME — 31st. On Sept. 9, 1972, Cal gave No. 2 Colorado all it could handle in the season opener for both teams, but Ed Schoen and Fred Lima kept the Bears at bay as the Buffaloes won, 20-10, in Boulder. Though Cal never led, it wasn’t until Lima’s second field goal, a school and Big 8 Conference record 55-yarder, with 1:17 left in the game secured the win for CU, which was opening the year with what is still its highest preseason rank ever. Charlie Davis ran for 151 yards and Colorado’s only touchdown, the latter opening the game’s scoring. After trading field goals (Ray Wersching for Cal; Lima’s first was from 46 yards), CU took a 10-3 lead into the third quarter. Steve Bartkowski was poised to drive Cal into CU territory for the fifth time in seven possessions, but was intercepted by Schoen who turned it into a pick-six with a 48-yard return for the touchdown and a 17-3 lead. Cal pulled to within 17-10 with 10:07 left, and would be stopped twice on fourth down on its next two possessions until Lima sealed the win. Overall, Schoen had 10 tackles including a quarterback sack and a fourth down stop, to go with his interception.
CU-CALIFORNIA SERIES TRENDS
Here’s a quick look at the team statistical trend in the six previous games in the CU-California series:
Rank CU Rushing Passing Tot Off CAL Rushing Passing Tot Off Date Site Result Attend. CU CAL FD att yds td a-c-i yds td no yds FD att yds td a-c-i yds td no yds TV Sept. 28, 1968 Berkeley L 0-10 27,500 — — 18 33 124 0 40-17-3 166 0 73 290 22 53 140 1 29-17-1 203 0 82 343 ABC (r) Sept. 9, 1972 Boulder W 20-10 50,751 2 — 14 60 260 1 7- 2-0 23 0 67 283 23 35 116 0 50-24-2 261 1 85 377 Sept. 13, 1975 Boulder W 34-27 46,211 — — 26 79 437 2 15- 9-0 108 1 94 545 14 32 237 3 25-12-1 177 1 57 414 Sept. 11, 1982 Boulder L 17-31 35,103 — — 16 38 48 1 38-21-2 191 1 76 239 19 38 90 3 31-19-2 214 0 69 304 Sept. 11, 2010 Berkeley L 7-52 55,440 — — 17 42 75 1 34-18-3 166 0 76 241 18 36 159 1 24-15-0 197 4 60 356 FSN Sept. 10, 2011 Boulder (OT) L 33-36 49,532 — — 25 32 108 0 50-28-0 474 3 82 582 22 31 100 1 36-19-1 270 4 67 370 FCS-Pacific
CU INDIVIDUAL HIGHS Most Yards Rushing: 173, Mark Hatcher, Sept. 13, 1986 Most Receptions: 11, Paul Richardson, Sept. 10, 2011 Most Yards Passing: 474, Tyler Hansen, Sept. 10, 2011 Most Yards Receiving: 284, Paul Richardson, Sept. 10, 2011
CU, CAL COLLABORATE ON “MAVEN”
The MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft is one of NASA’s upcoming new projects, and new Pac-12 Conference mates, the universities of Colorado and California, have collaborated on the venture. Bruce Jakosky of CU's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics is the principal investigator for the $670 million mission and several of the instruments were built at Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory. The mission will be the first devoted to understanding the Martian atmosphere, targeting the role that the loss of atmospheric gases to space played in changing the climate through time. The first day of the launch window for MAVEN is Monday, Nov. 18 from Cape Canaveral.
CALIFORNIA NOTES
California has struggled much like the Buffs; the two have five common opponents this fall (all Pac-12 colleagues), and are 0-5 in those games: Colorado has been outscored 244-89, Cal by 215-88. The Bears’ lone win was over FCS foe Portland State, a 37-30 verdict back in week two (PSU is 6-4 on the season through last Saturday); their two non-league losses came to Big Ten schools, high scoring affairs to Northwestern in the season opener (44-30) and to Ohio State (52-34). Sonny Dykes is in his first season as head coach at California, his second head coaching job, with a record of 1-9 in Berkeley and 23-24 overall. He was hired last December from Louisiana Tech, where he was 22-15 with the Bulldogs for three seasons, including a 9-3 mark in 2012. LTU was 6-1 in the Western Athletic Conference in 2011, claiming the league title, and was third in 2012, when San Jose State claim co-champion honors. He is the son of legendary Texas Tech head coach Spike Dykes. SID CONTACT/FOOTBALL: Kyle McRae, Associate Athletic Communications Director, 510/643-4723 (office); [email protected].
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IN COLORADO BUFFALO HISTORY: NOVEMBER 16
Colorado is 9-6-1 all-time on November 16, the date on which two Burgess’ were born: the late Burgess Meredith in 1907 (the Penguin in Batman; Mick in the Rocky movies) and Colin Burgess in 1946 (the drummer for AC/DC). A snapshot look at some of the games played on the date: 1907—CU’s 24-10 win over Utah in Boulder was summed up this way in the ’09 Coloradoan: “The Varsity worked listlessly during the first half but in the second half took a brace and scored all of their points during that live session. With plenty of ginger infused by (Coach Fred) Folsom’s ‘talk’ between halves, the Varsity carried the Mormons back with a resistless assault that brought easy victory out of seeming defeat.” Took a brace? Resistless assault? Okay ... 1929—CU defeated Colorado A&M, 6-0 in Fort Collins; not much in the old yearbook account, other than Buddy Reagan scored the only points of the game, and that “The tackling of Choice Elliott, stellar Colorado linesman, was particularly pleasing.” 1935—Colorado took an early 6-0 lead on Kansas but the Jayhawks would rally for a 12-6 win in Boulder. 1940— Colorado defeated “the vaunted Cougars” as the CU yearbook put it, 25-2, as the Buffaloes played a “splendid game, with the most spectacular play occurring in the fourth quarter when Vern Lockard, the Kansas Flyer, fooled the entire BYU team with a bootleg play and sprinted 37 yards to the goal line.” 1946—In a defensive battle which saw CU barely outgain Denver, 196-190, the Buffaloes and Pioneers battled to a 13-13 tie. 1957—A dominant first half which saw CU outgain Nebraska 288-44 in building a 20-0 lead paved the way for a Buffalo 27-0 win in Lincoln on a 37-degree afternoon. When all was done, CU had monster edges in yards (479-164) and first downs (27-9). Bob Stransky rushed for 97 yards and a TD to pace the Buff running attack, which netted 404 yards in the game. 1963— Kansas defeated the Buffs in Boulder, 43-14, though the legendary Gayle Sayers did minimal damage in the game (12 carries, 71 yards, no scores; 35 of the yards came on one rush). What did the damage were the Jayhawks on fourth down: CU led 7-6 late in the first quarter, but a 20-play, 74-yard drive that ate up 10:23 in possession time and saw KU convert three fourth downs, including the touchdown play, sent KU on its way. 1968—Nebraska leaves Boulder with a 22-6 win, though CU linebacker Rocky Martin is seemingly in on every play: he recorded 23 tackles (20 assisted) in making the Huskers earn every one of their yards (275 total on 79 plays). 1974—Terry Kunz scored twice and David Williams once in helping the Buffs build a 23-0 first half lead en route to a 37-20 win over Oklahoma State at Stillwater. Kunz ran for 80 yard and three touchdowns overall on just 18 carries, leading CU to 405 yards on offense while OSU mustered only 232, as Colorado had a huge 82-48 advantage in plays run. 1985—Colorado had switched to the wishbone offense for the ’85 season and had enjoyed much success, but up against the program that perfected it, the Buffs were no match for Oklahoma in Norman, falling 31-0 to the Sooners. CU managed just 109 yards of total offense, running just 51 plays, while OU ran 91 in all for 399 total yards. Rodney Rogers had 21 tackles (17 solo) for the Buffs, which did hold the potent OU running attack to just 4.4 yards per carry. 1991—In the first game in which snow fell during a game in Boulder since 1979, Vance Joseph engineered an eight-play, 80-yard drive in the final two minutes, culminated by a 1-yard touchdown run by James Hill with 40 seconds remaining to rally Colorado to a 30-24 win over Kansas. The Buffs, down 24-10 midway through the third quarter, scored the game’s final 20 points. Joseph, who subbed for an injured Darian Hagan who played just two possessions, connected with Michael Westbrook on a 20-yard TD pass late in the third quarter, with a 19-yard run by Lamont Warren pulling CU to within 24-23; CU elected to go for two but a pass failed. 1996—With the temperature hovering between 10 and 16 degrees and 10-15 mile per hour winds keeping the wind chill at or below zero through the evening, No. 6 Colorado used two first half touchdown runs from Herchell Troutman (27 yards) and Koy Detmer (1 yard) to defeat No. 9 Kansas State, 12-0. The Buff defense, led by Damen Wheeler who made two interceptions, limited a potent Kansas State offense to just 228 yards in posting the shutout. Troutman rushed for 112 yards, nearly double what K-State managed as a team (65). 2002—Bobby Purify took over for an injured Chris Brown and accumulated 225 all-purpose yards, and the CU defense came up big when it had to as the Buffaloes clinched their second straight Big 12 North Division title with a 41-27 win over Iowa State in Boulder. Purify rushed for 174 yards and caught five passes for 51 yards, with his 5-yard run for a score sealing the win with 1:43 remaining. Brown had rushed for 127 yards before leaving the game with sternum and ankle injuries in the third quarter. Seneca Wallace passed for 265 yards and ran for 102 for the pesky Cyclones, which led 20-17 early in the second half. NOVEMBER 16 COLORADO MVP: QB Vance Joseph. His heroics in the ’91 win over Kansas enabled the Buffaloes to remain tied with Nebraska atop the Big 8 standings and eventually share the league title with the Huskers, CU’s third straight.
NEARING 300
With a 2-2 home record this year, Colorado is now 299-159-10 in its 90th season playing its home games at Folsom Field. The first game at Folsom was Oct. 11, 1924 (then known as Colorado Stadium, built at a cost of $75,000); previous, CU was 73-17-6 at Gamble Field and 19-5 on other grass areas of campus; the Buffs are 391-180-16 all-time at home.
POWELL HITS A GRAND, JONES CLOSING IN
TB/FB Christian Powell became the 50th player in Colorado history rush for 1,000 or more yards in a career, as in 18 career games, he has 1,140; TB Tony Jones is closing in (821). Oklahoma tops the list with 70. The all-time leaders in the number of players who have reached the career 1K plateau:
Oklahoma 70 Texas 49 Texas A & M 42 Penn State 40 Have not yet answered inquiry Southern Cal 62 West Virginia 48 Duke 41 Virginia Tech 40 but are likely on list: Nebraska 60 Mississippi 44 Georgia Tech 41 Auburn 39 Clemson, Michigan, Ohio State Alabama 53 Houston 43 South Carolina 41 Illinois 39 Colorado 50 Iowa 43 Virginia 41 Minnesota 39 Army 50 Syracuse 42 Air Force 40 North Carolina 39
UZO-DIRIBE WREAKING HAVOC
DE Chidera Uzo-Diribe has five forced fumbles in nine games; that’s tied for the third most in a season at Colorado, and he is now third in career forces. The five lead the nation, and Uzo-Diribe was recently named to the mid-season watch list for the Ted Hendricks Award. A look at CU’s season and career bests in an underrated category:
SEASON CAREER Player, Season FF Player, Seasons FF Jashon Sykes, 1999 7 Brian Cabral, 1974-77 11 Barry Remington 1985 6 Barry Remington 1982-86 11 Mickey Pruitt, 1986 5 Chidera Uzo-Diribe, 2010-13 10 Chidera Uzo-Diribe, 2013 5 Mickey Pruitt, 1984-87 9 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Opponent Pages Page 12
TALE OF THE TAPE / COLORADO-WASHINGTON
Here’s a comparative look ahead at Colorado and California in both general areas as well as several statistical categories through games of November 9 (NCAA/national rankings, if applicable, are in parenthesis):
Category Colorado California Overall Record ...... 3-6 1-9 Streak ...... Lost 3 Lost 8 Versus AP Ranked Teams (at time of game) ...... 0-2 0-4 Pac-12 Record ...... 0-6 0-7 Alumni On NFL Rosters (as of November 11) ...... 12 15 Rushing Offense ...... 128.6 (99) 119.6 (108) Average Per Rush ...... 3.5 3.3 Passing Offense ...... 240.4 (59) 345.3 (8) Completion Percentage ...... 58.0 61.6 Average Per Attempt ...... 7.3 6.4 Passing Efficiency ...... 127.1 (72) 123.3 (83) Total Offense ...... 369.0 (91) 464.9 (30) Average Per Play ...... 5.3 5.2 Scoring Offense ...... 24.2 (90) 23.9 (92) Rushing Defense ...... 211.9 (104) 195.6 (94) Average Per Rush...... 4.9 5.0 Passing Defense ...... 273.4 (111) 331.1 (123) Completion Percentage ...... 60.1 64.4 Average Per Attempt ...... 8.1 9.1 Pass Efficiency Defense ...... 145.9 (99) 159.2 (114) Total Defense ...... 485.3 (115) 526.7 (121) Average Per Play ...... 6.3 7.0 Scoring Defense ...... 40.4 (117) 44.7 (121) Third Down Conversion Offense ...... 35.3 (98) 36.1 (93) Third Down Conversion Defense ...... 39.9 (67) 38.5 (56) Fourth Down Conversion Offense ...... 27.3 (114) 40.6 (87) Fourth Down Conversion Defense ...... 57.9 (88) 60.0 (92) Quarterback Sacks By / Allowed (CU’s totals include sacks for zero) ...... 12 / 15 (106/46) 17 / 31 (82/112) Net Punting ...... 37.0 (63) 33.9 (114) Punt Returns ...... 5.4 (101) 2.8 (120) Punt Return Yardage Defense ...... 11.3 (104) 20.1 (121) Kickoff Returns ...... 22.6 (43) 21.4 (65) Kickoff Return Yardage Defense ...... 25.5 (113) 18.9 (26) Turnovers / Turnovers Forced ...... 18 / 15 (81/60) 25 / 11 (116/105) Turnover Margin ...... -0.3 (84) -1.4 (121) Red Zone Scoring Percentage (Offense) ...... 81.0 (81) 70.0 (114) Red Zone Scoring Percentage (Defense) ...... 83.3 (59) 86.0 (89) Time of Possession ...... 28:44 (86) 29:35 (64)
CU-CALIFORNIA BY THE NUMBERS
Here’s a look at some numbers-related trivia in the Colorado-California series:
5 The number of times the lead has changed hands in all five games in the series combined (all five times in the 2011 game); 5-1 The record of the team that scores first in the series, meaning: 10:37 The amount of time the losing team in each game has been in the lead (only CU in the 2011 game); 29 The number of years between Cal visits to Colorado’s Folsom Field (1982, 2011); 31 The number of points Cal scored following five CU turnovers in the 2010 game; 37 87’ 17” The latitude of Berkeley, which means it is technically southwest of Boulder; 42 The number of years between CU visits to California’s Memorial Stadium (1968, 2010); 55 The margin that California has outscored Colorado in the five games (166-111); 122 27’ 28” The longitude of Berkeley, the fourth furthest west on the mainland CU has played a football game (barely behind Seattle, Corvallis, Eugene) 272:27 The amount of time the winning team in each game has been in the lead (out of a max 360, or 75.7 percent of the time); 929 The number of miles between Boulder and Berkeley, Calif.; 5,222 The difference in elevation (feet) between Boulder (5,345) and Berkeley (123; though some areas are 0-1,320).
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CALIFORNIA 36, COLORADO 33 (OT) SEPTEMBER 10, 2011 FOLSOM FIELD, BOULDER
BOULDER — California quarterback Zach Maynard hit receiver Keenan Allen with a That was enough time for the Bears to drive 62 yards in seven plays, scoring on a 7- 5-yard touchdown pass in overtime Saturday at Folsom Field, giving the Bears a 36- yard Maynard-to-Anthony Miller pass to take a 16-6 lead just before intermission. 33 victory over Colorado in the Buffs’ home opener. Opening the second half, Hansen immediately directed a 10-play, 80-yard scoring CU got a record setting passing performance from senior quarterback Tyler Hansen, drive, hitting senior tight end Ryan Deehan with a 37-yard scoring pass on third-and- who completed 28-of-49 passes for a school-record 474 yards and three eight and cut the deficit to three at 16-13. touchdowns, while tying the mark for the most total offense with 500 yards. Two of After CU’s defense held, Cal returned the favor and then blocked a Darragh O’Neill the scoring tosses went to sophomore Paul Richardson, who finished with 11 punt that traveled just 15 yards and gave the Bears possession at the Buffs’ 35-yard catches for 282 yards – also a single-game school record. line. Four plays later, Maynard and Miller connected for a TD, the pass this time The contest matched Pac-12 Conference teams did not count in the league standings covering 20 yards to put the Bears back up 10 at, 23-13. as it completed a previously arranged home-and-home series. Cal remained Hansen and Richardson then teamed up for a 66-yard scoring play to close the third unbeaten at 2-0, while CU fell to 0-2. quarter with Cal leading 23-20. Then to open the fourth quarter, the two teamed up Freshman kicker Will Oliver was perfect on four field goal attempts, the first set up again for a 78-yard score and the Buffs took their first lead since 3-0 at 27-23. by a Jon Major interception that gave the Buffs a first down at their own 40-yard line. Cal responded quickly, driving 80 yards in 11 plays and scoring on a 19-yard burst Six plays later, Oliver made his first kick, giving Colorado its only lead of the half. up the middle by tailback C.J. Anderson to get its lead back at 30-27 with 9:55 left.
After holding Cal to a three-and-out on the game’s first series, CU used a methodical Later in the fourth, the Buffs got the ball back at their own 15-yard line with 7:10 to 13-play march and ended up at the Bears’ 9-yard line. Facing fourth-and-one there, play. Hansen drove the Buffs into field goal range and with: 30 left, Oliver nailed a CU elected to go for the first down but Rodney Stewart was stuffed for no gain. 32-yarder to tie the game at 30-30.
The Bears responded by driving 81 yards in 10 plays, and aided by a pair of CU pass Cal won the coin toss to start overtime and chose to play defense as most always do; interference penalties, scored on a 2-yard Maynard-to-Nico Dumont pass and after the Buffs looked good early in the possession earning a first-and-goal but settled for the PAT attempt was blocked by defensive tackle Will Pericak, the Bears led, 6-3. a 22-yard field goal from Oliver to take a 33-30 lead.
Two series later, a 39-yard Georgio Tavecchio field goal pushed Cal ahead 9-3, but Cal earned a quick first down at the 15-yard line but then had consecutive penalties CU responded with an Oliver 52-yard kick – the longest field goal by a freshman in and found themselves at first-and-30 at the 35. A 32-yard pass from Maynard to CU history – and pulled to 9-6 with 4:18 left before halftime. Allen gave the Bears a first down inside the 5-yard line and then that same duo won it on a 5-yard pass play two plays later, giving Cal the 36-33 victory.
California ...... 0 16 7 7 6 — 36 COLORADO ...... 3 3 14 10 3 — 33
SCORING Score Time Qtr TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO CALIFORNIA COLORADO — Oliver 27 FG 3- 0 2:51 1Q First Downs ...... 25 22 California — Dumont 2 pass from Maynard (kick blocked) 3- 6 12:07 2Q Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 6-17 (2-3) 7-13 (0-0) California — Tavecchio 39 FG 3- 9 9:21 2Q Rushes—Net Yards ...... 32-108 31-100 COLORADO — Oliver 52 FG 6- 9 4:18 2Q Passing Yards ...... 474 270 California — Miller 7 pass from Maynard (Tavecchio kick) 6-16 1:13 2Q Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 50-28-0 36-19-1 COLORADO — Deehan 37 pass from Hansen (Oliver kick) 13-16 10:30 3Q Total Offense ...... 582 370 California — Miller 20 pass from Maynard (Tavecchio kick) 13-23 4:28 3Q Return Yards ...... 4 0 COLORADO — Richardson 66 pass from Hansen (Oliver kick) 20-23 1:41 3Q Punts: No-Average ...... 3-31.3 4-51.0 COLORADO — Richardson 78 pass from Hansen (Oliver kick) 27-23 14:48 4Q Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 1-0 2-0 California — Anderson 19 run (Tavecchio kick) 27-30 9:55 4Q Penalties/Yards ...... 12/98 5/50 COLORADO — Oliver 32 FG 30-30 0:30 4Q Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 3-28 0-0 COLORADO — Oliver 22 FG 33-30 …… OT1 Time of Possession ...... 33:32 26:28 California — Allen 5 pass from Maynard (no PAT kick) 33-36 …… OT1 Drives/Average Field Position ...... 12/C26 12/Ca34
Attendance: 49,532 Time: 3:37 Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 3-4 (9) 5-5 (29) Weather: 72 degrees, sunny skies, 7 mph winds from the east
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing—Colorado: Stewart 24-73, Hansen 7-26, Richardson 1-9. California: Sofele 20-84, Anderson 4-33, Allen 1-1, Maynard 5-minus 17, Team 1-minus 1. Passing—Colorado: Hansen 49-28-0, 474, 3 td; Team 1-0-0, 0. California: Maynard 35-18-1, 243, 4 td; Allen 1-1-0, 27. Receiving—Colorado: Richardson 11-284, Stewart 7-86, Deehan 3-53, McCulloch 2-11, Cefalo 1-14, Bahr 1-11, Clemons 1-9, Gray 1-3, Thornton 1-3. California: Allen 6-104, Jones 5-55, Calvin 3-42, Miller 2-27, Maynard 1-27, Tyndall 1-13, Dumont 1-2. Punting—Colorado: O’Neill 2-39.5 (43 long, 0 In20, 1 blk). California: Anger 4-51.0 (59 long, 1 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: Richardson 1-4. California: Harding 3-19. Kickoff Returns— Colorado: Lockridge 1-20, Clemons 1-14. California: Edmond 4-93, Miller 1-4. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Rippy 9,5—14; Orms 5,5—10; Polk 8,0—8; Major 5,3—8; Sandersfeld 4,3—7; Webb 4,1—5; Henderson 3,2—5; Pericak 3,2—5; Hartigan 3,0—3; Obi 1,2—3; Perkins 1,2—3; Goldberg 1,0—1; Olatoye 1,0—1; Uzo-Diribe 1,0--1. California: Holt 6,3—9; Kendricks 7,1—8; Cattouse 7,0—7; Hill 6,0—6; Campbell 5,0—5; Guyton 4,1—5. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Uzo-Diribe 1-13; Orms 1-8, Rippy 1-7. California: none. Interceptions—Colorado: Major 1-0. California: none. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Orms, Polk, Sandersfeld. California: Williams 3, Campbell, Davis.
GAME NOTES
Colorado dropped to 5-5 in overtime games, 5-4 in single OT affairs and 3-3 when the opponent plays defense first … CU’s last OT game was on Sept. 18, 2008 in Boulder, a 17-14 win over No. 21 West Virginia … Colorado went from allowing seven sacks in the season opener (on 37 called pass plays) to zero today on 50; the downside of that this marked the first time the Buffs have ever lost a game when not committing a turnover or allowing a sack; CU is 14-1 since 1972 in such situations … CU had three sacks, giving the Buffs at least one in 32 of the last 33 games … Colorado’s 582 yards of offense was its first game with 500 since recording 518 against Nebraska in a 65-51 win on Nov. 23, 2007 and its most since Sept. 22, 2007 when it rolled up 634 against Miami-Ohio … CU had 474 yards passing, its first 400-yard game since throwing for 401 against Texas A&M in Boulder on Oct. 8, 2005; it tied for the second most passing yards in CU history, matching the number against San Jose State in 1999 and behind only 533 against NE Louisiana in 1995 … DT Will Pericak became the first player to block an extra point since DE James Garee batted one away against Clemson in the 2005 Champs Sports Bowl (opponents had made 154 in a row, the last miss in 2007; but the enemy had tried 195 PAT kicks without a Buff breaking through to reject one. 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / The P-Rich Pages Page 14
RICHARDSON’S ROOST
WR Paul Richardson, a legitimate Biletnikoff Award an All-America candidate, is enjoying a major breakout season, not that he wasn’t heard of prior to this year. But he’s taken the world by storm to date:
He became the first player in Pac-12 Conference history to have RICHARDSON’S 50+ RECEPTIONS (13)
back-to-back 200-yard receiving games (208 vs. Colorado State, 209 Yards Opponent Date Quarterback vs. Central Arkansas); 82* Colorado State Sept. 1, 2013 Connor Wood 78* California Sept. 10, 2011 Tyler Hansen His 21 receptions in back-to-back games to open the 2013 season 75* Colorado State Sept. 1, 2013 Connor Wood were a CU two-game record, snapping the old mark of 19; 75* Arizona Oct. 26, 2013 Sefo Liufau He now has three career 200-yard games, a CU record, and in fact 66* California Sept. 10, 2011 Tyler Hansen 62* at Kansas Nov. 6, 2010 Cody Hawkins has three of the school’s five. His six 100-yard plus games are tied 60* Texas Tech Oct. 23, 2010 Cody Hawkins for fourth in school history; 60* Charleston Southern Oct. 19, 2013 Sefo Liufau His 1,061 yards this season already are the fourth most ever at CU, 55 Iowa State Nov. 13, 2010 Cody Hawkins 55* Central Arkansas Sept. 7, 2013 Connor Wood with his 60 receptions the fifth-most; 55 Oregon Oct. 5, 2013 Connor Wood His seven plays of 50 yards or more are a school record (see below); 53* Washington Nov. 9, 2013 Sefo Liufau He now has 13 plays of 50-yards or longer in his career, all 50* at Nebraska Nov. 6, 2010 Cody Hawkins receptions (from four different quarterbacks): (*—denotes touchdown)
Now with seven plays of 50 yards or longer this season, he has set the modern day single-season high for the most plays of that distance or longer (it’s possible players like Kayo Lam or Byron White in the 1930s had more). The old high was six, accomplished by TB Chris Brown (2002), WR Rae Carruth (1996) and TB Rashaan Salaam (1994). Carruth also had five in 1996, as did WR Charles Johnson (1992) and WB Michael Pritchard (1990).
RICHARDSON SEASON ANALYSIS
Here’s a complete analysis of CU junior Paul Richardson and his season statistics to date. He opened the year with two consecutive 200-yard games, setting a Pac-12 record (the NCAA record is three, done only twice, so 200 back-to-back isn’t common, either). The breakdown:
----avg. per---- high games----- By Down------Player G No. Yards rec. game TD Long 20+ 10+ rec yards FD 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Paul Richardson, Colorado 9 60 1,061 17.7 117.9 9 82t 16 34 11 11-209 34 34-621 17-282 9-158 0-0 Catch-By-Catch, Game-By-Game: CSU (10-208): 82TD, 6, 3, 6, 7, 5, 11, 7, 6, 75TD. UCA (11-209): 3, 55TD, 7, 24, -1, 34, 26, 13, 10, 30TD, 8. OSU (5-70): 2, 9, 11, 20, 28TD. Oregon (5-134): 55, 28, 31, 12, 8. Arizona State (4-39): 1, 8, 17, 13. Charleston Southern (8-122): 8, 60TD, 9, 18, 12, -2, 6, 11. Arizona (7-132): 6, 11, 75 TD, 2, 9, 9, 20. UCLA (7-70): 7, 10, 7TD, 10, 11, 14, 11. Washington (3-77): 53 TD, 12, 12.
SINGLE-GAME RECEPTIONS SINGLE-GAME RECEIVING YARDS No. (Yards-TD) Player Opponent Date Yards (No-TD) Player Opponent Date 11 (186-1) Michael Westbrook at Baylor Sept. 12, 1992 284 (11-2) Paul Richardson California Sept. 10, 2011 11 (168-0) Charles E. Johnson at Missouri Oct. 8, 1992 222 ( 5-2) Walter Stanley Texas Tech Sept. 12, 1981 11 (131-2) Derek McCoy Washington State Sept. 13, 2003 222 ( 7-2) Rae Carruth at Missouri Nov. 2, 1996 11 (114-1) Scotty McKnight at Toledo Sept. 11, 2009 209 (11-2) Paul Richardson Central Arkansas Sept. 7, 2013 11 (92-1) Markques Simas at Oklahoma State Nov. 19, 2009 208 (10-2) Paul Richardson Colorado State (Denver) Sept. 1, 2013 11 (141-2) Paul Richardson at Kansas Nov. 6, 2010 192 ( 4-2) Derek McCoy Colorado State (Denver) Aug. 30, 2003 11 (284-2) Paul Richardson California Sept. 10, 2011 186 (11-1) Michael Westbrook at Baylor Sept. 12, 1992 11 (209-2) Paul Richardson Central Arkansas Sept. 7, 2013
SINGLE-GAME ALL-PURPOSE YARDS Rushing Receiving Punt Kickoff Overall Rushing Receiving Punt Kickoff Overall Player Date Opponent No-Yds No-Yds No-Yds No-Yds No-Yds Player Date Opponent No-Yds No-Yds No-Yds No-Yds No-Yds Rashaan Salaam Oct. 1, 1994 at Texas 35-317 5-45 0-0 0-0 40-362 Hugh Charles Nov. 23, 2007 Nebraska 33-169 1-33 0-0 5-125 39-327 Charlie Davis Nov. 13, 1971 Oklahoma State 34-342 2-11 0-0 0-0 36-353 Chris Brown Oct. 12, 2002 at Kansas 25-309 0-0 0-0 0-0 25-309 Byron White Nov. 6, 1937 at Utah 24-192 0-0 3-159 0-0 27-351 Paul Richardson Sept. 10, 2011 California 1- 9 11-284 1-4 0-0 13-297 Byron White Nov. 7, 1936 Utah 11-138 0-0 5-121 1-90 17-349 Darrell Scott Sept. 11, 2009 at Toledo 12-85 1-1 0-0 8-204 21-290 Walter Stanley Sept. 12, 1981 Texas Tech 4-28 5-222 4-87 0-0 13-337 Hugh Charles Nov. 10, 2007 at Iowa State 21- 83 2-40 0-0 6-161 29-284
Richardson has played 29 games in a CU uniform and has 19 touchdown receptions, including six games with two TD catches; the latter has set a school record, as he passed Rae Carruth and Derek McCoy, who had five two-TD games; Carruth and Richard Johnson are the only players with three in a game, each doing so once. As for the 19 touchdowns overall, he’s tied for second in CU annals (see below):
RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS Rk Player (Seasons) G No. Yards Avg. TD Rk Player (Seasons) G No. Yards Avg. TD 1 Scotty McKnight (2007-10) ...... 48 215 2,521 11.7 22 8 Phil Savoy (1994-97) ...... 40 152 2,176 14.3 14 2 Rae Carruth (1992-96) ...... 40 135 2,540 18.8 20 9 Joe Klopfenstein (2002-05) ...... 42 80 937 11.7 12 2 Derek McCoy (2000-03) ...... 48 134 2,038 15.2 20 10 Gary Knafelc (1951-53) ...... 30 31 607 19.6 11 2 Paul Richardson (2010-13) ...... 30 133 2,130 16.0 20 10 Christian Fauria (1991-94) ...... 44 98 1,058 10.8 11 5 Michael Westbrook (1991-94) ...... 41 167 2,548 15.3 19 10 Daniel Graham (1998-2001) ...... 42 106 1,543 14.6 11 6 Javon Green (1997-2000) ...... 44 136 2,031 14.9 17 10 Riar Geer (2006-09) ...... 46 87 974 11.2 11 7 Charles E. Johnson (1990-93) ...... 39 127 2,447 19.3 15 10 Toney Clemons (2010-11) ...... 25 86 1,162 13.5 11 His 20 career touchdowns have covered 836 yards, or 41.8 per (2010: 3, 60, 62, 4, 3, 50; 2011: 15, 21, 66, 78, 9; 2013: 82, 75, 55, 30, 28, 60, 75, 7, 53)
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RICHARDSON CONTINUED
SINGLE-SEASON RECORD BOOK ASSAULT Now three-fourths of the way into the season, P-Rich is well within reach of three major single-season receiving bests:
Receptions Yards Average Per Reception Touchdowns 78 D.J. Hackett 2003 1,149 Charles E. Johnson 1992 (minimum 25 receptions) 11 Derek McCoy 2003 76 Michael Westbrook 1992 1,116 Rae Carruth 1996 26.2 Mike Pritchard (28) 1990 9 Charles E. Johnson 1993 76 Scotty McKnight 2009 1,082 Charles E. Johnson 1993 23.2 Ron Brown (29) 1984 9 Rae Carruth 1995 63 Derek McCoy 2003 1,061 Paul Richardson 2013 20.7 Rae Carruth (54) 1996 9 Paul Richardson 2013 60 Paul Richardson 2013 1,060 Michael Westbrook 1992 20.2 Charles E. Johnson (57) 1992 8 Gary Knafelc 1953 57 Charles E. Johnson 1992 1,013 D.J. Hackett 2003 19.1 Michael Westbrook (36) 1994 8 Michael Westbrook 1992 57 Charles E. Johnson 1993 1,008 Rae Carruth 1995 19.0 Charles Johnson (57) 1993 8 Rae Carruth 1996 54 Rae Carruth 1996 893 Scotty McKnight 2009 19.0 Rae Carruth (53) 1995 8 Toney Clemons 2011 53 Rae Carruth 1995 883 Derek McCoy 2003 17.7 Paul Richardson (60) 2013 52 Darrin Chiaverini 1998 753 Daniel Graham 2001 17.4 Monte Huber (28) 1969
JUNIOR SEASON, TAKE 1 / 2012
He missed the entire 2012 season after tearing his ACL the Monday before the spring game (April 9), and underwent surgery that ended his year on April 16. He had a good rehab and was able to practice some by the end of the year. He returned at full-speed for spring drills, and looked like his old self if not better: he caught eight passes for 294 yards and three touchdowns (36.8 yards per catch) in the four main spring scrimmages.
SOPHOMORE SEASON / 2011
Against California, he tied the school record (again) for most receptions in a game with 11, with his 284 yards shattering the old mark of 222, first set almost 30 years earlier to the day by WR Walter Stanley and then matched 15 years later by WR Rae Carruth. He was rapidly climbing the charts in receiving (receptions, yards, touchdowns; see charts later in these notes) until sidelined by a severe knee sprain he suffered in practice on Oct. 5; he missed four games and returned for USC game, but was a little rusty and not 100 percent the remainder of the season. He set several records, including the most yards in game, and had six career plays over 50 yards in his first two seasons, five for touchdowns (62t, 60t, 55, 50t in 2010; 78t, 66t in 2011).
FRESHMAN SEASON / 2010 He officially was the last member of the 2010 recruiting class when he joined the team just two days ahead of fall camp. Against Hawai'i, he scored the first two-point conversion scored by a CU freshman since Sept. 30, 2000, when QB Craig Ochs ran one in against Kansas State; those are the only 2-point conversions scored by freshmen (true or redshirt) in CU history. Against Texas Tech, when he caught four passes for 79 yards (career highs), he became the first true freshman in CU history to have two touchdown receptions in the same game, and just the third frosh (true/redshirt) to do it, joining WR Michael Westbrook (1991 vs. Missouri) and TE Brody Heffner (1996 vs. Iowa State). Against Kansas, he set school records for most catches (11) and yards (141) by a freshman, true or redshirt, in CU history, and tied the mark he set with two TDs in a single game against Texas Tech. The 11 receptions also tied the school’s overall mark for catches in a game previously done by five different players (five total times). He had six TD receptions on the season, a school record for the most receiving touchdowns by a true or redshirt freshman (Donnie Holmes had the old true frosh mark of three in 1979, Westbrook the redshirt mark of five in ‘91). His 514 receiving yards were the most by a freshman (true or redshirt) and he was the first freshman to have two 100-yard receiving games.
CU FRESHMAN 100-YARD RECEVIING GAMES (6) TOP FRESHMAN SINGLE-SEASON RECEIVING YARDS Yds (att-td) Player Opponent Date Season Player Pos No Yards Avg. TD 141 (11-2) Paul Richardson at Kansas Nov. 6, 2010 2010 Paul Richardson WR 34 514 15.1 6 121 ( 5-0) Paul Richardson Iowa State Nov. 13, 2010 2007 *Scotty McKnight WR 43 488 11.3 4 113 ( 6-1) *Phil Savoy Oklahoma State Nov. 5, 1994 2012 *Nelson Spruce WR 44 446 10.1 3 106 ( 8-0) *Scotty McKnight Colorado State (in Denver) Sept. 1, 2007 1982 Chris McLemore TB 39 337 8.6 0 103 ( 2-0) Josh Smith at Baylor Oct. 6, 2007 1991 *Michael Westbrook WR 22 309 14.0 5 103 ( 8-1) *Nelson Spruce at Washington State Sept. 22, 2012 (*—denotes redshirt freshman)
CAREER CHART WATCH
Here’s where several returning Buffs rank on some of CU’s all-time statistical charts through nine games in 2013 (Note: Colorado does not count bowl stats into career totals to protect past history, thus career numbers for players past and present will differ from NCAA):
CB GREG HENDERSON is 43rd in interceptions (6). TB TONY JONES is 55th in rushing yards (821) and 31st in receptions (64). WR TYLER McCULLOCH is 39th in receptions (58) and is 45th in receiving yards (670). FS MARQUES MOSLEY is 17th in kickoff return yards (604). P DARRAGH O’NEILL is ninth in punting average (42.67), fourth in punts (197), third in punting yards (8,406) and second in punts inside-the-20 (64). PK WILL OLIVER is ninth in scoring and is fourth in kick scoring (170 points), and is fourth in field goals made (31). TB CHRISTIAN POWELL is 42nd in rushing yards (1,140). WR PAUL RICHARDSON is seventh in receptions (133), sixth in receiving yards (2,130), tied for second in TD receptions (20), is 37th in all-purpose yards (2,172) and is 32nd in scoring (122 points). SS TERREL SMITH is 97th in tackles (166) and 14th in special team tackles (24). WR NELSON SPRUCE is 21st in receptions (81) and is 33rd in receiving yards (838). DE CHIDERA UZO-DIRIBE is 11th in quarterback sacks (17), is tied for 18th in tackles for loss (29) and is second in forced fumbles (10). ILB DERRICK WEBB is 52nd in defensive tackles (222), sixth in special team tackles (32) and fourth in special team points (79). QB JORDAN WEBB is 23rd in passing yards (1,434) and is tied for 23rd in touchdown passes (8). QB CONNOR WOOD is 26th in passing yards (1,368) and is tied for 20th in touchdown passes (9).
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BUFFS AMONG NATIONAL LEADERS IN 2012 IN OVERALL RETURNING CAREER STARTS
Here’s a look at those schools that have the most returning career starts, both overall and in 2012 (ranked by overall; other ranks in parenthesis to the right):
FROM SCRIMMAGE OVERALL STARTS RETURNING 2012 PLAYER STARTS RETURNING Overall 2012 School Conference Offense Defense P/PK Total Offense Defense P/PK Total (Rank) Total (Rank) Total (Rank) 1 Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt 219 186 37 442 109 115 25 249 ( 2) 416 ( 1) 226 ( 5) 2 Georgia Tech ACC 170 191 65 426 98 112 28 238 ( 8) 361 ( 5) 210 (10) 3 Texas Big 12 224 169 13 406 123 113 13 249 ( 3) 393 ( 2) 236 ( 2) 4 Mississippi SEC 187 178 35 400 105 117 0 222 ( 9) 365 ( 3) 222 ( 7) 5 Indiana Big 10 193 155 43 391 120 103 19 242 ( 5) 348 ( 7) 223 ( 6) 6 Duke ACC 215 149 26 390 105 81 26 212 (15) 364 ( 4) 186 (22) 7 UNLV MWC 178 168 38 384 120 117 13 250 ( 1) 346 ( 8) 237 ( 1) 8 San Jose State MWC 170 147 67 384 97 78 26 201 (24) 317 (14) 175 …. 9 East Carolina C-USA 165 190 26 381 105 110 26 241 ( 7) 355 ( 6) 215 ( 9) 10 Rice C-USA 160 174 37 371 110 123 13 246 ( 4) 334 (11) 233 ( 3) 26 Colorado Pac-12 120 141 50 311 85 95 24 204 (22) 261 (30) 180 (28)
UNDERCLASSMEN IN 2013 ON OPENING DEPTH CHARTS
CU tied for 15th in the nation for the most underclassmen (freshmen, redshirt frosh and sophomores) on the 2013 opening day two-deeps with 27 players; that was the most in the Pac-12 Conference, one ahead of Arizona (26). A closer look:
Virginia 34 Temple 32 Florida Int’l 30 Virginia Tech 29 Tulsa 27 Illinois 25 Colorado State 32 Maryland 31 Arkansas 29 North Carolina 28 Arizona 26 Louisiana State 32 West Virginia 31 Texas A&M 29 TCU 28 Mississippi 26 South Carolina 32 Western Michigan 31 Tulane 29 Colorado 27 Arkansas St. 25
MAC COMPLETED STAFF WITH FORMER BUFF
Mike MacIntyre’s first Colorado full staff, coaches and support personnel, was completed with the hiring of former CU wide receiver Patrick Williams, who started as the assistant director of recruiting on August 29. Williams, a 2008 Colorado graduate (Sociology), spent four seasons in the National Football League with Green Bay, Seattle and Baltimore, a combination of being a practice squad player and active on games days, though he never did get into a game. He joins CU from the Heloise Munson Foundation, where he worked for non-profit during the last year, as well as did some personal training of high school and college athletes. Williams’ hiring followed that of Derek Fribbs as one of two student assistants working with the coaches. Fribbs completed his eligibility this past May after lettering four years on the golf team; he played the fourth most rounds in school history (146) and finished with a 74.25 career stroke average. The other student assistant working with the coaches is senior outside linebacker Tommy Papilion, whose career has been cut short due to knee injuries.
UNHERALDED
SN Ryan Iverson largely goes unnoticed, but do know that the coaching staff knows his value. He has forced six fair catches this season, giving him 24 for his career; he also has 13 tackles (10 solo), tying the mark by a long snapper, first set by Chris O’Donnell (1987-90). He has handled all 268 punt team snaps dating back to his freshman year, and has snapped all 125 balls for placement kicks the last three years (including a pair of two-point fakes): of those 393 combined snaps, there was only one bad snap in the bunch. He joined the team as an invited walk-on for August drills in 2010, and would become just the sixth walk-on to play as a true freshman since 1986 at Colorado. He will be CU’s nominee for the second straight year for the Bullsworth Award, presented to a top walk-on (or former).
WOOD CRACKS RECORD BOOK AS WELL
QB Connor Wood etched his name into the CU record book after just two games in 2013: he set a school record for passer rating with 40 or more attempts in game with a 166.3 number versus Colorado State (33-of-46, 400 yards, 3 TD; Alabama’s A.J. McCarron had a 165.3 rating versus the Rams but threw 20 fewer passes). He also tied Koy Detmer for the most 300-yard passing games back-to-back in school annals with two and threw for the third most passing yards in two consecutive games (and the fourth-most for three games). A look at the latter:
Most Passing Yards, Three Consecutive Games (CU History) Most Passing Yards, Back-to-Back Games (CU History) 995—Koy Detmer, 1996 (137 vs. Texas, 457 at Missouri, 401 vs. Iowa State) 858—Koy Detmer, 1996 (457 at Missouri, 401 vs. Iowa State) 972—Mike Moschetti, 1999 (291 vs. CSU, 465 vs. San Jose St., 216 vs. Kansas) 756—Mike Moschetti, 1999 (291 vs. Colorado State, 465 vs. San Jose State) 948—Koy Detmer, 1995 (267 at Wisconsin, 255 vs. CSU, 426 vs. NE Louisiana) 741—Connor Wood, 2013 (400 vs. Colorado State, 341 vs. Central Arkansas) 887—Connor Wood, 2013 (400 vs. CSU, 341 vs. UCA, 146 at Oregon State) 709—Joel Klatt, 2003 (465 vs. Kansas, 290 at Kansas State) 896—Joel Klatt, 2003 (465 vs. Kansas, 290 at Kansas State, 187 vs. Oklahoma) 681---Koy Detmer, 1995 (255 vs. Colorado State, 426 vs. NE Louisiana)
INTERCEPTIONS IN BUNCHES AFTER A LOOOOOOONG DROUGHT
Talk about when it rains, it pours: the Buffaloes intercepted just three passes in all of 2012 (after just making seven in 2011), and had a span of 267 passes by the opponent without picking one off until the second quarter of the Central Arkansas game. CB Greg Henderson jumped a route and raced 46 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter; early in the fourth quarter, FS Jered Bell did the same, except his covered 79 yards for a score that tied the game at 24; late in the quarter, CB Kenneth Crawley picked one off on fourth down in the end zone, ending any chance of a late UCA rally. It was the first time the Buffs returned two interceptions for scores since the last day of the last century: Dec. 31, 1999 when ILB Jashon Sykes and SS Rashidi Barnes did it against Boston College in the Insight.com Bowl. 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / General Page 17
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Here’s where the Buffs rank statistically in select categories in the Pac-12 and the NCAA in 2012 through games of November 9:
TEAM Pac12 NCAA Category Stat Pac12 NCAA Category Stat Pac12 NCAA Category Stat 9th 99th RUSHING OFFENSE ...... 128.6 12th 104th RUSHING DEFENSE ...... 211.9 10th 101st PUNT RETURNS ...... 5.4 8th 59th PASSING OFFENSE ...... 240.4 11th 111th PASSING DEFENSE ...... 273.4 3rd 43rd KICKOFF RETURNS ...... 22.6 12th 91st TOTAL OFFENSE ...... 369.0 11th 115th TOTAL DEFENSE ...... 485.3 7th 63rd NET PUNTING ...... 37.0 11th 90th SCORING OFFENSE ...... 24.2 11th 117th SCORING DEFENSE ...... 40.4 9th 84th TURNOVER MARGIN ...... -0.33
INDIVIDUAL (Top 25 in conference or top CU leader; #—not enough attempts; rankings listed are if they did) Rushing Pac-12 NCAA Yds/Gm Receiving Yards Pac-12 NCAA Yds/Gm Field Goals Pac-12 NCAA FG/Gm Michael Adkins II ...... 9th 92nd 65.8 Paul Richardson ...... 2nd 5th 117.9 Will Oliver ...... 4th 16th 1.56 Christian Powell ...... 14th 147th 49.9 Nelson Spruce ...... 25th 197th 43.6 Tackles For Loss Pac-12 NCAA Pts/Gm Passing Pac-12 NCAA Yds/Gm Punting Pac-12 NCAA Avg. Chidera Uzo-Dirbe ...... 7th …… 0.89 Connor Wood ...... 12th 88th 157.6 Darragh O’Neill ...... 7th 60th 41.2 Addison Gillam...... 7th …… 0.89 Passing Efficiency Pac-12 NCAA Rating Punt Returns Pac-12 NCAA Avg. Quarterback Sacks ...... Pac-12 NCAA Avg./Gm Connor Wood ...... 12th 86th 120.4 Nelson Spruce ...... 10th 67th 5.4 Addison Gillam...... 24th …… 0.33 Total Offense Pac-12 NCAA Yds/Gm Kickoff Returns Pac-12 NCAA Avg. Forced Fumbles Pac-12 NCAA FF/Gm Connor Wood ...... 12th 97th 157.6 Ryan Severson ...... 6th 54th 22.8 Chidera Uzo-Dirbe ...... 1st 1st 0.56 All-Purpose Pac-12 NCAA Yds/Gm Scoring Pac-12 NCAA Pts/Gm Interceptions ...... Pac-12 NCAA Total Paul Richardson ...... 9th 49th 118.7 Will Oliver ...... 17th 100th 6.9 Greg Henderson ...... 3rd 14th 0.44 Receptions Pac-12 NCAA No./Gm Paul Richardson ...... 19th 138th 6.0 Jered Bell ...... 11th 50th 0.33 Paul Richardson ...... 5th 23rd 6.7 Field Goal Pct. Pac-12 NCAA Pct. Tackles / Tackles For Loss Nelson Spruce ...... 16th 117th 4.1 Will Oliver ...... 10th 75th 70.0 CU uses coaches’ video; numbers do not match
IN THE POLLS
Colorado has not been ranked in any Associated Press (media) or USA Today Coaches poll since November 6, 2005, when the Buffs peaked at No. 21 in the coaches’ ballot (No. 22 in the AP and Harris Interactive), but dropped out after a Nov. 12 loss at Iowa State. CU was ranked three times in 2005, reaching No. 18 in the BCS Standings at one point (Nov. 6) and had returned to the polls after a 25-month hiatus on October 9. The Buffs had the 10th longest streak of all-time, as from the 1989 preseason poll through the first five weeks of 1997, CU had a tremendous run of 143 consecutive weeks in the AP poll. CU has been ranked 293 times in its history, the 26th most all-time (Iowa is 25th with 297, Pittsburgh is 27th with 292), and has finished in the top four on four occasions, tied for 22nd most (the top four you say? ... the new College Football Playoff come 2014 will include the top four teams; only USC, with 11, has more than CU from the Pac-12).
COLORADO IN THE POLLS – 2013 WEEKLY
A weekly look at where Colorado has placed weekly in each of the four major polls in 2013 (RV—denotes received votes; number is place outside top 25):
Poll PS 9/03 9/08 9/15 9/22 9/29 10/06 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/03 11/10 11/17 11/24 12/01 Final
Associated Press ------` USA Today Coaches ------Harris Interactive N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ------
43 WINS OVER RANKED TEAMS 17TH BEST SINCE ’89
CU’s 43 wins over Associated Press ranked teams since the start of the 1989 season are the 17th most in the nation in this time frame (24-plus seasons). Florida State has the most (76), with Florida right behind (72); next are Ohio State (69), Michigan (63), Alabama (62), LSU (58), Miami, Fla. (57), Southern Cal (55), Oklahoma (53), Tennessee (53), Texas (49), Georgia (47), Notre Dame (47), Oregon (46), Penn State (46), Auburn (44), Nebraska (44) and Colorado (43). As for the Pac-12, after USC, Oregon and CU, the next schools on the list are UCLA (42) and Washington (42). All-time, Colorado’s 66 wins over ranked teams are the 23rd most in history. Since 1989, CU has played the sixth most ranked teams in the nation (116, with a record of 43-70-2), trailing only Florida (133), LSU (124), Florida State (119), Michigan (119) and Ohio State (119). (AP polls used for these figures as the coaches’ poll omits teams on probation but the AP does not.) Colorado’s last three wins over ranked teams came against No. 17 Kansas in 2009 (34-30), No. 21 West Virginia in 2008 (17-14 in OT) and No. 3 Oklahoma in 2007 (27-24), its last over a top 10/top 5 team. CU has lost 13 straight against ranked teams (last win: 34-30 over Kansas in 2009); the Buffs have lost 21 straight road games against ranked opponents, with the last win a 31-17 over UCLA at the Rose Bowl in 2002.
CU’S 133 WINS OVER BCS TEAMS RANKS 23RD
Looking inside the above numbers, Colorado’s 133 wins over BCS teams rank as the 23rd most nationally over the last 24-plus seasons (or since the start of the 1989 season). A closer look through games of November 9:
Rk School Wins Rk School Wins Rk School Wins Rk School Wins 1 Florida State 206 7 Miami-Fla. 174 13 Tennessee 157 19 Texas A&M 137 2 Ohio State 205 7 Texas 174 14 Oregon 156 19 LSU 137 3 Florida 195 9 Oklahoma 172 15 Notre Dame 152 21 Auburn 135 4 Nebraska 187 10 Penn State 168 16 Clemson 151 22 Washington 134 5 Southern California 186 11 Georgia 166 17 Virginia Tech 150 23 Colorado 133 6 Michigan 178 12 Alabama 161 18 Georgia Tech 149 24 Virginia 132 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Head Coach Mike MacIntyre Page 18
HEAD COACH MIKE MacINTYRE
Mike Macintyre is in his first season as head coach of the University of Colorado football program, his second as a head coach on any level of football. He has a 3-6 record at Colorado and is 19-27 as a head coach in NCAA Division I (FBS). The 25th full- time head coach in CU history (27th overall) brought an impressive pedigree with him to Boulder, resuscitating a San Jose State Spartan team from a 1-12 record in 2010 to one that finished 11-2 in 2012 and was nationally ranked. A veteran coach of 22 seasons, MacIntyre arrived at San Jose State after two years as the defensive coordinator at Duke University, where he was reunited with head coach David Cutcliffe from earlier in his coaching days. Those Blue Devil defenses were among Duke's best statistically over a 20-year span, and in 2009, Duke's five wins were the most in a season by the Blue Devils since 1994. The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) named him its 2009 FBS Assistant Coach of the Year. Another one of his mentors was the legendary and now Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells, and of course, his father, George MacIntyre, coached at Vanderbilt (the 1982 national coach of the year).
Overall Home Road Neutral 2nd Half Ranked Unranked Non-league League Bowls MacIntyre at Colorado ...... 3- 6 2- 2 0- 4 1- 0 0- 3 0- 2 3- 4 3- 0 0- 6 0- 0 MacIntyre / Career ...... 19-27 11-10 7-17 1- 0 9-12 0- 9 19-18 11- 8 8-19 0- 0
COLORADO STREAKS: 2-game plus wins, 2-game plus losses: 1, 2. 3-game plus wins, 3-game plus losses: 0, 2. 4-game plus wins, 4-game plus losses: 0, 0. 5-game plus wins, 5-game plus losses: 0, 0. 6-game plus wins, 6-game plus losses: 0, 0. Longest winning streak: 1. Longest losing streak: 0.
MacIntyre, 48, has coached in a total of 302 football games in his career (46 as a head coach): 143 in NCAA Division I (and another 23 as a grad assistant at Georgia); 82 as a full-time assistant coach in the National Football League; 54 in NCAA Division I-AA (at the time). He is just the second coach at Colorado since 1932 to win his first game at the reins of the Buffaloes (out of 15 coaches), and became just the ninth (out of 25) to open with two wins. MacIntyre is an ’89 graduate of Georgia Tech and is the first Atlantic Coast Conference alum to take over the reins of the CU football program. MacIntyre On His Roots: “I’m the son of a coach. And I received by Ph.D. in coaching from Bill Parcells. I used to sit next to him in staff meetings with the Cowboys. The two most important things I probably learned from him were how to evaluate personnel and how to organize practices.” He says Parcells taught him that quarterbacks learn more in 11-on-11 drills than the standard 7-on-7. He has also been influenced immensely by the late John Wooden (UCLA basketball); he has read all his books numerous times. On his own success: “It takes a lot of people to be successful, it’s never just you. It’s everyone around you. The team effort starts before you ever get to the players.” Throughout his coaching career, MacIntyre has crafted an approach to coaching college football that incorporates “The Four F’s” – Foundation, Family, Future and Football. He believes that if Colorado’s student-athletes focus on these 4 F’s, it will lead to great things: Foundation is about becoming a solid person on a daily basis in their daily activities. That includes a commitment to things like self-discipline, perseverance, time management and responsibility; Family is about being close, caring about each other and being accountable to each other. Cu’s players have to fully understand how their actions affect their teammates – on the field and in life. They will understand how their actions represent Colorado and their individual legacies; Future is about putting the necessary energy into their academics; education is their future. Even if our student-athletes go on to play in the NFL for three-to-five years (the average length of a pro career), they need to have an idea about what they want to be the rest of their lives. Football is what they currently do, it’s not who they are. Use football to get an education and a better future; Football is the final F. MacIntyre believes if they have a good foundation, if they’re doing the right things, they care about the guys around them and they’re doing well academically and know what their future is, when they come to football practice, they are freed up; they’ll play better and won’t have a lot of baggage. MacIntyre has coached on both sides of the ball, spending four years at Ole Miss (1999-2002) where he started as the wide receivers coach for two seasons and the defensive secondary coach in his final two years. The Rebels posted a 29-19 record in that time with bowl appearances in the 1999 and 2002 Independence Bowls and the 2000 Music City Bowl. The 2001 Rebels ranked fifth nationally in pass defense, allowing just 161.3 yards per game. The Coin. MacIntyre always carries the same commemorative coin in his pocket, one his dad received in 1982 as the Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year. “I’m the proud son of George MacIntyre,” he says in referring to his father coaching the Commodores to an 8-4 record that season. Unique End of Spring. The coaching staff put the players through one more practice after the spring game. MacIntyre said it was to go over what they did right and wrong in the game, as well as to teach them how he wanted them to practice on their own in summer workouts. On Playing Music At Practice: “Bill Belichik, Eric Mangini both did it. They believed it enhanced practice in many ways, including maintaining rhythm. It’s no different than crowd noise; you’re teaching the players to block out distractions, all background noise, yet and at the same time to still hear us.” At Mississippi, among his recruits were quarterback Eli Manning and Butkus Award winning linebacker Patrick Willis. And along his coaching trail, he has mentored many current and former NFL players including recently retired former Dallas and Cincinnati safety Roy Williams, a five-time Pro Bowl player. At Dallas, he also tutored Terrence Newman, the former Kansas State cornerback who longtime CU fans certainly remember. A 1989 graduate of Georgia Tech (Business Management), he lettered twice (1987-88) at free safety/punt returner for coach Bobby Ross. Prior to becoming a Yellow Jacket, MacIntyre played two seasons (1984-85) at Vanderbilt for his father, George, the head coach of the Commodores from 1979-85. The elder MacIntyre was the national coach of the year in 1982 when Vandy beat Alabama on its way to an 8-4 record. He earned his Master's degree in Education with an emphasis on Sports Management from the University of Georgia in 1991. MacIntyre has voted in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll (did so in 2012), but coaches are now selected by a random draw and he was not drawn for 2013. CU’s head coach voted every season from 1987-2009, thus CU has had a vote for the 24 of the last 27 seasons. CONTRACT. MacIntyre was officially named CU’s 25th full-time head coach on Dec. 10, 2012, and signed a 5-year contract worth just over $2 million overall ($250,000 base; $875,000 radio/TV income, $875,000 sponsorship income), plus various incentives that add to well over $1 million. 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Head Coach Mike MacIntyre Page 19
HEAD COACH MIKE MacINTYRE continued
Mike MacIntyre Year-By-Year Coaching Record Overall Pac-12 Conference Season School W L Pct. Pts Opp W L Pct. Pts Opp Finish/Conf. 2010 San Jose State ...... 1 12 .077 209 451 0 8 .000 160 295 9th/Western Athletic 2011 San Jose State ...... 5 7 .417 294 364 3 4 .429 193 196 t-4th/Western Athletic 2012 San Jose State ...... 10 2 .833 423 257 5 1 .833 251 156 t-1st/Western Athletic 2013 Colorado ...... 3 6 .333 218 364 0 6 .000 96 303 ...... Colorado Totals ...... 3 6 .333 218 364 0 6 .000 96 303 Career Totals ...... 19 27 .413 1144 1436 8 19 .296 700 950
As a graduate assistant at Georgia (SEC, 2 seasons, 1990-91) ... 14-9 1 bowl game (1-0) As an assistant at Davidson (1 season, 1992) ...... 5- 5 As an assistant at UT-Martin (OVC, 4 seasons, 1993-96) ...... 17-27 As an assistant at Temple (Big East, 2 seasons, 1997-98) ...... 5-17 As an assistant at Mississippi (SEC, 4 seasons, 1999-2002) ...... 31-20 3 bowl games (2-1) As an assistant at Dallas (NFL, 4 seasons, 2003-06) ...... 34-32 2 playoff appearances (0-2) As an assistant at New York Jets (NFL, 1 season, 2007) ...... 4-12 As an assistant at Duke (ACC, 2 seasons, 2008-09) ...... 9-15
COLORADO SUPERLATIVES UNDER MIKE MaCINTYRE
The home (listed first) and road/neutral bests in the Mike MacIntyre Era at Colorado (2013):
MOST FIRST DOWNS MOST TOTAL OFFENSE FEWEST FIRST DOWNS ALLOWED LEAST TOTAL OFFENSE ALLOWED 23 Central Arkansas Sept. 7, 2013 425 Central Arkansas Sept. 7, 2013 11 Charleston So. Oct. 19, 2013 196 Charleston So. Oct. 19, 2013 26 at UCLA Nov. 2, 2013 509 Colo. St. (Denver) Sept. 1, 2013 16 Colo. St. (Denver) Sept. 1, 2013 295 Colo. St. (Denver) Sept. 1, 2013
MOST RUSHING YARDS MOST POINTS FEWEST RUSHING YARDS ALLOWED FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED 218 Charleston So. Oct. 19, 2013 43 Charleston So. Oct. 19, 2013 60 Central Arkansas Sept. 7, 2013 10 Charleston So. Oct. 19, 2013 154 at Oregon State Sept. 28, 2013 41 Colo. St. (Denver) Sept. 1, 2013 94 Colo. St. (Denver) Sept. 1, 2013 27 Colo. St. (Denver) Sept. 1, 2013
MOST PASSING YARDS MOST TIME OF POSSESSION FEWEST PASSING YARDS ALLOWED HIGHEST PUNTING AVERAGE (3+) 341 Central Arkansas Sept. 7, 2013 30:31 Arizona Oct. 26, 2013 48 Charleston So. Oct. 19, 2013 46.7 Central Arkansas Sept. 7, 2013 400 Colo. St. (Denver) Sept. 1, 2013 35:59 at UCLA Nov. 2, 2013 201 Colo. St. (Denver) Sept. 1, 2013 45.0 at Washington Nov. 9, 2013
MOST OFFENSIVE PLAYS LONGEST SCORING DRIVE (TD; Yards) FEWEST OFFENSIVE PLAYS ALLOWED MOST TURNOVERS FORCED 75 Arizona Oct. 26, 2013 82 Charleston So. Oct. 19, 2013 59 Charleston So. Oct. 19, 2013 4 Central Arkansas Sept. 7, 2013 83 Colo. St. (Denver) Sept. 1, 2013 89 at Arizona State Oct. 12, 2013 57 at UCLA Nov. 2, 2013 2 on two occasions
MIKE MacINTYRE VERSUS THE NATION
School W L Pts Opp School W L Pts Opp School W L Pts Opp Alabama...... 0 1 3 48 Idaho ...... 1 2 94 71 Stanford ...... 0 2 20 77 Arizona ...... 0 1 20 44 Louisiana Tech ...... 1 2 118 126 Texas-San Antonio ... 1 0 52 24 Arizona State ...... 0 1 0 1 Navy ...... 2 0 39 24 Texas State ...... 1 0 31 20 Boise State ...... 0 1 0 48 Nevada ...... 0 2 27 52 UC-Davis ...... 1 1 58 27 Brigham Young ...... 1 1 36 43 New Mexico State .... 2 1 108 60 UCLA ...... 0 2 40 72 California ...... 0 0 0 0 Ohio State ...... 0 0 0 0 Utah ...... 0 1 3 56 Central Arkansas ...... 1 0 38 24 Oregon ...... 0 1 16 57 Utah State ...... 0 3 94 121 Charleston Southern . 1 0 43 10 Oregon State ...... 0 1 17 44 Washington ...... 0 1 7 59 Colorado State ...... 3 0 119 78 San Diego State ...... 1 0 38 34 Wisconsin ...... 0 1 14 27 Fresno State ...... 1 1 45 57 Southern California .. 0 0 0 0 Totals ...... 19 27 1144 1436 Hawai’i ...... 1 1 35 68 Southern Utah ...... 1 0 16 11
MIKE MacINTYRE TEAMS / SITUATIONAL
Category W L Category W L Category W L Category W L Overall ...... 19 26 Ranked Teams (AP) ...... 0 9 Overtime ...... 0 1 Sunday...... 1 0 Home ...... 11 10 Top 5 (0-0 vs. No. 1) ...... 0 3 1 OT ...... 0 1 Monday ...... 0 0 Road ...... 7 17 Top 10 ...... 0 4 2 OT ...... 0 0 Tuesday ...... 0 0 Neutral ...... 1 0 Unranked Teams ...... 19 18 3 OT ...... 0 0 Wednesday ...... 0 0 Bowl Games ...... 0 0 As A Ranked Team ...... 0 0 August ...... 0 1 Thursday ...... 0 0 Day Games ...... 11 12 Pac-12 Conference Games ..... 0 6 September ...... 8 7 Friday ...... 1 1 Night Games ...... 8 15 Home ...... 0 2 October ...... 5 11 Saturday ...... 17 26 Shutouts ...... 1 1 Road ...... 0 4 November ...... 6 7 Eastern Time Zone ...... 1 0 Scoring 50+ Points ...... 2 2 Non-Conference ...... 3 0 December ...... 0 1 Central Time Zone ...... 1 3 Scoring 20+ Points ...... 18 10 7-Point Games Or Closer ...... 7 9 January ...... 0 0 Mountain Time Zone ...... 6 8 Scoring <20 Points ...... 2 17 Pacific Time Zone ...... 11 14 Allowing <20 Points ...... 7 2 Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone ..... 0 1
POINT DIFFERENTIAL AT COLORADO Margin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 41 52 Total Won 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 — 3 Lost 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 — 6 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Head Coach Mike MacIntyre Page 20
WHAT THEY’VE SAID ABOUT MIKE MacINTYRE
ELI MANNING, New York Giants Quarterback the program. I can’t say [anything] but nice things and great things about Coach MacIntyre recruited Manning to Mississippi while on the Rebels’ staff. Mac because I played under him and he benefitted me. Coach Mac is a great guy and he is going to get that program on the right track.” “As good a coach as Mike MacIntyre is, he is an even better person. He recruited me to Ole Miss with a little help from my mother and father, and I was fortunate enough MARV SUNDERLAND, Tennessee Titans Scout to work with him on both sides of the ball. He coached our wide receivers my MacIntyre worked Sunderland when both were with the New York Jets freshman year, so I worked closely with him on our passing game, and then for the next two years I got to throw against his secondary every day in practice when he “He’s highly organized, a very good teacher, and a disciplinarian, but not in a nasty coached the defensive backs, which was invaluable in my preparation. He’s a great way, he commands it through respect. He’s a very people-oriented type of person coach and a great recruiter, and he will not be outworked. I wish Mike all the best at who will be a great recruiter for the University of Colorado. This man is a class guy.”
CU.” DAVID CUTCLIFFE, Duke Head Football Coach PATRICK WILLIS, San Francisco 49ers Linebacker MacIntyre worked for Cutcliffe at both Mississippi and Duke.
MacIntyre recruited Willis to Mississippi while on the Rebels’ staff. “Congratulations to Coach MacIntyre and his family – the University of Colorado has
“Coach MacIntyre is a great guy, a guy who knows how to recruit. A guy who knows hired an excellent coach and an even finer man. Obviously our history together how to get guys to play, get guys on one accord. He proved that at San Jose State this runs deep, and I couldn’t be happier for him, Trisha and their children. Plain and year, leading them to a great season. I’m really happy for him and I wish him the simple, Coach MacIntyre knows how to coach the game of football. It’s in his blood. best of luck at Colorado.” He understands the importance of the well-rounded student-athlete as well as the football program’s place in the community. His success in three years at San Jose DUKE IHENACHO, Denver Broncos State is well-documented and his work as an assistant coach on both the collegiate MacIntyre coached Ihenacho at San Jose State and professional levels speaks for itself. But on top of all of his coaching excellence
“That’s my guy, Coach Mac. CU has a good coach. They have a very passionate – and there is a great deal of that – Coach MacIntyre is a tremendous person.” coach obviously. I think they got somebody that cares for the players and cares about
THE CLASS OF ‘13
For the 2013 season, 31 programs including Colorado hired new head coaches, 14 of whom (denoted by an *) are first-time head coaches on the collegiate level. Here’s a look at what coaches make up the “class of 2013” and their records through games of November 9:
Coach, School W L Pct. Coach, School W L Pct. *Rod Carey, Northern Illinois ...... 9 0 1.000 Bret Bielema, Arkansas ...... 3 7 .300 Gus Malzahn, Auburn ...... 9 1 .900 *Brian Polian, Nevada ...... 3 7 .300 *Mark Helfrich, Oregon ...... 8 1 .889 Willie Taggart, South Florida ...... 2 6 .250 Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati ...... 7 2 .778 *Mark Stoops, Kentucky ...... 2 7 .222 Gary Anderson, Wisconsin ...... 7 2 .778 *Paul Haynes, Kent State ...... 2 8 .200 *Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech ...... 7 3 .700 *Sean Kugler, Texas-El Paso ...... 1 8 .111 *Matt Wells, Utah State ...... 6 4 .600 Darrell Hazell, Purdue ...... 1 8 .111 Bobby Petrino, Western Kentucky ...... 6 4 .600 Ron Turner, Florida International ...... 1 8 .111 Steve Addazio, Boston College ...... 5 4 .556 *Matt Rhule, Temple ...... 1 8 .111 *Bryan Harsin, Arkansas State ...... 5 4 .556 *Paul Petrino, Idaho ...... 1 9 .100 Rob Caragher, San Jose State ...... 5 4 .556 Doug Martin, New Mexico State ...... 1 9 .100 *Scott Shafer, Syracuse ...... 5 4 .556 Sonny Dykes, California ...... 1 9 .100 Skip Holtz, Louisiana Tech ...... 4 5 .444 *P.J. Fleck, Western Michigan ...... 1 9 .100 Butch Jones, Tennessee ...... 4 6 .400 *Todd Monken, Southern Miss ...... 0 9 .000 Mike MacIntyre, Colorado ...... 3 6 .333 Trent Miles, Georgia State ...... 0 9 .000 Dave Doeren, N.C. State ...... 3 6 .333
COACHES ON GAME DAY
The coaching staff, as always, is split between the sidelines and the press box. Head coach Mike MacIntyre wears a headset on the sideline; other full-time assistants on the sideline are special teams coordinator Toby Neinas, offensive line coach Gary Bernardi, safeties coach Charles Clark, defensive line coach Jim Jeffcoat and receivers coach Troy Walters. Defensive coordinator Kent Baer, offensive coordinator Brian Lindgren, running backs/tight ends coach Klayton Adams and cornerbacks coach Andy LaRussa are in the press box. Also upstairs will be the quality control coaches, Omar Young and Joe Bleymaier, and signaling in plays when not brought in by substituting players are graduate assistants T.C. McCartney (offense) and Nate Taye (defense).
A FIRST SINCE 1979
Colorado has had six head coach changes dating back to when Bill McCartney was named head coach in 1982. He retained Buck Nystrom as offensive line coach (and kept Mike McNeely as an assistant linebacker coach, though he had worked in administration and recruiting). In the next four coaching changes, all kept at least one assistant on staff: Rick Neuheisel (Brian Cabral, Jon Embree, Ben Gregory, Chuck Heater, Terry Lewis), Gary Barnett (Cabral, Embree, Tom Cable), Dan Hawkins (Cabral, Darian Hagan), and Jon Embree (Cabral). Mike MacIntyre interviewed several of the assistants, but in the end brought in all new full-time assistant coaches. The last time that occurred was in 1979, when Chuck Fairbanks took over for Bill Mallory. Of the 31 schools that hired new head coaches for the 2013 season, 11 completely turned over the entire coaching staff: Auburn, California, Cincinnati, Colorado, Florida International, Georgia State, Kentucky, Purdue, South Florida, Tennessee and Western Kentucky. Six others retained one coach (Arkansas, Boston College, Idaho, North Carolina State, Southern Miss, Western Michigan), while the other 14 kept two more former assistants on staff.
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INAUGURATIONS
Mike MacIntyre was named the 25th head coach in Colorado history last December 10, the 15th dating back to 1935; he became just the second coach in that group to win his CU opener in the last 81 years with the 41-27 win over Colorado State. The only other coach to do so since Herbert Hoover was U.S. President was Rick Neuheisel, who saw his team defeat Wisconsin in Madison, 43-7, in 1995. Both teams have scored 10 or more points in a new CU chief’s debut only nine times, all since 1959. Overall, Colorado coaches are 10-14-1 in their debut games at the reins of the Buffaloes; here’s a closer look (number in parenthesis indicates how many games that coach won in a row to begin career):
1894 Harry Heller EAST DENVER H.S. W 46- 0 (7) 1948 Dallas Ward NEW MEXICO L 6- 9 1895 Fred Folsom DENVER MANUAL H.S. W 36- 0 (3) 1959 Sonny Grandelius WASHINGTON L 12-21 1900 T,W, Mortimer at Denver Manual H.S. W 29- 0 (5) 1962 Bud Davis at Utah L 21-37 1903 Dave Cropp at State Prep School W 40- 0 (3) 1963 Eddie Crowder SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA L 0-14 1905 Willis Kleinholtz at North Denver H.S. W 28- 0 (6) 1974 Bill Mallory at Louisiana State L 14-42 1906 Frank Castleman STATE PREP SCHOOL W 22- 0 (1) 1979 Chuck Fairbanks OREGON L 19-33 1916 Bob Evans ALUMNI T 0- 0 1982 Bill McCartney CALIFORNIA L 17-31 1918 Joe Mills NORTHERN COLORADO L 0- 9 1995 Rick Neuheisel at Wisconsin W 43- 7 (5) 1920 Myron Witham at Denver W 31- 0 (2) 1999 Gary Barnett Colorado State (Denver) L 14-41 1932 William Saunders at Colorado Mines W 31- 0 (2) 2006 Dan Hawkins MONTANA STATE L 10-19 1935 Bunnie Oakes at Oklahoma L 0- 3 2011 Jon Embree at Hawai’i L 17-34 1940 Frank Potts at Texas L 7-39 2013 Mike MacIntyre Colorado State (Denver) W 41-27 (2) 1941 Jim Yeager TEXAS L 6-34
COACH AT COLORADO … LAND A MEDIA GIG POST-CAREER
With former CU head coach Bill McCartney (1982-94) set to host his own radio show on Fridays (debuts Aug. 31, 4-6 p.m., 102.3 FM in Denver), the last four CU head coaches all have media gigs. Rick Neuheisel (1995-98) is a studio host on the Pac-12 Network; Gary Barnett (1999-2005) is an analyst on Sports USA Radio with some other independent appearances; and Dan Hawkins (2006-10) is an analyst for ESPN and co-hosts a national radio show on SiriusXM with Jack Arute.
JEFFCOAT’S PEDIGREE: RUSHING AND GETTING TO THE QB
Defensive line coach Jim Jeffcoat recorded 102.5 quarterback sacks in his 15-year career in the National Football League (with Dallas and Buffalo), a number that still ranks 26th all-time in the NFL, which was 10th at the time he retired (though he might enjoy talking about his two career interceptions which he returned 65 and 26 yards, respectively, and both for touchdowns).
CU’S BAER IN THE ORIENT
Kent Baer, CU’s new defensive coordinator in 2013, used his involvement with the military in the 1970s to create an all-star game in 1989 in Japan that has lasted 25 years; it draws 20-30,000 fans annually. Baer served as the director of athletics and recreation for the commander of United States Naval Forces in Japan along with serving as the head coach for the Yokosuka Seahawks from 1973-1976 (a member of a service league featuring military bases). With this background, Baer created the Heisei Bowl (now the New Era Bowl) as the annual all-star game played annually on the first Saturday of July. Baer coordinates the selection of two American coaches and a dozen U.S. players who are integrated to practice and then play with two Japanese All-Star teams.
In the late 1980s, Baer was brainstorming ways to improve Japanese coaching techniques when he hit on the idea of this cultural exchange. Coaches from all the Pac-10 (now Pac-12) staffs have joined Baer along with individuals from Michigan, Notre Dame and Army. Japanese interest in football has been whetted by various U.S. excursions to the Far East. The old Mirage Bowl in the 1980s featured two Pac-10 teams playing their last game of the regular season in Tokyo. After that, there was the Coca Cola Bowl, also part of the regular schedule. From 1976 to 1993, there was the Japan Bowl, a postseason all-star game of U.S. players. Before joining the Colorado staff this past winter, Baer continued to be involved with the armed services as he coached San Jose State to a 29- 20 win over Bowling Green in the Military Bowl.
TWO NEW TRADITIONS BEGUN IN 2013
New Colorado head coach Mike MacIntyre has installed a couple of new traditions that began in earnest prior to the Central Arkansas game: when the team takes the field, one player will carry a toolbox and another a sledgehammer (the players will vote on who gets the nod). MacIntyre did this at San Jose State with a sword (because they were the Spartans) and the sledgehammer. The toolbox is representative of the commitment the players have made to each other and the team as a whole; now, there aren’t actual tools in the box, rather it contains “commitment cards” where each player wrote down something of significance he will do in the game. So when they view the toolbox during the game, it will serve as a reminder of that commitment. The sledgehammer will go to the big hit of the previous game (the biggest or most important “legal” hit – the play cannot draw a penalty). The winners:
Opponent Toolbox Sledgehammer Opponent Toolbox Sledgehammer Colorado State (none—awards inaugurated on display) Arizona State none S Tedric Thompson Central Arkansas OT Stephane Nembot S Parker Orms Charleston Southern none ILB Brady Daigh Oregon State WR Keenan Canty OG Daniel Munyer Arizona none OLB Woodson Greer Oregon ILB Addison Gillam ILB Derrick Webb UCLA DT Nate Bonsu SS Parker Orms
BUFF ALUMNI IN THE FBS COACHING RANKS: Brad Bedell (’99), OL, Arkansas State; Cedric Cormier (’01), WR, UNLV; Rich Fisher (’92), WR, Nebraska; Chris Naeole (’96), Offensive Assistant, Hawaii; Rod Perry (’75), DB, Oregon State; Steve Stripling (’76), Assoc. HC/DL, Tennessee. IN THE FCS: Brian Cabral, AHC/DC (’78), Indiana State; Ty Gregorak (’99), DC/LB, Montana; Anthony Perkins (’11), DB, Indiana State. AND DOWN I-25 AT CSU-PUEBLO: Paul Creighton (’03), DL; Bernard Jackson (’06), WR; Donnell Leomiti (’95), DB; Chris Symington (’87), OL. 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Trends Page 22
TRENDS 1985-2013
Since 1985, when the Buffs returned to their traditional winning ways after six frustrating years, Colorado is 196-150-4; in these 350 games spanning the last 28-plus seasons, CU has posted the following records (including bowls):
with 400-plus yards total offense 113-25-2 when holding opponent under 300 yards total offense 92-20-1 with 500-plus yards total offense 55- 6-0 when leading at halftime 156-26-2 when converting 50 percent or better on 3rd down 77-11-1 when leading after three quarters (155-17-3 in last 175) 160-21-3 when punting three or fewer times 68-24-1 when scoring 24 or more points 161-31-2 with zero turnovers (143-55-2 with two or fewer) 37-16-2 when held to 13 points or less 3-55-0 when holding opponent to 17 points or less 113-19-1 when not committing a turnover or allowing a sack 14- 1-0 when holding opponent under 100 yards rushing 102-14-1 when holding edge in 1st downs & possession time 109-28-2
TRENDS II 1989-2013
Since 1989, when the Buffs became a regular in the national rankings for the next 16 seasons, Colorado has posted an overall record at 169-131-4. Here are some trends during this time frame (304 games over the last 24-plus seasons, including bowls):
when running more plays than the opponent 95-52-3 when rushing for 200-plus yards 84- 6-1 with 400-plus yards total offense (50-6 with 500-plus) 99-25-2 when rushing for 250-plus yards 56- 2-1 when scoring 30 or more points 111-12-1 when rushing for 300-plus yards 31- 0-1 when leading in possession time (56-83-1 when not) 113-48-3 when rushing and passing for at least 200 yards 37- 3-0 when making 20-plus first downs 107-45-1 when passing for 200-plus yards 92-64-2 when converting 50 percent or better on 3rd down 63- 9-1 when passing for 300-plus yards (11-1-1 400-plus) 28-19-1 when scoring first 105-36-1 when passing for more yards than rushing 86-109-2 with zero turnovers (126-79-2 with two or fewer) 31-16-2 when holding edge in 1st downs & possession time 91-28-2 when holding opponent to 17 points or less 88-13-1 when holding edge in field position 127-37-1 when holding opponent under 100 yards rushing 86-14-1 when not committing a turnover or allowing a sack 13- 1-0 when holding opponent under 300 yards total offense 70-15-1 when out-rushing the opponent 138-17-3 when average field position is CU 30+ (26-3 40+) 119-53-2 when owning the edge in return yards 120-48-2 when play selection is 50 percent rushing calls 137-44-2
TRENDS III MacINTYRE ERA (2013
Mike MacIntyre took over the Buffalo program this season, so the trend watch is wide open, but here’s a start in his one game as head coach (3-6 record):
Category Category when scoring 20 or more points (0-4 when not) 3- 2 when leading after three (1-6 trailing, 1-0 tied) 1- 0 when scoring 30 or more points 3- 0 when holding opponent under 100 yards rushing 2- 0 when scoring 40 or more points 2- 0 when holding opponent under 300 yards offense 2- 0 when scoring 50 or more points 0- 0 when rushing for 200-plus yards 1- 0 when holding opponent to 17 points or less 1- 0 when rushing for 250-plus yards (0-0 300-plus) 0- 0 in games decided by 7 points or less 0- 0 when rushing for more yards than passing 1- 2 with two or fewer turnovers (2-0 with zero) 2- 3 with a 100-yard rusher 1- 0 when turnover margin was plus or even 3- 2 when rushing and passing for at least 200 yards 0- 0 when scoring first (0-4 when not) 3- 2 when passing for 200-plus yards 2- 2 when leading at halftime 2- 0 with 400-plus yards total offense 3- 0 when trailing at halftime (1-0 when tied) 0- 6 with 500-plus yards total offense (0-0 with 600-plus) 1 -0
TURNOVERS ARE INDEED COSTLY
Most head coaches believe that when it comes to turnovers, they are one of the single most important factors in winning or losing ball games. Statistics back up the argument, as the below shows that it is definitely better to take than to give over the last 24-plus seasons. A closer look:
Turnovers Turnovers Scoring Off Turnovers Committed Forced +/- PF PA +/- 169 WINS 277 418 + 141 1,375 586 +789 MacINTYRE ERA (3 WINS) 4 8 + 4 35 21 + 14 131 LOSSES (& 4 TIES) 324 207 - 117 476 1115 -639 MacINTYRE ERA (6 LOSSES) 14 7 - 7 9 68 - 59 25-SEASON TOTALS (304 Games) 601 625 + 24 1,851 1,701 +150 MacINTYRE ERA (9 GAMES) 18 15 - 3 44 89 - 45
BYE … IDLE … OFF
Whatever your pleasure in calling a week off after the season has begun, Colorado is 21-17 since 1985 right around the time bye weeks started to come into vogue (the only other season that featured an open weekend between 1967 and 1985 was in 1979). Only seven non-conference games had a break prior; CU has won all five home non-league games after bye in this time frame: Stanford (1990), Wisconsin (1994), Wyoming (1997), WVU (2008) and Georgia (2010); the two losses both came on the road, at Miami-Fla. (2005) and at West Virginia (2009). CU lost to UCLA after its first Pac-12 league schedule bye in 2011 and to Oregon State this year. 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / General Page 23
SCORING STREAKS
The Buffs scored in a school record 242 consecutive games until Missouri ended the streak on October 25, 2008; it was first shutout loss since November 12, 1988 by Nebraska in Lincoln (7-0). The Buffs had scored in 94 consecutive road games (123 including neutral sites) as well as in 153 straight league games, all 103 in Big 12 play, including the four title games, and their final 50 in Big Eight competition, dating back to the ’88 shutout at Nebraska. CU had scored in 150 straight games at home until Stanford shut out the Buffs, 48-0 on Nov. 3, 2012; the previous last shutout was a 28-0 loss to Oklahoma on Nov. 15, 1986. CU has been shutout just 10 times in its last 536 games (dating to October 5, 1968), but only six schools have administered them: Oklahoma (three times), Missouri (twice, the last two), Nebraska (twice), Louisiana State, Michigan and Stanford. Now one streak remains: CU has scored in 146 straight games against non-conference opponents (last shutout: a 44-0 loss at home to LSU on September 15, 1979). The home shutout losses to Stanford (’12), Oklahoma in ’86 and LSU in ’79 are the only three times CU has not scored at Folsom Field over the course of the last 294 games (all the way back to 1963).
TWO-MINUTE WARNING
Colorado has scored 143 times in 233 tries, including 25 game winning or tying scores, when the offense has gone into the “two-minute offense” drill since 1988; that’s 61 percent of the time. That includes 2-of-2 this year (field goal vs. CSU, TD at Oregon State) and 3-of-7 in 2012 (the highlight being the winning TD drive at Washington State). CU was 3-of-8 in 2011: field goals versus Cal (end of regulation) and Washington State (first half); and a first half TD vs. CSU and were 2-of-9 in the drill in 2010 (scoring first half TDs at Kansas and versus Kansas State). 2009 was a good year for the drill (9-of-14) which included the game winning score against Texas A&M (Cody Hawkins was 5-of-7, Tyler Hansen 4-of-7 leading the drill). In 2008, CU was 5-of-10, highlighted by scoring a TD with urgency to tie the game with Eastern Washington scoring twice in the last 9:14 to rally and defeat Iowa State. CU was 9-of-12 in 2007, utilizing the drill to score field goals at the end of each half against CSU, a fourth quarter TD against Florida State (and nearly a second one), once for six before the half versus Miami, for the game winning field goal, though a bit less rushed, against Oklahoma, and twice in the final stages at Iowa State (scoring a TD a nearly the tying field goal), a first half TD against Nebraska and two TDs against Alabama in the Independence Bowl (one in each half); the Buffs were 2-of-6 in 2006. One of the most prolific years in the drill was 1994, when CU was 7-of-8; that included two scores in the final two minutes at Michigan, including that certain play of the decade. Between 1988 and 1994, Colorado was an amazing 61-of-81 in the two-minute offense, with 44 touchdowns. The chart showing CU’s scores:
2-Min. Offense/Scores 1988-1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Totals Total…………………… 40-50 6-12 8-11 7- 8 5- 8 4- 6 6-11 3- 5 6-13 6-10 5- 9 1- 4 5- 8 4- 5 4- 9 2- 6 9-12 5-10 9-14 2-9 3-8 3-7 2-2 145-236 First Half……………… 26-29 4- 9 6- 7 4- 4 4- 6 4- 6 1- 3 2- 3 5- 8 4- 5 4- 7 1- 2 2- 4 2- 2 3- 5 2- 4 4- 5 1-2 2-4 2-5 2-5 2-4 1-1 88-129 TDs/FGs…………… 16/10 2/2 5/1 3/1 3/1 3/1 0/1 0/2 2/3 2/2 4/0 1/0 2/0 1/1 3/0 0/2 3/1 0/1 1/1 2/0 1/1 2/0 0/1 56/32 Second Half…………. 14-21 2- 3 2- 4 3- 4 1- 2 0- 0 5- 8 1- 2 1- 5 2- 5 1- 2 0- 2 3- 4 2- 3 1- 3 0- 2 5- 7 4-8 7-10 0-4 1-3 1-3 1-1 57-107 TDs/FGs…………… 13/1 1/1 2/0 2/1 1/0 0/0 5/0 0/1 1/0 1/1 1/0 0/0 2/1 2/0 0/1 0/0 4/2 4/0 7/0 0/0 0/1 1/0 1/0 47/10 Winning/Tying Scores 6 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 25
SAFELY AHEAD
The Buffs have been a virtual lock to win once they have a lead of two or more scores (nine-plus points) over the past 37-plus seasons. Since the 1976 opener, CU has protected a two-score lead 224 of 250 times, losing 23 and tying three when it blew the lead; a closer look (*—Disneyland Pigskin Classic at Anaheim):
Date Opponent CU Lead (when) Result Date Opponent CU Lead (when) Result 09/08/12 SACRAMENTO STATE 14 (14-0; 1st Quarter) L, 28-30 11/01/03 at Texas Tech 14 (14- 0; 1st Quarter) L, 21-26 09/01/12 Colorado State (Den) 11 (14-3; 2nd Quarter) L, 17-22 10/04/03 at Baylor 9 (23-14, 3rd Quarter) L, 30-42 10/01/10 WASHINGTON STATE 10 (27-17; 4th Quarter) L, 27-31 11/11/00 Iowa State 11 (20- 9; 2nd Quarter) L, 27-35 11/06/10 at Kansas 28 (45-17; 4th Quarter) L, 45-52 09/02/00 Colorado State (Den) 10 (24-14; 3rd Quarter) L, 24-28 10/23/10 TEXAS TECH 10 (24-14; end 3rd Qtr) L, 24-27 10/23/93 at Kansas State 9 ( 9- 0; 2nd Quarter) T, 16-16 11/19/09 at Oklahoma State 11 (21-10; 3rd Quarter) L, 28-31 09/18/93 at Stanford 10 (37-27; 4th Quarter) L, 37-41 10/10/09 at Texas 11 (14-3; 2nd Quarter) L, 14-38 09/15/90 at Illinois 14 (17- 3; 2nd Quarter) L, 22-23 11/28/08 at Nebraska 14 (14-0; 1st Quarter) L, 31-40 08/26/90 *Tennessee 14 (31-17; 4th Quarter) T, 31-31 11/10/07 at Iowa State 21 (21- 0; 3rd Quarter) L, 28-31 09/27/86 ARIZONA 9 (21-12; 4th Quarter) L, 21-24 09/08/07 at Arizona State 14 (14- 0; 2nd Quarter) L, 14-33 11/03/84 KANSAS 11 (27-16; 4th Quarter) L, 27-28 10/28/06 at Kansas 9 ( 9- 0; 3rd Quarter) L, 15-20 10/16/82 at Oklahoma State 13 (13- 0; 1st Quarter) T, 25-25 09/23/06 at Georgia 13 (13- 0; 4th Quarter) L, 13-14 09/19/81 WASHINGTON STATE 10 (10- 0; 4th Quarter) L, 10-14 10/23/04 at Texas A&M 12 (19- 7; 3rd Quarter) L, 26-29 OT 10/10/79 OKLAHOMA STATE 20 (20- 0; 4th Quarter) L, 20-21
Colorado has lost only 28 games (and was tied twice) dating back to 1980 when leading by any margin at any point in the fourth quarter or overtime. The most recent losses were three in 2012 to Utah (leading 28-20 after three), Sacramento State (led 28-24 entering the quarter and lost on a field goal at the gun) and to CSU (led 17-16 with 13:27 remaining); and two in 2011 to Washington State (led 27-17 early in the fourth) and California (led 27-23 early in fourth). The ties came against Tennessee in 1990 (31-31, after leading 31-17) and Kansas State in 1993 (16-16 after taking a late 16-13 lead). Colorado has won 108 of its last 126 games in which it at any point has held a two-score lead. A 2003 loss to Baylor snapped a 26-game winning streak in such situations on the road, and an overall streak of 49 consecutive wins from 1993 to 1999 was snapped by CSU in 2000. In this same span, Colorado has rallied to win 37 games and tie two others dating back to 1981 after once trailing at some point in the fourth quarter (not including coming from 27-3 down against Nebraska in 1999 before losing in OT). The most recent are the first two games of the ’13 season (CSU led briefly 26-24 late in the third quarter and into the fourth; UCA led 24-17, also early in the fourth); the two previous to those came by the same score: this year at Washington State (won 35-34 after trailing 31-14 with 8:07 left) and in 2009 against Texas A&M (won 35-34 after trailing 31-21 with 11:01 remaining). Two big ones occurred in 2007: CU rallied from 28-17 down in the third and 28-25 in the fourth to defeat CSU 31-28 in overtime) and Oklahoma (down 24-7 late in the third, eventually tying the fourth largest comeback in school history in winning 27-24). 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Games & Starts Page 24
CAREER GAMES PLAYED/STARTED CHART
Listed below are the career games played/started, including bowls, for the players on the 2013 Colorado Buffaloes. The players on the 2013 opening roster collectively had played in 896 games, with 268 starts. The 2012 team was easily CU’s youngest/most inexperienced team in quite some time with just 674 games played/223 started; other recent years: 890/303 (2011), 877/313 (2010), 847/236 (2009), 817/277 (2008), 853/251 (2007), 1,053/295 (2006) and 1,080/314 (2005). The list through eight games in 2013:
Player G GS Player G GS Player G GS Player G GS Player G GS ABRON 21 2 DORMAN 0 0 HUNTER 10 0 NEMBOT 21 16 TU’UMALO 25 0 ADKINS 6 1 DUNSTON 0 0 IRWIN, J. 10 0 NICHOLS 2 0 TUPOU 19 16 ALLEN 0 0 EATON 0 0 IRWIN, S. 9 0 NORGARD 1 0 TURBOW 6 0 ARCHULETA 17 0 FERNANDEZ 35 7 IVERSON 46 0 O’NEILL 34 — TUSO 2 0 ARVIA 0 0 FORD 20 0 JONES, C. 6 0 OLIVER 32 — UZO-DIRIBE 46 26 AWUZIE 9 5 FRAZIER 0 0 JONES, T. 33 4 OLUGBODE 9 0 VIGO 30 6 BELL 33 11 GEHRKE 0 0 KAFOVALU 14 4 ORBAN 0 0 WALKER 9 1 BOBO 0 0 GILBERT 9 1 KELLEY 9 0 ORMS 26 25 WEBB, D. 46 24 BONSU 37 10 GILLAM 9 9 KLUCKMAN 0 0 PARKER 30 9 WEBB, J. 10 9 BRISCO 0 0 GOODSON 21 4 KOUGH 0 0 POSTON 20 3 WEST 0 0 CANTY 31 2 GRAHAM, C. 0 0 KRONSHAGE 0 0 POWELL 19 18 WILLIAMS 23 0 CARVER 0 0 GRAHAM, G. 0 0 LaMAR 0 0 REED 0 0 WILSON, D. 8 0 CASTOR 19 — GREER 22 5 LINDSAY 0 0 RICHARDSON 30 22 WILSON, J. 0 0 CENTER 0 0 GREGORY 0 0 LIUFAU 5 4 ROSS 8 0 WOOD, A. 20 4 CHRISTENSEN 8 0 HALL 18 1 McCARTNEY 0 0 SEVERSON 8 0 WOOD, C. 14 6 COLEMAN 0 0 HANDLER 27 24 McCULLOCH 34 12 SHAW 0 0 WOODARD 0 0 COTNER 13 1 HARRIS 22 22 McLAUGHLIN 0 0 SLAVIN 28 11 WRIGHT 8 6 CRABB 22 9 HARRISON 0 0 MOELLER 0 0 SMITH, T. 31 19 WYMAN 0 0 CRAWLEY 19 17 HENDERSON 32 30 MOSLEY 20 7 SOLIS 16 5 YATES 19 0 CREER 11 0 HENINGTON 20 2 MOTEN 18 1 SPRUCE 20 18 TEAM 1405 466 CROWDER 0 0 HILL 0 0 MUNYER 28 24 SUTTON 0 0 2012 Final 1365 487 DAIGH 31 1 HISS 0 0 MURPHY 9 1 THOMAS 0 0 DARBY 0 0 HUCKINS 0 0 MUSTOE 13 0 THOMPSON 9 1
LAST TRUE FRESHMEN TO START: TB Michael Adkins II, CB Chidobe Awuzie, DE Jimmie Gilbert, ILB Addison Gillam, QB Sefo Liufau, S Tedric Thompson, CB John Walker (2013); TB Donta Abron, CB Kenneth Crawley, DT Tyler Henington, TE Vincent Hobbs, DL Samson Kafovalu, S Marques Mosley, TB Christian Powell, DT Justin Solis, WR Gerald Thomas, DT Josh Tupou, CB Yuri Wright (2012); DB D.D. Goodson, CB Greg Henderson, OL Alex Lewis, WR Tyler McCulloch, OLB Juda Parker; S Kyle Washington (2011), SS Jered Bell, WR Paul Richardson, SS Terrel Smith, DE Chidera Uzo-Diribe (2010). LAST TRUE FRESHMEN TO START AT QUARTERBACK: Sefo Liufau (2013), Tyler Hansen (2008), Craig Ochs (2000), Koy Detmer (1992). IN A SEASON OPENER: Has not occurred. LAST TRUE FRESHMEN TO START AT RUNNING BACK: Michael Adkins II (2013), Donta Abron, Christian Powell (2012); Darrell Scott (2008), Rodney Stewart (2008), Brian Lockridge (2007), Brian Calhoun (2002), Marcus Houston (2000). IN A SEASON OPENER: Kent Kahl (1991). LAST REDSHIRT FRESHMEN TO START: C Brad Cotner, WR Nelson Spruce (2012); QB Nick Hirschman, TB Tony Jones, CB Josh Moten, C Da niel Munyer, OT Stephan Nembot, TE Kyle Slavin (2011); OT David Bakhtiari, UB Scott Fernandez, ILB Liloa Nobriga, S Parker Orms, TE DaVaughn Thornton, CB Paul Vigo, ILB Derrick Webb, DE Forrest West (2010); WR Dustin Ebner, OT Bryce Givens, OT Will Pericak, FS Ray Polk, OLB Doug Rippy (2009); OT Matt Bahr, OG Blake Behrens, S Anthony Perkins (2008)). LAST PLAYERS TO START FOR THE FIRST TIME AS A SENIOR: OLB David Goldberg, WR Logan Gray, FB Evan Harrington, DT Conrad Obi, DE Tony Poremba, OG Sione Tau (2011); TE Luke Walters (2010); TB Kevin Moyd, OLB Bryan Stengel (2009); WR Steve Melton (2008), TE Joe Sanders (2007); Paul Creighton, TE Dan Goettsch, C Bryce MacMartin, TB Mell Holliday, WR Nick Holz (2006); WR Mike Duren, OG Terrance Barreau (2004).
STARTING STREAKS
Through nine games in 2013, OG Daniel Munyer has made the most consecutive starts on the team with 21; no one else is really close, as WR Nelson Spruce is next with 18, followed by OT Jack Harris (14), DE Chidera Uzo-Diribe (14) and OT Stephane Nembot (13).
ELEVEN MAKE FIRST CAREER STARTS TO DATE IN 2013
Through eight games in 2013, 10 players have made their first career starts in a Colorado uniform: OG Kaiwi Crabb, ILB Addison Gillam and OLB Woodson Greer started in the season opener against Colorado State; FB Jordan Murphy made his first start versus Central Arkansas; followed by CB Chidobe Awuzie and DE Jimmie Gilbert (at Oregon State), S Tedric Thompson (vs. Oregon), CB John Walker (at Arizona State) and CB Jeffrey Hall at UCLA. Against Charleston Southern, TB Michael Adkins and QB Sefo Liufau earned their first starts, marking the first time true freshmen made their first career starts at QB and TB in the same game. Gillam became just the 10th true freshman in CU history to have started from scrimmage in the opening game of the season; here are those who were thrown into the fray from play one from scrimmage: TB Billy Waddy, 1973 (at Louisiana State); CB Victor Scott and OLB Scott Hardison, 1980 (at UCLA); HB Eric Bieniemy, 1987 (vs. Oregon); OG Clint Moore, 1991 (vs. Wyoming); ILB Jordon Dizon, 2004 (vs. Colorado State); CB Greg Henderson, 2011 (vs. Hawai’i); CB Kenneth Crawley and WR Gerald Thomas, 2012 (vs. Colorado State); and ILB Addison Gillam, 2013 (vs. Colorado State); add an 11th for the first play of the game/season on special teams (kickoff coverage team): PK Kevin Eberhart (2003, kicked off vs. Colorado State in Denver). ANNUAL FIRST-TIME STARTERS: 1984 (29), 1985 (9), 1986 (15), 1987 (14), 1988 (16), 1989 (7), 1990 (16), 1991 (23), 1992 (15), 1993 (7), 1994 (6), 1995 (11), 1996 (8), 1997 (14), 1998 (27), 1999 (14), 2000 (16), 2001 (12), 2002 (16), 2003 (20), 2004 (12), 2005 (11), 2006 (24), 2007 (18), 2008 (15), 2009 (18), 2010 (21), 2011 (21), 2012 (21), 2013 (6).
17 HAVE SEEN FIRST CU ACTION IN 2013
A total of 17 players have tasted their first action in a CU uniform this season, including 11 against CSU in the opener; a few more are likely to do so in the coming weeks. Here’s the breakdown by class of those players who have seen their first CU action in 2013 (*—mainly special teams duty):
TRUE FRESHMEN (9): TB Michael Adkins II, CB Chidobe Awuzie, DE Jimmie Gilbert, ILB Addison Gillam, QB Sefo Liufau, ILB *Kenneth Olugbode, WR Devin Ross, ILB *Ryan Severson, S Tedric Thompson. REDSHIRT FRESHMEN (4): TE Sean Irwin, OG Alex Kelley, ILB *Clay Norgard, DL De’Jon Wilson. SOPHOMORES (1): FB Jordan Murphy. JUNIORS (2): WR Wesley Christensen, DE Andre Nichols. SENIORS (1): WR Alex Turbow.
Recent counts seeing their first action at Colorado: 26 (2012), 33 (2011), 26 (2010), 22 (2009), 30 (2008), 28 (2007), 19 (2006), 16 (2005), 24 (2004 and 2003).
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2013 PARTICIPATION CHART
The participation chart for the 2013 Colorado Buffaloes; KEY: S—started; —played; DNP—dressed, but did not play; INJ—injured/illness; SSP—suspended; (—)—denotes did not dress; *—saw first action as a Buffalo in 2013:
Player CSU UCA OSU UO ASU ChSo UA UCLA UW CAL USC UTA Player CSU UCA OSU UO ASU ChSo UA UCLA UW CAL USC UTA ABRON McCARTNEY DNP DNP — DNP — — — — — *ADKINS DNP DNP S INJ McCULLOCH ALLEN — — — — — DNP DNP DNP DNP McLAUGHLIN — — — — — — — — — ARCHULETA DNP MOELLER — — — — — — — — — ARVIA — — DNP DNP — — DNP — — MOSLEY DNP *AWUZIE S S S S S MUNYER S S S S S S S S S BELL S S S S S S S S *MURPHY S BOBO — — — — — — DNP — — MUSTOE INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ BONSU S S S S S NEMBOT S S S S S S S S S BRISCO — DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP NICHOLS DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP INJ CANTY DNP *NORGARD DNP — DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP — CARVER — — — — — — — — — O’NEILL CENTER — — — — — — — — — OLIVER *CHRISTENSEN DNP *OLUGBODE COTNER DNP DNP INJ DNP ORBAN — — — — — — — — — CRABB S S S S S S S S S ORMS S S S S S S S S S CRAWLEY S S S S S S INJ S PARKER S S S S S S S S CREER DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP POSTON DNP DNP CROWDER — — — — — — — — — POWELL S S S S S S S S S DAIGH REED DNP — — — — — — — — DARBY — — — — — — — — — RICHARDSON S S S S S S S S S DORMAN DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP *ROSS DNP DUNSTON — — — — — — — — — *SEVERSON INJ EATON — — — — — — — — — SHAW — — — — — DNP — — — FERNANDEZ S S S S S S SLAVIN S S S S S S S FORD INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ SOLIS S S S S FRAZIER DNP DNP — — — — DNP — — SPRUCE S S S S S S S S S GEHRKE DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP SUTTON — — — — — — — — — *GILBERT S THOMAS SSP DNP — — — — — — — *GILLAM S S S S S S S S S *THOMPSON S GOODSON S S TU’UMALO — GRAHAM, C. DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP TUPOU S S S S S S S S S GRAHAM, G. — — — — — — — — — TURBOW DNP DNP GREER III S S S S S INJ TUSO DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP GREGORY — — — — — — — — — UZO-DIRIBE S S S S S S S S S HALL S VIGO HANDLER S S S S S S S S S *WALKER S HARRIS S S S S S S S S S WEBB, D. S S S S S S S S HARRISON — — — — — — — — — WEBB, J. INJ INJ INJ — DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP HENDERSON S S S S S S S S S WEST — — — — — — — — — HENINGTON WILLIAMS DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP HISS DNP DNP — DNP — — — — — *WILSON, D. DNP HUCKINS DNP — — — — DNP DNP DNP DNP WILSON, J. DNP — — — — — — — — HUNTER DNP DNP DNP WOOD, A. S INJ INJ *IRWIN, S. WOOD, C. S S S S S DNP DNP IVERSON WOODARD — — — DNP — — — — — JONES, C. INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ WRIGHT DNP DNP — — — — — — — JONES, T. WYMAN — — — — — — — — — KAFOVALU SSP — — — — YATES II *KELLEY DRESSED 80 74 70 74 70 72 76 70 70 KOUGH DNP — — — — — — — — PLAYED 56 57 57 58 57 59 57 51 59
KRONSHAGE DNP — — — — — — — — Inactive For 2013: Castor, Coleman, Hill, J. Irwin, Moten, Papilion, Smith (all LaMAR DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP — — — — injured); Carr (transfer). Quit (did not dress): Ray. LINDSAY DNP — — — — — — — — * DNP DNP DNP DNP LIUFAU S S S S EXPERIENCE ANALYSIS
A look at annual fluctuations in the percentage of upperclassmen starting games over the last decade or so at Colorado; in 2012, the Buffaloes started its fewest seniors believed ever (17.8%) and a record number of freshmen (28.0%; 21.6% true frosh). A year-by-year glance at starts by class since 1999:
Season G SR JR SO FR (RS-True) UpperCl% Fr-Pct. Season G SR JR SO FR (RS-True) UpperCl% Fr-Pct. 1999 12 115 42 86 21 (20-1) 59.5 8.0 2007 13 89 106 38 53 (29-24) 68.2 18.5 2000 11 55 116 38 33 (15-18) 70.7 13.6 2008 12 106 54 63 41 (24-17) 60.6 15.5 2001 13 102 95 83 7 (0-7) 68.9 2.4 2009 12 57 90 89 28 (24-4) 55.7 10.6 2002 14 155 130 14 9 (0-9) 92.5 2.9 2010 12 82 111 37 34 (22-12) 73.1 12.9 2003 12 105 49 78 32 (14-18) 58.3 12.1 2011 13 141 55 57 33 (10-23) 68.5 11.5 2004 13 72 103 100 11 (0-11) 61.2 3.8 2012 12 47 84 59 74 (17-57) 49.6 28.0 2005 13 116 112 48 10 (4-6) 79.7 3.5 2013 9 56 72 49 22 (0-22) 64.6 11.1 2006 12 92 84 71 17 (11-6) 66.7 6.4
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HISTORICALLY
Colorado is in its second century of intercollegiate football, as the Buffaloes are in their 123rd season of competition having played 1,183 games with an all- time record of 678-469-36. CU currently stands 23rd on the all-time win list and is 33rd in all-time winning percentage (.589; those schools with at least 50 seasons in Division I-A). Only 12 Division I schools have played more seasons of intercollegiate football than Colorado; Washington is the only Pac-12 school that matches CU’s total of 123, with only USC (793) and Washington (684) having won more games with USC, Washington and Arizona State the Pac-12 schools owning higher winning percentages than the Buffs. In Boulder, the Buffs are 299-159-10 in 89-plus seasons on the “hilltop” (Folsom Field).
OVERTIME
Colorado is 5-5 all-time in overtime games; the Buffs became the 84th team in Division I-A to play an overtime game when it played its first ever extra session affair against Missouri in 1999. Here’s a chart summarizing the Buffs in overtime (*—denotes in Denver): ----Total Yards----- Date Opponent Score Regulation Coin Toss Choice Offense Defense Notes 10-09-99 MISSOURI W 46-39 39-39 Missouri Defense 25 13 Ends with Kelly INT 11-26-99 NEBRASKA L 30-33 27-27 Nebraska Defense 9 25 CU trailed 27-3 early in 4th 11-09-02 at Missouri W 42-35 35-35 Missouri Defense 25 18 Ends with Mossoni FR 12-28-02 Wisconsin L 28-31 28-28 Wisconsin Defense -2 5 Alamo Bowl 10-11-03 KANSAS W 50-47 44-44 Colorado Defense 25 7 Calhoun 3-25 rushing in OT 10-23-04 at Texas A & M L 26-29 26-26 Colorado Defense 14 33 First CU turnover in OT ends it 10-07-06 BAYLOR L 31-34 (3 OT) 17-17 Colorado Defense 42 72 Ends in 3OT on Baylor INT 9-01-07 *Colorado State W 31-28 28-28 Colorado Defense 7 16 Eberhart kicks GWFG after Wheatley INT 9-18-08 WEST VIRGINIA W 17-14 14-14 Colorado Defense 18 19 Goodman kicks GWFG after WVU miss 9-10-11 CALIFORNIA L 33-36 30-30 California Defense 20 45 CU drives to CA4 but drive stalled
COMEBACK BUFFS
Colorado has won only 25 games over the last six-plus seasons, but in 10 of COLORADO COMEBACKS those games, the Buffs rallied from 10 or more points down, including CU’s Trailed By Time, Qtr. Final Opponent (Date) first win in 2012. Andrew Furney opened the fourth quarter with a 45-yard 17 (14-31) 8:07, 4Q 35-34 at Washington State (Sept. 22, 2012) 11 ( 3-14) 3:47, 1Q 44-36 KANSAS STATE (Nov. 20, 2010) field goal to put Washington State ahead, 31-14. The teams traded scoreless 10 (14-24) 10:40, 3Q 29-27 GEORGIA (Oct. 2, 2010) possessions, and CU took over on its 8 with 8:07 left. The Buffs then 10 ( 0-10) 0:00, 2Q 31-13 HAWAI’I (Sept. 18, 2010) marched for the first of three straight TD drives to close the game, with QB 10 (21-31) 11:01, 4Q 35-34 TEXAS A&M (Nov. 7, 2009) Jordan Webb scoring on fourth down from four yards out with 0:09 11 (13-24) 9:14, 4Q 28-24 IOWA STATE (Nov. 8, 2008) 14 ( 7-21) 7:29, 2Q 31-24 EASTERN WASHINGTON (Sept. 6, 2008) remaining; PK Will Oliver added the game winning PAT. Three occurred in 11 (24-35) 0:23, 2Q 65-51 NEBRASKA (Nov. 23, 2007) 2010 and three back in 2007, with three in-between. Eight have taken place 17 ( 7-24) 12:23, 3Q 27-24 OKLAHOMA (Sept. 29, 2007) in Boulder, with the ninth (the first one) in Denver against Colorado State 11 (17-28) 10:05, 3Q 31-28 OT; Colorado State (Sept. 1, 2007) with the Washington State comeback the first on the road; it turned into the largest fourth quarter comeback on the road CU has ever had.
LITTLE KNOWN RARITY
In CU history, the Buffaloes have had a 100-yard rusher and receiver in the same game on 34 occasions (and are 26-8 in games when this occurs). The last time it happened was against Charleston Southern this year, when TB Michael Adkins rushed for 137 yards and WR Paul Richardson hauled in eight passes for 122 yards. It’s the third time CU’s done it as a member of the Pac-12: in 2012, TB Tony Jones rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown with WR Nelson Spruce snaring eight passes for 103 yard and TD at Washington State. Against Arizona in 2011, TB Rodney Stewart rushed for 181 yards and WR Toney Clemons had 115 receiving yards. In 2001, the first time the same player had 100 yards in both in the same game at Colorado occurred when TB Cortlen Johnson had 172 rushing and 105 receiving at Iowa State. A closer look at this unique list can be found on page 162 of the 2013 CU Information Guide & Record Book supplement.
FOLSOM FIELD CAPACITY SNAPSHOT
Folsom Field’s official capacity is 53,613, expanded last in 2003 when 1,903 club seats and 41 suites were added in the east side stadium expansion. Folsom is tied for the 18th oldest venue among the 120 NCAA Division I-A/FBS stadiums. It is the fourth oldest stadium in the Pac-12 Conference, as only Husky Stadium (Washington, 1920), Rose Bowl Stadium (UCLA, 1922) and Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USC, 1923) are older.
CU FOOTBALL STILL SECOND MOST POPULAR PER-GAME SELL IN STATE
The final home attendance figure for 2012 was 272,235, an average of 45,373 for six home games, marking the 18th straight season that Colorado football was the second largest draw per game in the state behind the NFL Denver Broncos (and the 36th time in the last 38 years). The fledgling Colorado Rockies took over the second spot the two years they played at old Mile High Stadium, averaging in the mid-to-upper 50s in 1993 and 1994. The Broncos wrestled the state’s top spot away from the Buffs permanently in 1975 after first doing so in 1969, with six years of see-sawing in-between (CU had been the state attendance leader since Folsom Field was built in 1924). CU continues to have the second largest public and overall season ticket base in the state (CU’s season ticket count in 2012 was 22,991 public and 32,382 overall when adding in student holders, as those tickets are purchased, just at a discounted rate).
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BUFFS AGAINST THE BEST
Here's a look at how CU has fared all-time against nationally ranked teams (Associated Press poll):
All-Time 1989-2013 Mike MacIntyre Games Record Record Record Coach With The Most Wins versus Top 5………… 12-52-2 8-20-1 0-1 5 / Bill McCartney versus Top 10……… 25-88-3 14-34-2 0-1 8 / Eddie Crowder & Bill McCartney versus Top 15……… 37-114-3 20-48-2 0-1 10 / Bill McCartney versus Top 25……… 69-150-3 43-71-2 0-2 20 / Bill McCartney
CU played 21 ranked non-conference opponents (including bowls) as a member of the Big 12, going 9-12, the most wins over non-Big 12 ranked foes in that period of the conference; Nebraska was next in both games (15) and wins (8), followed by Texas (13, 7). Now in the Pac-12, the Buffaloes are now among similar company when it comes to scheduling, as most Big 12 schools had a reputation for taking it easy in non-conference play (sans Oklahoma).
“OUTSIDE THE NINE DOTS”
Some out of the ordinary records by the Buffs in some unique situations:
Colorado is 92-77 in its last 169 games against teams who were not undefeated at the time of the game; Colorado is 79-34 against teams with three or more losses dating back to the 1985 season; Colorado is 72-40-1 in its last 113 games against schools that include the word “State” (dating to 1986); Colorado is 536-262-25 all-time in games played in the Mountain Time Zone (Colorado, Arizona, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming)
FOURTEEN TO THE HOUSE ON THE FIRST TRY WHEN IT COMES TO THEFTS & SCORES
CU players have a penchant to return their first career interceptions for touchdowns, as since 1992, 14 Buffaloes have scored after stealing their first college pass. The latest was in 2007, when redshirt frosh CB Jimmy Smith, as his 31-yard return of a Joe Ganz pass cut Nebraska’s lead over CU to 35-31 early in the second half and was the impetus to a 65-51 comeback win. The one previous was the most spectacular of the lot: ILB Marcus Burton returned a pick 99 yards at Oklahoma State in 2005, preserving CU’s shutout in the waning seconds of the game. Three did it in 2004: OLB Brian Iwuh did it off the bat when he made his first career pick and returned it 37 yards for what proved to be the winning touchdown against Colorado State in the season opener; a week later, he was injured early against Washington State, and his sub, Joe Sanders, plucked off a ball and raced 51 yards for six, snapping a 3-3 deadlock in the process. Against Texas, CB Terrence Wheatley plucked one off and race 37 yards for six with his first theft. Two did it in 2001: S Medford Moorer picked off his first career pass and returned it 64 yards for a touchdown against Texas in the Big 12 Championship game, while CB Donald Strickland returned his first career pick 31 yards for a touchdown just one minute into the CSU game. Frosh redshirt CB Phil Jackson did it in 2000, as he returned his first career INT 28 yards for a TD against Washington. SS Rashidi Barnes had his first one in CU’s win over CSU in 1997, returning it 26 yards for a score, rallying the Buffs into a 14-14 tie early in the second half. Barnes was the fourth Buff in a 14-game span to return a first career pick for a TD—Marcus Washington had a 95-yard theft for a score in the ’96 Cotton Bowl against Oregon; Vili Maumau had a 33-yard interception for six (and a Hula dance) at Colorado State in 1996; and Nick Ziegler stole one for a 31-yard score against Washington in the '96 Holiday Bowl. Ben Kelly didn't do with an interception, but he did take his first career punt return back for a TD (against Utah State). In 1992, Dwayne Davis returned one 31 yards for a TD in a 21-20 win at Minnesota to start this amazing run.
BUFFALO DINOSAURS
Through games of November 9, the longtime radio voice of the Buffs, Larry Zimmer, has called 469 CU games in his career, including the last 242 in a row (he’s only missed three bowl games, two due to contracts forbidding teams to originate broadcasts, and three regular season games due to travel conflicts); his 400th at CU was also the 1,000 of his professional career. At their current school, only Bob Robertson, Washington State (523) has called more games than Zim, who is fourth in years with the same school (40th) behind Robertson (47), Bill Hillgrove, Pitt (44) and Don Fischer, Indiana (41). In 2009, Zim was honored as the 15th recipient of the Chris Schenkel Award, which recognizes those who have enjoyed a long and distinguished career broadcasting college football at a single institution (he has called 546 college games in all, including 50 for Michigan and 34 for Colorado State). Other dinosaur: SID Dave Plati has worked 404 overall including the last 362 (dating to the ’83 finale). The late Fred Casotti, the school's longtime SID and associate AD between 1952-87, witnessed 477 CU football games in person prior to his passing in 2001; included within that was a string of 268 in a row at one time at Folsom Field. Senior associate AD Jon Burianek, who retired in June 2006, is next as he worked 432 CU football games, including a closing run of 415 in a row (229 of which were at home; he’d seen 453 all told at the time he left CU). The record by a coach is held by Brian Cabral, who, including his playing days (46 games), was a part of 340 CU games (the last 294 in a row); former facilities man John Krueger worked 325 in all (1980s to 2012). And the late F.M. "Dutch" Westerberg is the all-timer; the long-time season ticket holder saw every CU home game (394 of ‘em) from 1921 until 1999, when he passed away at the age of 94. STAT CREW: Jack Landon (son of one-time presidential candidate Alf Landon) is now in his 41st year as a member of the CU football stat crew; he joined the basketball crew in 1971 and then the football group two years later. Virginia did a survey on longest tenured state people, and Jack is 11th nationally.
NFL SCOUT WATCH
Colorado has 13 healthy seniors on its roster in 2013, and if history is any kind of indication, they’ll get plenty of looks from scouts all around the National Football League. Scouts/player personnel types pass through Boulder every season for a game and/or practice(s), with over three fourths of the league doing so in 2012. This year, 18 teams have had scouts witness the Buffs in person at games: Baltimore, Buffalo, Carolina, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Miami, Minnesota, New England, N.Y. Jets, N.Y. Giants, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Seattle and Tennessee (as well as British Columbia in the Canadian Football League). Not including camps, 641 scouts have attended Colorado games (home/road/neutral) dating back to 2000. 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / In-The-Pros Page 28
PLAYING ON SUNDAY: IN-THE-PROS
There are 12 former Colorado Buffaloes on National Football League rosters as of November 3; there were 14 on the rosters at the end of the 2012 season (15 at the end of 2011, 18 in 2010 and 22 in 2009). CU has continually been one of the top 20 producers for the last quarter century of NFL talent, and at one time in the late 1970’s had the most active players (47) of any school in the nation. The last time Colorado was in the top 10 in players produced was in 2002, coming in 10th — though with the same number (29) as were playing in 2006 when it was 19th. Nationally, CU was in the top four from 1996-99 (third in ’09, fourth the other years). The active list (KEY: Exp.—denotes number of years in the league; i—on injured reserve; wi—waived-injured (club retains rights but does not count against roster maximum; p—practice squad):
Player Pos. Team Exp. COACHES David Bakhtiari OT Green Bay Packers R Name Pos. Team Tie To Colorado Jalil Brown CB Indianapolis Colts 2 Eric Bieniemy RB Kansas City Player, 1987-90; p—Toney Clemons WR San Diego Chargers 1 Asst. Coach, 2000-2,10-11 Mason Crosby PK Green Bay Packers 6 Tom Cable OL/AHC Seattle Asst. Coach, 1998-99 Justin Drescher LS New Orleans Saints 3 Moses Cabrera Str/Cond New England Asst. S&C Coach, 2010 Andre Gurode C Oakland Raiders 11 Jim Caldwell QB/OC Baltimore Asst. Coach, 1982-84 Brad Jones OLB Green Bay Packers 4 Karl Dorrell QB Houston Asst. Coach, 1992-98 Jon Embree TE Cleveland Player, 1983-86 Nick Kasa TE Oakland Raiders R Asst. Coach 1991-2002 p—Will Pericak DT San Diego Chargers R Head Coach 2011-12 Tyler Polumbus OT Washington Redskins 5 Ted Gilmore WR Oakland Asst. Coach, 2003-04 Jimmy Smith CB Baltimore Ravens 2 Nick Holz Off Asst. Oakland Player, 2003-06 Nate Solder OT New England Patriots 2 Vance Joseph DB Houston Player, 1990-94
Waived In Camp/In-Season* Chris Morgan OL Asst. Washington Player, 1996-99 Jim Ryan Off Asst. Houston KOA Analyst, 1995-2000 Player Pos. Team Exp. Justin Bannan DT Detroit Lions 11 PLAYER PERSONNEL/DEVELOPMENT Ryan Miller OG Cleveland Browns 1 Name Team Tie To Colorado Ray Polk S Jacksonville Jaguars R Dave McCloughan Oakland (Asst., PP) Player, 1987-90 Doug Rippy ILB Denver Broncos R Malcolm Blacken Washington (Dir., PD) Strength Coach, 2011-12 Matt Russell Denver (Dir., PP) Player, 1992-96/Butkus Award
CANUCKS: Three former Buffs continue to make livings north of the border in the Canadian Football League, as C Marwan Hage is in his 10th year with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, TB Hugh Charles is in his third with the Edmonton Eskimos (after three-plus with the Saskatchewan Rough Riders) and OG Edwin Harrison is in his fourth with the Calgary Stampeders.
DAD PLAYED ON SUNDAYS: Three players are the sons of former National Football League players: SN Keegan LaMar (father Kevin spent time with Buffalo and San Francisco); DL Derek McCartney (father Shannon Clavelle, Green Bay); and ILB Clay Norgard (father Erik, 11 years with the Houston Oilers).
COLORADO HIGH SCHOOL COACHES: Five former Buffaloes are serving as high school head coaches in the state; the five who head prep programs: Matt Flavin (Buena Vista), Dave Logan (Cherry Creek), Mike Marquez (Thornton), Bill Mondt (Eaton) and Scott Yates (Kent Denver); in addition, Bob Simmons, a member of Bill McCartney’s staff from 1988-94, is the head coach at Boulder High and McCartney’s second son, Tom McCartney, is the head coach at Boulder Fairview and was a one-time grad assistant for the Buffs ... when Simmons was also on the staff. And Mark Nolan, the head coach at Regis, was Dan Hawkins administrative assistant for two years.
ALL-TIME CU PRO NOTE: How good was CU’s 1994 offense? Ten of the 11 starters were drafted into the NFL (Tony Berti, Rae Carruth, Christian Fauria, Heath Irwin, Chris Naeole, Rashaan Salaam, Kordell Stewart, Bryan Stoltenberg, Derek West and Michael Westbrook), with the 11th signing as a free agent (Lepsis). All played, and three remain on NFL rosters some 11 years later. And six of the ’94 defensive starters wound up playing professionally as well.
O-LINEMEN PIPELINE TO THE NFL
CU has been a solid conduit to the NFL League when it has come to offensive linemen and the research below indicates CU may very well be the place to go if an offensive lineman wants to take it to the next level. Dating back to the 1991 NFL draft, or the ’87 recruiting class, 27 of 35 players who started at least two years on the Buff offensive line were either drafted or signed as free agents. The list is impressive (with three others who started just one season):
Full Years Full Years Player Pos As A Starter NFL (Round or FA) Player Pos As A Starter NFL (Round or FA) David Bakhtiari T (3) 2010-12 Green Bay (4) Shane Cook T (2) 1998-99 New Orleans (FA) Ryan Miller G (5) 2007-11 Cleveland (5) Ryan Johanningmeier G/T (3) 1997-98-99 Atlanta (FA) Nate Solder T (3) 2008-10 New England (1) Melvin Thomas G/T (3) 1995-96-97 Philadelphia (7) Daniel Sanders G/C (3) 2006-08 St. Louis (FA) Chris Naeole G (3) 1994-95-96 New Orleans (1) Edwin Harrison G/T (3) 2005-07 Kansas City (FA) Heath Irwin G (3) 1993-94-95 New England (4) Tyler Polumbus T (3) 2005-07 Denver (FA) Bryan Stoltenberg C (4) 1992-93-94-95 San Diego (6) Brian Daniels G (4) 2003-06 Minnesota (FA) Derek West T (3) 1992-93-94 Indianapolis (5) Mark Fenton C (3) 2004-06 Denver (FA) Tony Berti T (2) 1993-94 San Diego (6) Clint O’Neal T (2) 2004-05 Washington (FA) Jay Leeuwenburg C (3) 1989-90-91 Kansas City (9) Sam Wilder T (2) 2003-04 Dallas (FA) Mark VanderPoel T (3) 1988-89-90 Indianapolis (4) Marwan Hage G/C (3) 2001-02-03 Jacksonville (FA) Joe Garten G (4) 1987-88-89-90 Green Bay (6) Wayne Lucier G/C (2) 2001-02 N.Y. Giants (7) One-Year Starters: Justin Bates T/G (3) 2000-01-02 Dallas (7) Tom Ashworth T (1) 2000 New England (FA) Andre Gurode G/C (3) 1999-00-01 Dallas (2) Ben Nichols G (1) 1998 Atlanta (FA) Victor Rogers T (3) 1999-00-01 Detroit (7) Ariel Solomon T (1) 1990 Pittsburgh (10) Brad Bedell G (2) 1998-99 Cleveland (6) 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Walk-Ons, Team Notes Page 29
A LONG LINE OF WALK-ONS HAVE RISEN TO FIRST-TEAM AT COLORADO
After the NCAA reduced the number of scholarships from 95 to 85 (completed in 1992), more and more players have had to make their bones starting as walk-ons. Here’s a short list (34 count) of some of the standout former and current walk-ons who rose to first-team status at Colorado:
Player Pos First Season Letters Notes Willie Beebe FB 1978 4L Solid blocker who scored nine career touchdowns as a bruiser near the goal line Kyle Rappold NT 1985 3L Known as the “trash compactor” for his stature, the Fort Lewis transfer clogged the run Jeff Campbell WR/KR 1986 4L Earned scholarship second day of freshman camp; played five years in the NFL Ken Culbertson PK 1986 3L Scored 98 points in CU’s 11-0 run in ’89 season, making 59-59 PAT and 11-17 FG David Gibbs CB 1986 4L Solid corner and special teams performer, now coaching with NFL Kansas City Chiefs Mark Henry WR 1987 3L Big play guy with 18 career catches for 416 yards, or 23.1 per catch Robbie James WR 1987 1L Threw TD pass on third down FG fake at Oklahoma State to lead CU to 16-12 win in 1991 Charles Johnson QB 1987 2L Often subbed for an injured Darian Hagan, earning Orange Bowl MVP honors in ’91 vs. Notre Dame Erik Norgard C 1987 2L Walked on in the spring after transferring from Western Washington; All-Big 8 as a senior Chris O’Donnell LB/SN 1987 4L Solid as a rock at long snapper on special teams all four years Keith Miller FB 1992 2L From tiny Ovid, Colo., he was a solid blocking back. Now an opera singer with the MET. Ryan Black SS 1993 4L Led team in tackles as a junior in 1996 with 154 (78 solo) Ryan Sutter FS 1993 3L CU’s all-time special team points leader, led Buffs in tackles (170, 98 solo) in 1997 Neil Voskeritchian PK 1993 2L Won the starting placekicker job in 1994, finished career ninth in scoring at CU (161 points) Nick Pietsch P 1996 4L Led CU in punting in 1997-98-99, finished with a career average of 39.9 Beau Williams TE 1998 2L Primarily a blocking tight end, played a big role on CU’s 2001 Big 12 title team D.J. Hackett WR 2001 2L Walked on after CS-Northridge dropped football; led CU in receiving in ’03, four-year NFL veteran Tom Hubbard FS 2001 2L Defensive MVP of the 2004 Houston Bowl with two interceptions Evan Judge WR 2001 4L Caught 69 balls for 903 yards to finish in top 20 in receiving yards John Torp P 2001 3L Finished second for the ’05 ray Guy Awa rd; set a school records with 205 punts, 65 inside the 20 Paul Creighton TE 2002 4L Also saw action at FB, he primarily was a Greg Pace SN 2002 4L Took over all special team snapping chores early as a freshman and handled through senior year Joel Klatt QB 2003 3L Former infielder in Padres organization went on to set 44 CU passing and total offense records Cody Crawford WR 2004 3L Has cracked the school’s all-time lists in catches and yards Jeff Smart ILB 2005 4L Earned a scholarship 3 games into the 2007 season, first LB to do so under Cabral; second most tackles by a WO Scotty McKnight WR 2006 4L First freshman WR to ever lead CU in receiving (43-488, 4 TD), finished first in career receptions and third in yards Aric Goodman PK 2008 3L In his first season, he was awarded a scholarship after making the game-winning FG versus West Virginia Jason Espinoza WR 2008 3L Suffered two breaks to his collarbone in ’08, playing briefly in-between; co-first team WR in ‘09 Dustin Ebner WR 2009 3L Primarily on special teams until his senior year, when he became a regular in the rotation and caught his first TD pass Keenan Stevens C 2009 2L Pressed into duty in the season opener due to injury, he soon became a fixture and started 10 games Alex Wood FB 2009 1L Hybrid tight end/fullback worked exceptionally hard and became the first player from Steamboat to start in decades. Scott Fernandez TE 2010 2L Ascended to the top of the depth chart his senior year (’13); first career catch was fifth longest (71 yards vs.UA). Travis Sandersfeld DB (N) 2010 4L One of the CUs top perennial special teams performers, he emerged as the starting nickel back for 5 games in 2010 David Goldberg DE 2011 3L Coaches cited how hard he worked daily in practice and assumed a starting spot midway through his senior year Darragh O’Neill P 2011 2L Had more punts (74) than any other freshman at CU, with his 42.3 average second best by a frosh in the NCAA
2013 TEAM MAKE-UP
The 116 players listed on the roster on August 26 broke down into 16 seniors, 25 juniors, 28 sophomores, 47 freshmen (10 redshirt/37 true); 84 are on scholarship. An expanded breakdown:
Lettermen Returning: 57 (24 offense, 29 defense, 4 specialists) Lettermen Lost: 18 (12 offense, 5 defense, 1 specialist) Career/2012 starts in parenthesis; calculated by those with six-plus starts in 2012 or by who played the majority of snaps at a position.]
Starters Returning (17)—Offense 8: C Gus Handler (15/5), OT Jack Harris (13/11), WR Tyler McCulloch (12/10), C/OG Daniel Munyer (15/12), OT Stephane Nembot (7/7), TB Christian Powell (9/9), WR Nelson Spruce (9/9), QB Jordan Webb (9/9). Defense 9: CB Kenneth Crawley (10/10), CB Greg Henderson (21/9), S Marques Mosley (7/7), DB Parker Orms (16/10), SS Terrel Smith (19/7), DT Josh Tupou (7/7), DE Chidera Uzo-Diribe (17/10), ILB Derrick Webb (16/9), CB Yuri Wright (6/6).
Others Returning With Significant Starting Experience (9; min. 3 career starts)— DB Jered Bell (3/2), DT Nate Bonsu (5/5), TB Tony Jones (4/2), DT Samson Kafovalu (4/4), DE Kirk Poston (3/3), WR Paul Richardson (13/0), TE Kyle Slavin (4/3), ILB Paul Vigo (6/5), FB Alex Wood (3/3).
Others Returning With Significant Position Game Experience (13; two or fewer career starts)— TB Donta Abron, WR Keenan Canty, C Brad Cotner, TB Malcolm Creer, ILB Brady Daigh, TE Scott Fernandez, TB Josh Ford, TB D.D. Goodson, DB Jeffrey Hall, DT Tyler Henington, OG Jeromy Irwin, DE Juda Parker, DT Justin Solis.
Starters Lost (6)—Offense 3: OT David Bakhtiari (33/22), OG Alexander Lewis (14/11), TE *Nick Kasa (12/12). Defense 3: OLB Jon Major (31/12), DT Will Pericak (49/12), FS Ray Polk (33/7). *—career starts at tight end; previously a DE.
Others Lost With Significant Starting/Playing Experience (9)— OG/T Ryan Dannewitz, WR Dustin Ebner, QB Nick Hirschman, TE Vincent Hobbs, OG Eric Richter, ILB Douglas Rippy, WR Gerald Thomas, TE DaVaughn Thornton, DB/LB Kyle Washington.
Specialists Returning (4)— PK Justin Castor, SN Ryan Iverson, P Darragh O’Neill, PK Will Oliver. Specialists Lost (1)— P Zach Grossnickle.
Fall Roster: 116 players (105 maximum in camp)/84 scholarship)— 16 seniors, 25 juniors, 28 sophomores, 47 freshmen (10 redshirt/37 true).
AROUND THE NATION
Colorado has traditionally stocked it rosters primarily with players from three states: Colorado, California and Texas (80 percent of the entire roster—active and inactive—as of August 26: 92 of 115 players). The roll call of state producers for the Buffaloes: California 47, Colorado 31, Texas 14, Hawai’i 4, New Jersey 3, Louisiana 2, New York 2, Arizona 1, Illinois 1, Michigan 1, Missouri 1, New Mexico 1, Pennsylvania 1, Tennessee 1, Washington 1. That’s 16 states total along with the District of Columbia (3) and MEXICO that has produced the make-up of this year’s team. AROUND THE WORLD: Six Buffaloes were born outside of the United States: PK Diego Gonzalez (Monterrey, Mexico), OL Jonathan Huckins (London, England), OL Alex Kelley (Madrid, Spain; his parents were living there working as missionaries), DL Stephane Nembot (Douala, Cameroon), P Darragh O’Neill (Cork, Ireland) and CB Yuri Wright (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean). 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Stat Shots Page 30
STAT SHOTS
Here are some interesting statistical bullets about Colorado football:
30+. In its history, Colorado is 304-17-1 when scoring 30 or more points In 2012, it appeared the trend was reversing through three games, but (two such losses in 2012), along with records of 216-6 with 35-plus points conference play did the Buffs in; for the year, opponents gained 810 yards on and 199-4 with 36-plus, 176-3 with 38-plus and 113-1 with 43 or more 66 makes (12.3 per) and 128 yards on the other 84 plays (1.5). tallies. The four losses with 35 more points came to Air Force (58-35 in In 2013, opponents have gained 603 yards on their 55 conversions (10.9 1968), Oklahoma (82-42 in 1980), Stanford (41-37 in 1993), Toledo (54- per), and 98 on the 83 misses (1.2). 38 in 2009) and Kansas (52-45 this year). CU has played 1,183 games in its history, registering point totals of every number between 0 and 70 except No Turns Or Sacks. Dating back to 1972, Colorado is 14-1 in games when not 1 (duh!) and 68, and has hit 75 and 109 above that mark. allowing a sack or committing a turnover, losing for the first time against Cal in 2011 (36-33 in OT). The previous last two occurrences of this were in 2007— Colorado is 105-86-3 in its last 194 league games: within this record is a twice, in the 65-51 throttling of Nebraska and in the 31-26 win at Texas Tech. 25-game span in which CU did not lose a conference game, the fourth In these 15 games, the Buffs have outscored the opponent by 633-320, with longest streak all-time in the Big Eight (1958-1995). Colorado was 23-0-2 only four games decided by less than 17 points (Cal in 2011, a 21-16 win at during that run. Colorado, however, is 3-21 as a member of the Pac-12. Iowa State in 1993 and the two 2007 games). 30 points / 3 TDs. Colorado has scored 30 or more points in 124 of its last 300 games, posting a 111-12-1 record; the Buffs have scored at least Opponents have made 120-of-152 field goals dating back to 2006 (78.9 three touchdowns in 193 of these games dating to the start of 1989; in this percent), including 13-of-15 in 2013. The high percentage might be a time frame, CU is 23-86-2 when held to two or fewer touchdowns. byproduct of CU’s defensive success at times inside its own 25, as the foe is 86- of-98 (87.8) on kicks inside the 40. In the same span, CU is 90-of-145 (62.1). For years, the mark of a strong CU team was that the Buffaloes routinely averaged six or more yards on first down. But the last time the Buffs In 2009, one of the most all-time perplexing stats to ever come across these averaged six or more for a season was in 2001, their Big 12 Championship pages showed that the Buff defense was likely to shut you down four times in year. Colorado did it six times between 1989 and 1997, including a team five. But that fifth time was one of the reasons CU went 3-9: example— record best of 7.2 in both 1989 and 1994. Missouri gained 341 yards on 19 plays, and had 59 yards on its other 56. That In the Hawkins Era (2006-10), CU averaged 5.5 per first down play in was practically the case for every game in 2009: on the season, the opponent 2006, followed by 5.3 (2007), 4.4 (2008 and 2009) and 4.5 in 2010. Since picked up 3,027 of its 4,356 yards on 142 plays, averaging 21.3 yards for those 1966, CU has averaged less than 4.3 just six times (last in 1984) and less plays; the other 663 plays netted 1,329, or 2.00 per try; it all added up to 17.6 than 4.1 just once—3.5 in 1979. percent of opponent plays gaining 69 percent of the yardage. Things did not change in Jon Embree’s two seasons: in 2011, the Buffs As Lee Corso would say, in 2010, not so fast, my friend; CU allowed 50 plays averaged 4.8 yards on first down for 13 games, though averaged over six over 20 yards, totaling 1,633 yards); basically 6.2 percent of the plays producing yards three times (two of those wins); in 2012, the Buffs averaged 4.25 34 percent of the yards. yards on first down, their lowest number since that 3.5 figure in 1979. In 2011, opponents had 75 plays of 20-plus yards that collectively gained Though early in 2013 (nine games), the Buffs have averaged over six 2,191 yards (29.2 per); the other 793 gained 3,520 (4.4); thus 8.6 percent of yards in six games and 5.90 for the season overall. the plays gained 38.4 percent of the yards. In 2012, the opponent had 81 plays of 20 yards or longer, gaining 2,511 Dating back to the fifth game of the 1999 season, an OT win over Missouri, yards (31.0 per); the other 743 plays netted 3,351 yards (4.5 per). the Buffs have 51 scores by return, or non-offensive scores, in the last 180 In 2013, things changed a bit at the start, but now through nine games (690 games (season highs of eight in 1999 and 2002). Since the ’95 opener and plays), opponents have 57 plays of 20 yards or more, netting 1,835 yards (32.2 including postseason, CU has 72 scores by return in 229 games (65 regular per) and 42.8 percent of the total yards (4,368); but five of these games have season, seven bowl). After none in 2012, CU already has three in 2013. been against teams ranked in the nation’s top 15 in offense, including the No. 2 overall offense (Oregon) and the No. 2 passing offense (Oregon State). 200/200. Colorado has accomplished the 200 "double-double," that is 200 yards both rushing and passing 17 times in the last 179 games (and 38 Colorado had slow starts in its 10 of its 13 games in 2011, outscored 142-34 in times in the last 254, dating to 1993). CU averaged over 200 in each for the the first quarter and outgained 1,737-952. In 2012, the Buffs again struggled season in both 1993 and 1994 (the first times ever at CU), as well as in out of the gate: opponents almost doubled CU in offense (1,598-881) and more 2001 (228.5/205.9). The Buffs are 43-3 since 1981 when they have than tripled the Buffs on the scoreboard (136-41). CU was held to under 50 reached the 200 plateaus in both and 51-6 overall. Prior to ‘93, CU had yards in seven of the 12 first quarters, though the scoring was a bit skewed by accomplished the feat only 19 times in its first 929 games in its history. the Fresno State and Oregon games where the Bulldogs and Ducks combined to jump on the Buffs, 63-0 (FSU 35-0, UO 28-0). Grass. Colorado is 74-76 in its last 150 games on grass, including a 46-43 In 2013, the slow starts appeared to be reversed after three games, but now mark at home, dating back to the 1999 season when Folsom Field through nine games, CU been outgained the opponent in the opening stanza converted back to grass. 1,263-1,067 and has been outscored 91-55 in the first quarter (Oregon and Artificial Turf. Colorado is 94-51-3 in its last 148 games on non-grass ASU caused almost all the scoring damage, outscoring CU 54-10, and along with fields dating back to 1989, including a 61-37-3 mark in conference games. Washington, outgaining the Buffs 676-368). CU is 0-1 this year and was 1-2 on the fake stuff in 2012. Colorado rarely folds when the opponent is faced with a 3rd-and-20 or longer. The Buffs have been a bit of an enigma on third down defensively dating Since Miami, Fla., converted on a 3rd-and-20 in its 35-29 win in Boulder in back to 2003. That year, while opponents converted at an ordinary 34.6 1993, opponents are just 5-of-114 on 3rd-and-20 or more. The Buff defense percent clip (56-of-162), it’s what they accomplished on the ones they had stopped the opponent 51 straight times until UCLA converted a 3rd-and-30 made, gaining 966 yards on those 56 makes, or an average of 17.3 per play; in 2003, and then 30 straight times before KU made good in ’09 (and 11 more otherwise, CU allowed just 61 yards on the other 106 plays, or just 0.6 per. before Stanford and Andrew Luck did it in ‘11). The CU offense is 11-of-116 In 2004, that number was 14.1 in 2005, 10.2; in 2006, 12.0; in 2007, when it’s faced with 3rd-and-20 plus in the same span. 14.0; in 2008, 9.7 (the only time under 10 in this span); in 2009, 15.7; in Dating back to 1993, CU has scored in 710 of 1,040 quarters (69%). Those 2010, 12.3; in 2011, opponents gained 1,000 yards on 73 makes (13.7 numbers include 25 of 36 this year; CU had scored in 13 in a row dating back per), with eight TDs (18.0 per) and just 146 yards on the 83 misses (1.6). to 2012 until being shutout in the second quarter at Oregon State. 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Anniversaries Page 31
2013 ANNIVERSARIES
The annual listing of what happened years ago, or anniversaries of 5, 10 and 25-year increments:
1893 After defeating Colorado A&M in February of this year in a challenge game (CU won, 70-6 in Fort Collins), the Aggies appear on the CU schedule for the first time, traveling to Boulder for a game on October 7; the result is more of the same, as Colorado won, 44-6. 1898 Now in its ninth year of intercollegiate football, Colorado plays is first opponent from outside the state boundaries, as Nebraska visited Boulder on Nov. 17; the then-Bugeaters left town with a 23-10 win over the Silver & Gold. 1903 Colorado matches its high win total for a season in going 8-2; included a 4-0 mark in Colorado Football Association play and a 17-0 win at Colorado Mines on Halloween; Mines challenges CU to a postseason rematch, and Colorado wins that one as well, 23-5 in Boulder. 1908 Fred Folsom returns for his third of four stints as head coach, and leads CU to the Colorado Football Association title and a 5-2 record. 1913 Colorado concludes a 5-1-1 season with its first trip ever to the state of Oklahoma, where on Thanksgiving Day, CU drops a 14-3 decision to the University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City. It’s the fifth state Colorado travels to in its history, after Nebraska, Utah, Kansas and Wyoming. 1918 Many schools play an abbreviated schedule due to World War I, which came to a halt on November 11 (officially with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919 for you history Buffs). CU was 2-3, all five games played in a 21 day span (Nov. 16-Dec. 7); one of the wins was a 20-6 with over The Lieutenants. 1923 Colorado completes the season with a 9-0-0 record, its best in 34 years of football, as CU outscores its opponents by 280-27 (no team scored more than seven). The popularity of the team is at an all-time high, and thus the school begins work on a new stadium on the northeast side of campus. 1928 (Oct. 13) Bill Smith records the first known 100-yard rushing game ever by a CU player, running for 132 yards and a touchdown in a 21-7 win at Northern Colorado. 1933 Sophomore William “Kayo” Lam bursts on the scene and leads CU to a 7-2 record. It’s the last year the school is known as the Silver & Gold, as Buffaloes wins a contest the following year and the teams have been named such ever since. 1938 It’s Colorado’s first year in the Mountain State Conference (also called the Skyline and Big 7), as seven schools broke away from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The Buffaloes go 3-4-1 in the first year after Byron White’s graduation. 1943 The full effect of World War II hits college football, CU being no exception. The Buffs played a limited conference schedule (two games), sweeping Utah home and away, lost twice to No. 18 Colorado College and defeated three military teams in going 5-2. 1948 CU’s first year in the old Missouri Valley Conference (also called the Big 6), to make it the Big 7; the Buffaloes go 2-3 in league play (due to scheduling conflicts, Oklahoma did not appear on a CU schedule until 1950). That was good for a fourth place finish, with the wins coming over Nebraska (19-6 on Oct. 9, also Dal Ward’s first win) and Kansas State (51-7 on Oct. 23). Colorado loses close games to two former conference mates, at Utah (14-12) and Colorado State (29-25). (Feb. 3) Dallas Ward named the 14th head coach in Colorado history, selected by then-athletic director Harry Carlson to lead CU into the Big 7 Conference. 1953 Colorado wins its last four games to finish 6-4 for the season; senior Gary Knafelc caught 22 passes for 451 yards and eight TDs, averaging 20.5 yards per catch; he went on to star for the Green Bay Packers, and upon his retirement, was the team’s stadium PA announcer for 40 years. 1958 Howard Cook ties Byron White’s record by scoring 25 points against Arizona in Tucson, as he scored four touchdowns and kicked an extra point in CU’s 65-12 rout of the Wildcats; the record would stand for 43 years. Cook also became the first Buff to lead the nation in punt returns (averaging 10.1 per). 1963 (Jan. 3) Eddie Crowder is named the 17th head coach in Buff history, replacing alum Bud Davis (’51) who took over the program for a year after it was devastated by NCAA penalties. CU goes 2-8 for a second straight year, but is much more competitive from the get-go: the Buffs lost the season opener at No. 1 USC by just 14-0. Later in the year, the Air Force game, scheduled for Nov. 23, is postponed for two weeks as the nation mourned the death of President John F. Kennedy. 1968 QB Bobby Anderson becomes the first Buff to go over 2,000 yards total offense for a single-season, recording 2,129 yards (1,341 passing, 788 rushing). 1973 A senior-laden Buffalo team opens the year ranked No. 10 in the nation, and opens 5-2 with the losses to two ranked teams; but CU loses its last four games, and following a 17-14 season-ending home loss to Kansas State, Eddie Crowder announces his resignation as head coach. He remains on as CU’s athletic director for the next 11 years (a position he took over in 1965). 1978 Unbeknownst at the time, this would be CU’s last winning season until 1985; the Buffaloes opened 5-0, allowing exactly seven points in each of those games, and climbed to a No. 13 national ranking; but the Buffs dropped five of their last six and coach Bill Mallory was fired three days after the last game. Senior Howard Ballage becomes the third Buff to lead the nation in kickoff returns (averaging 29.4 yards per). (Oct. 28) Colorado rallies from a 27-7 deficit to defeat Missouri in Columbia, 28-27; the rally from 20 points down is still the largest comeback in school history. 1983 (Sept. 17) After a 25-year dormancy, the CU-Colorado State rivalry in football is resumed; KWGN (Ch. 2) televises the game locally, which saw the Buffaloes cruise to a 31-3 win. Sans a 1969 NCAA tournament game, the two schools had also gone 20 years without playing in men’s basketball (1959-79). 1988 (Oct. 22) Oklahoma edges CU, 17-14, in the first night game ever played at Folsom Field. A 7-2 start paves the way for the Buffs to crack the Top 20, as at No. 19 the Buffs are ranked for the first time since 1978; an 8-4 final record is the school’s best since a similar mark in 1976. QB Sal Aunese led CU to a 24-21 win at No. 19 Iowa, CU’s most significant road win in over a decade, and senior Keith English became the second Buff to lead the nation in punting (45.0 average). 1993 (Oct. 16) Colorado wins 27-10 at Oklahoma, the 78th victory by head coach Bill McCartney, as he becomes the all-time winningest coach in school history, passing Fred Folsom. In that game, Lamont Warren throws a 34-yard touchdown pass to Charles Johnson; Warren slipped on the slick Astroturf and Johnson was interfered with but still caught the ball while lying on the ground in a play that was selected as the national play of the year (the first of two in a row for CU). Johnson went on to be named the offensive player of the year in the Big 8, the first wide receiver to ever receive the award. 1998 Two milestones this season: CU’s 37-8 win over Iowa State is the school’s 600th win all-time, and the 51-43 win over Oregon in the Aloha Bowl is the 1,000th game in school history. In the latter, Mike Moschetti throws four touchdown passes and Ben Kelly returns the opening kickoff for a touchdown. 2003 An injury-marred season led to a 5-7 record, but it was not without its highlights. WR D.J. Hackett set a school record with 78 receptions (for 1,013 yards, just the sixth and to date the last 1,000-yard season), and QB Joel Klatt throws for 2,614 yards (the third 2,500+ season in school history). 2008 The Buffaloes open 3-0, capped by a 17-14 overtime win over No. 21 West Virginia before an ESPN national audience; but a rash of injuries (122 games lost by two-deep players) was the main reason for a 2-7 finish over the final nine games. Still, CU appeared bowl-bound until a school-record 57-yard field goal by Alex Henery rallied Nebraska to a 40-31 win in the season finale (the Huskers added a late score on an interception return). 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / All-Time Numbers Page 32
COLORADO BY THE NUMBERS ALL-TIME HISTORIC
6+ 1 The number of CU players enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame (White, Romig, D. Anderson, B. Anderson, Wooten, Williams; Bill McCartney will join them this December) 14-1 Colorado’s record in games since 1972 when not committing a turnover or allowing a quarterback sack. 16 The number of career interceptions by CU’s all-time leader, S John Stearns (1970-72). 26-8 Colorado’s record in games in its history when it has had a 100-yard rusher and a 100-yard receiver in the same game. 25 The number of national championships CU has won in its athletic history: 19 skiing, 5 cross country (3 men’s/2 women’s), 1 football. 30 The number of tackles by LB Jeff Geiser against Kansas State on Nov. 24, 1973, CU’s single game record (5 solo, 25 assists). 35 The number of career quarterback sacks by CU’s all-time leader, OLB Alfred Williams (1987-90). 42-30 Colorado’s all-time record in games decided by one (27-17) or two (15-13) points. 51-15 Colorado’s record in games against unranked teams in the month of November, dating back to 1989. 60 The length of the school record field goal PK Mason Crosby made against Iowa State in 2004. 62-36 The final score of CU’s 2001 win over BCS No. 1 Nebraska, which earned the Buffs the Big 12 North title. 64 The length of the pass from QB Kordell Stewart to WR Michael Westbrook (via WR Blake Anderson tip), known as “The Catch” at Michigan. 66 The number of wins Colorado has over teams ranked in the Associated Press weekly polls (23rd most all-time; 43 since 1989, 16th most). 67 The length of TB Charlie Davis’ TD run against Oklahoma State on Nov. 13, 1971, one that put him over the 1,000-yard mark for the season. 67 The length of TB Rashaan Salaam’s TD run against Iowa State on Nov. 19, 1994, one that put him over the 2,000-yard mark for the season. 72 The number of yards that 64-yard pass was in the air, thrown from the CU 32 to four yards deep in the end zone to rally CU to a 27-26 win. 78-15-4 Colorado’s record in games from 1989-96, the nation’s fourth best overall record in the nation during that time frame. 93 The number of wins by Bill McCartney, CU’s all-time winningest coach (93-55-5, 1982-94). 198, 6 The number of rushing yards and touchdowns, respectively, by TB Chris Brown against Nebraska on Nov. 23, 2001 in CU’s 62-36 win. 212 The number of national or regional regular season games CU has had on television since 1990, one of the top 10 figures in the nation. 216-6 Colorado’s all-time record in games when it has scored 35 or more points (304-17-1 with 30 or more points, with 113-1 with 43 or more). 215 The number of career receptions by CU’s all-time reception leader, WR Scotty McKnight (2007-10). 231 The number of players from CU who have played in the National Football League, a top 20 figure nationally. 242 The number of consecutive games Colorado scored in between 1988 and 2008, the ninth-longest all-time in Division I football. 284 The number of receiving yards by WR Paul Richardson (vs. California, Sept. 10, 2011), breaking the old mark of 222 first set by WR Walter Stanley (vs. Texas Tech, Sept. 12, 1981) and then matched by WR Rae Carruth (at Missouri, Nov. 2, 1996). 293 The number of times Colorado has been ranked in the Associated Press weekly poll (23rd most all-time). 299 The number of wins Colorado has at Folsom Field since it opened on Oct. 1, 1924 (299-158-10). 307 The number of career points by CU’s all-time scoring leader, PK Mason Crosby (2003-06). 342 The number of rushing yards by TB Charlie Davis against Oklahoma State on Nov. 13, 1971, CU’s single-game rushing record. 362 The number of all-purpose yards by TB Rashaan Salaam at Texas on Oct. 1, 1994, CU’s single-game record (317 rushing, 45 receiving). 465 The number of passing yards by QB Mike Moschetti against San Jose State on Sept. 11, 1999, CU’s single-game passing record. 469 The number of games long-time announcer Larry Zimmer has called on the radio for the Buffaloes, the most by anyone in CU history. 493 The number of career tackles by CU’s all-time leading tackler, ILB Barry Remington (1982-86). 533 The number of passing yards against Northeast Louisiana on Sept. 16, 1995, CU’s single-game record. 551 The number of rushing yards at Arizona on Oct. 11, 1958, CU’s single-game record. 678 The number of wins Colorado has in its history (23rd most all-time). 767 The number of yards of total offense against San Jose State on Sept. 11, 1999, CU’s single-game record. 1,149 The number of receiving yards by WR Charles Johnson in 1992, CU’s single-season record. 1,183 The number of games Colorado has played in its history (123rd season of intercollegiate football). 2,055 The number of rushing yards TB Rashaan Salaam had in 1994 (the fourth at the time with a 2,000-yard season), on his way to the Heisman. 2,548 The number of career yards by CU’s all-time receiving leader, WR Michael Westbrook (1991-94). 3,156 The number of passing yards by QB Koy Detmer in 1996, CU’s single-season record. 3,940 The number of career yards by CU’s all-time rushing leader, TB Eric Bieniemy (1987-90). 5,345 The elevation in feet of CU’s Folsom Field (field level), the third highest stadium elevation in the FBS (behind Wyoming and Air Force). 7,409 The number of career yards by CU’s all-time passing leader, QB Cody Hawkins (2007-10). 7,770 The number of career yards by CU’s all-time total offense leader, QB Kordell Stewart (1991-94).
MONTHLY TAB
Dating back to 1989, the Buffs are and 56-38-1 in their last 95 November games (50-26 against all-comers aside from Nebraska, going 6-12-1 against NU in turkey month, and 51-15 against unranked teams). Colorado is 52-47-2 in its last 101 October games and 54-34 in its last 88 September games, a pretty decent record considering the quality of non-conference schedule CU almost annually plays. CU is 5-7 in December games since 1993, including bowls, and is 4-2-1 in August games in its history.
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PAC-12 BOWL AGREEMENTS
No change in the Pac-12 Conference bowl agreements in the off-season; here’s the conference’s lineup for the 2013 bowl season:
# 1 Rose Bowl presented by Vizio (Jan. 1; 3:00 ESPN) and/or # 4 Hyundai Sun (Dec. 31 vs. ACC; Noon CBS) VIZIO BCS National Championship (Jan. 6; 6:30 ESPN) # 5 Las Vegas (Dec. 21 vs. MWC; 1:30 ABC) # 2 Valero Alamo (Dec. 30 vs. Big 12; 4:45 ESPN) # 6 Kraft Fight Hunger (Dec. 27 vs. BYU or ACC; 7:30 ESPN) # 3 Bridgepoint Education Holiday (Dec. 30 vs. Big 12; 8:15 ESPN) # 7 Gildan New Mexico Bowl (Dec. 21 vs. MCWC; Noon ESPN)
RANKED “UNDEFEATEDS” FALL AT FOLSOM
Eleven ranked, undefeated teams have lost their “0” in the loss column at Folsom Field since 1989. The last was Kansas in 2009, as the Jayhawks (5-0) hit town ranked No. 17 and lost 34-30. In 2007, Oklahoma (4-0) rolled in ranked No. 3 and left with a 27-24 setback; in 2002, Kansas State came to Boulder ranked No. 13 at 4-0 and lost, 35-31. Two bit the dust in 2001: Nebraska (11-0, No. 1 in the BCS and No. 2 in the polls) fell 62-36 game to the Buffs, as did Texas A & M (5-0, No. 20), 31-21. In 1998, No. 22 Texas Tech (6-0) lost 19-17; in 1995, No.3 Texas A&M (2-0) lost, 29-21; in 1994, No. 10 Wisconsin (2-0) was crushed, 55-17; and in 1990, No. 12 Washington (3-0) left a 20-14 loser. In 1989, No. 10 Illinois (2-0) lost 38-7 and No. 3 Nebraska (8-0) fell, 27-21. (Not included is a 43-10 win over No. 23-FCS Charleston Southern in 2013, which came to Boulder with a 7-0 mark.)
STREAKING
Colorado has active multiple win streaks going against eight Division I-A schools. The list: 5—Air Force; 4—San Jose State; 3—Minnesota, Utah State, Wyoming; 2—Iowa, Louisiana-Monroe and Notre Dame. CU's longest current losing streaks are to Southern California (7), Missouri, Texas and Washington (5), Arizona State, LSU, Ohio State, Oregon and Stanford (4) and then California, Florida State, Michigan State and Nebraska (3 each).
THE PRIMO TWENTY-FOUR
Colorado is one of just 24 schools in I-A/FBS history to be able to make the claim of winning (or sharing) a national championship and also having a Heisman Trophy winner. The criteria for national championship consideration included those crowned by the Associated Press, the coaches and the BCS; 30 total schools at one point in the past have been able to claim the throne. This prestigious short list (Alabama is the latest to join, doing so in 2009):
School National Championships Heisman Trophies School National Championships Heisman Trophies Alabama 1961-64-65-73-78-79-92-09-11 2009 Nebraska 1970-71-94-95-97 1972-83-2001 Army 1944-45 1945-46-58 Notre Dame 1943-46-47-49-66-73-77-88 1943-47-49-53-56-64-87 Auburn 1957-2010 1971-85-2010 Ohio State 1942-54-57-68-2002 1944-50-55-74-75-95-2006 Brigham Young 1984 1990 Oklahoma 1950-55-56-74-75-85-2000 1952-69-78-2003-08 Colorado 1990 1994 Penn State 1982-86 1973 Florida 1996-2006-08 1966-96-2007 Pittsburgh 1937-76 1976 Florida State 1993-99 1993-2000 Syracuse 1959 1961 Georgia 1980 1942-82 Texas 1963-69-70-2005 1977-98 Louisiana State 1958-2003 1959 Texas A& M 1939 1957-2012 Miami, Fla. 1983-87-89-91-2001 1986-92 TCU 1938 1938 Michigan 1948-97 1940-91-97 UCLA 1954 1967 Minnesota 1936-40-60 1941 USC 1962-67-72-74-78-2003-04 1965-68-79-81-2002-04-05
Schools with national championships and no Heisman winner are Michigan State (2), Tennessee (2) and Clemson, Georgia Tech, Maryland and Washington (all 1).
THE BUFFS & COLLEGE FOOTBALL HARDWARE
Colorado is in an elite group when it comes to claiming college football’s prestigious trophies dating back to the 1990 season. A proliferation of awards has emerged since the late 1980s, and the Buffs are near the top of the list when it comes to collecting these statues. CU has had seven different players win nine trophies over the last the 23 seasons (1990-2012), the 15th most nationally when it comes to trophies (but tied for 11th in the number of different players who have been honored). The below postseason “hardware” count includes the Heisman Trophy and the Lombardi, Maxwell, Walter Camp, Butkus, Thorpe, O’Brien, Unitas, Groza, Biletnikoff, Doak Walker, Nagurski, Bednarik, Mackey, Tatupu (defunct), Ray Guy, Rimington, Lott and Hendricks (on-field player awards only—for example, if the Draddy/Campbell was included, CU would have one more on each list; so players only, no coaches, no “fad” awards around for a year or two, and no Disney Spirit, Orange Bowl Courage and ARA Sportsmanship awards). The list of schools that have had winners between 1990 and 2012 (players only; LSU and Michigan players shared the 2004 Rimington Award and thus were both compensated for in the trophy count):
School Players Trophies School Players Trophies School Players Trophies School Players Trophies School Players Trophies Ohio State 12 21 COLORADO 7 9 Kansas State 4 4 Virginia Tech 2 3 Hawai’i 1 1 Texas 9 20 Texas A&M 6 7 Oklahoma State 4 4 Washington 2 3 Kentucky 1 1 Oklahoma 10 17 Georgia 4 7 Louisville 3 4 California 2 2 Marshall 1 1 Miami, Fla. 9 17 Iowa 6 6 Minnesota 3 4 Memphis 2 2 Michigan State 1 1 Florida State 8 16 Arizona 5 6 Mississippi 3 4 Missouri 2 2 Mississippi State 1 1 Florida 8 15 Auburn 3 6 Arizona State 2 4 Oregon State 2 2 N.C. State 1 1 Michigan 8 15 Texas Tech 5 5 Baylor 2 4 Tulane 2 2 Oregon 1 1 Nebraska 9 14 UCLA 5 5 Northwestern 1 4 Virginia 2 2 Rutgers 1 1 Notre Dame 7 14 TCU 4 5 Georgia Tech 3 3 Wake Forest 2 2 South Carolina 1 1 Penn State 7 13 Arkansas 3 5 Illinois 3 3 Maryland 1 2 Washington State 1 1 USC 7 12 Stanford 3 5 Purdue 3 3 North Carolina 1 2 West Virginia 1 1 Wisconsin 8 11 Tennessee 3 5 Clemson 2 3 Cincinnati 1 1 Wyoming 1 1 Alabama 9 10 Boston College 2 5 Louisiana Tech 2 3 Colorado State 1 1 Louisiana State 6 10 Brigham Young 2 5 Pittsburgh 2 3 Fresno State 1 1 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / General Notes Page 34
BUFF BLEMISHES
Colorado has a history of inflicting blemishes on some of the teams who have traditionally fared well at home. The top five home records last decade (1990- 99) belonged to Florida State (55-1-1), Nebraska (62-3), Florida (57-4), Texas A & M (55-4-1) and Kansas State (57-5-1). That’s a combined 287-17-3; but of those 20 losses or ties, CU was responsible for five of them. CU won at Nebraska in 1990, at Texas A & M in 1996, and was 2-2-1 at Kansas State in the 90s. The Buffs also snapped the Aggies 22-game home winning streak—started late in 1996, after losses to CU then Texas Tech. In 2001, CU won at Kansas State, snapping a 58-game home winning streak by the Wildcats against unranked teams, and was only the second KSU home loss in a 29-game span. CU almost added Georgia to this list in 2006, but fell 14-13 after leading 13-0 entering the fourth quarter.
FOLSOM HAS GONE “GREEN”
The University of Colorado at Boulder established a goal to move toward zero-waste at Folsom Field during the 2008 football season and invest in local carbon- reduction projects. They anticipated recycling or composting at least 90% of the waste generated at Folsom Field and met those goals. According to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency information and other sources, Folsom Field was the first major sports stadium in the nation, professional or collegiate, to collect all materials in recycling or compost containers, eliminate trash cans and transform its materials collections systems into a zero-waste process. For more information, visit Ralphie’s Green Stampede at http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=1549954.
OFFENSE & DEFENSE
Who will be next? Next, as in who will play on both offense and defense in the same game. In 2008, Eugene Goree was on-call to do so, as the redshirt frosh was both a DT and an OG during the second half of the season; he did appear on both sides of the ball but not in the same game. Through the years, there have been a few players who wind up playing on both sides of the ball in the same game: DT John Guydon was the latest to so, seeing action on defense (13 snaps at tackle) and offense (3 snaps at guard) at Texas on October 15, 2005; it was the first time it happened for a complete series with no gimmicks or special situations since WR Michael Westbrook played a series at safety against Baylor in 1993. DE James Garee also trotted in on offense in 2005, catching a pass as an end at Miami. DT Sam Wilder had been the last before 2005, as he caught a 9-yard pass against Kansas State in 2002. DT Justin Bannan, did the same, catching a 12-yard TD pass on his only play at Missouri in 2000. CB Ben Kelly tried tailback in 1999 at Texas Tech; he finished with three yards on one carry (a nice 5-yard run was wiped out by a penalty). Between 1994 and 2005, several Buffs played on both sides of the ball, as offensive linemen often played on the goal line or short yardage defense units—OG Heath Irwin, OG Clint Moore, OG Chris Naeole, OT Melvin Thomas and OG Brad Bedell all did it at one time or another between 1993 and1998. In 1990, OLBs Alfred Williams and Kanavis McGhee played some tight end in a 64-3 win over Kansas State (Williams caught a pass for 17 yards, McGhee didn't catch the one thrown his way). The last offensive skill player to swing over and try some defense was Westbrook (four snaps at strong safety) against Baylor in 1993.
WHY CU AND NOT UC?
A question often asked of many former Big Eight schools: Why is it the University of Colorado, but the moniker is CU and not UC? (The same applies at Kansas—KU, Missouri—MU, Nebraska—NU and Oklahoma—OU). "Midwestern casualness," said CU historian, the late Fred Casotti. It has always been this way at Colorado, for whatever reason, and at the other four—but seemingly nowhere else in the USA (except for Tulsa, but its midwest, too). In the 1950s, there was a concerted effort to eliminate the use of "CU" on the Boulder campus, both as a symbol and in speech, but Casotti said that no one would buy into it. "Nobody would change," he said. "It's easier to say than U of C, UC sounds like slang or something (as in 'you see'), and it was traditional. By trying to eliminate it, they reinforced it."
HISTORY OF THE “COLORADO”
As in the south end zone, that is. In 1967, the stadium was lowered when the track was removed, and that area remained basically a dirt hill. Former long- time senior associate A.D. Jon Burianek said that we tried to grow grass and bushes there, but none took. The first artificial field was installed during the summer of 1971, and that area was then covered with asphalt and the large, block COLORADO was painted on it, then in all-white block lettering. Trim was later added, and at one time, when blue was one of the school colors, the end zone as well was painted blue instead of the familiar black.
SPRING GAME ATTENDANCE
Former CU head coach Bill McCartney has challenged the 1,500-plus in attendance at CU’s annual recruiting luncheons in Denver to help fill Folsom Field for the spring game. While filling Folsom hasn’t happened (yet), the 17,800 in attendance in 2008 did set a spring record, with the second most attending in Jon Embree’s first game (2011), also the first nighttime affair. CU has now had seven occasions where 10,000 or more fans attend its final spring scrimmage/game. The previous mark stood for 19 years, a crowd of 13,642 in 1989 when many came out to honor the late Sal Aunese, the CU quarterback stricken with stomach cancer the previous month. The next two games drew 11,336 and 10,382 respectively. Below are the top CU spring game crowds in the school’s history (#—first team Varsity and Alumni were on the same team and wore black jerseys):
Year Score Attendance Notes 2008 Black 28, Gold 17 17,800 A record crowd come out in answer to coaches Hawk and Mac’s challenge to fill Folsom 2011 (none/O-D scrimmage) 15,655 Jon Embree’s first spring game also featured a first: it was the first one played at night 1989 #White 38, Black 35 13,642 A then-record crowd for the spring game showed up to honor Sal Aunese, who fighting stomach cancer 2009 Black 17, Gold 10 11,700 Third largest spring crowd despite going up against a Nuggets playoff game and the NFL Draft 1990 #White 27, Black 25 11,336 Coming of an 11-1 season, CU was in everyone’s top five entering 1990 1991 #Black 21, White 17 10,382 Fans braved 49 degree weather with 17 mph winds and saw the late John Zisch (’48) score on a 53 yard run 2013 Black 17, White 16 10,244 Good crowd turned out to see Mike MacIntyre’s first spring game in Boulder 1992 #Black 44, White 7 9,617 Perfect weather (61 degrees, sunny) come out after CU signs its top recruiting class in history 2010 Gold 37, Black 27 9,100 Teams are determined by the players drafting themselves 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Opponent Schedules & Results Page 35
2013 OPPONENT SCHEDULES & RESULTS
COLORADO STATE (5-5) OREGON (8-1) ARIZONA (6-3) CALIFORNIA (1-9) 27 Colorado (Denver) 42 66 NICHOLLS STATE 3 35 NORTHERN ARIZONA 0 30 NORTHWESTERN 44 27 at Tulsa 30 59 at Virginia 10 58 at Nevada-Las Vegas 13 37 PORTLAND STATE 30 34 CAL POLY-SLO 17 59 TENNESSEE 14 38 TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO 13 34 OHIO STATE 52 6 at Alabama 31 55 CALIFORNIA 16 13 at Washington 31 16 at Oregon 55 59 TEXAS-EL PASO 42 57 at Colorado 16 31 at Southern California 38 22 WASHINGTON STATE 44 27 SAN JOSE STATE 34 45 at Washington 24 35 UTAH 24 10 at UCLA 37 52 at Wyoming 22 62 WASHINGTON STATE 38 44 at Colorado 20 17 OREGON STATE 49 35 at Hawai’i 28 42 UCLA 14 33 at California 28 17 at Washington 41 30 BOISE STATE 42 20 at Stanford 26 26 UCLA 31 28 ARIZONA 33 38 NEVADA 17 N 16 UTAH N 16 WASHINGTON STATE 28 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 62 N 16 at New Mexico N 23 at Arizona N 23 OREGON N 16 at Colorado N 23 UTAH STATE N 30 OREGON STATE N 30 at Arizona N 23 at Stanford N 30 AIR FORCE USC (7-3) CENTRAL ARKANSAS (5-5) ARIZONA STATE (7-2) UCLA (7-2) 30 at Hawai’i 13 58 INCARNATE WORD 7 55 SACRAMENTO STATE 0 58 NEVADA 20 7 WASHINGTON STATE 10 24 at Colorado 38 32 WISCONSIN 30 41 at Nebraska 21 35 BOSTON COLLEGE 7 23 at Tennessee-Martin 24 28 at Stanford 42 59 NEW MEXICO STATE 13 17 UTAH STATE 14 17 at Missouri State 13 62 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 41 34 at Utah 27 41 at Arizona State 62 28 McNEESE STATE 59 34 Notre Dame (at Dallas) 37 37 CALIFORNIA 10 38 ARIZONA 31 31 NEBRASKA-KEARNEY 0 54 COLORADO 13 10 at Stanford 24 10 at Notre Dame 14 26 at Lamar 24 53 WASHINGTON 24 14 at Oregon 42 19 UTAH 3 66 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 31 55 at Washington State 21 45 COLORADO 23 31 OREGON STATE 14 28 at Northwestern State 31 20 at Utah 19 31 at Arizona 26 62 at California 28 31 SE LOUISIANA 58 N 16 OREGON STATE N 15 WASHINGTON N 16 STANFORD N 16 at Nicholls State N 23 at UCLA N 23 ARIZONA STATE N 23 at Colorado N 23 SAM HOUSTON STATE N 30 ARIZONA N 30 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA N 30 at UCLA
OREGON STATE (6-3) CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (10-1) WASHINGTON (6-3) UTAH (4-5) 46 E. WASHINGTON 49 32 at The Citadel 29 38 BOISE STATE 6 30 UTAH STATE 26 33 HAWAI’I 14 23 SHORTER 15 34 Illinois (at Chicago) 24 70 WEBER STATE 7 51 at Utah (OT) 48 30 at Campbell 10 56 IDAHO STATE 0 48 OREGON STATE ((OT) 51 34 at San Diego State 30 20 at Norfolk State 12 41 ARIZONA 13 20 at Brigham Young 13 44 COLORADO 17 27 at Appalachian State 24 28 at Stanford 31 27 UCLA 34 52 at Washington State 24 28 NORTH GREENVILLE 14 24 OREGON 45 27 STANFORD 21 49 at California 17 25 at VMI 17 24 at Arizona State 53 24 at Arizona 35 12 STANFORD 20 10 at Colorado 43 41 CALIFORNIA 17 3 at Southern California 19 59 COLORADO 7 19 ARIZONA STATE 20 14 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 31 36 UNC-CHARLOTTE 14 N 16 at Arizona State 27 at Presbyterian 16 N 15 at UCLA N 16 at Oregon N 23 WASHINGTON 31 COASTAL CAROLINA 26 N 23 at Oregon State N 23 at Washington State N 29 at Oregon N 16 at Gardner-Webb N 29 WASHINGTON STATE N 30 COLORADO N 23 LIBERTY
KEY: —Pac-12 Conference game; — Mountain West Conference game; — Southland Conference game; — Big South Conference game; —Pac-12 Championship game.
OPPONENTS & 2013 SCHEDULE TIDBITS
The 12 opponents on the 2013 Colorado schedule combined for an 84-63 record last year (57.1 winning percentage); it includes nine teams that CU played in 2012, and the Buffaloes dropped all nine games. After the 85th meeting with in-state rival Colorado State that opens the season, the Buffaloes will play their fourth Football Championship Subdivision opponent in history in Central Arkansas, a preseason top 10 team in the FCS poll (CU is 1-2 against FBS teams, losing 19-10 to Montana State in 2006, defeating Eastern Washington 31-24 in 2008 and falling to Sacramento State, 30-28 in 2012). CU closes non-league play against Fresno State, and the Buffs haven’t forgot about a 50-yard pass thrown by the Bulldogs when they were down 62-7 in the fourth quarter last year (that’s okay, it’s your job to stop ‘em as they say). Oregon State and California swap out for Stanford and Washington State on the Pac-12 league slate; the Buffs played Cal in 2011, CU’s first year in the league, but that was the back end of a home-and-home agreement and did not count as a league game.
Colorado opens its third year of Pac-12 league competition on Sept. 28 at Oregon State, the only Pac-12 opponent the Buffaloes have not played since joining the conference on July 1, 2011. The Buffs and Beavers last faced each other in 1988, with CU winning 28-21 in Boulder; it will be Colorado's first-ever trip to Corvallis; the schools have played five times, three games in Boulder and two in Portland. Colorado will play five games in November, just the fifth time in its history and the first since 1958 that many are scheduled in the “turkey month.” The Buffs have back-to-back road games just once visiting defending Pac-12 North Division champion UCLA (Nov. 2) and then Washington (Nov. 9). The season finale will be at Utah on Saturday, Nov. 30; Colorado had played the Friday after Thanksgiving for the last 17 seasons, or every year from 1996 through 2012, but this year’s rivalry game with the Utes returns to Saturday as the Pac-12’s television partners (ESPN, FOX) selected other games for the Friday slots. In fact, CU does not have a weeknight game in 2013, the first time since 1995 that the Buffaloes will play every regular season game on a Saturday. The Buffaloes will have two byes, which fall on Sept. 21 and Oct. 19; while CU had two Saturdays off last year, it was because of a weeknight game against Arizona State; the last time Colorado had two natural byes in the same season was in 2008 … The Buffs had two bye weeks every year from 1996 through 2005, one usually after non-league play and the other prior to the regular season finale against Nebraska. 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Composite Pac-12 Schedule & Results Page 36
COMPOSITE 2013 PAC-12 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE & RESULTS
Week One (Aug. 31) Week Five (Sept. 28) Week Eleven (Nov. 9) (Aug. 29) UTAH 30, Utah State 26 *OREGON STATE 44. Colorado 17 (Nov. 7) *STANFORD 26, Oregon 20 (Aug. 29) Southern California 30, HAWAI’I 13 *ARIZONA STATE 62, Southern California 41 *WASHINGTON 59, Colorado 7 (Aug. 30) ARIZONA 35, Northern Arizona 0 *OREGON 55, California 16 *Arizona State 20, UTAH 19 AUBURN 31, Washington State 24 *Stanford 55, WASHINGTON STATE 17 (at Seattle) *Southern California 62, CALIFORNIA 28 Eastern Washington 49, OREGON STATE 46 *WASHINGTON 31, Arizona 13 *UCLA 31, ARIZONA 26 Northwestern 44, CALIFORNIA 30 OREGON 66, Nicholls State 3 Week Six (Oct. 5) Week Twelve (Nov. 16) UCLA 58, Nevada 20 (Oct. 3) *UCLA 34, UTAH 27 (Nov. 15) *Washington at UCLA (ESPN2), 7 p.m. WASHINGTON 38, Boise State 6 *Oregon 57, COLORADO 16 *California at Colorado (P12N), 3:30 p.m. (Sept. 1) Colorado 41, Colorado State 27 (at Denver) *STANFORD 31, Washington 28 *Washington State at Arizona (P12N), 12:00 p.m. *Washington State 44, CALIFORNIA 22 *Utah at Oregon (FS1), 2:00 p.m. Week Two (Sept. 7) Notre Dame 37, Arizona State 34 (at Dallas) *Stanford at USC (ABC), 6:00 p.m. (Sept. 5) ARIZONA STATE 55, Sacramento State 0 *Oregon State at Arizona State (P12N), 7:30 p.m. COLORADO 38, Central Arkansas 24 Week Seven (Oct. 12) *Washington State 10, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 7 (Oct. 10) *SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 38, Arizona 31 Week Thirteen (Nov. 23) Arizona 58, NEVADA-LAS VEGAS 13 *ARIZONA STATE 54, Colorado 13 *USC at Colorado, TBA CALIFORNIA 37, Portland State 30 *Oregon 45, WASHINGTON 24 *Utah at Washington State (P12N), 1:30 p.m. Oregon 59, VIRGINIA 10 *Oregon State 52, WASHINGTON STATE 24 *Washington at Oregon State (ESPN2), 8:30 p.m. OREGON STATE 33, Hawai’i 14 *UCLA 37, California 10 *Arizona State at UCLA, TBA STANFORD 34, San Jose State 13 *UTAH 27, Stanford 21 *California at Stanford, TBA UTAH 70, Weber State 7 *Oregon at Arizona, TBA
Week Eight (Oct. 19) In order of selection, the start time/networks for the COLORADO 43, Charleston Southern 10 Week Three (Sept. 14) four games listed as TBA above will be as follows: *ARIZONA 35, Utah 24 Fresno State at Colorado, ppd., rain and flooding 1. FOX – 5pm MST, FOX *ARIZONA STATE 53, Washington 24 *Oregon State 51, UTAH 48 (OT) 2. ESPN – 1:30pm MST, ESPN networks *OREGON 62, Washington State 38 ARIZONA 38, Texas-San Antonio 13 3. Pac-12 Networks – 7:30 MST (Pac-12 Networks) *Oregon State 49, CALIFORNIA 17 ARIZONA STATE 32, Wisconsin 30 4. FOX – 2pm MST, FOX Sports 1 Ohio State 52, CALIFORNIA 34 *STANFORD 24, UCLA 10 OREGON 59, Tennessee 14 NOTRE DAME 14, Southern California 10 Week Fourteen (Nov. 30) SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 35, Boston College 7 Week Nine (Oct. 26) (Nov. 29) *Wash. State at Washington (FOX), 1:30 p.m. Stanford 34, ARMY 20 (Nov. 29) *Oregon State at Oregon (FS1), 5:00 p.m. *Arizona 44, COLORADO 20 UCLA 41, NEBRASKA 21 *Colorado at Utah, TBA *OREGON 42, UCLA 14 Washington 34, Illinois 24 (at Chicago) *Arizona at Arizona State, TBA *SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 19, Utah 3 WASHINGTON STATE 48, Southern Utah 10 *UCLA at USC, TBA *Stanford 20, OREGON STATE 12 Notre Dame at Stanford (FOX), 5:00 p.m. *WASHINGTON 41, California 17 Week Four (Sept. 21) *STANFORD 42, Arizona State 28 Week Ten (Nov. 2) Week Fifteen (Dec. 7) Oregon State 34, SAN DIEGO STATE 30 (Oct. 31) *Arizona State 55, WASHINGTON STATE 21 Pac-12 Championship Game (ABC/ESPN), 5:45/6:00 p.m. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 17, Utah State 14 (Nov. 1) *Southern California 31, OREGON STATE 14 (at campus site TBD) Utah 20, BRIGHAM YOUNG 13 *UCLA 45, Colorado 23 UCLA 59, New Mexico State 13 *Arizona 33, CALIFORNIA 28 WASHINGTON 56, Idaho State 0 WASHINGTON STATE 42, Idaho 0
All times listed are MDT/MST. *—denotes Pacific-12 Conference game. Television selections Sept. 21 and beyond are made on 12 days’ notice by the Pac-12 television partners (ESPN/ABC, FOX/FOX Sports 1, Pac-12 Networks); ESPN/ABC also has an option of utilizing a 6-day selection process three times annually. With the advent of the Pac-12 Networks (National; Arizona, Mountain, Oregon, Northern California, Southern California, Washington), all conference games and all home non-league games will again be televised in 2013. ABC’s standard afternoon regional telecast window is at 1:30 p.m. MT in addition to a number of prime-time windows (6 p.m. MT; those games will be selected from the Pac-12, American Athletic, ACC, Big 10 or Big 12). ESPN/ESPN 2 will utilize several windows, including a 7 p.m. MT window on Thursdays, with those games preselected ahead of the season.
2013 PAC-12 CONFERENCE STANDINGS
South Division (-3) conference------overall------School (AP/Coaches/Harris/BCS) W L Pct. Pts Opp W L Pct. Pts Opp Next Up Arizona State (#21/#20/#22/#19) ...... 5 1 .833 272 160 7 2 .778 393 227 N 16 OREGON STATE UCLA (#13/#15/#16/#13) ...... 4 2 .667 171 152 7 2 .778 329 206 N 15 WASHINGTON Southern California (RV/RV/RV/--) ...... 4 2 .667 198 148 7 3 .700 290 196 N 16 STANFORD Arizona (--/RV/--/--) ...... 3 3 .500 182 172 6 3 .667 313 198 N 16 WASHINGTON STATE Utah ...... 1 5 .167 148 180 4 5 .444 268 226 N 16 at Oregon COLORADO ...... 0 6 .000 96 303 3 6 .333 218 364 N 16 CALIFORNIA
North Division (+3) conference------overall------School (AP/Coaches/Harris/BCS) W L Pct. Pts Opp W L Pct. Pts Opp Next Up Stanford (#5/#5/#4/#5) ...... 6 1 .857 219 142 8 1 .889 287 175 N 16 at Southern California Oregon (#6/#7/#6/#6) ...... 5 1 .833 281 134 8 1 .889 465 161 N 16 UTAH Oregon State (--/RV/RV/--) ...... 4 2 .667 222 157 6 3 .667 335 250 N 16 at Arizona State Washington (RV/RV/RV/--) ...... 3 3 .500 207 166 6 3 .667 335 196 N 15 at UCLA Washington State ...... 2 4 .333 154 253 4 5 .444 268 294 N 16 at Arizona California ...... 0 7 .000 138 321 1 9 .100 239 459 N 16 at Colorado
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A LOOK AT THE PAC-12 DIVISIONS
Late in 2010, the divisions in football for the new Pac-12 were announced: CU joined Arizona, Arizona State, Southern California, UCLA and Utah in the Pac- 12 South; the Oregon and Washington schools along with Cal and Stanford comprise the Pac-12 North. Here’s a look at the divisions and the all-time records of each program as listed by the NCAA through games of November 9 (2013 records in parenthesis):
PAC-12 SOUTH Season Games W L T Pct. PAC-12 NORTH Season Games W L T Pct. Arizona (6-3)...... 110 1,043 579 431 33 .571 California (1-9) ...... 118 1,194 638 505 51 .557 Arizona State (7-2) ...... 101 963 576 363 24 .609 Oregon (8-1) ...... 118 1,130 612 472 46 .562 Colorado (3-6) ...... 124 1,183 678 469 36 .591 Oregon State (6-3) ...... 117 1,121 517 554 50 .483 Southern California (7-3) ...... 121 1,169 793 322 54 .702 Stanford (8-1) ...... 107 1,089 602 438 49 .573 UCLA (7-2) ...... 95 996 571 388 37 .591 Washington (6-3) ...... 124 1,161 684 427 50 .610 Utah (4-5) ...... 120 1,103 633 439 31 .589 Washington State (4-4) ...... 118 1,080 504 531 45 .493 Totals ...... 6,457 3830 2412 215 .610 Totals ...... 6,775 3557 2927 291 .547
ALL-TIME PAC-12 HEAD-To-HEAD SERIES RECORDS
A look at the team versus team histories in the Pac-12 (won-lost-tied):
School UA ASU CAL COLO OREG OSU STAN UCLA USC UTAH WASH WSU Totals Arizona …… 38-37-1 16-14-2 3-13 14-24 21-14-1 14-14 14-21-2 8-27 17-20-2 10-19-1 25-13 181-215- 9 Arizona State 37-38-1 …… 15-17 5-0 16-17 26-12-1 16-12 10-18-1 11-19 19-6 17-14 26-12-2 198-165- 5 California 14-16-2 17-15 …… 4-2 37-34-1 33-32 41-45-6 32-51-1 30-66-5 5-4 38-52-4 44-26-5 295-343-24 Colorado 13-3 0-5 2-4 …… 8-10 2-4 3-5 2-7 0-7 31-25-3 5-8-1 5-3 71-81- 4 Oregon 24-14 17-16 34-37-1 10-8 …… 60-46-10 30-43-1 27-39 18-38-2 18-8 43-58-5 46-33-6 323-340-25 Oregon State 14-21-1 12-26-1 32-33 4-2 46-60-10 …… 25-52-3 16-41-4 10-60-4 11-6-1 34-59-4 47-48-3 251-408-31 Stanford 14-14 12-16 45-41-6 5-3 43-30-1 52-25-3 …… 37-45-3 28-59-3 2-3 38-41-4 38-25-1 314-302-21 UCLA 21-14-2 18-10-1 51-32-1 7-2 39-27 41-16-4 45-37-3 …… 29-46-7 10-2 38-30-2 40-18-1 339-234-21 USC 27-8 19-11 66-30-4 7-0 38-18-2 60-10-4 59-28-3 46-29-7 …… 9-3 51-28-4 58-9-4 440-174-28 Utah 20-17-2 6-19 4-5 25-31-3 8-18 6-11-1 3-2 2-10 3-9 …… 0-8 7-5 84-135 6 Washington 19-10-1 14-17 52-38-4 8-5-1 58-43-5 59-34-4 41-38-4 30-38-2 28-51-2 8-0 …… 67-32-6 375-307-29 Washington State 13-25 12-26-2 26-44-5 3-5 33-46-6 48-47-3 25-38-1 18-40-1 9-58-4 5-7 32-67-6 …… 216-345-24
PERCEPTION
Here’s a quick fact when it comes to CU and Utah joining the Pac-12: the two will be travel partners, and most assume it won’t be a cozy as the current five mates. Well, first of all, it’s not like they travel together, the same teams will roll into Boulder and Salt Lake City the same weekends, and the other schools will host CU and Utah in one order or the other. The campus of CU and Utah are 356 miles apart; did you know Washington and Washington State’s campuses are 252 miles apart? And the Arizona schools are separated by 102 miles; the others are all under 40, with USC and UCLA the closest. Bottom line is that CU and Utah are not really that far out of whack (Texas A&M and Texas Tech are further apart than the Buffs and the Utes by some 29 miles).
FOLSOM FIELD RANKED SEVENTH TOUGHEST PLACE TO PLAY
Yahoo! Sports in 2012 came out with its top 25 toughest places to play list, and lo and behold, Folsom Field came in at No. 7. In ranking CU in that spot, Yahoo! wrote: “Folsom Field, home of the Colorado Buffaloes, is one of the most underrated venues in college sports. The fans here always cheer hard and loud, and they are quite respectful and friendly to visiting fans.” The Top 10 were comprised of: 1. Ohio State (Ohio Stadium); 2. Florida (Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, a.k.a, the Swamp); 3. Louisiana State (Tiger Stadium, a.k.a., Death Valley); 4. Auburn (Jordan-Hare Stadium); 5. Michigan State (Spartan Stadium); 6. Miami, Fla. (Sun Life Stadium); 7. Colorado (Folsom Field); 8. West Virginia (Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium); 9. Iowa (Kinnick Stadium); 10. Texas A&M (Kyle Field). The next Pac-12 school on the list was Oregon (Autzen Stadium) at No. 21, with Washington at No. 23 (Husky Stadium).
NO. 33 IN THE WORLD
In the latest world university rankings by the TimesHigherEducation.co.uk, the University of Colorado held its previous position of being the No. 33 ranked university in the world (which translates to the solar system, the galaxy and the universe). Unlike other rankings that are based more on cost of attendance and class sizes, this ranking is based on teaching (the learning environment, 30%), research (volume, income and reputation, 30%), citations (research influence, 30%), international outlook (staff and students, 7.5%) and industry income (innovation, 2.5%). Nine Pac-12 schools made the Top 100, led by Stanford (No. 2) and California (No. 3); Harvard came in at No. 1 with M.I.T. (No. 4) and the University of Cambridge (U.K., No. 5) rounding out the top five. UCLA (No. 12), Washington (No. 16), Colorado (No. 33, the 25th U.S. school), Southern California (No. 47), Arizona (No. 78), Arizona State (No. 79) and Utah (No. 85) completing the Pac-12 listing. The Big 10 placed 10 schools in the top 100 (Wisconsin has the highest rank – No. 19); the ACC placed four (Duke was its highest at No. 31); the SEC two (Vanderbilt at No. 49, Florida at No. 71) and the Big 12 one (Texas, No. 36).
REUNIONS in 2013
There are no specific team reunions planned this fall (the most celebrated Buff team on a 5- or 10- year anniversary hit would be the 1998 Aloha Bowl champions, 8- 4 overall). “C Day,” a reunion of all letter winners, took place for the Central Arkansas game (Sept. 7); the annual Living Legends (which honors all athletes who lettered for the first time 50 years ago) is set for the California (Nov. 16) and the Honorary C awards will be presented at the USC game (Nov. 23). As for other sports, it is the 40th anniversary of the 1974 NCAA champion ski team, and the 10th anniversary of the 2004 NCAA champion men’s and women’s cross country teams. 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Game Summaries Page 38
GAME 1 COLORADO 41, COLORADO State 27 SEPTEMBER 1, 2013 SPORTS AUTHORITY FIELD AT MILE HIGH, DENVER
DENVER — The Colorado Buffaloes rumbled into the Mike MacIntyre era with a CU accepted the second-half kickoff and was forced to give the ball back to CSU. gutsy 41-27 victory against rival Colorado State in the Rocky Mountain Showdown. Darragh O’Neill’s punt traveled 46 yards, but sophomore Joe Hansley’s return covered 74 – and the Rams suddenly were down only by three points (20-17). In his first game in CU’s multiple/pistol offense, Connor Wood completed 33-of-46 passes for 400 yards and three touchdowns. Two of the TD passes – 82 and 75 yards With momentum swinging to CSU, CU needed an answer – and the Buffs drove as – went to Paul Richardson, playing in his first game after sitting out last season with far as the Rams’ 24-yard line before a holding call snuffed the drive. The Buffs a knee injury. forced a punt and this time marched to the Rams 18-yard line, where the drive
And with the CU defense needing a big play in Sports Authority Field at Mile High, stalled again but Oliver connected on a 44-yard field and CU increased its lead to 23- 17. Greg Henderson delivered a monstrous one. With the Buffs cradling a 26-24 lead early in the fourth quarter, he scooped up a CSU fumble and raced 53 yards to score. CSU got another long return – this one 84 yards by junior Thomas Coffman on
The Buffs couldn’t have had a more effective start – scoring on their second play Oliver’s kickoff – and set up at the CU 16-yard line. It took three plays to score, with from scrimmage – an 82-yard Wood-to-Richardson pass. Bibbs running 2 yards to give the Rams their first lead of the afternoon, 24-23, with 2:51 left in the third quarter. After his PAT pushed CU ahead 7-0, Oliver then kicked a 22-yard field goal in the final minute of the first quarter and the Buffs were up 10-0. CSU’s first points then When CU’s ensuing drive stalled at the CSU 35-yard line, Oliver tied a career-long kick with a 52-yarder, giving the Buffs a 26-24 lead with 13:07 remaining. came courtesy of a 39-yard Jared Roberts field goal three plays into the second quarter, cutting CU’s advantage to 10-3 with 14:17 left before intermission. Grayson moved the Rams to mid-field and on second down hit Bibbs across the
It took nearly 11 minutes for either team to score again, but in the final 3:56 of the middle for a short gain – but he couldn’t escape Chidera Uzo-Diribe’s strip, which Henderson scooped up and raced 53 yards to put CU up 33-24. half CU got 10 points and CSU seven. Wood drove the Buffs 63 yards in seven plays, hitting D.D. Goodson in the back of the end zone with an 18-yard touchdown. CSU again responded with 3:47 to play as a 30-yard Roberts filed goal allowed the Rams to pull within 33-27. CSU answered immediately with a seven-play, 74-yard march capped by Kapri Bibbs’ first career TD – a 7-yard run around left end. Roberts’ extra point brought the Wood and Richardson then delivered again – this time connecting for a 75-yard Rams to within 17-10 and the Buffs had 1:13 remaining to respond. score. For good measure, Wood hit Goodson for the two-point conversion and the
Starting at his own 25, Wood used six plays to cover 51 yards and position Oliver for Buffs had their largest lead of the game – 41-27, which would eventually become the a 41-yard field goal on the first half’s final play. The Buffs trotted to their locker final. room holding a 10-point lead (20-10).
COLORADO ...... 10 10 3 18 — 41 Colorado State ...... 0 10 14 3 — 27
SCORING Score Time Qtr TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO COLORADO ST. COLORADO — Richardson 82 pass Wood (Oliver kick) 7- 0 12:41 1Q First Downs ...... 24 16 COLORADO — Oliver 22 FG 10- 0 0:32 1Q Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 7-18 (0-0) 2-14 (1-3) Colorado State — Roberts 39 FG 10- 3 14:17 2Q Rushes—Net Yards ...... 37-109 28-94 COLORADO — Goodson 18 pass from Wood (Oliver kick) 17- 3 3:56 2Q Passing Yards ...... 400 201 Colorado State — Bibbs 7 run (Roberts kick) 17-10 1:13 2Q Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 46-33-0 39-22-0 COLORADO — Oliver 41 FG 20-10 0:00 2Q Total Offense ...... 509 295 Colorado State — Hansley 74 punt return (Roberts kick) 20-17 12:51 3Q Return Yards ...... 87 92 COLORADO — Oliver 44 FG 23-17 4:10 3Q Punts: No-Average ...... 8-42.5 7-49.7 Colorado State — Bibbs 2 run (Roberts kick) 23-24 2:51 3Q Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 0-0 2-2 COLORADO — Oliver 52 FG 26-24 13:07 4Q Penalties/Yards ...... 8/68 4/50 COLORADO — Henderson 53 fumble return (Oliver kick) 33-24 11:12 4Q Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 2-19 1-11 Colorado State — Roberts 30 FG 33-27 3:47 4Q Time of Possession ...... 33:30 26:30 COLORADO — Richardson 82 pass Wood (Goodson pass Wood) 41-27 3:36 4Q Drives/Average Field Position ...... 16/C30 14/CS30
Attendance: 59,601 Time: 3:37 Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 3-3 (13) 3-4 (17) Weather: 76 degrees, cloudy skies, 40% humidity, 10 mph winds from the southeast
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing—Colorado: Powell 15-42, Goodson 1-31, T.Jones 13-27, C.Wood 4-8, Abron 2-5, Team 2-minus 4. Colorado State: Bibbs 15-70, Alexander 1-17, Nwoke 6-6, Grayson 5-0. Passing—Colorado: Wood 46-33-0, 400, 3 td. Colorado State: Grayson 39-22-0, 201, 0 td. Receiving—Colorado: Richardson 10-208, Spruce 8-99, Goodson 5-44, T.Jones 4-14, Slavin 2-12, McCulloch 2-12, Fernandez 2-11. Colorado State: Hansley 7-90, Higgins 6-57, Vaden 3-16, Cartwright 2-22, Alexander 2-11, Coffman 1-4, Bibbs 1—1). Punting—Colorado: O’Neill 8-42.5 (48 long, 2 In20, 1 TB). Colorado State: Hunt 7-49.7 (69 long, 1 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: Spruce 4-34. Colorado State: Hansley 3-92, Ruiz 1-0. Kickoff Returns—Colorado: Mosley 1-19. Colorado State: Coffman 4-162, Simmons 1-30. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Gillam 7,7—14; Orms 5,4—9; Webb 6,1—7; Crawley 4,1—5; Henderson 3,2—5; Uzo-Diribe 3,1—4; Awuzie 2,1—3; Greer 2,1—3; Bell 1,2—3; Mosley 2,0—2; Parker 1,1—2; Bonsu 0,2—2. Colorado State: Pierre-Louis 1,14—15; Blake 6,5—11; Davis 3,8—11; James 2,7—9; Barrett 3,5—8; Morgan 2,4—6. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Gillam 1-17, Parker 1-2. Colorado State: Barrett 1-11. Interceptions—Colorado: none. Colorado State: none. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Awuzie, Gilllam, Henderson, Orms. Colorado State: Edwards, James, Oden, Tonga.
GAME NOTES
Attendance for the game was 59,601; CU accounted for 32,779 of those as attendance was below 60,000 for the third straight year (and for the fourth in the last five) ... CSU 18,169 and the Broncos 5,032 (many of which were out of CU’s allotment)… Eleven players, including six true freshmen, made their CU debuts in the game ... Colorado snapped an 8-game losing streak with the win ... The Buffaloes did not commit a turnover in their season opener for the first time since 2000 ... Colorado made its first 2-point conversion in three years when Wood found Goodson on a short pass for the deuce ... Colorado improved to 9-4-2 all-time on Sundays ... The Buffs donned their traditional home gold pants with the white road jerseys for the first time in 2008 (Nov. 1 at Texas A&M), winning in the look for the first time since the 2004 Houston Bowl over UTEP ... Colorado dominated the majority of the game, leading for 52:57 (CSU led for just 4:44), and defensively held the Rams to under 200 yards until their last two drives netted 100, but the game had been decided by then ... The Buffs improved to 24-1 in season openers dating back to 1967 when scoring first ... Colorado allowed under 30 points for the first time since the ’12 opener against the Rams (11 games). 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Game Summaries Page 39
GAME 2 COLORADO 38, CENTRAL ARKANSAS 24 SEPTEMBER 7, 2013 FOLSOM FIELD, BOULDER
BOULDER — The Colorado Buffaloes rallied with three fourth-quarter touchdowns Wood and CU answered with a 55-yard march that positioned Oliver for a 31-yard to put away stubborn Central Arkansas squad, 38-24, and win its home opener field goal that tied the score at 17-17 with 11:28 left in the third quarter. under first-year coach Mike MacIntyre. In the process, CU improved to 2-0 and It held until UCA’s Gaines got his hands on Wood once more – and once again Wood ended a six-game losing streak at Folsom Field. fumbled. Defensive end Jonathan Woodard scooped up the ball and ran to the CU 16 CU quarterback Connor Wood passed for 341 yards (23-of-36) and submitted his before being hauled down from behind by Buffs tackle Stephane Nembot. second straight three-TD game of the season. Wood outdueled UCA quarterback The Bears ran six plays and advanced to the Buffs’ 1-yard line, where on the first Wynrick Smothers, who was 33-of-55 for 280 yards (2 TDs/2 INT) for the Bears, who play of the fourth quarter Smothers scored on a quarterback sneak to push UCA up came into the game ranked No. 5 in the FCS. 24-17 with all but four seconds of the last quarter remaining.
Wood connected with Richardson 11 times for 209 yards and two of his three scores. Time was on the Buffs’ side, but the Bears weren’t clock watching – they were The Buffs took a 7-0 lead early in the second quarter after a 55-yard Wood-to- zeroing in on Wood. The pressure continued, and Wood tossed his second pick of Richardson touchdown pass, and then Greg Henderson made it 14-0 with a 46-yard the game – this one picked by free safety Marvin Mitchell at the UCA 44. interception return, the first pick for the Buffs secondary in 267 pass attempts. Smothers drove the Bears as far as the Buffs’ 24-yard line before CU safety Jered Bell The Bears didn’t blink as Wood fumbled as he was sacked by defensive end Markeith stepped in front of a Smothers pass, picked it and ran 79 yards for the TD to tie the Gaines. Fellow end Derek Floyd recovered at the UCA 31, and six plays later game once more (24-24). Smothers hit Lewis with a 23-yard TD pass to make the game 14-7. The Buffs went ahead with 9:16 to play when Chidobe Awuzie pilfered the football On CU’s next series, Wood suffered his first interception of the season – a deflected from Wilson after a short reception and set up Wood & Co. at the UCA 30-yard line. ball intended for slot receiver D.D. Goodson that was lunged for and grabbed by On the second play, Wood found Richardson open again – this time for 30 yards and defensive back Bobby Watkins at his own 24-yard line. their fourth TD hookup of the season to make the game 31-24 in the Buffs favor.
Ten plays later, Smothers capped a 76-yard march with an 11-yard scoring pass to The Buffs couldn’t relax until Wood hit Nelson Spruce on a third-and-20 receiver tight end Chase Dixon. Denker’s extra point tied the score at 14-14 with 22 seconds screen which he took 39 yards for a touchdown to push the Buffs lead to 38-24. remaining before intermission. CU corner Kenneth Crawley intercepted Smothers in the end zone with 1:50 to play. Things appeared to settle down for the Buffs, but it was short lived as the Buffs gave The Buffs took over at their 20-yard line, got one first down and put a period on a up an 88-yard kickoff return to set up a 28-yard Denker field goal and the Bears’ wild home opener. first lead (17-14) of the game.
Central Arkansas ...... 0 14 3 7 — 24 COLORADO ...... 7 7 3 21 — 38
SCORING Score Time Qtr TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO CENTRAL ARK. COLORADO — Richardson 55 pass from Wood (Oliver kick) 7- 0 4:58 1Q First Downs ...... 23 19 COLORADO — Henderson 46 interception return (Oliver kick) 14- 0 11:55 2Q Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 5-12 (0-0) 6-19 (2-3) Central Arkansas — Lewis 23 pass from Smothers (Denker kick) 14- 7 4:37 2Q Rushes—Net Yards ...... 34-84 26-60 Central Arkansas — Dixon 11 pass from Smothers (Denker kick) 14-14 0:22 2Q Passing Yards ...... 341 280 Central Arkansas — Denker 28 FG 14-17 13:54 3Q Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 36-23-2 55-33-3 COLORADO — Oliver 31 FG 17-17 11:28 3Q Total Offense ...... 425 340 Central Arkansas —Smothers 1 run (Denker kick) 17-24 14:56 4Q Return Yards ...... 125 22 COLORADO — Bell 79 interception return (Oliver kick) 24-24 10:43 4Q Punts: No-Average ...... 3-46.7 6-42.3 COLORADO — Richardson 30 pass from Wood (Oliver kick) 31-24 9:16 4Q Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 3-2 1-1 COLORADO — Spruce 39 pass from Wood (Oliver kick) 38-24 4:24 4Q Penalties/Yards ...... 8/64 6/51
Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 1-3 4-25
Time of Possession ...... 26:42 33:18 Attendance: 35,168 Time: 3:25 Drives/Average Field Position ...... 14/C27 15/CS30 Weather: 90 degrees, partly cloudy skies, 18% humidity, 9 mph winds from the north Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 1-1 (3) 3-4 (17)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing—Colorado: Jones 12-58, Powell 6-22, Goodson 1-9, Abron 8-9, Wood 6-3, Team 1-minus 17. Central Arkansas: Matthews 13-32, Smothers 10-18, Wilson 2-9, Veasley 1-1. Passing—Colorado: Wood 36-23-2, 341, 3 td. Central Arkansas: Smothers 55-33-3, 280, 2 td. Receiving—Colorado: Richardson 11-209, McCulloch 5-50, Spruce 4-62, Canty 1-8, Ross 1-7, Powell 1-5. Central Arkansas: Lewis 9-89, Matthews 7-46, Gardner 4-49, Dixon 4-36, Wilson 4-21, Murphy 1-13, Watts 1-9, Burdette 1-6, Hart 1-6, Smith 1-5. Punting—Colorado: O’Neill 3-46.7 (54 long, 2 In20). Central Arkansas: Harrison 6-42.3 (68 long, 2 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: none. Central Arkansas: Murphy 1-10. Kickoff Returns—Colorado: Severson 3-52. Central Arkansas: Winfrey 1-88, Williams 2-26, Love 1-14. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Webb 9,3—12; Bell 7,1—8; Orms 5,2—7; Awuzie 6,0—6; Gillam 3,3—6; Henderson 4,0—4; Uzo-Diribe 3,1—4; Tupou 3,0—3; Crawley 2,1—3; Gilbert 2,1—3; Greer 1,2—3; Parker 2,0—2; Solis 2,0—2. Central Arkansas: Heard 6,0—6; Winston 3,2—5; Floyd 4,0—4; Love 4,0—4; Peters 4,0—4; Bush 3,1—4; three with 3,0—3. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Gilbert 1-3. Central Arkansas: Gaines 2-16, Randall 1-6, Woodard 1-3. Interceptions—Colorado: Bell 1-79, Henderson 1-46, Crawley 1-0. Central Arkansas: Mitchell 1-4, Watkins 1-0. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Crawley 2, Henderson, Tupou, Uzo-Diribe. Central Arkansas: Jones, Randall, Winfrey, Winston.
GAME NOTES
Colorado last opened with a pair of wins in 2008 … CU improved to 2-2 all-time against FCS schools ... The temperature at kickoff – 90 degrees – tied for the ninth warmest for any game in CU history and tied for the second warmest ever in Boulder (with the Aug. 26, 2001 Fresno State game; both are tied for the warmest night game in Boulder) ... WR Paul Richardson became the first player in Pac-12 Conference history to have back-to-back 200-yard receiving games ... Ralphie V did not lead the team out for the first time since 2003 (against Nebraska) because of a timing snafu; she made the second half run just fine, however ... Colorado scored 30 points in back-to-back games for the first time since the 10th and 11th games of the 2010 season, and has allowed under 30 for two games in a row since games 4 and 5 of that same year … Henderson’s interception was the first by a Buff in a 10-game span and 267 opponent passes since the last one (a fourth quarter pick by ILB Jon Major at Washington State on Sept. 22, 2012) ... The Buffs returned two interceptions for scores in the same game for the first time since the last day of the last century: Dec. 31, 1999 when ILB Jashon Sykes and SS Rashidi Barnes did it against Boston College in the Insight.com Bowl ... The attendance of 35,168 was the smallest for CU home game in Boulder that wasn’t affected due to the weather since 1988. 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Game Summaries Page 40
GAME 3 OREGON STATE 44, COLORADO 17 SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 RESER STADIUM, CORVALLIS
CORVALLIS, Ore. — If it was questionable whether a three-week layoff had an ill Then the wheels appeared to be close to coming off for the Buffs. But after Marques effect on Colorado, the answer was given in a 44-17 loss to Oregon State in CU’s Mosley fumbled the kickoff and Romaine recovered at the OSU 46, the Beavers were 2013 Pac-12 Conference opener. forced into a three-and-out. It didn’t matter.
CU (2-1, 0-1) trailed 17-3 at halftime, but hung tough with Oregon State for the When CU again failed to generate any offense and punted, Mannion completed a 76- majority of the first half. yard drive with his third TD pass of the afternoon – a 42-yard screen taken to the
The teams traded field goals in the game’s first 13 minutes, OSU striking first with a end zone by Terron Ward. Romaine made it 31-3 – and another special teams blunder awaited the Buffs on Romaine’s kickoff. 36-yarder from Trevor Romaine and the Buffs answering four minutes later with a 19-yarder from Will Oliver set up by a Greg Henderson interception, his third of the When his squib kick wasn’t handled by up man Brady Daigh, OSU’s Zack Robinson young season. Mannion hit Caleb Smith for the TD with 2:09 left in the first quarter recovered at the CU 26. Four plays later, Mannion tied the OSU single-game record from 3-yards out. with his fifth TD pass, this one covering 4 yards to Smith to make it 38-3. The
The Buffs’ defense appeared fairly sound throughout the first half, snuffing a pair of disastrous third quarter was and including the final score of the first half, the Beavers put up 28 unanswered points in just over 10 minutes of game action. Beavers’ drives with an interception by corner Greg Henderson and a sack/forced fumble by end Chidera Uzo-Diribe and fumble recovery by end Juda Parker. Connor Wood and Tyler McCulloch hooked up for the Buffs score with 10:51 to play.
But following Parker’s fumble recovery, which stopped an OSU drive at the CU 19, When Wood hit freshman Devin Ross with a two-point conversion pass, the score was 38-11 – but time and most everything else wasn’t on CU’s side. the Buffs couldn’t capitalize. They went three-and-out, with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Daniel Munyer ruining the series and forcing a punt. After Wood was intercepted with just under 7 minutes remaining, Mannion broke
The game remained 10-3 for the majority of the first half with the second quarter’s the OSU record for TD passes in a single game, hitting tight end Connor Hamlett with only score the second connection between Mannion and Crooks, capping a 12-play, an 11-yard toss. 71-yard march to end the half. That made the game 44-11 with 6:48 remaining, but if anything can be said about the Buffs it’s that they didn’t give up. If the Buffs were going to rally, they needed to stop the Beavers immediately in the second half. It didn’t happen; OSU took the second half kickoff and fashioned a drive Wood hit Paul Richardson from 28 yards out with just 13 seconds left in the game, that nearly matched their final first-half march. little solace but giving the nation’s leading receiver his fifth touchdown in three games on the season. The 2-point conversion failed and ended the game at 44-17. It covered 75 yards, required seven plays and concluded with another Mannion-to- Cooks scoring pass – this one for 22 yards. Romaine’s extra point pushed the Beavers comfortably in front 24-3 with 12:03 left in the third quarter.
COLORADO ...... 3 0 0 14 — 17 Oregon State ...... 10 7 21 6 — 44
SCORING Score Time Qtr TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO OREGON STATE Oregon State — Romaine 36 FG 3- 3 10:03 1Q First Downs ...... 14 29 COLORADO — Oliver 19 FG 3- 3 6:19 1Q Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 2-15 (0-1) 5-17 (1-2) Oregon State — Smith 3 pass from Mannion (Romaine kick) 3-10 2:09 1Q Rushes—Net Yards ...... 35-154 34-120 Oregon State — Cooks 8 pass from Mannion (Romaine kick) 3-17 0:16 2Q Passing Yards ...... 146 420 Oregon State — Cooks 22 pass from Mannion (Romaine kick) 3-24 12:03 3Q Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 34-14-2 54-28-1 Oregon State — Ward 42 pass from Mannion (Romaine kick) 3-31 6:48 3Q Total Offense ...... 300 540 Oregon State — Smith 4 pass from Mannion (Romaine kick) 3-38 5:13 3Q Return Yards ...... 36 35 COLORADO — McCulloch 24 pass from Wood (Ross pass from Wood)11-3810:51 4Q Punts: No-Average ...... 10-41.1 7-44.1 Oregon State — Hamlett 11 pass from Mannion (Romaine kick) 11-44 6:48 4Q Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 1-1 2-1 COLORADO — Richardson 28 pass from Wood (pass failed) 17-44 0:13 4Q Penalties/Yards ...... 6/64 6/40
Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 2-20 1-16
Time of Possession ...... 25:10 34:50 Attendance: 44,279 Time: 3:28 Drives/Average Field Position ...... 17/C28 19/OS39 Weather: 60 degrees, rain (light to moderate), 20 mph winds from the southeast Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 1-1 (3) 6-8 (34)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing—Colorado: Adkins 14-98, Jones 4-22, Powell 10-21, Wood 5-8, Richardson 1-7, Team 1-minus 2. Oregon State: Ward 19-55, Cooks 5-47, Brown 5-29, Bolden 1-10, Mannion 3-minus 19, Team 1-minus 2. Passing—Colorado: Wood 34-14-2, 146, 2 td. Oregon State: Mannion 52-27-1, 414 6 td; Ward 1-1-0, 6; Vaz 1-0-0, 0. Receiving—Colorado: Richardson 5-70, McCulloch 2-29, Adkins 2-5, Fernandez 1-13, Jones 1-10, Spruce 1-9, Goodson 1-9, Powell 1-1. Oregon State: Cooks 9-168, Ward 7-103, Mullaney 3-55, Hamlett 3-44, Smith 3-30, Cummings 1-8, Brown 1-6, Mannion 1-6. Punting—Colorado: O’Neill 10-41.1 (55 long, 2 In20). Oregon State: Kostol 7-44.1 (67 long, 1 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: none. Oregon State: Cooks 1-6, Reynolds 1-2. Kickoff Returns—Colorado: Severson 2-44, Mosley 1-36, Spruce 1-17. Oregon State: Marable 1-27. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Gillam 8,5—13; Henderson 7,2—9; Uzo-Diribe 3,3—6; Bell 3,2—5; Bonsu 3,2—5; Webb 2,3—5; Crawley 4,0—4; Orms 2,2—4; Greer 3,0—3; Thompson 3,0—3; Tupou 2,1—3; Awuzie 2,0—2; Henington 1,1—2; Solis 1,1—2. Oregon State: Zimmerman 4,3—7; Johnson 3,3—6; Alexander 2,4—6; Crichton 2,3—5; Wynn 1,4—5; Murphy 4,0—4. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Bonsu 1-14, Uzo-Diribe 1-6. Oregon State: Zimmerman 1-16. Interceptions—Colorado: Henderson 1-36. Oregon State: Murphy 1-27, Reynolds 1-0. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Awuzie, Bell, Gillam, Henderson. Oregon State: Martin, Nelson, Noland-Lewis, Rosa.
GAME NOTES
A storm blew into Corvallis the night before the game (it lingered for three days), as it brought winds gusting to 30 miles per hour and constant rainfall (light to moderate) during the game … This was the first game in 2013 that Colorado did not a hold a lead … TB Michael Adkins made his debut responding with 14 rushes for 98 yards, the second most yards by a true freshman in his first game at Colorado (the record is held by TB Marcus Houston, who had 100 versus Colorado State in Denver on Sept. 2, 2000) … CB Greg Henderson made his second interception of the season and his third in his career (he has returned the pair for 82 yards) … WR Tyler McCulloch had his fourth touchdown catch of his career … Colorado outrushed Oregon State last Saturday (154-140); it was a rare loss when CU had the edge in rushing yards, as the Buffs are 137-17-3 since 1989 when doing so. 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Game Summaries Page 41
GAME 4 OREGON 57, COLORADO 16 OCTOBER 5, 2013 FOLSOM FIELD, BOULDER
BOULDER — Colorado had its early moments against No. 2 Oregon, but the An ill-advised Wood pass under pressure was picked off by Oregon corner Terrance Buffaloes couldn’t make them last. The day belonged to Oregon quarterback Marcus Mitchell, resulting in a short (43 yards) seven-play drive and a 2-yard scoring run by Mariota, his hurry-up offense and his cadre of super-fast skill players. Thomas Tyner to go up 15-10. A 75-yard Mariota-to-Addison scoring pass shot Shrugging off early 3-0 and 10-8 deficits that might have offered Buffs fans a Oregon in front 22-10 and preceded Wood’s second interception. Mitchell got that flickering glimpse of a shock-the-universe upset, the unbeaten Ducks won in a walk, one, too, and the Ducks quickly capitalized, with Mariota hitting Keanon Lowe for a 57-16, before 45,944 at Folsom Field. CU dropped to 2-2 overall and 0-2 in the Pac- 17-yard score that capped a 34-second possession to make it 29-10 Oregon at the 12 while the Ducks improved to 5-0 and 2-0, respectively. end of the first quarter.
Mariota’s night was finished midway through the third quarter, but he did more CU cut into the lead with another pair of Oliver field goals (22, 31 yards) to pull to than enough to win Pac-12 player of the week honors. He accounted for seven within 29-16. Mariota then took advantage with 6:04 left before intermission with a touchdowns, hitting on 16-of-27 passes for 355 yards and five TDs, with seven rushing TD to make it 36-16, and Oregon added another TD – this one on a 4-yard rushes for 43 yards and two more scores. Mariota-to-Huff pass – to take its 27-point (43-16) halftime lead.
CU receiver Paul Richardson caught five passes for 134 yards and completed one Oregon further blew it open by scoring on its first two second-half possession, with pass for 75 yards and his team’s only TD. Christian Powell showed flashes with 20 Mariota hitting Addison for a 44-yard score, then finding Huff for a 26-yarder. With carries for 78 yards. 6:50 left in the third quarter, the Ducks were cruising 57-16 and had comfortably entered name-your-score mode. CU was unconventional from the opening kickoff, calling for an on-sides kick that the Ducks recovered. But the Buffs forced a three-and-out, took possession and CU linebacker Addison Gillam finished with a CU freshman record 18 tackles (14 drove 69 yards to position Will Oliver for a 33-yard field goal that gave CU a 3-0 lead. solo), four third down stops and two tackles for loss, one of which was a sack.
But that CU advantage lasted all of 1:49 – the time required for Oregon to score on A fumble forced by Chidera Uzo-Diribe and recovered by CU linebacker Derrick its next possession. Mariota capped the 75-yard, nine-play march with a 2-yard run, Webb at the Oregon 10-yard line offered the Buffs a chance for a third-quarter score, then tight end Pharaoh Brown took a direct center snap and ran for the 2-point but they couldn’t take advantage. The Buffs actually took the ball away on three conversion. Oregon 8, CU 3. straight possessions, the other two coming on Greg Henderson interceptions, but the
The Buffs responded with a 75-yard pitch-and-catch from Richardson on a flanker Buffs couldn’t take advantage. CU closed the game with four straight three-and-outs, reverse pass to receiver D.D. Goodson to put the Buffs back up, 10-8, with 9:35 left as the high-scoring affair saw a scoreless fourth quarter. in the first quarter.
Oregon ...... 29 14 14 0 — 57 COLORADO ...... 10 6 0 0 — 16
SCORING Score Time Qtr TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO OREGON COLORADO — Oliver 33 FG 3- 0 12:02 1Q First Downs ...... 15 31 Oregon — Mariota 2 run (Brown run) 3- 8 10:13 1Q Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 0-15 (1-3) 9-18 (2-4) COLORADO — Goodson 75 pass from Richardson (Oliver kick) 10- 8 9:35 1Q Rushes—Net Yards ...... 36-94 62-349 Oregon — Tyner 2 run (Wogan kick) 10-15 4:55 1Q Passing Yards ...... 280 406 Oregon — Addison 75 pass from Mariota (Maldonado kick) 10-22 1:54 1Q Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 34-12-2 34-19-2 Oregon — Lowe 17 pass from Mariota (Wogan kick) 10-29 0:56 1Q Total Offense ...... 374 755 COLORADO — Oliver 22 FG 13-29 13:24 2Q Return Yards ...... 5 - 1 COLORADO — Oliver 31 FG 16-29 9:48 2Q Punts: No-Average ...... 8-40.8 3-40.7 Oregon — Mariota 1 run (Maldonado kick) 16-36 6:04 2Q Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 0-0 2-1 Oregon — Huff 4 pass from Mariota (Wogan kick) 16-43 0:57 2Q Penalties/Yards ...... 2/20 5/41 Oregon — Addison 44 pass from Mariota (Maldonado kick) 16-50 10:39 3Q Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 1-6 2-16 Oregon — Huff 26 pass from Mariota (Wogan kick) 16-57 6:50 3Q Time of Possession ...... 28:06 31:54
Attendance: 45,944 Time: 3:15 Drives/Average Field Position ...... 17/C34 17/O28 Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 3-4 (9) 5-7 (36) Weather: 61 degrees, sunny skies, 17% humidity, 8 mph winds from the northwest INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing—Colorado: Powell 20-78, Adkins 6-18, Jones 3-5, Abron 1-1, Goodson 1-0, Wood 5-minus 8. Oregon: Marshall 23-122, Forde 9-82, Mariota 7-43, Tyner 10-30, Huff 2-23, Allen 0-14, Lockie 2-12, Rodrigues, 3-10, Roseberry 1-7, Cassell 1-6, Bassett 3-1, Team 1-minus 1. Passing—Colorado: Wood 33-11-2, 205, 0 td; Richardson 1-1-0, 75, 1 td. Oregon: Mariota 27-16-0, 355, 5 td; Rodrigues 4-1-1, 37; Lockie 3-2-1, 14. Receiving—Colorado: Richardson 5-134, Spruce 3-36, Goodson 1-75, Adkins 1-20, Slavin 1-8, S.Irwin 1-7. Oregon: Addison 5-158, Huff 5-103, Tyner 2-29, Marshall 2-17, Allen 1-37, Brown 1-24, Lowe 1-17, Mundt 1-13, Delaney 1-8. Punting—Colorado: O’Neill 8-40.8 (50 long, 5 In20). Oregon: Maldonado 3-40.7 (47 long, 1 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: Spruce 1-5. Oregon: Addison 1-minus 3. Kickoff Returns—Colorado: Severson 5-134, Adkins 2-54. Oregon: Hill 1-2, Lowe 1-2. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Gillam 14,4—18; Orms 8,2—10; Uzo-Diribe 7,1—8; Webb 6,2—8; Parker 5,2—7; Thompson 4,2—6; Solis 3,3—6; Awuzie 4,1—5; Crawley 4,1—5; Greer 4,0—4; Bell 3,1—4; Bonsu 1,3—4; Henderson 2,1—3. Oregon: Ekpre-Olomu 7,1—8; Malone 4,3—7; Mitchell 6,0—6; Patterson 6,0—6; Washington 4,0—4; Hart 2,2—4. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Gillam 1-6. Oregon: Walker 1-15, Washington 1-1. Interceptions—Colorado: Henderson 2-0. Oregon: Mitchell 2-2. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Bell, Bonsu, Webb. Oregon: Buckner, Hardrick, Mitchell.
GAME NOTES
Colorado lost its 10th straight Pac-12 game … The teams combined for 493 yards of offense in the first quarter (UO 262, CU 231), when they also combined for 12 possessions … Colorado led for 6:29 in the first quarter, the most any team has led Oregon in five games this year (Tennessee led Oregon for 5:26 in the first quarter of their game); the 10 first quarter points were the most by an opponent in a quarter against UO this year … Colorado had 318 yards in the first half, just 2.5 yards shy of what Oregon came in allowing per game (320.5); but the Buffs managed just 56 after halftime … Oregon’s 755 yards of total offense were the second most ever against a CU defense, trailing 875 by Oklahoma in an 82-42 loss on Oct. 4, 1980 (758 of those were rushing) … Oregon became the first CU opponent to amass at least 400 yards of either rushing or passing and 300 of the other (406 pass/349 rush); the 406 passing yards were the 13th most ever by an opponent … Colorado was 0-of-15 on third down, eclipsing its old worst mark on the down, as the Buffs were 0-of-13 against Kansas State in a 20-14 loss at Manhattan on Nov. 6, 1999 … CB Greg Henderson was the first Buff to have two interceptions in the same game since Oct. 27, 2007, when CB Terrence Wheatley snared three at Texas Tech. 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Game Summaries Page 42
GAME 5 ARIZONA STATE 54, COLORADO 13 OCTOBER 12, 2013 SUN DEVIL STADIUM, TEMPE
TEMPE, Ariz. — Host Arizona State jumped out to an early 25-0 lead in the game’s yards. Like Kelly, he was done for the night as was receiver Jaelen Strong, whose first 10 minutes, forcing Colorado to change quarterbacks en route to a 54-13 win three receptions went for 109 yards and one score. Kelly’s other TD pass – a 1- over the Buffaloes. yarder – went to Davon Coleman, who normally plays defensive end.
True freshman Sefo Liufau replaced Connor Wood after just three series, the Kelly was replaced to start the second half by backup Mike Bercovi, who doubles as coaches making the call after Wood opened 0-of-4 with an interception and two ASU’s holder and hit Strong with a two-point conversion pass after the Sun Devils’ sacks. second TD.
Liufau, the first true freshman to quarterback the Buffs since Tyler Hansen in 2008, The Buffs, meanwhile, struggled to find any first-half offense with the exception of directed a pair of scoring drives, finishing his debut completing 18-of-26 passes for the 80-yard Liufau-led drive. Leading receiver Paul Richardson did not have a first- 169 yards, with one touchdown and two interceptions. He also ran three times for half catch, and didn’t get one until CU’s opening possession of the second half. 19 yards, not including the one time he was sacked. Spruce, with three catches for 25 yards, was the Buffs’ top receiver in the opening half. On their first possession under their new quarterback, the Buffs marched 80 yards in 11 plays and scored on a 10-yard Liufau-to-Nelson Spruce pass. Nice start, but the The Buffs defense was minus CU senior safety Parker Orms for half the second talented kid from Tacoma was up against nasty odds when he took his first college quarter through the rest of the game. He was flagged for allegedly targeting an ASU snap. receiver and ejected, spending the rest of the game in the locker room.
By the time Liufau entered the college game, the Buffs trailed 25-0 – and that was After Liufau suffered his second interception – a pick in the end zone on a pass with 4:45 left in the first quarter. Wood was pulled after his pick by corner Lloyd intended for Richardson – Bercovi engineered a 14-play, 80-yard drive that was Carrington that set up ASU at the CU 15-yard line and led to a 1-yard run by Marion capped by senior R.J. Robinson’s 1-yard run – the first scoring run of his career. Grice. With Gonzalez’s PAT, ASU went ahead 54-6 with 3:22 left in the third quarter, and the final quarter started with that score. The Sun Devils kept the heat coming and had pushed their lead to 47-6 by intermission. ASU scored on eight of its nine first-half possessions and sacked Liufau Liufau led the Buffs on their second scoring drive of the night, this one 89 yards in in the end zone for a safety. 11 plays, with Christian Powell running 8 yards for the score. Will Oliver’s PAT made
ASU outgained CU 392-94 in the first half (532-268 for the game), with Grice it 54-13. rushing 13 times for 88 yards and his pair of TDs and catching two passes for 46
COLORADO ...... 0 6 0 7 — 13 Arizona State ...... 25 22 7 0 — 54
SCORING Score Time Qtr TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO ARIZONA STATE Arizona State — Strong 69 pass from Kelly (Gonzalez kick) 0- 7 13:28 1Q First Downs ...... 17 29 Arizona State — Grice 8 run (Strong pass from Bercovici) 0-15 10:26 1Q Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 7-14 (1-1) 7-14 (1-1) Arizona State — Gonzalez 26 FG 0-18 6:27 1Q Rushes—Net Yards ...... 35-99 58-276 Arizona State — Grice 1 run (Gonzalez kick) 0-25 4:45 1Q Passing Yards ...... 169 256 COLORADO — Spruce 10 pass from Liufau (pass failed) 6-25 14:54 2Q Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 30-18-3 22-11-0 Arizona State — Coleman 1 pass from Kelly (Gonzalez kick) 6-32 13:27 2Q Total Offense ...... 268 532 Arizona State — Safety, Liufau intentional grounding in end zone 6-34 9:48 2Q Return Yards ...... 0 77 Arizona State — Gonzalez 41 FG 6-37 7:57 2Q Punts: No-Average ...... 4-40.8 2-36.5 Arizona State — Gonzalez 20 FG 6-40 5:49 2Q Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 2-1 1-0 Arizona State — Kelly 17 run (Gonzalez kick) 6-47 0:16 2Q Penalties/Yards ...... 8/75 3/25 Arizona State — Robinson 1 run (Gonzalez kick) 6-54 3:22 3Q Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 1-2 3-20 COLORADO — Powell 8 run (Oliver kick) 13- 54 11:03 4Q Time of Possession ...... 26:20 33:40
Attendance: 50,104 Time: 3:00 Drives/Average Field Position ...... 12/C23 12/AS42 Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 2-3 (13) 7-8 (42) Weather: 81 degrees, clear skies, 8 mph winds from the west INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing—Colorado: Adkins 16-62, Powell 7-29, Jones 4-12, Liufau 4-10, Wood 2-minus 11, Team 2-minus 3. Arizona State: Grice 13-88, Robinson 15-69, Bercovici 6-39, Kelly 5-36,
Lewis 9-19, Foster 6-18, R. Smith 1-11, Eubank 1-2, Team 2-minus 6. Passing—Colorado: Liufau 26-18-2, 169, 1 td; Wood 4-0-1, 0 td. Arizona State: Kelly 19-9-0, 233, 2 td; Bercovici 3-2-0, 23. Receiving—Colorado: Spruce 5-42, Richardson 4-39, McCulloch 3-41, Goodson 2-20, Powell 1-22, Slavin 1-8, Ross 1-minus 1, Adkins 1-minus 2. Arizona State: Strong 3-109, Grice 2-46,
C. Smith 1-47, R. Smith 1-25, Rogers 1-12, Lewis 1-11, Foster 1-5, Coleman 1-1. Punting—Colorado: O’Neill 4-40.8 (44 long, 0 In20). Arizona State: Kelly 1-37.0 (37 long, 1 In20), Haack 1-36.0 (36 long, 1 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: none. Arizona State: Nelson 3-31. Kickoff Returns—Colorado: Ross 4-86, Hall 1-11. Arizona State: Lewis 1-19, Foster 1-16. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Daigh 8,2—10; Gillam 6,2—8; Bell 6,1—7; Webb 4,3—7; Thompson 3,3—6; Greer 4,1—5; Henderson 3,2—5; Awuzie 4,0—4; Gilbert 3,0—3; Orms 3,0—3; Henington 2,1—3; Mosley 2,1—3; Poston 2,1—3. Arizona State: Wadood 7,0—7; Young 6,1—7; Fiso 4,3—7; Bishop 4,2--6; Bradford 3,1—4; Coleman 2,2—4. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Bonsu 1-2. Arizona State: Bradford 1½-12, Young 1-3, Coleman ½-5. Interceptions—Colorado: none. Arizona State: Randall 1-26, Carrington 1-20, Nelson 1-0. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Bell, Gillam, Henderson, Thompson, Webb. Arizona State: Nelson.
GAME NOTES
Colorado donned black helmets for just the sixth time in its history, and are now 1-5 in the head gear (this was the third road game; the other two were losses at UCLA in 2011 and at Arizona last year) … The game time was exactly 3:00 (only 26 in CU’s last 284 have been played un under three hours) … CU lost its 11th straight Pac-12 game (school record for most consecutive losses in conference play; old mark was eight twice) … CU snapped an 0-for-19 streak on third downs in the first quarter (last try at Oregon State; 0-of-15 vs. Oregon and 0-of-3 before converting against ASU); Colorado was 5-of-5 on third down in the second half … TB Christian Powell’s 8-yard run for a touchdown in the fourth quarter was CU’s first rushing touchdown this season … PK Will Oliver improved to 10-of-10 on PAT kicks in 2013, extending his consecutive streak made to 40 ... SN Ryan Iverson had one tackle on punt coverage, giving him 13 (10 solo) for his career, tying the most career tackles in school history by a long snapper (Chris O’Donnell had 13 from 1987-90) ... QB Sefo Liufau became the ninth true freshman to play for the Buffs this season when he appeared in the first quarter; the last true freshman to appear in a game at quarterback for CU was Tyler Hansen, who made his debut in a 14-13 win against Kansas State in Boulder on Oct. 18, 2008; he completed 7-of-14 passes for 71 yards (1 TD/1 INT). He made his starting debut the following week at Missouri. 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Game Summaries Page 43
GAME 6 COLORADO 43, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 10 OCTOBER 19, 2013 FOLSOM FIELD, BOULDER
BOULDER — Stepping away from their Pac-12 Conference schedule on a perfect Diribe stripped CSU quarterback Kyle Copeland at the Buccaneers’ 12-yard line in mid-October Saturday, the Colorado Buffaloes eventually stepped out of Folsom the second quarter. Two plays later, Adkins took a handoff headed off left tackle, Field with a 43-10 win over Charleston Southern. weaved to his right and scored from 5 yards out for his and the Buffs second score of
Michael Adkins II, a true freshman from San Diego, accounted for a freshman the game. He previously broke free for a 23-yard TD on the opening drive. Punter Darragh O’Neill then scored on the two-point conversion. school record four touchdowns on runs of 23, 5, 33 yards and 34 yards. Entering Saturday’s game, the Buffs had scored one rushing TD in their previous five games. CU’s 15-3 lead ballooned to 22-3 after a three-and-out CSU series and the 60-yard
Tailback/fullback Christian Powell also scored on a 2-yard run as the Buffs enjoyed pitch-and-catch executed by Liufau and Richardson. Credit Liufau with keeping the their most productive running afternoon of the season (218 yards). play afloat; he fielded a bouncing center snap, collected himself and spotted Richardson crossing right to left in front of the formation. Richardson took the short The Buffs broke a three-game losing streak, evened their record at 3-3 and won their pass, reversed his field and outran two Buccaneers in pursuit to the right pylon. first game under first-time starting quarterback Sefo Liufau. But after CU had surged in front 22-3, CSU collected itself for its second 9-plus In his first start Saturday, he was 14-of-20 for 198 yards. Liufau’s TD pass covered minute drive of the half – the first ended with a field goal when an apparent TD pass 60 yards, most of them courtesy of fleet junior Paul Richardson in the second on a well-designed pitch was reviewed and overruled – and scored on a 7-yard quarter. Richardson finished with eight receptions for 122 yards. Copeland to Colton Korn pass six seconds before intermission.
The game against previously unbeaten CSU, the FCS’ No. 23ranked team, was The Buffs scored on their first possession of the second half, opening a 29-10 lead arranged on Sept. 30; it replaced a Sept. 14 game against Fresno State which was after a 13-play, 64-yard march capped by Powell’s 2-yard run. Exactly 3 minutes postponed due to the record rainfall and floods that ravaged the Boulder and area. later – at 4:11 – Liufau and his offense failed to capitalize on a Jered Bell CSU, which entered the afternoon 7-0, was without its first two quarterbacks and interception near midfield, and the quarter ended with CU clutching its 19-point started freshman Kyle Copeland, who was playing in only his third game and had advantage. thrown two incompletions in his only two attempts. Copeland’s final passing stats: 7- With 11:22 remaining, Adkins’ 33-yard jaunt and Oliver’s extra point sent the Buffs of-14 for 48 yards, one TD, one interception. comfortably ahead 36-10. Just over 5 minutes later, Adkins shook loose again and CU outgained CSU 416-196 in total offense, with the Buffs adjusting to CSU’s option broke three tackles and ran 34 yards en route to his record-setting fourth TD. attack and holding them to zero points and 46 total yards in the second half. Wood replaced Liufau and Tony Jones replaced Adkins with just over 3 minutes The Buffs got out of the first half with a 22-10 lead largely made possible by a timely remaining, with CU taking possession near its 15-yard line and ending the game forced fumble from Chidera Uzo-Diribe and Paul Richardson’s runaway speed. Uzo- near midfield.
Charleston Southern ...... 0 10 0 0 — 10 COLORADO ...... 8 14 7 14 — 43
SCORING Score Time Qtr TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO CHARLESTON COLORADO — Adkins 23 run (O’Neill run) 8- 0 12:52 1Q First Downs ...... 19 11 Charleston Southern — Deboy 33 FG 8- 3 14:50 2Q Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 5-10 (1-1) 5-16 (1-1) COLORADO — Adkins 5 run (Oliver kick) 15- 3 11:41 2Q Rushes—Net Yards ...... 31-218 45-148 COLORADO — Richardson 60 pass from Liufau (Oliver kick) 22- 3 9:16 2Q Passing Yards ...... 198 48 Charleston Southern — Korn 7 pass from Copeland (Higgins kick) 22-10 0:06 2Q Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 21-15-0 14-7-1 COLORADO — Powell 2 run (Oliver kick) 29-10 7:11 3Q Total Offense ...... 416 196 COLORADO — Adkins 33 run (Oliver kick) 36-10 11:22 4Q Return Yards ...... 8 0 COLORADO — Adkins 34 run (Oliver kick) 43-10 6:09 4Q Punts: No-Average ...... 4-39.8 7-43.1 Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 0-0 2-1 Penalties/Yards ...... 2/25 6/33 Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 2-21 1-14
Time of Possession ...... 23:13 36:47
Attendance: 36,730 Time: 2:50 Drives/Average Field Position ...... 11/C39 11/CS20 Weather: 61 degrees, mostly sunny skies, 20 percent humidity, 5 mph winds from the east Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 2-2 (14) 2-2 (10)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing—Colorado: Adkins 13-137, Powell 11-52, Jones 4-37, Liufau 3-minus 8. CSU: Copeland 20-50, Holloway 5-44, Reyes 14-43, Allen 2-10, Hammond 2-2, Frazier 2-minus 1. Passing—Colorado: Liufau 20-14-0, 198, 1 td; Wood 1-1-0, 0, 0 td. Charleston Southern: Copeland 13-7-1, 48, 1 td; Reyes 1-0-0, 0. Receiving—Colorado: Richardson 8-122, Spruce 2-27, Goodson 1-28, Canty 1-15, McCulloch 1-5, Adkins 1-1, Ross 1-0. CSU: Korn 4-32, Glears 1-16, Hammond 1-0, Reyes 1-0. Punting—Colorado: O’Neill 4-39.8 (42 long, 2 In20). Charleston Southern: Burns 7-43.1 (71 long, 2 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: Spruce 2-4. Charleston Southern: none. Kickoff Returns—Colorado: Severson 2-52. Charleston Southern: Hammond 1-16, Cruz 1-13. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Gillam 6,2—8; Greer 6,2—8; Crawley 6,0—6; Henderson 6,0—6; Awuzie 5,0—5; Parker 3,1—4; Solis 3,1—4; Tupou 3,1—4; Bell 2,1—3; Uzo-Diribe 2,1—3; Webb 2,1—3; Wilson 2,1—3; Orms 1,1—2; Poston 1,1—2. Charleston Southern: Jackson 5,0—5; Curl 4,1—5; Lee 4,1—5; Smith 4,0—4; Freeman 4,0—4; Brown 3,0—3. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Awuzie 1-12, Uzo-Diribe 1-9. Charleston Southern: Smith 1-14. Interceptions—Colorado: Bell 1-4. Charleston Southern: none. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Henderson, Thompson. Charleston Southern: none.
GAME NOTES
Colorado averaged eight yards per play on offense (8.0) for the first time since 2005 (8.14 vs. North Texas) … Colorado dropped to 0-6 on the coin toss in 2013 … The first half took 1 hour, 16 minutes to play … The final game time was 2:50, CU’s first sub-3:00 game since 2011 at UCLA (2:54), and the fastest since Nov. 23, 1991 at Iowa State (a 17-14 win in a blizzard) … Colorado improved to 3-2 all-time vs. FCS programs, Charleston Southern fell to 0-23 against FBS teams … TB Michael Adkins and QB Sefo Liufau made their first collegiate starts today; it marked the first time in CU history a true freshman at both quarterback and running back made their starting debuts in the same game … Junior DE Andre Nichols saw his first college action (FG/PAT unit) … Colorado held CSU to 46 yards and just two first downs in the second half (0-of-6 on third downs) … DE Chidera Uzo-Diribe forced his fifth fumble of the year (leads the NCAA) … There were just 111 total plays in the game (CU averaged 8.0 on its 52, CSU 3.3 on its 59 (which ate up 36:47 on the clock); 34 fewer than in any game to date involving CU … The two-point conversion was added to college football in 1958; this marked the first time a CU punter played a role in converting one when Darragh O’Neill ran it in. 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Game Summaries Page 44
GAME 7 ARIZONA 44, COLORADO 20 OCTOBER 26, 2013 FOLSOM FIELD, BOULDER
BOULDER — Behind a career-high 192 yards rushing by QB B.J. Denker and Denker connected with slot receiver Nate Phillips, who got a step on Bell, for a 44- another 119 by tailback Ka’Deem Carey, low by his standards, the Arizona Wildcats yard TD pass. slowly pulled away to a 44-20 win over the Colorado Buffaloes. CU tied the score on the long Liufau-Richardson scoring pass, then Jake Smith’s 37- Denker also completed 21-of-32 passes for 265 yards and a touchdown, giving him yard field goal sent Arizona up 10-7 with 4:34 left in the first quarter.
457 yards in total offense – the sixth-highest output in school history, with his 192 Needing a defensive stop to open the second half, the Buffs got a partial stop. Three yards rushing believed to be a school record for a QB. The Buffs held Carey, the plays – two of them runs by Denker that netted 65 yards – put the Wildcats inside nation’s leading rusher, to 42 yards below his average but he did find the end zone the Buffs’ 10 with first-and-goal. But CU held Arizona to a field goal – a 26-yarder by four times. Smith – then responded with its own 75-yard drive (nine plays) and pulled to within Sefo Liufau, making his first Pac-12 start for the Buffaloes (3-4, 0-4 Pac-12), seven (27-20) on Michael Adkins II’s 1-yard plunge and Oliver’s PAT. finished 17-for-32 for 212 yards and a 75-yard touchdown to Paul Richardson, who Carey scored his third TD of the night – another 1-yard dive – and Smith kicked made seven catches for 132 yards. The Buffs managed 349 yards in total offense, Arizona ahead again by two touchdowns (34-20) with 7:55 left in the third quarter. 137 of them on the ground. Liufau, with the help of a personal foul (facemask) on Arizona cornerback Jonathan Indeed, the Buffs played the Wildcats toe-to-toe through the game’s first 27 ½ McKnight that nullified an interception, drove CU to the Arizona 4-yard line but no minutes, even taking a 13-10 lead on Liufau’s 75-yard TD pass to Richardson and a further. Liufau’s fourth-down pass to the end zone fell incomplete. pair of Will Oliver field goals that were set up by Arizona turnovers. After it was made, just over 3 minutes later, the fourth quarter began with the Buffs CU linebacker Woodson Greer recovered an Arizona fumble that led to Oliver’s still trailing by 14 points. career-long 53-yard field goal and tied the score at 10-10 with 14:50 left in the second quarter. Just under 5 minutes later, after Oliver was just wide left on a 52- And the end was beginning . . . CU attempted a fake punt at its own 15-yard line, yard attempt, Denker was intercepted by Buffs safety Jered Bell, who returned the with punter Darragh O’Neill trying to skirt left end but being hammered after a 3- pick 26 yards to the Wildcats 49, a drive that ended with an Oliver 48-yarder to make yard gain to the 18. Carey needed two runs to cover that distance, scoring his fourth TD on a 6-yard run up the middle. it 13-10 with 5:07 left in the first half.
Allowing the Wildcats (5-2, 2-2 Pac-12) two touchdowns in the first half’s final 2:28, After Smith’s extra point the Wildcats were cruising, 41-20, with 14:30 remaining. the Buffs found themselves trailing 24-13 at intermission. Arizona got the first of He added a 28-yard field goal to make it 44-20 with 9:10 to play and that ended the those two scores on a 7-yard run by Carey, capping a nine-play, 75-yard march. scoring. Then, after Arizona’s defense forced a CU three-and-out, Carey ran 30 yards and
Arizona ...... 10 14 10 10 — 44 COLORADO ...... 7 6 7 0 — 20
SCORING Score Time Qtr TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO ARIZONA Arizona — Carey 1 run (Smith kick) 0- 7 7:55 1Q First Downs ...... 19 26 COLORADO — Richardson 75 pass from Liufau (Oliver kick) 7- 7 7:42 1Q Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 7-17 (0-2) 7-16 (1-1) Arizona — Smith 37 FG 7-10 4:34 1Q Rushes—Net Yards ...... 42-137 50-405 COLORADO — Oliver 53 FG 10-10 14:50 2Q Passing Yards ...... 212 265 COLORADO — Oliver 48 FG 13-10 5:12 2Q Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 33-17-1 32-21-1 Arizona — Carey 7 run (Smith kick) 13-17 2:28 2Q Total Offense ...... 349 670 Arizona — Phillips 44 pass from Denker (Smith kick) 13-24 0:50 2Q Return Yards ...... 26 19 Arizona — Smith 26 FG 13-27 13:25 3Q Punts: No-Average ...... 5-38.6 4-37.0 COLORADO — Adkins 1 run (Oliver kick) 20-27 9:53 3Q Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 0-0 2-1 Arizona — Carey 1 run (Smith kick) 20-34 7:55 3Q Penalties/Yards ...... 2/20 5/69 Arizona — Carey 6 run (Smith kick) 20-41 14:30 4Q Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 0-0 0-0 Arizona — Smith 28 FG 20-44 9:10 4Q Time of Possession ...... 30:31 29:29
Attendance: 38,679 Time: 3:15 Drives/Average Field Position ...... 15/C30 14/A26 Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 1-2 (7) 6-6 (34) Weather: 59 degrees, clear skies, 31 percent humidity, 3 mph winds from the southeast INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing—Colorado: Adkins 16-54, Powell 13-35, Liufau 8-33, Jones 4-14, O’Neill 1-1. Arizona: Denker 15-192, Carey 23-119, Jenkins 9-87, Baker 3-7. Passing—Colorado: Liufau 32-17-1, 212, 1 td; Richardson 1-0-0, 0. Arizona: Denker 32-21-1, 265, 1 td. Receiving—Colorado: Richardson 7-132, Spruce 3-28, Goodson 2-27, Fernandez 2-12, Jones 2-7, Adkins 1-6. Arizona: Grant 6-41, Phillips 4-69, Miller 3-69, Richards 3-50, Carey 3-12, Wharton 2-24. Punting—Colorado: O’Neill 5-38.6 (47 long, 3 In20). Arizona: Riggleman 4-37.0 (55 long, 2 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: none. Arizona: none. Kickoff Returns—Colorado: Severson 2-79. Arizona: Grant 1-23. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Orms 13,2—15; Awuzie 5,7—12; Bell 7,2—9; Greer 5,2—7; Gillam 3,4—7; Henderson 1,5—6; Uzo-Diribe 3,2—5; Crawley 4,0—4; Webb 3,1—4; Tupou 1,2—3; Kafovalu 2,0—2; Solis 2,0—2; Wilson 2,0—2. Arizona: Wright 6,3—9; Parks 7,0—7; Fischer 5,2—7; Flowers 6,0—6; Gilbert 2,4—6; four with 4,1—5. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: none. Arizona: none. Interceptions—Colorado: Bell 1-26. Arizona: Parks 1-19. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Henderson 2, Uzo-Diribe 2, Crawley, Wilson. Arizona: Parks 2, Grandon, Holiday, McKnight.
GAME NOTES
It was the annual Blackout Breast Cancer game, so the Buffaloes wore all black, including pink accessories (and the Ralphie logo was pink as well); but the Buffs dropped to 21-22-1 all-time wearing all black (0-3 with black helmets) … Colorado fell to 61-33-5 in 99 homecoming games, to 50-50-2 in night games overall (6-1 vs. Arizona, 24- 13-2 at home) … WR Paul Richardson’s 75-yard TD reception was his sixth play of 50 yards or longer this season, tying the modern day record for most plays 50 yards or longer in year (and it was the 12th of his career) … OLB Woodson Greer started on the inside (at the will spot) with the Buffs opening in the nickel … DL Samson Kafovalu returned to action as he completed all requirements to play after violating assorted team rules … Arizona ran 39 first down plays, and gained yardage on 36 of those; the other plays were two rushes for zero and an incomplete pass as UA averaged 9.97 yards on first down; CU averaged a healthy 6.4 … FS Jered Bell made his third interception of the season, which he has returned for 109 yards and a TD; his four career picks he has returned 146 yards … P Darragh O’Neill punted three times inside UA territory, placing all inside the 15 … PK Will Oliver made his career long field goal of 53 yards; he previously had two from 52 yards. 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Game Summaries Page 45
GAME 8 UCLA 45, COLORADO 23 NOVEMBER 2, 2013 ROSE BOWL STADIUM, PASADENA
PASADENA, Calif. — What started as a promising day for Colorado ended in a 45- In the next 4:27, the Bruins scored twice to take a 21-10 lead. The first TD followed a 23 loss to the No. 17 UCLA Bruins on a beautiful Saturday at the Rose Bowl. 61-yard, eight-play drive and was scored by Hundley on an 11-yard run through the
UCLA trailed 10-7 in the second quarter, but scored a pair of quick touchdowns to go middle of the CU defense, then on the ensuing kickoff, Buffs returner Ryan ahead 21-10 and forced CU to play from behind the rest of the way. Severson’s fumble was recovered by Bruins freshman linebacker Jayon Brown at the CU 14. Three plays later, Hundley and Fuller hooked up again, this time for a 6-yard Paul Richardson made seven catches for 70 yards, while Christian Powell carried 22 score. With Fairbairn’s extra point, the Bruins took a deep breath and were up 21- times for 97 yards and kicker Will Oliver hit three of his career-high five field goal 10. attempts, uncharacteristically missing a pair of 45-yarders. Sefo Liufau, making his first Pac-12 road start, finished 25-of-36 passing for 247 yards and one TD. CU had 6:20 left before intermission to answer, and Oliver did with his second field goal of the half – a 47-yarder that pulled the Buffs to within eight (21-13). UCLA quarterback Brett Hundley accounted for four touchdowns, completing 19 of 24 passes for 273 yards and two scores, and running 11 times for 72 yards and Hundley took the Bruins 70 yards in 12 plays, scoring the TD on a 1-yard run two another pair of TDs. plays after he had run 14 yards – again up the middle – to convert a third-and-10 at the CU 19 and that put the Bruins up 28-13. Before the Bruins’ final first-quarter possession, the Buffs had outgained them 111- 17 in total offense and had six first downs to none for the Rose Bowl hosts. CU also Liufau then pointed the Buffs in the right direction, marching them to the UCLA 28- had a 3-0 lead, courtesy of Oliver’s 23-yard field goal, which followed a wide right 45- yard line before the drive stalled. Oliver came on for a 45-yard field attempt, but it yard attempt on the Buffs’ first possession and marked Oliver’s first miss of the was wide right and after UCLA took possession at the Buffs 48-yard line on the next possession, UCLA extended its lead to 35-13. season from that distance.
But it took UCLA two plays – one of them a run for minus-one yard – to take the CU opened the fourth quarter by completing a 75-yard, 13-play march, capped by lead. Following that loss of a yard on first down, Hundley teamed with receiver Devin Tony Jones’ 2-yard dive. The Buffs pulled back to within 15 points (35-20). UCLA hit Fuller for a 75-yard TD pass that put UCLA up 7-3 with 19 seconds left in the first a 45-yard field goal on its next possession and the Buffs answered that with Oliver’s third field goal of the day from 37-yards out to make the score 38-23. quarter.
The Buffs’ effort spilled into the second quarter; Liufau drove them 73 yards in 10 After CU was unsuccessful on an on-sides kick attempt, UCLA benefitted from a short plays, hitting Richardson with a 7-yard scoring pass, moving CU back in front 10-7 field (47 yards) and scored its final touchdown on an 8-yard Hundley-to-Fuller with 11:04 left before the half. lateral. UCLA won 45-23.
COLORADO ...... 3 10 0 10 — 23 UCLA ...... 7 14 14 10 — 45
SCORING Score Time Qtr TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO UCLA COLORADO — Oliver 23 FG 3- 0 0:56 1Q First Downs ...... 26 18 UCLA — Fuller 76 pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick) 3- 7 0:19 1Q Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 8-17 (0-1) 6-11 (0-0) COLORADO — Richardson 7 pass from Liufau (Oliver kick) 10- 7 11:04 2Q Rushes—Net Yards ...... 40-134 33-139 UCLA —Hundley 11 run (Fairbairn kick) 10-14 7:49 2Q Passing Yards ...... 247 273 UCLA — Fuller 6 pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick) 10-21 6:25 2Q Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 36-25-0 24-19-0 COLORADO — Oliver 47 FG 13-21 1:16 2Q Total Offense ...... 381 412 UCLA —Hundley 1 run (Fairbairn kick) 13-28 10:53 3Q Return Yards ...... 0 - 2 UCLA —Thigpen 5 run (Fairbairn kick) 13-35 1:24 3Q Punts: No-Average ...... 2-35.0 3-43.7 COLORADO — Jones 2 run (Oliver kick) 20-35 12:20 4Q Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 2-1 0-0 UCLA — Fairbairn 45 FG 20-38 9:12 4Q Penalties/Yards ...... 5/40 11/122 COLORADO — Oliver 37 FG 23-38 6:17 4Q Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 0-0 1-8 UCLA —Fuller 8 run (Fairbairn kick) 23-45 3:36 4Q Time of Possession ...... 35:59 24:01
Attendance: 80,377 Time: 3:16 Drives/Average Field Position ...... 10/C25 12/U41 Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 4-4 (20) 5-5 (35) Weather: 74 degrees, light haze, 19 percent humidity, 7 mph winds from the southwest INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing—Colorado: Powell 22-97, Jones 7-15, Liufau 8-14, Abron 3-8. UCLA: Hundley 11-72, Thigpen 4-38, Jones 4-13, Fuller 1-8, James 6-8, Perkins 4-3, Team 3-minus 3. Passing—Colorado: Liufau 36-25-0, 247, 1 td. UCLA: Hundley 24-19-0, 273, 2 td. Receiving—Colorado: Richardson 7-70, Spruce 6-49, Goodson 3-42, Jones 3-42, Slavin 3-23, Ross 2-11, Powell 1-10. UCLA: Payton 4-31, Fuller 3-99 Evans 3-66, Perkins 2-28, Duarte 2-16, Ortiz 2-11, James 2-2, Mazzone 1-20. Punting—Colorado: O’Neill 2-35.0 (46 long, 1 In20). UCLA: Covington 3-43.7 (50 long, 1 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: Spruce 1-0. UCLA: Evans 1-minus 2. Kickoff Returns—Colorado: Severson 5-84, Ross 1-21. UCLA: Fuller 3-102, Zumwalt 1-13. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Webb 6,3—9; Gillam 6,1—7; Orms 5,1—6; Solis 4,1—5; Awuzie 4,0—4; Uzo-Diribe 4,0—4; Bell 3,1—4; Parker 3,1—4; Henderson 2,2—4; Tupou 2,1—3; Hall 1,1—2; Kafovalu 1,1—2; Greer 0,1—1. UCLA: Jack 7,2—9; Savaliinaea 6,1—7; Adams 4,2—6; Jefferson 3,3—6; Barr 4,1—5; Zumwalt 3,2—5; Marsh 2,3—5. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: none. UCLA: McCarthy 1-8. Interceptions—Colorado: none. UCLA: none. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Henderson 2, Awuzie. UCLA: Barr, Jack, McCarthy.
GAME NOTES
Colorado finally won the pregame coin toss, after losing it the first seven games … CU has lost 13 straight against ranked teams (last win: 34-30 over Kansas in 2009); the Buffs have lost 21 straight road games against ranked opponents, with the last win a 31-17 over UCLA at the Rose Bowl in 2002 ... CB Jeffrey Hall made his first career start, subbing for an injured Kenneth Crawley … CU forced UCLA into a “three-and-out” on its opening drive, the fourth time in eight games the Buff defense has accomplished that (the Bruins had four in 12 drives, scoring three of their six TDs on drives started in CU territory) … CU’s 11:33 in time of possession for the first quarter was a quarter high this season, as was its 20:38 in the first half for a half and 35:59 for a game … CU gained a Pac-12 season best 381 yards, and moved the ball into UCLA territory on seven of 10 drives … UCLA’s 412 total yards and 215 first half yards were the fewest against CU in a league game this year (ASU had the previous game low of 532, OSU had the previous first half low of 285) … It was feast or famine for the Bruins: their 15 plays of 10 yards or more gained 317 yards; the other 42 just 95 … CU running backs have combined for 234 carries without a fumble this season … ILB Addison Gillam had seven tackles, bringing his season total to 81, just four shy of the school’s freshman record … With 97 rushing yards, TB Christian Powell became the 50th player in school history to rush for 1,000 career yards (1,067, 44th on CU’s all-time list). 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Game Summaries Page 46
GAME 9 WASHINGTON 59, COLORADO 7 NOVEMBER 9, 2013 HUSKY STADIUM, SEATTLE
SEATTLE — Washington used a wealth of offensive weapons and broke open a fact wore a protective boot when he exited the team bus and still had it on during the close game with two late first half touchdowns in defeating the Colorado Buffaloes, initial walk-through. But in the final warm-ups 30 minutes before the game, he 59-7, on a cold, drizzly night at Husky Stadium. shed the boot and appeared to fairly healthy.
After turning a 17-7 edge into a 31-7 halftime lead, Washington (6-3, 3-3 Pac- 12) Entering the game in pursuit of a pair of school records, Richardson only played the converted three consecutive CU turnovers in the third quarter into 21 points to put first half. His 53-yard first-half TD catch was his ninth of the year, two short of the game out of reach. Derek McCoy’s school record of 11 set in 2003. His 77 yards made him the seventh
Two of the Buff turnovers were interceptions thrown by freshman quarterback Sefo player to record over 1,000 yards in a season, with his 1,061 by game’s end inching Liufau, a product of Bellarmine Prep in nearby Tacoma. His first pick was returned him closer to Charles E. Johnson’s season mark of 1,149 set in 1992. And that 53- 84 yards for a touchdown by safety Tre Watson, the second pick jump-started a yard catch gave him seven plays (all receptions) of 50-plus yards this season, setting a school record. seven-play, 40-yard scoring drive capped by quarterback Keith Price’s 4-yard run.
And following those turnovers was a fumble by Tony Jones that was recovered and UW, which had already scored on four of its first five possessions, drove 66 yards in returned 53 yards for a touchdown by corner Marcus Peters, who also was credited 46 seconds and got a 15-yard TD pass from Price to Austin Seferian-Jenkins two with a tipped pass on Liufau’s first pick. It was the first fumble by a CU running seconds before halftime, its second score in the half’s final four minutes. The back in 2013. When the smoke finally cleared, the Huskies had built an Huskies had gone ahead 10-0, but CU answered with a seven-play, 76-yard march highlighted by the Liufau-to-Richardson play to cut it to 10-7. insurmountable 52-7 lead entering the fourth quarter.
CU (3-6, 0-6 Pac-12) finished the night with 299 yards in total offense to UW’s 628. Price, a senior, was a thorn in CU’s side for three years, personally amassing close to The Buffs converted six of 15 third down attempts to the Huskies’ eight of 13 – and 1,000 yards of total offense in leading UW to three wins by a combined score of 149- two of those conversions were for 14 and 12 yards. 34. The Huskies had nine possessions in the game, and drove into CU territory on all nine, running 55 of their 80 plays on the Buffs side of the field. Colorado junior Paul Richardson, one of the nation’s leading receivers, was still hampered by a sprained ankle he suffered two weeks earlier against Arizona, and in
COLORADO ...... 7 0 0 0 — 7 Washington ...... 10 21 21 7 — 59
SCORING Score Time Qtr TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO WASHINGTON Washington — Coons 27 FG 0- 3 12:01 1Q First Downs ...... 15 28 Washington — Sankey 1 run (Coons kick) 0-10 6:39 1Q Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 6-15 (0-2) 8-13 (2-4) COLORADO — Richardson 53 pass from Liufau (Oliver kick) 7-10 3:56 1Q Rushes—Net Yards ...... 37-128 51-316 Washington — Perkins 6 pass from Price (Coons kick) 7-17 14:55 2Q Passing Yards ...... 171 312 Washington — Price 18 run (Coons kick) 7-24 3:19 2Q Passes (Att-Comp-Int) ...... 25-14-2 29-22-0 Washington — Serefian-Jenkins 15 pass from Price (Coons kick) 7-31 0:02 2Q Total Offense ...... 299 628 Washington — Watson 84 interception return (Coons kick) 7-38 11:49 3Q Return Yards ...... 0 160 Washington — Price 4 run (Coons kick) 7-45 7:04 3Q Punts: No-Average ...... 3-45.0 0-0.0 Washington — Peters 53 fumble return (Coons kick) 7-52 3:45 3Q Fumbles: No-Lost ...... 2-1 0-0 Washington — Washington 5 run (Coons kick) 7-59 11:50 4Q Penalties/Yards ...... 1/4 6/50
Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 2-11 2-14
Time of Possession ...... 29:08 30:52 Attendance: 66,599 Time: 2:48 Drives/Average Field Position ...... 11/C26 9/W30 Weather: 50 degrees, light rain throughout, 75 percent humidity, negligible winds Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 0-1 (0) 7-9 (45)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing—Colorado: Powell 12-73, Adkins 5-26, Abron 7-19, Jones 6-14, Liufau 5-minus 1, Team 2-minus 3. Washington: Sankey 23-143, Washington 4-57, Miles 2-45, Price 7-29, Cooper 8-25, Ross 1-15, Callier 4-5, Team 2-minus 3. Passing—Colorado: Liufau 22-12-2, 160, 1 td; Wood 3-2-0, 11, 0 td. Washington: Price 29-22-0, 312, 2 td. Receiving—Colorado: Spruce 5-40, Richardson 3-77, Goodson 2-18, Adkins 1-18, Canty 1-10, Jones 1-7, McCulloch 1-1. Washington: Mickens 5-72, Smith 5-55, Sankey 4-53, Serefian-Jenkins 3-62, Hall 2-43, Ross 2-21, Perkins 1-6. Punting—Colorado: O’Neill 3-45.0 (56 long, 1 In20). Washington: none. Punt Returns—Colorado: none. Washington: none. Kickoff Returns—Colorado: Severson 8-171. Washington: Ross 2-34. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Henderson 8,1—9; Webb 5,3—8; Gillam 4,3—7; Crawley 3,3—6; Bell 4,1—5; Orms 4,1—5; Thompson 4,1—5; Wilson 2,3—5; Awuzie 2,2—4; Mosley 3,0—3; Uzo-Diribe 3,0—3. Washington: Lawyer 4,2—6; Littleton 3,3—6; Tutogi 3,3—6; Shelton 2,4—6; Feeney 3,2—5; King 3,1—4; Timu 2,2—4; Watson 2,2—4. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Gillam 1-2, Wilson ½-5; Kafovalu ½-4. Washington: Parker 1-6, Littleton ½-4, Shelton ½-4. Interceptions—Colorado: none. Washington: Watson 1-84, Parker 1-23. Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Bell, Henderson. Washington: Peters.
GAME NOTES
Washington now leads the all-time series 8-5-1, having won the last five meetings (the first three with both as members of the Pac-12) … The five straight wins ties the second longest current winning streak over CU; USC has won seven straight and Missouri and Texas also own wins the last five times out against the Buffs … Colorado dropped to 79- 34 against teams with three or more losses dating back to the 1985 season … Since 1989, CU is now 56-38-1 in its last 95 November games (50-26 against all-comers aside from Nebraska, going 6-12-1 against the Huskers, and 51-15 against unranked teams) ... ILB Clay Norgard saw his first career action, playing on special teams (kickoff return unit) … Of the 70 players on the trip, 59 played in the game (with six redshirting) … Washington converted all three CU turnovers into touchdowns (21 points); two via return (interception, fumble), the first defensive returns for scores against CSU this year … the fumble (by TB Tony Jones) came after 253 carries without a fumble by CU running backs in 2013 ... The 53-yard TD reception by WR Paul Richardson was his ninth of the season, and he became just the fourth Buff to have that many in a year; the nine have covered 465 yards, or 51.7 per; his 20 career have spanned 836 yards (41.8) ... It was also his 13th career play of 50 yards or longer, the seventh in 2013; both are modern day Colorado records (the only players possibly with more would have been Kayo Lam in 1935 and Byron White in 1937, but those records do not exist) ... Richardson also surpassed the 1,000-yard mark for receiving yards for the season, just the seventh CU player to accomplish that feat ... ILB Addison Gillam recorded seven tackles to give him 88 for the season, a CU record for the most tackles by a freshman for a single season in school history ... ILB Ryan Severson tied for the second most kickoff returns in a game at Colorado (8), with the 171 yards the fifth-most ever. 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Career Charts Page 47
ACTIVE COLORADO CAREER STATISTICAL CHARTS
RUSHING 6 Paul Richardson (2010-13) ...... 133 2,130 16.0 20 Rk Player (Seasons) Att. Yards Avg. TD 7 Derek McCoy (2000-03) ...... 134 2,038 15.2 20 8 Javon Green (1997-2000) ...... 136 2,031 14.9 17 1 Eric Bieniemy (1987-90) ...... 699 3,940 5.63 41 9 *Daniel Graham (1998-2001) ...... 106 1,543 14.6 11 2 Rodney Stewart (2008-11) ...... 809 3,598 4.45 25 10 Monte Huber (1967-69) ...... 111 1,436 12.9 5 3 Rashaan Salaam (1992-94) ...... 486 3,057 6.29 33 15 Darrin Chiaverini (1995-98) ...... 97 1,199 12.4 6 4 Bobby Purify (2000-04) ...... 595 3,016 5.07 20 20 Dave Logan (1972-75) ...... 68 1,078 15.9 4 5 Charlie Davis (1971-73) ...... 538 2,958 5.50 24 ------25 John Minardi (1998-2001) ...... 79 971 12.3 6 35 Kordell Stewart (1991-94) ...... 302 1,289 4.27 15 33 Nelson Spruce (2012-13) ...... 81 838 10.3 5 36 Frank Bernardi (1952-54) ...... 195 1,235 6.33 7 45 Tyler McCulloch (2011-13) ...... 58 670 11.6 4 37 Anthony Weatherspoon (1984-86) ...... 275 1,193 4.34 7 95 Tony Jones (2011-13) ...... 64 394 6.2 2 38 Emerson Wilson (1953-55) ...... 261 1,185 4.54 14 39 Jim Kelleher (1973-76) ...... 276 1,166 4.22 19 ALL-PURPOSE YARDS 40 Dwayne Cherrington (1996-99) ...... 261 1,144 4.38 10 Rk Player (Seasons) Rush Rec KOR PR Total 41 James Hill (1990-93) ...... 261 1,142 4.38 13 1 Rodney Stewart (2008-11) ...... 3,598 969 239 22 4,828 42 Christian Powell (2012-13) ...... 274 1,140 4.16 9 2 Eric Bieniemy (1987-90) ...... 3,940 380 31 0 4,351 42 Lendon Henry (1994-96) ...... 225 1,115 4.96 11 3 Hugh Charles (2004-07) ...... 2,659 552 411 0 3,622 43 Brian Calhoun (2002-03) ...... 262 1,108 4.23 5 4 Byron White (1935-37) ...... 1,864 234 506 973 3,577 ------5 Herchell Troutman (1994-97).... 2,487 725 240 91 3,543 50 Wilmer Cooks (1965-67) ...... 288 1,004 3.49 16 25 Cliff Branch (1970-71) ...... 354 665 755 733 2,507 51 Willie Beebe (1978-81) ...... 229 967 4.22 9 30 Howard Cook (1956-58) ...... 1,463 99 373 459 2,394 52 David Williams (1973-75) ...... 276 959 3.47 12 35 Walter Stanley (1980-81) ...... 399 490 1,172 138 2,199 53 Homer Jenkins (1953-55) ...... 194 922 4.75 10 37 Paul Richardson (2010-13) ..... 38 2,130 0 4 2,172 54 Harry Narcisian (1947-49) ...... 227 894 3.94 8 55 O.C. Oliver (1986-90) ...... 177 817 4.62 7 TOTAL OFFENSE 56 Richard Johnson (1981-82) ...... 174 815 4.68 7 Rk Player (Seasons) Rush Pass Total TDR 55 Tony Jones (2011-13) ...... 198 821 4.15 5 1 Kordell Stewart (1991-94) ...... 1,289 6,481 7,770 48 107 Michael Adkins II (2013) ...... 70 395 5.64 5 5 Darian Hagan (1988-91) ...... 2,007 3,801 5,808 54 10 Eric Bieniemy (1987-90) ...... 3,940 63 4,003 42 PASSING Rk Player (Seasons) Att-Com-Int Pct. Yards TD Rating YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE 1 Cody Hawkins (2007-10) ...... 1214-667-41 54.9 7,409 60 115.76 Rk Player (Seasons) Rush Rec Total 2 Joel Klatt (2002-05)...... 1095-666-33 60.8 7,375 44 124.63 1 Rodney Stewart (2008-11) ...... 3,598 969 4,567 3 Kordell Stewart (1991-94) ...... 785-456-19 58.1 6,481 33 136.47 2 Eric Bieniemy (1987-90) ...... 3,940 380 4,320 4 Tyler Hansen (2008-11) ...... 872-505-28 57.9 5,705 35 119.69 3 Bobby Purify (2000-04) ...... 3,016 508 3,524 5 Koy Detmer (1992-96 ...... 594-350-25 58.9 5,390 40 148.95 4 Rashaan Salaam (1992-94) ...... 3,057 412 3,469 10 Craig Ochs (2000-02) ...... 453-265-15 58.5 3,325 16 125.19 ------5 Herchell Troutman (1994-97)...... 2,487 725 3,212 23 Jordan Webb (2012) ...... 265-144- 8 54.3 1,434 8 107.23 10 Chris Brown (2001-02) ...... 2,690 76 2,766 24 Jim Bratten (1968-70) ...... 247-105-14 42.5 1,416 6 87.35 15 Michael Westbrook (1991-94) ...... 84 2,548 2,632 25 Frank Cesarek (1962-63) ...... 262-123-14 46.9 1,398 7 88.64 20 Phil Savoy (1994-97) ...... 13 2,176 2,189 26 Connor Wood (2012-13) ...... 198-105-11 53.0 1,368 9 114.96 21 Paul Richardson (2010-13) ...... 38 2,130 2,168 31 Sefo Liufau (2013) ...... 136- 86- 5 63.2 986 5 128.89 22 Tony Reed (1975-76) ...... 1,932 234 2,166 23 J.J. Flannigan (1987-89) ...... 2,096 64 2,160 RECEIVING (Receptions) *—tight end 24 Byron White (1935-37) ...... 1,864 234 2,098 Rk Player (Seasons) No. Yards Avg. TD 1 Scotty McKnight (2007-10) ...... 215 2,521 11.7 22 SCORING 2 Michael Westbrook (1991-94) ...... 167 2,548 15.3 19 Rk Player (Seasons) TD 2Pt EP-EPA FG-FGA PTS 3 Phil Savoy (1994-97) ...... 152 2,176 14.3 14 1 Mason Crosby (2003-06) ...... 0 0-0 109-117 66-88 307 4 Javon Green (1997-2000) ...... 136 2,031 14.9 17 2 Eric Bieniemy (1987-90) ...... 42 1-1 0-0 0-0 254 5 Rae Carruth (1992-96) ...... 135 2,540 18.8 20 3 Jeremy Aldrich (1996-99) ...... 0 0-0 87-95 48-64 231 6 Derek McCoy (2000-03) ...... 134 2,038 15.2 20 4 Bobby Anderson (1967-69) ...... 35 1-2 0-0 0-0 212 7 Paul Richardson (2010-13) ...... 133 2,130 16.0 20 5 Chris Brown (2001-02) ...... 34 0-0 0-0 0-0 204 8 Charles E. Johnson (1990-93) ...... 127 2,447 19.3 15 6 Rashaan Salaam (1992-94) ...... 33 0-0 0-0 0-0 198 9 Monte Huber (1967-69)...... 111 1,436 12.9 5 7 Tom Field (1979-83) ...... 0 0-0 82-86 36-55 190 10 *Daniel Graham (1998-2001) ...... 106 1,543 14.6 11 8 Byron White (1935-37) ...... 24 0-0 30-32 1-2 177 11 Patrick Williams (2005-08) ...... 104 1,070 10.3 3 9 Will Oliver (2011-13) ...... 0 0-0 77-79 31-44 170 12 Dusty Sprague (2004-07) ...... 103 1,261 12.2 4 10 Merwin Hodel (1949-51) ...... 28 0-0 0-0 0-0 168 13 *Christian Fauria (1991-94) ...... 98 1,058 10.8 11 10 Aric Goodman (2008-10) ...... 0 0-0 93-96 25-47 168 14 Darrin Chiaverini (1995-98)...... 97 1,199 12.4 6 12 J.J. Flannigan (1987-89) ...... 27 0-0 0-0 0-0 162 15 D.J. Hackett (2002-03) ...... 93 1,194 12.8 9 12 Darian Hagan (1988-91) ...... 27 0-4 0-0 0-0 162 16 Rodney Stewart (2008-11) ...... 93 969 10.4 0 14 Neil Voskeritchian (1994-95) ...... 0 0-0 95-96 22-34 161 17 *Dave Hestera (1981-83) ...... 91 1,057 11.6 2 15 Herchell Troutman (1994-97)...... 26 1-1 0-0 0-0 158 18 *Riar Geer (2006-09) ...... 87 974 11.2 11 15 Charlie Davis (1971-73) ...... 26 1-1 0-0 0-0 158 19 Toney Clemons (2010-11) ...... 86 1,162 13.5 11 20 Dave Haney (1968-70) ...... 0 0-0 86-92 21-35 149 19 Lee Rouson (1981-84) ...... 86 699 8.1 4 30 Terry Kunz (1972-75) ...... 21 0-0 0-0 0-0 126 21 Nelson Spruce (2012-13) ...... 81 838 10.3 5 30 Bobby Purify (2000-04) ...... 21 0-0 0-0 0-0 126 ------32 Paul Richardson (2010-13) ...... 20 1-0 0-0 0-0 122 31 Tony Jones (2011-13) ...... 64 394 6.2 2 35 Michael Westbrook (1991-94) ...... 19 1-0 0-0 0-0 116 39 Tyler McCulloch (2011-13) ...... 58 670 11.6 4 KICK SCORING RECEIVING (Yards) *—tight end Rk Player (Seasons) EP-EPA FG-FGA PTS Rk Player (Seasons) No. Yards Avg. TD 1 Mason Crosby (2003-06) ...... 109-117 66-88 307 1 Michael Westbrook (1991-94) ...... 167 2,548 15.3 19 2 Jeremy Aldrich (1996-99) ...... 87-95 48-64 231 2 Rae Carruth (1992-96) ...... 135 2,540 18.8 20 3 Tom Field (1979-83) ...... 82-86 36-55 190 3 Scotty McKnight (2007-10) ...... 215 2,521 11.7 22 4 Will Oliver (2011-13) ...... 77-79 31-44 170 4 Charles E. Johnson (1990-93) ...... 127 2,447 19.3 15 5 Aric Goodman (2008-10) ...... 93-96 25-47 168 5 Phil Savoy (1994-97) ...... 152 2,176 14.3 14 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Career Charts Page 48
ACTIVE COLORADO CAREER STATISTICAL CHARTS, CONTINUED
PUNTING 90 Deon Figures (DB, 1988-92) ...... 128 48 — 176 Rk Player (Seasons) No. Yards Avg. Long In 20 93 David Tate (DB, 1984-87) ...... 117 58 — 175 1 Mark Mariscal (1999-2002) ...... 99 4,632 46.79 68 25 94 Charlie Johnson (DL, 1975-76) ...... 77 96 — 173 2 Barry Helton (1984-87) ...... 153 6,873 44.92 68 44 95 Arthur Walker (DT, 1986-89) ...... 92 78 — 170 3 Keith English (1985-88) ...... 55 2,457 44.67 77 21 96 Marcus Washington (DB, 1995-98) ...... 111 57 — 168 4 Zack Jordan (1950-52) ...... 137 6,113 44.62 78 23 97 Jalil Brown (DB, 2007-10) ...... 113 54 — 167 98 Terrel Smith (DB, 2010-13)...... 107 59 — 166 5 John Torp (2002-05) ...... 205 9,145 44.61 72 65 --- Greg Henderson (DB, 2011-13) ...... 111 45 — 156 6 Boyd Dowler (1956-58) ...... 106 4,623 43.61 70 28 --- Parker Orms (DB, 2010-13) ...... 114 38 — 152 7 Tom Rouen (1989-90) ...... 90 3,855 42.83 65 27 9 Mitch Berger (1991-93) ...... 168 7,177 42.72 74 44 9 Darragh O’Neill (2011-13) ...... 197 8,406 42.67 61 64 QUARTERBACK SACKS 10 Homer Jenkins (1953-55) ...... 58 2,428 41.86 70 12 Rk Player (Seasons) No. Yards INSIDE THE 20: Torp 65, O’Neill 64, DiLallo 61, Koleski 51, Berger 44, Helton 44, 1 Alfred Williams (1987-90) ...... 35 242 Pietsch 36, Woods 36, Dowler 28. 2 Ron Woolfork (1990-93) ...... 33 241 3 Greg Jones (1992-96) ...... 25 158 4 Laval Short (1976-79) ...... 24½ 192 KICKOFF RETURNS 5 Abraham Wright (2004-06) ...... 21 151 Rk Player (Seasons) No. Yards Avg. TD 6 Herb Orvis (1969-71) ...... 20 182 1 Ben Kelly (1997-99) ...... 64 1,798 28.1 3 6 Dan McMillen (1982-85) ...... 20 135 2 Terrence Wheatley (2003-07) ...... 56 1,350 24.1 0 8 Bill Brundige (1967-69) ...... 19 151 3 Josh Smith (2007-08)...... 50 1,276 25.5 1 8 Curt Koch (1984-87) ...... 19 119 4 M.J. Nelson (1986-89) ...... 51 1,198 23.5 0 8 Leonard Renfro (1989-92) ...... 19 97 5 Walter Stanley (1980-81) ...... 49 1,172 23.9 1 11 Chidera Uzo-Diribe (2010-13) ...... 18 133 16 Ryan Severson (2013) ...... 27 616 22.8 0 12 Ryan Olson (1994-97) ...... 16½ 89 18 Marques Mosley (2012-13) ...... 23 604 26.3 1 TACKLES FOR LOSS INTERCEPTIONS Rk Player (Seasons) No.-Yards Rk Player (Seasons) No. Yards Avg. TD 1 Alfred Williams (1987-90) ...... 59 303 1 John Stearns (1970-72) ...... 16 339 21.2 0 2 Ron Woolfork (1990-93) ...... 53 303 2 Chris Hudson (1991-94) ...... 15 204 13.6 2 3 Greg Jones (1992-96) ...... 45 205 3 Dick Anderson (1965-67) ...... 14 151 10.8 0 4 Matt Russell (1993-96)...... 44 144 3 Terrence Wheatley (2003-07) ...... 14 154 11.0 2 5 Leonard Renfro (1989-92) ...... 43 142 5 Tim James (1987-90) ...... 13 120 9.2 0 ------9 Four tied with...... 10 ….. …. .. 9 Laval Short (1976-79) ...... 37 239 28 Fifteen tied with...... 6 ….. …. .. 9 Bill Brundige (1967-69) ...... 37 176 43 Greg Henderson (2011-13) ...... 5 82 16.4 1 11 Jordon Dizon (2004-07) ...... 35 137 11 Jordon Dizon (2004-07) ...... 35 137 TACKLES 12 Arthur Walker (1986-89) ...... 34 165 Rk Player (Position, Seasons) UT AT — TOT 13 Jashon Sykes (1998-2001) ...... 33 97 13 Greg Biekert (1989-92) ...... 33 73 1 Barry Remington (LB, 1982-86) ...... 245 248 — 493 15 Herb Orvis (1969-71) ...... 32 214 2 Matt Russell (LB, 1993-96) ...... 282 164 — 446 15 George Hypolite (2005-08) ...... 32 127 3 Greg Biekert (LB, 1989-92) ...... 280 161 — 441 17 Joel Steed (1988-91) ...... 31 109 4 Jordan Dizon (LB, 2004-07) ...... 293 147 — 440 18 Chidera Uzo-Diribe (2010-13) ...... 29 159 5 Ted Johnson (LB, 1991-94) ...... 253 156 — 409 ------10 Michael Lewis (DB, 1998-2001) ...... 225 111 — 336 SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLES 20 Hannibal Navies (LB, 1995-98) ...... 182 92 — 274 Rk Player (Seasons) UT AT — Total 30 Billie Drake (LB, 1970-72) ...... 82 170 — 252 1 Ryan Sutter (1994-97) ...... 32 32 — 64 40 Eric McCarty (LB, 1986-87) ...... 135 102 — 237 2 Darren Fisk (1995-97) ...... 25 23 — 48 40 Ray Polk (DB, 2009-12) ...... 153 84 — 237 3 Ryan Black (1994-97) ...... 21 19 — 40 42 Anthony Perkins (DB, 2008-11) ...... 140 96 — 236 4 Paul Rose (1987-90) ...... 14 25 — 39 43 Rodney Rogers (DB, 1985-87) ...... 152 79 — 231 5 Arthur Jaffee (2008-11) ...... 21 13 — 34 43 Whitney Paul (LB, 1973-75) ...... 80 151 — 231 6 Derrick Webb (2010-13) ...... 19 13 — 32 45 Steve Doolittle (LB, 1977-80) ...... 90 140 — 230 7 Andy Peeke (1998-2001) ...... 26 5 — 31 46 Curt Koch (DL, 1984-87) ...... 121 108 — 229 8 Hannibal Navies (1995-98) ...... 15 13 — 28 47 Jon Major (LB, 2009-12) ...... 138 87 — 225 9 Greg Lindsey (1990-93) ...... 23 4 — 27 47 Troy Archer (DL, 1974-75) ...... 122 103 — 225 10 Rashidi Barnes (1996-99) ...... 11 15 — 26 49 Mark Cooney (DL, 1971-73)...... 75 159 — 224 14 Terrel Smith (2010-13) ...... 19 5 — 24 50 Victor Scott (DB, 1980-83) ...... 147 76 — 223 50 Ryan Walters (DB, 2005-08) ...... 147 76 — 223 SPECIAL TEAMS POINTS 52 Derrick Webb (LB, 2010-13) ...... 151 71 — 222 Rk Player (Seasons) Points 53 Leonard Renfro (DL, 1989-92) ...... 153 68 — 221 1 Ryan Sutter (1994-97) ...... 123 54 Bart Roth (LB, 1974-76) ...... 97 123 — 220 2 Arthur Jaffee (2008-11) ...... 88 55 Mike Phillips (LB, 1994-97) ...... 131 86 — 217 3 Darren Fisk (1995-97) ...... 86 56 Greg Jones (LB, 1992-96) ...... 129 87 — 216 4 Derrick Webb (2010-13) ...... 79 56 Brian Iwuh (LB, 2002-05) ...... 153 63 — 216 5 Travis Sandersfeld (2008-11) ...... 72 58 Bud Magrum (LB, 1971-72) ...... 78 137 — 215 6 Ryan Black (1994-97) ...... 68 ------7 Jalil Brown (2007-10) ...... 65 70 John Stearns (DB, 1970-72) ...... 105 89 — 194 8 Paul Rose (1987-90) ...... 63 80 Ray Cone (LB, 1980-82) ...... 103 81 — 184 9 Andy Peeke (1998-2001) ...... 56 80 Viliami Maumau (DT, 1994-97) ...... 83 101 — 184 10 Brandon Southward (1995-98) ...... 54 90 Tim James (DB, 1986-90) ...... 138 39 — 177 --- Terrel Smith (2010-13) ...... 43 90 Ed Shoen (LB, 1972-74) ...... 73 103 — 176
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McCARTNEY TO BECOME SEVENTH BUFFALO TO BE ENSHRINED IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S HALL OF FAME
Bill McCartney first set foot on the University of “That’s how I am in the Hall of Fame,” he said boldly. “This means something Colorado campus in Boulder in June 1982; little to the state of Colorado, it’s part of our history. What led us to the national did he know at the time that just over a dozen championship is that seven years earlier, the in-state kids stayed home.”
years later he would retire as the winningest He also had great assistant coaches through the years, coaches he only hired coach in CU football history. because they could recruit; he would pass on coaches they were great with X’s And now the turnaround “Mac” orchestrated in and O’s if they couldn’t recruit.
Boulder with a program that won just 14 games And those who worked under him formed a pool that eventually would produce over a six-year span to one that claimed three 13 future collegiate head coaches: Gary Barnett, Jim Caldwell, Ron Big 8 Conference titles and the 1990 consensus Dickerson, Jon Embree, Gerry DiNardo, Karl Dorrell, Steve Logan, Les national championship is being rewarded on Miles, Rick Neuheisel, Bob Simmons, Lou Tepper, Ron Vanderlinden college football’s biggest stage. and John Wristen. McCartney has been selected by the National McCartney, 73, had coaching in his blood almost from the get-go. Football Foundation for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame this December 10 in New York City. He will join “When I was 7 years old, I knew I was going to be a coach,” he said. “My 12 players and two coaches in the Class of 2013. friends, other kids at that age were going to president, businessmen, attorneys, firemen. Ever since I was a little kid, I imitated my coaches, critiqued them, He will become the seventh Buffalo enshrined in the Hall, joining Byron White always followed and studied them. I was a student of the great coaches. I was a (inducted in 1952), Joe Romig (1984), Dick Anderson (1993), Bobby disciple of Bobby Knight’s when I was (high school) basketball coach.” Anderson (2006), Alfred Williams (2010) and John Wooten (2012). He is the school’s first coach to be so-honored. McCartney attended the University of Missouri on a football scholarship and lettered three times as a center-linebacker for the Tigers. He played in two “It’s a surprise and it is very humbling when you look at the men that have Orange Bowl games and was named second-team All-Big 8 as a senior. been recognized with this honor over the years,” McCartney said. “It’s very gratifying and rewarding. Keep in mind I’ve been out of coaching almost 20 He graduated from Missouri in 1962 with a degree in education and years, so to be remembered after such a long absence was a complete surprise immediately turned his attention to coaching. His first job was as an assistant at to me.” Joplin (Mo.) High in 1963 and 1964. He then returned to Michigan to coach the basketball team at Holy Redeemer High School in Detroit. He coached there McCartney was 93-55-5 in 13 seasons at the reins of the Buffaloes, guiding the from 1964 to 1968. program to its first and only national championship in football in 1990, doing so by playing the nation’s toughest schedule, just the second time that feat was The next stop for Mac was at Divine Child High in Dearborn, where he was the ever accomplished. He coached CU in more bowl games, nine, than anyone head basketball coach from 1969 to 1973 and the head football coach from before or after him, as well as to three consecutive Big 8 titles in 1989-90-91 1971 to 1973. His ’69 hoops team won the Detroit Catholic League title, and his during a run of 10 consecutive winning seasons in league competition. After a ’73 team won the state class B crown. His three Divine Child football teams 4-16-1 start in conference games, the Buffs finished 58-29-4 against Big 8 compiled a 30-5 record, winning the DCL title all three years and the state competition, going an impressive 54-13-3 over his last 10 seasons. championship in ’71 and ’73.
In the six-year span from 1989-94, Mac’s last six seasons, Colorado was 58-11- His feats of winning state title in football and basketball in 1973 made him the 4, the fifth-best record in the nation behind Miami, Fla. (63-9), Florida State first coach ever in Michigan high school history to win both the same season, (64-9-1), Nebraska (61-11-1) and Alabama (62-12-1). CU’s 36-3-3 record in and it would serve as his entry into the college ranks. the conference games in the same period was the nation’s best. CU finished in “After we won the state championship in both sports, (the University of the nation’s top 20 each of those six years, including a No. 3 ranking his final Michigan’s) Bo Schembechler and Johnny Orr both offered me an assistant’s season. job within one week of each other,” McCartney said. “I played college football All 93 wins came against Division I-A/FBS competition, with just nine against so- but wasn’t good enough to play college basketball, so that settled that,” he called non-BCS schools (though five of those versus in-state rival Colorado jested. “My first love really was football, and being a Michigan native (born and State). He coached the most games ever (153) at Colorado, with his 13 seasons raised in Riverview), to become a part of Schembechler’s staff was the are second to only the legendary Fred Folsom (15) in the number of seasons opportunity of a lifetime.” working on the “hilltop.” He joined the Michigan coaching staff as a defensive aide in 1974, coaching “This is one of our strongest classes of Hall of Famers,” said Steve Hatchell, outside linebackers for the next three seasons. In 1977, he took over the chores the president and CEO of the National Football Foundation and College Football as Michigan’s defensive coordinator, a position he held until he departed for CU. Hall of Fame. “Mac had tremendous support and received a strong vote from One publication had Mac rated as one of the top five defensive coordinators in the Honors Court. We’re very proud to have someone like Bill McCartney make the nation in 1981, and he was considered one of the finest recruiters in the it into the Hall, and he will be part of the first class to be enshrined in the new country. Hall of Fame in Atlanta in the summer of 2014.” McCartney gained national recognition at Michigan in 1980 when he devised a Mac was quick to credit two specific groups for his election to the Hall. scheme to stop Purdue quarterback Mark Herrmann (using six defensive backs
“It all started with my first recruiting class, that winter of ’83,” he recalled. “I to neutralize Herrmann and his receivers). He was named the Big Ten’s “player” of the week for his plan. asked all the in-state players not to make a decision until they visited CU, and we wanted them to come in the last weekend before signing day. They gave He points to Schembechler as the coach he owes the most for his successful their word and most of them held to it. They stuck together, and they helped coaching career. Mac had started entertaining thoughts about becoming a head recruit our great class in ’87 that made up the core of the national coach, so it was a matter of time before someone called. championship team. —CONTINUIED—
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McCARTNEY TO BECOME SEVENTH BUFFALO TO BE ENSHRINED IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S HALL OF FAME, continued
That call came the first week of June in 1982. The late Chuck Fairbanks It wasn’t a slam dunk that Crowder was going to hire him, though. In fact, he abruptly resigned on June 1 to become president and head coach of the New was the longshot. He wasn’t even contacted until six days into the search. He Jersey Generals in the fledgling United States Football League. (The late) told the story best to CUBuffs.com back in 2007: athletic director Eddie Crowder was faced with hiring a new coaching staff with “What happened was that Eddie Crowder called me on a Sunday night (June the season opener just 102 days away. 6) and asked if would I be interested; I said absolutely. He said ‘When can “I went in to talk to Bo, and I told him that if the right opportunity came along, you be here?’ And I said the next morning. So I took the first flight out of I’d be interested. He said, ‘Okay, when the right job comes along, come see me.’ Detroit and got to Colorado pretty early in the day, but I got here so fast that The Michigan State job opened shortly after that, and I went in to see him and they weren’t ready to interview me. It took him until Tuesday morning to put he said, ‘You do not want to go there and I am not considering helping you get together an interview panel. That gave me a day here where nothing was there. Get that out of your mind.’ And I did. So that was the first one that came happening and I was able to get acquainted. I had been here before as an along I was interested in and I didn’t pursue it. assistant with Michigan and as a player with Missouri, so I had a little
“When the Colorado job opened, it was the perfect time for me,” McCartney familiarity with the place. Eddie assigned me to (the late associate AD) Fred recalled. “Because of the timing, there was really no head coach in America Casotti; when the interview took place Tuesday morning, there were about who could have applied for the job, because if you didn’t get it, you would have 15 people representing all kind of factions on campus and the alumni. been run out of town because you were willing to abandon your team. Chuck About 15 minutes before I was going to go before them for the interview, I Shelton interviewed from Drake, which had just beat CU twice, but I didn’t have said to Fred, ‘What do you think my chances are?’ He said, ‘Coach, it’s third and long. You’d better make a big play.’ to fight several head coaches who would have been interested had the job opened at a more opportune time. When I saw that Chuck resigned, I was “That was the best thing he could have told me, otherwise I might have tip- immediately interested, I went in and saw Bo. At the appropriate time, Bo toed into the interview. But after Fred told me that, I threw caution to the called Eddie Crowder. He was instrumental in my getting strong consideration. wind, decided to get aggressive and put my best foot forward. The format was
“It was my good fortune, the timing was such that I was in position to be a for them to ask me questions, or that’s what they had in mind. But I stood up, candidate because of the success Michigan had had and the fact that I worked and I said before I take any questions, I want to make a statement. I spoke for Bo.” for about 20 minutes and told them who I was, my background, what I had done at the University of Michigan, my philosophies and values, and what I “Colorado was one of the premier jobs in the country,” he continued. “It was would bring to the University of Colorado if I was to get the job. I was the in a prestigious conference, the location, the history, and there was something only one talking, and after I was done speaking, nobody asked me a about raising your family in a college town. All the opportunities you can ask for question. in a dynamic collegiate environment. Boulder is just the right size, not too big, not too small and has access to a major city in Denver. The populace and all “I went from there to meet the president, Arnold Weber, and he had that goes with that, the professional teams, the arts, a major airport providing already gotten a phone call following the first interview. He was energized access to wherever you’d want to go. The aesthetic beauty of Boulder, Colorado and anxious to see me, and was warm and welcoming. Later that night, is that it has no parallel, and offers what I call the ‘maximum experience.’ they took me to meet the Board of Regents, as by chance they were having their monthly meeting in Denver. I was waiting with Casotti in the car, “You look at its extraordinary beauty, when every day you wake and say, ‘All waiting for a break in their meeting to be introduced, and I asked Fred right, let’s get up and get it on.’ When you look at the academic experience, again, ‘What do you think my chances are?’ And Fred said, ‘Coach, fourth there’s none better. But when you look around at everything, raising your and short. You just need to make a first down.’ So I just needed to move the family, tell me there’s a safer place than Boulder. We have more winter sunshine than Phoenix, Miami or L.A. You look at the whole experience and not chains. That Tuesday night, Eddie offered me the job. Really it all happened so fast, we didn’t have a lot of time because of the unusual circumstances.” just focus on football and say, ‘What do you want out of life?’ When you add all those things up, Boulder and CU can’t be matched. I’ve been looking around all McCartney was hired as the 20th head coach in CU history on June 9, 1982, these years, and nobody else can match what Colorado can offer—the premier taking over a team which had just suffered through three of its worst seasons in college experience in America. And I say that not trying to recruit anybody—I’m an otherwise tradition-rich football program. And the rest, as they say, is done.” history.
“You look at its extraordinary beauty, when every day you wake and say, ‘All “All you have to is recruit, and if you recruit the right kids and get them, you’ll right, let’s get up and get it on.’ When you look at the academic experience, find yourself playing in a lot of big games,” he concluded. “So it’s not about there’s none better. But when you look around at everything, raising your me, it’s about the University, what a great place it is, it’s about all the good family, tell me there’s a safer place than Boulder. We have more winter assistants we had, and it’s about that first recruiting class that got things going sunshine than Phoenix, Miami or L.A. You look at the whole experience and not for us.” just focus on football and say, ‘What do you want out of life?’ When you add all The 2013 College Football Hall of Fame Class those things up, Boulder and CU can’t be matched. I’ve been looking around all these years, and nobody else can match what Colorado can offer—the premier Players: Ted Brown (TB, North Carolina State, 1975-78); Tedy Bruschi (DE, college experience in America. And I say that not trying to recruit anybody—I’m Arizona, 1992-95); Ron Dayne (RB, Wisconsin, 1996-99); Tommie Frazier (QB, done.” Nebraska, 1992-95); Jerry Gray (DB, Texas, 1981-84); Steve Meilinger (E, Kentucky, 1951-53); Orlando Pace (OT, Ohio State, 1994-96); Rod Shoate (LB, On a roll, he continued on: “When I was recruiting, I would say there are other Oklahoma, 1972-74); Percy Snow (LB, Michigan State, 1986-89); Vinny schools that have won more games, others that have better academics, others Testaverde (QB, Miami, Fla., 1982, 84-86); Don Trull (QB, Baylor, 1961-63); that might have a better campus. But not all three in a package like the Danny Wuerffel (QB, Florida, 1993-96).
University of Colorado. I personally believed I had the greatest product to sell, Coaches: Wayne Hardin (118-74-5; Navy 1959-64 & Temple 1970-82); and I truly believed what I was saying. I never had a kid say to me even once, Bill McCartney (93-55-5; Colorado, 1982-94). ‘Coach, you oversold me on Boulder.’”
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ALL-BLACK UNIFORMS
Colorado has worn its all black uniforms on 44 occasions, when the Buffaloes wear both black jerseys and black pants; the Buffs have also added black helmets to the look, having worn black top-to-bottom on four occasions (CU will also sport black helmets on the road occasionally). A little history on the all-black look: the brainchild of then-head coach Bill McCartney, CU first wore the garb on Nov. 28, 1987 for a CU game after Thanksgiving at the time; the opponent was CU’s old Big 8 rival, Nebraska. The Buffs came out and warmed up in gold pants, and upon returning to the lockerroom at the conclusion of warm-ups, the players found black pants hanging in their lockers. “It was something we thought about a long time ago,” Mac said at the time. “You couldn’t do this overnight. We didn’t tell the kids, and they were real excited.” He went on to say that it was planned a month or so out to give the team a shot of adrenaline prior to kickoff.
COLORADO / ALL-BLACK UNIFORMS (21-22-1)
Year Opponent Result Year Opponent Result Year Opponent Result 1987 Nebraska L 7-24 2000 Iowa State L 27-35 Iowa State W 33-16 1988 Oklahoma L 14-17 2001 Nebraska W 62-36 2007 c—Colorado St. (OT) W 31-28 1990 Iowa State W 28-12 2002 Kansas State W 35-31 Florida State L 6-16 1991 Missouri W 55- 7 Baylor W 34- 0 Nebraska W 65-51 1992 Oklahoma T 24-24 Texas Tech W 37-13 2008 c—Colorado State W 38-17 1993 Nebraska L 17-21 Iowa State W 41-27 West Virginia (OT) W 17-14 1994 Oklahoma State W 17- 3 b—Oklahoma L 7-29 Texas L 14-38 1995 Missouri W 21- 0 2003 Oklahoma L 20-34 Oklahoma State L 17-30 a—Oregon W 38- 6 Nebraska L 22-31 2009 Colorado State L 17-23 1996 Texas W 28-24 2004 Colorado State W 27-24 Nebraska L 20-28 Kansas State W 12- 0 Texas L 7-31 2011 Southern California L 17-42 1997 Kansas W 42- 6 Kansas State W 38-31 2012 UCLA L 14-42 Missouri L 31-41 2005 Nebraska L 3-30 Arizona State L 17-51 1998 Kansas State L 9-16 2006 Texas Tech W 30- 6 2013 Arizona L 20-44 1999 Nebraska (OT) L 30-33 Kansas State L 21-34
a—Cotton Bowl; b—Big 12 Championship at Houston; c—in Denver.
BLACK HELMETS: Colorado has worn black helmets on seven occasions in its history, the first time with a silver buffalo logo, once with a pink logo and the other six with a gold one; CU is 1-7 in the black headgear. The games (*—worn with a pink logo as part of Blackout Breast Cancer awareness):
Year Opponent Result Year Opponent Result Year Opponent Result 1998 BAYLOR W 18-16 2012 ARIZONA STATE L 17-51 2013 *ARIZONA L 20-44 2011 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA L 17-42 2012 at Arizona L 31-56 2013 at UCLA L 23-45 2011 at UCLA L 6-45 2013 at Arizona State L 13-54
LAST WHITE UNIS/WHITE PANTS: 2010 (at Nebraska, L); 2009 (at Kansas State, L); 2008 (at Nebraska, L; at Florida State, L); 2005 (at Miami-Fla., L) LAST WHITE UNIS/GOLD PANTS: 2013 (CSU in Denver, W; Oregon State, L; at Washington, L); 2008 (at Texas A&M, L); 2007 (at Iowa State, L; at Arizona State, L); 2006 (at Missouri, L; at Georgia, L); 2004 (UTEP, Houston Bowl, W) LAST BLACK HELMET/WHITE UNIS/BLACK PANTS: 2013 (at UCLA, L; at Arizona State, L); 2012 (at Arizona, L); 2011 (at UCLA, L)
IN-SEASON BIRTHDAYS
Here's the list of those coaches and players who have birthdays to celebrate during the 2013 season (starting last week of August; *—denotes on a game day):
Aug. 24 Justin Castor (22) Sept. 12 James Carr (21) Oct. 24 Kirk Poston (22) Nov. 23 *Josh Moten (22) Dec. 26 Woodson Greer III (21) Aug. 29 Terrel Smith (21) Sept. 19 Kenneth Olugbode (18) Oct. 25 Connor Center (18) Nov. 26 J.B. Hall (24) Dec. 27 Greg Henderson (21) Aug. 31 Kyle Slavin (22) Sept. 21 Brandan Brisco (21) Oct. 29 Sefo Liufau (19) Dec. 1 Alex Kelley (21) Dec. 28 Tommy Papilion (24) Aug. 31 Scott Unrein (25) Sept. 21 Tyler Henington (20) Nov. 1 Clay Norgard (20) Dec. 5 Nelson Spruce (21) Dec. 30 Malcolm Creer (21) Sept. 1 *Toby Neinas (42) Sept. 24 Gary Bernardi (59) Nov. 8 Connor Wood (22) Dec. 7 Garrett Gregory (19) Dec. 31 Hunter Shaw (21) Sept. 2 Keegan LaMar (21) Sept. 27 Blake Allen (20) Nov. 9 *Jimmie Gilbert (19) Dec. 7 Stephane Nembot (22) Jan. 2 Ryan Severson (19) Sept. 3 Robert Orban (19) Oct. 1 Derrick Webb (23) Nov. 13 Brady Daigh (21) Dec. 10 Chris Graham (19) Jan. 2 John Paul Tuso (21) Sept. 3 Omar Young (30) Oct. 4 Colin Johnson (20) Nov. 14 Harrison Hunter (22) Dec. 14 Terrence Crowder (19) Jan. 7 De’Jon Wilson (20) Sept. 8 Richard Yates (21) Oct. 7 Lowell Williams (22) Nov. 17 Miguel Rueda (42) Dec. 15 Paul Vigo (24) Sept. 8 Jean Onaga Oct. 7 Keenan Canty (21) Nov. 22 Derek McCartney (20) Dec. 15 Troy Walters (37) Sept. 11 Diego Gonzalez (21) Oct. 11 Colin Sutton (19) Nov. 23 *Will Oliver (21) Dec. 21 Darragh O’Neill (22)
2013 COLORADO FOOTBALL STAFF
Head Coach Mike MacIntyre (Georgia Tech ‘89) Defensive Graduate Assistant Nate Taye (San Jose State ’13)
Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks Brian Lindgren (Idaho ‘04) Director of Football Operations Bryan McGinnis (San Jose State ’07) Offensive Line Gary Bernardi (Cal State-Northridge ‘76) Director of Recruiting Adam Toyama (Hawai’i ’04) Running Backs / Tight Ends Klayton Adams (Boise State ’05) Director of Player Development Darian Hagan (Colorado ’96) Receivers / Recruiting Coordinator Troy Walters (Stanford ’99) Director of Quality Control Omar Young (Savannah State ‘05) Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers Kent Baer (Utah State ‘73) Assistant Director of Quality Control Joe Bleymaier (Delaware ’05) Secondary / Cornerbacks Andy LaRussa (Southern Utah ’02) Director of Football Academics Katie Bason (Wake Forest ‘05) Secondary / Safeties Charles Clark (Mississippi ’07) Assistant Director of Recruiting Patrick Williams (Colorado ’08) Defensive Line Jim Jeffcoat (Arizona State ‘82) Operations & Recruiting Assistant Scott Unrein (Colorado ‘11) Special Teams Toby Neinas (Missouri ‘95) Director of Sports Performance Dave Forman (James Madison ’02) Offensive Graduate Assistant T.C. McCartney (Louisiana State ’11) Assistant Director of Sports Performance Kerry Johnson (Mississippi ’05) Offensive Graduate Assistant Mike Pitre (UCLA ‘07) Defensive Graduate Assistant J.B. Hall (Adams State ’13) 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / The Last Time Page 52
THE LAST TIME
INDIVIDUAL Kickoff Return For A Touchdown Colorado: Marques Mosley vs. Utah in Boulder, Nov. 23, 2012 (100 yards). Opponent: Reggie Dunn, Utah in Boulder, Nov. 23, 2012 (100 yards). Punt Return For A Touchdown Colorado: Stephone Robinson vs. Kansas in Boulder, Oct. 22, 2005 (81 yards). Opponent: Joe Hansley, Colorado State in Denver, Sept. 1, 2013 (74 yards). Interception Return For A Touchdown Colorado: Jered Bell vs. Central Arkansas in Boulder, Sept. 7, 2009 (78 yards). Opponent: Tre Watson, Washington at Seattle, Nov. 9, 2013 (84 yards). Fumble Return/Recovery For A Touchdown Colorado: Greg Henderson vs. Colorado State in Denver, Sept. 1, 2013 (53 yards). Opponent: Marcus Peters, Washington at Seattle, Nov. 9, 2013 (53 yards). Blocked Punt Return For A Touchdown Colorado: Lawrence Vickers vs. Washington State at Seattle, Sept. 11, 2004 (0 yards). Opponent: Ben Wells, Texas at Austin, Oct. 10, 2009 (3 yards). Blocked Field Goal Return For A Touchdown Colorado: Has not occurred. Opponent: Max Bergen, Stanford at Palo Alto, Oct. 8, 2011 (75 yards; first-ever against Colorado) Blocked Punt Colorado: Doug Rippy vs. Toledo at Toledo, Sept. 11, 2009 (two blocks). Opponent: Credited to team, Arizona in Boulder, Nov. 12, 2011. Blocked PAT Kick Colorado: Nate Bonsu vs. Arizona State in Boulder, Oct. 11, 2012. Opponent: Tysyn Hartman, Kansas State in Boulder, Nov. 20, 2010. Blocked Field Goal Colorado: Will Pericak vs. Colorado State in Denver, Sept. 4, 2010. Opponent: Randall Telfer, Southern California in Boulder, Nov. 4, 2011 (kicker: Will Oliver; second of two by USC in game). Offensive Lineman To Score A Touchdown Colorado: Heath Irwin vs. Nebraska in Boulder, Oct. 28, 1995 (recovered fumble in end zone). Opponent: Has not occurred. Defensive Two-Point Conversion Colorado: Greg Biekert vs. Nebraska in Boulder, Nov. 2, 1991. Opponent: Has not occurred. 300 Yards Total Offense Colorado: 344, Connor Wood vs. Central Arkansas in Boulder, Sept. 7, 2013 (341 pass, 3 rush). Opponent: 341, Keith Price, Washington at Seattle, Nov. 9, 2013 (312 pass, 29 rush). 400 Yards Total Offense Colorado: 408, Connor Wood vs. Colorado State in Denver, Sept. 1, 2013 (400 pass, 8 rush). Opponent: 457, B.J. Denker, Arizona in Boulder, Oct. 26, 2013 (265 pass, 192 rush). 100 Yards Rushing Colorado: 119, Michael Adkins II vs. Charleston Southern in Boulder, Oct. 19, 2013 (13 attempts). Opponent: 143, Bishop Sankey, Washington at Seattle, Nov. 9 (23 attempts). 200 Yards Rushing Colorado: 211, Chris Brown vs. Missouri at Columbia, Nov. 9, 2002. Opponent: 366, Ka’Deem Carey, Arizona at Tucson, Nov. 10, 2012 (25 carries). 300 Yards Rushing Colorado: 309, Chris Brown vs. Kansas at Lawrence, Oct. 12, 2002. Opponent: 366, Ka’Deem Carey, Arizona at Tucson, Nov. 10, 2012 (25 carries). Three Touchdowns Rushing Colorado: 4, Michael Adkins II vs. Charleston Southern in Boulder, Oct. 19, 2013 Opponent: 4, Ka’Deem Carey, Arizona in Boulder, Oct. 26, 2013. Four Touchdowns Rushing Colorado: 4, Michael Adkins II vs. Charleston Southern in Boulder, Oct. 19, 2013. Opponent: 4, Ka’Deem Carey, Arizona in Boulder, Oct. 26, 2013. Two 100-Yard Rushers Colorado: Brian Lockridge (14-109) and Rodney Stewart (22-106) vs. Hawai’i in Boulder, Sept. 18, 2010. Opponent: 192, B.J. Denker (15-192) and Ka’Deem Carey (23-119), Arizona in Boulder, Oct. 26, 2013. Three 100-Yard Rushers Colorado: Jon Keyworth (18-124), Paul Arendt (23-116) and Ward Walsh (15-101), vs. Air Force at USAFA, Nov. 21, 1970. Opponent: David Overstreet (18-258), Darrell Shepard (3-151) and George Rhymes (9-110), Oklahoma in Boulder, Oct. 4, 1980. 300 Yards Passing Colorado: 341, Connor Wood vs. Central Arkansas in Boulder, Sept. 7, 2013. Opponent: 312, Keith Price, Washington at Seattle, Nov. 9, 2013. 400 Yards Passing Colorado: 400, Connor Wood vs. Colorado State in Denver, Sept. 1, 2013 (33-of-46). Opponent: 414, Sean Mannion, Oregon State at Corvallis, Sept. 28, 2013 (16-of-27). Three Touchdowns Passing Colorado: 3, Connor Wood vs. Central Arkansas in Boulder, Sept. 7, 2013. Opponent: 5, Marcus Mariota, Oregon in Boulder, Oct. 5, 2013. Four Touchdowns Passing Colorado: 4, Cody Hawkins vs. Toledo at Toledo, Sept. 11, 2009. Opponent: 5, Marcus Mariota, Oregon in Boulder, Oct. 5, 2013. Five Touchdowns Passing Colorado: 5, Koy Detmer vs. Iowa State in Boulder, Nov. 9, 1996. Opponent: 5, Marcus Mariota, Oregon in Boulder, Oct. 5, 2013. Three Interceptions Thrown Colorado: 4, Nick Hirschman vs. Utah in Boulder, Nov. 23, 2012. Opponent: 3, Nick Foles, Arizona in Boulder, Nov. 12, 2011. Four Interceptions Thrown Colorado: 4, Nick Hirschman vs. Utah in Boulder, Nov. 23, 2012. Opponent: 4, Graham Harrell, Texas Tech at Lubbock, Oct. 27, 2007. 10 Receptions Colorado: 11, Paul Richardson vs. Central Arkansas in Boulder, Sept. 7, 2013. Opponent: 10, Gino Crump, Arizona in Boulder, Nov. 12, 2011. 100 Yards Receiving Colorado: 132, Paul Richardson vs. Arizona in Boulder, Oct. 26, 2013 (7 receptions). Opponent: 109, Jaelen Strong, Arizona State at Tempe, Oct. 12, 2013 (3 receptions). 200 Yards Receiving Colorado: 209, Paul Richardson vs. Central Arkansas in Boulder, Sept. 7, 2013 (11 receptions). Opponent: 208, Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma at Norman, Oct. 30, 2010 (9 receptions). Two Touchdowns Receiving Colorado: 2, Paul Richardson vs. Colorado State in Denver, Sept. 1, 2013. Opponent: 2, Devin Fuller, UCLA at Pasadena, Nov. 2, 2013. Three Touchdowns Receiving Colorado: 3, Rae Carruth vs. Iowa State in Boulder, Nov. 9, 1996. Opponent: 4, Robert Woods, Southern California at Los Angeles, Oct. 20, 2012. Two 100-Yard Receivers Colorado: Scotty McKnight (7-114) and Markques Simas (6-108) vs. Nebraska in Boulder, Nov. 27, 2009. Opponent: Bralon Addison (5-158) and Josh Huff (5-103), Oregon in Boulder, Oct. 5, 2013. 100-Yard Rusher & Receiver Colorado: Michael Adkins (13-137 rushing) & Paul Richardson (8-122 receiving) vs. Charleston Southern in Boulder, Oct. 19, 2013. Opponent: Byron Marshall (23-122) and Bralon Anderson (5-158) & Josh Huff (5-103), Oregon in Boulder, Oct. 5, 2013. 100-Yard Rusher & Receiver (same player) Colorado: Cortlen Johnson (27-172 rushing; 6-105 receiving), vs. Iowa State at Ames, Nov. 10, 2001. Opponent: Has not occurred. 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / The Last Time (continued) Page 53
The Last Time, continued…
Four Touchdowns In A Game Colorado: 4, Michael Adkins II vs. Charleston Southern in Boulder, Oct. 19, 2013 (4 rushing). Opponent: 4, Ka’Deem Carey, Arizona in Boulder, Oct. 26, 2013. Four Field Goals In A Game Colorado: 4, Will Oliver vs. Colorado State in Denver, Sept. 1, 2013. Opponent: 4, Alex Henery, Nebraska in Lincoln, Nov. 28, 2008. 50-Yard Field Goal Colorado: 53, Will Oliver vs. Arizona in Boulder, Oct. 26, 2013. Opponent: 50, Aaron Jones, Baylor in Boulder, Oct. 16, 2010. Two Interceptions In A Game Colorado: 2, Greg Henderson vs. Oregon in Boulder, Oct. 5, 2013. Opponent: 2, Terrance Mitchell, Oregon in Boulder, Oct. 5, 2013. Three Interceptions In A Game Colorado: 3, Terrence Wheatley vs. Texas Tech at Lubbock, Oct. 27, 2007. Opponent: 3, Philip Thomas, Fresno State at Fresno, Sept. 15, 2012. Four Interceptions In A Game Colorado: Has not occurred. Opponent: 4, Frank Nelson, Utah at Salt Lake City, Nov. 2, 1946. Three Quarterback Sacks In A Game Colorado: 3 (for 20 yards), Josh Hartigan vs. Kansas State in Boulder, Nov. 20, 2010. Opponent: 3 (for 11 yards), Damien Holmes, UCLA in Boulder, Sept. 29, 2012. Four Quarterback Sacks In A Game Colorado: 4½ (for 46), Ron Woolfork vs. Iowa in Boulder, Sept. 26, 1992. Opponent: 4 (for 24), Kelly Quinn, Michigan State in Boulder, Sept. 8, 1984.
TEAM Shut Out (Defensive) Colorado: Game: 24-0, vs. Wyoming in Boulder, Sept. 19, 2009. Through 3rd Qtr: 24-0, vs. Colorado State in Denver, Sept. 4, 2010. At Half: 10-0, vs. Utah at Salt Lake City, Nov. 25, 2010. Opponent: Game: 0-48, by Stanford in Boulder, Nov. 3, 2012. Through 3rd Qtr: 0-45, by Stanford in Boulder, Nov. 3, 2012. At Half: 0- 7, by Washington in Boulder, Nov. 17, 2012. Safety Colorado: vs. Oregon in Boulder, Oct. 22, 2011 (Terrel Smith tackled Cliff Harris in end zone). Opponent: by Arizona State at Tempe, Oct. 12, 2013 (Sefo Liufau called for intentional grounding in end zone). Held To No Offensive Touchdowns Colorado: by Washington in Boulder, Nov. 17, 2012. Opponent: vs. Colorado State in Denver, Sept. 4, 2010. 30 First Downs In A Game Colorado: 31, vs. Kansas at Lawrence, Nov. 6, 2010. Opponent: 31, by Oregon in Boulder, Oct. 5, 2013. Held Under 10 First Downs Colorado: 6, by Stanford in Boulder, Nov. 3, 2012 Opponent: 6, vs. Miami-Ohio in Boulder, Sept. 22, 2007. 500 Yards Total Offense In A Game Colorado: 509, vs. Colorado State in Denver, Sept. 1, 2013 (109 rush, 400 pass). Opponent: 628, by Washington at Seattle, Nov. 9, 2013 (316 rush, 312 pass). 600 Yards Total Offense In A Game Colorado: 634, vs. Miami-Ohio in Boulder, Sept. 22, 2007 (359 rush, 275 pass). Opponent: 628, by Washington at Seattle, Nov. 9, 2013 (316 rush, 312 pass). Held Under 200 Yards Total Offense In A Game Colorado: 141, by Washington in Boulder, Nov. 17, 2012 (90 rush, 51 pass). Opponent: 196, vs. Charleston Southern in Boulder, Oct. 19, 2013 (148 rush, 48 pass). Held Under 100 Yards Total Offense In A Game Colorado: 76, by Stanford in Boulder, Nov. 3, 2012 (-21 rush, 97 pass). Opponent: 74, vs. Baylor at Waco, Nov. 13, 1999. 300 Yards Rushing In A Game Colorado: 359, vs. Miami-Ohio in Boulder, Sept. 22, 2007. Opponent: 316, by Washington at Seattle, Nov. 9, 2013. 400 Yards Rushing In A Game Colorado: 427, vs. Kansas at Lawrence, Oct. 12, 2002. Opponent: 405, by Arizona in Boulder, Oct. 26, 2013. 500 Yards Rushing In A Game Colorado: 502, vs. Missouri in Boulder, Nov. 11, 2000. Opponent: 516, by Missouri at Columbia, Oct. 6, 1984. Held Under 100 Yards Rushing In A Game Colorado: 99, by Arizona State at Tempe, Oct. 12, 2013 (35 attempts). Opponent: 60, vs. Central Arkansas in Boulder, Sept. 7, 2013 (26 attempts). 400 Yards Passing In A Game Colorado: 400, vs. Colorado State in Denver, Sept. 1, 2013. Opponent: 406, by Oregon State in Boulder, Oct. 5, 2013. 500 Yards Passing In A Game Colorado: 533, vs. NE Louisiana in Boulder, Sept. 16, 1995. Opponent: 523, by Fresno State at Honolulu, Dec. 25, 1993 (Aloha Bowl; only time ever vs. Colorado) Held Under 100 Yards Passing In A Game Colorado: 51, by Washington in Boulder, Nov. 17, 2012. Opponent: 48, vs. Charleston Southern in Boulder, Oct. 19, 2013. Averaged Over Eight Yards Per Play Colorado: 8.00, vs. Charleston Southern in Boulder, Oct. 19, 2013 (52-416). Opponent: 8.17, by Arizona in Boulder, Oct. 26, 2013 (82-670). Held Under Three Yards Per Play Colorado: 2.61, by Washington in Boulder, Nov. 17, 2012 (54-141). Opponent: 2.84, by Miami-Ohio In Boulder, Sept. 22, 2007 (49-139). Four Interception Game Colorado: 4, vs. Texas Tech at Lubbock, Oct. 27, 2007. Opponent: 4, by Utah in Boulder, Nov. 23, 2012. Five Interception Game Colorado: 5, vs. Texas Tech at Lubbock, Nov. 1, 2003. Opponent: 5, by Oklahoma in Boulder, Oct. 17, 1992. Forced Five Lost Opponent Fumbles Colorado: 5, vs. Nebraska in Boulder, Nov. 26, 1999. Opponent: 5, by Oklahoma State at Stillwater, Nov. 8, 1980. Forced Six Lost Opponent Fumbles Colorado: 6, vs. Kansas State in Boulder, Oct. 22, 1983. Opponent: 6, by Nebraska at Lincoln, Oct. 25, 1975. Forty-Minute Time of Possession Game Colorado: 41:48, vs. Arizona at Tucson, Nov. 10, 2012. Opponent: 42:20, by Missouri in Boulder, Nov. 1, 1997. Turnover-Free Game Colorado: vs. Charleston Southern in Boulder, Oct. 19, 2013. Opponent: by Washington at Seattle, Nov. 9, 2013. Did Not Punt Colorado: vs. Iowa State in Boulder, Nov. 19, 1994. Opponent: by Washington at Seattle, Nov. 9, 2013 (just second time since 1983; Baylor in 2010). Recovered Own Onside Kick Colorado: vs. Toledo at Toledo, Sept. 11, 2009 (Jeff Smart); 0-of-last 7. Opponent: by Arizona in Boulder, Nov. 12, 2011 (0-of-last-1). 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Career Single Game Bests Page 54
CAREER SINGLE GAME BESTS (for those who have regularly appeared in games)
DONTA ABRON, TB WOODSON GREER III, OLB KIRK POSTON, DE
Rushing Attempts— 14, vs. Utah, 11/23/12 Total Tackles— 8, vs. Charleston Southern, 10/19/13 Total Tackles— 6, vs. UCLA, 9/29/12 Rushing Yards—84, vs. Utah, 11/23/12 Solo Tackles— 6, vs. Charleston Southern, 10/19/13 Solo Tackles— 5, vs. UCLA, 9/29/12 Long Run— 23, at Arizona, 11/10/12 Third Down Stops— 1, thrice (last: , vs. Ariz. St., 10/11/12) QB Sacks— 2, vs. UCLA, 9/29/12 Rushing TDs— 1, twice (last: vs. Utah, 11/23/12) QB Sacks— 1, vs. Arizona State, 10/11/12 Third Down Stops— 1, 5 times (last: vs. Washington, 11/17/12) MICHAEL ADKINS, TB JEFFREY HALL, CB CHRISTIAN POWELL, FB
Rushing Attempts— 16, at Arizona State, 10/12/13 Total Tackles— 3, twice (last: vs. Washington, 11/17/12) Rushing Attempts—32, at Arizona, 11/10/12 Rushing Yards— 137, vs. Charleston Southern, 10/19/13 Solo Tackles— 3, twice (last: vs. Washington, 11/17/12) Rushing Yards— 147, vs. Sacramento State, 9/08/12 Long Run— 34, vs. Charleston Southern, 10/19/13 (TD) Interceptions— N/A Long Run— 64, vs. Sacramento State, 9/08/12 (TD) Rushing TDs— 4, vs. Charleston Southern, 10/19/13 Pass Deflections— N/A Rushing TDs— 3, Sacramento State, 9/08/12 CHIDOBE AWUZIE, CB GREG HENDERSON, CB PAUL RICHARDSON, WR Total Tackles— 12, vs. Arizona, 10/26/13 Total Tackles— 10, at Stanford, 10/08/11 Receptions— 11, twice (last: vs. Central Ark, 9/07/13) Solo Tackles— 6, vs. Central Arkansas, 9/07/13 Solo Tackles— 8, at Washington, 11/09/13) Receiving Yards— 284, vs. California, 9/10/11 Pass Deflections— 1, twice (last: at UCLA, 11/2/13) Pass Deflections— 2, five times (last: at UCLA, 11/2/13) Long Reception— 82, vs. Colorado State, 9/01/13 (TD) Interceptions— N/A Interceptions— 2, vs. Oregon, 10/05/13 Receiving TDs— 2, six times (last: vs. UCA, 9/07/13) Third Down Stops—2, twice (last: vs. Charleston, 10/19/13) TYLER HENINGTON, DT KYLE SLAVIN, TE JERED BELL, S Total Tackles— 7, vs. Washington, 11/17/12 Receptions— 3, thrice (last: at UCLA, 11/2/13) Total Tackles— 9, twice (last: vs. Arizona, 10/26/13 Solo Tackles— 3, vs. Stanford, 11/03/12 Receiving Yards— 23, at UCLA, 11/2/13 Solo Tackles— 7, thrice (last: vs. Arizona, 10/26/13) QB Sacks— N/A Long Reception— 12, at Fresno State, 9/15/12 Interceptions— 1, thrice (last: vs. vs. Arizona, 10/26/13) Third Down Stops—1, at Arizona, 11/10/12 Receiving TDs— 1, vs. Sacramento State, 9/08/12 Pass Deflections— 1, four times (last: at Wash, 10/12/13) SAMSON KAFOVALU, DT TERREL SMITH, DB Third Down Stops—3, vs. Arizona, 10/26/13 Total Tackles— 5, vs. Washington, 11/17/12 Total Tackles—17, at Nebraska, 11/26/10 NATE BONSU, DT Solo Tackles— 3, twice (last: vs. Utah, 11/23/12) Solo Tackles— 11, at Nebraska, 11/26/10 Total Tackles— 6, vs. Colorado State in Denver, 9/01/12 QB Sacks—1, vs. Stanford, 11/03/12 Interceptions— 1, at Kansas, 11/06/10; at Stanford, 10/8/11
Solo Tackles— 4, vs. Nebraska, 11/27/09 Third Down Stops—N/A Pass Deflections— 1, five times (last: vs. Ariz. St., 10/11/12) QB Sacks— 1, thrice (last: at Arizona State, 10/12/13) SEFO LIUFAU, QB NELSON SPRUCE, WR Third Down Stops—1, thrice (last: vs. UCLA, 9/29/12) Pass Attempts— 36, at UCLA, 11/2/13 Receptions— 10, vs. Utah, 11/23/12 KEENAN CANTY, WR Pass Completions— 25, at UCLA, 11/2/13 Receiving Yards—103, at Washington State, 9/22/12 Receptions— 5, at Washington, 10/15/11 Passing Yards— 247, at UCLA, 11/2/13 Long Reception— 39, vs. Central Arkansas, 9/07/13 (TD) Receiving Yards— 45, at Washington, 10/15/11 Long Pass— 75, vs. Arizona, 10/26/13 (TD) Receiving TDs— 1, five times (last: at Arizona St., 10/12/13) Long Reception— 39, vs. Arizona, 11/14/11 TD Passes— 1, four times (last: at UCLA, 11/2/13) TEDRIC THOMPSON, S Receiving TDs— N/A Interceptions— 2. twice (last: at Washington, 11/09/13) Total Tackles— 6, twice (last: at Arizona State, 10/12/13) JUSTIN CASTOR, PK Rating (min. 10 att.)— 169.7, vs. Charleston So., 10/19/13 Solo Tackles— 4, twice (last: at Washington, 11/09/13) Field Goals Made— N/A TONY JONES, TB Third Down Stops— 1, twice (last: at Oregon, 10/27/12) Field Goals Attempted— 1, at Missouri, 10/09/10 Rushing Attempts— 19, vs. Oregon, 10/22/11 Pass Deflections— 1, at Arizona State, 10/12/13 Long Field Goal— N/A Rushing Yards— 105, at Washington State, 9/22/12 K.T. TU’UMALO, DB PAT Made— 1, vs. USC, 11/04/11 Long Run— 84, at Washington State, 9/22/12 (TD) Total Tackles— 6, vs. Oregon, 10/22/11 PAT Attempts— 1, vs. USC, 11/04/11 Rushing TDs— 2, at Washington, 10/15/11 Solo Tackles— 3, twice (last: at Oregon, 10/27/12) KENNETH CRAWLEY, CB Receptions— 7, twice (last: at Arizona State, 10/29/11) Third Down Stops— N/A Total Tackles— 10, twice (last: at Washington St., 9/22/12) Receiving Yards— 61, at Arizona State, 10/29/11 Interceptions— N/A Solo Tackles— 9, at Washington St., 9/22/12 Long Reception— 45, at Southern California, 10/20/12 Pass Deflections— 1, vs. Oregon, 10/22/11 Interceptions— 1, vs. Central Arkansas, 9/07/13 Receiving TDs—N/A JOSH TUPOU, DT Pass Deflections— 2, twice (last: vs. Central Ark, 9/07/13) TYLER McCULLOCH, WR Total Tackles— 8, vs. Washington, 11/17/12 MALCOLM CREER, TB Receptions— 7, vs. UCLA, 9/29/12 Solo Tackles—4, vs. Arizona State, 10/11/12
Rushing Attempts— 11, vs. Oregon, 10/22/11 Receiving Yards— 88, vs. Utah, 11/23/12 QB Sacks— 1, at Arizona, 11/10/12 Rushing Yards—37, vs. Oregon, 10/22/11 Long Reception— 37, vs. Utah, 11/23/12 Third Down Stops—1, vs. Central Arkansas, 9/07/13 Long Run— 10, vs. Colorado State in Denver, 9/01/12 Receiving TDs— 1, 4 times (last: at Oregon State, 9/28/13) CHIDERA UZO-DIRIBE, DE Rushing TDs— N/A MARQUES MOSLEY, CB Total Tackles—8, vs. Oregon, 10/05/13 BRADY DAIGH, ILB Total Tackles— 14, vs. Stanford, 11/03/12 Solo Tackles— 7, vs. Oregon, 10/05/13 Total Tackles— 10, at Arizona State, 10/12/13 Solo Tackles— 5, vs. Stanford, 11/03/12 Third Down Stops— 2, vs. Colorado St. in Denver, 9/01/12 Solo Tackles— 8, at Arizona State, 10/12/13 Interceptions— 1, at Fresno State, 9/15/12 QB Sacks— 2, twice (last: at Washington State, 9/22/12) QB Sacks— 1, vs. Stanford, 11/03/12 Pass Deflections— 1, at Washington State, 9/22/12 Tackles For Loss— 3, vs. Oregon, 10/05/13 Passes Broken Up— 1, vs. Stanford, 11/03/12 JOSH MOTEN, CB DERRICK WEBB, ILB SCOTT FERNANDEZ, TE Total Tackles— 5, at Arizona State, 10/29/11 Total Tackles— 12, twice (last: vs. Central Ark, 9/07/13) Receptions— 2, twice (last: vs. Arizona, 10/26/13) Solo Tackles— 2, twice (last: at Arizona State, 10/29/11) Solo Tackles— 10, at Ohio State, 9/24/11 Receiving Yards— 71, at Arizona, 11/10/12 (TD) Pass Deflections— N/A Third Down Stops— 2, thrice (last: vs. Stanford, 11/03/12) Long Reception— 71, at Arizona, 11/10/12 Interceptions— N/A QB Sacks— 1, vs. Colorado State in Denver, 9/01/12 Receiving TDs— 1, at Arizona, 11/10/12 DARRAGH O’NEILL, P JORDAN WEBB, QB JOSH FORD, TB Punts— 12, vs. Oregon, 10/22/11 Pass Attempts—42, at Washington State, 9/22/12 Rushing Attempts— 10, twice (last: at Fresno State, 9/15/12) Average (min. 5 punts)— 49.2, vs. Colorado State, 9/17/11 Pass Completions—29, at Washington State, 9/22/12 Rushing Yards— 73, at Arizona State, 10/29/11 Long Punt— 61, at Arizona, 11/10/12 (left-footed) Passing Yards— 345, at Washington State, 9/22/12 Long Run— 20, at Arizona State, 10/29/11 50-Plus— 4, twice (last: vs. Oregon, 10/22/11) TD Passes—2, twice (last: at Washington State, 9/22/12) Rushing TDs— 1, twice (last: at Fresno State, 9/15/12) Inside-the-20— 6, vs. Oregon, 10/22/11 (school record) Long Pass— 70, at Washington State, 9/22/12 (TD) JIMMIE GILBERT, DE WILL OLIVER, PK Interceptions— 3, at Southern California, 10/20/12 Total Tackles— 3, twice (last: at Arizona State, 10/12/13) Field Goals Made— 4, twice (last: vs. CSU, 9/01/13) Rating (min 10 att)— 149.0, at Washington State, 9/22/12 Solo Tackles—3, at Arizona State, 10/12/13 Field Goals Attempted— 5, at UCLA, 11/2/13 CONNOR WOOD, QB Third Down Stops— 1, twice (last: at Arizona St., 10/12/13) Long Field Goal— 53, vs. Arizona, 10/26/13 Pass Attempts—46, vs. Colorado State, 9/01/13 QB Sacks—1, vs. Central Arkansas, 9/07/13 PAT Made— 6, vs. Arizona, 11/14/11 Pass Completions—33, vs. Colorado State, 9/01/13 ADDISON GILLAM, ILB PAT Attempts— 7, vs. Arizona, 11/14/11 Passing Yards— 400, vs. Colorado State, 9/01/13 Total Tackles— 18, vs. Oregon, 10/05/13 PARKER ORMS, S TD Passes—3, vs. Central Arkansas, 9/07/13 Solo Tackles— 14, vs. Oregon, 10/05/13 Total Tackles— 15, vs. Arizona, 10/26/13 Long Pass— 82, vs. Colorado State, 9/01/13 (TD) Third Down Stops— 4, twice (last: vs. Oregon, 10/05/13) Solo Tackles— 13, vs. Arizona, 10/26/13 Interceptions— 2, four times (last: vs. Oregon, 10/05/13) QB Sacks—1, twice (last: vs. Oregon, 10/05/13) Third Down Stops— 3, vs. UCLA, 9/29/12 Rating (10 att.)— 166.3, vs. Colorado State, 9/01/13 D.D. GOODSON, WR Interceptions—N/A YURI WRIGHT, CB Receptions— 5, vs. Colorado State, 9/01/13 Pass Deflections— 2, twice (last: vs. UCLA, 9/29/12) Total Tackles— 7, vs. Stanford, 11/3/12 Receiving Yards— 75, vs. Oregon, 10/05/13 JUDA PARKER, DE Solo Tackles— 5, vs. Stanford, 11/3/12 Long Reception— 75, vs. Oregon, 10/05/13 (TD) Total Tackles— 7, vs. Oregon, 10/05/13 Interceptions— N/A Receiving TDs— 1, twice (last: vs. Oregon, 10/05/13) Solo Tackles— 5, vs. Oregon, 10/05/13 Pass Deflections— N/A Long Run— 31, vs. Colorado State, 9/01/13 QB Sacks— 1, vs. Colorado State, 9/01/13 Third Down Stops—1, twice (last: at UCLA, 11/2/13) 2013 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / Depth Chart (November 11) Page 55
DEPTH CHART
A note about CU’s depth: in-season, depth charts reflect change and generally do not announce it unless there are long-term injuries; also, depending on the formation to start the game, there could be a second tight end or third receiver in the game in lieu of a fullback:
OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIALISTS (Multiple; 12 positions listed) (4-3; 12 positions listed)
WIDE RECEIVER (X) LEFT DEFENSIVE END PUNTER 22 Nelson Spruce, 6-1, 205, Soph.* 56 Juda Parker, 6-2, 245, Jr.** 8 Darragh O’Neill, 6-2, 190, Jr.** (R & L) 87 Tyler McCulloch, 6-5, 210, Jr.** 90 De’Jon Wilson, 6-2, 245, Fr.-RS 28 Will Oliver, 5-11, 190, Jr.**
WIDE RECEIVER (Z) DEFENSIVE TACKLE PLACEKICKER / KICKOFF 6 Paul Richardson, 6-1, 170, Jr.** 55 Josh Tupou, 6-3, 305, Soph.* 28 Will Oliver, 5-11, 190, Jr.** (KO #1) 12 Keenan Canty, 5-9, 165, Jr.** 99 Nate Bonsu, 6-1, 280, Sr.-5** 8 Darragh O’Neill, 6-2, 190, Jr.** (R & L) 83 Wesley Christensen, 5-10, 185, Jr. 94 Tyler Henington, 6-2, 265, Soph.* 15 Chris Graham, 6-3, 210, Fr. 51 John Paul Tuso, 6-3, 265, Soph.* WIDE RECEIVER (H) PUNT RETURN 3 D.D. Goodson, 5-6, 170, Jr.** DEFENSIVE TACKLE 22 Nelson Spruce, 6-1, 205, Soph.* 2 Devin Ross, 5-9, 170, Fr. 57 Justin Solis, 6-1, 305, Soph.* 6 Paul Richardson, 6-1, 170, Jr.**
93 Samson Kafovalu, 6-5, 245, Soph.* 12 Keenan Canty, 5-9, 165, Jr.** LEFT TACKLE 91 Kirk Poston, 6-1, 245, Jr.* 75 Jack Harris, 6-7, 295, Sr.-5** KICKOFF RETURN 54 Kaiwi Crabb, 6-3, 300, Jr.* RIGHT DEFENSIVE END 30 Ryan Severson, 5-10, 200, Fr. 79 Jonathan Huckins, 6-3, 290, Fr. 96 Chidera Uzo-Diribe, 6-3, 245, Sr.*** 46 Christian Powell, 6-0, 230, Soph.* 98 Jimmie Gilbert, 6-4, 220, Fr. 17 Marques Mosley, 6-0, 175, Soph.* LEFT GUARD 22 Nelson Spruce, 6-1, 205, Soph.* 54 Kaiwi Crabb, 6-3, 300, Jr.* MIKE (INSIDE) LINEBACKER 74 Alex Kelley, 6-2, 310, Fr.-RS 44 Addison Gillam, 6-3, 225, Fr. HOLDER 64 Brad Cotner, 6-4, 285, Soph.* 43 Brady Daigh, 6-2, 245, Jr.** 8 Darragh O’Neill, 6-2, 190, Jr.** 36 Clay Norgard, 6-0, 240, Fr.-RS 83 Wesley Christensen, 5-10, 185, Jr. CENTER 55 Gus Handler, 6-3, 290, Sr.-5** WILL (INSIDE) LINEBACKER SNAPPER (Short & Long) 54 Kaiwi Crabb, 6-3, 300, Jr.* 1 Derrick Webb, 6-0, 225, Sr.-5*** 69 Ryan Iverson, 6-0, 225, Sr.*** 64 Brad Cotner, 6-4, 285, Soph.* 31 Kenneth Olugbode, 6-0, 200, Fr. 60 Blake Allen, 6-4, 215, Fr.-HS 30 Ryan Severson, 5-10, 200, Fr. RIGHT GUARD INJURED / — OUT FOR 2013 SEASON SAM (OUTSIDE) LINEBACKER 52 Daniel Munyer, 6-2, 290, Jr.** 40 Justin Castor, PK, 6-4, 200, Sr.*** (hip) 74 Alex Kelley, 6-2, 310, Fr.-RS 37 Woodson Greer, 6-3, 220, Jr.** 29 Josh Ford, TB, 5-9, 205, Sr.-5** (ankle) 64 Brad Cotner, 6-4, 285, Soph.* 32 Paul Vigo, 6-1, 200, Sr.-5*** 76 Jeromy Irwin, OL, 6-5, 290, Soph.* (foot) 42 K.T. Tu’umalo, 6-2, 205, Jr.** RIGHT TACKLE 39 Josh Moten, DB, 6-0, 195, Jr.** (Achilles) 77 Stephane Nembot, 6-7, 305, Soph.* LEFT CORNERBACK (FIELD) 72 Marc Mustoe, 6-7, 285, Soph.* (leg) 54 Kaiwi Crabb, 6-3, 300, Jr.* 2 Kenneth Crawley, 6-1, 165, Soph.* 27 Tommy Papilion, LB, 6-4, 215, Sr.-5* (knee) 79 Jonathan Huckins, 6-3, 290, Fr. 4 Chidobe Awuzie, 6-0, 190, Fr. 41 Terrel Smith, SS, 5-9, 195, Sr.*** (ankle)
16 Jeffrey Hall, 5-11, 175, Soph.* TIGHT END (L)—throws or kicks left-handed/footed. 99 Scott Fernandez, 6-3, 250, Sr.-5** AND FREE SAFETY (R&L)—kicks both right- and left-footed. 21 Jered Bell, 6-1, 195, Jr.** 88 Kyle Slavin, 6-4, 240, Jr.* —expected to redshirt unless injuries 47 Alex Wood, 6-2, 235, Sr.-5* 17 Marques Mosley, 6-0, 175, Soph.* dictate otherwise. 81 Sean Irwin, 6-3, 235, Fr.-RS 10 Isaac Archuleta, 6-2, 205, Soph.* Seniors (16): Listing with a (-5) indicates QUARTERBACK STRONG (BOUNDARY) SAFETY 13 Parker Orms, 5-11, 190, Sr.-5*** fifth-year senior (12); the others (4) are 13 Sefo Liufau, 6-4, 210, Fr. fourth-year seniors. 5 Connor Wood, 6-4, 225, Jr.* 9 Tedric Thompson, 6-0, 205, Fr. AND—indicates those listed are considered 8 Jordan Webb, 6-1, 215, Sr.-5* RIGHT CORNERBACK 18 Stevie Joe Dorman, 6-2, 215, Soph. even (co-first/second/third team status); 20 Greg Henderson, 5-11, 190, Jr.** TAILBACK 16 Jeffrey Hall, 5-11, 175, Soph.* OR OR—indicates first- or second-team starting 46 Christian Powell, 6-0, 230, Soph.* 5 John Walker, 5-9, 170, Fr.-RS position or status at that spot up for grabs.
19 Michael Adkins II, 5-10, 200, Fr. NICKEL BACK (usually in for SLB) ITALICS—Players listed in italics either missed 26 Tony Jones, 5-7, 190, Jr.** 4 Chidobe Awuzie, 6-0, 190, Fr. or left the previous game due to injury but are 18 Donta Abron, 5-10, 180, Soph.* 17 Marques Mosley, 6-0, 175, Soph.* not expected to be out for an extended time. FULLBACK 5 John Walker, 5-9, 170, Fr.-RS
46 Christian Powell, 6-0, 230, Soph.* *—denotes number of letters earned through 47 Alex Wood, 6-2, 235, Sr.-5* 2012; Injured players listed in italics (status 33 Jordan Murphy, 6-0, 230, Soph. questionable or doubtful—not out for an extended time; probables listed as normal).
CAPTAINS: 75 Jack Harris, OT 32 Paul Vigo, ILB 6 Paul Richardson, WR 1 Derrick Webb, ILB 96 Chidera Uzo-Diribe, DE 5 Connor Wood, QB
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COLORADO FOOTBALL / ALPHABETICAL ROSTER
The 2013 Colorado alphabetical roster as of November 11:
No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous College) Status 18 ABRON, Donta RB 5-10 180 So. 1L Upland, Calif. (Upland) S 4/3 19 ADKINS II, Michael RB 5-10 200 Fr. HS San Diego, Calif. (Helix) S 5/4 60 ALLEN, Blake SN 6- 4 215 Fr. HS Parker, Colo. (Valor Christian) WO 4/4 10 ARCHULETA, Isaac DB 6- 2 205 So. 1L Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Mountain Vista) WO 3/3 73 ARVIA, Vincent OL 5-11 285 Fr. RS San Diego, Calif. (Torrey Pines) WO 4/4 4 AWUZIE, Chidobe DB 6- 0 190 Fr. HS San Jose, Calif. (Oak Grove) S 5/4 21 BELL, Jered DB 6- 1 195 Jr. 2L Ontario, Calif. (Colony)` S 2/2 4 BOBO, Bryce WR 6- 2 190 Fr. HS Covina, Calif. (Charter Oak) S 5/4 99 BONSU, Nate DL 6- 1 285 Sr. 2L Allen, Texas (Allen) S 1/1 35 BRISCO, Brandan DB 5-10 170 So. VR Oakland, Calif. (Bishop O’Dowd) WO 3/3 61 CALDWELL, Ed OL 6- 5 285 Fr. RS Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Highlands Ranch) WO 4/4 12 CANTY, Keenan WR 5- 9 165 Jr. 2L New Orleans, La. (Edna Karr) S 2/2 62 CARVER, Trevor SN 6- 0 185 Fr. RS Louisville, Colo. (Monarch) WO 4/4 85 CENTER, Connor TE 6- 7 240 Fr. HS Clifton Park, N.Y. (Christian Brothers) S 5/4 83 CHRISTENSEN, Wesley WR 5-10 185 Jr. JC Chico, Calif. (Pleasant Valley/Butte) WO 3/2 59 COLEMAN, Timothy Jr. DL 6- 2 240 Fr. HS Denver, Colo. (Mullen) S 5/4 64 COTNER, Brad OL 6- 4 285 So. 1L Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Westlake/College of the Canyons) S 3/3 54 CRABB, Kaiwi OL 6- 3 300 Jr. 1L Honolulu, Hawai’i (Punahou) S 2/2 2 CRAWLEY, Kenneth DB 6- 1 165 So. 1L Washington, D.C. (H.D. Woodson) S 4/3 10 CREER, Malcolm TB 5-10 210 Jr. 2L Los Angeles, Calif. (Palisades) S 3/2 34 CROWDER, Terrence RB 5-10 215 Fr. RS Galena Park, Texas (Galena Park) S 4/4 43 DAIGH, Brady ILB 6- 2 245 Jr. 2L Littleton, Colo. (Mullen) S 3/2 50 DARBY, Connor OL 6- 4 305 Fr. HS Beverly Hills, Mich. (Detroit Country Day) WO 5/4 18 DORMAN, Stevie Joe QB 6- 2 215 So. VR Somerset, Texas (Somerset) S 3/3 1 DUNSTON, Elijah WR 6- 0 185 Fr. HS Reseda, Calif. (Chaminade Prep) S 5/4 92 EATON, Thor ILB 6- 3 210 So. VR Colorado Springs, Colo. (Pine Creek) WO 3/3 99 FERNANDEZ, Scott TE 6- 3 250 Sr. 2L Broomfield, Colo. (Legacy) S 1/1 29 FORD, Josh TB 5- 9 205 Sr. 2L Denver, Colo. (Mullen/Barton Community College) S 1/1 28 FRAZIER, George FB/OLB 6- 2 255 Fr. HS Monrovia, Calif. (Monrovia) S 5/4 7 GEHRKE, Jordan QB 6- 1 190 So. JC Scottsdale, Ariz. (Notre Dame Prep/Scottsdale CC) S 4/3 98 GILBERT, Jimmie DL 6- 4 220 Fr. HS College Station, Texas (A&M Consolidated) S 5/4 44 GILLAM, Addison ILB 6- 3 225 Fr. HS Palo Cedro, Calif. (Foothill) S 5/4 3 GOODSON, D.D. WR 5- 6 170 Jr. 2L Rosenberg, Texas (Lamar Consolidated) S 3/2 15 GRAHAM, Chris PK 6- 3 210 Fr. HS Burlingame, Calif. (Burlingame) WO 5/4 78 GRAHAM, Gunnar OL 6- 5 315 Fr. HS Belvedere, Calif. (Marin Catholic) S 5/4 37 GREER III, Woodson OLB 6- 3 220 Jr. 2L Carson, Calif. (Junipero Serra) S 3/2 49 GREGORY, Garrett LB 6- 1 225 Fr. HS Gilroy, Calif. (Valley Christian) WO 5/4 16 HALL, Jeffrey DB 5-11 180 So. 1L Reserve, La. (St. Charles Catholic) S 4/3 55 HANDLER, Gus OL 6- 3 290 Sr. 2L Barrington, Ill. (Barrington) S 1/1 75 HARRIS, Jack OL 6- 7 295 Sr. 2L Parker, Colo. (Chaparral) S 1/1 19 HARRISON, Tanner DB 5-10 150 Fr. HS Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Mountain Vista) WO 5/4 20 HENDERSON, Greg DB 5-11 190 Jr. 2L Corona, Calif. (Norco) S 3/2 94 HENINGTON, Tyler DL 6- 2 275 So. 1L Centennial, Colo. (Mullen) S 4/3 38 HILL, Chris TE/LS 6- 2 215 Fr. HS Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Mountain Vista) WO 5/4 40 HISS, Jesse FB 6- 1 235 Fr. RS Bonner Springs, Kan. (Basehor-Linwood) WO 4/4 79 HUCKINS, Jonathan OL 6- 3 290 Fr. HS The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands) S 5/4 29 HUNTER, Harrison DB 5-10 180 Jr. 1L Fountain, Colo. (Fountain-Fort Carson/Fort Lewis) WO 2/2 76 IRWIN, Jeromy OL 6- 5 285 So. 1L Cypress, Texas (Cypress Fairbanks) S 4/3 81 IRWIN, Sean TE 6- 3 235 Fr. RS Cypress, Texas (Cypress Fairbanks) S 4/4 69 IVERSON, Ryan SN 6- 0 225 Sr. 3L Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor) S 2/1 84 JOHNSON, Colin WR 6- 0 175 Fr. RS Saratoga, Calif. (Mountain View St. Francis) WO 4/4 48 JONES, Clay FB 6- 0 220 So. 1L Palo Alto, Calif. (St. Francis) WO 3/3 26 JONES, Tony TB 5- 7 190 Jr. 2L Paterson, N.J. (Don Bosco Prep) S 2/2 93 KAFOVALU, Samson DL 6- 5 245 So. 1L Riverside, Calif. (Arlington) S 4/3 74 KELLEY, Alex OL 6- 2 310 Fr. RS Oceanside, Calif. (Vista) S 4/4 52 KLUCKMAN, Ian DL 6- 4 260 Fr. HS Colorado Springs, Colo. (Pine Creek) WO 4/4 68 KOUGH, Gerrad OL 6- 4 295 Fr. HS Pomona, Calif. (Pomona) S 5/4 71 KRONSHAGE, Sam OL 6- 5 290 Fr. HS The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands) S 5/4 65 LaMAR, Keegan SN 6- 1 230 So. VR Boulder, Colo. (Fairview) WO 3/3 23 LINDSAY, Phillip TB 5- 8 165 Fr. HS Aurora, Colo. (Denver South) S 5/4 13 LIUFAU, Sefo QB 6- 4 210 Fr. HS Tacoma, Wash. (Bellarmine Prep) S 5/4 95 McCARTNEY, Derek DL 6- 3 235 Fr. HS Westminster, Colo. (Faith Christian) S 5/4 87 McCULLOCH, Tyler WR 6- 5 210 Jr. 2L Albuquerque, N.M. (Eldorado) S 3/2 53 McLAUGHLIN, Tim LB/S 6- 1 195 Fr. HS San Jose, Calif. (Leland) WO 4/4
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Colorado Alphabetical Roster, continued…
No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous College) Status 25 MOELLER, Ryan TB 6- 0 200 Fr. HS Rifle, Colo. (Rifle) WO 5/4 17 MOSLEY, Marques DB 6- 0 175 So. 1L Upland, Calif. (Upland) S 4/3 52 MUNYER, Daniel OL 6- 2 290 Jr. 2L Los Angeles, Calif. (Notre Dame) S 2/2 33 MURPHY, Jordan FB 6- 0 230 So. TR Castle Rock, Colo. (Lutheran/Colorado State) WO 3/3 72 MUSTOE, Marc OL 6- 7 285 So. 1L Broomfield, Colo. (Arvada West) S 3/3 77 NEMBOT, Stephane OL 6- 7 305 So. 1L Van Nuys, Calif. (Montclair Prep) S 3/3 89 NICHOLS, Andre DL 6- 4 235 Jr. VR Colorado Springs, Colo. (Rampart) WO 2/2 36 NORGARD, Clay ILB 6- 0 240 Fr. RS Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Mountain Vista) S 4/4 8 O’NEILL, Darragh P 6- 2 185 Jr. 2L Louisville, Colo. (Boulder Fairview) S 2/2 28 OLIVER, Will PK 5-11 190 Jr. 2L Los Angeles, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake) S 3/2 31 OLUGBODE, Kenneth OLB 6- 0 200 Fr. HS San Jose, Calif. (Bellarmine Prep) S 5/4 82 ORBAN, Robert TE 6- 6 195 Fr. HS Denver, Colo. (Regis) WO 5/4 13 ORMS, Parker DB 5-11 190 Sr. 3L Wheat Ridge, Colo. (Wheat Ridge) S 1/1 56 PARKER, Juda DL 6- 2 255 Jr. 2L Aiea, Hawai’i (St. Louis) S 3/2 91 POSTON, Kirk DL 6- 1 255 Jr. 1L Houston, Texas (St. Pius X) S 2/2 46 POWELL, Christian TB 6- 0 230 So. 1L Upland, Calif. (Upland) S 4/3 7 REED, Markeis DL 6- 4 230 Fr. HS San Francisco, Calif. (Vintage) S 5/4 6 RICHARDSON, Paul WR 6- 1 170 Jr. 2L Los Angeles, Calif. (Serra) S 2/2 2 ROSS, Devin WR 5- 9 170 Fr. HS Altadena, Calif. (Bishop Alemany) S 5/4 30 SEVERSON, Ryan ILB 5-10 200 Fr. HS San Jose, Calif. (Valley Christian)) S 5/4 34 SHAW, Hunter OLB 6- 3 200 So. VR Atherton, Calif. (Sacred Heart Prep) WO 3/3 88 SLAVIN, Kyle TE 6- 4 240 Jr. 1L Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield) S 2/2 57 SOLIS, Justin DL 6- 1 320 So. 1L Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Westlake) S 4/3 22 SPRUCE, Nelson WR 6- 1 205 So. 1L Westlake Village, Calif. (Westlake) S 3/3 66 SUTTON, Colin OL 6- 4 285 Fr. HS Foothill Ranch, Calif. (Orange Lutheran) S 5/4 15 THOMAS, Jeff WR 6- 3 195 Fr. HS Dallas, Texas (Duncanville) S 5/4 9 THOMPSON, Tedric DB 6- 0 205 Fr. HS Valencia, Calif. (Valencia) S 5/4 42 TU’UMALO, K.T. OLB 6- 2 205 Jr. 2L Honolulu, Hawai’i (Punahou) S 3/2 55 TUPOU, Josh DL 6- 3 310 So. 1L Buena Park, Calif. (Buena Park) S 4/3 86 TURBOW, Alex WR 6- 0 195 Sr. VR San Luis Obispo, Calif. (San Luis Obispo) S 1/1 51 TUSO, John Paul DL 6- 3 270 So. 1L Englewood, Colo. (Cherry Creek) WO 3/3 96 UZO-DIRIBE, Chidera DL 6- 3 250 Sr. 3L Corona, Calif. (Corona) S 2/1 32 VIGO, Paul OLB 6- 1 200 Sr. 2L New Brunswick, N.J. (New Brunswick) S 1/1 5 WALKER, John DB 5- 9 170 Fr. RS Washington, D.C. (H.D. Woodson) S 4/4 1 WEBB, Derrick ILB 6- 0 225 Sr. 3L Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven) S 1/1 8 WEBB, Jordan QB 6- 1 215 Sr. 1L Union, Mo. (Union/Kansas) S 1/1 80 WEST, Cheldon WR 6- 0 185 Jr. JC Moorpark, Calif. (Moorpark/Moorpark College) WO 3/2 45 WILLIAMS, Lowell ILB 6- 1 195 Jr. 2L Missouri City, Texas (Marshall) S 2/2 90 WILSON, De’Jon DL 6- 2 250 Fr. RS Washington, D.C. (H.D. Woodson) S 4/4 63 WILSON, Jon DL 6- 4 270 Fr. HS Littleton, Colo. (Heritage) WO 5/4 47 WOOD, Alex TE 6- 2 235 Sr. 1L Steamboat Springs, Colo. (Steamboat Springs) S 1/1 5 WOOD, Connor QB 6- 4 225 Jr. 1L Houston, Texas (Second Baptist/Texas) S 2/2 9 WOODARD, Austin DB 6- 0 185 Fr. HS Saratoga, Calif. (St. Francis) WO 5/4 5 WRIGHT, Yuri DB 6- 1 170 So. 1L Spring Valley, N.Y. (Ramsey [N.J.]) S 4/3 97 WYMAN, Bryan DL 6- 1 240 Fr. HS Chula Vista, Calif. (Otay Ranch) WO 5/4 38 YATES II, Richard DB 6- 2 190 So. 1L Lakewood, Colo. (Kent Denver) WO 3/3 Heights and weights recorded as of August 2, 2013. EXPERIENCE KEY: #L—indicates number of letters earned through 2012; HS—high school; JC— junior college transfer; RS—freshman redshirt in 2012; TR—transfer; VR—varsity reserve performer. STATUS KEY (Fall): S—scholarship, WO—walk- on; #/#—clock as of end of 2012 season, i.e., 2/1: two years available to play one in eligibility.
Inactive Roster Players (Injured/Ineligible/Etc.) No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous College) Reason Status 70 CARR, James OL 6- 3 305 So. TR East Palo Alto, Calif. (St. Francis/San Diego) Transfer WO 3/3 40 CASTOR, Justin PK 6- 4 200 Sr. 3L Golden, Colo. (Arvada West) Injured (Hip) S 2/1 89 EWING, Patrick DE 6- 3 240 Fr. HS El Paso, Texas (Andress) Transfer WO 4/4 14 GONZALEZ, Diego P/PK 5-11 200 So. TR Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon, MEXICO (Prepa Tec/Monterrey Tech) Transfer S 4/3 39 MOTEN, Josh DB 6- 0 195 Jr. 2L Carson, Calif. (Narbonne) Injured (Achilles) S 2/2 27 PAPILION, Tommy OLB 6- 4 215 Sr. 1L Englewood, Colo. (Cherry Creek/Arizona) Knee Surgery WO 1/1 ... RIPPY, Daeyshawn OLB 6- 2 210 So. TR McKees Rocks, Pa. (Sto-Rox) Transfer S 4/3 41 SMITH, Terrel DB 5- 9 195 Sr. 3L Paterson, N.J. (Passaic County Tech) Shoulder Surgery S 2/1
January Enrollment (Grayshirt) No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous College) Status ... LISELLA II, John OL 6- 4 240 Fr. HS Littleton, Colo. (Columbine) S 5/4
TEAM CAPTAINS: 75 Jack Harris, OT; 6 Paul Richardson, WR; 96 Chidera Uzo-Diribe, DE; 32 Paul Vigo, ILB; 1 Derrick Webb, ILB; 5 Connor Wood, QB 2013 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL STATISTICS Won 3, Lost 6 (0-6 Pac-12)
RESULTS/Attendance (—Pac-12 Game) Result Time Attendance RUSHING —avg. per— high S 1 Colorado State (Denver) ...... W 41-27 3:37 59,601 Player G Att Gain Loss NET att. game TD Long 10+ 5+ game S 7 CENTRAL ARKANSAS (N) ...... W 38-24 3:25 35,168 Christian Powell ...... 9 116 457 8 449 3.87 49.9 2 14 12 36 97 S 28 at Oregon State ...... L 17-44 3:28 44,279 Michael Adkins II ...... 6 70 410 15 395 5.64 65.8 5 34t 15 27 137 O 5 OREGON ...... L 16-57 3:15 45,944 O 12 at Arizona State ...... L 13-54 3:00 50,104 Tony Jones ...... 9 57 219 15 204 3.58 22.7 1 23 3 17 58 O 19 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN ...... W 43-10 2:50 36,730 Sefo Liufau ...... 5 28 93 45 48 1.71 9.6 0 11 1 9 33 O 26 ARIZONA ...... L 20-44 3:15 38,679 Donta Abron ...... 9 21 49 7 42 2.00 4.7 0 5 0 3 19 N 2 at UCLA ...... L 23-45 3:16 80,377 D.D. Goodson ...... 9 3 40 0 40 13.33 4.4 0 31 1 2 31 N 9 at Washington ...... L 7-59 2:48 66,599 Paul Richardson ...... 9 1 7 0 7 7.00 0.8 0 7 0 1 7 N 16 CALIFORNIA ...... (P12N) 3:30 p.m. MST Darragh O’Neill ...... 9 1 1 0 1 1.00 0.1 0 1 0 0 1 N 23 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ...... TBA Connor Wood ...... 7 22 79 79 0 0.00 0.0 0 19 1 8 8 N 30 at Utah ...... TBA
Team (k-downs, snaps) 9 8 0 29 -29 -4.33 -3.6 ...... - … … … SCORE-BY-QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT — Total COLORADO ...... 55 59 20 84 x — 218 PASSING —avg. per— TOTAL OFFENSE Opponents ...... 91 126 104 43 x — 364 Player G Att-Com-Int (T) Pct. Yards att. comp. TD Long HT Sacked Att. Yards Avg.
TEAM STATISTICS Colorado Opponents Connor Wood .... 7 157- 84- 7 (2) 53.5 1103 7.0 13.1 8 82t 28 10/ 79 179 1103 6.2 FIRST DOWNS ...... 172 207 Sefo Liufau ...... 5 136- 86- 5 (2) 63.2 986 7.3 11.5 5 75t 20 5/ 45 164 1034 6.3 by rushing ...... 62 95 Paul Richardson 9 2- 1- 0 (0) 50.0 75 37.5 75.0 1 75t 0 0/ 0 3 82 27.3 by passing ...... 91 103 Team (spiked passes) 0- 0- 0 … 0.0 … …. …. .. .. 0 0/ 0 8 -29 -3.6 by penalty ...... 19 9 NCAA Ratings: Liufau 128.9; Wood 120.4; Richardson 465.0. FIRST DOWN PLAYS/YARDS ...... 268/1581 308/2071 Passes w/o INT: Liufau 4, Wood 4, Richardson 2 (T—interceptions that were tipped; HT—hurried throws) average gain on first down ...... 5.90 6.72 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY ...... 47-133 55-138 RECEIVING ----avg. per---- high games----- percentage ...... 35.3 39.9 Player G No. Yards rec. game TD Long 20+ 10+ rec yards FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY ...... 3-11 11-19 Paul Richardson ...... 9 60 1,061 17.7 117.9 9 82t 16 34 11 11-209 percentage ...... 27.3 57.9 RUSHING ATTEMPTS ...... 327 387 Nelson Spruce ...... 9 37 392 10.6 43.6 2 39t 3 14 8 8-99 yards gained ...... 1355 2091 D.D. Goodson ...... 9 17 263 15.5 29.2 2 75t 3 9 5 1-75 yards lost ...... 198 184 Tyler McCulloch ...... 9 14 138 9.9 15.3 1 24t 1 5 5 5-50 NET RUSHING YARDS ...... 1157 1907 Tony Jones ...... 9 11 80 7.3 8.9 0 38 1 2 4 3-42 average per rush ...... 3.54 4.93 Kyle Slavin ...... 9 7 51 7.3 5.7 0 8 0 0 3 3-23 average per game ...... 128.6 211.9 Michael Adkins II ...... 6 7 48 6.7 8.0 0 20 1 2 2 1-20 PASSING ATTEMPTS ...... 295 303 passes completed ...... 171 182 Scott Fernandez ...... 9 5 36 7.2 4.0 0 13 0 1 2 2-12 had intercepted ...... 12 8 Devin Ross ...... 8 5 17 3.4 2.1 0 11 0 1 2 2-11 completion percentage ...... 58.0 60.1 Christian Powell ...... 9 4 38 9.5 4.2 0 22 1 2 1 1-22 NET PASSING YARDS...... 2164 2461 Keenan Canty ...... 8 3 33 11.0 4.1 0 12 0 2 1 1-12 average per attempt...... 7.34 8.12 Sean Irwin ...... 9 1 7 7.0 0.8 0 7 0 0 1 1- 7 average per completion ...... 12.7 13.5 average per game ...... 240.4 273.4 SCORING Touchdowns—————————— 2Pt. QBs sacked/yards lost ...... 15/124 12/83 Player G Total Rush Rec. Ret. PAT EP-EPA FG-FGA Saf DEX PTS TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS ...... 622 690 TOTAL NET YARDS ...... 3321 4368 Will Oliver ...... 9 0 0 0 0 0-0 20-20 14-20 -- -- 62 AVERAGE GAIN PER PLAY ...... 5.34 6.33 Paul Richardson ...... 9 9 0 9 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 54 AVERAGE PER GAME ...... 369.0 485.3 Michael Adkins ...... 6 5 5 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 30 FUMBLES-LOST ...... 10-6 12-7 D.D. Goodson ...... 9 2 0 2 0 1-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 14 PENALTIES/YARDS ...... 43/380 52/481 Greg Henderson ...... 9 2 0 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 12 Offensive ...... 26/203 20/140 Christian Powell ...... 9 2 2 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 12 Defensive ...... 11/117 23/251 Special Teams ...... 6/60 9/90 Nelson Spruce ...... 9 2 0 2 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 12 Bench/Fans/NCAA Unsportsmanlike .... 0/0 0/0 Jered Bell ...... 9 1 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 6 TURNOVERS (Margin: -3/-0.33) ...... 18 15 Tony Jones ...... 9 1 1 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 6 TOTAL RETURN YARDS ...... 287 402 Tyler McCulloch ...... 9 1 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 6 Punt Returns: No-Yards ...... 8-43 12-136 Devin Ross ...... 8 0 0 0 0 1-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 2 Interceptions: No-Yards ...... 8-191 12-205 Darragh O’Neill ...... 9 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 -- -- 2 Misc. (Fumble/Blk. FG) Returns ...... 1-53 2-61 KICKOFF RETURNS: No-Yards ...... 38-860 23-587 Connor Wood ...... 7 0 0 0 0 0-3 0-0 0-0 -- -- 0 average per return ...... 22.6 25.5 COLORADO ...... 9 25 8 14 3 3-5 20-20 14-20 0 0 218 PUNTS ...... 47 39 Opponents ...... 9 46 22 21 3 2-3 43-43 13-15 1 0 364 yards ...... 1937 1687 gross average ...... 41.2 43.3 PUNTING In had Ret. Net Net yard deductions: returns/touchbacks ... 136/60 43/60 Player G No. Yards Avg. Long 20 50+ TB blk Yds. Yds Avg. net yards ...... 1741 1584 Darragh O’Neill ...... 9 47 1937 41.21 56 18 5 3 0 136 1741 37.0 net average ...... 37.0 40.6 Opponents ...... 9 39 1687 43.26 73 12 11 3 0 43 1584 40.6 DEFENSIVE/tackles for loss ...... 49-182 42-178 quarterback sacks/yards ...... 12/83 15/124 G 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+ Total Pct. Long quarterback hurries ...... 23 48 FIELD GOALS passes broken up ...... 34 25 Will Oliver ...... 9 1-1 3-3 3-4 4-6 2-5 0-0 14-20 70.0 53 forced fumbles (ST) ...... 9 (0) 8 (4) (22,41,44,52) (53s,31) (19) (33,22,31) (--) (--) (53,52wl,48) (45wr,23,47,45wr,37) (51wr,38wl) BLOCKED KICKS (Special Teams) ...... 0 0 Opponents ...... 9 0-0 6-6 5-5 2-4 0-0 0-0 13-15 86.7 45 TIME OF POSSESSION ...... 258:39 281:21 average per game ...... 28:44 31:16 ALL-PURPOSE YARDS (Top 3) G Plays Rush Rec. PR KOR Total Avg. Avg./G TIME SPENT IN THE LEAD (tied 79:27) ...... 153:46 306:47 Paul Richardson ...... 9 61 7 1,061 0 0 1,068 17.5 118.7 TIMES PENETRATED OPPONENT 20 ...... 21 53 Ryan Severson ...... 8 27 0 616 0 0 616 22.8 77.0 scores/td,fg ...... 17/8,9 44/35,9 GOAL-TO-GO SITUATIONS ...... 8 25 Michael Adkins II ...... 6 79 395 48 0 54 497 6.3 82.8 scores/td,fg ...... 6/4,2 22/19,3 TOTAL DRIVES ...... 123 123 drives ended by: TD ...... 22 43
FG Made/FG Miss ...... 14/6 13/2 Punt/Downs ...... 47/7 39/8 TO/SAF/Clock ...... 16/1/10 14/0/4 TOTAL POINTS ...... 218 364 average per game ...... 24.2 40.4 Colorado Football Statistics / 2-2-2
DEFENSIVE Tackles------For Loss---- Miscellaneous------ATTENDANCE Pos Player G Plays UT AT — TOTAL Avg. Sacks Other TZ 3DS QBP QCD FR FF PBU Site G Attendance Average High W-L LB Addison Gillam ...... 9 618 57 31 — 88 9.8 3-25 5- 7 8 11 2 1 0 0 3 In Boulder ...... 4 155,521 38,880.3 45,944 2-2 LB Derrick Webb ...... 9 527 43 20 — 63 7.0 0- 0 6-11 2 4 3 0 1 0 2 On The Road ... 4 241,359 60,339.8 80,377 0-4 DB Parker Orms ...... 9 603 46 15 — 61 6.8 0- 0 2- 6 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 Neutral ...... 1 59,601 59,601.0 59,601 1-0
CB Jered Bell ...... 9 577 36 12 — 48 5.3 0- 0 2-10 0 7 0 0 0 1 4 PUNT RETURNS DB Greg Henderson ...... 9 667 36 15 — 51 5.7 0- 0 2- 6 1 13 0 1 1 0 10 Player G No. Yards Avg. Long TD DB Chidobe Awuzie ...... 9 464 34 11 — 45 5.0 1-12 1- 1 0 6 0 0 1 1 3 Nelson Spruce ...... 9 8 43 5.4 19 0 DE Chidera Uzo-Diribe ... 9 532 28 9 — 37 4.1 2-15 6-29 2 3 7 3 0 5 3 DB Kenneth Crawley ...... 8 574 28 7 — 35 4.4 0- 0 2- 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 3 KICKOFF RETURNS LB Woodson Greer III .... 8 268 25 9 — 34 4.3 0- 0 2- 5 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 Player G No. Yards Avg. Long TD DE Juda Parker ...... 9 371 17 10 — 27 3.0 1- 2 0- 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 Marques Mosley ...... 8 2 55 27.5 36 0 DT Justin Solis ...... 9 336 17 10 — 27 3.0 1- 1 2- 7 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 Michael Adkins II ..... 6 2 54 27.0 29 0 DE Tedric Thompson ...... 6 146 15 7 — 22 3.7 0- 0 0- 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Ryan Severson ...... 8 27 616 22.8 48 0 DT Josh Tupou...... 9 447 15 6 — 21 2.3 0- 0 1- 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 Devin Ross ...... 8 5 107 21.4 28 0 DT Nate Bonsu ...... 9 317 7 9 — 16 1.8 2-16 1- 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 Nelson Spruce ...... 9 1 17 17.0 17 0 Jeffrey Hall ...... 9 1 11 11.0 11 0 DB Marques Mosley ...... 8 68 9 4 — 13 1.6 0- 0 0- 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 LB Brady Daigh...... 6 73 9 3 — 12 2.0 0- 0 0- 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 INTERCEPTION RETURNS DE De’Jon Wilson ...... 8 152 7 4 — 11 1.4 ½- 5 1- 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 Player G No. Yards Avg. Long TD DE Kirk Poston ...... 7 125 7 3 — 10 1.4 0- 0 2- 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Greg Henderson ...... 9 4 82 20.5 46t 1 DE Jimmie Gilbert ...... 9 199 6 1 — 7 0.8 1- 3 1- 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 Jered Bell ...... 9 3 109 36.3 79t 1 DB Jeffrey Hall ...... 6 106 3 4 — 7 1.2 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kenneth Crawley .... 8 1 0 0.0 0 0 DB John Walker...... 5 84 3 4 — 7 1.4 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT Tyler Henington ...... 9 181 4 2 — 6 0.7 0- 0 0- 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 FUMBLE RETURNS DL Samson Kafovalu ...... 4 56 4 2 — 6 1.5 ½- 4 1- 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Player G No. Yards Avg. Long TD Greg Henderson ...... 9 1 53 53.0 53t 1 DB Harrison Hunter ...... 2 14 2 0 — 2 1.0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LB Paul Vigo ...... 3 36 1 1 — 2 0.7 0- 0 0- 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 LB Kenneth Olugbode.... 3 31 0 1 — 1 0.3 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LB Lowell Williams ...... 2 16 0 0 — 0 0.0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DL John Paul Tuso ...... 1 2 0 0 — 0 0.0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DEFENSIVE SCRIMMAGE SNAPS: 690. TOUCHDOWN SAVES (34): Crawley 8, Bell 7, Webb 5, Henderson 4, Orms 4, Awuzie 2, Gillam 2, Hunter, Mosley. FOURTH DOWN STOPS (5; included in 3DS): Bell, Crawley, Gillam, Mosley, Uzo-Diribe. INTERCEPTIONS CAUSED (4): Henington, Tupou, Uzo-Diribe, Wilson. SACKS FOR 0 (0; deducted from TFL count): None. SAFETIES (0): None.
SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS
Player (TDS) UT UT/20 AT AT/20 FF FR KSD WB DP BLK RK CP FFC FDF POINTS Player (TDS) UT UT/20 AT AT/20 FF FR KSD WB DP BLK RK CP FFC FDF POINTS Brady Daigh ...... 3 2 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 = 16 Jordan Murphy ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 5 Scott Fernandez ...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 15 Derrick Webb ...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 = 5 John Walker ...... 4 1 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 14 D.D. Goodson ...... 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 = 4 Paul Vigo ...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 = 14 Will Oliver ...... 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 4 Alex Wood ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 = 13 Greg Henderson ...... 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 = 3 Richard Yates ...... 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 12 Tony Jones ...... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 = 3 Ryan Iverson ...... 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 = 11 Clay Norgard ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 3 Woodson Greer ...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 10 Chidobe Awuzie ...... 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 2 Ryan Severson ...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 2 = 10 Darragh O’Neill ...... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 2 Kenneth Olugbode ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 7 Isaac Archuleta ...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 Kyle Slavin ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 7 Malcolm Creer ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 Tedric Thompson (2) 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 7 Harrison Hunter ...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 Jered Bell ...... 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 = 6 Marques Mosley ...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 Christian Powell ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 6 Clay Jones ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 K.T. Tu’umalo ...... 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 6 Nelson Spruce ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 1 Addison Gillam ...... 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 = 5
BLOCKED KICKS SUMMARY (0): None.
KEY: UT—Unassisted Tackle; UT/20—UT Inside-the-20; AT—Assisted Tackle; AT/20—AT Inside-the-20; TZ—Tackles For Zero; 3DS—Third/Fourth Down Stops (tackles, INTs, QBPs or PBUs); QBP—Quarterback Pressure; QCD—Quarterback Chasedowns; FF—Forced Fumble; FR—Fumble/Muff Recovery (Opponent on defense or CU or Opponent on special teams); PBU—Passes Broken Up; KSD—Knockdown or Springing Block on Kick Return; WB—Wedge Break; DP—Downed Punt (meaningful); BLK—Blocked Kick; RK—Recovered Blocked Kick, Punt or On-side kick; FFC—Forced Fair Catch; FDF—First Downfield (on kickoff or punt that altered return path); CP—Caused Penalty. 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/Pac-12 Colorado stats are not accurate.
YARDS BY QUARTER/HALF
COLORADO OPPONENT Game 1Q 2Q 1H 3Q 4Q 2H OT GAME 1Q 2Q 1H 3Q 4Q 2H OT GAME Colorado State 174 139 313 103 93 196 --- 509 70 74 144 23 128 151 --- 295 Central Arkansas 132 89 221 58 146 204 --- 425 59 141 200 41 99 140 --- 340 Oregon State 91 21 112 12 176 188 --- 300 109 176 285 191 64 255 --- 540 Oregon 231 87 318 42 14 56 --- 374 262 153 415 164 176 340 --- 755 Arizona State 54 31 85 94 89 183 --- 268 187 205 392 62 78 140 --- 532 Charleston Southern 65 99 164 79 173 252 --- 416 82 68 150 30 16 46 --- 196 Arizona 124 65 189 101 59 160 --- 349 175 186 361 194 115 309 --- 670 UCLA 113 108 221 89 71 160 --- 381 92 123 215 117 80 197 --- 412 Washington 83 74 157 124 18 142 --- 299 227 237 464 40 124 164 --- 628
Colorado Football Statistics / 3-3-3
AT-A-GLANCE SUMMARIES First Downs Rushing Passing Total Offense Return Punting Fumbles Penalties Third QB Avg. Time of Game Score 1 2 3 4 OT 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 ...... 41 10 10 3 18 - 24 6 15 3 37 109 0 46-33-0 400 3 83 509 87 8-42.5 0-0 8/68 7-18 2-19 C 30 33:30 Colorado State ...... 27 0 10 14 3 - 16 6 8 2 28 94 2 39-22-0 201 0 67 295 92 7-49.7 2-2 4/50 2-14 1-11 CS 30 26:30 COLORADO ...... 38 7 7 3 21 - 23 8 12 3 34 84 0 36-23-2 341 3 70 425 125 3-46.7 3-2 8/64 5-12 1- 3 C 27 26:42 Central Arkansas ...... 24 0 14 3 7 - 19 2 15 2 26 60 1 55-33-3 280 2 81 340 22 6-42.3 1-1 6/51 6-19 4-25 CA35 33:18 COLORADO ...... 17 3 0 0 14 - 14 7 6 1 35 154 0 34-14-2 146 2 69 300 36 10-41.1 1-1 6/64 2-15 2-20 C 28 25:10 Oregon State ...... 44 10 7 21 6 - 29 11 17 1 34 120 0 54-28-1 420 6 88 540 35 7-44.1 2-1 6/40 5-17 1-16 OS39 34:50 COLORADO ...... 16 10 6 0 0 - 15 5 9 1 36 94 0 34-12-2 280 1 70 374 5 8-40.8 0-0 2/20 0-15 1- 6 C 34 28:06 Oregon ...... 57 29 14 14 0 - 31 15 16 0 62 349 3 34-19-2 406 5 96 755 - 1 3-40.7 2-1 5/41 9-18 2-16 O 28 31:54 COLORADO ...... 13 0 6 0 7 - 17 7 9 1 35 99 1 30-18-3 169 1 65 268 0 4-40.8 2-1 8/75 7-14 1- 2 C 23 26:20 Arizona State ...... 54 25 22 7 0 - 29 18 9 2 58 276 4 22-11-0 256 2 80 532 77 2-36.5 1-0 3/25 7-14 3-20 AS 42 33:40 COLORADO ...... 43 8 14 7 14 - 19 10 9 0 31 218 5 21-15-1 198 1 52 416 8 4-39.8 0-0 2/25 5-10 3-22 C 39 23:13 Charleston Southern . 10 0 10 0 0 - 11 7 3 1 45 148 0 14- 7-1 48 1 59 196 0 7-43.1 2-1 6/33 5-16 1-14 CS 20 36:47 COLORADO ...... 20 7 6 7 0 - 19 7 9 3 42 137 1 33-17-1 212 1 75 349 26 5-38.6 0-0 2/20 7-17 0- 0 C 30 30:31 Arizona ...... 44 10 14 10 10 - 26 17 9 0 50 405 4 32-21-1 265 1 82 670 19 4-37.0 2-1 5/69 7-16 0- 0 A 26 29:29 COLORADO ...... 23 3 10 0 10 - 26 6 13 7 40 134 1 36-25-0 247 1 76 381 0 2-35.0 2-1 6/40 8-17 0- 0 C 25 35:59 UCLA ...... 45 7 14 14 10 - 18 6 11 1 33 139 4 24-19-0 273 2 57 412 - 2 4-43.7 0-0 11/122 6-11 1- 8 U 41 24:01 COLORADO ...... 7 7 0 0 0 - 15 6 9 0 37 128 0 25-14-2 171 1 62 299 0 3-45.0 2-1 1/ 4 6-15 2-11 C 26 29:08 Washington ...... 59 10 21 21 7 - 28 13 15 0 51 316 4 29-22-0 312 2 80 628 160 0- 0.0 0-0 6/50 8-13 2-14 W 30 30:52 COLORADO ...... California ...... COLORADO ...... Southern California ... COLORADO ...... Utah ......
OFFENSIVE LINE STATISTICS Play Count------Total Season Totals PPP Game------Player CSU UCA OSU UO ASU ChS UA UCLA WSH CAL USC UTAH Plays KD TDB (minimum 10 snaps) B. COTNER ...... — — 7 7 20 10 INJ — 15 59 4 2 70.0% / Charleston Southern K. CRABB ...... 82 70 69 65 45 47 75 76 48 577 28 2 72.9% / Central Arkansas G. HANDLER ...... 83 70 69 70 65 52 75 76 60 620 28 2 72.9% / Central Arkansas J. HARRIS ...... 83 70 69 65 44 46 75 76 62 590 15 1 87.0% / Charleston Southern A. KELLEY ...... 1 — 30 7 20 10 2 — 17 87 3 0 80.0% / Charleston Southern D. MUNYER ...... 83 70 31 64 52 42 73 76 46 537 30 5 76.6% / Oregon M. MUSTOE ...... — — 1 7 18 1 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 27 2 0 72.2% / at Arizona State S. NEMBOT...... 83 70 69 65 61 52 75 76 62 613 35 6 69.2% / Charleston Southern Team ...... 83 70 69 70 65 52 75 76 62 3110 145 18 73.7% / Central Arkansas
Sacks allowed by others or coverage not included; pressures may exceed overall team total as two players can be awarded a pressure on the same play. KEY: Play count in bold indicates plus percentage of 70 percent or better; PPP—Plus Play Percentage (this is not a game grade: plus plays are divided by total plays; other plays are either neutral or minus); KD—Knockdown Blocks (pancakes/blown off the line/finishes); TDB—Touchdown Blocks (direct); QBS—Quarterback Sacks Allowed; PRS—Pressures Allowed; PEN— Penalties.
OL SNAPS AT TE (3): Mustoe 3.
FG/PAT TEAM PLAY COUNT (42, includes 2 two-point plays with PAT team personnel): Fernandez 42, Harris 42, S. Irwin 42, Solis 42, Nembot 39, A. Wood 30, Slavin 28, Mustoe 24, Gillam 14, Nichols 11, Henington 10, Crabb 8, Tupou 3, Parker 1 (Snappers: Iverson 42; Holders: O’Neill 42; Kickers: Oliver 42). PUNT TEAM SNAPS (49; includes fakes, roughing calls): Iverson 49.
NON-OFFENSIVE SCORES (3) vs. Opponent Player Play By Opponent (3) Player Play Colorado State Greg Henderson 53 fumble return Colorado State Joe Hansley 74 punt return Central Arkansas Greg Henderson 46 interception return Washington Tre Watson 84 interception return Central Arkansas Jered Bell 79 interception return Washington Marcus Peters 53 fumble return
MISCELLANEOUS STAT BOX (Coin Toss: O-offense; D-Defense; d-deferred/played defense first)
Red Zone (Scores-Att; (TD/FG); Plays-Yds) Avg./1st Down 2nd Down Eff. Plays (+/0/-) Plus Territory (Plays-Yards) Coin Game Colorado Opponent Colo Opp. Colo Opp. Colorado Opponent Colorado Opponent Toss Colorado State 3-3 (1/2) 6-28 3-4 (2/1) 9-30 6.4 5.3 9-30 7-22 62 13 8 41 21 5 38-147 28-102 L (D) Central Arkansas 1-1 (0/1) 2- 0 3-4 (2/1) 23-64 6.2 3.1 12-26 6-28 45 16 9 51 25 5 27-147 39-168 L (O) Oregon State 1-1 (0/1) 5-15 6-8 (5/1) 19-48 4.9 8.5 9-24 8-25 39 23 7 52 27 9 14- 90 40-227 L (O) Oregon 3-4 (0/3) 12- 6 5-7 (5/0) 19-67 7.6 8.9 6-22 12-30 40 26 4 73 17 6 25- 41 51-345 L (D) Arizona State 2-3 (2/0) 6-41 7-8 (5/2) 22-67 3.6 5.6 6-22 12-27 39 17 9 59 13 8 15-108 53-273 L (D) Charleston Southern 2-2 (2/0) 8-28 2-2 (1/1) 7-21 8.0 2.5 5-16 4-20 40 10 2 39 11 9 24-187 18- 63 L (O) Arizona 1-2 (1/0) 11-34 6-6 (4/2) 15-45 6.4 10.0 5-24 9-26 50 23 2 66 13 3 41-135 34-177 L (O) UCLA 3-3 (2/1) 9-31 5-5 (5/0) 14-64 4.1 5.2 9-26 9-20 58 13 5 42 9 6 34-153 35-198 W (O) Washington 0-1 (0/0) 1- 1 7-9 (6/1) 30-106 6.0 7.4 4-20 14-27 44 12 6 62 11 7 20- 63 55-335 L (D)
Colorado Football Statistics / 4-4-4
SCORING DRIVES (Game-By-Game) Drive Analysis Opponent Plays Yards Time Result Qtr (Down) How PAT Quarterback DISTANCE COLORADO OPPONENT Colorado State 2 86 0:45 TD 1 (2) Richardson 82 pass from Wood Oliver Wood Length TD FG TD FG Colorado State 17 69 6:24 FG 1 (4) Oliver 22 FG ……… Wood (minus) — 0 — 0 Colorado State 7 63 2:40 TD 2 (3) Goodson 18 pass from Wood Oliver Wood 0— 9 0 0 0 2 Colorado State 6 51 1:13 FG 2 (1) Oliver 41 FG ……… Wood 10—19 1 3 6 0 Colorado State 9 27 3:46 FG 3 (4) Oliver 44 FG ……… Wood 20—29 0 2 1 0 Colorado State 5 21 1:53 FG 4 (4) Oliver 52 FG ……… Wood 30—39 1 1 1 2 Colorado State 1 75 0:11 TD 4 (1) Richardson 75 pass from Wood Goodson/Wood Wood 40—49 0 0 4 1 Central Arkansas 2 57 0:33 TD 1 (2) Richardson 55 pass from Wood Oliver Wood 50—59 2 4 1 3 Central Arkansas 7 55 2:19 FG 3 (4) Oliver 31 FG ……… Wood 60—69 4 3 7 4 Central Arkansas 2 30 0:37 *TD 4 (2) Richardson 30 pass from Wood Oliver Wood 70—79 8 1 16 1 Central Arkansas 10 73 3:17 TD 4 (3) Spruce 39 pass from Wood Oliver Wood 80—89 6 0 6 0 Oregon State 6 15 2:33 *FG 1 (4) Oliver 19 FG ……… Wood 90—99 0 0 1 0 Oregon State 10 80 3:06 TD 4 (2) McCulloch 24 pass from Wood Ross/Wood Wood Oregon State 5 80 1:05 TD 4 (2) Richardson 28 pass from Wood pass failed Wood GAME OPENING DRIVES Oregon 9 69 2:11 FG 1 (4) Oliver 33 FG ……… Wood COLORADO OPPONENT Oregon 2 75 0:38 TD 1 (2) Goodson 75 pass from Richardson Oliver Wood Game Pts FD Yds Pts FD Yds Oregon 7 74 2:26 FG 2 (4) Oliver 22 FG ……… Wood Colorado State 7 1 82 0 1 24 Oregon 5 39 1:52 FG 2 (4) Oliver 31 FG ……… Wood Central Arkansas 0 0 9 0 0 13 Arizona State 11 80 4:44 TD 2 (2) Spruce 10 pass from Liufau pass failed Liufau Oregon State 0 1 25 3 3 38 Arizona State 11 89 3:51 TD 4 (3) Powell 8 run Oliver Liufau Oregon 3 2 71 0 0 1 Charleston Southern 6 65 2:01 TD 1 (1) Adkins 23 run O’Neill run Liufau Arizona State 0 0 0 7 2 84 Charleston Southern 2 12 0:32 *TD 2 (2) Adkins 5 run Oliver Liufau Charleston Southern 7 4 65 0 0 3 Charleston Southern 3 68 1:18 TD 2 (3) Richardson 60 pass from Liufau Oliver Liufau Arizona 0 2 26 7 6 89 Charleston Southern 13 64 5:37 TD 3 (2) Powell 2 run Oliver Liufau UCLA 0 3 62 0 0 9 Charleston Southern 4 54 1:07 TD 4 (1) Adkins 33 run Oliver Liufau Washington 0 0 7 3 3 73 Charleston Southern 15 82 2:53 TD 4 (1) Adkins 34 run Oliver Liufau California Arizona 1 75 0:13 TD 1 (1) Richardson 75 pass from Liufau Oliver Liufau Southern California Arizona 7 19 2:30 *FG 2 (4) Oliver 53 FG ……… Liufau Utah Arizona 7 18 2:26 *FG 2 (4) Oliver 48 FG ……… Liufau Arizona 9 75 3:32 TD 3 (2) Adkins 1 run Oliver Liufau SECOND HALF OPENING DRIVES UCLA 10 50 4:52 FG 1 (4) Oliver 23 FG ……… Liufau COLORADO OPPONENT UCLA 10 73 4:11 TD 2 (2) Richardson 7 pass from Liufau Oliver Liufau Game Pts FD Yds Pts FD Yds UCLA 10 52 5:04 FG 2 (4) Oliver 53 FG ……… Liufau Colorado State 0 0 9 0 0 3
UCLA 11 75 4:04 TD 4 (1) T. Jones 1 run Oliver Liufau Central Arkansas 3 2 50 3 0 1 UCLA 7 60 2:49 FG 4 (4) Oliver 37 FG ……… Liufau Oregon State 0 1 17 7 4 75 Washington 7 76 2:34 TD 1 (1) Richardson 53 pass from Liufau Oliver Liufau Oregon 0 2 18 7 2 73 (*—scored following a turnover) Arizona State 0 5 75 7 6 80 Charleston Southern 7 4 64 0 0 7 Arizona 7 4 75 3 2 66 UCLA 0 3 47 7 4 70 Washington 0 1 31 7 2 40 California Southern California Utah (*—drive ended by a turnover)
POSSESSIONS AT-A-GLANCE Avg. 3-Plays No. Plays Snaps & Out* Snaps/TD Colorado 123 622 5.06 35 28.3 (22) Opponent 123 690 5.61 38 16.0 (43) (*—less if there is a turnover; must not have Yards Per Play—TD Drives: 10.9 (134-1,461); FG Drives: 5.6 (98-551); Non-Scoring Drives: 3.4 (390-1,309). earned a first down or scored a touchdown.)
LONGEST PLAYS (TOP 12)
COLORADO OPPONENT Yards Opponent Player(s) Yards Opponent Player(s) 82 Colorado State Paul Richardson pass from Connor Wood (TD) 76 UCLA Devin Fuller pass from Brett Hundley (TD) 75 Oregon D.D. Goodson pass from Paul Richardson (TD) 75 Oregon Bralon Addison pass from Marcus Mariota (TD) 75 Colorado State Paul Richardson pass from Connor Wood (TD) 69 Arizona State Jaelen Strong pass from Taylor Kelly (TD) 75 Arizona Paul Richardson pass Sefo Liufau (TD) 56 Arizona Daniel Jenkins run 60 Charleston Southern Paul Richardson pass from Sefo Liufau (TD) 54 Arizona B.J. Denker run 55 Central Arkansas Paul Richardson pass from Connor Wood (TD) 52 Oregon State Brandin Cooks pass from Sean Mannion 55 Oregon Paul Richardson pass from Connor Wood 52 Washington Dwayne Washington run 53 Washington Paul Richardson pass from Sefo Liufau (TD) 47 Arizona State Cameron Smith pass from Taylor Kelly 39 Central Arkansas Nelson Spruce pass from Connor Wood (TD) 46 Arizona B.J. Denker run 38 UCLA Tony Jones pass from Sefo Liufau 44 Oregon Bralon Addison pass from Marcus Mariota (TD) 34 Charleston Southern Michael Adkins II run (TD) 44 Arizona Nate Phillips pass from B.J. Denker (TD) 33 Oregon State Michael Adkins II run 43 Arizona Terrence Miller pass from B.J. Denker 33 Charleston Southern Michael Adkins II run (TD) 42 Oregon State Terron Ward pass from Sean Mannion (TD)
Number of plays 20-plus yards in length: 32 (28 pass, 4 rush) Number of plays 20-plus yards in length: 57 (41 pass, 16 rush) Number of plays 40-plus yards in length: 8 ( 8 pass, 0 rush) Number of plays 40-plus yards in length: 15 (10 pass, 5 rush)
Returns Returns Type Yards Opponent Player Type Yards Opponent Player KICKOFF 48 Arizona Ryan Severson KICKOFF 88 Central Arkansas Dillion Winfrey PUNT 19 Colorado State Nelson Spruce PUNT 74 Colorado State Joe Hansley (TD) INTERCEPTION 79 Central Arkansas Jered Bell (TD) INTERCEPTION 84 Washington Tre Watson (TD) FUMBLE 53 Colorado State Greg Henderson (TD) FUMBLE 53 Washington Marcus Peters (TD)
Number of returns 20+ yards in length: 28 (23 kickoff, 0 punt, 4 interception, 1 fumble, 0 misc.) Number of returns 20+ yards in length: 18 (11 kickoff, 1 punt, 5 interception, 1 fumble, 0 misc.) Number of returns 30+ yards in length: 9 ( 6 kickoff, 0 punt, 2 interception, 1 fumble, 0 misc.) Number of returns 30+ yards in length: 10 ( 7 kickoff, 1 punt, 1 interception, 1 fumble, 0 misc.)
Colorado Football Statistics / 5-5-5
FIRST DOWN RUSHING THIRD-FOURTH DOWN RUSHING 3/4-&-1 Player Att. Yards Avg. FD TD Long Player Att. FD/TD Pct. Yards Avg. TD Att.-FD
Michael Adkins II ...... 38 258 6.8 8 3 34t Michael Adkins II ...... 6 4 66.7 36 6.0 0 2- 2 Christian Powell ...... 57 240 4.2 7 0 12 Connor Wood ...... 2 1 50.0 10 5.0 0 0- 0 Tony Jones ...... 29 95 3.3 0 1 9 Christian Powell ...... 16 7 43.8 66 4.1 1 5- 3 Connor Wood ...... 7 39 5.6 0 0 9 Sefo Liufau ...... 6 2 33.3 27 4.5 0 1- 1 Donta Abron ...... 13 33 2.5 0 0 6 Tony Jones ...... 9 2 22.2 37 4.1 0 1- 0 D.D. Goodson ...... 1 31 31.0 1 0 31 Darragh O’Neill ...... 1 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0- 0 Sefo Liufau ...... 7 30 4.3 1 0 11 D.D. Goodson ...... 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0- 0 Paul Richardson ...... 1 7 7.0 0 0 7 Donta Abron ...... 2 0 0.0 -1 -0.5 0 1- 0 Team ...... 5 -9 -1.8 0 0 -1 THIRD-FOURTH DOWN PASSING FIRST DOWN PASSING Player Att-Com-Int Pct. Yards FD TD Long Sacked
Player Att-Com-Int Pct. Yards FD TD Long Sacked Sefo Liufau ...... 49- 31- 3 63.3 384 24 1 60t 1/ 8
Connor Wood ...... 56- 34- 2 60.7 524 17 1 75t 3/29 Connor Wood ...... 43- 16- 2 37.2 156 9 2 39t 2/25 Sefo Liufau ...... 49- 32- 2 65.3 382 12 2 75t 2/20 THIRD-FOURTH DOWN RECEIVING FIRST DOWN RECEIVING Player No. Yards Avg. FD TD Long
Player No. Yards Avg. FD TD Long Nelson Spruce ...... 10 113 11.3 6 1 39t
Paul Richardson ...... 34 621 18.3 20 3 75t Paul Richardson ...... 9 158 17.6 7 1 60t Nelson Spruce ...... 14 133 9.5 4 0 24 D.D. Goodson ...... 9 114 12.7 9 1 28 D.D. Goodson ...... 5 40 8.0 1 0 17 Tony Jones ...... 5 57 11.4 2 0 38 Michael Adkins II ...... 3 31 10.3 1 0 20 Tyler McCulloch ...... 4 25 6.3 3 0 9 Tyler McCulloch ...... 3 28 9.3 1 0 16 Christian Powell ...... 3 28 9.3 1 0 22 Tony Jones ...... 3 17 5.7 0 0 8 Michael Adkins II ...... 2 16 8.0 1 0 18 Devin Ross ...... 2 18 9.0 1 0 11 Scott Fernandez ...... 2 12 6.0 2 0 6 Christian Powell ...... 1 10 10.0 1 0 10 Keenan Canty ...... 1 10 10.0 1 0 10 Kyle Slavin ...... 1 8 8.0 0 0 8 Kyle Slavin ...... 1 8 8.0 1 0 8 Devin Ross ...... 1 - 1 - 1.0 0 0 - 1
QUARTERBACK SACKS (12-83) Colorado State (2-19): Gillam 1-17, Parker 1-2. Central Arkansas (1-3): Gilbert 1-3. Oregon State (2-20): Bonsu 1-14, Uzo-Diribe 1-6. Oregon (1-6): Gillam 1-6. Arizona State (1-2): Bonsu 1-2. Charleston Southern (2-21): Awuzie 1-12, Uzo-Diribe 1-9, Solis 1-1. Arizona (0-0). UCLA (0-0). Washington (2-11): Gillam 1-2, Kafovalu ½-5, Wilson ½-4.
2013 COLORADO BUFFALO SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Individual Team Bests/Highs LONGEST SCORING RUN— 34, Michael Adkins II vs. Charleston Southern MOST FIRST DOWNS— 26, at UCLA LONGEST NON-SCORING RUN— 33, Michael Adkins II at Oregon State MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS— 42, vs. Arizona LONGEST SCORING PASS— 82, Paul Richardson from Connor Wood vs. Colorado State MOST RUSHING YARDS— 218, vs. Charleston Southern LONGEST NON-SCORING PASS— 55, Paul Richardson from Connor Wood vs. Oregon MOST PASS ATTEMPTS— 46, vs. Colorado State LONGEST KICKOFF RETURN— 48, Ryan Severson vs. Arizona State MOST COMPLETIONS— 33, vs. Colorado State LONGEST PUNT RETURN— 19, Nelson Spruce vs. Colorado State MOST INTERCEPTIONS THROWN— 3, at Arizona State LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURN— 79, Jered Bell vs. Central Arkansas MOST PASSING YARDS— 400, vs. Colorado State LONGEST PUNT— 56, Darragh O’Neill at Washington MOST OFFENSIVE PLAYS— 83, vs. Colorado State LONGEST FIELD GOAL— 53, Will Oliver vs. Arizona MOST TOTAL OFFENSE— 509, vs. Colorado State MOST TOUCHDOWNS—4, Michael Adkins II vs. Charleston Southern (4 rushing) FEWEST FUMBLES— 0, on four occasions MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS— 22, Christian Powell at UCLA MOST FUMBLES— 3, vs. Central Arkansas MOST RUSHING YARDS—137, Michael Adkins II vs. Charleston Southern FEWEST TURNOVERS— 0, vs. Colorado State, Charleston Southern MOST PASS ATTEMPTS— 46, Connor Wood vs. Colorado State MOST TURNOVERS— 4, vs. Central Arkansas, Arizona State MOST PASS COMPLETIONS— 33, Connor Wood vs. Colorado State MOST TIME OF POSSESSION— 35:59, at UCLA MOST INTERCEPTIONS THROWN— 2, on five occasions (Wood 3, Liufau 2) LONGEST TOUCHDOWN DRIVE— 89 yards (11 plays), at Arizona State MOST PASSING YARDS— 400, Connor Wood vs. Colorado State LONGEST FIELD GOAL DRIVE— 74 yards (7 plays), vs. Oregon MOST TOUCHDOWN PASSES— 3, Connor Wood vs. Colorado State, Central Arkansas MOST RECEPTIONS— 11, Paul Richardson vs. Central Arkansas Defensive Bests MOST RECEIVING YARDS— 209, Paul Richardson vs. Central Arkansas FEWEST FIRST DOWNS ALLOWED— 11, by Charleston Southern MOST TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS— 50, Connor Wood vs. Colorado State FEWEST RUSHING ATTEMPTS ALLOWED— 26, by Central Arkansas MOST TOTAL OFFENSE— 408, Connor Wood vs. Colorado State FEWEST RUSHING YARDS ALLOWED— 60, by Central Arkansas MOST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED— 5, Will Oliver at UCLA FEWEST PASS ATTEMPTS ALLOWED— 14, by Charleston Southern MOST FIELD GOALS MADE— 4, Will Oliver vs. Colorado State FEWEST PASS COMPLETIONS ALLOWED— 7, by Charleston Southern MOST TACKLES— 18, Addison Gillam vs. Oregon (14 solo) FEWEST PASSING YARDS ALLOWED— 48, by Charleston Southern MOST SOLO TACKLES— 14, Addison Gillam vs. Oregon MOST INTERCEPTIONS— 3, vs. Central Arkansas MOST TACKLES FOR LOSS— 3, Chidera Uzo-Diribe vs. Oregon FEWEST TOTAL PLAYS ALLOWED— 57, by UCLA MOST QUARTERBACK SACKS— 1, on 10 occasions FEWEST TOTAL YARDS ALLOWED— 196, by Charleston Southern MOST QUARTERBACK HURRIES— 2, on four occasions (Uzo-Diribe 2, Tupou, Webb) MOST FUMBLES FORCED— 2, at Oregon State, at Arizona State MOST INTERCEPTIONS— 2, Greg Henderson vs. Oregon MOST TURNOVERS GAINED— 4, vs. Central Arkansas MOST PASSES BROKEN UP— 2, on four occasions (Henderson 2, Crawley, Uzo-Diribe) MOST PASSES BROKEN UP— 6, vs. Arizona MOST THIRD/FOURTH DOWN STOPS— 4, Addison Gillam vs. Colorado State, Oregon MOST QUARTERBACK SACKS— 2, on four occasions MOST KNOCKDOWN BLOCKS (OL)— 9, Gus Handler vs. Oregon MOST QUARTERBACK HURRIES— 5, at Oregon State MOST SPECIAL TEAM POINTS— 6, Brady Daigh at Arizona State MOST TACKLES FOR LOSS— 8, at Oregon State, vs. Charleston Southern
Colorado Football Statistics / 6-6-6
GAME-BY-GAME INDIVIDUAL CHARTS
RUSHING PASSING TYLER McCULLOCH NATE BONSU, DT TYLER HENINGTON, DT JUSTIN SOLIS, DT
No Yds TD Plays UT,AT-TT TFL Other Plays UT,AT-TT TFL Other Plays UT,AT-TT TFL Other MICHAEL ADKINS II CONNOR WOOD Colorado State ...... 2 12 0 Colo. St. .. 39 0,2—2 0-0 ...... Colo. St. .. 24 1,0—1 0-0 QBH Colo. St. . 21 0,1—1 0-0 ...... Central Arkansas ...... 5 50 0 UCA ...... 60 0,2—2 0-0 ...... UCA ...... 15 0,0—0 0-0 ...... UCA ...... 17 2,0—2 0-0 3DS Att Yds TD A-C-I Yds TD Oregon State ...... 2 29 1 Oregon St. 61 3,2—5 2-15 QBS Oregon St. 28 1,1—2 0-0 ...... Oregon St. 19 1,1—2 1-4 ...... Colorado State ...... ------DNP------Colorado State ..... 46-33-0 400 3 Oregon ...... 0 0 0 Oregon .... 58 1,3—4 0-0 PBU Oregon .... 34 0,0—0 0-0 ...... Oregon ... 44 3,3—6 0-0 ...... Central Arkansas ...... ------DNP------Central Arkansas .. 36-23-2 341 3 Arizona State ...... 3 41 0 Ariz. St. ... 49 1,0—1 1-2 QBS Ariz. St. ... 19 2,1—3 0-0 TZ Ariz. St.... 34 1,1—2 0-0 3DS,TZ Oregon State ...... 14 98 0 Oregon State ...... 34-14-2 146 2 Charleston Southern ... 1 5 0 Char So. .. 22 1,0—1 0-0 ...... Char So. .. 6 0,0—0 0-0 ...... Char So. . 40 3,1—4 1-1 QBS,3DS Oregon ...... 6 18 0 Oregon ...... 33-11-2 205 0 Arizona ...... 0 0 0 Arizona ... 10 1,0—1 0-0 ...... Arizona .... 21 0,0—0 0-0 ...... Arizona ... 69 2,0—2 0-0 ...... Arizona State ...... 16 62 0 Arizona State ...... 4- 0-1 0 0 UCLA ...... 0 0 0 UCLA ...... 4 0,0—0 0-0 ...... UCLA ...... 8 0,0—0 0-0 ...... UCLA ...... 48 4,1—5 1-3 3DS,2-TZ Charleston Southern .. 13 137 4 Charleston So...... 1- 1-0 0 0 Washington ...... 1 1 0 Wash ...... 14 0,0—0 0-0 ...... Wash ...... 26 0,0—0 0-0 ...... Wash ...... 44 1,2—3 0-0 ...... Arizona ...... 16 54 1 Arizona ...... ------DNP------California ...... California California . California UCLA ...... ------INJ------UCLA ...... ------DNP------USC ...... USC ...... USC ...... USC ...... Washington...... 5 26 0 Washington ...... 3- 2-0 11 0 Utah ...... Utah ...... Utah ...... Utah...... California ...... California ...... USC ...... USC ...... PAUL RICHARDSON KENNETH CRAWLEY, CB SAMSON KAFOVALU, DL TEDRIC THOMPSON, S Utah ...... Utah ...... No Yds TD Plays UT,AT-TT PD Other Plays UT,AT-TT TFL Other Plays UT,AT-TT PD Other DONTA ABRON SEFO LIUFAU Colorado State ...... 10 208 2 Colo. St. .. 67 4,1—5 0 TFL,TDS Colo. St. .. 0 ------SUSP------Colo. St. . 0 ------DNP------Central Arkansas ...... 11 209 2 UCA ...... 81 2,1—3 2 INT,2TDS UCA ...... 8 0,0—0 0-0 ...... UCA ...... 0 ------DNP------Att Yds TD A-C-I Yds TD Oregon State ...... 5 70 1 Oregon St. 83 4,0—4 0 ...... Oregon St 0 ------DNP------Oregon St. 13 3,0—3 0 ...... Colorado State ...... 2 5 0 Colorado State ..... ------DNP------Oregon ...... 5 134 0 Oregon. ... 78 4,1—5 0 ...... Oregon .... 0 ------DNP------Oregon. .. 40 4,2—6 0 ...... Central Arkansas ...... 8 9 0 Central Arkansas .. ------DNP------Arizona State ...... 4 39 0 Arizona St. 71 1,1—2 0 2-TDS Ariz. St. ... 0 ------DNP------Arizona St. 48 3,3—6 1 ...... Oregon State ...... 0 0 0 Oregon State ...... ------DNP------Charleston Southern ... 8 122 1 Char So. .. 56 6,0—6 0 2-3DS,TZ Char So ... 0 ------DNP------Char So. . 5 1,0—1 1 ...... Oregon ...... 1 1 0 Oregon ...... ------DNP------Arizona ...... 7 132 1 Arizona ... 80 4,0—4 1 3DS Arizona .... 15 2,0—2 1-2 3DS Arizona ... 3 0,1—1 0 ...... Arizona State ...... 0 0 0 Arizona State ...... 26-18-2 169 1 UCLA ...... 7 70 1 UCLA ...... 0 ------INJ------UCLA ...... 9 1,1—2 0-0 ...... UCLA ...... 0 ------DNP------Charleston Southern .. 0 0 0 Charleston So...... 20-14-0 198 1 Washington ...... 3 77 1 Wash. .... 58 3,3—6 0 TFL Wash ...... 24 1,1—2 1-4 ½-QBS Wash. .... 37 4,1—5 0 ...... Arizona ...... 3 8 0 Arizona ...... 32-17-1 212 1 California ...... California California . California UCLA ...... 7 19 0 UCLA ...... 36-25-0 247 1 USC ...... USC ...... USC ...... USC ...... Washington...... Washington ...... 22-12-2 160 1 Utah ...... Utah ...... Utah ...... Utah...... California ...... California ...... USC ...... USC ...... KYLE SLAVIN JIMMIE GILBERT, DE MARQUES MOSLEY, S JOSH TUPOU, DT Utah ...... Utah ...... No Yds TD Plays UT,AT-TT TFL Other Plays UT,AT-TT PD Other Plays UT,AT-TT TFL Other MALCOLM CREER DORMAN / GEHRKE Colorado State ...... 2 12 0 Colo. St. .. 16 0,0—0 0-0 ...... Colo. St. .. 13 2,0—2 0 3&4DS Colo. St. . 43 0,0—0 0-0 ...... Central Arkansas ...... 0 0 0 UCA ...... 48 2,1—3 1-3 QBS,H UCA ...... 1 1,0—1 0 ...... UCA ...... 64 3,0—3 0-0 TZ,PD Att Yds TD A-C-I Yds TD Oregon State ...... 0 0 0 Oregon St. 28 0,0—0 0-0 ...... Oregon St. 8 0,1—1 0 ...... Oregon St. 69 2,1—3 0-0 ...... Colorado State ...... ------DNP------Colorado State ..... ------DNP------Oregon ...... 1 8 0 Oregon .... 20 0,0—0 0-0 ...... Oregon. ... 6 1,1—2 0 ...... Oregon ... 50 1,1—2 0-0 ...... Central Arkansas ...... ------DNP------Central Arkansas .. ------DNP------Arizona State ...... 1 8 0 Ariz. St. ... 24 3,0—3 1-4 FF Ariz. St. ... 15 2,1—3 0 ...... Ariz. St.... 45 1,0—1 0-0 ...... Oregon State ...... ------DNP------Oregon State ...... ------DNP------Charleston Southern ... 0 0 0 Char So. .. 12 0,0—0 0-0 ...... Char So. .. 5 0,0—0 0 ...... Char So. . 42 3,1—4 1-3 3DS,2H Oregon ...... ------DNP------Oregon ...... ------DNP------Arizona ...... 0 0 0 Arizona ... 23 0,0—0 0-0 ...... Arizona .... 5 0,1—1 0 ...... Arizona ... 49 1,2—3 0-0 ...... Arizona State ...... ------DNP------Arizona State ...... ------DNP------UCLA ...... 3 23 0 UCLA ...... 8 0,0—0 0-0 ...... UCLA ...... 0 ------DNP------UCLA ...... 45 2,1—3 0-0 ...... Charleston Southern .. ------DNP------Charleston So ...... ------DNP------Washington ...... 0 0 0 Wash ...... 20 1,0—1 0-0 ...... Wash...... 15 3,0—3 0 3DS,TZ Wash ...... 40 2,0—2 0-0 ...... Arizona ...... 0 0 0 Arizona ...... ------DNP------California ...... California California . California UCLA ...... 0 0 0 UCLA ...... ------DNP------USC ...... USC ...... USC ...... USC ...... Washington...... 0 0 0 Washington ...... ------DNP------Utah ...... Utah ...... Utah ...... Utah...... California ...... California ...... USC ...... USC ...... NELSON SPRUCE ADDISON GILLAM, ILB PARKER ORMS, DB CHIDERA UZO-DIRIBE, DE Utah ...... Utah ...... No Yds TD Plays UT,AT-TT TFL Other Plays UT,AT-TT PD Other Plays UT,AT-TT TFL Other JOSH FORD RECEIVING Colorado State ...... 8 99 0 Colo. St. .. 66 7,7-14 2-19 4-3DS Colo. St. .. 67 5,4—9 1 2-TZ Colo. St. . 59 3,1—4 1-1 FF,PBU Central Arkansas ...... 4 62 1 UCA ...... 81 3,3—6 1-1 3DS UCA ...... 81 5,2—7 0 3DS UCA ...... 68 3,1—4 1-2 CI,3DS Att Yds TD Oregon State ...... 1 9 0 Oregon St. 77 8,5-13 1-3 2-3DS Oregon St. 80 2,2—4 0 ...... Oregon St. 66 3,3—6 2-15 2-FF,2H Colorado State ...... ------INJ------SCOTT FERNANDEZ Oregon ...... 3 36 0 Oregon .... 86 14,4-18 2-7 4-3DS Oregon. ... 86 8,2-10 0 ...... Oregon ... 68 7,1—8 3-17 FF,3DS Central Arkansas ...... ------INJ------No Yds TD Arizona State ...... 5 42 1 Ariz. St. ... 48 6,2—8 1-1 PBU Ariz. St. ... 33 3,0—3 0 ...... Ariz. St.... 55 0,0—0 0-0 ...... Oregon State ...... ------INJ------Charleston Southern ... 2 27 0 Char So. .. 53 6,2—8 0-0 TZ Char So. .. 54 1,1—2 0 ...... Char So. . 46 2,1—3 1-9 FF,QBS Oregon ...... ------INJ------Colorado State ...... 2 11 0 Arizona ...... 3 28 0 Arizona ... 82 3,4—7 0-0 TZ Arizona .... 79 13,2-15 0 TFL,3DS Arizona ... 60 3,2—5 0-0 2-PD,TZ Arizona State ...... ------INJ------Central Arkansas ...... 0 0 0 UCLA ...... 6 49 0 UCLA ...... 57 6,1—7 0-0 ...... UCLA ...... 57 5,1—6 0 3DS UCLA ...... 50 4,0—4 0-0 TZ,QCD Charleston Southern .. ------INJ------Oregon State ...... 1 13 0 Washington ...... 5 40 0 Wash ...... 68 4,3—7 1-2 QBS,TZ Wash...... 66 4,1—5 0 2-3DS,TZ Wash ...... 60 3,0—3 0-0 QCD,H Arizona ...... ------INJ------Oregon ...... 0 0 0 California ...... California California . California UCLA ...... ------INJ------Arizona State ...... 0 0 0 USC ...... USC ...... USC ...... USC ...... Washington...... ------INJ------Charleston Southern .. 0 0 0 Arizona ...... 2 12 0 Utah ...... Utah ...... Utah ...... Utah...... California ...... USC ...... UCLA ...... 0 0 0 Washington ...... 0 0 0 WOODSON GREER III, OLB JUDA PARKER, DE PAUL VIGO, ILB Utah ...... California ...... Plays UT,AT-TT TFL Other Plays UT,AT-TT TFL Other Plays UT,AT-TT TFL Other USC ...... TONY JONES DEFENSIVE Colo. St. .. 25 2,1—3 0-0 QCD Colo. St. .. 26 1,1—2 1-2 QBS Colo. St. . 0 ------ST ONLY------Utah ...... UCA ...... 20 1,2—3 0-0 TZ,H UCA ...... 17 2,0—2 0-0 ...... UCA ...... 0 ------ST ONLY------Att Yds TD Oregon St. 44 3,0—3 0-0 ...... Oregon St. 51 0,1—1 0-0 FR,H Oregon St 0 ------ST ONLY------Colorado State ...... 13 27 0 D.D. GOODSON CHIDOBE AWUZIE, CB Oregon .... 14 4,0—4 0-0 3DS Oregon .... 71 5,2—7 0-0 QBH Oregon ... 4 0,0—0 0-0 ...... Central Arkansas ...... 12 58 0 No Yds TD Ariz. St. ... 32 4,1—5 1-4 QBH Ariz. St. ... 51 1,1—2 0-0 ...... Ariz. St.... 0 ------ST ONLY------Oregon State ...... 4 22 0 Plays UT,AT-TT PD Other Char So. .. 56 6,2—8 1-1 TZ Char So. .. 34 3,1—4 0-0 ...... Char So. . 5 1,0—1 0-0 3DS Oregon ...... 3 5 0 Colorado State ...... 5 44 1 Colo. St... 25 2,1—3 0 3DS Arizona ... 62 5,2—7 0-0 FR,TZ Arizona .... 44 1,1—2 0-0 ...... Arizona ... 0 ------ST ONLY------Arizona State ...... 4 12 0 Central Arkansas ...... 0 0 0 UCA ...... 66 6,0—6 0 FF,FR UCLA ...... 5 0,1—1 0-0 ...... UCLA ...... 46 3,1—4 0-0 3DS,TZ UCLA ...... 0 ------ST ONLY------Charleston Southern .. 4 37 0 Oregon State ...... 1 9 0 Oregon St. 42 2,0—2 1 3DS Wash ...... 0 ------INJ------Wash ...... 31 1,2—3 0-0 ...... Wash ...... 29 0,1—1 0-0 ...... Arizona ...... 4 14 0 Oregon ...... 1 75 1 Oregon. .. 72 4,1—5 0 ...... California California . California UCLA ...... 7 15 1 Arizona State ...... 2 20 0 Ariz. St. ... 45 4,0—4 0 ...... USC ...... USC ...... USC ...... Washington...... 6 14 0 Charleston Southern .. 1 28 0 Char So. . 39 5,0—5 0 QBS,2-3D Arizona ...... 2 27 0 Arizona ... 79 5,7-12 0 ...... Utah ...... Utah ...... Utah...... California ...... USC ...... UCLA ...... 3 42 0 UCLA ...... 57 4,0—4 1 ...... Washington ...... 2 18 0 Wash. .... 39 2,2—4 0 ...... GREG HENDERSON, CB KIRK POSTON, DE DERRICK WEBB, ILB Utah ...... California ...... California Plays UT,AT-TT PD Other Plays UT,AT-TT TFL Other Plays UT,AT-TT TFL Other USC ...... CHRISTIAN POWELL USC ...... Colo. St. .. 67 3,2—5 1 FR (TD) Colo. St. .. 19 0,0—0 0-0 ...... Colo. St. . 67 6,1—7 0-0 3DS,2H Utah ...... Utah ...... UCA ...... 81 4,0—4 1 INT/TD UCA ...... 18 1,1—2 0-0 ...... UCA ...... 81 9,3-12 1-1 TZ,TDS Att Yds TD Oregon St. 82 7,2—9 1 INT/3-3D Oregon St. 24 1,0—1 1-1 ...... Oregon St. 82 2,3—5 0-0 3DS,TZ Colorado State ...... 15 42 0 TONY JONES JERED BELL, S Oregon. ... 92 2,1—3 0 2-INT Oregon .... 19 2,0—2 0-0 ...... Oregon ... 83 6,2—8 0-0 FR,PBU Central Arkansas ...... 6 22 0 No Yds TD Ariz. St. ... 71 3,2—5 1 QCD Ariz. St. ... 28 2,1—3 1-1 3DS Ariz. St.... 48 4,3—7 2-4 PBU Oregon State ...... 10 21 0 Plays UT,AT-TT PD Other Char So. .. 55 6,0—6 1 3-3DS Char So. .. 6 1,1—2 0-0 QCD Char So. . 25 2,1—3 0-0 QBH Oregon ...... 20 78 0 Colorado State ...... 4 14 0 Colo. St... 66 1,2—3 0 ...... Arizona ... 82 1,5—6 2 2-3DS Arizona .... 0 ------DNP------Arizona ... 21 3,1—4 0-0 ...... Arizona State ...... 7 29 1 Central Arkansas ...... 0 0 0 UCA ...... 81 7,1—8 0 INT/TD UCLA ...... 57 2,2—4 2 ….. UCLA ...... 0 ------DNP------UCLA ...... 52 6,3—9 2-5 ...... Charleston Southern .. 11 52 0 Oregon State ...... 1 10 0 Oregon St. 75 3,2—5 1 TFL/3DS Wash. .... 80 8,1—9 1 3DS,TZ Wash ...... 11 0,0—0 0-0 ….. Wash ...... 68 5,3—8 1-1 3DS Arizona ...... 13 35 0 Oregon ...... 0 0 0 Oregon. .. 59 3,1—4 1 4DS California California . California UCLA ...... 22 97 0 Arizona State ...... 0 0 0 Ariz. St. ... 66 6,1—7 1 ...... USC ...... USC ...... USC ...... Washington...... 12 73 0 Charleston Southern .. 0 0 0 Char So. . 54 2,1—3 0 INT Utah ...... Utah ...... Utah...... California ...... Arizona ...... 2 7 0 Arizona ... 77 7,2—9 0 INT,FF
USC ...... UCLA ...... 3 42 0 UCLA ...... 57 3,1—4 0 ......
Utah ...... Washington ...... 1 7 0 Wash. .... 42 4,1—5 1 3DS California ...... California USC ...... USC ...... Utah ...... Utah ......
2013 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO MISCELLANEOUS FOOTBALL STATISTICS (Won 3, LOST 6) ©
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. 3 & Out SEFO LIUFAU ...... 53 13 5 5 16 3 7 1 3 0 106 2.00 34.0% 46.0% 305 1667 5.47 12 CONNOR WOOD ...... 70 9 9 1 31 4 9 0 7 0 91 1.30 25.7% 30.2% 309 1683 5.45 23 COLORADO ...... 123 22 14 6 47 7 16 1 10 (0) 197 1.60 29.3% 37.2% 614 3350 5.46 35 OPPONENTS ...... 123 43 13 2 39 8 14 0 4 (0) 340 2.76 45.5% 48.7% 681 4383 6.45 38 *—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: Wood 6-(-26); Liufau 2-(-3); Opponents 9-(15).
KICKOFF ANALYSIS No. Opp. OSY ASY YARDAGE SUMMARY Kicker Total Ret. AYBF (Yds) FC MF NA TB (EZ+) In20/25 OB OnS SQB OSY Ret. ASY Ret. Team Plays 20+ 10+ 5+ 1-4 0 Neg. W. OLIVER ...... 43 24 O 7 (175) 1 0 1 18 (10) 5 / 8 0 (3) (0) 1285 765 O 30 O 32 Colorado ...... 622 32 95 238 169 155 50 OPPONENTS ...... 67 38 C 3 (132) 0 0 1 26 (9) 7 / 18 2 (0) (1) 1716 970 C 26 C 26 Opponent ...... 690 57 156 301 187 147 58
KICKOFF KEY: AYBF—average yardline ball fielded on return attempts; 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: Colorado 2 (O’Neill 2), Opponents 0.
FIRST DOWN TENDENCIES Rushing------*Passing------OVERALL------Times Gained------Miscellany------Second Half Plays Yards Avg. Plays Yards Avg. Plays Yards Avg. 20+ 10+ 5+ 2- 0 Neg. TD QBS TO FD 2-&-10+ Att. Yards Avg. COLORADO ...... 158 724 4.6 110 857 7.8 268 1581 5.90 17 46 114 112 49 22 7 5 4 46 75 132 760 5.8 Opponents ...... 192 970 5.1 116 1101 9.5 308 2071 6.72 30 68 132 131 51 31 16 5 3 64 91 131 853 6.5 *—kept like the NFL in that quarterback sacks are deducted from passing to present the accurate picture.
YARDS GAINED ANALYSIS [Third down plays replayed due to penalty but yards awarded: Colorado 0, Opponents 0.] 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 ..... 268 1581 5.9 210 1050 5.0 133 670 5.0 11 20 1.8 622 3321 5.34 1067 713 702 839 238 1071 4.5 417 155 50 Opponents ...... 308 2071 6.7 225 1472 6.5 138 701 5.1 19 124 6.5 690 4368 6.33 1263 1363 862 880 353 1888 5.3 485 147 58 *—Overtime Yards: Colorado 0, Opponent 0. Drives In Opponent Territory (minus those with 50+scores): Colorado 60/116 (51.7%, 17.9 yards per drive); Opp. 77/120 (64.2%, 24.5 ypd)
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS [4th-&-1: Colorado 1-1 (1-1 rush), Opponents 4-4] 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 ...... 5- 9 6-15 1- 8 8-13 7-16 6-14 3- 8 3- 9 1- 9 4-10 2-10 0- 7 1- 5 15-40 32-93 23-60 47-133 35.3 Opponents ...... 12-17 7-13 6-14 3-11 7- 9 5-11 4-12 2-12 1- 7 3- 7 2-17 3- 5 0- 3 28-52 27-86 24-65 55-138 39.9 AVERAGE YARDS TO GO: Colorado 7.1 (133/939); Opponents 6.2 (138/859). SECOND DOWN EFFICIENCY: Colorado 65-210 (31.0%; 1-4 yds: 30-51); Opponent 81-225 (36.0; 1-4 yds: 32-55).
TURNOVER ANALYSIS Opp/CU Own Territory------Opponent Territory------By Quarter------Last 2 Min./OT** Team TO PTS (TD,FG) Pct.(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 ...... 18 89 (12,2) 24.5 (364) 0 1 3 4 3 1 3 1 1 1 = 18 (2) 3 5 7 3 0 0 (0) 0 (0) Opponents ...... 15 44 (5,3) 20.2 (218) 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 2 = 15 (3) 2 4 3 6 0 0 (0) 1 (0) First Offensive Play After Gaining TO: Colorado 12-3, 0.3 avg., 7 long, 0 TD (8-16 rush/3-1-0, 2 pass, 1 QBS-15; 3 Ret TD); Opponent: 16-37, 2.3 avg., 12 long, 0 TD (9-24 rush/7-2-0, 13 pass; 2 Ret TD). *—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.
YARDS LOST DUE TO PENALTIES Colorado Opponent GOAL-TO-GO SITUATIONS Times Penalized After Offensive Gain ...... 6 7 Summary------GTG Plays------1-Yard Line Yards Lost Due To Penalties ...... 66 27 Team Total TD FG FGA TO DWN CLK Plays TDs Pct. Plays TDs Touchdowns Cost (2-Pt Conversions Cost) ...... 0 (0) 0 (0) COLORADO ...... 8 4 2 0 0 2 0 21 4 19.0 1 1 First Downs Lost ...... 3 2 OPPONENTS ...... 25 19 3 0 1 0 2 52 19 36.5 13 9
EXPANDED PUNTING Avg. No. Return Avg. Long Pct. Not Net Inside Own 25------Opp. Territory Adjusted 50 & Out
Player Punts Yards Avg. Spot Ret. Yards Return Return Returned Avg. In20 / 15 / 10 / 5 TB FC 60+ No. Yds. Avg. No.-Yds (In20) No. Yds. Avg. DARRAGH O’NEILL ...... 47 1937 41.21 C38 12 136 11.3 74t 74.5 37.04 18 / 14 / 9 / 2 3 12 0 6 248 41.3 13-466 (11) 34 1481 43.6 Right-footed kicks: 46-1891, 41.1 avg., 56 long, 17 In20 (0 blk). Left-footed/Rugby kicks: 1-46, 46.0 avg., 46 long, 0 In20. Average Spot—yardline where punts average from: O’Neill 47/1786.
AVERAGE STARTING FIELD POSITION Colorado Opponent FIRST DOWNS EARNED FUMBLES Drives Started ...... 123 123 Player Rush Pass Rec. — Total (3/4) Player No-Lost Cumulative Starting Yardlines ...... 3602 4015 SEFO LIUFAU ...... 4 48 0 — 52 (25) T. JONES 1-1 Average Field Position ...... C29 O33 CONNOR WOOD ...... 3 42 0 — 45 (11) MOSLEY 1-1 Drives Started In Plus Territory ...... 8 18 PAUL RICHARDSON ...... 0 1 34 — 35 (7) SEVENSON 4-1 Scores/TD,FG ...... 4/2,2 15/13,2 CHRISTIAN POWELL ..... 27 0 2 — 29 (8) C. WOOD 3-2 FGA/Punts/Downs/Clock ...... 0/2/1/0 0/1/1/0 NELSON SPRUCE ...... 0 0 20 — 20 (8) TEAM 1-1 Turnovers/Ran Out Clock ...... 0/1 0/1 Points ...... 20 97 MICHAEL ADKINS II...... 18 0 2 — 20 (3) TEAM TOTAL 10-6 Drives Started Inside/At Own 20 ...... 31 (23/8) 31 (25/6) D.D. GOODSON ...... 1 0 12 — 13 (9) Points Scored (TD/FG) ...... 47 (6/2) 58 (7/3) TONY JONES ...... 8 0 2 — 10 (4) TYLER McCULLOCH ...... 0 0 9 — 9 (3) SCORING PERCENTAGE INSIDE-THE-20 (Red Zone) SCOTT FERNANDEZ ...... 0 0 4 — 4 (2) Colorado Opponent KEENAN CANTY ...... 0 0 3 — 3 (1) Times Penetrated Opponent 20 ...... 21 53 KYLE SLAVIN ...... 0 0 2 — 2 (1) Total Scores ...... 17 44 DONTA ABRON ...... 1 0 0 — 1 (0) Touchdowns (Rush/Pass) ...... 8 (5/3) 35 (22/13) DEVIN ROSS ...... 0 0 1 — 1 (0) Field Goals-Attempts ...... 9-10 9-9 Turnovers/Downs/Punts/Clock ...... 1/2/0/0 3/4/0/2 Scores From The 20 And Out/TD,FG ...... 19/14,5 13/9,4 Scoring Percentage (TD Pct.) ...... 81.0 (38.1) 83.0 (66.0) Total Red Zone Plays/Yards (Avg.) ...... 60/184 (3.1) 158/512 (3.2) Third Down Efficiency ...... 3-12/25.0 13-27/48.1 Fourth Down Efficiency ...... 1-2/50.0 3-7/42.9 *Ran Out Clock Not Trying To Score ...... 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS Colorado Opponent (*—not included in total count above; the 20 IS NOT in the Red Zone) Points Scored Last 2 Minutes (Total/1st, 2nd) 12/3,9 56/56,0