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/GCFZXZCZ2Q UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE www.CUBuffs.com 2150 Stadium Drive (574 Champions Center), 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309‐0357 © 2017 CU Athletics Telephone 303/492‐5626 (FAX: 303/492‐3811; E‐mail (FB contacts): [email protected]; [email protected]) David Plati (Associate AD/SID), Jason Clay (Associate SID), Troy Andre (Associate SID/CUBuffs.com M.E.), Linda Sprouse (Associate SID), Andy Schlichting COLORADO (Assistant SID), Maggie Still (Assistant SID), Neill Woelk (Contributing Editor/CUBuffs.com), Ryan Megay (Grad Asst./Football) 2017 COLORADO BUFFALO Football WEEKLY RELEASE, NOTES & STATISTICS BUFFS TO LEAVE CONFINES OF STATE’S BORDERS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ‘17 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 8:36 p.m. MDT Rose Bowl Stadium (80,616) Pasadena, Calif. RELEASE NUMBER 5 (September 25, 2017) ESPN2 (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) BUFFALO BITS … The Colorado Buffaloes (3-1, 0-1 Pac-12) hit the road for the first time this Championshp game, the Huskies rallied to take a 10-7 halftime lead and then year, as in leaving the state’s borders, traveling to Pasadena to take on the methodically pulled away for the win ... UCLA dropped a 58-34 decision at UCLA Bruins (2-2, 0-1 Pac-12) in an 8:36 p.m. MDT kickoff at the Rose Bowl Stanford, leading at one point 13-6 in the second quarter before the Cardinal ... CU is still receiving votes in both polls, but hasn’t been in the top 25 in got rolling and out scored the Bruins, 52-21, over the final 34 minutes (the September since 2003 ... After four straight games inside the state of teams combined for 1,148 yards, Stanford rushing for 405 and UCLA passing Colorado’s borders, the Buffaloes hit the road for the first time this weekend, for 480) ... The Buffs snapped a five-game losing streak to the Bruins with a the first of five Pac-12 road games in 2017 ... This is UCLA’s “white out” game, 20-10 win on a Thursday night in Boulder last Nov. 3 ... Colorado remains just where it will wear all white uniforms and urging the crowd to wear white as two away from 700 all-time wins, as the Buffs own a record of 698-495-36 (a well; as a result, the Buffs will don all black (helmet, jersey and pant) ... .583 winning percentage), as the Buffaloes are 25th on the all-time win list Colorado opened 3-0 for the 41st time in its 128-year history, but for the first and is 36th in all-time winning percentage (29th for those schools with 1,000 time since 2008 and just the second time since opening 5-0 in 1998 (3-0 also or more games played in Division I-A) ... The Buffs return home for its annual in 2004; 1998 remains the last time the Buffs were 4-0 – Rick Neuheisel’s Family Weekend game on Oct. 7, hosting Arizona in a 6 p.m. game ... final year as head coach before moving on to Washington in 1999) ... The CUBuffs.com/media as your one stop for everything, including our on-line Buffaloes are coming off a 37-10 home loss to No. 6/7 Washington; CU opened media guide and live stats. with a dominant drive to take a 7-0 lead, but much like the 2016 Pac-12 DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 56; ROSTER ON PAGES 57-59 CU-UCLA (ESPN2/National): Mark Jones (play‐by‐play) / Rod Gilmore (color) / Quint Kessenich (sideline reporter) / Mandy Cohen (producer) STAT OF THE WEEK Colorado was 3-1 on the road in Pac-12 play in 2016, and has its road league opener this Saturday at UCLA. The Buffs held a 117-88 scoring edge in those games last year, as it was the first time since 2002 that Colorado had a winning record on the road in league play (going 3-1 in the Big 12). The Buffs won at Oregon, then lost at USC and won the last two at Stanford and Arizona; CU will be gunning for its first three-game winning streak on the road since the 2004-05 seasons, when it won at Kansas and Nebraska in ’04 and then at Oklahoma State in ’05. OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK It took 201 minutes and 4 seconds for Colorado to have its first kickoff return of the 2017 season. Opponents had just eight kickoffs heading into the CU- Washington game, all going for touchbacks (six of those were through the end zone, the other two to the back of the zone). Freshman WR K.D. Nixon had the honor of returning the first kickoff of the season, and raced 27 yards with it. The Buffs, between Nixon and redshirt frosh CB Ronnie Blackmon, would return five kickoffs for 111 yards in the game (22.2 per). 2017 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (3-1, 0-1 Pac-12) 2017 Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That or ’16 rewind Sept. 1 RV Colorado State (N; Denver) NR PAC12 W 17- 3 2-2 65-22-2 Buffs go up 17-0 early, play first scoreless second half in eight seasons SEPT. 9 RV TEXAS STATE NR PAC12 W 37- 3 1-3 1- 0-0 Second straight game not allowing a TD a first to open a season since 1958 SEPT. 16 RV NORTHERN COLORADO NR PAC12 W 41-21 2-1 10- 2-0 CU wins first meeting with former in-state rival since 1934 game in Greeley SEPT. 23 RV WASHINGTON (N) 7 FS-1 L 10-37 4-0 5-11-1 Game plays out eerily similar to ’16 Pac-12 title game, as UW pulls away in 3Q Sept. 30 RV at UCLA NR ESPN2 8:36 pm 2-2 3- 9-0 Buffs win defensive battle, hold Bruins to 210 yards in first win in series since ‘03 OCT. 7 ARIZONA (FW) PAC12 6:00 pm 2-2 14- 5-0 A 28-0 run over 20-minute span jumps score from 14-10 to 42-10 late in 3rd Qtr Oct. 14 at Oregon State TBA TBA 1-3 4- 5-0 Largest margin of victory in a league game in 24 years; best start (4-1) since ’05 Oct. 21 at Washington State TBA TBA 4-0 6- 4-0 Liufau rolls up 453 total yards as CU outscores WSU 17-0 over final 16 minutes OCT. 28 CALIFORNIA (HC) TBA TBA 3-1 3- 5-0 Last meeting in 2014 a wild one: Cal rallies for 59-56 win in 2OT in Berkeley Nov. 4 at Arizona State TBA TBA 2-2 1- 7-0 Buffs finally break through against Sun Devils, rush for 315 yards and 5 TDs NOV. 11 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TBA TBA 4-0 0-11-0 USC leads 14-0 at half, CU ties game in fourth but Trojans fend off comeback Nov. 25 at Utah TBA TBA 4-0 32-28-3 Win clinches Pac-12 South title; last six games in series decided by 32 points Dec. 1 Pac-12 Championship Game (N) ESPN at Santa Clara, Calif. Buffs made first appearance in league title game in 2016 (L, 10-41 to Washington) (KEY: *—AP rank at time of game; —Pac-12 Conference game; N—Night game; HC—Homecoming; FW—Family Weekend.) 2017 COLORADO FOOTBALL The Media Page Page 2 obtain head shots of all CU coaches and athletes as well COLORADO MEDIA SERVICES PRONUNCIATION GUIDE as action shots of key players. Registration is easy: for Head coach Mike MacIntyre holds a Tuesday a login and password, simply log on to Coaches/Staff press luncheon, located in the Champions Center www.cubuffs.com/photodatabase. Registration can also ShaDon BROWN (shay-don) (third floor, room 319). All will start at 11:30 a.m. with Darrin CHIAVERINI (shiv-ah-ree-knee) be found through CUBuffs.com by selecting "Sports Darian HAGAN (hay-gun) lunch, followed by MacIntyre promptly at Noon and Information" from the "Athletics" menu located on the Players select players before and/or afterwards depending on top navigation bar and click on “Enter Media Center.” 57 Sam BENNION (ben-yun) class conflicts. This year’s dates: Aug. 29; Sept. 5-12- The Pac-12 Mountain Network is the 35 Beau BISHARAT (bish-er-rot) 19-26; Oct. 3-10-17-24-31; Nov. 7-21-28; Dec. 5- television home of the Buffaloes; it produces a variety 4 Bryce BOBO (bo-bo) TBA (bowl). The press conference portions are of programming featuring all 12 member institutions. 44 Jacob CALLIER (cal-e-yea) streamed live on www.CUBuffs.com (in the BuffsTV 88 Curtis CHIAVERINI (shiv-ah-ree-knee) area); press conferences on CUBuffs.com do not THE BUFFS ON THE INTERNET 89 Kevin DEMENT (duh-ment) require access codes. (TV Pool Assignments for 9 Javier EDWARDS (ha-vee-air) The official CU site on the Internet can be found 17 KABION ENTO (kay-be-on / N-toe) 2017: KCNC will coordinate all CU press luncheons). at www.CUBuffs.com, which has the most up-to-date 8 Alex FONTENOT (font-en-know) MacIntyre can be heard Tuesdays (Aug. 29-Nov. information, releases, game notes, press conference 56 JASE FRANKE (rhymes w/case; frank-E) 21) on the Pac-12 Teleconference Call at 11:25 a.m. 45 Tanner GRZESIEK (gress-ick) broadcasts (free), articles by former Boulder Camera 64 Aaron HAIGLER (Hague-ler) MT, with a taped replay available after 4 p.m.