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0 FARI UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE www.CUBuffs.com 2150 Stadium Drive (574 Champions Center), 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0357 © 2019 CU Athletics Telephone 303/492-5626 (E-mail/FB contacts: [email protected]; [email protected]) David Plati (Associate AD/SID), Curtis Snyder (Assistant AD), Troy Andre (Associate SID/CUBuffs.com Managing Editor), Linda Sprouse (Associate SID), COLORADO Seth Pringle (Assistant SID), Shaun Wicen (Assistant SID), Neill Woelk (Contributing Editor/CUBuffs.com), Rob Livingston (Graduate Assistant) GAME 1 2019 COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE, NOTES & STATISTICS MEL TUCKER ERA TO OPEN WITH FINAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHOWDOWN IN DENVER FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2019 8:10 p.m. MDT Broncos Stadium at Mile High (76,125) Denver, Colo. RELEASE NUMBER 1 (August 25, 2019) ESPN (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) BUFFALO BITS … The Colorado Buffaloes (5-7, 2-7 Pac-12 in 2018) open their 130th season games ... Colorado enters 2019 with a of intercollegiate football this Friday, Aug. 31, against its in-state rival, the 705-508-36 all-time record (a .579 Colorado State Rams (3-9, 2-6 Mountain West) in an 8:10 p.m. MDT winning percentage), as the Buffaloes kickoff at Broncos Stadium at Mile High in Denver ... ESPN will televise the are 25th all-time in the NCAA in wins game nationally, it being the debut of CU’s 26th full-time head coach, Mel and 36th in winning percentage; CU Tucker (it will follow Wisconsin at South Florida on the network) ... It will be comes into the season on a seven-game the 91st game in the series in which the Buffaloes lead the series by a 66- losing streak ... Top anniversaries for 22-2 count, which includes a 12-6 edge in games played in Denver (all but the CU program in 2019 include the 50th anniversary of the 1969 team that three of the games dating back to 1998 have been in Denver; however, this is defeated Alabama, 47-33, in the Liberty Bowl; the 30th anniversary of CU’s the final one as the 2020 game will be played in Fort Collins. The series will 1989 Big Eight Conference championship team (and first-ever No. 1 ranking), resume in 2023-24, with Boulder hosting in ’23 and back to Fort Collins for and the 25th anniversary of the “The Miracle in Michigan” on Sept. 27, 1994 ‘24) ... It will be the 35th time over the last 36 seasons that a CU season ... “The Pregame,” the Pac-12 Networks version of Game Day, will be in opener will be on some kind of local, regional or national television (the lone Boulder for the Nebraska game on Sept. 7 … The 2019 CU Media Guide is exception came in 2006 against Montana State, though that game was currently being printed; the PDF version can be found on-line ... webcast) … Colorado’s opponents this year were a collective 80-72 a year CUBuffs.com/media is all things Buff (on-line media guide, live stats, etc.). ago, with six teams making the postseason with four winning nine or more DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 57; ROSTERS ON PAGES 58-60; STATS PAGE 61 CU-CSU (ESPN/National): Roy Philpott (play-by-play) / Kelly Stouffer (color) / Lauren Sisler (sideline reporter) / Robert Adamski (producer) STAT OF THE WEEK Mel Tucker will become the sixth Colorado head coach to have their debut at the reins of the program televised nationally. He’ll join Chuck Fairbanks (ESPN; 1979 vs. Oregon), Rick Neuheisel (ABC; 1995 at Wisconsin), Gary Barnett (FOX; 1999, Colorado State in Denver), Jon Embree (ESPN2; 2011 at Hawai’i) and Mike MacIntyre (CBS-SN; 2013, Colorado State in Denver). The ’79 game under Fairbanks was shown tape-delayed that evening on ESPN on Sept. 8, the first college football game on the fledgling network: it was its second day of operation. Neuheisel and MacIntyre won their games; in fact, they’re the only two to win their CU debuts dating back to 1932 (see list on page 9). OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK The Buffaloes enter the season on quite a run when faced with a goal-to-go situation on offense. Dating back to eight games into the 2016 season, Colorado has had 51 goal-to-go situations, scoring 50 times (or 98 percent of the time); 42 of the scores have been touchdowns to go with 8 field goals. The only non- score came on downs last year against Oregon State (in the overtime). 2019 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (0-0, 0-0 Pac-12) 2019 Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That or ’18 rewind Aug. 30 --- Colorado State (N; Denver) --- ESPN 8:10 p.m. 0-0 66-22-2 CU had a 300-yard passer, 200-yard receiver and a 100-yard rusher for first time SEPT. 7 NEBRASKA FOX 1:30 p.m. 0-0 19-49-2 Buffs rally for 33-28 win in first meeting between former Big 8 rivals since 2010 SEPT. 14 AIR FORCE PAC12 11:01 a.m. 0-0 12- 4-0 Former in-state rivals meet for the first time since 1974 (last in Boulder in ’73) Sept. 21 at Arizona State (N) TBA TBA 0-0 2- 8-0 Shenault’s 4 TDs (2 rushing/2 receiving) lead Buffs to win over the Sun Devils OCT. 5 ARIZONA (FW) TBA TBA 0-1 14- 7-0 Wild see-saw affair sees combined 59 points in second and third quarters Oct. 11 at Oregon (N) FS-1 8:00 p.m. 0-0 9-12-0 Last meeting: CU, 41-38 in ’16 at Eugene (Montez: 333, 3 TD pass, 135, 1 TD run) Oct. 19 at Washington State TBA TBA 0-0 6- 6-0 Buffs score first but WSU takes control in last three quarters, run 94 plays on Off OCT. 25 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (N) ESPN2 7:00 p.m. 0-0 0-13-0 USC takes control with 21 points in last half of second quarter (up 21-7 at half) Nov. 2 at UCLA TBA TBA 0-0 4-10-0 22-point win is largest by CU in series (four previous games decided by 21 points) NOV. 9 STANFORD (HC) TBA TBA 0-0 4- 6-0 Buffs won last meeting in 2016 at Stanford (10-5) NOV. 23 WASHINGTON TBA TBA 0-0 6-11-1 UW up 14-13 at half; has now outscored CU 67-6 in last three second halves Nov. 30 at Utah TBA TBA 0-0 32-30-3 Utes snap 7-7 halftime tie with 23 second half points Dec. 6 Pac-12 Championship Game ABC 6:00 p.m. at Levi’s Stadium (Santa Clara, Calif.; game moves to Las Vegas in 2020) (KEY: *—AP rank at time of game; —Pac-12 Conference game; N—Night game; HC—Homecoming; FW—Family Weekend. All times mountain) 2019 COLORADO FOOTBALL The Media Page Page 2 Collegepressbox.com is the official media COLORADO MEDIA SERVICES PRONUNCIATION GUIDE website for Division I football. Access and download Head coach Mel Tucker holds a Tuesday weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, Coaches/Staff media luncheon, located in the Champions Center headshots, logos and more. Login information will be Jimmy BRUMBAUGH (brum-bah) (third floor, room 319). All will start at 11:30 a.m. with Darrin CHIAVERINI (shiv-ah-ree-knee) distributed to accredited media or you can apply for a Chris KAPILOVIC (kuh-pil-oh-vick) lunch, followed by Tucker promptly at Noon and select password at www.collegepressbox.com/password. Brian MICHALOWSKI (michael-ow-ski) players before and/or afterwards depending on class The Pac-12 Mountain Network is the Al PUPUNU (puh-pooh-new) conflicts. This year’s dates: Sept. 3-10-17; Oct. 1-8- TRAVARES Tillman (truh-varr-es) television home of the Buffaloes; it produces a variety 15-22-29; Nov. 5-19-26; Dec. 3-TBA (bowl). The of programming featuring all 12 member institutions. Players press conference portions are streamed live on 10 JASH Allen (jash) www.CUBuffs.com (in the BuffsTV area); press THE BUFFS ON THE INTERNET 22 Daniel ARIAS (are-e-us) conferences on CUBuffs.com do not require access 84 Clayton BACA (bah-cah) The official CU site on the Internet can be found 35 Beau BISHARAT (bish-er-rot) codes. (TV Pool Assignments for 2019: KCNC will at www.CUBuffs.com has the most up-to-date 25 MEHKI Blackmon (muh-kye as in eye) coordinate all CU press luncheons). information, releases, game notes, press conference 21 JAREK BROUSSARD (jerek brew-sard) Note: The Front Range Huddle kicked off the media 15 Legend BRUMBAUGH (brum-bah) broadcasts (free), articles by longtime journalist and luncheons for the season on Aug. 22 in Denver. 44 Jacob CALLIER (cal-yee-A) CUBuffs.com contributing editor Neill Woelk along The Pac-12 Teleconference Call that used 6 Curtis CHIAVERINI (shiv-ah-ree-knee) with podcasts/video by the voice of the Buffs, Mark 22 Grant CICCARONE (sis-a-roan) take place on Tuesdays are no more; lack of Johnson; the direct link to the Football Media 57 John DEITCHMAN (dych-mon) participation from those media on the call contributed Center is cubuffs.com/ColoradoMediaCenter. 18 Jeremiah DOSS (dause) to its coming to an end. Any media member can watch Breaking news with the program will be found here first 42 NU’UMOTU FALO (new-ooh-mow-too follow) CU’s Tuesday luncheon on-line and can email any 76 Frank FILLIP (phillip) every time and delivered in full without third-party questions you would like asked in advance to David 8 Alex FONTENOT (font-en-know) editing or what they might deem unessential.