0 FARI UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE www.CUBuffs.com 2150 Stadium Drive (574 Champions Center), 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0357 © 2021 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), Ben Rossi (Graduate Assistant) GAME 1 2021 COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE, NOTES & STATISTICS BUFFS SEASON OPENER AT FOLSOM FIELD ON A FRIDAY FOR FIRST-TIME EVER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 7:07 p.m. MDT Folsom Field (50,183) Boulder, Colo. RELEASE NUMBER 1 (Updated August 30, 2021) PAC-12 Networks (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) BUFFALO BITS … The Colorado Buffaloes will open their 132nd season of intercollegiate football or better the last five seasons) ... Top anniversaries for the CU program in 2021 on Friday, Sept. 3, at Folsom Field in Boulder against the Northern Colorado include the 50th anniversary of the 1971 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl champion team, Bears; kickoff is set for 7:07 p.m. MDT ... CU was 4-2 (3-1, second Pac-12 which after defeating hometown Houston 29-17 in the game, finished No. 3 in South) in the abbreviated 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while UNC the country behind Nebraska and Oklahoma, to this day the only time the top (and all Big Sky Conference teams) opted out for the entire season ... Colorado three teams in the final poll came from the same conference (then the Big Eight) has opened a season on a Friday seven previous times in its history, but never in ... It’s also the 60th anniversary of CU’s first Big Eight title (1961), the 45th of the Boulder; six times in Denver (4-2) and once one the road, at USC in 1964 (0-1); 1976 crown, the 30th of the 1991 title, and the fifth of CU’s Pac-12 South the Buffaloes are 18-25 on Fridays all-time including bowl games ... Colorado champion team (full list later in these notes) ... The 11 FBS opponents on the leads the series with its neighbors to the north by a 10-2 count, but the two, 2021 Colorado schedule combined for a 39-33 record in the COVID-19 located about 50 miles apart, have met just once since 1934 (a 41-21 CU win in shortened 2020 season (a 54.2 winning percentage); only one opponent 2017) ... Colorado enters the 2021 season with an all-time record of 714-517- played as many as 10 games (Texas A&M); three teams played as few as four. 36 (a .578 winning percentage); the Buffaloes are 26th all-time in the NCAA in With most teams returning many players from 2019 with the NCAA eligibility wins and 36th in winning percentage ... In 131 previous season openers, Colorado exception, those same 11 teams were 87-55 (.613) ... CUBuffs.com/media owns an 82-44-5 record (.645), which includes a 54-20-1 mark in Boulder is all things Buff (on-line media guide, game notes, live stats, etc.). (.727); the Buffaloes have won five straight season lid-lifters (CU has opened 2-0 DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 60; ROSTERS ON PAGES 61-63; STATISTICS N/A CU-UNC TV (Pac-12 Networks): Guy Haberman (play-by-play) / Shane Vereen (color) / (no sideline reporter) / Mark Shah (producer) STAT OF THE WEEK The Buffaloes are 22-10-1 in their last 33 season openers (dating back to 1988). In those 22 wins, Colorado scored 816 points, or an average of 37. 1 per game; in the 10 losses, CU scored 172 points, or 17.2 per (it had 31 in the tie with Tennessee in 1990). In the five-game season opener winning streak, CU has scored 206 points, or 41.2, and over the last three, that number jumps to 48.3). In the 22 victories, the opponent scored 385 points, or 17.5 per. The bulk of the games have been against Colorado State (20; CU won 14), but the Buffaloes are 5-0-1 against Power-5 teams. OBSCURE NOTE(S) OF THE WEEK Zero Again. As in zero starts by quarterbacks on the CU roster for the second straight season; it hadn’t happened since 2007 prior to last year. Only two players on the team have attempted passes in a game: QB Brendon Lewis was 6-of-10 for 95 yards last year when he replaced Sam Noyer in the Alamo Bowl (his only appearance of the season), and WR Dimitri Stanley, who was 0-of-1 on a trick play, also last season. Youngins’. With the NCAA granting all student-athletes an extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the 2018 rule where if you played four games or less, you don’t lose a year, the number of underclassmen nationally have skyrocketed—and it’s no exception at Colorado. Of the 119 players on the roster, 69 are freshmen (43 first-year, 16 second-year, 10 third-year); when adding in 21 sophomores (three first-time, 15 second-time and three third-time), that’s 90 underclassmen on the Buff roster. There are 23 juniors (20 classified as Jr.-2, or super juniors, with three Jr.-3), and just 3 seniors in their final year of eligibility. The other 3 are graduate transfers (two of whom have two years of eligibility remaining). 2021 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (0-0, 0-0 Pac-12) Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That or ’20 rewind SEPT. 3 --- NORTHERN COLORADO --- Pac12 7:07p 0-0 10- 2-0 After not playing for 83 years, CU won 41-21 in Boulder in 2017 Sept. 11 Texas A&M (Denver; N) FOX 1:30p 0-0 6- 3-0 Last played in 2009 when both were in the Big 12 (CU, 35-34 in Boulder) SEPT. 18 MINNESOTA Pac12 11:00a 0-0 3- 0-0 First of home-and-home; last meeting in 1992 at Minneapolis (CU, 21-20) Sept. 25 at Arizona State TBA TBA 0-0 3- 8-0 ’20 game cancelled on 11/15 due to COVID-19 issues in the Sun Devil program OCT. 2 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TBA TBA 0-0 0-14-0 ’20 game cancelled on 11/26 due to COVID-19 issues in the Trojan program OCT. 16 ARIZONA (FW) TBA TBA 0-0 15- 8-0 Broussard (301 yards) and Buffs (407) run wild, rally from 13-0 down in 2nd Qtr Oct. 23 at California TBA TBA 0-0 4- 6-0 Only the sixth time in 11 years the two will meet with CU as a Pac-12 member Oct. 30 at Oregon TBA TBA 0-0 9-13-0 ’20 game cancelled on 12/14 when UO had to replace UW in P12 title game NOV. 6 OREGON STATE (HC) TBA TBA 0-0 5- 6-0 OSU rallied from down 31-3 to win 41-34 in OT in last meeting (2018 at Folsom Nov. 13 at UCLA TBA TBA 1-0 5-11-0 Buffs roll to 35-7 second quarter lead and hang on; Broussard has record night NOV. 20 WASHINGTON TBA TBA 0-0 6-12-1 CU’s 20-14 win in Boulder snapped UW’s 9-game winning streak in series Nov. 26 at Utah FOX/FS-1 TBA 0-0 32-32-3 Buffs lose 21-10, Utes score last 28 in game; series tied for first time since ’52 KEY: *—AP rank at time of game; —Pac-12 Conference game; N—Night game; FW—Family Weekend; HC—Homecoming; All times mountain. 2021 COLORADO FOOTBALL The Media Page Page 2 Credentials. CU does not utilize an on-line COLORADO MEDIA SERVICES Coaches/Staff credential system; we prefer the personal touch. Email Darrin CHIAVERINI (shiv-ah-ree-knee) Head coach Karl Dorrell holds a Tuesday Dave Plati with request ([email protected]). Karl DORRELL (door-el) media luncheon located in the UCHealth Champions Collegepressbox.com is the official media Darian HAGAN (hay-gun) Center (third floor, Room 319). All starts with lunch at website for Division I football. Access and download DEMETRICE Martin (dee-meat-riss) 11:15, with Dorrell taking the podium at Noon and weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, Brian MICHALOWSKI (michael-ow-ski) Mitch RODRIGUE (row-dreeg) select players before and/or afterbward depending on headshots, logos and more for each conference and its class schedules. This year’s dates: Sept. 7-14-21-28, member schools. Register for access at: Players Oct. 12-19-26, Nov. 2-9-16-23-30, Dec. TBA. The www.collegepressbox.com/register. 68 Edgar AMAYA (uh-my-uh) press conference portions are streamed live on 6 Daniel ARIAS (are-e-us) The Pac-12 Mountain Network is the 97 Allan BAUGH (baw) www.CUBuffs.com and we will offer Zoom access for television home of the Buffaloes; it produces a variety 6 MEKHI Blackmon (muh-kye as in eye) those not vaccinated or out of town. of programming featuring all 12 member institutions. 87 Derek BEDELL (bey-dell) Season Interview Schedule. Dorrell will 23 JAREK BROUSSARD (jerek brew-sard) address the media after practice on Mondays and THE BUFFS ON THE INTERNET 69 GERAD Christian-LICHTENHAN (jared lick-tin-han) Wednesdays (has the luncheon on Tuesdays).