UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE www.CUBuffs.com Fieldhouse Annex #50, 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309‐0357 © 2011 CU Athletics Telephone 303/492‐5626 (FAX: 303/492‐3811; E‐mail: [email protected]; [email protected]) David Plati (Associate AD/Sports Information), Curtis Snyder (Associate SID), Andrew Green (Assistant SID), Troy Andre (Assistant SID/ Internet Managing Editor), Linda Poncin (Assistant SID), B.G. Brooks (Contributing Editor/CUBuffs.com), Cole Mickelson (Graduate Assistant) COLORADO 2011 COLORADO BUFFALO Football GAME 12—UCLA BUFFS SEEK SECOND STRAIGHT WIN AND TO END ROAD LOSING STREAK SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2011 5:35 p.m. MST Rose Bowl Stadium (91,000), Pasadena, Calif. RELEASE NUMBER 12 (November 13, 2011) Versus (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) QUICKLY SPEAKING … The Colorado Buffaloes (2-9, 1-6 Pac-12) ended one streak and are out to halt another this Saturday as they travel to Pasadena to take on the UCLA Bruins (5-5, 4-3 Pac-12) in a 5:35 p.m. mountain time kickoff at the Rose Bowl … The game will be televised nationally by Versus … CU snapped a seven-game losing streak with its 48-29 win over Arizona last Saturday, and now turn its attention to ending a 22-game losing streak on the road (last win: 31-26 at Texas Tech in 2007) … Colorado is 50-10 against unranked opponents in November games dating back to the 1985 season … The Arizona game was CU’s most balanced of the year, with 273 yard rushing and 223 passing for 500 overall; it was the 56th time in school history the Buffaloes accumulated at least 200 of each in a game (going 51-5 in those games, 43-2 dating to 1981); one of the five losses was at UCLA in 1980 … CU improved to 56-2-1 all-time when rushing for 250 or more yards … UCLA is coming off a 31-6 loss at Utah in the snow, but still is the only team in the Pac-12 South that controls its own destiny to get the championship game on Dec. 2; the Bruins, while 5-5, have not lost back-to-back games this season … The schools have played three times in California, the first two meetings in the L.A. Coliseum, but the last was in the Rose Bowl, a 31-17 Colorado win in 2003 … The Buffaloes sold 3,000 tickets for the UCLA game, bringing the total to about 12,000 for the four league road games to date, more than double any season in CU’s 15 years in the Big 12 … CU is closing a regular season with two road games for the first time since 1989 and just the second time in the last 38 seasons … All CU games this year will be televised for the first time since 1995, and the first time all will have been national (11) or regional (2) telecasts … Visit CUBuffs.com/ gameday as your one stop for everything, including our on-line media guide and live stats. DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 62; ROSTER ON PAGES 63-64 CU-UCLA TV: Versus / Ted Robinson (play-by-play) / Glenn Parker (color analyst) / Akbar Gbaja-Biamila (sideline reporter) / Michael Molinari (producer) STAT OF THE WEEK Colorado is six yards shy of a school first—having three players in the same year with 500 or more receiving yards. The “three-headed monster” atop the stats are share similar numbers: WR Toney Clemons (36 receptions, 528 yards, 14.7 average, 7 TD); TB Rodney Stewart (36-525, 14.6, 0 TD) and WR Paul Richardson (32-494, 15.4, 5 TD). The closest CU has come to three 500 yard receivers in the same season was in 1984, when current head coach and then tight end Jon Embree had 51 grab for 680 yards; WR Ron Brown had 673 and WR Loy Alexander 496. OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK CB Jason Espinoza has two interceptions in as many weeks, coming against two of the top quarterbacks in the nation, Southern California’s Matt Barkley and Arizona’s Nick Foles. As a sophomore in 2009, when he was a receiver, he caught eight passes for 109 yards and a touchdown. Research shows that Espinoza is just the third player in Colorado history to have a 100-yard receiving game and make at least one interception in their Buff career, with nearly half a century passing in- between. The only other two to do it were Leon Mavity (two receptions for 112 yards/1TD vs. Utah in 1961) and Ken Blair (2-105/2TD vs. Kansas, also in 1961); Blair had an interception in 1962 and Mavity picked off three career balls, one in 1962 and two in 1963. 2011 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (2-9, 1-6 PAC-12) 2011 Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That Sept. 3 NR at Hawai’i NR ESPN2 L 17-34 5-5 1- 2-0 UH jumped to 17-0 halftime lead; CU pulls to within 24-17 but Warriors hang on SEPT. 10 NR CALIFORNIA NR FCS (P) L 33-36 (OT) 6-4 2- 4-0 Buffs rally from 10 down twice, but open OT with a FG and Cal countered with TD Sept. 17 NR Colorado State (Denver) NR FSN W 28-14 3-6 61-20-2 Hansen accounts for 4 TDs (2 rush/2 pass); CSU: 163 yards after opening drive Sept. 24 NR at Ohio State NR ABC/ESPN2 L 17-37 6-4 1- 4-0 Field position dictated game: CU (its 18), OSU (the CU 47) made it a tough go OCT. 1 NR WASHINGTON STATE (FW) NR FCS (P) L 27-31 4-6 4- 3-0 Cougars score two TDs down stretch (2:35, 1:10 left) to spoil CU’s Pac-12 debut Oct. 8 NR at Stanford 7 Versus L 7-48 9-1 3- 4-0 Likely NFL #1 draft pick Andrew Luck (370 yds/3 TDs) too much for Buffs Oct. 15 NR at Washington NR Root/FCS (P) L 24-52 6-4 5- 6-1 UW scores five TDs on first five possessions, CU loses Rippy & Stewart to injury OCT. 22 NR OREGON (HC) 9 FSN L 2-45 9-1 8- 8-0 Ducks race to 29-0 1Q lead; Smith’s T for safety averts first home SO since ’86 Oct. 29 NR at Arizona State 23 Root/FSN L 14-48 6-4 0- 3-0 Turnovers play first real role all year, as CU commits a season-high five NOV. 4 NR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (N) 21 ESPN/3D L 17-42 8-2 0- 6-0 Barkley’s 6 TD passes steal the show in CU’s first-ever home Friday night game NOV. 12 NR ARIZONA NR FCS (P) W 48-29 2-8 13- 1-0 Stewart (204 yards/3 TD), Hansen (3 TD), Clemons key CU offensive explosion Nov. 19 NR at UCLA NR Versus 5:35p 5-5 2- 4-0 Embree to line up against former mentor (Neuheisel) and own son (Taylor) Nov. 25 at Utah FSN 1:30p 6-4 30-24-3 Old rivals were actually set to resume series in 2012 after 50-year dormancy Dec. 2 Pac-12 Championship Game FOX 6:20p at campus site of the division winner with the best record (All times mountain. KEY: *—AP rank at time of game; —Pac-12 Conference game (Cal game is non-league; N—Night game; HC—Homecoming; FW—Family Weekend.) 2011 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / The Media Page Page 2 COLORADO FOOTBALL MEDIA SERVICES everything you’ll need to know about CU football. “BuffsTV” offers the opportunity to listen and/or watch live game action of several CU athletic teams. ¾ Head coach Jon Embree holds a Tuesday press luncheon in the Dal Ward Breaking news with the program will be found here first every time and Athletic Center, starting at 11:30 a.m. with lunch (Embree starts promptly at delivered in full without others editing out what they might deem unessential. Noon). This year’s dates: Aug. 30, Sept. 6-13-20-27, Oct. 4-11-18-25, Nov. 1-8- ¾ Audio. Colorado football and basketball can now be heard for free on the 15-22-29, Dec. TBA (bowl). The press conference portion of the luncheon Internet at either CUBuffs.com or KOA-Radio (or its sister station, KKZN/AM760 is streamed live on www.CUBuffs.com (in the BuffsTV area); press for hoops). Links: www.CUBuffs.com, www.850koa.com, www.am760.net. conferences on CUBuffs.com are free and do not require access codes. ¾ Embree can be heard Tuesdays (Aug. 31-Nov. 30) on the Pac-12 THE BUFFALOES ON THE AIRWAYS Teleconference Call at 11:00 a.m. MT, with a taped replay available after 4 ¾ KOA-Radio in Denver (850 AM) originates the 10-station CU Football Network, p.m. MT those afternoons. All coaches participate; for access numbers to the with sports director Mark Johnson in his eighth year as the play-by-play voice ) conference call and the replay, e-mail David Plati ([email protected] of the Buffs. Larry Zimmer (analysis) is in his 38th season broadcasting with audio files available at www.pac-12.org). Colorado football (he handled play-by-play from 1971-81 and 1985-2003). 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