15 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 17 BOWL GAME APPEARANCES | 45 WEEKS IN THE POLLS SINCE 1994 | 27 ALL-AMERICANS 253 FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS | 3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME SELECTIONS | 1 JIM THORPE AWARD WINNER 2018 SCHEDULE COLORADO COLORADO VS. CSU COLORADO STATE AT A GLANCE Saturday, Aug. 25 • Fort Collins, Colo. BUFFALOES RAMS 0-0 (0-0 PAC-12) Date: Friday, Aug. 31 0-1 (0-1 MW) HAWAI`I L, 43-34 Time: 7:30 p.m. MT Friday, Aug. 31 • 7:30 p.m. MT TV: vs. COLORADO Radio: KARS 102.9 FM Denver, Colo. • CBS Sports Network KDCO 1340 AM & 104.7 FM Saturday, Sept. 8 • 5:30 p.m. MT Location: ADenver,UGUST 31, Colo. 2018 ARKANSAS Venue: Broncos Stadium at Mile High Fort Collins, Colo. • CBS Sports Network Surface: Kentucky Bluegrass Saturday, Sept. 15 • 2 p.m. MT Capacity: 76,125 at FLORIDA Gainesville, Fla. • SEC Network COLORADO THE MATCHUP COLORADO STATE Saturday, Sept. 22 • 1 p.m. MT • Colorado State and Colorado will face off in the 90th edition of the Rocky Mountain Showdown on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. MT at the Broncos Stadium at Mile High in Denver. ILLINOIS STATE • CU holds a 65-22-2 edge in the series, including a 11-6 mark in games played in Denver. Fort Collins, Colo. • AT&T SportsNet • The game will be the Buffaloes’ first of the 2018 season. • CSU will play its second game in August following its season opener against Hawai’i on Aug. 25. This is just Saturday, Oct. 6 • 8:30 p.m. MT the second time that the Rams will play two games in August in a season. The Rams also played two games in August in 2002, when they went on the road to beat No. 22 Virginia on Aug. 22 and then followed with a at SAN JOSÉ STATE win over No. 7 Colorado on Aug. 31. San Jose, Calif. • CBS Sports Network • The Rams are 8-3 all-time in August. CSU won its first six August contests, beginning with a 32-24 victory over Arkansas State on Aug. 31, 1991. Saturday, Oct. 13 • 2 p.m. MT • Head coach Mike Bobo is entering his fourth season at the helm of the CSU football program. He owns a 21-19 overall record and a 15-10 mark in Mountain West play. NEW MEXICO • K.J. Carta-Samuels had a massive debut for the Rams against Hawai’i. The graduate transfer from Washing- Fort Collins, Colo. • AT&T SportsNet ton threw for a program-record 537 yards and five touchdowns. The 537 yards were the second-most by a quarterback in the 20-year history of the Mountain West. Friday, Oct. 19 • 7 p.m. MT • Another transfer made a spectacular debut for the Rams against the Rainbow Warriors. Wide receiver Pres- ton Williams hauled in nine passes for 188 yards and a pair of scores in his first game in Fort Collins. at BOISE STATE • Senior wide receiver Olabisi Johnson added six catches for 157 yards with a ridiculous 26.2 yards per catch Boise, Idaho • ESPN2 average. It was the first regular-season 100-yard outing for Johnson, who has previously eclipsed 100 yards in each of CSU’s last two bowl appearances. Friday, Oct. 26 • 8 p.m. MT • The Rams had 653 total yards against the Rainbow Warriors -- the fifth-most in program history and most under Bobo. It was the most by any CSU team since the 2014 squad had a school-record 698 yards against WYOMING New Mexico in 2014. Fort Collins, Colo. • CBS Sports Network Saturday, Nov. 10 • TBA at NEVADA COLORADO - RETURNING LEADERS COLORADO STATE - STAT LEADERS Reno, Nev. • ESPN Networks Category Player Total Category Player Total Passing Yards Steven Montez 2,975 Passing Yards K.J. Carta-Samuels 537 Saturday, Nov. 17 • 12 p.m. MT Passing TDs Steven Montez 18 Passing TDs K.J. Carta-Samuels 5 Rushing Yards Steven Montez 338 Rushing Yards Izzy Matthews 63 UTAH STATE Rushing TDs Steven Montez 3 Rushing TDs -- -- Fort Collins, Colo. • AT&T SportsNet Receptions Jay MacIntyre 28 Receptions Preston Williams 9 Receiving Yards Jay MacIntyre 396 Receiving Yards Preston Williams 188 Thursday, Nov. 22 • 1:30 p.m. MT Receiving TDs [Three Players] 2 Receiving TDs P. Williams/O. Johnson 2 at AIR FORCE Total Offense Steven Montez 3,313 Total Offense K.J. Carta-Samuels 562 Tackles Drew Lewis 119 Tackles Josh Watson 13 USAFA, Colo. • CBS Sports Network Interceptions Solomon Matautia 3 Interceptions -- -- Forced Fumbles Evan Worthington 3 Forced Fumbles Braylin Scott 1 Saturday, Dec. 2 • TBA Fumble Recoveries [Three Players] 1 Fumble Recoveries Josh Watson 1 MW CHAMPIONSHIP Sacks Drew Lewis 2 Sacks R. King/D. Phillips 0.5 TBD Tackles for Loss Evan Worthington 5.5 Tackles for Loss Emmanuel Jones 1.5 Punt Return Avg. Ronnie Blackmon 8.0 Punt Return Avg. -- -- Full game notes at: Kick Return Avg. KD Nixon 23.7 Kick Return Avg. Preston Williams 19.8 CSURams.com/FBNotes www.CSURams.com • Twitter: @CSUFootball • Instagram: @CSURamsFB • Phone: 970/491-5067 • Fax: 970/491-1348 • Tickets: 1-800-491-RAMS 2 COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL CSU SCHEDULE/RESULTS & NOTES DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME (MT) RECORD NOTES Aug. 25 Hawai’i L, 43-34 0-1 (0-1 MW) CSU trailed 37-7 before scoring 20 unanswered points… Rams outgained the Rainbow Warriors, 653-617… K.J. Carta-Samuels set a school record with 537 passing yards... Was the earliest in a season that CSU has ever played a league game. Aug. 31 vs. Colorado 7:30 p.m. For the second season in a row and third time in the last four years, the Rocky Rocky Mountain Mountain Showdown will not be the Rams’ season-opening contest... Attendance for Showdown (Denver) the annual rivalry game has increased each of the past five seasons, including the largest crowd since 2003 last fall (73,932). Sept. 8 Arkansas 5:30 p.m. CSU is 0-3 all-time against Arkansas, with the most recent meeting coming in 1990 in Fayetteville... The Razorbacks have never played the Rams in Fort Collins. CSU has hosted an SEC team only once before – a 1981 showdown against No. 19 Mississippi State. Sept. 15 at Florida 2 p.m. This is be the first meeting between the programs... The Gators will be playing in their first season under head coach Dan Mullen... The Rams are 1-5 all-time against current members of the SEC East. Sept. 22 Illinois State 1 p.m. This will be the first meeting between CSU and Illinois State of the Missouri Valley Ag Day Football Conference... The Redbirds have had success against FBS foes, including a 9-7 win over Big Ten foe Northwestern in 2016. Oct. 6 at San Jose State 8:30 p.m. CSU is 5-4 all-time against San José State, with the Rams winning 42-14 over the Spartans to close the 2017 regular season. Oct. 13 New Mexico 2 p.m. The Rams have beaten New Mexico eight consecutive times and hold a 41-25 Homecoming & advantage in the series... CSU held off a late Lobos rally to win 27-24 in Albuquerque Family Weekend last year. Oct. 19 at Boise State 7 p.m. CSU is seeking its first win against Boise State in its eighth matchup all-time against the Broncos. Oct. 26 Wyoming 8 p.m. The Rams have played Wyoming more than any other team, and hold a 57-46-5 advantage in the series. Nov. 10 at Nevada TBA CSU is 11-3 all-time against Nevada, including a 44-42 win in Fort Collins last season... CSU is 4-2 all-time in Reno. Nov. 17 Utah State 12 p.m. The Rams defeated Utah State 27-14 last season in Logan to improve to 39-33-2 Senior Day all-time in the series... The Rams posted seven sacks in the win last year, the most since recording nine at New Mexico in 2011. Nov. 22 at Air Force 1:30 p.m. Air Force has won the last two meetings between the programs and holds a 34-21-1 lead in the all-time series... This game is CSU’s first on Thanksgiving Day since losing to Tulsa on the road on Nov. 25, 1965. CSU PROJECTED STARTERS -- NOTES QB: #1 KJ Carta-Samuels, 6-2, 225, RS SR (Washington) LDE: #33 Emmanuel Jones, 6-4, 266, SO (Woodland HS) Set a CSU record with 537 passing yards against Hawai’i in Moved to DE this offseason... Played in all 12 regular season the 2018 season opener, his first game as a Ram after games last year, recording 35 tackles, 6 TFLs and 2 sacks... MIKE BOBO transferring from Washington. Made one start at OLB. Head Coach RB: #24 Izzy Matthews, 6-0, 210, SR (Enterprise HS) NT: #94 Devin Phillips, 6-1, 318, FR (Neville HS) On the 2018 Doak Walker Award watch list... Currently T-5th in Played and started his first collegiate game against Hawai’i, CSU history in career rush TDs (26, Bradlee Van Pelt, Kevin registering a half sack... Ranked as a 4-star recruit by ESPN and • 4th Year at CSU McDougal). rated No. 245 overall in the country (member of the ESPN300). FB: #46 Adam Prentice, 6-0, 236, RS JR (Clovis HS) DT: #98 Ellison Hubbard, 6-1, 285, SO (Grayson HS) • 21st Year Coaching Highest-graded FB in the FBS in 2017 according to PFF Played in all 13 games last season, registering 20 total tackles College..