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 3 2019 COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE, NOTES & STATISTICS SCHOOLS 75 MILES APART TO MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1974 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 11:01 a.m. MDT Folsom Field (50,183) Boulder, Colo. RELEASE NUMBER 3 (September 9, 2019) PAC-12 NETWORK (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) BUFFALO BITS … The Colorado Buffaloes (2-0, 0-0 Pac-12) remain at home (and in the year history; Mel Tucker is the 10th CU head coach to win his two games at state) for their third game of the season, hosting the Air Force Falcons (1- the reins of the Buffaloes ... The Buffaloes are coming off a wild 34-31 0, 0-0 MW) in an 11:01 a.m. MDT kickoff at Folsom Field in Boulder ... It will overtime win over No. 25 Nebraska in Boulder, rallying from down 17-0 late be the first meeting between the schools just 75 miles apart for the first time in the third quarter in overpowering the Cornhuskers (outgaining them 335- since 1974 (yes, just two months after President Nixon resigned) ... This is 180 in the final 20 minutes) ... It tied the fourth-largest comeback in school the first game in the 17-game series that will be on any kind of television ... history (previous largest against NU was 12 in 1990) ... The win snapped an The last service academy CU played was Army, and that was also nearly 40 eight-game losing streak by the Buffaloes to ranked teams ... The Buffs years ago; the Buffs traveled to West Point and won, 31-0, on Oct. 1, 1977 ... received votes in both the Associated Press and USA/Today Coaches polls The Buffaloes lead the series by a 12-4 margin, having won the last five games (coming in at Nos. 32 and 37 respectively) ... Air Force was idle last Saturday in the series (1970-74), with the Buffs escaping with a 28-27 win down I-25 after opening the season with a 48-7 romp over FCS Colgate on Aug. 30... The in the last game of the series (Oct. 5, 1974) ... Colorado has now won eight 2019 CU Media Guide is currently being printed; the PDF version can be straight non-conference games, the longest since a 13-game run from Dec. found on-line at www.cubuffs.com/CUFBMG19 ... CUBuffs.com/media is 25, 1993 to Sept. 7, 1996 (includes bowls) ... This game CU will celebrate the all things Buff (on-line media guide, live stats, etc.). College Football Playoff’s “Extra Yard For Teachers” recognition ... DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 54; ROSTERS ON PAGES 55-57; STAT PAGES 58-66 Colorado is 2-0 for the fourth straight season and for the 58th time in its 130- CU-AFA (P12N /National): Guy Haberman (play-by-play) / Chad Brown (color) / Camryn Irwin (sideline reporter) / Mark Shah (producer) STATS OF THE WEEK Tearing It Up On First Down (Again). Senior QB Steven Montez once again is sharp as a tack on first down: through two games, he’s completed 16-of- 20 passes for 292 yards (2 TDs/0 INT) and eight first downs, for a rating of 235.6. Last season, he had a 141.0 rating when all was said and done (109-of-149, 1,070 yards (4 TD/1 INT). Fourth Quarter Rampage. Colorado gained 258 yards on five possessions in the fourth quarter against Nebraska (one of those was a 1-yard kneel-down loss at the end of regulation). That’s the most yards by a CU team in the fourth quarter in school history—topping the 231 at Michigan on Sept. 24, 1994 – yes, that certain miracle game (224 of those came on the last three possessions). CU scored 24 points in the quarter as well, its most in a fourth quarter since scoring 24 against the Cornhuskers on Nov. 26, 1999 in a 33-30 overtime loss (the Buffaloes trailed that one, 27-3, early in the fourth quarter). OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK It went under the radar because he fumbled on the play, but WR Laviska Shenault’ s 54-yard kickoff return against Nebraska was the longest by a Buffalo since the 2012 season, when S Marques Mosley had a 100-yard return for a touchdown against Utah in Boulder on Nov. 23. OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK 2019 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (2-0, 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 W 52-31 1-1 67-22-2 The last M Showdown in Denver ends with CU’s fifth straight win over the Rams SEPT. 7 --- NEBRASKA 25 FOX W 34-31 (OT) 1-1 20-49-2 Offseason conditioning enables Buffs to rally from down 17-0 to dominate late SEPT. 14 --- AIR FORCE --- PAC12 11:01 a.m. 1-0 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) PAC12 8:00 p.m. 2-0 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 1-1 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. 1-1 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 2-0 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. 2-0 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 0-2 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 1-1 4- 6-0 Buffs won last meeting in 2016 at Stanford (10-5) NOV. 23 WASHINGTON TBA TBA 1-1 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 2-0 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 for each conference and its Jimmy BRUMBAUGH (brum-bah) (third floor, room 319). All will start at 11:30 a.m. with Darrin CHIAVERINI (shiv-ah-ree-knee) member schools. Register for access at: Chris KAPILOVIC (kuh-pil-oh-vick) lunch, followed by Tucker promptly at Noon and select www.collegepressbox.com/register. 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.