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 8 2019 COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE, NOTES & STATISTICS BUFFS GUNNING FOR FIRST-EVER WIN OVER USC FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2019 7:01 p.m. MDT Folsom Field (50,183) Boulder, Colo. RELEASE NUMBER 8 (October 21, 2019) ESPN2 (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) BUFFALO BITS … The Colorado Buffaloes (3-4, 1-3 Pac-12) return home but have a short State, 41-10, in the cold and rain last Saturday in Pullman (the third straight week ahead of them as they will play their third Friday night game in 2019, game there in similar conditions); the Buffs had cut the lead to 24-10 late in hosting the Southern California Trojans (4-3, 3-1 Pac-12) in a 7:01 p.m. third but could get no closer. CU drove into plus territory six times but came MDT kickoff at Folsom Field (which officially turns 95 the day before, on Oct. away with just 10 points ... USC methodically built a 34-0 lead early into the 24) ... The long-range forecast is showing temperature in the upper 40s at fourth quarter in defeating Arizona, 41-14, last Saturday at the L.A. Coliseum kickoff but with no precipitation expected ... The series is lopsided to say the ... The Trojans have already played four top 25 teams this season (three in least, as USC owns a 13-0 advantage, which includes an 8-0 edge since CU the top 17) and have handed #12 Utah its only loss ... CU will play a third joined the Pac-12 in 2011 ... This will be CU’s third Friday game this season night game on the road on Nov. 2, with a 7 p.m. MDT kickoff at UCLA; even (all at night), just the second time the Buffs will play three in a season (also though the WSU game kicked off at 5 p.m. MDT, CU didn’t get back to campus in 2018); it’s the second time CU will have two in the same month (previous: until after 1 a.m. (1:43), and likely won’t be home until 3 a.m. but will gain November 2011). All-time, CU is 19-26 on Fridays, 5-8 in Boulder, 10-12 an extra hour with the return to standard time on Nov. 2(CU returned after 4 in Colorado, 9-9 at night (this will be the 11th straight Friday game under the a.m. from Arizona State and Oregon) ... The PDF version of the 2019 CU lights) 0-3 and against USC ... Colorado has allowed at least 30 points in all Media Guide can be found on-line at www.cubuffs.com/CUFBMG19 ... seven games this season (12 in a row dating back to last year), while scoring CUBuffs.com/media is all things Buff (on-line media guide, live stats, etc.). 30 in four of the seven (and six of the 12) ... The Buffs lost at Washington DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 62; ROSTERS ON PAGES 63-65; STAT PAGES 66-74 CU-USC (ESPN2): Dave Flemming (play-by-play) / Louis Riddick (color) / Paul Carcaterra (sideline reporter) / Scott Matthews (producer) STAT OF THE WEEK Feast or Famine. Colorado has allowed 41 plays of 20 yards or more in seven games this season, with 14 of those going for touchdowns. The 41 plays have netted 1,468 yards – an average of 35.8 yards per. The other 451 plays have netted 1,909 yards, a pedestrian 4.2 yards per, with 256 of those going for four yards or less. By comparison, CU has 31 plays for 20-plus yards (eight for scores), those gaining a combined 944 yards (or 30.5 per). CU’s remaining 477 plays have earned 1,910 yards (4.0 per). Those 10 extra plays of 20-plus by the opponent provide a difference of 524 yards – the basic difference in total offense between two (483 yards through seven games). OBSCURE NOTE(S) OF THE WEEK Youngin’s. The 14 true scholarship, first-year freshmen are the second-most to see action in a season dating back to 1984 when records are available; the most are the 15 who saw action in the 2011 season; the previous high to that were 13 that saw the field in 2012. What Are The Odds? CU continues to mystify the odds when it comes to winning the opening coin toss; it has won five of seven this year and 34 of the last 45 (76 percent); after that many tosses, the number probably most like should be hovering in the 45-55 percent range. Any odds makers (or M.I.T. mathematicians), feel free to chime in with what those odds are (the only thing I could find on the web involved something like this: ln(.1) = n*ln(1-p)! 2019 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (3-4, 1-3 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 2-5 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) 4-3 20-49-2 Offseason conditioning enables Buffs to rally from down 17-0 to dominate late SEPT. 14 --- AIR FORCE --- PAC12 L 23-30 (OT) 5-2 12- 5-0 AFA wins first meeting since ‘74, though CU rallied down 13 to send game into OT Sept. 21 --- at Arizona State (N) 24 PAC12 W 34-31 5-2 3- 8-0 Montez, Brown connect on 3 TD passes; Stefanou wins it with 44 FG (2:03 left) OCT. 5 --- ARIZONA (FW) --- PAC12 L 30-35 4-3 14- 8-0 Another wild CU-UA game; nine lead changes as Wildcats hold on late Oct. 11 --- at Oregon (N) 13 FS-1 L 3-45 6-1 9-13-0 Oregon scores 21 points in a 4:40 span turning a 17-3 game into its control Oct. 19 --- at Washington State --- ESPNU L 10-41 4-3 6- 7-0 Predicted scorefest never materialized; 24-10 late in the third went south for CU OCT. 25 --- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (N) RV ESPN2 7:01 p.m. 4-3 0-13-0 USC takes control with 21 points in last half of second quarter (up 21-7 at half) Nov. 2 at UCLA PAC12 7:00 p.m. 2-5 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 3-4 4- 6-0 Buffs won last meeting in 2016 at Stanford (10-5) NOV. 23 WASHINGTON TBA TBA 5-3 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 6-1 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.