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 11—ARIZONA BUFFS HOST WILDCATS IN SENIOR DAY HOME FINALE AT FOLSOM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2011 12:30 p.m. MST Folsom Field (53,613), Boulder, Colo. RELEASE NUMBER 11 (November 6, 2011) FCS-Pacific (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) QUICKLY SPEAKING … The Colorado Buffaloes (1-9, 0-6 Pac-12) wrap up the home portion of their 2011 schedule this Saturday, hosting the Arizona Wildcats (2-7, 1-6 Pac-12) in a 12:30 p.m. mountain time kickoff at Folsom Field … The game will be televised nationally by Fox College Sports (FCS) on its Pacific network … It’s the final home game for CU’s 28 seniors (complete list on page 19), as they will run out behind Ralphie for the final time in their collegiate careers … The CU coaches will wear a special patch on their game day shirts this week, along with several other Pac-12 staffs, as the conference is honoring the 70th anniversary of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first unit of African American military pilots who flew in World War II … CU will present Honorary C Club letters this Saturday as well (list on page 3), and postgame, the “Fans Behind The Bench” will award their annual Buffalo Heart Award … The Buffs are also 0-4 at home, having never gone winless at Folsom; CU has not recorded a home win just three times, in its first two years of football (0-2 in both 1890 and 1891 on campus grass fields) and in 1920 (0-1-2 at Gamble Field) … CU is 16-7 dating back to 1988 on “Senior Day,” with five of the seven losses to Nebraska … There are just over 5,000 tickets remaining for the UA game … The UCLA game on Nov. 19 has been selected for national broadcast by Versus; thus, all 13 Colorado games this season will be/have been televised (11 national, two regional). The last time every CU game was televised was 1995 (including several local broadcasts on KCNC); this is the first time all will have been national or regional telecasts … Visit CUBuffs.com/ gameday as your one stop for everything, including our on-line media guide and live stats. DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 60; ROSTER ON PAGES 61-62 CU-UA TV: FCS-PACIFIC / Steve Physioc (play-by-play) / Yogi Roth (color analyst) / Desmond Purnell (sideline reporter) / A.J. Godinez (producer) STAT OF THE WEEK Colorado did not have a turnover against USC, a complete reversal from the previous week when the Buffs coughed up the ball five times at Arizona State. It was the fourth time this year that CU did not commit a turnover, also doing so against California, Colorado State and Washington. That has tied the school record for the most games in a season without a turnover, done three times previously in the regular season, in 1989 (11-0 record), in 1993 (7-3-1) and in 2006 (2-10). There were four other years where CU had three games without a turnover: 1956, 1987, 1994 and 2010. The seven turnover free games over the last two seasons match a school best, first done over the 1993-94 seasons. OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK TB Rodney Stewart now has 561 rushing and 502 receiving yards on the season; earlier this year, he became just the 12th player in school history to record at least 500 in both for a career. He is now the first player at Colorado who has accomplished that feat in a single season, and is the only player in the NCAA this season to have accumulated at least 500 of each (only one other player has at least 400 of each—New Mexico State’ Kenny Turner). Stewart is bidding to become the 27th player in NCAA history (FBS) to have 3,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving in a career; he enters the last three games of his college career with 3,305 rushing and 900 receiving. 2011 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (1-9, 0-6 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 5-4 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) 5-4 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 3-5 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 6-3 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 3-6 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 9-0 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 6-3 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 8-1 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 6-3 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 7-2 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) 12:30p 2-7 12- 1-0 CU defensive assistants Brown (DC), Tuiasosopo (DL) on ’10 UA staff Nov. 19 at UCLA Versus 5:30p 5-4 2- 4-0 Embree to line up against former mentor (Neuheisel) and own son (Taylor) Nov. 25 at Utah FSN 1:30p 5-4 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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