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2017 COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL

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COLORADO vs. COLORADO STATe OFFICIAL STATISTICS & PLAY-BY-PLAY September 1, 2017 / Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver

Score-By-Quarters 1 2 3 4 Final

Colorado State Rams 0 3 0 0 — 3 Colorado Buffaloes 10 7 0 0 — 17

Team Scoring Play (Drive/Notes) Score Time Qtr

COLORADO — Phillip Lindsay 45 run (Chris Graham kick) 7- 0 7:11 1Q Drive: 6 plays, 94 yards, 1:30 (one defensive penalty). KEY PLAYS—Montez 10 pass to Fields to C16; Montez 12 pass to Ross to CS45 on 3rd-&-5

COLORADO — James Stefanou 39 FG 10- 0 1:38 1Q Drive: 8 plays, 45 yards, 2:54. KEY PLAYS—Lindsay 14 run to CS44 on 3rd-&-1; Lindsay 15 run to CS29

COLORADO — Shay Fields 31 pass from Steven Montez (James Stefanou kick) 17- 0 13:36 2Q Drive: 5 plays, 55 yards, 1:48. KEY PLAYS—Lindsay 18 run to CS31 on 2nd-&-4; CU overcame 1st-&-17 after offensive holding

Colorado State — Wyatt Bryan 31 FG 17- 3 9:56 2Q Drive: 10 plays, 62 yard, 3:40 (one defensive penalty). KEY PLAYS—Stevens 19 pass to Gallup to CS44 on 3rd-&-10; Boddie 24 run to C26

OFFICIALS (Pac-12) Chris Coyte (referee), Bryan Hay (umpire), Darryl Johnson (head linesman), Jeff Robinson (line judge), Jeff Dahle

(side judge), Steve Currie (field judge), Nate Jones (back judge), Donovan Briggins (center judge), Jim Fogltance (replay official).

WEATHER 85 degrees, mostly clear, 22% humidity, winds from the east at 9 mph

TIME OF GAME Kickoff 6:07 p.m. End 9:18 p.m. Elapsed Time 3:11 ATTENDANCE 73,932

Team Statistics (Final)Colorado State vs Colorado (09/01/17 at Denver, Colo.)

CSU COLOFIRST DOWNS 23 19 R u s h i n g 7 7 P a s s i n g 15 9 P e n a l t y 1 3NET YARDS RUSHING 88 143 Rushing Attempts 33 38 Average Per Rush 2.7 3.8 Rushing Touchdowns 0 1 Yards Gained Rushing 118 186 Yards Lost Rushing 30 43NET YARDS PASSING 309 202 C o m p l e t i o n s - A t t e m p t s - I n t 24-47-2 21-29-2 Average Per Attempt 6.6 7.0 Average Per Completion 12.9 9.6 Passing Touchdowns 0 1TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 397 345 Total offense plays 80 67 Average Gain Per Play 5.0 5.1Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 0-0Penalties: Number-Yards 10-120 7-59PUNTS-YARDS 5-214 5-205 Average Yards Per Punt 42.8 41.0 Net Yards Per Punt 38.8 41.0 Inside 20 3 4 50+ Yards 2 0 T o u c h b a c k s 1 0 Fair catch 1 2KICKOFFS-YARDS 2-130 4-260 Average Yards Per Kickoff 65.0 65.0 Net Yards Per Kickoff 40.0 40.0 T o u c h b a c k s 2 4Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Average Per Return 0.0 0.0Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Average Per Return 0.0 0.0Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 2-0-0 2-0-0Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-11-0Miscellaneous Yards 0 0Possession Time 31:17 28:43 1st Quarter 8 : 1 9 6 : 4 1 2nd Quarter 10:35 4 : 2 5 3rd Quarter 6 : 5 9 8 : 0 1 4th Quarter 5 : 2 4 9 : 3 6Third-Down Conversions 9 of 18 7 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 3 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 0-1 T o u c h d o w n s 0-2 0-1 Field goals 1-2 0-1Sacks By: Number-Yards 5-37 2-18PAT Kicks 0-0 2-2Field Goals 1-1 1-2Points off turnovers 0 0

Individual Statistics (Final)Colorado State vs Colorado (09/01/17 at Denver, Colo.)

Colorado State Colorado

Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg AvgDAWKINS, D. 14 51 8 43 0 11 3.1MATTHEWS, I. 10 32 1 31 0 11 3.1BODDIE, R. 4 30 3 27 0 24 6.8CLARK, D. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0STEVENS, N. 4 5 18 -13 0 5 -3.2Totals 33 118 30 88 0 24 2.7

Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg AvgLindsay,Phillip 19 144 4 140 1 45 7.4Adkins,Michael 4 10 0 10 0 5 2.5Bisharat,Beau 1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0Team 2 0 2 -2 0 0 -1.0Montez,Steven 12 30 37 -7 0 8 -0.6Totals 38 186 43 143 1 45 3.8

Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long SackSTEVENS, N. 24-47-2 309 0 38 2Totals 24-47-2 309 0 38 2

Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long SackMontez,Steven 21-29-2 202 1 31 5Totals 21-29-2 202 1 31 5

Receiving No. Yards TD LongJOHNSON, O. 6 71 0 19CLARK, D. 5 72 0 31GALLUP, M. 5 67 0 19DAWKINS, D. 3 31 0 14JACKSON, W. 2 47 0 38BUTLER, C. 2 5 0 3FACKRELL, D. 1 16 0 16Totals 24 309 0 38

Receiving No. Yards TD LongBobo,Bryce 8 49 0 14Fields,Shay 6 78 1 31Ross,Devin 2 20 0 12Lindsay,Phillip 2 16 0 11MacIntyre,Jay 1 28 0 28Bounds,Chris 1 6 0 6Winfree,Juwann 1 5 0 5Totals 21 202 1 31

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TBSTONEHOUSE, R. 5 214 42.8 59 3 1Totals 5 214 42.8 59 3 1

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TBKinney,Alex 5 205 41.0 48 4 0Totals 5 205 41.0 48 4 0

Punt Kickoff InterceptReturns No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds LgNUTT, K. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

Punt Kickoff InterceptReturns No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds LgWorthingto,Evan 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0Udoffia,Trey 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

Field goals Qtr Time Dist ResultBRYAN, W. 2nd 09:56 31 yards Good

Field goals Qtr Time Dist ResultStefanou,James 1st 01:38 39 yards GoodStefanou,James 4th 06:03 38 yards Missed

Kickoffs No. Yards Avg TB OBDAVIS, B. 2 130 65.0 2 0

Kickoffs No. Yards Avg TB OBPrice,Davis 4 260 65.0 4 0

All-purpose Run Rcv KR PR IR TotalDAWKINS, D. 43 31 0 0 0 74CLARK, D. 0 72 0 0 0 72JOHNSON, O. 0 71 0 0 0 71GALLUP, M. 0 67 0 0 0 67

All-purpose Run Rcv KR PR IR TotalLindsay,Phillip 140 16 0 0 0 156Fields,Shay 0 78 0 0 0 78Bobo,Bryce 0 49 0 0 0 49MacIntyre,Jay 0 28 0 0 0 28

FUMBLES: Colorado State-JACKSON, W. 1-1. Colorado-None.

COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

vs. Colorado State TACKLES-------------------------- QB No. Player PLAYS UT AT TOT TFL Sacks TFZ 3DS QBH QCD FR FF PBU INT 1 Laguda 80 7 4 — 11 1- 3 1-11 1 4 Wigley 3 0 0 — 0 6 Worthington 63 5 3 — 8 1 1-0 8 Udoffia 79 5 0 — 5 2 2 1-0 9 Edwards 40 2 1 — 3 10 Sparaco 8 1 0 — 1 ½- 5 1 16 Mulumba 42 2 1 — 3 20 Lewis 79 3 9 — 12 1- 5 1 3 1 22 Trego 1 0 0 — 0 25 Moeller 80 6 2 — 8 2 1 1 26 Oliver 80 2 0 — 2 4 32 Gamboa 80 3 8 — 11 ½- 5 1 1 1 1 44 Callier 23 1 0 — 1 1- 8 2 2 52 Jackson 71 7 1 — 8 1- 3 1- 0 1 1 56 Franke 32 1 1 — 2 1 59 Coleman 15 0 0 — 0 72 Tuiloma 14 2 0 — 2 95 McCartney 74 6 0 — 6 1 96 Hasselbach 16 1 0 — 1 1- 1 1 — PLAYS TFL Sacks TFZ 3DS QBH QCD FR FF PBU INT

TOTALS 880 4-12 3-18 5 9 9 1 1 1 8 2-0 (80) (6-30)

*Fourth Down Stops (2; count included in 3DS above): Gamboa/Sparaco, Lewis

Sacks For Zero (1): Jackson

Interceptions Caused (1): Franke

Touchdown Saves (3): Oliver, Udoffia, Worthington

Blocked Kicks (0):

Injured (DNP): Fisher KEY: UT—Unassisted Tackle; AT—Assisted Tackle; TFL—Tackles For Loss; TFZ—Tackles For Zero; 3DS—Third or Fourth Down Stop; QBP—Quarterback Pressure (or hurry); QCD—Quarterback Chasedowns (not a sack, but not a first down); FR—fumble recovery; FF—forced fumble; PBU—passes broken up; INT—interceptions. Play counts do not include penalty plays unless penalty was an add-on.

COLORADO FOOTBALL Special Teams STATISTICS

vs. Colorado State

Kickoff Coverage (Thompson) Player UT UT/20 AT AT/20 FF FR KD WB FDF FFC CP TDS ROK None Punt Coverage (Thompson) Player UT UT/20 AT AT/20 FF FR FFC DP BLK FDF CP TDS KD BISHARAT 2 WALKER 2 OLIVER 1

Kickoff Return (Thompson) Punt Return (Thompson) Player (CP) KSD Player (CP) KSD PRS BLK None None

FG/PAT Defense (Thompson /Defense—2 Pt) Player BLK RB PRS DEX None

FG/PAT (Thompson) Player Plays PK STEFANOU 3 PK GRAHAM 1 SN BALE 4 HLD PATTERSON 4 BOUNDS 4 HAIGLER 4

Player Plays KAISER 4 KOUGH 4 LYNOTT 4 MATHEWES 4 MIDDLEMISS 4 VAUGHN 4

KEY: UT—Unassisted Tackles; UT/20—Unassisted Tackles Inside-the-20; AT—Assisted Tackles; AT/20—Assisted Tackles Inside-the-20; FF—Forced Fumbles; FR—Fumble Recoveries; KD—Knockdown Block on Punt or Kickoff Return; WB—Wedge Break; FFC—Forced Fair Catch; FDF—First Downfield (altering path of return man); DP—Downed Punt; BPR—Block or Pressure on FG/PAT; RK—Recovered Blocked Kick; DEX—Defensive Extra Point; CP—Caused Penalty; TDS—Touchdown Save; ROK—Recovered Onside Kick.

FILE: MISCSTATS

Defensive Statistics (Final)Colorado State vs Colorado (09/01/17 at Denver, Colo.)

# Colorado State Solo Ast Total Sacks-Yds TFL-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blks QBH55 WATSON, J. 6 3 9 - - - - - - - -14 HAWKINS, Anthon 7 0 7 - - - - - - - -7 HICKS, J. 4 2 6 - - - - - - - -10 NUTT, K. 4 1 5 - - - - 2-0 - - -52 THOMAS, T. 3 2 5 1.0-16 1.0-16 - - - - - -11 FOGAL, J. 3 1 4 - - - - - - - -15 ROBINSON, K. 1 3 4 - - - - - - - -8S SCHLAGER, J. 3 0 3 - - - - - - - -43 COLORITO, E. 2 1 3 - 2.0-2 - - - - - -91 BUYS, J. 1 2 3 1.0-5 1.0-5 - - - - - -98 HUBBARD, E. 1 1 2 1.0-8 1.0-8 - - - - - -29 SWEET, J. 1 1 2 - 1.0-2 - - - - - -95 KING, R. 1 1 2 1.0-5 1.0-5 - - - - - -94 THOMPSON, D. 1 1 2 - - - - - - - -31 MCDONALD, M. 1 0 1 - - - - - - - -9 JACKSON, W. 1 0 1 - - - - - - - -97 MCBRIDE, T. 1 0 1 1.0-3 1.0-3 - - - - - -33 JONES, E. 0 1 1 - - - - - - - -99 FOSTER, C. 0 1 1 - - - - - - - -5L MOODY, P. 0 1 1 - - - - - - - -

Totals 41 22 63 5.0-37 8.0-41 0 0-0 2-0 0 0 0

# Colorado Solo Ast Total Sacks-Yds TFL-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blks QBH1 Laguda,Afolabi 8 2 10 - 1.0-3 1 1-11 - - - -32 Gamboa,Rick 4 6 10 1.0-10 1.0-10 - - - - - 125 Moeller,Ryan 6 0 6 - - - - - 1 - -20 Lewis,Drew 4 2 6 - 1.0-5 - - - - - 28 Udoffia,Trey 5 0 5 - - - - 1-0 2 - -6 Worthingto,Evan 5 0 5 - - - - 1-0 - - -52 Jackson,Leo 3 2 5 - 1.0-3 - - - - - -95 McCartney,Derek 3 1 4 - - - - - - - -26 Oliver,Isaiah 3 0 3 - - - - - 4 - -9 Edwards,Javier 0 3 3 - - - - - - - -2 Ross,Devin 2 0 2 - - - - - - - -96 Hasselba,Terran 1 1 2 - 1.0-1 - - - - - -16 Mulumba,Chris 1 1 2 - - - - - - - -72 Tuiloma,Lyle 0 2 2 - - - - - - - -44 Callier,Jacob 1 0 1 1.0-8 1.0-8 - - - - - 110 Sparaco,Dante 0 1 1 - - - - - - - -56 Franke,Jase 0 1 1 - - - - - - - 1

Totals 46 22 68 2.0-18 6.0-30 1 1-11 2-0 7 0 5

Drive Chart (By Team) (Final)Colorado State vs Colorado (09/01/17 at Denver, Colo.)

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPCSU 1st V30 15:00 K i c k o f f V35 14:05 P u n t 3 - 5 0:55CSU V47 12:12 P u n t H41 08:41 P u n t 6 - 12 3:31CSU V25 07:11 K i c k o f f V36 04:32 P u n t 6 - 11 2:39CSU V25 01:38 K i c k o f f V36 00:24 P u n t 4 - 11 1:14CSU 2nd V25 13:36 K i c k o f f H13 09:56 *FIELD GOAL 10 - 62 3:40 .CSU H47 08:14 I n t e r c e p t i o n H39 06:37 D o w n s 4 - 8 1:37CSU V10 05:18 P u n t V44 00:00 D o w n s 14 - 34 5:18CSU 3rd V33 12:19 P u n t V45 08:05 I n t e r c e p t i o n 8 - 12 4:14CSU V10 05:02 P u n t V41 02:17 P u n t 6 - 31 2:45CSU 4th V20 13:35 I n t e r c e p t i o n H45 11:09 D o w n s 8 - 35 2:26CSU V21 06:03 Missed FG H28 05:09 F u m b l e 3 - 51 0:54CSU V12 02:58 P u n t H20 00:54 I n t e r c e p t i o n 9 - 68 2:04 .

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2ndColorado State Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Half Half TotalTime of possession 08:19 10:35 06:59 05:24 18:54 12:23 31:173rd down conversions 2-6 4-7 1-2 2-3 6-13 3-5 9-18Average field position V31 V29 V21 V17 V30 V19 V254th down conversions 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-1 0-3

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPCOLO 1st H10 14:05 P u n t H08 12:12 P u n t 3 - (2) 1:53COLO H06 08:41 P u n t V00 07:11 *TOUCHDOWN 6 - 94 1:30COLO H33 04:32 P u n t V22 01:38 *FIELD GOAL 8 - 45 2:54COLO H45 00:24 P u n t V00 13:36 *TOUCHDOWN 5 - 55 1:48COLO 2nd H25 09:56 K i c k o f f H39 08:14 I n t e r c e p t i o n 5 - 14 1:42COLO H39 06:37 D o w n s H48 05:18 P u n t 3 - 9 1:19COLO V44 00:00 D o w n s V44 00:00 End of half 0 - 0 0:00COLO 3rd H25 15:00 K i c k o f f H34 12:19 P u n t 5 - 9 2:41COLO H18 08:05 I n t e r c e p t i o n V36 05:02 P u n t 7 - 46 3:03COLO H20 02:17 P u n t V33 13:35 I n t e r c e p t i o n 11 - 47 3:42COLO 4th H45 11:09 D o w n s V21 06:03 Missed FG 11 - 34 5:06 .COLO H39 05:09 F u m b l e H44 02:58 P u n t 3 - 5 2:11COLO H20 00:54 I n t e r c e p t i o n H18 00:00 End of half 2 - (2) 0:54

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2ndColorado Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Half Half TotalTime of possession 06:41 04:25 08:01 09:36 11:06 17:37 28:433rd down conversions 2-4 1-2 2-4 2-4 3-6 4-8 7-14Average field position H23 H32 H21 H34 H26 H27 H274th down conversions 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Participation Report (Final)Colorado State vs Colorado (09/01/17 at Denver, Colo.)

Colorado State

Pos ## OFFENSETE 16 BUTLER, C.WR 4 GALLUP, M.LT 60 MOXLEY, T.LG 51 MEEKS, C.C 77 BENNETT, J.RG 72 GARCIA, N.RT 61 GOLDITCH, Z.TE 30 FACKRELL, D.QB 7Q STEVENS, N.RB 1 DAWKINS, D.FB 46 PRENTICE, A.

Colorado

Pos ## OFFENSEWR 4 Bobo, BryceWR 1 Fields, ShayWR 2 Ross, DevinLT 75 Kaiser, JoshLG 68 Kough, GerradC 79 Huckins, JonathRG 5O Lynott, TimRT 64 Haigler, AaronWR 14 MacIntyre, JayQB 12 Montez, StevenTB 23 Lindsay, Philli

Pos ## DEFENSELDE 91 BUYS, J.NT 94 THOMPSON, D.DT 95 KING, R.BUCK 43 COLORITO, E.N 29 SWEET, J.MLB 55 WATSON, J.WLB 15 ROBINSON, K.LCB 10 NUTT, K.RCB 14 HAWKINS, AnthonFS 11 FOGAL, J.SS 7 HICKS, J.

Pos ## DEFENSELDE 52 Jackson, LeoNT 9D Edwards, JavierRDE 16 Mulumba, ChrisOLB 95 McCartney, DereILB 20 Lewis, DrewILB 32 Gamboa, RickOLB 96 Hasselbach, TerCB 26 Oliver, IsaiahFS 1D Laguda, AfolabiSS 25 Moeller, RyanCB 8 Udoffia, Trey

Colorado State: 2-AWUNGANYI, R., 4L-ELSENBAST, P., 5L-MOODY, P., 5-KINSEY, M., 8S-SCHLAGER, J., 8-CLARK, D.,9-JACKSON, W., 23-WILSON, M., 24-MATTHEWS, I., 25-CAMPBELL, D., 27-SMITH, Tr., 28-BODDIE, R., 31-MCDONALD, M.,33-JONES, E., 40-FALLS, J., 41-STONEHOUSE, R., 52-THOMAS, T., 54-JEAN, A., 58-SIEG, T., 71-TAYLOR, J.,73-BJORKLUND, T., 80-FREISMUTH, J., 81-JOHNSON, O., 82-PANNUNZIO, I., 83-DAVIS, B., 85-LUCAS, N.,93-HARKER, C., 96-BRYAN, W., 97-MCBRIDE, T., 98-HUBBARD, E., 99-FOSTER, C..

Colorado: 1S-Graham, Chris, 1H-Patterson, T.J., 2D-Blackmon, Ronni, 3-Rakestraw, Derr, 4D-Wigley, Dante,5-Frazier, George, 6-Worthington, Ev, 8O-Shenault, Lavis, 9-Winfree, Juwann, 10-Sparaco, Dante, 13-Nixon, K.D.,18-Walker, Lee, 19-Adkins, Michael, 22-Trego, Kyle, 28-Talley, Daniel, 35-Bisharat, Beau, 37-Cooper, Lucas,41-Bergner, Andrew, 43-Bounds, Chris, 44-Callier, Jacob, 48-Stefanou, James, 49-Price, Davis, 55-Tonz, Brett,56-Franke, Jase, 59-Coleman, Timoth, 60-Middlemiss, Dil, 63-Bale, J.T., 72-Tuiloma, Lyle, 77-Vaughn, Hunter,85-Poplawski, Jare, 89-Kinney, Alex, 93-Mathewes, Micha.

COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL / OFFICIAL PLAY-BY-PLAY Colorado Buffaloes (0-0, 0-0 Pac-12) vs. Colorado State Rams (1, 0-0 MWC), Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, Colo. (September 1, 2017)

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Temperature: 85 degrees at 6 P.M. / Humidity: 22 percent / Wind: East 9 mph / Skies: Most Sunny COIN TOSS: Colorado has won the toss and will defer to the second half. CU will kick off and defend the south goal. CSU will defend the north goal

FIRST QUARTER Price to kick off for Colorado. Deep for Colorado State is Dawkins and Clark. The kickoff sails through the end zone for a touchback. PENALTY: Colorado guilty of offsides, 5-yard penalty

COLORADO STATE RAMS (15:00) 1-10 CS30 *Stevens. Stevens pass incomplete, intended for Gallup deep down the middle. 2-10 CS30 Dawkins rushes over left guard for 5 yards (Mulumba). 3-5 CS35 Stevens pass incomplete intended for Clark on the right side (QBH: Gamboa). 4-5 CS35 Stonehouse to punt. Oliver to receive. Stonehouse punts 55 yards to the CU10, out of bounds.

COLORADO BUFFALOES (14:05) 1-10 CU10 *Montez. Montez pass complete to Bobo on the left side for 4 yards (Hicks) 2-6 CU14 Lindsay rushes up the middle for minus-1 yards (Colorito) 3-7 CU13 Montez sacked by Buys for minus-5 yards 4-12 CU8 Kinney to punt. O. Johnson to receive. Kinney punts 45 yards to the CS47, downed

COLORADO STATE RAMS (12:12) 1-10 CS47 *Stevens. Dawkins rushes over left guard for 3 yards (Edwards, Jackson) 2-7 CS50 Dawkins rushes up the middle for 5 yards (Lewis) 3-2 CU45 Stevens pass complete to Gallup on the left side for 13 yards FD PASSING 1-10 CU32 Dawkins rushes over left tackle for 4 yards (Jackson) 2-6 CU28 Dawkins rushes up the middle for 2 yards (Laguda)p 3-4 CU26 Stevens pass complete to O. Johnson on the right for 17 yards. PENALTY: CSU guilty of offensive pass interference (O. Johnson) 15-yard penalty NO PLAY 3-19 CU41 Stevens pass incomplete intended for Clark on the right side 4-19 CU41 Stonehouse to punt. Oliver to receive. Stonehouse punts 35 yards to the CU6, downed.

COLORADO BUFFALOES (8:41) 1-10 CU6 *Montez. Montez pass complete to Fields on the right side for 10 yards (Hawkins) FD PASSING 1-10 CU16 Montez pass complete to Fields on the right side for 7 yards, out of bounds. PENALTY: CSU guilty of roughing the passer (Buys), 15-yard penalty FD PENALTY 1-10 CU38 Montez pass incomplete, intended for Bobo deep down the left side, overthrown 2-10 CU38 Montez pass complete to Winfree on the left side for 5 yards, downed 3-5 CU43 Montez pass complete to Ross on the left hash for 12 yards (Fogal) FD PASSING 1-10 CS45 Lindsay rushes up the middle for 45 yards and a TOUCHDOWN (7:11). PAT Kick by Graham is GOOD FD RUSHING COLORADO 7, COLORADO STATE 0 (Scoring Drive: 6 plays, 94 yards, 1:30, 1 defensive penalty) Price to kickoff. Dawkins and Clark to receive. The kickoff sails through the end zone for a touchback.

COLORADO STATE RAMS (7:11) 1-10 CS25 *Stevens. Clark rushes around left end for 0 yards (Worthington) 2-10 CS25 Stevens pass complete to O. Johnson on the right side for 8 yards (Udoffia) 3-2 CS33 Matthews rushes up the middle for 3 yards (Moeller) FD RUSHING 1-10 CS36 Matthews rushes over left guard for 2 yards (Jackson, Lewis) 2-8 CS38 Matthews rushes over left tackle for 3 yards (McCartney) 3-5 CS41 Stevens pass incomplete intended for O. Johnson deep down the right side 4-5 CS41 PENALTY: CSU guilty of delay of game, 5-yard penalty NO PLAY 4-10 CS36 Stonehouse to punt. Oliver to receive. Stonehouse punts 49 yards to the CU18. PENALTY: CSU guilty of kick catch interference, 15-yard penalty

COLORADO FOOTBALL / Official Play-By-Play (Colorado vs. Colorado State) 1-1-1-2

FIRST QUARTER (Cont.)

COLORADO BUFFALOES (4:32) 1-10 CU33 *Montez. Montez pass complete to Bobo on the left side for 5 yards, out of bounds 2-5 CU38 Montez pass complete to Bobo on the left side for 4 yards, (Hawkins) 3-1 CU42 Lindsay rushes over right tackle for 14 yards (Hicks, Watson) FD RUSHING 1-10 CS44 Lindsay rushes around left end for 15 yards (Hicks) FD RUSHING 1-10 CS29 Adkins rushes around right end for 2 yards (Watson) 2-8 CS27 Adkins rushes up the middle for 5 yards (Watson) 3-3 CS22 Adkins rushes up the middle for 0 yards (Buys, Thompson) TIME OUT: Colorado State, first team (1:43) 4-3 CS22 Stefanou 39-yard field goal attempt is GOOD (1:38) COLORADO 10, COLORADO STATE 0 (Scoring Drive: 8 plays, 45 yards, 2:54) Price to kickoff. Dawkins and Clark to receive. The kickoff is taken by Clark in the end zone and downed for the touchback

COLORADO STATE RAMS (1:38) 1-10 CS25 *Stevens. Dawkins rushes around left end for 11 yards (Laguda) FD RUSHING 1-10 CS36 Dawkins rushes over right guard for 0 yards (Moeller) 2-10 CS36 Stevens pass incomplete intended for Gallup on the left side (PBU: Moeller) 3-10 CS36 Stevens pass incomplete intended for Dawkins (QBH: Callier) 4-10 CS36 Stonehouse to punt. Oliver to receive. Stonehouse punts 19 yards to the CU45, out of bounds

COLORADO BUFFALOES (0:24) 1-10 CU45 *Montez pass complete to Bobo on the left side for 6 yards (Hawkins). END OF FIRST QUARTER 2-4 CS49 Lindsay rushes up the middle for 18 yards (Schlager) FD RUSHING 1-10 CS31 Montez, on the keeper, rushes around right end for 3 yards, out of bounds PENALTY: Colorado guilty of holding, 10-yard penalty 1-17 CS38 Lindsay rushes around left end for 7 yards (Hicks) 2-10 CS31 Montez pass complete to Fields for 31 yards and a TOUCHDOWN (13:36). PAT Kick by Stefanou is GOOD FD PASSING COLORADO 17, COLORADO STATE 0 (Scoring Drive: 5 plays, 55 yards, 1:48) Price to kickoff. Dawkins and Clark to receive. The kickoff sails through the end zone for a touchback.

Quickie Statistics (1st quarter)Colorado State vs Colorado (09/01/17 at Denver, Colo.)

CSU COLOScore 0 10FIRST DOWNS 3 6RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 11-38 8-75PASSING YDS (NET) 21 53Passes Att-Comp-Int 8-2-0 9-8-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 19-59 17-128Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Kickoff Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 4-38.8 1-45.0Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0Penalties-Yards 4-50 1-5Possession Time 11:13 03:47Third-Down Conversions 2 of 6 2 of 4Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 0

Colorado State ColoradoRushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg AvgDAWKINS, D. 7 30 0 30 0 11 4.3MATTHEWS, I. 3 8 0 8 0 3 2.7CLARK, D. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg AvgLindsay,Phillip 4 74 1 73 1 45 18.2Adkins,Michael 3 7 0 7 0 5 2.3Montez,Steven 1 0 5 -5 0 0 -5.0

Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long SackSTEVENS, N. 2-8-0 21 0 13 0

Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long SackMontez,Steven 8-9-0 53 0 12 1

Receiving No. Yards TD LongGALLUP, M. 1 13 0 13JOHNSON, O. 1 8 0 8

Receiving No. Yards TD LongBobo,Bryce 4 19 0 6Fields,Shay 2 17 0 10Ross,Devin 1 12 0 12Winfree,Juwann 1 5 0 5

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TBSTONEHOUSE, R. 4 155 38.8 55 3 0

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TBKinney,Alex 1 45 45.0 45 0 0

Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long

Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long

Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFLHAWKINS, Anthon 3-0 3 0.0 0.0HICKS, J. 3-0 3 0.0 0.0WATSON, J. 2-1 3 0.0 0.0BUYS, J. 2-0 2 1.0 1.0

Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFLJackson,Leo 2-1 3 0.0 0.0Moeller,Ryan 2-0 2 0.0 0.0Laguda,Afolabi 2-0 2 0.0 0.0Lewis,Drew 1-1 2 0.0 0.0

Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H1st 07:11 COLO - Lindsay,Phillip 45 yd run (Graham,Chris kick), 6-94 1:30 0 - 7

01:38 COLO - Stefanou,James 39 yd field goal, 8-45 0:00 0 - 10

COLORADO FOOTBALL / Official Play-By-Play (Colorado vs. Colorado State) 2-2-2

Second QUARTER

COLORADO STATE RAMS (11:36) 1-10 CS25 *Stevens. Boddie rushes for minus-3 yards (Jackson) 2-13 CS22 Stevens pass complete to Butler over the middle for 3 yards (Gamboa) 3-10 CS25 Stevens pass complete to Gallup over the middle for 19 yards (Laguda). PENALTY: CU guilty of offsides, declined FD PASSING 1-10 CS44 Boddie rushes over right guard for 6 yards (Gamboa, Edwards) 2-4 CS50 Boddie rushes over right tackle for 24 yards (Udoffia) FD RUSHING 1-10 CU26 Boddie rushes up the middle for 0 yards (Gamboa, Jones) PENALTY: CU guilty of unsportsmanlike conduct (Edwards), 13-yard penalty FD PENALTY 1-10 CU13 Stevens pass incomplete intended for Fackrell in the right corner of the end zone 2-10 CU13 Matthews rushes up the middle for 0 yards (Moeller) 3-10 CU13 Stevens pass incomplete intended for Butler on the right side 4-10 CU13 Bryan 31-yard field goal attempt is GOOD (9:56) COLORADO 17, COLORADO STATE 3 (Scoring Drive: 10 plays, 62 yards, 1 defensive penalty, 3:40) Davis to kickoff. Blackmon and Nixon to receive. The kickoff sails through the end zone for a touchback

COLORADO BUFFALOES (9:56) 1-10 CU25 *Montez. Montez pass incomplete intended for Fields on the right side 2-10 CU25 Montez, on the keeper, rushes up the middle for 7 yards (Fogal) 3-3 CU32 Montez pass complete to Lindsay down the left side for 5 yard (Hawkins) FD PASSING 1-10 CU37 Montez pass complete to Bobo on the left side for 2 yards (Hawkins) 2-8 CU39 Montez pass, intended for Ross, intercepted by Nutt at the CU47, downed

COLORADO STATE RAMS (8:14) 1-10 CU47 *Stevens. Stevens pass incomplete, intended for Gallup deep down the middle (PBU: Oliver) 2-10 CU47 Stevens pass complete to Jackson on the right side for 9 yards (Laguda) 3-1 CU38 Matthews takes the pitch and rushes to the right for minus-1 yard (Hasselbach) TIME OUT: Colorado, first team (6:42) 4-2 CU39 Stevens pass incomplete, intended for O. Johnson over the middle (QBH: Lewis). Colorado takes over on downs

COLORADO BUFFALOES (6:37) 1-10 CU39 *Montez. Lindsay rushes up the middle for 3 yards (Buys, Thomas) 2-7 CU42 Montez pass incomplete intended for Bobo deep down the left side 3-7 CU42 Montez pass complete to Bounds on the right side for 6 yards (Watson) 4-1 CU48 Kinney to punt. O. Johnson to receive. Kinney punts 42 yards to the CS10. O. Johnson calls for and receives the fair catch

COLORADO STATE RAMS (5:18) 1-10 CS10 *Stevens. Stevens pass complete to Clark on the right side for 14 yards (Worthington) FD PASSING 1-10 CS24 Dawkins rushes over left tackle for 3 yards (Gamboa) 2-7 CS27 Stevens pass incomplete intended for Gallup deep down the middle 3-7 CS27 Stevens pass complete to O. Johnson on the right side for 9 yards (Oliver) FD PASSING 1-10 CS36 Dawkins rushes around the left side for minus-3 yards (Laguda) 2-13 CS33 Stevens scrambles, rushes up the middle for 5 yards (Lewis) 3-8 CS38 Stevens pass complete to O. Johnson on the right side for 10 yards (Udoffia) FD PASSING 1-10 CS48 Dawkins rushes over left tackle for 5 yards (Gamboa, Mulumba) 2-5 CU47 Dawkins rushes up the middle for minus-5 yards (Lewis) 3-10 CS48 Stevens pass complete to O. Johnson on the left side for 19 yards (Udoffia) FD PASSING 1-10 CU33 PENALTY: CSU guilty of a false start (Butler), 5-yard penalty NO PLAY TIME OUT: Colorado State, second team (0:44) 1-15 CU38 Stevens pass incomplete intended for Gallup on the right side 2-15 CU38 Stevens pass incomplete intended for Gallup on the right side (PBU: Oliver) 3-15 CU38 Stevens sacked by Callier for minus-8 yards TIME OUT: Colorado State, third team (0:04) 4-23 CU46 Stevens sacked by Gamboa for minus-10 yards END OF HALF

Quickie Statistics (Halftime)Colorado State vs Colorado (09/01/17 at Denver, Colo.)


Colorado State ColoradoRushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg AvgDAWKINS, D. 11 38 8 30 0 11 2.7BODDIE, R. 4 30 3 27 0 24 6.8MATTHEWS, I. 5 8 1 7 0 3 1.4CLARK, D. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg AvgLindsay,Phillip 7 102 1 101 1 45 14.4Adkins,Michael 3 7 0 7 0 5 2.3Montez,Steven 3 10 5 5 0 7 1.7



Receiving No. Yards TD LongJOHNSON, O. 4 46 0 19GALLUP, M. 2 32 0 19CLARK, D. 1 14 0 14JACKSON, W. 1 9 0 9

Receiving No. Yards TD LongBobo,Bryce 5 21 0 6Fields,Shay 3 48 1 31Ross,Devin 1 12 0 12Bounds,Chris 1 6 0 6





Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFLHAWKINS, Anthon 5-0 5 0.0 0.0HICKS, J. 4-0 4 0.0 0.0WATSON, J. 3-1 4 0.0 0.0BUYS, J. 3-0 3 1.0 1.0

Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFLGamboa,Rick 6-0 6 1.0 1.0Laguda,Afolabi 5-0 5 0.0 1.0Udoffia,Trey 4-0 4 0.0 0.0Lewis,Drew 3-1 4 0.0 1.0


01:38 COLO - Stefanou,James 39 yd field goal, 8-45 0:00 0 - 102nd 13:36 COLO - Fields,Shay 31 yd pass from Montez,Steven (Stefanou,James kick), 5-55 1:48 0 - 17

09:56 CSU - BRYAN, W. 31 yd field goal, 10-62 3:40 3 - 17

COLORADO FOOTBALL / Official Play-By-Play (Colorado vs. Colorado State) 3-3-3

THIRD QUARTER

Davis to kickoff for Colorado State. Blackmon and Nixon deep to receive. The kickoff is taken by Nixon in the end zone and downed for a touchback.

COLORADO BUFFALOES (15:00) 1-10 CU25 *Montez. Montez on the keeper rushes to the left side for 0 yards (Nutt) 2-10 CU25 Montez pass complete to Fields on the right side for 12 yards (Hawkins) FD PASSING 1-10 CU37 Lindsay rushes to the left side for minus-2 yards (Sweet) 2-12 CU35 Montez sacked by Hubbard for minus-8 yards 3-20 CU27 Montez pass complete to Bobo over the middle for 7 yards (Robinson, Thomas) 4-13 CU34 Kinney to punt. O. Johnson to receive. Kinney punts 48 yards to the CS18, downed PENALTY: CU guilty of kick catch interference (Walker), 15-yard penalty

COLORADO STATE RAMS (12:19) 1-10 CS33 *Stevens. Stevens screen pass complete to Clark on the left side for 5 yards (Moeller) 2-5 CS38 Dawkins rushes up the middle for 4 yards (Gamboa, McCartney) 3-1 CS42 Matthews rushes over right tackle for 5 yards (Lewis, Gamboa) FD RUSHING 1-10 CS47 Stevens pass complete to O. Johnson on the right side for 14 yards (Oliver) FD PASSING 1-10 CU39 Matthews rushes up the middle for 1 yard (Gamboa) 2-9 CU38 Matthews rushes up the middle for 11 yards (Worthington) FD RUSHING 1-10 CU27 Stevens pass complete to Clark for 22 yards. PENALTY: CSU guilty of offensive pass interference (Clark), 15-yard penalty. NO PLAY 1-25 CU42 Matthews rushes up the middle for 2 yards (Tuiloma, Franke) 2-23 CU40 Stevens pass complete to O. Johnson for 40 yards down the left side and a touchdown. PENALTY: CSU guilty of personal foul, illegal hands to the face (Taylor), 15-yard penalty NO PLAY 2-38 CS45 Stevens pass, intended for Jackson, intercepted by Worthington at the CU18, no return (Jackson) (QBH: Franke)

COLORADO BUFFALOES (8:05) 1-10 CU18 *Montez. PENALTY: Colorado guilty of a false start (Haigler), 5-yard penalty NO PLAY 1-15 CU13 PENALTY: Colorado guilty of a false start (Haigler), 5-yard penalty NO PLAY 1-20 CU8 Lindsay rushes up the middle for 3 yards (Watson, King) 2-17 CU11 Montez pass complete to Fields on the right side for 5 yards (Nutt, Sweet) 3-12 CU16 Montez pass complete to MacIntyre on the right sideline for 28 yards FD PASSING Originally ruled incomplete, the play was reviewed by the booth and the ruling on the field was overturned 1-10 CU44 Lindsay rushes over left tackle for 12 yards (McDonald) FD RUSHING 1-10 CS44 Montez, on the keeper, rushes around left end for 8 yards (Hicks) 2-2 CS36 Montez pass incomplete intended for Bobo on the left side 3-2 CS36 Montez, on the keeper, rushes up the middle for 0 yards (Thomas) 4-2 CS36 Kinney to punt. O. Johnson to receive. Kinney punts 26 yards to the CS10, downed

COLORADO STATE RAMS (5:02) 1-10 CS10 *Stevens. Stevens shovel pass complete to Clark, runs around left end for 31 yards (Worthington) FD PASSING 1-10 CS41 Stevens pass complete to Clark on the right side for 6 yards (McCartney) 2-4 CS47 Matthews rushes up the middle for 5 yards (Moeller) FD RUSHING 1-10 CU48 Stevens pass complete to Gallup for 33 yards. PENALTY: CSU guilty of offensive pass interference (Gallup), 15-yard penalty NO PLAY TIME OUT: Colorado State, first team (3:14) 1-25 CS37 Stevens pass complete to Dawkins on the left side for 4 yards (McCartney) 2-21 CS41 Stevens pass incomplete intended for Smith deep down the left side (PBU: Udoffia) 3-21 CS41 Stevens pass incomplete intended for O. Johnson deep down the middle (PBU: Udoffia) 4-21 CS41 Stonehouse to punt. Oliver to receive. Stonehouse punts 59 yards into the end zone for a touchback

COLORADO BUFFALOES (2:17) 1-10 CU20 *Montez. Lindsay rushes around left end for 2 yards (Nutt) 2-8 CU22 Montez sacked by King for minus-5 yards. PENALTY: CSU guilty of a personal foul late hit (Robinson), 15-yard penalty FD PENALTY 1-10 CU32 Montez pass incomplete, intended for Ross deep down the right side 2-10 CU32 Lindsay rushes up the middle for 4 yards (Moody, Robinson) 3-6 CU36 Montez pass complete to Bobo on the left side for 7 yards (Hawkins) FD PASSING 1-10 CU43 Montez pass complete to Ross on the left side for 8 yards (Fogal) 2-2 CS49 Lindsay rushes over right guard for 5 yards (Hubbard, Fogal). PENALTY: CSU guilty of illegal substitution, declined FD RUSHING END OF QUARTER 1-10 CS44 Montez, on the keeper, rushes over right guard for 6 yards (Watson) 2-4 CS38 Adkins rushes up the middle for 3 yards (Thompson) 3-1 CS35 Bisharat rushes up the middle for 2 yards (Robinson, E. Jones) FD RUSHING 1-10 CS33 Montez pass, intended for Ross, intercepted by Nutt in the end zone, touchback (Ross)

Quickie Statistics (3rd quarter)Colorado State vs Colorado (09/01/17 at Denver, Colo.)


Colorado State ColoradoRushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg AvgDAWKINS, D. 12 42 8 34 0 11 2.8MATTHEWS, I. 10 32 1 31 0 11 3.1BODDIE, R. 4 30 3 27 0 24 6.8CLARK, D. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg AvgLindsay,Phillip 13 128 3 125 1 45 9.6Adkins,Michael 3 7 0 7 0 5 2.3Montez,Steven 8 18 18 0 0 8 0.0



Receiving No. Yards TD LongJOHNSON, O. 5 60 0 19CLARK, D. 4 56 0 31GALLUP, M. 2 32 0 19JACKSON, W. 1 9 0 9

Receiving No. Yards TD LongBobo,Bryce 7 35 0 7Fields,Shay 5 65 1 31Ross,Devin 2 20 0 12MacIntyre,Jay 1 28 0 28





Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFLHAWKINS, Anthon 7-0 7 0.0 0.0HICKS, J. 5-0 5 0.0 0.0WATSON, J. 4-1 5 0.0 0.0FOGAL, J. 3-1 4 0.0 0.0

Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFLGamboa,Rick 8-1 9 1.0 1.0Moeller,Ryan 5-0 5 0.0 0.0Laguda,Afolabi 5-0 5 0.0 1.0Lewis,Drew 4-1 5 0.0 1.0


01:38 COLO - Stefanou,James 39 yd field goal, 8-45 0:00 0 - 102nd 13:36 COLO - Fields,Shay 31 yd pass from Montez,Steven (Stefanou,James kick), 5-55 1:48 0 - 17

09:56 CSU - BRYAN, W. 31 yd field goal, 10-62 3:40 3 - 17

COLORADO FOOTBALL / Official Play-By-Play (Colorado vs. Arizona) 4-4-4

FOURTH Quarter

COLORADO STATE RAMS (13:35) 1-10 CS20 *Stevens. Stevens shovel pass complete to Clark who runs around right end for 16 yards (Laguda) FD PASSING 1-10 CS36 Stevens pass incomplete intended for O. Johnson (QBH: Lewis) 2-10 CS36 Stevens sacked by Jackson for 0 yards 3-10 CS36 Stevens pass complete to Dawkins on the left side for 14 yards (Udoffia) FD PASSING 1-10 CS50 Dawkins rushes over left tackle for 5 yards (Tuiloma, Laguda) 2-5 CU45 Stevens pass incomplete intended for Clark on the right side 3-5 CU45 Stevens pass incomplete intended for Fackrell in the backfield on the right side 4-5 CU45 Stevens pass incomplete intended for O. Johnson on the right side, out of bounds. Colorado takes over on downs

COLORADO BUFFALOES (11:09) 1-10 CU45 *Montez. Lindsay rushes for 2 yards (Colorito, Watson) 2-8 CU47 Montez pass complete to Lindsay on the left side for 11 yards (Nutt) FD PASSING 1-10 CS42 Lindsay rushes up the middle for minus-1 yards (Colorito) 2-11 CS43 Lindsay rushes up the middle for 4 yards (Watson) 3-7 CS39 Montez pass complete to Fields over the middle for 13 yards (Nutt) FD PASSING 1-10 CS26 Montez, on the keeper, rushes over left tackle for 6 yards (Schlager) 2-4 CS20 Montez pass incomplete intended for Ross on the left side 3-4 CS20 PENALTY: CSU guilty of an illegal substitution, 12 men on the field, 5-yard penalty NO PLAY FD PENALTY 1-10 CS15 Lindsay rushes over left guard for 2 yards (Watson) 2-8 CS13 PENALTY: CU guilty of a false start (Kaiser), 6-yard penalty NO PLAY 2-14 CS19 Montez sacked by Thomas for minus-16 yards 3-30 CS35 Montez pass complete to Bobo over the middle for 14 yards (Thomas) 4-16 CS21 Stefanou 38-yard field goal attempt is no good, wide left

COLORADO STATE RAMS (6:03) 1-10 CS21 *Stevens. Stevens pass complete to Gallup over the middle for 9 yards (Moeller) 2-9 CS30 Dawkins rushes up the middle for 4 yards (Edwards) FD RUSHING 1-10 CS34 Stevens pass complete to Jackson for 38 yards to the CU28, fumbles, forced by Udoffia, recovered by Laguda and returned 11 yards

COLORADO BUFFALOES (5:09) 1-10 CU39 *Montez. Lindsay rushes up the middle for 3 yards (Foster, Hicks) 2-7 CU42 Montez sacked by McBride for minus-3 yards TIME OUT: Colorado State, second team (3:51) 3-10 CU39 Lindsay rushes up the middle for 5 yards (Robinson) TIME OUT: Colorado, first team (3:05) 4-5 CU44 Kinney to punt. O. Johnson to receive. Kinney punts 44 yards to the CS12, O. Johnson calls for and receives the fair catch

COLORADO STATE RAMS (2:58) 1-10 CS12 *Stevens. Stevens pass complete to Butler on the left side for 2 yards (Lewis) 2-8 CS14 Stevens pass complete to O. Johnson on the right side for 11 yards, out of bounds FD PASSING 1-10 CS25 Stevens pass complete to Gallup on the right side for 11 yards, out of bounds FD PASSING 1-10 CS36 Stevens pass complete to Dawkins on the left side for 13 yards (Laguda) FD PASSING 1-10 CS49 Stevens pass incomplete intended for Smith on the right side (PBU: Oliver) 2-10 CS49 Stevens pass incomplete intended for Smith on the right side (PBU: Oliver) 3-10 CS49 Stevens pass complete to Gallup over the middle for 15 yards (Sparaco, Laguda) FD PASSING 1-10 CU36 Stevens pass complete to Fackrell over the middle for 16 yards (Worthington) FD PASSING 1-10 CU20 Stevens pass intended for Clark, intercepted by Udoffia in the end zone, downed for a touchback

COLORADO BUFFALOES (0:54) 1-10 CU20 *Montez. Montez takes a knee, team rush for minus-1 yard 2-11 CU19 Montez takes a knee, team rush for minus-1 yard END OF GAME

COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL / POSTGAME QUOTES Page 1-A Colorado Buffaloes (1-0, 0-0 Pac-12) vs. Colorado State Rams (1-1, 0-0 MWC), Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, Colo. (September 1, 2017)

Colorado Head Coach Mike MacIntyre

General “Iwasreallyexcitedabouthowhardourguysplayed.Westartedoutfastandthenwekindofstalled.Wehadsomeopportunities to score more points and let them hangaround. But I was really proud of our defense and ourspecialteams.I’mproudofthewayouroffensegotusofftoafaststart,thenwejustplayedgood,hard‐nosedfootball.We’ll look at this tape andwe’ll improve. There’s alwayssomerustinthatfirstgameandyoucouldkindofseeit,butwewillfindawaytofixthatandmoveontonextweek.”

OnDefensiveAssistants “D.J.[Eliot],ShaDon[Brown],RossEls,JimJeffcoat,Chidera[Uzo‐Diribe], Matt Daniels, and Nate Taye, our qualitycontrol guy, have all done a phenomenal job with ourdefensiveguys. I alwayssay,ourkids take their coachingreally well. We’ve developed a culture of defense, we’verecruitedwell for it,we’ve redshirted guys,we’ve gottenjuniorcollegeguys,weknowwhatwewant. Ialways tellthem ‘playersmake plays, playerswin games’.We coachthem,butwhentheystepouttheretheyhavetogomakeplays.Wecantalkaboutallthecoachingwewant,butifwerecruitright,developthemright,coachthemright,andgivethem the confidence to go play, their athletic ability andunderstandingtakesover.FromeverythingthatI’veheard,I don’t think anybody expected us to be able to tackleanybody,butthosekidsplayedhardandI’mreallyproudofthem.”

OnWhatCausedTheOffenseToStall “Wemadeafewmistakeshereandthere,theoffensivelinejumping offsides, amissed block or amissed read, thosekindsofthings.We’llseethatonfilm,we’llcorrectit,andwe’llmove on.Wewill be an explosive offense. Somedaythisgroupwillreallybeexplosive,andIcan’twaituntiltheydoit.Hopefullyit’snextSaturday.”

OnMomentumAfterPhillipLindsay’sFirstTouchdown“Itmeantalot.Philisaheckofarunnerandwewereableto bust him through there. Last year people stoppedcatchinghim,thisyeartheywon’tcatchhimeither.Hehasthatextragear,he’salittlefaster,alittlestronger.MichaelAdkinscameinanddidsomegoodthings,I’vebeenpleasedwithMichael Adkins since camp. BeauBisharat has donereallywell.I’mexcitedaboutourrunningbacks.”

OnCSUPassRushinSecondHalf “(StevenMontez)washoldingitalittlebit.We’lllearnfromthatandhe’llseewherehe’sgottogowiththeballtogetitoutofhishandsalittlequicker.Therewasonesackwhereweshould’vechangedtheprotection.Theyhadallyeartostudyustoo,andweimprovedonsomethings,theydidagood job having a game under their belt. (CSU) is muchbetter on defense, they’re older, they’re experienced,

they’regoingtolosealotofguystoooffthatdefenseafterthis year. Marty (English) has done a good job coachingthem,ItoldhimafterthegamethatIwasreallyimpressedbyhowmuchthey’veimproveddefensively.”

OnOfficiating “Callscangoeitherwayallthetime.I’llwatchitonfilm.Younevercomplainaboutofficiating.Wehaveaquoteon thewallsatCU:‘Noexcuses.Noregrets.’Youhavetojustkeepplaying.”

OnStevenMontez’sFirstGameAsPermanentStarter“Stevendidagoodjob.He’sbeenhearingaboutitallyear,he’sbeenanxiousaboutplaying.Ashekeepsgrowing,andkeeps doing it, and keeps understanding it, andwe keepimproving,we’llbeareallygoodoffense.”

OnPerformanceFromYoungDefensivePlayers “They’reverytalented.They’regoingtoplayhardandkeepgoing.Theymadesomemistakestonight,buttheyallkeptbattling. Dante Sparaco had a sack, he’s a true freshman.(Jacob) Callier had a sack, he’s a true freshman. Redshirtfreshman Trey (Udoffia) had two pass breakups. They’llkeepgettingbetter,they’llimprovefromthisweektonextweek.Thebiggestjumpyouhaveisfromthefirstweektothe second week with any team. They’ll go watch film,they’llunderstandtheintensityofthegame,andpracticeispractice. Hopefully they will learn from that and we canreachthegoalswewanttoreach.”

On Play From Secondary And Redshirt FreshmanCornerbackTreyUdoffia “We’regoingtoplayaggressive,we’regoingtoplaytough,we’regoingtomaketeamsstrugglepassing.(TreyUdoffia)reallydidagoodjobtokeepfighting.Heknewjustlikeall73,000peopleknewthattheyweregoingtothrowat#8,andhe’sgoingtostarttogetthatconfidence.Iwasgladtoseehimgetsomepassbreakups,andhemadeagreatplaydownthereonthatfourthdownplay.He’slearninghowtorun with the guys. Those are good receivers and a goodquarterback,they’vebeenputtingup60‐pointsagameforthelastsevengamesandhavebeenthrowingonpeopleatwill,andIthoughtouryoungguysdidagoodjob.”

OnPlayOfShayFieldsandBryceBobo “BryceandShayhadareallygoodgameoutthere.IalwaysteaseBrycethathehasthelongest33‐yardruntogainnoyards.Itoldhimtogostraightupfieldandhesaid,‘I’vegotto make something happen.’ Make something happen bygoingupfield.HedidreallywellandShaydidagoodjob.Steven[Montez]didagoodjobingettingtheballtotheminwhattheyweredoing.Hesawitandgotitoutthere.Stevenhas a really quick release.We’ll look on film to see ifwecouldhavewenttotheothersidesometimesandcouldhavegotten some double moves on the other side. That’sunderstanding our matchups. We’ll be better with thatgoingintoournextgame.

COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL / POSTGAME QUOTES Page 1-B Colorado Buffaloes (1-0, 0-0 Pac-12) vs. Colorado State Rams (1-1, 0-0 MWC), Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, Colo. (September 1, 2017)

Colorado Head Coach Mike MacIntyre (Cont.)

On the Isaiah Oliver – Michael Gallup Matchup“Thatwasworththepriceofadmission,itsurewas.Gallup’saheckofaplayerandOliver’saheckofaplayer.Itwasfunto watch. The one long catch they had, we had amiscommunication. But, that was a good job by then onwhattheydidontheroutes.”

OnStevenMontez’sMobility “That’shisaddeddimensionhe’sabletobring.HemadethatthrowtoShay[Fields]andhehitShayonanotherone,thatwasabigfirstdown.Thatwasahugeplayforus.Anotherbigplayforuswaswhenwewerebackeduponoureight‐yardlineandhescramblesoutandhitsJay[MacIntyre]onthesideline.Thatgotusoutofahole.Wedidn’tscoreonthat,buttheycouldhavegonerightdownthereandscoredbecausetheywouldhavehadtheballonthe45‐yard linegoing inwithmomentum.Tome, thatwasamomentum‐changingplay.”

OnThoughtProcessRotatingThreeKickers “Kickers. All of them have done a good job and we justwantedtoseehowitwent.Ithinkthey’vegotgoodlegs.Ithink,forthemostpart,wedidtherightthingonitandwe’lljustkeepworkingwiththem.”

OnMessageToTeamPostgame“You’re either getting better or you’re getting worse,nothingstaysthesame.We’regoingtogoback,lookwhatwe’vedoneandimprove.We’vegotaloftygoalaheadofusthatIbelievewecando.Wehavetokeeppushingourselves.We’ll do that.We’ll be amuchmore improved teamnextweek.I’mexcitedaboutwhatthisteamcando.”

OnPassingofFriendWillRutledge “Averygood friendofminepassedawayonWednesday,Will Rutledge, Jerry Rutledge’s brother. He battledpancreaticcancer.HehadbeliefandfaithinChrist.Hewassupposedtolive60daysandhelivedfor14months.Hesatin the box withmy wife at last year’s game and he wassupposed to be here this year and he passed awayWednesday.Iknowhe’swatchingfromaboveandcheeringuson.IwanttohonorWillandhowhelivedhislifeandhisChristianexample.“

COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL / POSTGAME QUOTES Page 2-A Colorado Buffaloes (1-0 Pac-12) vs. Colorado State Rams (1-1, 0-0 MWC), Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, Colo. (September 1, 2017)

Colorado Players C Jonathan Huckins ON THE TEMPO OF TONIGHT’S GAME ‐‐“I think we startedstrongasy’allcanseeandwekindofjustsimmeredofftowardtheendandwehavetojustkeepourmomentumhigh.Wehavetoplayandadjusttohowthey’readjustingtous.Ithinkthat’sabigthingforus,comingoutinthesecondhalfandputtingoutmorepointsinthesecondhalf.”ONHOWHURRICANEHARVEY AFFECTEDHIS FAMILY ‐‐“ItwasalittlescarywhenIwashereandallofthecategoryfourstuff started happening. Both of my parents’ flights gotcancelledso theyweren’table tocometo thegamewhich isupsetting.Mymomandmydadbothevacuated.MydadlivesnearHoustonsoheprobablygottheworstofit.I’mprayingforthemandthey’reallfinewhichismostimportant.Thehomesituation,mydad left his buthis is downtown sohedoesn’treallyknowwhatthestatusofhishouseisbutmybrothergotsixinchesandmymomdidn’tgetanythingsothatwasgood.Itwasn’ttoughtofocusonfootball.Meandmybrotherbothkeepin contact. He’s another athlete, he played lacrosse. So hehelpedmethrough.Ialwaystalktohimandhereallyhelpedmeoutthroughthatissue.”ONWAYS THAT OFFENSIVE LINE NEEDS TO IMPROVE ‐‐“Ithink the biggest thing, especially for the offensive line iscommunication.Thatobviouslystartswithme.Ihavetohelpcommunicate better, I have to get people in the right spotfaster.Ithinkwehavetomoveatafastertemponextgameaswell.Ithinkwesimmeredoffinthesecondhalfandwecouldhavepusheditifwewentalittlefaster.”ONRUNNINGGAME‐‐“I’manoffensivelineman,I’dliketoruntheballeveryplayandIknowPhil[Lindsay]wouldlikethataswell.Wejusthavetokeepbuildingoffofwhatwedidthisgame.Westartedwithsomegoodholesbecausewegotgoingfastsowejusthavetosettledownandmovefasterandmove‘Folsomfast’likewealwaysdo.”WR Shay Fields ONTHEOFFENSE–“Wedidsomegoodthings in the firsthalf.Westartedofffastbutsecondhalfwegotintoalittlebitoftrouble,wecouldn’texecuteaswell.Wejustneedtofixthat.”ONMONTEZ’SABILITY ‐‐ “That’s theplayerhe is.Hehasthat cannon for an arm and then we kind of make eyecontact.Thatcontacttoldmetogoandthathecouldthrowitwayoutthere.That’sjustoneoftheuniquetalentsthathehas. No knock to Sefo (Liufau), he scrambled too. ButMontez,wefeelhe’smoremobile.Hehasthatcannon,hecanthrowontherunandthat’soneofhisuniquetalents.Withthisteam,withthereceiversandquarterbackthatwehave,wefeelthatwecanmakeplaysscramblingalso.”

ON DEFENSIVE PRESSURE ‐‐“They play cover one, theyhaveonesafety.Theyputsomepressureonus,wecouldn’texecute aswell. That’s just one of the thingswe have tofocus on in practice, getting that pressure down andexecutingwhenwehaveto.”ONHISTOUCHDOWN‐‐“Thatwasthemindset,makethemcomeupandifwefeellikewecantakeashot,takeashot.”LB Drew Lewis ONHISFIRSTSTART‐‐“Itwasexciting.Alotofnervousenergyat first, trying to get a feel for things and getmy feetwet. Istarted off pretty well, tweaked some things at the end butoverallIfeellikeIplayedprettywell.Ourcoachestowardthesecondhalfwantedtomakesomechanges,tweaksomethingsfor me. We made that work. We’re going to continue gameplanningnextweekandseewhathappens.Itwasalotoffun.”ONLINEBACKERSCOACHROSSELS ‐‐“He reallypreppeduswell. Him andCoach [D.J.] Eliot and Coach [ShaDon]Brown,they all are on the same page. They’re really good atcommunicatingwithusandtheygotusreallywellpreparedforthisgame.”ON DEFENSIVE FOCUS ‐‐ “Wewere focusing on a couple ofdifferentthings.Theyhadalotoftendencies,wetriedtostopthat.Theydiddifferentthingswiththeirfullbacksandtookalotofshotsdownfieldandwewerereadyforthat.Asadefensewecommunicatedextremelywellsowewerereadyforalmostanythingtheythrewatus.”ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE’S PLAY ‐‐ “They did excellent allgameandIwastalkingtothemallgametryingtohypethemup because they’re the ones that make plays for us. I wascongratulatingthemandwewerebothtellingeachothergoodjob.I’mdefinitelysatisfiedwithhowthey’redoing.”ONMINDSETGOINGINTOTHISGAME‐‐“Asadefensewewerefeelingreallygood,Asawholeteamandthecoachingstaff,wedidn’t reallyknowwhat toexpect.Obviously therearesomenaysayersandsomedoubterswhodidn’tknowhowweweregoingtoplaywithhalfthedefensegraduating.IfeellikeIevencameoutandsurprisedmyselfandwesurprisedalotofpeoplebeingabletocompeteandsteppinguptohowthestarterslastyearplayed.”ONHISANDRICKGAMBOA’STEAMWORK‐‐“Throughoutthegameplanlastsweek,Iwasrelyingonhimalittlebit.Thenwecameouthereanditgotextremelyloudwhenwewereplayinganditgotdifficulttocommunicatewhichforcedmetothinkonmy feeta littlebit. I feel like Iwasable toreallyunderstandwhatwasgoingon.IreliedonhimalittlebitbutnotasmuchasIanticipated.”

COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL / POSTGAME QUOTES Page 2-B Colorado Buffaloes (1-0, 0-0 Pac-12) vs. Colorado State Rams (1-1, 0-0 MWC), Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, Colo. (September 1, 2017)

Colorado Players (Cont.) LB Rick Gamboa ON HAVING CONFIDENCE IN DEFENSE‐ “All offseason,basicallysincelastseasonwe’vejustbeenhearingabouttheoffense,andalltheguysdefensivelythatwelost,andIthinkthat’sonethingthatpushedusintheoffseason.Knowingthatifwewantedtowin,weknewthedefensewouldhavetoplaygoodingames,andthat’skindofsomethingwe’vepreachedthroughouttheoffseason.”ONHOWHEFELTTHECOACHELIOTPREPAREDHIMFORTHEMATCHUP‐” Ithinkhedidagreat jobwiththegameplan.Hehelpedusoutwithalotofnewguysplayingforthefirsttime,andIthinkthefactthathesimplifieditforus,letusplayfast,Ithinkthat’sonethingthathelpedusalot.”ONCSUPENALTIESTAKINGWINDOUTOFRAMS‐“Alittlebit,butpenaltieshappenallthroughoutthegame,youneverknowifthey’regoingtogoforyoursideortheotherside.It’sjustsomethingthatyou’vegottoplaywith.” ONHOWYOUNGERGUYSSTEPPEDUPINTHEGAME‐“Trey(Udoffia)playedbig,beginningofthegamehehadaroughtime,butinthesecondhalfhecameoutandheknewhewasgoingtohavetomakeplayshereandthere,andhemadethose plays when we needed him. Jake (Callier) is anamazing pass rusher and I think seeing him growthroughouttheregularseasonisgoingtobesomethingtowatch.”RB Phillip Lindsay WALKING THROUGH TOUCHDOWN RUN‐“I mean, theoffensive linedidbusiness, and Iwaspatient, followed it,andithithowitalwaysdoesinpractice.Afterthat,it’sjustaboutgettingout,andunderstandingthatscoringisgoingtohelpmyteam,andit’sallabouttheteam.IwasgladIwasabletodothat.”ON IF HE FEELS FASTER THIS YEAR‐“Yeah, I definitelyworkedonstrengthandspeed.IthankcoachDrew(Wilson)forthat,coachDrewhasbeenaphenomenalweightcoachforusandit’sgoingtoshow.Throughoutthiswholeseasonwewillcontinuetogetstronger.We’regoingtobeliftingandwewillbeabletopeakattherighttime.”ON IFHEWASTOUCHEDDURINGTOUCHDOWNRUN‐“Alittlebit,butthelinedidtheirbusinessupfront.Ishouldn’tbe touched by the defensive linemen, I should be able tomakethelinebackers,safeties,andcornersmiss.”ON IMPORTANCEOFGETTINGANEARLYTOUCHDOWN‐“Weareateamthatthrivesoffofbigplays.Anytimewecan

get momentum shifting our way, that’s what we want.We’regoingtogobacktosquareone,wedidn’tscorelikewewanted to, but itwasMontez’s first time as the headman.I’mexcitedforhim,he’sagreatquarterbackandhe’sgoingtowinalotofgamesinthePac‐12.WejusthavetogobacktosquareoneandthatstartsMonday.We’regoingtogetalltherustoff,andgetourreceivers,becausewehavesomelethalreceiversthatneedtogettheball.”ONWHYOFFENSESLOWEDDOWN‐“We’vegottogobackto watch the film. They brought a couple blitzes thatconfusedusalittlebit.Otherthanthat,we’vejustgottogooutthereandplayColoradofootball.That’sjustonesnapand clear when we do make a mistake, and then scorepoints. Getourreceivers involved,andget themtheball,take some more shots, and help our defense out. Ourdefensedidaphenomenaljobtoday.”ONHIS7TH100YARDRUSHGAME‐“I’mnotreallyaselfishpersonlikethat. Idon’treally lookintostuff likethat,I’mhappytowinthegame.AnythingIcandotohelpwinthegame, that’s what I’m going to do. I’m happy that myoffensivelinedidwhattheydidtohelpmegettowhereIgottoday.”ONHOWITFEELSTOBEATCSU3YEARSINAROW‐“it’sagoodfeeling.TogooutmylastyearplayingintheColoradoRocky Mountain Showdown, against CSU again. It feelsprettygoodtobeabletogetthewinformyself.”ONIFHEWASABLETOSOAKINTHEVICTORY‐“Yeah,myparentswereonthefield,soitwasagoodfeeling.Mymomcriedbecausethat’swhatmomsdowhenthey’reproudoftheirsons.Shehasfivekids,fivehardheadedkids.Threeboysandtwogirls.”ONPLAYINGHISLITTLEBROTHER‐“It’sexciting,mylittlebrother’sabaddude.I’mexcitedtobeabletowatchhimrun,andhe’sexcitedtobeabletoplayme.Wenevergottoplaywitheachotherbecausethetimethatwewere,hehurthis knee and then I hurt my knee the next year. Maybeplayingagainsteachotherwewillhavebetterluck,andwewillhavealotoffamilymembersthere.Wemighthaveafamilybarbequeafter.”

COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL / POSTGAME QUOTES Page 2-C Colorado Buffaloes (1-0, 0-0 Pac-12) vs. Colorado State Rams (1-1, 0-0 MWC), Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, Colo. (September 1, 2017)

Colorado Players (Cont.) QB Steven Montez ONLASTYEAR’SEXPERIENCEHELPINGHIMTHISYEAR“Yeah definitely, I think the experience from last yearhelpedmeoutalottoday.Imeantherewassomestufffromgames last year that I saw tonight that helped me outbecause I knewwhat todowith it.That’sprettymuch it,every game is new, we played well tonight, the defenseplayed phenomenal so I think this season is going to begood.WehavesomemomentumgoingintonextweekforTexasState.”ONHISTOUCHDOWNPASSTOSHAYFIELDS‐“I just feltalittlepressureandgotoutofthepocket,spunout.IwasjustkindofscanningthefieldandIknewIhadabunchoftime.Iwasjustkindofhitchingbackthere,andthenIsawShayandIkindofjustlookedathimandwaslikejustturnupthefield. Sure enoughhewent and I tossed it up to himandscoredatouchdown.”ONHISGROWTHASAQUARTERBACK‐“Imeanthere’sstillalottolearnformeandatontolearnfortheoffense.Myhighschoolcoachusedtoalwaystellmeit’stoughtowin,andsoanywinyougetisablessing.That’swhatI’mtakingitastonight,it’sablessingandweendedupleavingwithavictory.”ONTHEOFFENSESTALLINGOUT‐“I’mnotreallysure if Icouldtellyou,tobehonest.IthinkifIhadtoanswerthatwewouldhavechangedsomethingandprobablyfixedit.SoIreallycouldn’ttellyou.Wearegoingtohavetogowatchthefilm,andjustcleanupourmistakesandseewhatwehavetodofornextweek.”ONWHATCOLORADOSTATEDIDTOSLOWHIMDOWN‐“Imeantheyareagreatdefense.Theyplayedreallywellondefensetodayandthat’sprettymuchwhat itwas. Imeanwe needed to get to some different things on offense. Sowe’ll just take that and like I saidearlierwearegoing towatchthefilmandmakesomeimprovementsonoffense.”ON HIS ABILITY TO ROLL OUT OF THE POCKET‐“I havebeendoingthatsincehighschool,sincesophomoreyear.Ifeelverycomfortableoutsideofthepocket,runningaroundandjustmakingplays.Imeanthat’skindofmygame,that’skindofhowIplayandthat’sreallythefunpartoffootballforme isgettingoutsideof thepocketandgoingtomakethingshappen.”ONWHOHEREACHEDOUTTOPRESEASON‐“Imeanreallythe only people that I talked to for advice during theoffseasonwasCoachMacandCoachChev,andobviouslymyfather.He’shelpedmeoutawholebunch,notonlymentallybut physicallywith the game. Just some of the technique

stuff,heplayedtheposition,heplayedthegameatahighlevelsoyeahjustthosemenrighttherehavebeenhelpingmeoutalotandmentoringme.AndalsoSefo[Liufau],Sefosentme a text before the game tellingme good luck andeverybodyknowshowmuchIappreciateSefo.He’sbeenamentorformeandlikeanolderbrothertomesothatwasrealnicetohearfromhim.”ONHIS ABILITY AS A RUNNER‐“Yeah Imean hopefully Ijust, I like tomake a fewplayswithmy legswhen I can.WhentheycallplaysformeIjusttrytodothingswiththeballandthat’sprettymuchit.OtherthanthatIliketogivetheballtotheplaymakersontheoutsideandtheperimeter,all the receivers and obviously you guys know PhillipLindsayisafreakwhenhegetstheballinhishandssohe’llmakealotofplayshappenthisyear.”CB Trey Udoffia ONFIRSTGAMEJITTERS‐“Igotallofmyfirstgamejittersout,gotalotmoreconfidenceaftertalkingtoAfolabi[Laguda]andIsaiah [Oliver] in the locker room. Nick [Fisher] was alsohelpingmeoutallgameandkeepingmeconfident.OnceIgotpastthenerves,Ijustdidmeandplayedhardandthat’swhatIdid.”ON DEFENSIVE STRENGTH AND AGE ‐‐“We’re taught to getintothereceiversfacesandasadefensewejustwanttomakeastatement thatdefense is stillhereand theoffensedoesn’thavetocarryusallseason.Ithinkweprovedthattonight.Wehavealotofveteransinthesecondaryandthey’recountingonmebecauseIknowalotofteamsaregoingtobethrowingmyway. I have to keepmy head on straight and keepmy eyesdown.Havingaperformancelikethiswasreallybigforusandmeespecially.”ON HIS PICK ‐‐ “It felt good. I wish it could have happenedearlier but I’m not going to complain about getting a pick.That’saplaythatwepracticealotduringtheweeksoitturnedoutwellforus.”

COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL / POSTGAME QUOTES Page 2-D Colorado Buffaloes (1-0, 0-0 Pac-12) vs. Colorado State Rams (1-1, 0-0 MWC), Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, Colo. (September 1, 2017)

Colorado Players (Cont.) DB Isaiah Oliver ONHISMATCHUPWITHMICHAELGALLUP‐“Ohyeahmostdefinitely, he’s a great receiver.Oneof thebest receiversI’vefacedincollegefootballsohewasagreattestformyselfand for him so going against him all gamemade us bothbettersoitwasalotoffun.”ON HOWWELL TREY UDOFFIA PLAYED ‐“Oh he playedgreat,ImeanforhisfirststartincollegefootballIknowhewas nervousbefore the game, talking tome about it andeverythingsohegothisconfidenceupafterthefirsthalfandjustkeptonplayinggreatfootballsohe’sgoingtobehugeforusgoingforward,andhisconfidenceinhimself.”ONHOWDJELIOTAFFECTEDTHEIRGAMEPLAN‐“YeahImean I think he did a tremendous job and he’s alwayswatching film, he knows everything about the defense,everything about CSU’s offense so he knew what wascomingbeforeithappened.Hewasabletoprepareustodothe same thing soweknewwhat theywere going to runalmost every single play so that is going to help how itlookedonthefieldaswellsoIthinkhedidagreatjobandallthedefensivecoachesdidagreatjob.CoachBrownandCoachElsaswell.Ithinkwejustplayedagreatgameasawholedefense.”ON WHAT MADE MICHAEL GALLUP SO DIFFICULT ‐“PersonallyIfeelit’shissizeincombinationwithhisspeed,sohe’sabiggerreceiver,biggerthanmostreceiversinthePac‐12andhecanrunaswell.HedoesagreatjobusinghishandsandtryingtousehisbigbodytogetinfrontofDBslikethatsohehasabrightfutureaheadofhim.”ONHOWPRESUREONNICKSTEVENSHELPEDHIM‐“Ohitcouldmakeallthedifferenceintheworld,Imeanifyougetagoodpassrushoneverypassingplay,youdon’thavetocoverforsolong.Sohavingthoseguysplayaswellastheydid,made ita loteasieronthesecondaryasawhole.Weonly have to cover for three or four seconds, Imeanyoucouldcover justaboutanybodysohopefullywecankeepthatupallyearandIthinkwecanhaveagreatyear.”ON INFLUENCE OF CHIDOBE AWUZIE AND TEDRICTHOMPSON‐“OhI’msuretheyareveryproudandIknowthey were probably nervous watching the game just asnervousasus. Iamsure theyareproudofus, theyknowhowhardweworktogethere,while theywerehereandwhiletheyweregonesoIknowthattheyarejusthappyforusthatweplayedaswellaswedid.”

ONTHEDEFENSEBEINGSTRONGDESPITETHELOSSOFKEY PLAYERS‐“Oh I think it does a great job for ourconfidenceinourselvesasadefense,Imeangoingthroughthewholeoffseason,hearingabouthowmanyguyswelostandhowwe’renotgoingtobeasgoodaswewereandthisandthatsobeingabletocomeouthereandshowtheworldthatwearereadytoplayeverysingleweek.Ifeellikeitisgoingtodowondersforourconfidence.”OLB Jacob Callier ONFIRSTGAMEJITTERS‐“Itwasagreatexperienceforme.Igot my first game jitters out so next game hopefully I’ll bebetter. Imostdefinitelyhavetothankmyteammates for thecommunication,beingattherightplaceattherighttime.WhenI’moutthereIwanttobeabletogetthosesacks.”ON DEFENSIVE COMMUNICATION ‐‐“That was our biggestemphasisgoingintothisgame,gettingeveryoneonthesamepageandcommunication.LikeIsaidbefore,ifall11guysareon the same page,we can’t bewrong. Thatwas our biggestthinggoingintothegame.Iseenochallenges.Wehavesomuchtalentandsomuchopportunitytogetbettereveryweekandeveryday.Hopefullythisisbecomingacaseof ‘defensewinschampionships.’”ONIMPACTINGTHEPASSINGGAME‐‐“Comingin,thatwasmybiggestthing.IknewthatifIcouldaddanythinganywhere,it’dbe to the pass rush. That’s what I pride myself on, passrushing.”ONHISSACK‐‐“Thefirstseries,myfirstplayIgotinthebackfieldandIgotspunaroundandIhitthequarterbackwithmybackwhichcouldhavebeenasack.ButIgotthosejittersoutandcamebackwithasacksoit’sgood.”

2017 COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL / POSTGAME NOTES (1 of 2) Colorado Buffaloes (1-0) 17, Colorado State Rams (1-1) 3 (Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver; September 1)

MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS

FINAL SCORE ........................................... 17 3 Time Spent in the Lead (Tied 7:49) ....... 52:11 0:00 Total Plays-Yards ..................................... 67-345 80-397 Plus Territory: Plays-Yards ...................... 25-172 29-63 Drives With Plays in Plus Territory ......... 5 of 12 6 of 12 First Down Plays/Yards ........................... 30/154 35/210 Average on First Down ........................... 5.2 6.0 First Half ............................................... 7.6 (14-107) 2.5 (17-42) Second Half ......................................... 2.9 (16-47) 9.3 (18-168) Rushes/Average ................................... 19/5.9 17/4.1 Passes/Average (includes sacks) ....... 11/3.8 18/7.8 Times Gained: 20+/10+/5+ .............. 1/4/12 2/9/15 Times Gained: 2-/0/Neg ..................... 13/5/3 16/10/2 Second Down Efficiency ........................ 6-23 5-24 First Half ............................................... 2-9 1-14 Second Half ......................................... 4-14 4-10 Yards Gained ....................................... 88 99 Third Down Efficiency ............................ 7-14 9-18 Rushing ................................................ 2-4 2-3 Passing ................................................. 5-10 7-15 Average Yards To Go (All) .................. 7.4 8.4 Average Yards To Go (Conversions) . ..... 5.0 6.7 Yards Gained ....................................... 103 98 3rd & 5 or less ...................................... 4-6 3-7 3rd & 6 or more ................................... 3-8 6-11 Fourth Down Efficiency (Yards) ............ 0-0 (0) 0-3 (-10) Times Penalized After Gain/Yards Lost . 1-19 4-117 Total Possessions/Average FP ................ 12/C27 12/CS26 First Half ............................................... 6/C26 7/CS31 Second Half ......................................... 6/C28 5/CS19 Drives Started Inside/At Own 20 ........ 4 (3/1) 4 (3/1) Drives Started In Plus Territory .......... 0 (0 pts) 1 (0 pts) Three Plays & Out ............................... 4 2 Opponent Turnovers (Pts)...................... 3 (0) 2 (0) *Red Zone (pts) ....................................... 0-1 (0) 0-0 (0) Plays-Yards ........................................... 2-(-14) 3-0 Third Down Efficiency ........................ 0-1 0-1 Yards by Quarter: 1st ........................... 128 59 2nd ......................... 82 96 3rd .......................... 86 88 4th .......................... 49 154 *—red zone is inside-the-20 (“the 20 is NOT in the zone”—the creator.)

PlayerswhocarriedoutCU’ssymbolicinstrumentstoday:Sledgehammer:RyanMoeller Toolbox:JonathanHuckinsUnitedStatesFlag:TrentHeadley ColoradoFlag:IsaacMiller

ATTENDANCE Tonight’s attendance of 73,932 exceeded lastyear’s (69,850) and is the most in the series since 2003(76,219);thiswasthefifth‐highestinthe17gamesinDenver;Colorado sold38,859 tickets (11,395 student) for the game;CSUsold32,762;andtheBroncos/Ticketmastermoved2,311ducats.

QUICKLY Coloradohaswon threestraightseasonopeners forthefirsttimesince2003‐04‐05(allagainstCSUbothtimes)…Buffsnowleadtheseries65‐22‐2(11‐6inDenver,22‐8sinceit was resumed in 1983) … MacIntyre is now 3‐2 in seasonopenersatCUand is6‐1againstCSUoverall (2‐0 atSan JoseState)…Coloradoisnow79‐44‐5in128seasonopeners…CUwonthecointossandhasnowwon14ofthelast15datingback

to lastyear’sopener… Gametimewas3:11,or11minutesquickerthanlastseason.

The17pointswerethefewestscoredbytheBuffsinaseason‐openingwinsince1970(won16‐9atIndiana)andthefewestbythewinningteamintheCU‐CSUseriessince2006(CSU,14‐10 inDenver), and it is only the third time since the rivalryresumedin1983thatthewinningteamdidn’tscoreatleast20.

The3pointstheBuffaloesallowedwerethefewestinaseasonopenersince2010 (24‐3winoverCSU inDenver)and1988(45‐3overFresnoStateinBoulder);otherwise,youhavetogobacktoa0‐0tieatWisconsinin1965tofindthelasttimeCUallowedfewer…Itwasthethirdtimeinthelast11gamesthatCUdidnotallowatouchdown,andthefewestpointstheBuffshaveallowedinanygamesincea48‐0winoverNichollsStatein2015(the fewestbyanFBSopponentsince the2010CSUgame).

Thewinning team the last two nights at Mile High Stadiumcombinedtoallow5points(DenverbeatArizona,30‐2inthefinalNFLpreseasongame)…

It’sbeeneightyearssinceCUplayedagamewithascorelesssecondhalf;last:atKansasState,Oct.24,2009(KSUwon,20‐6)…Colorado’sfirstplayintheredzonecamewith8:19togointhegame(firstthreescoreswereallfromoutsidethe20)…

OOPSTBPhillipLindsay’s45‐yardTDruntoopenthescoringfor the year was NOT the longest first score of the year inColoradohistoryasannouncedinthefirsthalf.It’sthefourthlongest, thoughisthelongestrush(thelongtimedummySIDlookedatthewronglist).Herearethetopsix:

LONGEST FIRST SCORES OF THE YEAR (from scrimmage) 82 Connor Wood to Paul Richardson vs. Colorado State in Denver, Sept. 1, 2012 54 Sefo Liufau to Nelson Spruce vs. Colorado State in Denver, Aug. 29, 2014 48 Kordell Stewart to Michael Westbrook vs. Colorado State in Boulder, Sept. 5, 1992 45 Phillip Lindsay run vs. Colorado State, Sept. 1, 2017 43 Mike Moschetti to Roman Hollowell vs. Colorado State, Sept. 4, 1999 40 Gale Weidner to Jerry Hillebrand vs. Oklahoma State, Sept. 30, 1961

FIRST CAREER … ACTION: A total of 16 players made their Buffalo debutstonight(*—mainlysawactiononspecialteams):

TRUE FRESHMEN (6): OLB Jacob Callier, WR *K.D. Nixon, TE Jared Poplawski, WR *Laviska Shenault, OLB Dante Sparaco, PK *James Stefanou REDSHIRT FROSH (5): CB Ronnie Blackmon, CB *Derrion Rakestraw, ILB Akil Jones, CB Trey Udoffia, OT *Hunter Vaughn SOPHOMORES (3): DT Javier Edwards, DE Chris Mulumba, CB *Dante Wigley, JUNIORS (1): WR Juwann Winfree SENIORS (1): H T.J. Patterson

STARTS: Six Buffaloes made their first career starts: DTJavierEdwards,OLBTerranHasselbach,OT JoshKaiser,ILBDrewLewis,DEChrisMulumbaandCBTreyUdoffia.

INTERCEPTIONS: S Evan Worthington and CB TreyUdoffiamadetheirfirstcareerpicks,bothinthesecondhalf.

CONTINUED

2016 COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL / POSTGAME NOTES (2 OF 2) Colorado Buffaloes (1-0) 17, Colorado State Rams (1-1) 3

INDIVIDUAL LINER NOTES

TBPhillipLindsay(19‐140,1TDrush,2‐16receiving,156all‐purpose yards). He passed LamontWarren (2,242 careerrushingyards,LeeRouson(2,296)andBobbyAnderson(2,367)intoninthplaceonCU’sall‐timerushinglist(2,373).Heremainedthird on the all‐time all‐purpose yards list (4,185), but inchedclosertoEricBieniemy(4,351)withRodneyStewart(4,828)inhissights.With89careerreceptions,hetrailsStewart(93)needingfive more to become CU’s all‐time leader in receptions by arunningback. Hesurpassedthe3,000‐yardmarkinyardsfromscrimmage,ashenowhasthe2,373rushingwith707receivingfor3,080total.

PK James Stefanou (1‐2 FG, 1‐1 PAT, 4 points). TheAustralian tried his first kicks in a game in America tonight,connecting on his first field goal try from 48 yards (the fourthlongest firstcareerFGinCUhistory;thelongest is54yards,setlastyearbyteammateDavisPriceagainstOregonState).

WRShayFields(6‐78,1TDreceiving).HebecamethesixthplayeratColoradotomake150careerreceptions,andbecamethe10th to eclipse 2,000 in receiving yards (he has 150 for 2,007yards);heisseventhall‐timewith17TDreceptions,breakingatiewithJavonGreen.

CB IsaiahOliver (3,0—3TT,4PBU). If thenumberholdsafter coaches’ review, he will have 24 career passes defended,secondinthePac12(trailingArrionSpringsofOregon,whohas25).

QBStevenMontez(29‐21‐2,202,1TD,128.5rating). Heimproved to 3‐1 as a starter butwas sacked a career‐high fivetimesthattookawayfromhisrushingyards(7‐30otherwise).

MORE TEAM NOTES

CU has now forced at least one turnover against CSU in 19straight games, and has forced one ormore in 26 of its last 28gamesoverall.

Thiswasjustthefourthtimedatingbackto1990(28games),that CU allowed a single score in a seasonopener; in 1995, theBuffswon43‐7atWisconsin;in2010,CUbestedtheRams,24‐3,andlastyear,44‐7overtheRams(bothinDenver);thelasttimeCUheldopponentstosingledigitsintheopenerinback‐to‐backyears was 1988 (45‐3 over Fresno State) and 1989 (27‐6 overTexas).D.J.’s DEBUTNewColoradodefensivecoordinatorD.J.Eliotisinsomefine…andrarecompanyaftertheBuffsheldCSUtojust3points(some55fewerthanitscoredlastweekinits58‐27winoverOregonState).Takealook:

FIRST GAME AS DC / FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED 3 Mike Hankwitz, 1988 vs. Fresno State (CU, 45-3) 3 D.J. Eliot, 2017 vs. Colorado State in Denver (CU, 17-3) 7 Don James, 1968 vs. Oregon (CU, 28-7) 7 A.J. Christoff, 1995 at Wisconsin (CU, 43-7) 10 Dan Radakovich, 1972 vs. California (CU, 20-10)

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