Colorado-Oklahoma State Notes

Miscellaneous Statistics

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Time Spent In The Lead............. 59:42 0:00

Average On First Down.............. 29/6.8 24/1.9

Rush/Avg. ............................. 20/7.4 9/2.9

Pass/Avg. ............................. 9/5.5 15/1.4

Third Downs............................. 6-16 2-17

3rd & 5 or less........................ 4-6 2-6

3rd & 6 or more....................... 2-10 0-11

Avg. Yards To Go...................... 9.4 9.1

Yards Gained On 3rd Down........ 75 43

Poss./Avg Field Position............ 13/C35 14/OS23

Drives Started At/Inside 20....... 3 (1/2) 9 (3/6)

Three Plays & Out.................. 1 6

Plus Territory: Plays-Yards........ 28-124 20-60

Plays: 5+ Yards........................ 29 17

Yards By Quarter: 1st............... 152 50

2nd............... 78 44

3rd................ 114 46

4th................ 37 68

Quickly. Colorado scored in its 201st consecutive game this afternoon... CU snapped two losing streaks this afternoon: the Buffs had lost two straight conference openers (at Baylor in 2003 and at Missouri in 2004) as well as nine straight games against Big 12 South Division teams... CU's last win against a South team before today came on Oct. 26, 2002 with a 37-13 win over Texas Tech... CU is now 6-4 in Big 12 openers (2-2 on the road); CU is 20-17 all-time on the road in Big 12 play, the fifth best record in the conference, with its 16-12 mark against the South the sixth best inter-division mark... CU's last conference road win had also come right here in Stillwater on Oct. 27, 2001 (22-19)... Colorado is 3-1 through four games in Barnett's tenure for the third time, having also done so in 2001 and 2004... CU has now lost back-to-back games on the road just three times the last 20 times CU has played away from home in consecutive games since 1985.

u Series Stuff. Colorado now leads the series 26-17-1; this was the fifth shutout in the series, all posted by Colorado; the last was in Boulder in 1992 when CU won 28-0. The only other shutout in Stillwater was a 6-0 verdict by CU in 1933.

u Shutouts II. The last time CU posted two shutouts in the same season was in 1992, with a 6-0 win at Missouri and a 28-0 win over Oklahoma State; those came over a 5-game stretch. The last time the CU defense posted two shutouts in a three-game span prior to this year (CU beat New Mexico State 39-0 on Sept. 10) was 40 years ago; in 1965, when the Buffs tied Wisconsin 0-0 in the opener at Madison and beat Kansas State in Manhattan 36-0 two weeks later.

u PK Mason Crosby (2-3 FG/4-4 PAT) now has 167 career points, busting into the top 10 all-time at Colorado. That total ranks him No. 9, just one point behind Merwin Hodel (168). He is third in kick scoring at CU, trailing Jeremy Aldrich (231) and Tom Field (190).

u QB Joel Klatt (26-14-0, 151, 1 TD passing). He now has 5,527 career passing yards, second all-time at Colorado as he passed Koy Detmer (5,390) into second place. Kordell Stewart is the all-time leader with 6,481. He now has 5,417 yards of total offense, passing Detmer (5,359) into third place, trailing only Stewart (7,770) and Darian Hagan (5,808). He now owns a 19-to-1 ratio of touchdowns to interceptions in the red zone, thanks to his eighth career TD pass to Joe Klopfenstein.

u TB Hugh Charles. His 74-yard run for a touchdown was the longest rushing play by a Buffalo since Chris Brown had a 78-yard run (also for a TD) at Kansas on Oct. 12, 2002. It tied for the 24th longest in school history, and is the longest on CU's first possession of a game since Darian Hagan's 75-yard run against Texas on Sept. 4, 1989 (he was tackled at the 1).

u Quick. Charles' 74-yard run was the second fastest score from scrimmage in a game in Colorado history, coming 18 seconds in; the fastest was at Texas A&M on Sept. 28, 1996, when Rae Carruth scored on a 28-yard reverse following a Ryan Sutter (yes, Mr. Bachelorette) fumble recovery on the opening kickoff.

u Marcus Burton. His 99-yard interception return for a touchdown tied for the fourth longest in school history; there are three 100-yard returns: Dick Kearns at Denver (Nov. 24, 1938); Johnny Ziegler vs. Colorado Mines (Sept. 6, 1942); and Steve Rosga vs. Oklahoma State (Oct. 12, 1996). Isaac Howard had the other 99-yard return, at Missouri in 1966. It was the longest play, scrimmage or returns, by a true freshman in Colorado history. It was also CU's 35th return touchdown since 1999 (tied for the sixth most in the NCAA with USC), and the 13th time since 1992 that a CU player returned his first career interception for a touchdown.

u Defensive Start. The Buffs have now held the opponent to three plays-and-out on its first possession all four games this season.

u Defense. Colorado held OSU to 208 yards of total offense, the ninth time in the last 10 games the opponent has not reached 400 yards, basically the new national average in this era of high-powered offenses. The only opponent to put more than 400 on the CU defense in the last nine games was Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship game.

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Players Mentioned

Marcus Burton

Hugh Charles

Mason Crosby

Joel Klatt

Joe Klopfenstein

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