Colorado-Kansas State Post Game Notes

Miscellaneous Statistics

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Time Spent In The Lead.................0:00 43:20

Average On First Down............... 25/6.9 27/6.6

Rush/Avg. ................................ 19/6.4 15/7.8

Pass/Avg. .................................. 6/8.5 12/5.1

Third Downs................................... 4-11 8-14

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

3rd & 6 or more............................. 2-5 2-8

Avg. Yards To Go.............................4.9 7.1

Yards Gained On 3rd Down............ 66 173

Poss./Avg Field Position................10/C24 11/KS37

Drives Started Inside/At 20........... 4 (1/3) 3 (1/2)

Three Plays & Out............................3 1

Plus Territory: Plays-Yards............. 29-123 35-216

Yards By Quarter: 1st.........................40 91

2nd.......................... 24 77

3rd......................... 154 91

4th......................... 152 180

Quickly... This marked just the third time in 19 times that CU dropped consecutive games to Kansas and Kansas State in back to back weeks... CU is 1-9 for just the third time in its history (1980, 1984); the Buffs' only win those years came against next week's opponent, Iowa State... TB Mell Holliday had posted Colorado's long rush of the season with his 40-yard third quarter scamper until QB Bernard Jackson scored on a 62-yard jaunt early in the fourth quarter (see below for more on that play)... WR Alvin Barnett had his career long receptions, 32 yards, in the first quarter (his old best was a 19-yard gain at Miami, Fla., in 2005)...ILB Jordon Dizon had one third down stop, giving him 16 on the season as he nears the school record of 18... Kansas State gained a season-high 439 yards against the Buffalo defense; Arizona State had the previous high of 430, the only two 400-plus games against CU this season... CU's 370 yards on offense was its third most.

CU In All Black. Colorado is now 16-13-1 donning all black uniforms, first wearing the look the day after Thanksgiving in 1987 in a 24-7 loss to Nebraska. This marked the sixth time the Buffs wore all black at home more than once during the same season, as CU did the same in its 30-6 win over Texas Tech on Oct. 14. CU is now 3-2 against K-State in the look.

Firsts. TE Paul Creighton made his first career start (in the 45th game of his career)...Alex Ligon made his first start of the season, the 17th of his career but his first at defensive tackle (the other 16 were at end)... TE Tyson DeVree caught his first career touchdown pass in a CU uniform, but not his first collegiate one; he had six at Western Michigan (three each in 2003 and 2004).

Scoring Streak. CU extended its consecutive game scoring streak to 220, though today marked the just the 20th time the Buffs had to wait until the second half to extend it. It now stands alone as the 11th longest in NCAA history (the sixth longest active streak). The next two schools on the list ahead of CU also have active streaks, Florida State (232) and Florida (225), including today's games.

Fourth Down. CU was 1-3 today on fourth down, now 2-of-12 on the season; the failed try on the down in the third quarter (after CU used 15 plays to gain 84 yards in 7:31) dropped CU to 1-of-6 on fourth down at the time in the red zone. CU came back with a fourth quarter TD pass on fourth down to jump that number to 2-of-7.

QB Bernard Jackson (17-105-2 TD rushing). Jackson enjoyed his first career 100-yard game in the loss. His 62-yard run for a touchdown in the fourth quarter was the longest run by a CU quarterback since Darian Hagan's 71-yard run for a touchdown against Colorado State in Boulder on Sept. 9, 1989 (Hagan also had a non-scoring run of 75 yards to the 1 against Texas five days earlier.

--Jackson & TB Hugh Charles (12-66) teamed for 171 yards, as the duo now own six of the top 33 efforts in school history for combined rushing yards by a quarterback and tailback. The 171 yards is 28th on the list, as all six entire by the pair are from this season.

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Tyson DeVree

Jordon Dizon

Mell Holliday

Bernard Jackson

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