Colorado-Texas Notes
October 04, 2008 | Football
Quickly Tonight's sellout crowd of 53,927 was the first at Folsom Field since the 2005 finale against Nebraska (54,841 on Nov. 25); it was CU's first sellout for homecoming since 2003 (when No. 1 Oklahoma was the opponent) ... The opponent has scored on its opening drive against the Buffs three times in five games including tonight ... Colorado is now 21-15-1 all-time when wearing its all-black uniforms; a three-game winning streak was snapped tonight ... Texas' 14 first quarter points was a season high by an opponent; no one had scored more than a TD against the Buffs in the opening stanza ... PK Aric Goodman tied the school record, held by several, for the most missed field goals in a game with three in the first half; the last time that happened was in CU's 29-7 loss to Oklahoma in the 2002 Big 12 Championship game, when Pat Brougham missed on tries from 41, 32 and 33 yards ... Colorado and Texas actually ran the same number of plays in plus territory in the first half (12); the Longhorns gained 82 yards and scored twice, while CU totaled only 13 yards ... QB Cody Hawkins' third quarter fumble was the CU's first second half turnover this season; the first eight were all committed in the first half, seven in the second quarter ... FB Jake Behrens caught his third TD pass of his career, tonight's 7-yard more than twice the distance of his first two (1, 2).
FIRST STARTS OT Matt Bahr made his first career start, as he moves into the right tackle spot for an injured Ryan Miller, who is out for the year with a fractured fibula (he had surgery as planned on Friday). TE Ryan Deehan made his first career start as CU opened in a two tight end formation.
FIRST CAREER ACTION OG Shawn Daniels saw his first career action tonight, getting in from scrimmage; ILB Tyler Ahles saw his first game time, coming on kickoff coverage; QB Matt Ballenger and OG Ethan Adkins entered their first CU game on offense in the fourth quarter.
240 & COUNTING For the 23rd time in the streak, CU did not score until the second half in extending its scoring run to 240 consecutive games. That is the fourth longest active streak in the nation, trailing Michigan (293), Washington State (278) and Florida (248), and is the ninth longest of all-time (Note: Michigan and UF extended their streaks today; WSU plays UCLA tonight). CU was last shutout in the first half last Oct. 20, trailing
QB CODY HAWKINS (33-13-0, 118, 1 TD) With 96yards of total offense, Hawkins cracked CU's top 10 in total offense, finishing the game with 3,573 yards, ninth all-time. He passed Craig Ochs (3,530) and Steve Vogel (3,501) into the top 10. His ratio of touchdowns to interceptions in the red zone grew to 23-to-1 with the 7-yard TD toss to Jake Behrens.
QB MATT BALLENGER (4-3-0, 61, 1 TD) He threw a touchdown pass in his first career appearance, and in doing so, became the first non-starting QB at Colorado to have one in game since 2004, when James Cox had one in a 19-14 win over Iowa State (a game best remembered for Mason Crosby's 60-yard field goal).
WR PATRICK WILLIAMS (4-50, 1 TD) Williams moved up on CU's all-time list for receptions (89, 14th) and yards (897, 24th). His 28-yard TD reception late in the game was the second of his career, the other coming against
DEFENSIVE POSITIVES The Buffs had two interceptions of Colt McCoy (in 30 attempts); he had thrown just one in 100 tries coming into the game ... Texas rushed for three yards or less on 27 of 46 attempts, and seven of the 23 completions went for five yards or less ... Allowing for the two long plays of 65 and 51 yards made by Ogbonnaya, the Longhorns had 74 plays for 316 yards, a modest 4.3 per play.
INJURY REPORT TB Darrell Scott (ankle sprain).
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October 4, 2008
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TEAM NOTES
* - With the win, Mack Brown racked up his 194th career victory. He moved into a tie for 22nd place with Howard Jones on the all-time wins list for the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision. Jones won 194 games in 29 years at
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* - Texas opened Big 12 play with a victory for the 10th time in Mack Brown's 11 seasons at Texas and is 3-0 in Big 12 road openers during that stretch.
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* - The Texas defense has held its opponent to 14 points or less in the first five games of a season for the first time since 1991.
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* - With 11 receptions, Colt McCoy and Quan Cosby have tied the UT record for completions between a QB and a WR with 131, matching the number between Chris Simms and Roy Williams (2000-02). McCoy and Cosby passed Major Applewhite and Kwame Cavil's 124 completions (1998-99).
MACK BROWN ERA MARKS
* - UT is now 92-3 when outrushing its opponent.
* - UT is now 80-13 when outpassing its opponent.
* - UT is now 53-7 when passing for more than 250 yards.
* - UT is now 79-7 when scoring first.
* - UT is now 104-12 when scoring more than 20 points.
* - UT is 90-7 when leading at halftime.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Rashad Bobino
* - Bobino's fumble recovery in the fourth quarter was his first of the season and the third of his career.
Quan Cosby
* - Cosby caught a pass in his 36th consecutive game.
* - With 11 receptions, Colt McCoy and Quan Cosby have tied the UT record for completions between a QB and a WR with 131, matching the number between Chris Simms and Roy Williams (2000-02). McCoy and Cosby passed Major Applewhite and Kwame Cavil's 124 completions (1998-99).
Cody Johnson
* - Johnson extended his UT freshman running back record by rushing for a TD in each of his first five games.
* - With two rushing TDs, Johnson now has six on the season.
Hunter Lawrence
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Colt McCoy
* - McCoy moved his career record as a starter to 25-6. He is now tied with James Brown (25-13-1) and Peter Gardere (25-16) for fifth place on the UT all-time list.
* - McCoy increased his UT career TD pass record to 67 with two TD passes in the game. He now has 16 on the season.
* - McCoy's 67 career passing TDs are tied with Major Applewhite for the most thrown by a Texas QB. Officially, Applewhite tallied 62 TDs during his career, but if you included bowl games, he posted 67 TD passes.
* - With 262 passing yards, McCoy moved into fourth on UT's all-time passing list with 7,153 yards, moving ahead of Chris Simms (7,097, 1999-2002).
* - With 301 total yards, McCoy moved into second on UT's all-time list with 8,132 (7,153p/979r), passing James Brown (8,049, 7,638p/411r, 1994-97) and Major Applewhite (8,059, 8,353p/-294r, 1998-2001). McCoy trails only Vince Young, who posted 9,167 total yards (6,040p/3,127r) from 2003-05.
Chris Ogbonnaya
* - Ogbonnaya's 111 receiving yards in the first half are the most in UT history by a running back in a half.
* - Ogbonnaya's 116 receiving yards are the second-most in a game by a running back in UT history (120, Eric Metcalf, vs. Rice, 1985).
* - Ogbonnaya's 65-yard TD reception in the first quarter was the longest of his career, bettering his 46-yard TD reception against Rice earlier this season.
* - The 65-yard reception was the seventh-longest by a running back in UT history.
* - Ogbonnaya's receiving TD was the third of his career. All three have come this season.
* - Ogbonnaya also recorded a 23-yard reception.
* - Playing primarily as UT's third-down back, Ogbonnaya entered the Colorado game with seven carries for 22 yards on the season. He tallied nine carries for 71 yards and a TD.
* - Ogbonnaya set single-game career highs in both carries (nine) and rushing yards (71). His previous highs were seven carries against UCF (2007) and
* - Ogbonnaya's 13-yard TD run late in the second quarter was his first of the season and the fifth of his career.
* - Ogbonnaya's 51-yard run in the third quarter was the longest of his career, bettering a 26-yard run against
Jordan Shipley
* - Shipley has now caught at least one TD pass in all five games this season.
* - With his TD reception, Shipley tied Herkie Walls (1982) for third on UT's all-time list of consecutive games with a TD reception at five.
* - Shipley's 16-yard TD reception in the first quarter was his seventh of the season and the 16th of his career.
* - Shipley is now tied for third on UT's all-time TD receptions list with 16 (B.J. Johnson, 200-03; Mike Adams, 1992-96).
Aaron Williams
* - Williams' forced fumble in the fourth quarter was the first of his career. He has now caused a turnover in two consecutive games after returning an INT 81 yards for a TD against Arkansas.
Game Captains: #6 Quan Cosby, #2 Sergio Kindle, #3 Chris Ogbonnaya, #13 Ryan Palmer
Coin Toss: Colorado won the toss and elected to receive. Texas elected to defend the North End Zone.
