Colorado University Athletics
Colorado-USC Notes
November 05, 2011 | Football
QUICKLY USC extended its lead in the series to 6-0 (3-0 in Boulder/3-0 in Los Angeles) ... CU has lost seven straight games in the same season since opening 0-7 in 1980; overall, it's the longest losing skein since 10 in a row over the 2005-06 seasons ... Colorado is now 23-11-2 all-time in Folsom Field night games (2-2-1 in November; this was first-ever Friday night one ... CU has lost eighth straight against ranked teams (last win: 34-30 over Kansas in 2009) ... Colorado's first quarter touchdown was the first TD the Buffs scored against USC in three games in Boulder (lost 14-0 in 1963, 40-3 in 2002) ... That score gave CU its first lead since late in the Washington State game (Oct. 1), with a span of 244:10 in-between leads for the Buffs ... It was just the second time in 10 games that CU was on offense first; the only other time was at Stanford when CU recovered a fumble after kicking to the Cardinal ... Colorado went from committing five turnovers last week at Arizona State to having none tonight ... ... TB Rodney Stewart passed his coach, Eric Bieniemy into first on CU's all-time all-purpose yards list (Bieniemy had 4,351; Stewart had 4,386 as of halftime) ... Opponents have now scored in 28 of the last 29 quarters against CU dating back to the CSU game ... USC finished with 561 total yards thanks to the last drive; that's five straight games CU has allowed 500 or more (a school first; it had never happened more than three times) ... CU has also allowed over 30 points in seven straight games and 40-plus five straight games, the latter for the first time since 1980 ... The Buffs have played three ranked opponents in as many games 14 times, but this was only the third time CU has been swept in those games.
ALL BLACK GARBColorado donned its all black garb (jersey/pant) for the first time since the 2009 Nebraska game and the 41st time overall; the Buffs are now 21-19-1 when decked out in all black. It was just the second time the Buffs wore black helmets; the lone other occasion was a "throwback" game against Baylor in 1998.
INDIVIDUAL LINER NOTES
CB Jason Espinoza made his first career interception (on just his second play of the game), leading to a late first half field goal.
WR Toney Clemons (5-112, 2 TD) recorded his first career 100-yard game; his previous best was 98 yards against Texas Tech last year; he had 8-for-97 last week at Arizona State giving him 20 grabs for 209 yards and three scores in the last two games.
PK Will Oliver tied the school freshman record for the most field goals made in a season with his 10th; that ties the mark set by Tom Field in 1979 he now has 51 points, second-most for a frosh (PK Mason Crosby scored 52 in 2003).
PK Justin Castor scored his first career point with his fourth quarter PAT kick.
WR Paul Richardson (2-18) gained enough yards to become the 22nd Buff to record 1,000 career receiving yards (he finished the game with 1,006). He's the 106th player to record 1,000 yards in a statistical category.
QB Tyler Hansen (37-17-0, 250, 2 TD) had 295 yards of total offense, giving him 5,476 for his career; he moved past Koy Detmer (1992-96; 5,359) into fifth place at Colorado.
TB RODNEY STEWART (21-88 RUSH, 6-67 RECEIVING) His 155 all-purpose yards gives him 4,466 for his career, as he passed his position coach, Eric Bieniemy (4,351, 1987-90) for CU's all-time record. He now has 4,205 yards from scrimmage, trailing only Bieniemy's 4,320; he has 3,305 rushing yards, well behind EB's 3,940. His has 82 career receptions for 900 yards; he needs four catches to tie Lee Rouson for the most receptions by a running back in CU annals, and he needs 100 receiving yards to become the 27th player in NCAA history to rush for 3,000 with 1,000 receiving.
COLORADO INJURIES "One step forward, two steps back,"Bruce Springsteen:
S Kyle Washington (concussion, day-to-day)
ILB Brady Daigh (wrist sprain, day-to-day)
WR Logan Gray (ankle, probable for Arizona)
SOUTHERN CAL NOTES
USC started four true freshmen (Madden, Dawson, Lee, Martin) from scrimmage plus the kicker (Heidari).
The Trojans have blocked six kicks in 2011 (four FGs, two PATs), the first four were by Kahl.
QB Matt Barkley (39-25-1, 318, 6 TD) set a USC record with six touchdown passes in a game; he snapped a five-way tie he had shared with Rodney Peete, Carson Palmer, Matt Leinart and Mark Sanchez.
Second time this year both Woods and Lee topped 100 yards in receiving:
WR Marqise Lee (9-124, 2 TD) had the second 100-yard receiving game of his career.
WR Robert Woods (9-130, 2 TD) had his sixth 100-yard game of the season and eighth of his career; he went over the 1,000-yard mark for the season (1,121 on 90 receptions, with 11 TDs).