Players Mentioned
Colorado-Washington Notes
November 01, 2014 | Football
Players who carried out CU's symbolic instruments today:
American Flag: Wes Christensen
Colorado Flag: Richard Yates
Sledgehammer: Marc Mustoe
Toolbox: Brady Daigh
Special Teams Belt: Will Oliver
Buffalo Head: Vincent Arvia
QUICKLYÂ Washington has now won six straight in the series to take a 9-5-1 lead (4-0 with both as members of the Pac-12) ... Colorado is now 7-2 in the opening coin toss (and 2-0 in the overtime toss) ... The game time of 3:11 was the second fastest this year (CSU, 3:10) .... CU is now 52-16 in November against unranked teams dating back to the 1989 season ...
When Colorado took a 7-0 lead, it marked its first lead over Washington in four games as a member of the Pac-12 (its last in the series came in 2001, 7-3 late in the first half of an eventual 17-14 UW win) ... It also was CU's first lead since a 21-20 edge over Oregon State in the third quarter three games ago.
Washington had 298 yards at halftime on 34 plays ... but gained 208 of those (70 percent) on just five plays (it gained 286 of its 442 yards for the game on eight plays (65 percent) ... UW's Travis Feeney's 30-yard interception return and Dante Pettis' 87-yard punt return for touchdowns were the first non-offensive TD in a CU game this season (the last interception return for a score against CU was by a Husky, Tre Watson last year in Seattle  84 yards)... The last punt return was by CSU's Joe Hansley in the '13 opener ... After UW scored its last offensive touchdown to take a 24-23 lead with 5:38 left in the third quarter, it ran just 14 plays for 24 yards with one first down the remainder of the game (11 for 27 minus the three kneel-downs at the end of the game).
First Career Action: DE Aaron Howard (walk-on from Denver East via Willamette transfer) played on the kickoff return unit.
Fourth Quarter: Colorado failed to score in the fourth quarter for just the third time this year, but has still outscored the opponent 62-58; with a 116-19 edge in offense today, CU is outgaining the opponents 1,086-633 on the year (666-274 in five games at Folsom).
CU finished with 495 yards of total offense, a school record eighth straight game at 400 or more; it is now one shy of the season high of nine set in the 1993, 1994 and 1995 seasons.
WR NELSON SPRUCE (13-138, 0 TD)He set the CU season single-season record with 90 receptions on the year (previous: 83 by Paul Richardson just last year); he also has 1,002 yards, the eight time a Buff has reached the 1,000-yard plateau in a season (by six different players). He has his fifth 100-yard game of the year, one shy of the record (done three times). He has 189 career catches for 2,098 yards, second and seventh, respectively all-time at CU (he moved up to spots in the latter today, passing Javon Green and Derek McCoy). He has caught at least one pass in 22 straight games (multiple in 18 straight, three or more in 15 in a row). He now owns the top three reception games in school history, all this season:
| Single-Game CU Receptions | ||||
| No. | (yds-td) | Player | Opponent | Date |
| 19 | (176-3) | Nelson Spruce | California | Sept. 27, 2014 |
| 13 | (172-1) | Nelson Spruce | Hawai'i | Sept. 20, 2014 |
| 13 | (138-0) | Nelson Spruce | Washington | Nov. 1, 2014 |
| 11 | 9 times | Paul Richardson 4, Michael Westbrook, Charles E. Johnson, Derek McCoy, Scott McKnight, Markques Simas. | ||
QB SEFO LIUFAU (52-36-1, 314, 2 TD) He set the school record for the most completions in a season with 274 (shattering the mark of 241 set by Joel Klatt in 2005); he also tied the season mark of four 300-yard passing games in season set by Koy Detmer in 1996. He has at least one TD pass in 17 straight games (each one of his? career), the fifth longest active streak in the NCAA, and two or more in 12 straight (tops in the nation);
INDIVIDUAL LINER NOTES
- PK Will Oliver (3-3 FG, 2-2 PAT, 11 points) He has now made 95 consecutive extra points, and with 257 career points, he is second all-time as he passed Bobby Anderson (254, 1967-69).
- WR Shay Fields (2-11 receiving). He now has 40 receptions this year (for 317 yards), besting the previous freshman mark of 39 set by Chris McLemore in 1982 (the yardage record is 514 by Paul Richardson on 34 receptions in 2010).
- TB Michael Adkins (13-109, 0 TD rushing) He had CU's third 100-yard rushing game this year, the third of his career and the second this season  in back-to-back games (107 vs UCLA).
COLORADO INJURIES OT Jeromy Irwin (sprained ankle) and WR D.D. Goodson (sprained ankle) both day-to-day for Arizona. ILB Addison Gillam and OG Gerrad Kough did not play due to illness; S Terrel Smith and S Tedric Thompson did not play as they both have not been cleared after suffering concussions against UCLA.