Players Mentioned
Colorado-Arizona Notes
November 08, 2014 | Football
Players who carried out CU's symbolic instruments today:
American Flag: Alex Kelley
Colorado Flag: Colin Johnson
Sledgehammer: Kyle Slavin
Toolbox: Hunter Shaw
Special Teams Belt: Ryan Severson
Buffalo Head: Brady Daigh
QUICKLYÂ Colorado now leads the series, 13-4 (UA has won four of last five) ... Colorado is now is 9-7 all-time in the state of Arizona and 1-2 this year on artificial turf ... The Buffaloes wore the combination of black helmets with white uniforms and gold pants for the first-time ever (and dropped to 1-11 when wearing black helmets) ... CU has lost 18 in a row to ranked opponents (23 straight on the road), and have lost 10 straight league games (11 on the road) and six games overall ...
Quickest Score From Scrimmage ... The 75-yard pass from Sefo Liufau to Shay Fields just 11 seconds into the game was the quickest score in a game in CU history.? The top five quickest scores in CU history:
0:11 (14:49) Â at Arizona (Shay Fields 75 pass from Sefo Liufau)
0:12 (14:48) Â vs. Kansas, Nov. 7, 1970 (Cliff Branch 100 kickoff return)
0:13 (14:47)Â Â at Texas A & M, Sept. 28, 1996 (Rae Carruth 28 run;, set up by Ryan Sutter fumble recovery on opening kickoff);
0:15 (14:45)Â at Iowa State, Oct. 16, 1948 (Ed Pudlik fumble recovery in end zone)
0:18 (14:42)Â at Oklahoma State, Oct. 1, 2005 (Hugh Charles 74 run)
This year's game was similar to last year's: UA scored the last 17 points last year to pull away to a 44-20 win; this year, the last 14 to win 38-20 ... UA converted all four CU turnovers into touchdowns (28 points) ... With 19 first downs, CU has 264 for the year, setting a new single-season record ... WR Nelson Spruce's 28-yard punt return was the longest since Travon Patterson returned one 45 yards against Texas Tech in Boulder on Nov. 23, 2010.
First Career Action: DB Brandon Brisco (walk-on; om special teams); DB Richard Yates saw his first career action from scrimmage at safety after Evan White left with a concussion.
CU finished with a season-low 353 yards of total offense, snapping the school record run of eight in a row but still one shy of the season high of nine set in the 1993, 1994 and 1995 seasons.
Play Count Rising: Colorado has now cracked its top 10 list for the number of plays run in a single-season, and remain on pace to possibly hit 1,000 for the first-time ever. The Buffs had 75 tonight (second fewest this season); the list:
| Season | G | Plays | Avg. | Season | G | Plays | Avg. |
| 2002 | 13 | 906 | 69.7 | 1975 | 11 | 861 | 78.3 |
| 2007 | 12 | 897 | 74.8 | 2009 | 12 | 852 | 71.0 |
| 2003 | 12 | 887 | 73.9 | 2011 | 13 | 851 | 65.5 |
| 2012 | 12 | 886 | 73.8 | 1976 | 11 | 847 | 77.0 |
| 2014 | 10 | 871 | 87.1 | 2010 | 12 | 847 | 70.6 |
WR NELSON SPRUCE (9-89, 0 TD) He added to his CU season single-season record with 99 receptions for the year and now has 1,091 yards; he has 198 career catches for 2,187 yards, second and sixth, respectively all-time at CU (he passed Phil Savoy on the yardage list and is staring down the reception mark of 215 by Scott McKnight, 2007-10). He has caught at least one pass in 23 straight games (multiple in 19 straight, three or more in 16 in a row).
Spruce-to-Liufau: The second quarter throwback TD pass from Spruce to Liufau enabled the duo to tie Cody Hawkins and Scotty McKnight with 15 (Hawkins threw all those; Liufau has thrown 14 of the 15).? Spruce is now 4-of-4 passing in his career with 1 TD Liufau has caught three of those for 56 yards.
WR SHAY FIELDS (5-94, 1 TD) His 75-yard TD to open the game was the second longest reception by a freshman in school history, bested only by a 94-yard TD catch and run by Jeremy Bloom against Kansas State on Oct. 5, 2002 (thrown by Robert Hodge). He now has 45 receptions this year (for 411 yards), already owning the frosh reception best and has a shot at the yardage mark (514 by Paul Richardson on 34 receptions in 2010).
QB SEFO LIUFAU (33-24-2, 252, 1 TD) He has at least one TD pass in 18 straight games (each one of his? career), the fourth longest nation's best streak of 12 in a row came to an end.
INDIVIDUAL LINER NOTES
PK Will Oliver (2-2 FG, 2-2 PAT, 8 points) He has now made 97 consecutive extra points (school record), and has made nine straight field goals (tied for second most in school history with Jeremy Aldrich; Mason Crosby holds the record of 10).
TB Phillip Lindsay (17-114, 0 TD rushing) He had CU's fourth 100-yard rushing game this year, the first of his career, which included his career long run on 36 yards.
COLORADO INJURIES TB Michael Adkins (knee), QB Sefo Liufau and S Evan White (concussions), all day-to-day for Oregon. Older: WR D.D. Goodson (sprained ankle) made the trip but was unable to go; S Chidobe Awuzie suffered a lacerated kidney in practice on Tuesday as is most likely out for the remainder of the season. OT Jeromy Irwin (sprained ankle) did not travel here and is day-to-day right now for Oregon on Oct. 22.? S Tedric Thompson (concussion) also did not travel and remains day-to-day for Oregon.